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Will Intel Ship an x86-64bit Chip This Year?
Solid Paradox writes "According to The Register, American Technology Research predicts an x86-64-bit processor will 'soon' arrive from Intel and in another story, they also predict that Sun and IBM will be the major players in the future 64-bit boom. Meanwhile the Inquirer has a somewhat related article entitled Senior Intel PR man talks 64-bit extension talk, which follows their Pentium V will launch with 64-bit Windows Elements article that says that the chip is to be sampled internally this month."
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SOMEBODY POST A STORY ABOUT THIS! I'M TOO LAZY from www.mplayerhq.hu (The home of award winning MPlayer software)
:: Another stolen software in Kiss firmware posted by Gabucino It has been brought to my attention, that the now famous Kiss Technology - already in violation of the GNU General Public License - has been confirmed stealing another program which is also completely under the GPL license. The software in question is the high-quality MPEG audio codec, MAD (libmad). This codec is used by a lot of other audio players, like mpg321, a command line MP3 player found in most Linux distributions - including Debian. The strings from the Kiss firmware (matching libmad sources), can be viewed here - but you can also check it for yourself, it's really easy. And if you do: don't be surprised when you run into more strings - which match libjpeg's. 2004.01.03, Saturday :: Kiss Tech comment posted by Gabucino Before I get another 10 mails about this: the GPL.ZIP file which they offer for download on their site contains only the Linux kernel and busybox sources, not MPlayer's! Thanks.
:: Another GPL violation: Kiss Technology posted by Gabucino Basically Kiss Technology is specialized in particular kinds of media hardware, namely DVD and MPEG-4 players, set-top-boxes, and such. There is nothing wrong with that. However, if a careless user initiates a string search in one of their firmwares: $ strings KiSS_DP-508_FW2.7.4_PAL.iso | grep -A 3 -B 6 MPSub
/usr/bin/mplayer | grep -B 8 mpsub -A 4
2004.01.03, Saturday
2004.01.02, Friday
Microdvd Subrip Subviewer Sami Vplayer Unknown MPSub Subviewer 2.0 Subrip 0.9 Jacosub
Running the same command on the MPlayer binary:
$ strings
L>microdvd subrip subviewer
sami vplayer dunnowhat mpsub subviewer 2.0 subrip 0.9 jacosub
You can also check the subreader.h or the subreader.c files in MPlayer sources. As you can see, the KiSS firmware contains the subtitle formats in the very same order as we do. The thing that really catches the eye is the MPSub format, which is our own subtitle format, which hasn't been used anywhere else so far.
Another nice nit is the "dunnowhat" AKA "unknown" subtitle format, whose name remains unknown for us - thus the naming. It's the same in KiSS' files.
This of course is hardly enough for a proof. What really makes it a one hundred percent stealing is quite obvious: the sscanf() calls which contains the patterns of the subtitle formats known to the subtitle parser, in order to identify the chosen subtitle file.
Saabs are all turbocharged. Subaru's got a few (WRX, STi) and Mitsubishi's got the Evolution. Mazdaspeed's Protege is turbocharged. And nearly every deisel on the road is turbocharged.
Considering that the Evo and STi are two of the best performing cars available in the US right now, it may be time for you to consider changing your attitude and paying attention to what's under the hood.
-N
I've nothing to say here...
Not to mention that both the Evo and STi get better gas mileage than most of the cars they leave in the dust. The grandparent critiques high-RPM engines but the truth is they offer more horsepower with less weight and use less gas when "idle". Small high RPM and turbocharged engines are the future of the automotive industry. Not to mention that they also better compliment hybrid engine designs, which will be making huge inroads to mainstream over the next 4 years.
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Yes, but out of the two options, turbocharging is always preferable. High cylinder pressures from turbos are more tolerable with current manufacturing methods than are high rpms. They are an excellent compromise between fuel efficiency and maximum output.
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Horsepower really doesn't matter, because at 7000 RPM's, your torque band is probably on a sharp decline, yet your horsepower numbers are higher because you are at a high RPM (HP = (tq * RPM)/5252). If you look at the very powerful, twin-turboed Toyota Supra, you'll see gobs of peak horsepower, but the torque band looks like a mountain. Despite having in the realm of 600-800 HP, the car runs 12's, because it makes really good power at only one point in its RPM range, and doesn't have a lot of torque. A 600-HP Mustang or Camaro will run 11's, because its torque is available throughout the RPM range.
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Hmmn?
Most 500rwhp - 500ft/lb tq cars I know of are quite capable of running on the lower side of 10s. I have seen several TT V8 stangs on a stock bottom end with auto trannies pushing low tens on street tires. (of course I am thinking rwhp as that is all I really like to use. I think flywheel HP is a gimmick).
(Not to mention TT V8 stangs can get ~24mpg@500rwhp)
Jeremy
Hell yeah they can. I've got a 1990 Lincoln Mark VII myself, it's basically a heavy Mustang GT. I love my car... After I treat her nice with a Twin Turbo and a set of Cylinder Heads, I should have around 600 peak HP at the crank, and probably around 520 at the tires. And I'll still get 24+ MPG, especially if I lower my rear axle ratio.
From what I usually see, what makes people not hit 10s with that much power is traction, but anyhow, I was talking about crank HP or bhp, whichever term you prefer. I agree that it's a pretty useless spec, drivetrain losses should count.
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