Just get jHymn to strip the copy protection of your downloaded tracks, then convert them to whatever format you wish: http://hymn-project.org/jhymndoc/
Sorry, I should have qualified my statement a little more. I meant for GAMES. MS is ahead of the competition for games. Thats what the largest market for all this GPU nonsense is anyway. MS has the best API's and develeoper support for gaming. Games are whats important, right?;)
In an age where we should be looking for energy savings, what's the benefit of making a system more complicated than XP, and requires more horsepower than a rather darn good OS Microsoft released in 2000
The answer is simple: Games. Just wait till the new DirectX10 titles start coming out - that is going to be the driving sales force for Vista!
Also, Vista is quite aggressive in its power management so even though the CPU and GPU peak energy consumption might be a lot higher than a typical Windows XP machine, the OS is quite intelligent about turning off bits that aren't being used - especially on laptops. I reckon the energy requirements will be about the same overall.
but how come no one ever calls MS out on the fact that Vista is basically still playing catch up to OS X
While this may be true for the basic UI and windowing features, MS is way ahead in the API's and use of GPU's. No other OS out there really supports intelligent scheduling and memory management on the latest generation of GPU's. The overhead of having all the animations and fancy stuff in the UI is more than made up for by being able to effectively use the power of the GPU. Especially for games. In those regards Microsoft is way ahead of the competition.
"It's certainly understandable that they would restrict their software to one machine; most software vendors do this. However, forcing the purchasing of new version for hardware upgrades is completely asinine, and completely inexcusable."
I tend to agree. Although motherboard upgrade are not that common in the giant scheme of things. I'm sure MS has done the math on this one and determined that the number of potential users affected is low. A Business Analyst at MS is just like a Business Analyst at any other company after all...
But what if MS had a different pricing scheme:
$99 to buy the boxed OS (or whatever is a good price point for the feature set)
$50/year optional subscription to get support (including software updates and hardware upgrades - the license gets updated and transferred to the new hardware.)
That way folks have an option whether to pay for an upgrade to a supported version, or stick with the barebones.
LOL! Folks are always so quick to jump on the bandwagon about how stupid Microsoft's policies are. But is this really such a big deal? Is it even news-worthy? Here is the reality:
MS wants to make money - just like everybody else
MS loses money for each support call - just like everybody else
VM marginally increases support costs due to incompatibilities
folks swapping hardware marginally increases support costs
You could argue that only experts would ever swap hardware or use VM and that they don't call MS support. But there are a lot of people who call themselves experts who haven't a clue. Login to whatever tech site you want and there are DIY guides for whatever hardware config you want to build. A complete moron can use those guides, fail miserably, and then call Microsoft for support. Microsoft doesn't want to pay for that and why should they unless you pay a premium for those features?
In addition, MS and everybody else wants to promote a subscription model for software - the more features you use, the more you pay. How is this different than any other vendor who charges for software? Linux isn't free. Somebody has to get paid to support the software and keep businesses running. Would you work for Google and run their linux boxes for free?
University of Toronto has had a cheating detection program called MOSS running against student program assignments for several years now. How many other schools have something similar?
I did a Google search for other articles on this topic, and nobody has the actual satellite images, just a bunch of lame pictures of *small* icebergs from 2003? I can just see all the Al Gore propaganda jokes tomorrow...
But seriously if you're going to write an article at least post the images. Even Discovery Channel didn't have a good image and they are usually all about the pictures!
The article summary posted above fails to mention that these were Circuit City credit customers.
That is a very important bit of info as many retail credit card holders often have no idea who the issuing bank is.
On second thought, "Have a sandwich" would map to "Have", "Having", etc. Perhaps its not taking into account the other words at all? Argh, the legalese is so tedious and difficult to follow for folks with ADHD.
I searched for the tool you described but came up blank. Can you please provide a link? Does this tool actually map a particular verb form to a phrase?
I think some of you folks are missing a key claim in this patent:
17. A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a computer system to provide verb forms, by a method comprising: receiving a phrase; locating a verb that matches the received phrase; and displaying verb forms of the located verb.
Read it again. What I take this to mean is that I can type in a phrase like
"Have a sandwich"
and out comes associated verb forms such as
"eat"
"eating"
etc...
That is a powerful building block for a natural language processor and I don't think it is covered by prior art. For some reason the diagrams are not loading for me and I don't know if the background material provides enough detail to reproduce the algorithm that the researchers intended. I'm not an expert in the field so perhaps there is enough. Generally Microsoft likes to put its best foot forward in a patent application and not hide the best implementation. Any NLP researchers care to comment?
Because you're on their private property, and by being there, you agree to the terms and acknowledge the signs they post (you know, "Surveilence Technology In Use," etc).
Ok perhaps I didn't explain my position well enough. I'm not arguing the right for a store to operate cameras. Their property - their rules. I don't have a problem with stores that have cameras - I'm not camera shy at all. But why can't I have my own camera in their store? Sometimes you'll see a "no phtographs allowed" sign, sometimes not. But regardless of any signage, in almost all cases, security doesn't like you to have your own camera. Why?
And what about public government buildings and airports? Why is it ok for my eyes to see things but not a camera?
Hearing impaired folks get to use in-ear hearing aids without questions. Why can't I use some image processing software and a camera to help me see better and for my own personal protection? What if I want a visual record of all the people I deal with because I have a brain tumour that affects my memory. Ever see the movie Memento? If we don't allow cameras in public spaces then we are potentially discriminating against folks that could really use technology to ease their suffering.
Think these scenarios are too far-fetched? Think again...
For fun times, bring a video camera into an airport or wal-mart and start filming the ceilings and asking the officials what the dark hemispheres are. If they are allowed to film you without explicit permission, why aren't you allowed to film them for your own personal protection?
I want to make a T-shirt to sell to black hat attendees that reads something like:
"By looking in my direction you implicitly agree to have your likeness stored in my feeble brain and/or my camcorder flash memory cartridges."
But I'm too dumb/lazy to make it into a snappier statement.
Here are some links on Sousveillance so I can earn my +1 informative point:
Actually it does have everything implemented. There will be no new features in the final RTM build according to Alchin and Valentine. The only difference will be bug fixes and improvements in the WDK and other documentation.
Indcidentally, there is a huge party going on at Microsoft's main campus soccer field today, if you were curious to see how Windows developers act while drunk.
Even better, there is now a separate little red 'X' button for each browser tab just like Internet Exploder 7. And Firefox successfully imported my cookies from Internet Explorer. Pretty slick!
Don't you love leapfrog?
Someday these advanced algorithms might will even help with the most daunting task of all: choosing a Linux distribution.
But in all seriousness, is it me, or is the subject header for the/. post misleading? They are only predicting crystalline structures, not actually creating the materials right? How do they actually go about creating the theoretical materials?
Slashdot Mirror
Just get jHymn to strip the copy protection of your downloaded tracks, then convert them to whatever format you wish:
http://hymn-project.org/jhymndoc/
There is even a previous slashdot article...
Yagshamesh. I pray sexytime explosion with rubberized device. Is nice.
Sorry, I should have qualified my statement a little more. I meant for GAMES. MS is ahead of the competition for games. Thats what the largest market for all this GPU nonsense is anyway. MS has the best API's and develeoper support for gaming. Games are whats important, right? ;)
In an age where we should be looking for energy savings, what's the benefit of making a system more complicated than XP, and requires more horsepower than a rather darn good OS Microsoft released in 2000
The answer is simple: Games. Just wait till the new DirectX10 titles start coming out - that is going to be the driving sales force for Vista!
Also, Vista is quite aggressive in its power management so even though the CPU and GPU peak energy consumption might be a lot higher than a typical Windows XP machine, the OS is quite intelligent about turning off bits that aren't being used - especially on laptops. I reckon the energy requirements will be about the same overall.
but how come no one ever calls MS out on the fact that Vista is basically still playing catch up to OS X
While this may be true for the basic UI and windowing features, MS is way ahead in the API's and use of GPU's. No other OS out there really supports intelligent scheduling and memory management on the latest generation of GPU's. The overhead of having all the animations and fancy stuff in the UI is more than made up for by being able to effectively use the power of the GPU. Especially for games. In those regards Microsoft is way ahead of the competition.
I tend to agree. Although motherboard upgrade are not that common in the giant scheme of things. I'm sure MS has done the math on this one and determined that the number of potential users affected is low. A Business Analyst at MS is just like a Business Analyst at any other company after all...
But what if MS had a different pricing scheme:
- $99 to buy the boxed OS (or whatever is a good price point for the feature set)
- $50/year optional subscription to get support (including software updates and hardware upgrades - the license gets updated and transferred to the new hardware.)
That way folks have an option whether to pay for an upgrade to a supported version, or stick with the barebones.- Write weird license agreements
- Steal underpants
- ...
- profit
Old and busted joke I know, but your post was such a good setup...- MS wants to make money - just like everybody else
- MS loses money for each support call - just like everybody else
- VM marginally increases support costs due to incompatibilities
- folks swapping hardware marginally increases support costs
You could argue that only experts would ever swap hardware or use VM and that they don't call MS support. But there are a lot of people who call themselves experts who haven't a clue. Login to whatever tech site you want and there are DIY guides for whatever hardware config you want to build. A complete moron can use those guides, fail miserably, and then call Microsoft for support. Microsoft doesn't want to pay for that and why should they unless you pay a premium for those features?In addition, MS and everybody else wants to promote a subscription model for software - the more features you use, the more you pay. How is this different than any other vendor who charges for software? Linux isn't free. Somebody has to get paid to support the software and keep businesses running. Would you work for Google and run their linux boxes for free?
University of Toronto has had a cheating detection program called MOSS running against student program assignments for several years now. How many other schools have something similar?
Thank you for the link! I feel dumb now :)
Must not read /. and post after 2AM...
Oh they'll find something else to run into. We can't keep James Cameron out of work after all...
I did a Google search for other articles on this topic, and nobody has the actual satellite images, just a bunch of lame pictures of *small* icebergs from 2003? I can just see all the Al Gore propaganda jokes tomorrow...
But seriously if you're going to write an article at least post the images. Even Discovery Channel didn't have a good image and they are usually all about the pictures!
Let me try to brush up on my yank-math...
3000 tons = 6,000,000 pounds
120,megawatts = 120,000,000 watts
A CDROM weighs 1/2 oz.
So you'd need approx 96 AOL CDs per hour to run a 60W lightbulb. I think I have just enough of those to get me through the end of the year...
The article summary posted above fails to mention that these were Circuit City credit customers. That is a very important bit of info as many retail credit card holders often have no idea who the issuing bank is.
The question is, were the movie files encoded before or after Microsoft fixed its DRM issues?
- Get signatures on contract
- Steal underpants
- ...
- ...
- Profit
Now if only the stains in my Hanes faded away like Xerox's growth.On second thought, "Have a sandwich" would map to "Have", "Having", etc. Perhaps its not taking into account the other words at all? Argh, the legalese is so tedious and difficult to follow for folks with ADHD.
I think some of you folks are missing a key claim in this patent:
Read it again. What I take this to mean is that I can type in a phrase like
and out comes associated verb forms such as
That is a powerful building block for a natural language processor and I don't think it is covered by prior art. For some reason the diagrams are not loading for me and I don't know if the background material provides enough detail to reproduce the algorithm that the researchers intended. I'm not an expert in the field so perhaps there is enough. Generally Microsoft likes to put its best foot forward in a patent application and not hide the best implementation. Any NLP researchers care to comment?
Because you're on their private property, and by being there, you agree to the terms and acknowledge the signs they post (you know, "Surveilence Technology In Use," etc).
Ok perhaps I didn't explain my position well enough. I'm not arguing the right for a store to operate cameras. Their property - their rules. I don't have a problem with stores that have cameras - I'm not camera shy at all. But why can't I have my own camera in their store? Sometimes you'll see a "no phtographs allowed" sign, sometimes not. But regardless of any signage, in almost all cases, security doesn't like you to have your own camera. Why?
And what about public government buildings and airports? Why is it ok for my eyes to see things but not a camera?
Hearing impaired folks get to use in-ear hearing aids without questions. Why can't I use some image processing software and a camera to help me see better and for my own personal protection? What if I want a visual record of all the people I deal with because I have a brain tumour that affects my memory. Ever see the movie Memento? If we don't allow cameras in public spaces then we are potentially discriminating against folks that could really use technology to ease their suffering.
Think these scenarios are too far-fetched? Think again...
I want to make a T-shirt to sell to black hat attendees that reads something like: "By looking in my direction you implicitly agree to have your likeness stored in my feeble brain and/or my camcorder flash memory cartridges."
But I'm too dumb/lazy to make it into a snappier statement.
Here are some links on Sousveillance so I can earn my +1 informative point:
Actually it does have everything implemented. There will be no new features in the final RTM build according to Alchin and Valentine. The only difference will be bug fixes and improvements in the WDK and other documentation.
Indcidentally, there is a huge party going on at Microsoft's main campus soccer field today, if you were curious to see how Windows developers act while drunk.
Even better, there is now a separate little red 'X' button for each browser tab just like Internet Exploder 7. And Firefox successfully imported my cookies from Internet Explorer. Pretty slick! Don't you love leapfrog?
"Slashdot is the Fox News of patents."
+1 Insightful
Although I'd make it broader: Slashdot is the Fox News of technology.
Someday these advanced algorithms might will even help with the most daunting task of all: choosing a Linux distribution.
/. post misleading? They are only predicting crystalline structures, not actually creating the materials right? How do they actually go about creating the theoretical materials?
But in all seriousness, is it me, or is the subject header for the
Wow this does work. You can see the cyclical patterns emerge quite clearly, well for obvious stuff at least.
k ing&ctab=0&geo=US&date=all
C +heating&ctab=0&geo=US&date=all
Snowboarding vs hiking: http://www.google.com/trends?q=snowboarding%2C+hi
Heating vs air conditioning: http://www.google.com/trends?q=air+conditioning%2