Comment Re:Probably not search (Score 1) 274
I do like the idea of IBM.com or Watson.com boldly becoming a tranquil place to find answers.
Incense and windchimes... can we patent this?
I do like the idea of IBM.com or Watson.com boldly becoming a tranquil place to find answers.
Incense and windchimes... can we patent this?
Tried this with Siri,not only did it find people selling fur-lined leather gloves, it also found photos of models wearing skimpy dresses with gloves on.
I'm sure there's a deeper meaning here.
DisplayPort is better than HDMI, and in practice mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapter are only slightly more expensive than micro HDMI to HDMI.
Absolutely, I've got 2550x1440 monitors using display port, try doing that with HDMI
And I was being a little flippant.
Yes, any binary that you don't have the source to is a potential security hole.
But it's like worrying about people wearing bombs in their shoes, you're focusing on the wrong thing.
Why Apple's CEO? The Samsung Wrist Phone...
Are you kidding? I'm guessing the conversation around the bong was more along the lines of:
".... so dude... we managed to convince our competitors, the pundits and the market that we'd make a stupid fucking watch right?"
*giggles*
"... I know right
*more giggles* *at least one board member falls off his chair*
"... oh man
Ah if only I had not already commented on this...
So I'll point out that step 4) should include a cover letter that clearly documents your actions in 1), 2) & 3)
Step 5) would be to document the above and any responses from NVIDIA somewhere in public on the web.
No profit here, but much satisfaction from righteous indignation.
Let's see: you use an overblown proprietary binary blob that contains who-knows-what in times of overall NSA spying, and you dare complain that this binary blob has lost one tiny bit of functionality w.r.t. Windows' binary blob? Don't worry, the main functionality of this nVidia blob (NSA backdoor?) is still fully functional.
Nvidia has never been a perfect partner to the opensource world, however your tinfoil hat is too tight son, it's clearly cutting off the blood flow to your brain.
No, I know where the quote comes from, it just wasn't applicable. Vader made a deal, Nvidea made no deal with Linux. Their only deals are with Microsoft, who are probably the Vader here (Darth Ballmer?).
That's kind of the point, most of the time the opensource world does not get to make deals with corporations. You take what they dole out and then you thank them for it.
I don't like it, and I'm hoping it doesn't last, but it does seem to be the reality.
In the ideal world our esteemed colleagues at Redmond will continue to screw themselves over and the world will turn slowly to Linux and all the hardware vendors will start playing ball, and there is some indication that has been the gradual trend over the past five years or so, but don't hold your breath and don't expect anyone to play fair.
Tesla Model S Catches Fire: Is This Tesla's 'Toyota' Moment?
Only when you consider Toyota's slogan is "Driving excitement". I can think of nothing more exciting than OH GOD OH GOD WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE.
That was pretty much the excitement of driving a Pontiac Firefly close to the speed limit. (Downhill with a tailwind...)
No. A single incident without a fatality is rarely a cause for such panic unless this is hyped by those opposed to electric cars.
Good thing that never happens.
That's a lot of vapor.
Only if they leave the valve open.
Some authors improve with time and exposure, others are a flash in the pan. Some produce their greatest works young, and other old.
The Tom Clancy I will always remember is "Red Storm Rising" (not a great novel, but a great page turner) , "Red October" and "Patriot Games". Tom Clancy's early books were fantastic page turners, not high art but highly entertaining and quite well thought out. I wish that all of his works were of the same quality, or better.
Now we will never know if there was the potential for greatness that sometimes comes with the "wisdom of elders".
Thank you for the memories Tom, as far as I'm concerned "Red October" still stands as a "best in genre" after 30 years.
Yes, let's all worship angiosperms.
That does have it's merits, for example we can prove they exist and unlike many gods they are nice to have in the house and garden.
The relevant bits of the FreeBSD userland are periodically (every major release) imported into OS X. The two systems are fairly different, so kernel changes in FreeBSD probably won't show up, but tweaks to command line tools and other stuff probably will.
Darwin is not a BSD kernel, so the kernel changes will never show up, no probably about it.
The hardest part of climbing the ladder of success is getting through the crowd at the bottom.