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601.
by spot 17y ago
Strange he doesn't mention that the CM-2 added the floating point hardware (one stock FPU per 32 processors)...
602.
by spot 17y ago
the author thinks he is immune to ads because he doesn't click. so... why all those ads before the internet?
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Larger Threat Is Seen in Google Case(nytimes.com)
2 points by spot 17y ago|0 comments
604.
by spot 17y ago
Here's the more complete article from the NYTimes: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/25/technology/companies/25goo...
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by spot 17y ago
right, this kind of anim requires arbitrary precision arithmetic. i wonder how long it took to do. my 1080p work is about an hour per frame, eg http://www.archive.org/details/HighFidelityDemo would take >2 months on a regular comput
606.
by spot 17y ago
wave is all about starting from a clean slate -- not constrained to integrate with existing systems. buzz is all about leveraging gmail by adding broadcast and location.
607.
by spot 17y ago
yea really. the original story cites him as a middle east expert... who cheered and approved of the invasion of iraq. now that's a record to be proud of. EDIT: i do agree with him though that the US should invest in sustainable energy.
608.
by spot 17y ago
wait did i hear you right -- apple prohibits interpreters?? that would be truly sad. i was thinking of making a graphical programming language for kids.
609.
by spot 17y ago
"Jim Von Ehr, the president of Zyvex LLC, has publicly stated that he believes that Zyvex will be able to do diamondoid nanoassembly by 2010." oops guess they missed their deadline. i would like to see a graph of how these predicted dates
610.
by spot 17y ago
if he could write interactive fiction, then he could sell subscriptions to connect to the server and play/read.
611.
by spot 17y ago
lawful? you mean like this: http://www.eff.org/cases/hepting
612.
by spot 17y ago
why the downvote?? seems like you are just proving jaron right ;)
613.
by spot 17y ago
"it is striking how many of the top-grossing acts began in the predigital era, and how much of today’s music is a mash-up of the old." this is what it's all about, the kids and their damn music.
614.
by spot 17y ago
it's nice to see david brooks say something intelligent for once.
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First Free 1080p Electric Sheep Animation(archive.org)
1 points by spot 17y ago|0 comments
616.
by spot 17y ago
http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f7/unlockers-t-mobile-3g-... the article said tmobile and the networks are not compatible.
617.
by spot 17y ago
that will get you edge but not 3G data speeds due to radio frequency incompatibility.
618.
by spot 17y ago
i have two linodes, one for high bandwidth (v2d7c.sheepserver.net) and one for low (electricsheep.org and scottdraves.com etc). the admin tools are awesome, there is hardly any (if any) downtime, performance is great, and prices are low.
619.
by spot 17y ago
because it's quite rude to be so condescending. journalism has changed in the past 30 to 40 years with the rise of the 24/7 news cycle and consolidation of TV news organizations under corporate control.
620.
by spot 17y ago
> My preference is a full functioning OS with an optimized browser. Then I get the best of both worlds. nope. if you lose that computer you have trouble. if you lose a chromeOS computer, you just get another one and log in.
621.
by spot 17y ago
> How cute. would you say that to my face?
622.
by spot 17y ago
Sadly, it is typical of journalists to see themselves in this way, and to see anything that threatens the system that gives them so much love in a negative light. Ironically, after how they covered the Iraq war, it seems it it is the fourth
623.
by spot 17y ago
"Canonical is not an open source company, they are just using free software to try and get a slice of the huge operating system market." looks like the article is a smear job by someone with a hidden agenda.
624.
by spot 17y ago
there's a bug in the droid camera focus software (so should be fixable OTA).
625.
by spot 17y ago
see also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Transparent_Society
626.
by spot 17y ago
that your browser allows a gross violation of privacy is the point.
627.
by spot 17y ago
could you be more specific? i think most people would be surprised to know that a website can scrape this information out of your browser history.
628.
by spot 17y ago
I am curious. As plenty of business people use gmail/docs, what are the subpoena implications of that?
629.
by spot 17y ago
i know it's an old letter. what i said was based on what i heard gates say last month. he "continues" it today, in addition to doing it back then.
630.
by spot 17y ago
there are all kinds of customers. android's true strength is that it's not tied to one brand, one manufacturer, one feature-set, and one network. iphone's multitasking is hobbled. with my G1 i can run mytracks and go jogging, taking calls

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