The threat to Intel is the proliferation of cheap computing appliances --- Intel depends on people buying systems with the latest CPU/chipset where they can sell the CPU for $800+. Thats the busines modle they depend on perpetuating cheap computing (even for poor kids) is not good.
No I usually go fly fishing - but I do use barb-less hooks.
Whether an exploit is thru the network stack - browser - user account or admin......... doesn't matter. Once exposed it should be patched. Foa any tech professional avoiding "windows" is not really possible. I just expect more from a company claiming to be a leader in modern computing.
This is what happens when you keep polishing the same turd, and then passing it off as a new product every few years....
Following this trend - Vista is about as popular as turd floating in a punch bowl at a wedding
I had been doing a lot of small purchases of new and used books and such thru Amazons array of little privately owned shops - a month or so lated I start seeing charges 2 or 3 times a month for $5.95 from some web service - this over about 2 months --- I go to me credit union and they handled it just fine - but I had to get a new Visa card number so that was a hassle
At the public school funding levels.... you just don't instanly upgrade 300 PCs with memory or video cards - not going to happen. Many of our machines are barely setup to run XP. Less than 1/4 of our machines could run Vista - and that would require turning off Aero-effects etc.
Our school is 70% Mac - 30% PC
Yet... 1/2 of our Macs will move to Leopard next Summer - and many of these are as old / wimpy as the PCs.
I'm not saying Apple OS X is perfect - but M$ dropped a real turd when it cobbled together Vista. And thats how I view Vista - a bunch of "Marketing Driven Crap" cobbled together. Viva XP !!!!! (as an avid Linux user I can't believe I just said that)
Welcome to the global market - however I've never shopped WalMart - never will. Walmart is seeing and doing what Intel refuses to do or acknowledge ---- and that is that modern CPU's/Graphics/Memory are more than enough for the average user even if they want to do some very basic digital photos / video.
I used to work at Intel -- this kind of stuff scares them shitless just like Linux scares M$ shitless. Intel is all about the next gen chips / architecture... why ? Because those new CPUs sell for $800 -$999 each versus a last gen CORE chip for $125 or less. Those new chips are great if you have the need for the juice and the extra $$ for a top end PC. I would say less than 20% of the market really needs that level of power. But Intel and AMD are locked in a battle to produce hyper-sonic space planes --- average folks just need a basic jet plane.
Add to this the market is fairly saturated with decent HW -- so unless you're a fortune 1000 company you probably don't need $1400 PCs.
Also don't forget the "Google Factor" - if Google can successfully augment + cement the Linux OS - making the whole experience "pleasant" and easy to use... they will have opened up another front against M$.
Prediction --- if Walmart + Google can make 50% of these users happy (while also learning from their mistakes): the current model will drop to $150 - a new better $200 PC will appear - and probably a $250 PC. A $350 laptop may not be far behind.
PS - In 2004 Intel set a target for 25% of ALL company positions to be in China, Asia, India by 2009.
Havng "worked" wth the fine folks at M$ I can say that they are not pleased with this.... any technology that takes the spot light off their precious OS - or usurps any control of the "user experience" does not sit well with these guys........ a non OS controlled application writing to FAT32 or NTFS disk space ??? Well thats just not done in a modern PC.... thats like taking a huge step backwards.....
I watched the video and skimmed thru many of the posts. I'm a life long science junkie having 2 degrees with science majors - so while far from an expert I could somewhat follow his presentation. I am not a fusion fanatic.
My feeling is that anyone working on a "holy grail" technology like fusion is by necessity a bit quirky - driven - and true believer in the face of all the unknows / hype ( pro & con) around your research focus area. All of the aforementioned qualities are needed as long as they are balanced against good science --- doing the experiments - following the results - and most critically not "cooking the results".
The fact that he may or may not be rehashing older techonology / science is no issue for me. Something found not feasible or problematic 40yrs ago can become feasible with a new approach - new technology.
Lastly the approach of using the "inherent instability" of plasma to your advantage (rather than fighting to control it) also seems like a feasible and practical idea. And I can see where this would confuse people (bean counters) and seem counter intuitive.
From my limited knowledge I believe pulsed fusion will be the first step - perhaps in 50yrs we could have semi-stable continous ignition (just a longer pulse). I say give him 2 million and have an independant scientist and bean-counter monitor the monthly results.
I am no plant expert and have only had a few standard biology courses (recently) that covered DNA splicing / modification. But to compare the traditional hybrid process to manipulation at the genetic level is totally mis-leading statement. Genetic manipulation (and its long term effects )is something we barely understand - and its power to alter specific genes (and thus gene expression) is very powerful.
And this is compounded by the fact that unlike other genetic experiments (using mice - animals - cells) plants produce pollen - if that pollen escapes your "test plots" it will mix with "natural" crops and now your modification is in the wild.... ready or not.
And what happens when company XYZ's modified tomato genes (via pollen) mix with company ABC's modified genes ??? ect ect.
I believe much good will come out of genetic research - but putting profits ahead of prudent (long term research) is a recipe for indigestion
they release a product that is similiar to a standard PC. Many people / buisinesses are not interested in an all-in-one like the iMac. They want or require some level of internal customization.
Apple needs to sell the current mini at rock bottom sub $400 prices and then offer a very nicely designed PC at $600.
However I believe the "style masters" at Apple (or Jobs himself) find this too bitter a reality to accept.
I had a G5 iMac for awhile - but I dumped that for one of the last models of the G4 PowerMacs (PC like design) ---- this dual 1GHz CPU unit has all the zip I need for GarageBand - Photoshop - etc. and allows me to have mulitple HDs etc inside the case
I haven't tried Ubuntu server since 6.10 ------ all I recall is it booting and then dumping me at the command prompt ????? At least Fedora server booted into a very minimal X-Windows enviroment..... command line is fine but I at least expect a multi-windowed environment out of the chute.
I'm just a ex_HW_Hack ---- but really if you're desgning an automated killing machine one thinks you would do 3 things:
1. Your software should have a master control module that hits the emergency over-ride if: firing is no longer in controlled bursts, slew rates violate some basic settings, stack overflows occur, watch-dog timer is not reset periodically - etc. etc.
2, Its unclear if this doo-dad was supposed to be fully automated (versus just a targeting system waiting for human input) - but I find it hard to believe that the SW could actuate the trigger unless it was designed to - in which case such a device should have a mechanical safety on the trigger to be used while testing.
3. When you observe that your HW - SW - FW which control a 30mm cannon (convientently loaded) are oprerating way out of spec..... perhaps its time to call it a day and head back to the lab and do more testing. Instead they decided to let Bubba lash together a couple of poles with a granny knot.
Reeks of too much managment - not enough engineering - I can only hope the appropriate assholes got shot.
I believe to win you must have produced an important body of work (often by pulling together threads of work from many areas) which has (or will have) significant impact on human society the world etc.
His nobel prize in physics in 1921 (Special Theory of Relativity 1905, Relativity (English translations), 1920 and 1950, General Theory of Relativity 1916) had major parts that were not directly verifiable until many decades later via experiments with advanced technology.
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The threat to Intel is the proliferation of cheap computing appliances --- Intel depends on people buying systems with the latest CPU/chipset where they can sell the CPU for $800+. Thats the busines modle they depend on perpetuating cheap computing (even for poor kids) is not good.
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......... doesn't matter. Once exposed it should be patched. Foa any tech professional avoiding "windows" is not really possible. I just expect more from a company claiming to be a leader in modern computing.
No I usually go fly fishing - but I do use barb-less hooks.
Whether an exploit is thru the network stack - browser - user account or admin
This is what happens when you keep polishing the same turd, and then passing it off as a new product every few years ....
Following this trend - Vista is about as popular as turd floating in a punch bowl at a wedding
I had been doing a lot of small purchases of new and used books and such thru Amazons array of little privately owned shops - a month or so lated I start seeing charges 2 or 3 times a month for $5.95 from some web service - this over about 2 months --- I go to me credit union and they handled it just fine - but I had to get a new Visa card number so that was a hassle
At the public school funding levels .... you just don't instanly upgrade 300 PCs with memory or video cards - not going to happen. Many of our machines are barely setup to run XP. Less than 1/4 of our machines could run Vista - and that would require turning off Aero-effects etc.
... 1/2 of our Macs will move to Leopard next Summer - and many of these are as old / wimpy as the PCs.
Our school is 70% Mac - 30% PC
Yet
I'm not saying Apple OS X is perfect - but M$ dropped a real turd when it cobbled together Vista. And thats how I view Vista - a bunch of "Marketing Driven Crap" cobbled together. Viva XP !!!!! (as an avid Linux user I can't believe I just said that)
Homer Simpson is the Industries Spoke Person. DOH !!!!
If the PCs are running M$ ..... my money is on Colossus
until the microbes form a union. Numbering in the Bazillions they will have huge political clout !
Welcome to the global market - however I've never shopped WalMart - never will. Walmart is seeing and doing what Intel refuses to do or acknowledge ---- and that is that modern CPU's/Graphics/Memory are more than enough for the average user even if they want to do some very basic digital photos / video. I used to work at Intel -- this kind of stuff scares them shitless just like Linux scares M$ shitless. Intel is all about the next gen chips / architecture ... why ? Because those new CPUs sell for $800 -$999 each versus a last gen CORE chip for $125 or less. Those new chips are great if you have the need for the juice and the extra $$ for a top end PC. I would say less than 20% of the market really needs that level of power. But Intel and AMD are locked in a battle to produce hyper-sonic space planes --- average folks just need a basic jet plane.
Add to this the market is fairly saturated with decent HW -- so unless you're a fortune 1000 company you probably don't need $1400 PCs.
Also don't forget the "Google Factor" - if Google can successfully augment + cement the Linux OS - making the whole experience "pleasant" and easy to use ... they will have opened up another front against M$.
Prediction --- if Walmart + Google can make 50% of these users happy (while also learning from their mistakes): the current model will drop to $150 - a new better $200 PC will appear - and probably a $250 PC. A $350 laptop may not be far behind.
PS - In 2004 Intel set a target for 25% of ALL company positions to be in China, Asia, India by 2009.
in meetings and in emails concerning Vista and M$ future plans - he actually said what everyone secretly thinks about Vista etc.
OR
He may have actually suggested that the Emporer has no clothes (or plans)
Havng "worked" wth the fine folks at M$ I can say that they are not pleased with this .... any technology that takes the spot light off their precious OS - or usurps any control of the "user experience" does not sit well with these guys. ....... a non OS controlled application writing to FAT32 or NTFS disk space ??? Well thats just not done in a modern PC .... thats like taking a huge step backwards .....
I watched the video and skimmed thru many of the posts. I'm a life long science junkie having 2 degrees with science majors - so while far from an expert I could somewhat follow his presentation. I am not a fusion fanatic.
My feeling is that anyone working on a "holy grail" technology like fusion is by necessity a bit quirky - driven - and true believer in the face of all the unknows / hype ( pro & con) around your research focus area. All of the aforementioned qualities are needed as long as they are balanced against good science --- doing the experiments - following the results - and most critically not "cooking the results".
The fact that he may or may not be rehashing older techonology / science is no issue for me. Something found not feasible or problematic 40yrs ago can become feasible with a new approach - new technology.
Lastly the approach of using the "inherent instability" of plasma to your advantage (rather than fighting to control it) also seems like a feasible and practical idea. And I can see where this would confuse people (bean counters) and seem counter intuitive.
From my limited knowledge I believe pulsed fusion will be the first step - perhaps in 50yrs we could have semi-stable continous ignition (just a longer pulse). I say give him 2 million and have an independant scientist and bean-counter monitor the monthly results.
some things never change
knowing MSFT stock is in the toilet at $30 a share ------ and Apple stock is soaring at over a $100 a share --- today hitting $186
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I just know that has to gall Monkey Boy and the Beast Master !!!!
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Commie-castic !!
There a discount package on illegal wire tapping if you sign up for the Big Brother Deluxe Program
I am no plant expert and have only had a few standard biology courses (recently) that covered DNA splicing / modification. But to compare the traditional hybrid process to manipulation at the genetic level is totally mis-leading statement. Genetic manipulation (and its long term effects )is something we barely understand - and its power to alter specific genes (and thus gene expression) is very powerful.
.... ready or not.
And this is compounded by the fact that unlike other genetic experiments (using mice - animals - cells) plants produce pollen - if that pollen escapes your "test plots" it will mix with "natural" crops and now your modification is in the wild
And what happens when company XYZ's modified tomato genes (via pollen) mix with company ABC's modified genes ??? ect ect.
I believe much good will come out of genetic research - but putting profits ahead of prudent (long term research) is a recipe for indigestion
I spent several year at senior position at Intel .... 99% of the "Next Big Thing" ideas that were floated by were total inane BS.
What happens in the meeting room should stay in the meeting room (99% of the time).
Looks like this one got out
they release a product that is similiar to a standard PC. Many people / buisinesses are not interested in an all-in-one like the iMac. They want or require some level of internal customization.
Apple needs to sell the current mini at rock bottom sub $400 prices and then offer a very nicely designed PC at $600.
However I believe the "style masters" at Apple (or Jobs himself) find this too bitter a reality to accept.
I had a G5 iMac for awhile - but I dumped that for one of the last models of the G4 PowerMacs (PC like design) ---- this dual 1GHz CPU unit has all the zip I need for GarageBand - Photoshop - etc. and allows me to have mulitple HDs etc inside the case
I haven't tried Ubuntu server since 6.10 ------ all I recall is it booting and then dumping me at the command prompt ????? At least Fedora server booted into a very minimal X-Windows enviroment ..... command line is fine but I at least expect a multi-windowed environment out of the chute.
I'm just a ex_HW_Hack ---- but really if you're desgning an automated killing machine one thinks you would do 3 things:
.... perhaps its time to call it a day and head back to the lab and do more testing. Instead they decided to let Bubba lash together a couple of poles with a granny knot.
1. Your software should have a master control module that hits the emergency over-ride if: firing is no longer in controlled bursts, slew rates violate some basic settings, stack overflows occur, watch-dog timer is not reset periodically - etc. etc.
2, Its unclear if this doo-dad was supposed to be fully automated (versus just a targeting system waiting for human input) - but I find it hard to believe that the SW could actuate the trigger unless it was designed to - in which case such a device should have a mechanical safety on the trigger to be used while testing.
3. When you observe that your HW - SW - FW which control a 30mm cannon (convientently loaded) are oprerating way out of spec.
Reeks of too much managment - not enough engineering - I can only hope the appropriate assholes got shot.
Hmmmm -- looks like someone got up on the wrong side of the fully automated killing system this morning .....
I believe to win you must have produced an important body of work (often by pulling together threads of work from many areas) which has (or will have) significant impact on human society the world etc.
Consider Einstien:
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1921/einstein-bio.html
His nobel prize in physics in 1921 (Special Theory of Relativity 1905, Relativity (English translations), 1920 and 1950, General Theory of Relativity 1916) had major parts that were not directly verifiable until many decades later via experiments with advanced technology.
Don't be a deny-er because recearch or its conclusion don't fit your political views
Has anyone informed Halliburton of any of these things ..... I'm sure they can fluff them up and make a tidy profit.
Great - paint it camoflage - add sand bags around the sides (for incomming rounds) ----- the perfect post apocolypse dwelling
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