In addition to the group of users who won't or don't know how there's the group of people who can not change these settings, since they do not have the proper access rights.
OTOH today I saw some medical machines (probably for blood-analysis and similar things), which were running embedded windows. It definitely did me want to run away crying.
FET - Field Effect Transistor CCD - Charge Coupled Device TTL - Transistor Transistor Logic DTL - Diode Transistor Logic DOS - Dirty Operating System / Disk Operating System (?)
[quote] Si starts to break down at 120 degrees C [/quote]
Tell that to amongst other the automotive industry, the military, or the oil industry, where Si chips are used well above 120 degrees C; for some applications in the oil industry the environmental temperature is even above 170 degrees C. The problem with modern days CPUs is that they generate so much heat, and have such a high transistor density, that the Si-temperature is a lot higher than the environmental temperature, as you indicate as well. We know that at higher temperature the performance degrades, until the temperature is so high that the chip doesn't work according to specs, and we get system failures; the primary problem for overclockers. Another problem is ofcourse that as temperature increases the lifetime expectancy decreases, but 120 degrees is not a magical temperature where this starts.
Amen to the studded tires. They work extremely well on ice. I bicycle to work, about 8 km each way. I've had a couple of times where I was bicycling with normal tires, while there was ice on the road. This is at the least an unpleasant ride, and easily results in some falling. However, changing to studded tires means that I can bicycle on ice at close to normal speed. The biggest problems are snow, and (remelted) ice, where there are 'ridges' and 'valleys' in the ice. When there's snow bicycling takes a lot of extra energy. When there are ridges it's more difficult to steer the way you want to go.
I wouldn't expect many earthquakes if it hits the middle of the ocean, since the water will absorb the shock. I'm not too sure that a lot of water will evaporate either, that is: significantly more than normally would evaporate on a sunny day. One of the effects of cloud forming will be that less water will evaporate due to the sun heating the water.
Still, 30-50 ft waves are significant; just think of the damage this will do to the coastal cities, the low countries (belgium and the netherlands), and denmark. The same applies ofcourse to America (including the USA) It doesn't necessarily equate to total extinction of the human race, but it would change life quite drastically and immediately.
I also suppose that the effects would be more serious if it hits a land-mass. (ofcourse I haven't RTFA).
Andries
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Hex was ofcourse the first thing crossing my mind when I read computer and ants in the same sentence.
In true/. tradition I haven't read the article, but the next mod should be adding backup-memory (beehives), adding a mouse (a real one), etc. I don't remember if Hex was overclocked, but it certainly has evolved quite a bit since its first mentioning in the books.
Quote: "Have you used Windows XP lately? Not to be a troll, but it really is faster and doesn't crash anymore... I installed it 10 days ago, and it's been up and running since, under heavy usage too, I might add..."
I agree that XP is more stable, compared with Win95. In the last 12 months it only crashed ca. 10 times on me. No heavy load either...
But they need working batteries though. I threw away my previous 2 mobiles because the batteries were dead, and I couldn't buy new batteries for them. They were only about 2 years old:(
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In addition to the group of users who won't or don't know how there's the group of people who can not change these settings, since they do not have the proper access rights.
OTOH today I saw some medical machines (probably for blood-analysis and similar things), which were running embedded windows.
It definitely did me want to run away crying.
Andries
FET - Field Effect Transistor
CCD - Charge Coupled Device
TTL - Transistor Transistor Logic
DTL - Diode Transistor Logic
DOS - Dirty Operating System / Disk Operating System (?)
[quote]
Si starts to break down at 120 degrees C
[/quote]
Tell that to amongst other the automotive industry, the military, or the oil industry, where Si chips are used well above 120 degrees C; for some applications in the oil industry the environmental temperature is even above 170 degrees C.
The problem with modern days CPUs is that they generate so much heat, and have such a high transistor density, that the Si-temperature is a lot higher than the environmental temperature, as you indicate as well. We know that at higher temperature the performance degrades, until the temperature is so high that the chip doesn't work according to specs, and we get system failures; the primary problem for overclockers.
Another problem is ofcourse that as temperature increases the lifetime expectancy decreases, but 120 degrees is not a magical temperature where this starts.
There's a site at http://www.pipedot.com/, although I haven't got a clue what's it about
Amen to the studded tires. They work extremely well on ice.
I bicycle to work, about 8 km each way. I've had a couple of times where I was bicycling with normal tires, while there was ice on the road. This is at the least an unpleasant ride, and easily results in some falling.
However, changing to studded tires means that I can bicycle on ice at close to normal speed.
The biggest problems are snow, and (remelted) ice, where there are 'ridges' and 'valleys' in the ice.
When there's snow bicycling takes a lot of extra energy. When there are ridges it's more difficult to steer the way you want to go.
Andries
Unfortunately, there are companies out there who want the resume in MS Word format, and nothing else; not text, not PDF :(
Now I am curious: a radiator on a boat? Do you mean that this engine was air-cooled?
I wouldn't expect many earthquakes if it hits the middle of the ocean, since the water will absorb the shock. I'm not too sure that a lot of water will evaporate either, that is: significantly more than normally would evaporate on a sunny day. One of the effects of cloud forming will be that less water will evaporate due to the sun heating the water.
Still, 30-50 ft waves are significant; just think of the damage this will do to the coastal cities, the low countries (belgium and the netherlands), and denmark. The same applies ofcourse to America (including the USA)
It doesn't necessarily equate to total extinction of the human race, but it would change life quite drastically and immediately.
I also suppose that the effects would be more serious if it hits a land-mass. (ofcourse I haven't RTFA).
Andries
Hex was ofcourse the first thing crossing my mind when I read computer and ants in the same sentence.
/. tradition I haven't read the article, but the next mod should be adding backup-memory (beehives), adding a mouse (a real one), etc.
In true
I don't remember if Hex was overclocked, but it certainly has evolved quite a bit since its first mentioning in the books.
Quote:
"Have you used Windows XP lately? Not to be a troll, but it really is faster and doesn't crash anymore... I installed it 10 days ago, and it's been up and running since, under heavy usage too, I might add..."
I agree that XP is more stable, compared with Win95. In the last 12 months it only crashed ca. 10 times on me. No heavy load either...
That would be within a couple of months, right?
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http://www.lofoten-info.no/
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But they need working batteries though. :(
I threw away my previous 2 mobiles because the batteries were dead, and I couldn't buy new batteries for them. They were only about 2 years old