That sounds interesting. I really don't know much about chip design, but I wonder how efficient a CPU with several stacked registers could be, if the code was designed to work with that.
To prevent stack overflows, a logic system could move the highest parts of the stack into cache (which gets moved to memory).
I imagine registers are scarce because each added register increases other logic component complexity by an exponential amount, but if there were several stacks backing each register, you can't access the middle of the stack, so there would be no extra logic required.
Anyway, I know absolutely nothing about this stuff, so I'm probably making quite an ass of myself, but I see there are quite a few knowledgeable people here on this topic, so I wonder if anyone could comment on how practical this is? =)
I think the argument was against PDAs in general, not this particular 2MB PDA. Get a Cliè and a memory stick, and then 2MB is insignificant, so long as the application supports VFS. If this particular application is as useful as described, any extra costs are certianly justified for that kind of convenience.
BTW, I keep a local map of two surrounding counties, a dictionary, a complete calorie database, and several other very useful applications in my Cliè, and I still have 4MB free internal memory, and more than half of my 32MB memory stick memory free.
I would love to have something like this for the Palm. It would make a lot of sense for quickly recalling information without having to scribble in a search term.
I actually just discovered VNC yesterday, after getting frustrated spending two months wasting my time with PCAnywhere.
Then I spent most of friday playing around with VNC, and I was quite impressed. I was glad to get full color and about two times the speed of what I was getting in 4 colors on PCAnywhere.
Then near the end of the day, I came across TightVNC. I tried it with maximum compression, and it flew! It was much faster than VNC, and an order of magnitude more useful than PCAnywhere.
I almost stayed late playing with it.
Sure there is nasty jpeg compression when I was really taxing it, but at least I could get my work done. I was impressed though at the compression; when I would drag a window across the screen, it only needed to update what was in the trail of where I was dragging it from. I guess this must be some kind of motion estimation like MPEG?
I'm actually almost eager to get back into work on monday to mess around with it somemore (I've only one computer at home, and it would be pointless to loopback connect). =)
Very interesting point. What's to keep an enemy from using a reflective material, not much unlike that used in traffic signs, which somehow reflects *most* of the light directly back at the same angle it's coming from?
How do these signs work anyway? I discovered this once when I was playing with a laser pointer and a stop sign in front of my house. It looked really bright from my perspective if I was the one aiming the pointer, but if someone else did it from another angle, it didn't look much different from shining it on a plain wall.
With that kinda wattage, I'd image the reflective damage would do more damage than just blinding. You'll probably wind up with a quite crispy coating if you're in the path of any reflected shimmers =)
Just becuase you are aware of the difference doesn't mean everyone is. And enlightening them to a better available quality isn't necessarily a good thing if they are happy with what they have.
I used to enjoy a nearby second run movie theatre much more, before my theatre-employed friends pointed out subtle rips in the screen and errors in the sound. Now I see and hear them every time, and I have lost something because of it.
You own the box to do as you see fit. Microsoft owns the right to make the box as they see fit. Stop yer bitchin' and work around it.
N3WBI3 has the right to bitch as he sees fit, just as you have the right to bitch about his bitching as you see fit, and I have a right to bitch about your bitchin about his bitching as I see fit.
I know PayPal gets a (perhaps deservingly) kick in the nads every now and then for various reasons, but they really seem like a better alternative than whatever scheme Amazon is coming up with. Not only are they already much more ubiquitous, but you can "donate" as little as one cent through PayPal.
PayPal even has a membership system through which you can opt to provide your customers a monthly recurring payment.
Since we're talking about materials, I am curious, what material is used for the (new?) Violet/UV LEDs? These things are quite nifty, as they actually generate black light (making things flouresce).
I don't have any idea where they came from all of the sudden, but why aren't these at least as newsworthy as the blue LEDs? They have a shorter wavelength, so they should be more useful in applications which demand a higher frequency...
I'll second this. I combined a low-carb diet with the Hacker's Diet (to keep myself enteratined with the numbers), also keeping my calories under 1200/day. I lost 45 pounds in a little under two months.
I started on this diet plan when I found out my triglycerides were over 1000. I went back to the doctor three weeks afterwards and my triglycerides were down to around 300.
I have since raised my calories and increased my sugars and carbs a bit, and I have definitely seen a slowdown in my weight loss, but also an increase in my energy level. I thinhk I cut my calories too much in the beginning becuase all I wanted to do was sleep.
Now I'm losing about 1-2 pounds per week just by keeping my carbs under about 100g/day, and my calories under 1,800.
I don't imagine too many people can tell the long-term effects of anything until it's been tried for 75 years, but I think a low-carb diet is a good way to get started on losing weight, and getting educated about just how bad our food selection is.
One good rule that I learned was to "shop the perimeter" when going to the grocery store. You can entirely skip the asiles in the middle, as they're mostly just filled with high profit, low quality carb-loaded junk.
Did you know that corporations cannot vote? Did you know that congresscritters listen to corporations?
I'll certianly agree with this. Why do corporations get any special attention at all from the federal government, when it is the individual (not the corporation) who influences whether or not they stay in office?
I agree. It seems like games don't quite keep up with the CPU's these days, and I doubt they will, especially now that most of the work has been offloaded to the 3d accelerators. See this graph as an example.
I wonder if anyone has a patent for the process of using a muscular contraction in the lower abdomen for altering the local internal pressure of an organic cavity with a large osmotic surface area, in order to exchange oxygen and carbon-oxygen molecules between an enclosed dynamic fluid system and the surrounding environment.
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To prevent stack overflows, a logic system could move the highest parts of the stack into cache (which gets moved to memory).
I imagine registers are scarce because each added register increases other logic component complexity by an exponential amount, but if there were several stacks backing each register, you can't access the middle of the stack, so there would be no extra logic required.
Anyway, I know absolutely nothing about this stuff, so I'm probably making quite an ass of myself, but I see there are quite a few knowledgeable people here on this topic, so I wonder if anyone could comment on how practical this is? =)
Don't forget to also do it in trinary (base-3) for that little extra kick =)
Has anything new happed on the base-3 computing front in the past year?
Yeah, you gotta watch out for those CTBECCAIs... :o)
BTW, I keep a local map of two surrounding counties, a dictionary, a complete calorie database, and several other very useful applications in my Cliè, and I still have 4MB free internal memory, and more than half of my 32MB memory stick memory free.
I would love to have something like this for the Palm. It would make a lot of sense for quickly recalling information without having to scribble in a search term.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have a beam of light to catch...
Wow.. imagine the forests that could be leveled with the help of virus writers and our great skilled MCSE-certified admin workforce.
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Think about it.
Not to mention the original 3D SC2k... I refuse to buy another Sim* game until they get back on that track.
I actually just discovered VNC yesterday, after getting frustrated spending two months wasting my time with PCAnywhere.
Then I spent most of friday playing around with VNC, and I was quite impressed. I was glad to get full color and about two times the speed of what I was getting in 4 colors on PCAnywhere.
Then near the end of the day, I came across TightVNC. I tried it with maximum compression, and it flew! It was much faster than VNC, and an order of magnitude more useful than PCAnywhere.
I almost stayed late playing with it.
Sure there is nasty jpeg compression when I was really taxing it, but at least I could get my work done. I was impressed though at the compression; when I would drag a window across the screen, it only needed to update what was in the trail of where I was dragging it from. I guess this must be some kind of motion estimation like MPEG?
I'm actually almost eager to get back into work on monday to mess around with it somemore (I've only one computer at home, and it would be pointless to loopback connect). =)
How do these signs work anyway? I discovered this once when I was playing with a laser pointer and a stop sign in front of my house. It looked really bright from my perspective if I was the one aiming the pointer, but if someone else did it from another angle, it didn't look much different from shining it on a plain wall.
With that kinda wattage, I'd image the reflective damage would do more damage than just blinding. You'll probably wind up with a quite crispy coating if you're in the path of any reflected shimmers =)
K i c k - a s s This guy is awesome. I am donating a couple of bucks to his site now...
I used to enjoy a nearby second run movie theatre much more, before my theatre-employed friends pointed out subtle rips in the screen and errors in the sound. Now I see and hear them every time, and I have lost something because of it.
So Happy It's Tuesday.
Or you could just point people to http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=google+new s =)
PayPal even has a membership system through which you can opt to provide your customers a monthly recurring payment.
I don't have any idea where they came from all of the sudden, but why aren't these at least as newsworthy as the blue LEDs? They have a shorter wavelength, so they should be more useful in applications which demand a higher frequency...
I started on this diet plan when I found out my triglycerides were over 1000. I went back to the doctor three weeks afterwards and my triglycerides were down to around 300.
I have since raised my calories and increased my sugars and carbs a bit, and I have definitely seen a slowdown in my weight loss, but also an increase in my energy level. I thinhk I cut my calories too much in the beginning becuase all I wanted to do was sleep.
Now I'm losing about 1-2 pounds per week just by keeping my carbs under about 100g/day, and my calories under 1,800.
I don't imagine too many people can tell the long-term effects of anything until it's been tried for 75 years, but I think a low-carb diet is a good way to get started on losing weight, and getting educated about just how bad our food selection is.
One good rule that I learned was to "shop the perimeter" when going to the grocery store. You can entirely skip the asiles in the middle, as they're mostly just filled with high profit, low quality carb-loaded junk.
Simple answer: bribes.
I wonder if they get a pat-down for any binaural recording equipment?
I agree. It seems like games don't quite keep up with the CPU's these days, and I doubt they will, especially now that most of the work has been offloaded to the 3d accelerators. See this graph as an example.
I wonder if anyone has a patent for the process of using a muscular contraction in the lower abdomen for altering the local internal pressure of an organic cavity with a large osmotic surface area, in order to exchange oxygen and carbon-oxygen molecules between an enclosed dynamic fluid system and the surrounding environment.