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Socket Adapter Brings Pentium M to Desktop

EconolineCrush writes "Intel's Pentium M processor is widely regarded as the company's most compelling chip, and although desktop versions of it won't be available until next year, a new adapter from Asus allows users to run a Pentium M on existing Socket 478 motherboards. When coupled with a compatible motherboard, the CT-479 adapter is much cheaper than existing Pentium M desktop platforms, and also offers better performance by allowing the processor access to dual-channel memory configurations. Considering the Pentium M's frugal power consumption and great clock-for-clock performance, this could be an interesting upgrade for those looking for a low-noise system."

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  1. Anne says by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    eh eh eeeeehh

  2. Off Topic Newsflash by pHatidic · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I am interupting this regularly scheduled Slashdot thread to announce that the Family Guy movie, Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story, has officially been leaked onto BitTorrent. This is not a test. I repeat, this is not a test.

  3. Allah... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...akbar!

    *pushes detonator*

  4. A little off topic but.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This note seeks to establish through facts that Islam is an evil faith. Also
    the note seeks to educate the Western reader, who has not been actively
    exposed to Islam to understand Islam correctly. I have also highlighted the
    action that is needed from the leaders and citizens of the World to fight
    Islam and Muslims.

    (Islam is organized on three pillars - (1) Koran (2) Hadis and (3) Shariah.
    Koran is organized in terms of Chapters further divided into Suras small
    paras. Another fundamental pillar of Islam is the Sunnah (Hadis) which refer
    to accounts of Mohammed's life - kind of biography cum diary of how Mohammed
    handled various situations including how he prayed, how he ate etc. It is
    specific enough to the extent of how he went to toilet, what he muttered
    then etc. Hadis is important and according to many remains a weakness of
    Islam in view of the idealization of Mohammed's behavior by the orthodoxy
    and the efforts by every believing Muslim to approach that ideal; orthodoxy
    uses Hadis and Koran as tools to tie down ordinary Muslims to a ritualized
    life. the third pillar of Muslim is the Shariah or the Islamic Law which too
    has its origin in the Koran and the Hadis: Shariah refers to the Islamic
    Jurisprudence - voluminous texts that Islamic scholars have put together; It
    encompasses an entire gamut of issues including analyzing issues such as
    depth of beard a person can have, the level to which Penis can into vagina
    and the like!)

    There are people who mention that Islam is a tolerant religion. These people
    also mention that there are enough Suras which speak of tolerance towards
    people of other religions.

    Credible commentators on Islam have maintained for long that these Suras
    which indicate tolerance occurred to Mohammed at a time when he was
    persecuted by the Qureshi clan and when Mohammed was politically and
    militarily weak. (Hence these commentators maintain that Allah as
    conceptualized by Mohammed was to serve Mohammed himself). These
    commentators have opined that Islam at best permits compassion and peace..
    only to its members-Muslims

    These commentators highlight that once Mohammed enconsced himself at Medina,
    and once he became politically powerful, the Suras (The later Suras)towards
    others become distinctly intolerant and menacing towards non-Muslims.
    (Prayer towards Jerusalem later on being shifted to Mecca is another example
    they quote to substantiate the allegation of changes Mohammed made!
    Jerusalem was to be the original center of Islam in deference to Jewish
    beliefs). These critics also mention that Islam should be judged primarily
    by the behavior of Muslims towards those belonging to other religious
    denominations.

    The Supporters of Islamic fundamentalism and intolerance, the majority
    Muslims agree with these commentators maintaining that the older Suras were
    strategic Suras, just for Mohammed to gather time and strength and to
    prevent Islam's Persecution and possible destruction by powerful Quresh.

    (Incidentally, Muslims also similarly justify comatose Islamic ritualistic
    behavior such as monitoring of the length of beard, inferior status of
    women, Purdah etc. as being in consonance with not only the words of Koran
    but also the spirit of Koran)

    I do hope that Muslims accept that Islam is intolerant towards other people
    and that Islam lacks the flexibility of making adjustments with life, as
    human mind and the nature as mankind and nature continue their relentless
    march across the frontiers of science, psychology, jurisprudence and
    religion. Also Muslims should note that ISLAM lacks the dynamism to
    accommodate change and development active laws of nature. Islam remains
    stuck in medieval tribal Arab mindset.

    Any Muslim who make a sincere attempt to find out the truth will reach the
    following conclusions:

    Majority of Muslim nations driven by ORTHODOXY have accepted/or practice the
    intolerance

  5. Somthing wrong? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    # detonate straponroadflare bomb
    A quick puff of smoke errupts. The USians are looking at you.

    # look at ceiling
    It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.

    # find faulty wire
    You stumble around trying to find the problem with your straponroadflare bomb, but your hands grasp nothing except your lunch (left hand) and asswipe turban (right hand). You eventually touch something solid, and lift it up. As you bring it to your eyes, you squint to find that it is a hairy sausage of domination.

    # quit
    Your score is 25 out of a possible 375. This gives you the rank of hoser.
    Are you sure you want to give up [y/N]? : N!

    # use cigarette lighter on self
    The Americans, seeing that you are trying to set fire to your body, close in on you and make you their bitch by continuingly slapping you wit the name of God written on their left hand.

    # chew USian cock
    You take it slow, but at the last minute you bite-down really hard, thus preventing one of the hillbillies from ever siring any future children with their first and second cousins. Jeb is mighty angry, pisses on you, dumps fat on your body. You goto hell, where all kinds of pestilence make house in your anus and worms feast on your eyes

    # heil Allah
    No matter what you say, your echo returns to you. There is none to hear you. You read a half-smeared message in teh sand... @ll y0ur b45s3 4re be1on0 70 WaltDisney. A mouseketeer delivers the final blow. You are dead.

    HERE LIES:
    Ack 'Foo' Bar, killed my an 80-year-old Mouseketeer pederast sentanced bannished to Hell by Gabriel(la?).

  6. MOD PARENT UP INFORMATIVE!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    wow, very informative post. thank you. it's not too often that I read something with such insight into islam