pmjoe
Apr 28, 03:59 PM
Shouldn't leaking trade secrets be some sort of civil contract violation, rather than a crime you can be arrested and jailed for?
You'd think the right thing to do would be to fire and fine them. What is putting them in jail going to accomplish?
Yes, this basically sounds like a civil matter to me (as I'm fairly certain in the US it would be) ... but this is China we're talking about.
No, you don't arrest people and put them in jail because of a dispute with their employer. You fire them and sue them.
You'd think the right thing to do would be to fire and fine them. What is putting them in jail going to accomplish?
Yes, this basically sounds like a civil matter to me (as I'm fairly certain in the US it would be) ... but this is China we're talking about.
No, you don't arrest people and put them in jail because of a dispute with their employer. You fire them and sue them.
Nate B
Mar 2, 12:31 PM
http://i.imgur.com/5Fj5fs.png (http://imgur.com/5Fj5f)
Dagless
Apr 19, 09:56 AM
so if you computer crashes you left with nothing.. again why they should discount this.
This isn't like iTunes or those other similar services. Once you buy something on Steam, unless you lose your account somehow then you have that game forever. You can download it on as many computers as you like.
It's the bee's knees of digital distribution.
To all those asking if the game will run on your system; I play on medium settings on a 5 year old iMac and I'm getting good (30+ fps) performance under Windows. It's very well built.
This isn't like iTunes or those other similar services. Once you buy something on Steam, unless you lose your account somehow then you have that game forever. You can download it on as many computers as you like.
It's the bee's knees of digital distribution.
To all those asking if the game will run on your system; I play on medium settings on a 5 year old iMac and I'm getting good (30+ fps) performance under Windows. It's very well built.
Starship77
Apr 7, 12:33 AM
That's why they're selling 2 for each person. So you can blend your iPad and still have the other one to use... ;)
jeffy.dee-lux
Dec 3, 03:30 PM
Despite "high hopes" for going green, the current reality of this is that about 45% of a U.S. Volt owners will be using a coal-powered car.
I don't think anybody here is arguing in support of Coal-fired power plants. We're just saying that this is another issue that needs to be addressed, but it would be foolish to wait for 100% renewable electricity before we start electrifying our fleet. A typical car spends 10-20 years on the road before it's retired. Even if every new car sold from today onwards were electric, it would take 20 years before we have a 100% electric fleet. Currently, expectations run from maybe 3-10% of the market (as in new car purchases) being electric (or at least plug-in) by 2020, depending on who you ask. Fleet electrification will be a very long process, and this can happen parallel with renewable electricity development.
Now, besides this argument, just looking at the current situation and ignoring future potential for improvements, you'll find that even a 100% coal-powered car is more efficient than an equivalent, efficient ICE car (not by a lot, but still better).
Cleanliness is another story, that depends on how you define it. CO2 goes hand in hand with efficiency, as its a direct product of fossil fuel combustion, so again, a 100% coal-powered plug in car is slightly better in this regard. The numbers I've run have shown that NOx and SO2 emissions actually go up with a 100% coal-powered plug in car vs a modern ICE. Those emissions have been drastically reduced in cars over the past 20 years to the point that they're actually quite clean. One thing to consider though is that in this case, these emissions cause local-scale problems, so displacing those emissions away from dense populations actually does help, at least in terms of urban air quality. SO2 can cause acid rain though, and that is maybe somewhere between a local, city-scale problem and a global problem. That said, I don't see why cleaning up coal power plants should be any less aggressive than cleaning up vehicle emissions has been in recent years.
Also, keep in mind that it's very difficult for the power supply from power plants to ramp up and down to meet demand, and as such, a lot of energy has to be burned off and wasted at night when demand is low. That's why some places charge a lot less for electricity at night. If most people use their car to get to work and simply charge up for 8 hours while they sleep, the overall emissions per kWh are reduced, and the numbers swing more in the favour of plug-in vehicles.
I don't think anybody here is arguing in support of Coal-fired power plants. We're just saying that this is another issue that needs to be addressed, but it would be foolish to wait for 100% renewable electricity before we start electrifying our fleet. A typical car spends 10-20 years on the road before it's retired. Even if every new car sold from today onwards were electric, it would take 20 years before we have a 100% electric fleet. Currently, expectations run from maybe 3-10% of the market (as in new car purchases) being electric (or at least plug-in) by 2020, depending on who you ask. Fleet electrification will be a very long process, and this can happen parallel with renewable electricity development.
Now, besides this argument, just looking at the current situation and ignoring future potential for improvements, you'll find that even a 100% coal-powered car is more efficient than an equivalent, efficient ICE car (not by a lot, but still better).
Cleanliness is another story, that depends on how you define it. CO2 goes hand in hand with efficiency, as its a direct product of fossil fuel combustion, so again, a 100% coal-powered plug in car is slightly better in this regard. The numbers I've run have shown that NOx and SO2 emissions actually go up with a 100% coal-powered plug in car vs a modern ICE. Those emissions have been drastically reduced in cars over the past 20 years to the point that they're actually quite clean. One thing to consider though is that in this case, these emissions cause local-scale problems, so displacing those emissions away from dense populations actually does help, at least in terms of urban air quality. SO2 can cause acid rain though, and that is maybe somewhere between a local, city-scale problem and a global problem. That said, I don't see why cleaning up coal power plants should be any less aggressive than cleaning up vehicle emissions has been in recent years.
Also, keep in mind that it's very difficult for the power supply from power plants to ramp up and down to meet demand, and as such, a lot of energy has to be burned off and wasted at night when demand is low. That's why some places charge a lot less for electricity at night. If most people use their car to get to work and simply charge up for 8 hours while they sleep, the overall emissions per kWh are reduced, and the numbers swing more in the favour of plug-in vehicles.
MacDonaldsd
Apr 18, 06:44 AM
If iLife doesn't come out till leopards release in October, I think it will be called iLife 08 regardless of wether they release it in October or at macworld in January.
puuukeey
Nov 17, 12:28 AM
that looks like a laptop, and indeed this seems to be better suited for a laptop not an Ipod
for those who call me a constant naysayer,
I LOVE THIS IDEA. its sure more elegant than this
http://www.stuffiti.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/07/midikey.thumbnail.jpg
for those who call me a constant naysayer,
I LOVE THIS IDEA. its sure more elegant than this
http://www.stuffiti.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/07/midikey.thumbnail.jpg
warschauer
Apr 12, 06:53 AM
OK, I'll be the first one to confess that I believed this rumor. It just seems that a fall release date makes more sense for a product like this, both because people are going back to school and, especially, the holiday season. My guess is the fact that new releases of the iPad are coming out a few months into the new year might be a damper on holiday sales of the iPad.
So yes, I could see Apple trying somehow to get the iPad onto an early fall release schedule.
So yes, I could see Apple trying somehow to get the iPad onto an early fall release schedule.
SandynJosh
Apr 11, 02:44 AM
Will it be available in the iBooks store?
Google has the exclusive rights. Trust me.
Google has the exclusive rights. Trust me.
cooknwitha
Sep 10, 05:36 AM
Can all people near The Oval please take your fans outside and point them skywards and try and push the rain back where it came from?
randyharris
Nov 9, 11:07 PM
Wouldn't it be great if Leopard is released before Vista!
Vegasman
Apr 29, 09:58 AM
If you see a person who purchased a mobile phone in the last year, the chances are it is an iPhone.
I am pretty sure this report is saying that if someone bought a mobile phone in the last year there is a 19 in 20 chance it is NOT an iPhone.
I am pretty sure this report is saying that if someone bought a mobile phone in the last year there is a 19 in 20 chance it is NOT an iPhone.
ccrandall77
Nov 3, 09:37 AM
UMTS/HSDPA is NOT CDMA based. It is actually TDMA based, like GSM. While it does have a CDMA over-the-air interface, it is intended to replace GSM and its other sister technologies. EVDO is intended for the CDMA carriers (Sprint, Verizon, Alltel, US Cellular, Cricket, metroPCS) and will be a far cry from defacto as over 80% of the world is still using GSM. And second generation GSM is still amazing technology, and it and CDMA cannot be compared, just like apples and oranges or Macs and PCs.
Not quite true. UMTS uses W-CDMA as it's underlying protocol. W-CDMA is a mixture of CDMA and, to a lesser extent, GSM technologies. UMTS/HSDPA is the route that current GSM/GPRS/EDGE carriers are going since it's an easier upgrade path. (Check out Wikipedia or Google for W-CDMA for more info).
Not quite true. UMTS uses W-CDMA as it's underlying protocol. W-CDMA is a mixture of CDMA and, to a lesser extent, GSM technologies. UMTS/HSDPA is the route that current GSM/GPRS/EDGE carriers are going since it's an easier upgrade path. (Check out Wikipedia or Google for W-CDMA for more info).
EMKoper
Dec 2, 08:09 AM
It is scary how stalkerish technology has become... The other night I typed my address into Google Earth and it pulled up a satellite image of my house... google was only 2 houses off.... that is really ****ed up
Huh? Given an address any printed-map of any detail can take someone directly to that address and that is just 'paper and printing-press' technology. Scary how those maps can enable you to find a location! :rolleyes:
Huh? Given an address any printed-map of any detail can take someone directly to that address and that is just 'paper and printing-press' technology. Scary how those maps can enable you to find a location! :rolleyes:
monokakata
Apr 10, 08:26 PM
I'd suggest contacting a large post-production house and seeing if they'll show you how they do it.
My son works at a big place in NYC and I've seen their machine room (mostly Apple). His outfit does what you're talking about, 24/7, with access all over N America and Europe, both for the editors and their clients.
I would suppose that any good-sized house does the same, and since you're specifically doing video -- well, that's what the post houses do for a living.
Sometimes imitation is an excellent solution.
My son works at a big place in NYC and I've seen their machine room (mostly Apple). His outfit does what you're talking about, 24/7, with access all over N America and Europe, both for the editors and their clients.
I would suppose that any good-sized house does the same, and since you're specifically doing video -- well, that's what the post houses do for a living.
Sometimes imitation is an excellent solution.
PBF
Oct 4, 12:02 PM
I hope iWeb has some sorta 3D text rendering.
Please, let it happen since no other program lets you do it in 3 easy steps.
Please, let it happen since no other program lets you do it in 3 easy steps.
aswitcher
Aug 7, 06:57 PM
this should either be available on ITMSfor free or put out as an H264 torrent. :(
Multimedia
Sep 12, 12:09 PM
60% Brighter • Gapless Playback • 2 to 3.5 hrs • 4 to 6.5 hrs • New Heaphones
60GB $249 80GB $349 Today
All video encoded with h264 • Past resolution 320x240 • Now today 640x480
Allowing 640 x 480 H.264 on the iPod is HUGE • A Major Step Forward For iPod based Video.
Gapless playback in itunes7 is also the Holy Grail - esp for Classical Music Lovers
Looks like the Movie Store will only be 4x3 640x480 and NOT WIDESCREEN so that's a deal breaker for me.
Needs to be 640 x 360 H.264 to work for me. But if 640 x 480 is the new maximum pixel density allowed WITH H.264 on the iPod then this is HUGE anyway 'cause we can encode to that level with H.264 which will look a lot better than without it.
60GB $249 80GB $349 Today
All video encoded with h264 • Past resolution 320x240 • Now today 640x480
Allowing 640 x 480 H.264 on the iPod is HUGE • A Major Step Forward For iPod based Video.
Gapless playback in itunes7 is also the Holy Grail - esp for Classical Music Lovers
Looks like the Movie Store will only be 4x3 640x480 and NOT WIDESCREEN so that's a deal breaker for me.
Needs to be 640 x 360 H.264 to work for me. But if 640 x 480 is the new maximum pixel density allowed WITH H.264 on the iPod then this is HUGE anyway 'cause we can encode to that level with H.264 which will look a lot better than without it.
WinterMute
Sep 8, 08:31 AM
176/4 just after lunch, Strauss playing well.
England had the start, Australia struck back, Flintoff at the crease on 16...
Bell failed again. :rolleyes:
Treskothic played well for his 46.
This is going to be a very tense weekend. :eek:
Listening the BBC Radio 4 Longwave via RealPlayer on my PowerBook.
England had the start, Australia struck back, Flintoff at the crease on 16...
Bell failed again. :rolleyes:
Treskothic played well for his 46.
This is going to be a very tense weekend. :eek:
Listening the BBC Radio 4 Longwave via RealPlayer on my PowerBook.
iMacZealot
Jul 11, 10:15 PM
Who gives a damn if Magnesium burns? Some prestigeous car cockpits are made of brushed magnesium and they look gorgeous. Pretty much everything burns when powedered. And pure metals are very unelikely to be used, alloys are much better suited for any metal cases as they are even more durable. And if your current iPod did not yet spontaniously catch fire, an iPod in a magnesium case would not have either. Do you really hold your iPod over a bunsen burner on a regular basis? I would understand if they planned to make them out of Sodium. :D
I can't wait for Apple to replace the crappy plastic case by metal ones. Portable devices such as mp3-players, laptops, phones etc. should not be made of cheap scratchy plastic in my opinion. It's frustrating how my shuffle scratched within a few days of usage. But it's actually cool the shuffle has no display, I can trow it around without fearing to break anything.
If not metal, make the iPods like the black Macbooks. I torture mine and don't have a single scratch. Actually, there was one at the bottom once but I can't find it anymore. It's cursed I think...
I agree. I recently went to Asia for two weeks and I took my mini over my video, not just because the mini came with a charger, but it's better made. My video iPod scratched the first day I had it!
I can't wait for Apple to replace the crappy plastic case by metal ones. Portable devices such as mp3-players, laptops, phones etc. should not be made of cheap scratchy plastic in my opinion. It's frustrating how my shuffle scratched within a few days of usage. But it's actually cool the shuffle has no display, I can trow it around without fearing to break anything.
If not metal, make the iPods like the black Macbooks. I torture mine and don't have a single scratch. Actually, there was one at the bottom once but I can't find it anymore. It's cursed I think...
I agree. I recently went to Asia for two weeks and I took my mini over my video, not just because the mini came with a charger, but it's better made. My video iPod scratched the first day I had it!
xi mezmerize ix
Jan 13, 11:28 AM
I usually have something Ferrari related but decided to switch it up.
rockthecasbah
Sep 5, 02:54 PM
Enough with the iPhone rumors. Really i'm suffocating from these dead rumors. We get it, people want a Cell Phone from Apple, but there is no need to be this obsessive about it :mad:
mBox
Apr 18, 10:56 PM
Well I'm a pro user and i welcome the new FCP and it's price.
I have a decent budget since I work for a corporation.
If I lost my job or decided to go on my own, $299 would make it easier to deal with than a seat with Avid.
Ive had the luxury of having full support with Avid since 2001 plus Digidesign and Autodesk/Alias Maya totaling at roughly 6k per year.
If anyone thinks that Apple is dropping the price to get out of the pro biz then maybe it's time to try something else.
I have a decent budget since I work for a corporation.
If I lost my job or decided to go on my own, $299 would make it easier to deal with than a seat with Avid.
Ive had the luxury of having full support with Avid since 2001 plus Digidesign and Autodesk/Alias Maya totaling at roughly 6k per year.
If anyone thinks that Apple is dropping the price to get out of the pro biz then maybe it's time to try something else.
MT37
Sep 5, 02:24 PM
I would for sure get one.
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