But as mentioned above, the vast majority of Windows-only programs are proprietary. Most of the open-source Windows applications are natively available on Linux already. So this won't work for most Wine users.
If Microsoft wanted to compile its software for the ARM architecture, it would. The market must demonstrate that long-battery-life netbooks are in high-demand first. Remember, Apple switched from PPC to Intel because of the improved performance-per-watt ratio. Once these major companies see a benefit to running their code on efficient RISC architectures, it will happen. It's just a matter of time.
Society can protect it's citizens just fine by handing out life sentences. It's cheaper, more humane, and there might even be room too if we stopped locking people up for minor drug offenses.
I think you're being cowardly and small by trying to ignore the other side of the issue. Do you know anyone who's seen the inside of a federal prison? People start fights, and kill each other. Considering that our prisons are imperfect, I'd reconsider your policy of "put the terrible convicts somewhere where I don't have to worry about it" because someday you might find yourself on the wrong side of the law.
Think about it - you're driving to work, a child jumps into the street to run after something, you're sending a text message on your phone, you run into the child and the child dies. You're looking at vehicular manslaughter with a plea bargain of 5-10 years in a federal prison. Think carefully about whether you'd want that 6'8" serial killer in the same yard with you when you leave your cell each day.
I got it done at age 16. It is definitely better after. Also, in the U.S., nobody really cares one way or the other. Both ways are socially accepted. I know this is a topic of debate but I thought I'd add a data point since it's rare to find people who have had it both ways.
That's the power consumption while playing HD video. Even the Little Rokubox is supposed to peak over 5W and ALL it does is play video and it has no storage to speak of, no GPU to speak of (but it does have a dedicated video decoder.) Running the LCD backlight is probably one of the big loads, but using a general purpose GPU (it's not just for pushing pixels any more, after all) in this application is necessarily going to hurt power consumption.
Can't we get a dedicated chip for the pipeline of network packets-encoded video data-pixels-screen yet? There's a reason that some solutions are implemented in hardware rather than software. If my ipod can play music for 14 hours with a tiny battery, I should be able to stream video off Hulu without murdering my netbook battery life. I feel like this is a common enough application where we could have the CPU offload the work to a specialized chip or something. Now that we're in the age of open source browsers, we could even have web sites tell Firefox or Opera about streaming video somehow to signal the process.
P.S. Some background - I'm a software engineer (just graduated actually!) but I have a tremendous amount of respect for EE people who can whip up a DSP chip. I just bought an EEE 1000HA and I use it at least four hours a day. It's my only computer at home, and I hook it up to my car to play music. Maybe I should get out more.
Thai people are quiet conservative but their religion (Bhuddism) teaches them to be open and accepting of others even when they do something rude.
Have you ever traveled to Thailand? I dare you to walk down the main street of Pattaya Beach at night. You'll see wilder shit than you've ever imagined in the craziest college town you've ever visited in the U.S. It will blow your mind.
That's a good option for those who have enough money and are beautiful enough. Furthermore, you already have to have some degree of social power to be even considered. People who are ugly, inept, and poor are not welcome to join the "real" greek system.
That's true to some degree, but I wouldn't qualify the necessary ingredient as social "power." Rather, most chapters seek those who are not afraid to carry a conversation with people they don't know. Also, chapters vary widely. Some are more homogeneous, emphasizing characteristics like sports abilities or good fashion sense. Others, including the one I eventually joined, are more diverse. In sum, most college freshmen appeal to the majority of fraternity or sorority chapters; what usually matters most is the particular match of the student to the group.
PS. Also, note that going Greek is only an option if one lives in the United States. I apologize for forgetting that Slashdot enjoys an international readership.
I would recommend joining a fraternity or sorority. Being part of the Greek community exposes you to a huge range of different personality types. Going Greek was one of the best decisions I ever made.
The reality here is this is a LAN party, not a frat-boy keg party. The risks are low.
I am in a fraternity in college, and we have insurance for our keg parties. It is actually not that expensive, or difficult to purchase (we do it on an annual basis, should be easier on a one-time basis).
I live in California and I once dated a girl for about four months. She was a regular (daily) pot smoker (I'm not), and ended up breaking it off because she wanted to work 10 hours per day, 7 days a week at the local Cannabis Club (local, state-licensed marijuana dispensary for the medically ill). She worked there for a year, and eventually rose up to one of the top managerial levels.
The federal government ended up raiding the club, and put her and other managers on trial for large-scale distribution. She will likely receive a twenty year prison sentence.
True story. If that example does not speak loudly enough for why states' rights make sense on this issue, I don't know which one can. (Remember, I don't even smoke whatsoever.)
I think Vista will be fine for most people once powerful hardware becomes more common. People I know who have it pre-loaded on their new laptops seem to be okay with it.
I am a fourth-year university computer science student facing the prospect of graduation within a year. I am considering going to graduate school, or just going directly into industry with a BS. I am currently applying to the PRIME research program, hoping to conduct research in Asia for the summer. Either way, I will most likely end up working for a company, making enough money to pay the bills and survive. Will I start a family later? Maybe. I'm not in a serious relationship right now.
Anyway, the point is: after reading these posts, if the technology was developed enough for people to make one-way trips to Mars to colonize it, would I do it?
Of course I would. I have actually thought about how significant colonizing other planets would be for several years. I wouldn't have to wait until I am old and have nothing else to live for. I would do it today. If the technology develops within ten years, I will do it in ten years. If there is any way that I could contribute to a colony with the technical skills that I have, I would be in the first shuttle there as fast as anyone would let me.
This also makes him available for appointment to some post in the White House. Imagine the work he could do in Commerce, overseeing the Internet, at the FCC overseeing information flow, or at Justice, overseeing IP-related enforcement.
You mean like Obama's planned CTO position for the United States government?
I actually haven't. But I don't have many demanding office software needs on my Ubuntu machine at home. All my office needs are met at, well, the office. And since my office uses Windows, I can just use Microsoft Office and be done with it.
I went to a walkthrough of the Intuit campus in San Diego yesterday. They had a raffle in the beginning and I won a copy of QuickBooks Premier 2008. Even though I am a Computer Science major about to graduate, I felt like I had won nothing; the software felt valueless to me because it would not run on my Ubuntu machine at home. Perhaps shrink-wrap software that runs on Linux may start to catch on soon?
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If Microsoft wanted to compile its software for the ARM architecture, it would. The market must demonstrate that long-battery-life netbooks are in high-demand first. Remember, Apple switched from PPC to Intel because of the improved performance-per-watt ratio. Once these major companies see a benefit to running their code on efficient RISC architectures, it will happen. It's just a matter of time.
Society can protect it's citizens just fine by handing out life sentences. It's cheaper, more humane, and there might even be room too if we stopped locking people up for minor drug offenses.
I think you're being cowardly and small by trying to ignore the other side of the issue. Do you know anyone who's seen the inside of a federal prison? People start fights, and kill each other. Considering that our prisons are imperfect, I'd reconsider your policy of "put the terrible convicts somewhere where I don't have to worry about it" because someday you might find yourself on the wrong side of the law.
Think about it - you're driving to work, a child jumps into the street to run after something, you're sending a text message on your phone, you run into the child and the child dies. You're looking at vehicular manslaughter with a plea bargain of 5-10 years in a federal prison. Think carefully about whether you'd want that 6'8" serial killer in the same yard with you when you leave your cell each day.
I've been charged with a crime I didn't commit. Mind you it wasn't a capital offense but it was a felony.
So no, the law isn't perfect and can be wrong. But I still believe in capital punishment.
I respect you for having the courage to say that.
I got it done at age 16. It is definitely better after. Also, in the U.S., nobody really cares one way or the other. Both ways are socially accepted. I know this is a topic of debate but I thought I'd add a data point since it's rare to find people who have had it both ways.
Can't we get a dedicated chip for the pipeline of network packets-encoded video data-pixels-screen yet? There's a reason that some solutions are implemented in hardware rather than software. If my ipod can play music for 14 hours with a tiny battery, I should be able to stream video off Hulu without murdering my netbook battery life. I feel like this is a common enough application where we could have the CPU offload the work to a specialized chip or something. Now that we're in the age of open source browsers, we could even have web sites tell Firefox or Opera about streaming video somehow to signal the process.
P.S. Some background - I'm a software engineer (just graduated actually!) but I have a tremendous amount of respect for EE people who can whip up a DSP chip. I just bought an EEE 1000HA and I use it at least four hours a day. It's my only computer at home, and I hook it up to my car to play music. Maybe I should get out more.
But can we please have the damn measurement in libraries of Congress already. Sometimes I just don't understand slashdot anymore
Have you ever traveled to Thailand? I dare you to walk down the main street of Pattaya Beach at night. You'll see wilder shit than you've ever imagined in the craziest college town you've ever visited in the U.S. It will blow your mind.
All the stereotypes about Thailand are true.
Name one. Microsoft is the #1 biggest software company in the world.
That's true to some degree, but I wouldn't qualify the necessary ingredient as social "power." Rather, most chapters seek those who are not afraid to carry a conversation with people they don't know. Also, chapters vary widely. Some are more homogeneous, emphasizing characteristics like sports abilities or good fashion sense. Others, including the one I eventually joined, are more diverse. In sum, most college freshmen appeal to the majority of fraternity or sorority chapters; what usually matters most is the particular match of the student to the group.
PS. Also, note that going Greek is only an option if one lives in the United States. I apologize for forgetting that Slashdot enjoys an international readership.
I would recommend joining a fraternity or sorority. Being part of the Greek community exposes you to a huge range of different personality types. Going Greek was one of the best decisions I ever made.
I am in a fraternity in college, and we have insurance for our keg parties. It is actually not that expensive, or difficult to purchase (we do it on an annual basis, should be easier on a one-time basis).
I am 22, and I played Duke Nukem 1 on my elementary school PC! And I definitely played Duke 3D in high school. The memories are there.
Sounds like a good idea.
I live in California and I once dated a girl for about four months. She was a regular (daily) pot smoker (I'm not), and ended up breaking it off because she wanted to work 10 hours per day, 7 days a week at the local Cannabis Club (local, state-licensed marijuana dispensary for the medically ill). She worked there for a year, and eventually rose up to one of the top managerial levels.
The federal government ended up raiding the club, and put her and other managers on trial for large-scale distribution. She will likely receive a twenty year prison sentence.
True story. If that example does not speak loudly enough for why states' rights make sense on this issue, I don't know which one can. (Remember, I don't even smoke whatsoever.)
Dude. You are wise beyond your years. I hereby dub thee: the sensei of security.
I think Vista will be fine for most people once powerful hardware becomes more common. People I know who have it pre-loaded on their new laptops seem to be okay with it.
I checked it out because of the above post and discovered an ENORMOUS speed increase. Firefox is now way faster than Opera! This is huge!
I am a fourth-year university computer science student facing the prospect of graduation within a year. I am considering going to graduate school, or just going directly into industry with a BS. I am currently applying to the PRIME research program, hoping to conduct research in Asia for the summer. Either way, I will most likely end up working for a company, making enough money to pay the bills and survive. Will I start a family later? Maybe. I'm not in a serious relationship right now.
Anyway, the point is: after reading these posts, if the technology was developed enough for people to make one-way trips to Mars to colonize it, would I do it?
Of course I would. I have actually thought about how significant colonizing other planets would be for several years. I wouldn't have to wait until I am old and have nothing else to live for. I would do it today. If the technology develops within ten years, I will do it in ten years. If there is any way that I could contribute to a colony with the technical skills that I have, I would be in the first shuttle there as fast as anyone would let me.
You mean like Obama's planned CTO position for the United States government?
I actually haven't. But I don't have many demanding office software needs on my Ubuntu machine at home. All my office needs are met at, well, the office. And since my office uses Windows, I can just use Microsoft Office and be done with it.
I went to a walkthrough of the Intuit campus in San Diego yesterday. They had a raffle in the beginning and I won a copy of QuickBooks Premier 2008. Even though I am a Computer Science major about to graduate, I felt like I had won nothing; the software felt valueless to me because it would not run on my Ubuntu machine at home. Perhaps shrink-wrap software that runs on Linux may start to catch on soon?
Somebody mod parent up please...that actually works.
The bug currently has 100 votes! Thanks everyone! I also posted a screenshot of the bug happening in Konqueror.
Of course. I saw Armin live at Monster Massive in LA recently...amazing set