10.... I'd bet something more like 5. And Windows 8 will need a quad core 5GHz processor, and the whole PC will be connected to your home duct work to replace the heat pump.
But the secretary will still have to add a space heater to her cube because it is too cold in the office. While the rest of us die from heat exhaustion.
While at the same time someone posts to slashdot from an 8bit uProc with 32K of ram, on which he just installed linux.
I bought a copy of Suse at Best Buy in 1999.
They also had Red Hat, and Mandrake on the shelf. Actually it could have been in 2000. I don't remember, but the point is apparently it was thinkable more than a few years ago.
Exactly. When commodores came out we got a generation of kids who could program in BASIC. And then we all got criticized for not using "good programming techniques".
But the point is we did learn the fundamentals of programming and logical thinking and problem solving. C was much easier for me to pick up than if I had no concept of "for loops", or "subroutines".
I agree with what your saying - that Labview should not be considered for serious development work, but it can get the kids used to thinking logically, and using available tools to solve real problems.
Please refrain from comparing copyright infringement with theft. That is exactly the false analogy that they want us to believe, and so many people just fall right into it.
Copyright infringement does not deprive anyone of the use of anything, theft does.
Copyright infringement does not equal lost sales, you can't prove future events.
I do not believe the iPod connector is quite as proprietary as you think. In fact I would say that the connector was part of PortalPlayers' reference design since the same connector is used on the Sansa E200s by SanDisk.
Given SanDisks' use of the connector, and Apples use of the PP reference design, I would think that the connector was just something PP picked out.
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10.... I'd bet something more like 5. And Windows 8 will need a quad core 5GHz processor, and the whole PC will be connected to your home duct work to replace the heat pump. But the secretary will still have to add a space heater to her cube because it is too cold in the office. While the rest of us die from heat exhaustion. While at the same time someone posts to slashdot from an 8bit uProc with 32K of ram, on which he just installed linux.
I bought a copy of Suse at Best Buy in 1999. They also had Red Hat, and Mandrake on the shelf. Actually it could have been in 2000. I don't remember, but the point is apparently it was thinkable more than a few years ago.
Exactly. When commodores came out we got a generation of kids who could program in BASIC. And then we all got criticized for not using "good programming techniques". But the point is we did learn the fundamentals of programming and logical thinking and problem solving. C was much easier for me to pick up than if I had no concept of "for loops", or "subroutines". I agree with what your saying - that Labview should not be considered for serious development work, but it can get the kids used to thinking logically, and using available tools to solve real problems.
Please refrain from comparing copyright infringement with theft. That is exactly the false analogy that they want us to believe, and so many people just fall right into it. Copyright infringement does not deprive anyone of the use of anything, theft does. Copyright infringement does not equal lost sales, you can't prove future events.
I do not believe the iPod connector is quite as proprietary as you think. In fact I would say that the connector was part of PortalPlayers' reference design since the same connector is used on the Sansa E200s by SanDisk. Given SanDisks' use of the connector, and Apples use of the PP reference design, I would think that the connector was just something PP picked out.