Going with Intel would have been too expensive and would have been a terrible conflict of interest. Intel would gain early access to all their designs and could use it against them with their atom designs. They were avoiding the same situation they were previously in with Samsung. At first Samsung didn't really compete with Apple but things radically changed and using them as a foundry gave Samsung early access to Apple designs. Intel might not really compete with Apple now in mobile but that is surely going to change as Intel improves their low power chips. This also gives Apple the flexibility to consider migrating more platforms to ARM. So sticking with a company that doesn't venture outside of the foundry business is a safe business decision and Apple can use their leverage to speed up the R&D to make them more competitive with Intel (TSMC recently decided to accelerate migrations to 20nm and 16nm, I wonder who pushed that...).
That's really too bad. I was looking forward to GLONASS reliably augmenting GPS and improving global GNSS coverage and accuracy. This will set back GLONASS for years. Looks like Galileo and BDS are the next best hopes.
While this does happen it is also a way for them to increase the yield of the chips. These are huge chips they are building and the chances of bad cores on the die is rather high. So instead of junking the chips with bad cores since they cannot be sold as the ultimate high end, they create a cheaper product with cores disabled. Not all disabled cores will be bad but this does help them improve manufacturing efficiency. Also, they might have serious manufacturing issues producing these huge chips so it might cost them an arm and a leg to build them right now. So they set the price abnormally high to control the demand until they can iron out the manufacturing issues and improve the yield.
Take a look at studies and analyses comparing the physical location of team members to the amount of communication between them and then you really understand my she made this change at Yahoo: MIT business school course pdf1 MIT business school course pdf2
If the company is big enough there should be plenty of information here: glassdoor.com. You can also look at salary.com for more generic information. If your school works with certain companies (like 12twenty.com), then you can get statistics and information based on responses from other students at your university through the school provided portal/site.
This is similar to the issue with ICE (internal combustion engine) where if it is really hot outside and you run the AC really high, you will drain the battery more. I think people need some more education as to the limitations of battery powered cars. It is probably not common knowledge that the heater in an all electric car uses the battery extensively vs. just blowing heat off of the radiator. Also, people need to shift their expectations based on the architecture of their vehicle. Some ICE engines need to be kept warm during extreme colds at night otherwise it can be very difficult to start them in the morning. Li-ion batteries do not like conditions outside of normal operating temperatures and charge rates; operating outside of those ranges will affect capacity and performance. In the end, the easy answer is probably for Tesla to set more conservative numbers for range when it is really cold or really hot outside.
Wow. Thank you for reporting that so quickly. Suddenly, the wasted heat from an old V1280 seems like nothing in comparison the global warming from a nuclear bomb test... That being said, (going back to the topic) you might want to compare your energy costs for this server vs. just buying a new server or even using EC2 time. It might not be as cool but it is slightly more practical:)
I find it interesting that the mobile site completely fails to load when I want to view it on chrome with a desktop user agent. I love visiting mobile sites from my desktop/laptop when I have a slow connection or don't want to be bombarded with lots of content on a page (perfect for the lovely internet connections in airports/airplanes). Why deny desktop browsers from accessing the mobile site? Yes, I know I can use a user agent switcher to see the site but I shouldn't need to make that change. Just put a link at the bottom or top of the page to request the full site. This will also save you lots of headaches when you have weird mobile user agents that you don't fully recognize that then load a blank page because you don't recognize them as mobile.
This is spot on with my experience building servers running linux. I haven't found a manufacturer that doesn't support linux straight out of the box without loading any special drivers (unlike windows server installations that usually cannot find my raid drivers) assuming I use a newer version of ubuntu server. But in the end, I tend to lean more towards IAAS and PAAS since it just makes things easier to get up and running and less maintenance.
i actually run linux on the desktop to help stay secure and don't pirate software. Add some ufw firewall rules and a router based firewall and you can survive most non-local (in the room) attacks.
I'd love to see reviews start taking into account cost and also DMIPS/watt. Cost is a major driving factor for OEMs to consider ARM but I imagine NDAs are going to keep a lid on this advantage. But if intel starts matching arm pricing, will they make enough profit to keep investing so much money to stay 1-2 years ahead with their foundries? On a side note, I meant to cite the tomshardware review and not the anandtech review in my original post.
The second battle to watch is the upcoming server CPU/SOC arm / intel battle. Google stated they didn't like wimpy cores in the DC so can ARM get strong enough cores clustered together in the DC to compete against intel (while keeping power down)? This market won't be worth as much as the mobile space but it would seriously cut into intel's profit and affect their ability to stay ahead with their foundries.
The only issue here is that this is not an apples for apples comparison. 40nm vs. 32nm should give a huge benefit to the 32nm Atom. We need to compare the same technology node for this to make any sense. Also, looking at the idle cpu power consumption from the anandtech article, the Atom SOC used 10x more power.
So the real question is what do most tablets spend the majority of their time doing? Running a benchmark at full/half speed or with the SOC sitting idle?
Nice! I'll gladly be a testing ground for their soon to be released linux console. if that means more games eventually come to linux it is a win / win. However, i really hope when the console is released that they still support both platforms and don't make titles linux console only. If you use the community to build a product, at least let us buy guys for that platform outside of your walled garden. Thanks!
Productivity:
--Ubuntu (base OS)
--Openoffice (office tasks)
--Gimp (photo editing, photoshop alternative, lacks CMYK though)
--Inkscape (vector editing, illustrator alternative)
--Scribus (book/graphic design, vector+photos on multi pages, indesign alternative)
--Gmail (email)
--Google apps (professional gmail, sending from yourdomain.com vs. gmail)
--Simple webpage for reservation system (if you take reservations)
The biggest issue on top of this is the POS and accounting functions. I haven't researched open source tools for this and you don't want to mess these up. I'd pay for something decent in this area.
On top of this, you will also need to manage turning access on and off to each unit, collecting monthly/annual revenue from each user, changing rate limiting settings for each user based on the amount they have purchased, dealing with DMCA complaints and any other law enforcement requests since you would be an ISP, blocking spam from being pumped from your network, servicing customer service requests when the service is not working or users don't know how to configure equipment, handling equipment or wiring failures, etc. You would be basically starting your own ISP and your own company without really knowing how to run an ISP (based on the fact you are asking these questions).
Actually installing the wiring and the equipment to run this operation really isn't that bad (as long as you get some professional advice). The trouble is managing the service and maintaining it. Have you tried reaching out to established ISPs to see if they will manage this for you and draw a fat pipe to your building in exchange for something (minimum user guarantee or the primary ISP for the tenants or a required connection as part of condo fees)? I have seen local ISPs draw a line to condo and office buildings and then sell portions of that line and manage the system. I have also seen condo buildings have a dedicated satellite connection (cable tv) and only offer that single satellite provider service to tenants.
Very good points and I agree. People starve in other countries and we demand fast and nearly free internet access all the time. Since our economy and society are built on capitalism there is the constant desire to consume more. So naturally the more you consume and the more things improve, the more you increase your expectations of your base needs. However, if everyone came to this realization that they didn't need everything, then the economy would fall apart since people would stop consuming and wanting the newest items.
You do realize that the price of oil is not set by the oil companies? It's set by the global commodities trading market and largely OPEC, which is a monopoly / oligarchy. It is naive to think that just because the oil companies sell oil that they can control the price of it. You should be complaining about trading markets and financial firms that seek to gain on artificially raising the price of a commodity.
Back on topic, I don't like the high price of Verizon's services either but then I don't like the high price of a Ferrari or any other luxury car. At the end of the day, a cell phone can be considered a luxury. Do you really need to make a phone call anywhere at any time? Do you really need to check that email immediately? Maybe you do need those services but do you need the super fast speed of LTE? There are plenty of alternative cell phone networks and there are plenty of alternative data connections. But Verizon is offering the fastest and newest technology (LTE) and selling it at a premium. Yet you complain that this luxury service is not offered at bargain prices. If you want unlimited cell service or cheaper service, go with the carriers that are offering it. But if you want premium features that Verizon is offering, then you better be prepared to pay for it.
This attitude that you deserve the newest and fastest service at a super low price is the same greed that drives Verizon to raise their prices and put limits on the data usage.
You are commenting on this from a consumer perspective. If you want to understand why verizon is doing this you must think from the business perspective. A business wants to increase their profits and increase their margins continuously. In order to do this you either expand into new markets or increase your profit on current markets. Their biggest growing market right now is data on their faster LTE network. They increase their profits by making you pay for the LTE connection. Then they guarantee future profits by limiting your data usage now since they know your data usage will only grow in the future and make them more money.
Just because you want a cheap and unlimited and super fast connection doesn't mean that makes business sense. I'm guessing you still pay for a cell phone but complain about the price. If you don't like it, then don't buy it and the business will adapt. But last I checked, their business is booming and they are making very healthy profits. So clearly they are doing something right even though you personally don't like it.
From a business standpoint, offering an unlimited plan on a service that can push 20+Mbps would kill them down the road. They want mass adoption on LTE but they don't want people to destroy the network early on or even. I think the carriers have learned from the 3G unlimited plan mistake. Back in the day using your phone as a data connection was a joke and it was almost pure profit for the carriers. So they throw an unlimited tag on it to make a ton of money. But now that people actually use it an unlimited plan would kill the business. AT&T just went on the record in the past week saying that the unlimited 3G service killed them and was a major mistake.
Take a look at the history of their services. SMS plans are moving to unlimited because those are pure profit. Even calling plans are being offered as unlimited because people are moving towards data and the cost to transmit voice is becoming very low. Data is the future and they want caps on it to milk it as much as possible.
I use the integrated GPU for a 4th monitor. I drive 3 displays from a discrete card and then the 4th from the CPU. It saves the cost, hassle, power, weird driver issues, from putting in two graphics cards. Yes, I could go the route of a displayport hub but those are expensive and it limits the throughput of the monitors. I'm not going to be gaming on the 4th monitor but do want to display more info.
I have major doubts that the US will recognize or abide by Sealand's "sovereignty". The US has a history of violating sovereignty and getting away with it. Extracting Bin Laden from the nuclear armed nation Pakistan without permission? Flying drones in Iranian airspace? If someone or something is labeled an enemy of the US, sovereignty or nuclear weapons won't stop them from invading or entering that area. If nuclear weapons aren't even a deterrent (Pakistan), then what makes you think that Sealand, with absolutely no defenses, will be able to protect its servers?
Those issues aside, how do you protect the internet connection or power connection to your mini island? Anyone supplying power or internet to Sealand will be deemed responsible for supporting their actions and the US will step in and stop them. Also, the US could setup an embargo against Sealand. US embargos against nations work extremely well. Iran is extremely scared at the prospect of the US imposing sanctions against them and setting up an embargo. How is North Korea doing with their isolation? Sealand doesn't stand a chance. It will only help the US. They'll be able to step in and take the servers and only risk the wrath of Sealand citizens (do they even exist)?
IANAL. Conspiracy to commit a felony can be punished pretty severely as is evidenced by this situation. Some people will argue that this tramples rights because you cannot even read something without risk of going to jail. The flip side is how do you arrest someone that is planning on blowing up a building without this law? Do you wait until they blow up the building so you can actually arrest them? What about someone planning to kill someone or rape someone? Do you wait until they commit the crime to arrest them or arrest them when you have enough evidence that they are planning to commit the crime? What if someone was planning to kill you or blow you up? Wouldn't you want them arrested BEFORE they killed you?
So I guessed last week that they did a man in the middle attack on the control channel. However, at the time I didn't consider the GPS connection as part of the control channel (silly me). Now how do we build anti-GPS spoofing receivers?
So the only plausible explanation is that the control channel was hacked and it was safely landed. But in order to do that you would need to jam the satellite broadcast but allow your connection to be received by the plane. Maybe they have a plane flying above the drone that creates destructive interference with the satellite signal and then broadcasts it's own signal to the drone below? This would basically be a man in the middle attack against the drone. If you just jam the satellite, then the drone's receiver will also pick up the jammed signal and will have a hard time receiving your pirate broadcast.
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Going with Intel would have been too expensive and would have been a terrible conflict of interest. Intel would gain early access to all their designs and could use it against them with their atom designs. They were avoiding the same situation they were previously in with Samsung. At first Samsung didn't really compete with Apple but things radically changed and using them as a foundry gave Samsung early access to Apple designs. Intel might not really compete with Apple now in mobile but that is surely going to change as Intel improves their low power chips. This also gives Apple the flexibility to consider migrating more platforms to ARM. So sticking with a company that doesn't venture outside of the foundry business is a safe business decision and Apple can use their leverage to speed up the R&D to make them more competitive with Intel (TSMC recently decided to accelerate migrations to 20nm and 16nm, I wonder who pushed that...).
That's really too bad. I was looking forward to GLONASS reliably augmenting GPS and improving global GNSS coverage and accuracy. This will set back GLONASS for years. Looks like Galileo and BDS are the next best hopes.
While this does happen it is also a way for them to increase the yield of the chips. These are huge chips they are building and the chances of bad cores on the die is rather high. So instead of junking the chips with bad cores since they cannot be sold as the ultimate high end, they create a cheaper product with cores disabled. Not all disabled cores will be bad but this does help them improve manufacturing efficiency. Also, they might have serious manufacturing issues producing these huge chips so it might cost them an arm and a leg to build them right now. So they set the price abnormally high to control the demand until they can iron out the manufacturing issues and improve the yield.
Take a look at studies and analyses comparing the physical location of team members to the amount of communication between them and then you really understand my she made this change at Yahoo:
MIT business school course pdf1
MIT business school course pdf2
If the company is big enough there should be plenty of information here: glassdoor.com. You can also look at salary.com for more generic information. If your school works with certain companies (like 12twenty.com), then you can get statistics and information based on responses from other students at your university through the school provided portal/site.
Damn, wrong twice in a row. Although, I can say your are not wasting your days as I appreciate the corrections!
Oops. I meant to say draw more electricity from the alternator which would in turn use more fuel. Thanks Hitler! :)
This is similar to the issue with ICE (internal combustion engine) where if it is really hot outside and you run the AC really high, you will drain the battery more. I think people need some more education as to the limitations of battery powered cars. It is probably not common knowledge that the heater in an all electric car uses the battery extensively vs. just blowing heat off of the radiator. Also, people need to shift their expectations based on the architecture of their vehicle. Some ICE engines need to be kept warm during extreme colds at night otherwise it can be very difficult to start them in the morning. Li-ion batteries do not like conditions outside of normal operating temperatures and charge rates; operating outside of those ranges will affect capacity and performance. In the end, the easy answer is probably for Tesla to set more conservative numbers for range when it is really cold or really hot outside.
Wow. Thank you for reporting that so quickly. Suddenly, the wasted heat from an old V1280 seems like nothing in comparison the global warming from a nuclear bomb test... That being said, (going back to the topic) you might want to compare your energy costs for this server vs. just buying a new server or even using EC2 time. It might not be as cool but it is slightly more practical :)
I find it interesting that the mobile site completely fails to load when I want to view it on chrome with a desktop user agent. I love visiting mobile sites from my desktop/laptop when I have a slow connection or don't want to be bombarded with lots of content on a page (perfect for the lovely internet connections in airports/airplanes). Why deny desktop browsers from accessing the mobile site? Yes, I know I can use a user agent switcher to see the site but I shouldn't need to make that change. Just put a link at the bottom or top of the page to request the full site. This will also save you lots of headaches when you have weird mobile user agents that you don't fully recognize that then load a blank page because you don't recognize them as mobile.
This is spot on with my experience building servers running linux. I haven't found a manufacturer that doesn't support linux straight out of the box without loading any special drivers (unlike windows server installations that usually cannot find my raid drivers) assuming I use a newer version of ubuntu server. But in the end, I tend to lean more towards IAAS and PAAS since it just makes things easier to get up and running and less maintenance.
i actually run linux on the desktop to help stay secure and don't pirate software. Add some ufw firewall rules and a router based firewall and you can survive most non-local (in the room) attacks.
I'd love to see reviews start taking into account cost and also DMIPS/watt. Cost is a major driving factor for OEMs to consider ARM but I imagine NDAs are going to keep a lid on this advantage. But if intel starts matching arm pricing, will they make enough profit to keep investing so much money to stay 1-2 years ahead with their foundries? On a side note, I meant to cite the tomshardware review and not the anandtech review in my original post.
The second battle to watch is the upcoming server CPU/SOC arm / intel battle. Google stated they didn't like wimpy cores in the DC so can ARM get strong enough cores clustered together in the DC to compete against intel (while keeping power down)? This market won't be worth as much as the mobile space but it would seriously cut into intel's profit and affect their ability to stay ahead with their foundries.
The only issue here is that this is not an apples for apples comparison. 40nm vs. 32nm should give a huge benefit to the 32nm Atom. We need to compare the same technology node for this to make any sense. Also, looking at the idle cpu power consumption from the anandtech article, the Atom SOC used 10x more power. /half speed or with the SOC sitting idle?
So the real question is what do most tablets spend the majority of their time doing? Running a benchmark at full
Nice! I'll gladly be a testing ground for their soon to be released linux console. if that means more games eventually come to linux it is a win / win. However, i really hope when the console is released that they still support both platforms and don't make titles linux console only. If you use the community to build a product, at least let us buy guys for that platform outside of your walled garden. Thanks!
Productivity:
--Ubuntu (base OS)
--Openoffice (office tasks)
--Gimp (photo editing, photoshop alternative, lacks CMYK though)
--Inkscape (vector editing, illustrator alternative)
--Scribus (book/graphic design, vector+photos on multi pages, indesign alternative)
--Gmail (email)
--Google apps (professional gmail, sending from yourdomain.com vs. gmail)
--Simple webpage for reservation system (if you take reservations)
The biggest issue on top of this is the POS and accounting functions. I haven't researched open source tools for this and you don't want to mess these up. I'd pay for something decent in this area.
On top of this, you will also need to manage turning access on and off to each unit, collecting monthly/annual revenue from each user, changing rate limiting settings for each user based on the amount they have purchased, dealing with DMCA complaints and any other law enforcement requests since you would be an ISP, blocking spam from being pumped from your network, servicing customer service requests when the service is not working or users don't know how to configure equipment, handling equipment or wiring failures, etc. You would be basically starting your own ISP and your own company without really knowing how to run an ISP (based on the fact you are asking these questions).
Actually installing the wiring and the equipment to run this operation really isn't that bad (as long as you get some professional advice). The trouble is managing the service and maintaining it. Have you tried reaching out to established ISPs to see if they will manage this for you and draw a fat pipe to your building in exchange for something (minimum user guarantee or the primary ISP for the tenants or a required connection as part of condo fees)? I have seen local ISPs draw a line to condo and office buildings and then sell portions of that line and manage the system. I have also seen condo buildings have a dedicated satellite connection (cable tv) and only offer that single satellite provider service to tenants.
Very good points and I agree. People starve in other countries and we demand fast and nearly free internet access all the time. Since our economy and society are built on capitalism there is the constant desire to consume more. So naturally the more you consume and the more things improve, the more you increase your expectations of your base needs. However, if everyone came to this realization that they didn't need everything, then the economy would fall apart since people would stop consuming and wanting the newest items.
You do realize that the price of oil is not set by the oil companies? It's set by the global commodities trading market and largely OPEC, which is a monopoly / oligarchy. It is naive to think that just because the oil companies sell oil that they can control the price of it. You should be complaining about trading markets and financial firms that seek to gain on artificially raising the price of a commodity.
Back on topic, I don't like the high price of Verizon's services either but then I don't like the high price of a Ferrari or any other luxury car. At the end of the day, a cell phone can be considered a luxury. Do you really need to make a phone call anywhere at any time? Do you really need to check that email immediately? Maybe you do need those services but do you need the super fast speed of LTE? There are plenty of alternative cell phone networks and there are plenty of alternative data connections. But Verizon is offering the fastest and newest technology (LTE) and selling it at a premium. Yet you complain that this luxury service is not offered at bargain prices. If you want unlimited cell service or cheaper service, go with the carriers that are offering it. But if you want premium features that Verizon is offering, then you better be prepared to pay for it.
This attitude that you deserve the newest and fastest service at a super low price is the same greed that drives Verizon to raise their prices and put limits on the data usage.
You are commenting on this from a consumer perspective. If you want to understand why verizon is doing this you must think from the business perspective. A business wants to increase their profits and increase their margins continuously. In order to do this you either expand into new markets or increase your profit on current markets. Their biggest growing market right now is data on their faster LTE network. They increase their profits by making you pay for the LTE connection. Then they guarantee future profits by limiting your data usage now since they know your data usage will only grow in the future and make them more money.
Just because you want a cheap and unlimited and super fast connection doesn't mean that makes business sense. I'm guessing you still pay for a cell phone but complain about the price. If you don't like it, then don't buy it and the business will adapt. But last I checked, their business is booming and they are making very healthy profits. So clearly they are doing something right even though you personally don't like it.
From a business standpoint, offering an unlimited plan on a service that can push 20+Mbps would kill them down the road. They want mass adoption on LTE but they don't want people to destroy the network early on or even. I think the carriers have learned from the 3G unlimited plan mistake. Back in the day using your phone as a data connection was a joke and it was almost pure profit for the carriers. So they throw an unlimited tag on it to make a ton of money. But now that people actually use it an unlimited plan would kill the business. AT&T just went on the record in the past week saying that the unlimited 3G service killed them and was a major mistake.
Take a look at the history of their services. SMS plans are moving to unlimited because those are pure profit. Even calling plans are being offered as unlimited because people are moving towards data and the cost to transmit voice is becoming very low. Data is the future and they want caps on it to milk it as much as possible.
I use the integrated GPU for a 4th monitor. I drive 3 displays from a discrete card and then the 4th from the CPU. It saves the cost, hassle, power, weird driver issues, from putting in two graphics cards. Yes, I could go the route of a displayport hub but those are expensive and it limits the throughput of the monitors. I'm not going to be gaming on the 4th monitor but do want to display more info.
I have major doubts that the US will recognize or abide by Sealand's "sovereignty". The US has a history of violating sovereignty and getting away with it. Extracting Bin Laden from the nuclear armed nation Pakistan without permission? Flying drones in Iranian airspace? If someone or something is labeled an enemy of the US, sovereignty or nuclear weapons won't stop them from invading or entering that area. If nuclear weapons aren't even a deterrent (Pakistan), then what makes you think that Sealand, with absolutely no defenses, will be able to protect its servers?
Those issues aside, how do you protect the internet connection or power connection to your mini island? Anyone supplying power or internet to Sealand will be deemed responsible for supporting their actions and the US will step in and stop them. Also, the US could setup an embargo against Sealand. US embargos against nations work extremely well. Iran is extremely scared at the prospect of the US imposing sanctions against them and setting up an embargo. How is North Korea doing with their isolation? Sealand doesn't stand a chance. It will only help the US. They'll be able to step in and take the servers and only risk the wrath of Sealand citizens (do they even exist)?
IANAL. Conspiracy to commit a felony can be punished pretty severely as is evidenced by this situation. Some people will argue that this tramples rights because you cannot even read something without risk of going to jail. The flip side is how do you arrest someone that is planning on blowing up a building without this law? Do you wait until they blow up the building so you can actually arrest them? What about someone planning to kill someone or rape someone? Do you wait until they commit the crime to arrest them or arrest them when you have enough evidence that they are planning to commit the crime? What if someone was planning to kill you or blow you up? Wouldn't you want them arrested BEFORE they killed you?
So the only plausible explanation is that the control channel was hacked and it was safely landed. But in order to do that you would need to jam the satellite broadcast but allow your connection to be received by the plane. Maybe they have a plane flying above the drone that creates destructive interference with the satellite signal and then broadcasts it's own signal to the drone below? This would basically be a man in the middle attack against the drone. If you just jam the satellite, then the drone's receiver will also pick up the jammed signal and will have a hard time receiving your pirate broadcast.
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