You would expect that a link named "an interactive google doodle" would link to, you know, that and not an engadget article which has a decidedly non-interactive screenshot of said doodle . But hey, this is slashdot. Go here instead: http://www.google.com/doodles/
We already have a good idea of what happens when ISPs are treated like common carriers -- more competition; better and faster internet access. The UK is a perfect example.
This planet money podcast is great overview on how both the US and the UK arrived at their respective situations. It's a fascinating listen:
Display resolution is not the hard-to-solve problem.
This quote from John Carmack sums it up best:
The latency between the physical movement of a users head and updated photons from a head mounted display reaching their eyes is one of the most critical factors in providing a high quality experience. Human sensory systems can detect very small relative delays in parts of the visual or, especially, audio fields, but when absolute delays are below approximately 20 milliseconds they are generally imperceptible.
According to the article
[...]the latest GameFace SDK significantly reduces latency to a point that it is easily comparable to the DK1. The company plans to benchmnark their latency soon to get a quantitative latency figure.
Notice that is DK1 latency, not DK2. DK1's latency was notoriously bad and made many people nauseous. So, while I'm happy to see competition in this space, as far as GameFace is concerned, there is not a lot to see here yet.
The Oculus is 640x400 per eye for a total of 1280x800. Not 1280x800 per eye. I've no idea why the total resolution is always mentioned since it's a completely useless metric.
I think they've solved a lot of hard problems with this device -- in particular head tracking lag -- but it still has some baking to do before it's ready for your average gamer to use as a monitor replacement. In particular the resolution needs to approach or surpass 720p.
Can someone more familiar with HDMI comment on the viability of pushing 2 720p signals @ 60Hz over HDMI? I know it's an issue for 1080p, not sure about 720p.
For me, the quality of slashdot has been declining, for years really. It still presents a lot of great stuff, but more and more I find myself annoyed by
non-tech articles
articles that no one here cares about but that get posted over and over anyway because someone at slashdot has a vested interest (bitcoin)
politics being inserted into articles
poorly reviewed articles that either purposefully sensationalize the headline or get the summary completely wrong
and now infomercials
I really enjoy slashdot because there are a lot of intelligent, well-spoken people here, but I'm so close to being done with it. Makes me a little sad.
Just to be clear, the original plant that started the cloning process was not 200,000 years old. According to TFA it was between 12,000 and 200,000.
Honestly/., if you are going to use questionable scientific articles from the Telegraph, can you at least not make it more sensationalist by purposefully misquoting the age of the plant?
I developed Audiotorium Notes a couple of years ago for my niece who was just starting college. Since then it has been featured by Apple a number of times in their back-to-school apps lineup. Note taking + audio recording + dropbox syncing goodness. http://itunes.com/apps/audiotorium
I don't understand why anyone who was forced to turn over their computer wouldn't securely format it before doing so. Better to beg forgiveness than ask for permission...
"Sorry Judge, I was in the middle of re-installing the OS when I was told to turn my computer over...what's that you say? Formatting the computer is suspicious behavior? I do it every few months because otherwise Windows XP starts slowing down and acting funny."
If you don't have wifi access or cell phone coverage, what the hell good is ANY smart phone really? Although I see your point, the fact is there are plenty of apps that need access to data on the phone and not through the internet such as any sort of 3rd party media player, imaging/photo tools, Office-esque apps, password managers, etc.
And consider this--if online-only apps are just as powerful and useful as apps integrated on the phone, why isn't the iPhone's version of Google maps web-based instead of integrated? And that is an app that wouldn't work without internet access, so you would think it would be a perfect candidate for a iPhone widget...
The platform is Safari. The development community can make web 2.0 apps. Google Maps, Flickr, Digg, Yahoo Pipes, Delicious... these ARE the killer apps of the last 5 years and iPhone will run them all and allow them to interface with the phone and the user's data ...
Unless you don't have cell coverage or WiFi access. In which case you are screwed. Or if you are talking on the phone and there is no Wifi access (and thus no internet access). In which case you are screwed. Or if you want to write a high-performance app (like a game) that would require OS level integration. In which case you are screwed. Not to mention the fact that potential developers will have to provide a server to host the widgets on in the first place.
Before getting into a lengthy discussion regarding the pros and cons of the report, maybe we should consider whether the report is even a valuable source of information?
2. The website looks like it was created by a teenager using frontpage.
3. The Vista/MAC UI comparison report is, apparently, the only reports in the last 19 years this company has done as can be seen here: https://pfeifferreport.com/store/index.php
4. I can find no notable mention of Andreas Pfeiffer anywhere. He claims he's an industry expert, but I have no idea what he is basing that on. Contrast this by googling on John C. Dvorak, a real IT industry expert, and you'll see what I mean.
You decide, but for my money I wouldn't put too much weight on the report.
Pound for pound, it will also pack 10 times the punch of lead-acid batteries
So, let's see...lead-acid batteries have a energy density of 30-50 Wh/Kg. Lithium-ion is 110-160 Wh/Kg. If it packs 10x as much as lead-acid batteries we can expect an energy density of 300-500 Wh/Kh. About 3-4x that of li-ion battery. Although the claim doesn't seem overly outrageous I find it unlikely that someone has managed this sort of improvement while the rest of the world is clueless.
One other bone I have to pick with the new browsing interface is the difficulty in going back to the parent of the current directory. The new way makes going back up a few folders a much longer process. Simply stated there is no one button that will always bring you back up to the parent.
It is very easy to go back to the parent. Simply click on the parent folder in the breadcrumb. Or, you can use alt+up arrow on the keyboard. Or, if the parent was the last directory you were in you can alt+back arrow on the keyboard. There are probably others.
When I first started using the new start menu I loved it. I usually have 100s of programs installed, and the new interface makes it much easier to navigate. But there is something also I do with the run command on the start menu.
If I want a specific folder to launch in explorer I just type it out. Click start, then run and type c: Press enter, and the folder will show up.
Not anymore. If you forget the trailing backslash it will launch a program that is the closest match to that word. So for me, when I type c: It launches Remote Desktop! Argg! I must still make this mistake about 10 times a day. It would be so easy for them to check and see if the folder exists before launching an application
Dumb ass. Either a) Put a freaking trailing backslash on the c: from the search textbox or b) Go to the start button properties menu and reenable the run command on the start menu and it will act just like it did in XP.
need to go into networking options often when going from place to place with my laptop. Since some places need a static IP, others need dynamic, etc. When I go into windows networking I am greeted with this.
Look at all of the options I am given here. If you have never used Vista before - Quick tell me how to change the IP address on my wireless card!
How 'bout clicking on "manage network connections" and it's the same as it was in XP. Was that quick enough?
Now when I want a simple search for any file that contains the string 'IntelliAdmin' I can't do it. Instead of fixing what they broke in XP SP2, they just took it out! I want a simple search program that will search for a file on my hard drive (Hint to Microsoft - Every file, not just the types you know about like Word and Excel files) that contains a specific string of letters. It can't be done any more with windows search.
Two options. If a search returns no results, you will see an option to "search within files". Or, alternately, if you want to always use this option, go to (gasp!) options and choose "always search file names and contents". Dumb ass.
I absolutely hate it when my 5000 file copy gets killed half way through because 1 single file can't be opened.
Which is why in Vista all file copy problems are moved to the end of the queue and will not display any dialog until all the copyable files have been copied.
Hooray for the FUD which, despite being nearly 100% wrong still gets 3211 diggs. Now, everyone say "baaaaaaah!" and follow the sheep in front of you.
The Center wants to make data about these companies publicly available online through Well Connected's Media Tracker, a free, Internet-based database of the radio, television, newspaper and cable companies that is searchable by ZIP code. Media Tracker was first released in 2003, and updated and expanded in October and November 2006.
I could imagine that no broadband provider really wants that amount of transparency into their deployment. Each one will have markets that they are getting by on advertising campaigns and would prefer Joe Public not to see that their competition, who isn't spending millions on ads, has 3x as many deployments as them in a particular zip code. It's like job security through obscurity for them.
I would like to thank everyone for the informative and (surprisingly) flame-free information about why an open source driver would be a "good thing." Much appreciated!
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You ignored the second part of the requirement: The malware requires a jailbroken phone AND THEN it requires you to _install the malware_.
In other news, if you disable your computer's anti-virus software and install a virus you will...have a virus. Shocking, I know.
solve problems best of all.
Just a note that if you are a PC gamer, the game may not even release on that platform. It will initially release on PS4.
I'm bummed. For the longest time I thought this was a PC game.
You would expect that a link named "an interactive google doodle" would link to, you know, that and not an engadget article which has a decidedly non-interactive screenshot of said doodle . But hey, this is slashdot. Go here instead: http://www.google.com/doodles/
We already have a good idea of what happens when ISPs are treated like common carriers -- more competition; better and faster internet access. The UK is a perfect example.
This planet money podcast is great overview on how both the US and the UK arrived at their respective situations. It's a fascinating listen:
http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/510289/299232999/npr_299232999.mp3?_kip_ipx=1217487091-1400085519/
According to the article
Notice that is DK1 latency, not DK2. DK1's latency was notoriously bad and made many people nauseous. So, while I'm happy to see competition in this space, as far as GameFace is concerned, there is not a lot to see here yet.
The Oculus is 640x400 per eye for a total of 1280x800. Not 1280x800 per eye. I've no idea why the total resolution is always mentioned since it's a completely useless metric. I think they've solved a lot of hard problems with this device -- in particular head tracking lag -- but it still has some baking to do before it's ready for your average gamer to use as a monitor replacement. In particular the resolution needs to approach or surpass 720p. Can someone more familiar with HDMI comment on the viability of pushing 2 720p signals @ 60Hz over HDMI? I know it's an issue for 1080p, not sure about 720p.
The slashdot I knew is gone. After years of reading and moderating, this will be my last visit to the site.
I really enjoy slashdot because there are a lot of intelligent, well-spoken people here, but I'm so close to being done with it. Makes me a little sad.
Just to be clear, the original plant that started the cloning process was not 200,000 years old. According to TFA it was between 12,000 and 200,000.
/., if you are going to use questionable scientific articles from the Telegraph, can you at least not make it more sensationalist by purposefully misquoting the age of the plant?
Honestly
I developed Audiotorium Notes a couple of years ago for my niece who was just starting college. Since then it has been featured by Apple a number of times in their back-to-school apps lineup. Note taking + audio recording + dropbox syncing goodness. http://itunes.com/apps/audiotorium
FTFA: Instant Boot will also only work on Windows systems (XP or Vista) with a single-user account and no password protection.
and they only have 18,000 in their database? Surely there has to be more data available than that?
I don't understand why anyone who was forced to turn over their computer wouldn't securely format it before doing so. Better to beg forgiveness than ask for permission... "Sorry Judge, I was in the middle of re-installing the OS when I was told to turn my computer over...what's that you say? Formatting the computer is suspicious behavior? I do it every few months because otherwise Windows XP starts slowing down and acting funny."
Unless you don't have cell coverage or WiFi access. In which case you are screwed. Or if you are talking on the phone and there is no Wifi access (and thus no internet access). In which case you are screwed. Or if you want to write a high-performance app (like a game) that would require OS level integration. In which case you are screwed. Not to mention the fact that potential developers will have to provide a server to host the widgets on in the first place.
1. Shoot US soldier
2. Don his high-tech gear
3. Turn on map locator showing his whole squad
4. Profit!
Before getting into a lengthy discussion regarding the pros and cons of the report, maybe we should consider whether the report is even a valuable source of information?
1. It was put together by http://pfeifferreport.com/, presumably by the principal Andreas Pfeiffer.
2. The website looks like it was created by a teenager using frontpage.
3. The Vista/MAC UI comparison report is, apparently, the only reports in the last 19 years this company has done as can be seen here: https://pfeifferreport.com/store/index.php
4. I can find no notable mention of Andreas Pfeiffer anywhere. He claims he's an industry expert, but I have no idea what he is basing that on. Contrast this by googling on John C. Dvorak, a real IT industry expert, and you'll see what I mean.
You decide, but for my money I wouldn't put too much weight on the report.
Leave it to /. to turn a discussion about the BoA security mechanism into a Vistabashing session.
Let's all tag this "microsoftbashing" and move on, shall we?
Per the article,
So, let's see...lead-acid batteries have a energy density of 30-50 Wh/Kg. Lithium-ion is 110-160 Wh/Kg. If it packs 10x as much as lead-acid batteries we can expect an energy density of 300-500 Wh/Kh. About 3-4x that of li-ion battery. Although the claim doesn't seem overly outrageous I find it unlikely that someone has managed this sort of improvement while the rest of the world is clueless.
Kickbacks from the broadband companies?
It is very easy to go back to the parent. Simply click on the parent folder in the breadcrumb. Or, you can use alt+up arrow on the keyboard. Or, if the parent was the last directory you were in you can alt+back arrow on the keyboard. There are probably others.
Dumb ass. Either a) Put a freaking trailing backslash on the c: from the search textbox or b) Go to the start button properties menu and reenable the run command on the start menu and it will act just like it did in XP.
How 'bout clicking on "manage network connections" and it's the same as it was in XP. Was that quick enough?
Two options. If a search returns no results, you will see an option to "search within files". Or, alternately, if you want to always use this option, go to (gasp!) options and choose "always search file names and contents". Dumb ass.
Which is why in Vista all file copy problems are moved to the end of the queue and will not display any dialog until all the copyable files have been copied.
Hooray for the FUD which, despite being nearly 100% wrong still gets 3211 diggs. Now, everyone say "baaaaaaah!" and follow the sheep in front of you.
I could imagine that no broadband provider really wants that amount of transparency into their deployment. Each one will have markets that they are getting by on advertising campaigns and would prefer Joe Public not to see that their competition, who isn't spending millions on ads, has 3x as many deployments as them in a particular zip code. It's like job security through obscurity for them.
I would like to thank everyone for the informative and (surprisingly) flame-free information about why an open source driver would be a "good thing." Much appreciated!