Yes, they are going to be around for sure. It was just recently announced that they are selling their fab's off to some Saudi oil companies that are looking to get out of the oil business (and by "get out of the oil business" I mean "plan for the days when there is no more oil left so they can keep making money").
Also, they are splitting AMD into two separate companies, and dividing their debt between the two, with the majority of the debt being allocated to the new company that will be created which is going to do the fabs of their new processors (including the 45nm Phenom II's).
AMD will own 44 percent of the new entity, which will temporarily be known as the Foundry Company, with the Abu Dhabi government formed Advanced Technology Investment Company owning the rest. ATIC will invest $2.1 billion in the venture right way, with $3.6 billion t $6 billion to be injected later on.
So AMD is basically making it's last stand next year and in 2010. This is their last hurrah, but if the demos of the new chips are any indication, AMD will rule once again. And frankly, any competition to Intel is a good thing. Without AMD, I doubt Intel would be pushing to fab such great strides in processors like the i7. But I'll continue buying AMD just because they are so cheap. Hopefully all this $ that is being poured into them is going to help keep them cheap, fast alternatives to Intel hardware.
I think there would be a HUGE market for Duck Hunt 2: Dick Cheney's Revenge. Extra points and achievements for hitting your targets in the face.
Seriously, making a video game about the opposing candidate could become a whole new way to get younger demographics thinking about politics and candidates...or at least shooting at them. Who's up for a round of Super Obama Bros. ?
Reasoning behind withholding it? Have any government or judiciary authority needed a reason to withhold information lately? I wouldn't be surprised if we never find out. If Wikileaks can get it, I'd be very surprised. I'd love to know what that report says, but if it wasn't bad I highly doubt they would be withholding it from the general public.
Why would anybody who still hasn't bought Vista go out of their way to get Vista now?
We are closer to the release of Windows 7 than we are to when Vista was released. Regardless of how anybody views Vista, there is absolutely no reason to change operating systems with Windows 7 just around the corner. Especially if they have moved out support on XP even further.
Actually, China is at approx. 1.3 Billion people. The combined populations of the USA and Europe is around the same (somewhere between 1.1 and 1.3 Billion). So I guess you can't really call your "fact" a "fact" as much as you would call it "false".
What a great idea! And I can say this is a great idea because, as everyone should know by now, in America it is much easier to LOWER the bar than to aspire to reach a standard that is reasonable...
And people wonder why America is barely above Mexico and most 3rd world countries when it comes to education.
FACT: By 2015, China will have twice the number of people graduating from college than Europe and the United States combined. Policies like this one in Pittsburgh are the reason why this fact exists.
Seriously, after suffering on Time Warner's crappy network for over 2 years now, I am so happy to see someone finally taking the fight to them.
Time Warner thinks that they can force customers to do whatever they want because they have the monopoly on most of the cable and internet service in most areas (especially in the eastern US). I have REPEATEDLY asked them for a better brand cable box, as mine is a piece of crap and has major problems (slow channel change, poor signal strength, choppy and often stuttering images, guide takes over 30 seconds to load, time changes cause the box to reboot) yet all they do is send me the same brand box with the same model number and I see no improvements.
2 years ago, because moving to my current location which only has 2 internet options (Time Warner cable and Frontier DSL), I was on Cablevision's IO Internet (OptimumOnline). Not only did this service cost INFINITELY LESS than Time Warner's service, but it is about 3 to 5x faster. I download upwards of 1.5 to 2.0 MB/s on Optimum's network, while on Time Warner I'm lucky to hit the 600KB/s mark.
I pray this lawsuit goes through, and Matthey at least gets them to allow 3rd party cable box's. Because I know there has to be better out there than these piece-of-crap Scientific Atlanta things.
I received a 'proof of concept trojan' in Mac Mail a few days ago.
So proof of concept is when mac users send their information to Prince Kwame Greg Mensah, the son of the king of Ashanti Village, to get his Millions of "dollers"?
You people are so fucking cynical.
I get 30-40FPS on my 22" Widescreen @ 1680 x 1050 with settings on high with an SINGLE 8800GT Alpha Dog Edition, 6400+ Black Edition, and 2 gigs of Corsair ram. NO overclocking at all. I built my machine for $1050. Including the monitor.
The game looks beautiful @ those settings. You don't NEED a $4000 machine to play Crysis. In fact, it scales very well and plays decent on my old machine too (Athlon 64 3700+, 1 gig of ram, GeForce 7600GT).
Quit bitching and get a job to pay for a half decent computer.
You know, it takes all of about 10 seconds to uncheck all the crap that comes with the Nero "suite" now. Just installed Vision and Nero Burning Rom and PRESTO! No "weird" user interface or annoying programs.
The only reason Nero added all these stupid applications were to compete with the Roxio suite.
I think that is what most of these guys are trying to show anyway. Maybe Network Solutions should take the attack to heart and improve security, since that outage can effect so many people.
While the theory is sound ("Fight fire with fire!"), illegal/malicious botnets have literally millions of potential additions to their botnets around the world, as they take over friendly PCs. A DoD BotNet would have to make use of, presumably, tens of thousands, potentially hundreds of thousands, of locally (or at least domestically-based) PCs for their botnet, making the price of maintaining such a network extreme, requiring scaling every year to keep up with the largest of the malicious botnets, and a level of security passed what we have seen before.
Also, since most already know that government networks aren't exactly the end-all be-all in networking security, wouldn't a beautifully constructed botnet with hundreds of thousands of potentially identical PCs, constructed for the sole-purpose of BEING A BOTNET, create the juiciest, most identifiable target to malicious botnets? Won't there be tons of attacks on this botnet to try and commandeer it or take it down?
Seems to me like they are going to fight fire with fire and wind up just adding fuel to both.
I Can't Stand It I Know You Planned It
Ima Set It Straight, This Watergate
I Can't Stand Rocking When I'm In Here
Because Your Crystal Ball Ain't So Crystal Clear
Yea...in my mind, this is Microsoft's way of saying "F--- YOU XP USERS! GO BUY VISTA RIGHT NOW OR WILL MAKE YOUR LIFE A LIVING HELL!"
Funny thing is...using Vista is quite possibly worse than SP3.
Also, does this seem like deja-vu for that Vista update that came out a while back that was killing machines? Who exactly did they fire (or hire) over at Microsoft that has been pumping out these terrible updates? (I mean, worse than usual)
I left the following comment on MADD's blog...I highly doubt they will approve it, since all organizations like MADD don't take criticism well. Especially of the overly negative kind.
------
You said it yourself. "Drunk driving is a choice..."
If it is a choice, then everyone who makes a CHOICE to buy the game and CHOOSES to drive in that game drunk, then who is anybody to say that is wrong? Since this is a driving related issue, last time I checked people 17+ can drive. Why should the age be raised a mere 1 year to Adult Only (18+)?
Besides, it is a GAME. It is rated M for a reason. If you are going to drive drunk in real life, then playing a game where you can drive drunk isn't going to deter or reinforce the decision of the person playing.
I've had plenty of friends die from drunk driving. I will still be playing this game. As will millions of other people. Get off the soap box and stop trying to capitalize by standing on top of other people's work.
Slashdot Mirror
Yes, they are going to be around for sure. It was just recently announced that they are selling their fab's off to some Saudi oil companies that are looking to get out of the oil business (and by "get out of the oil business" I mean "plan for the days when there is no more oil left so they can keep making money").
Also, they are splitting AMD into two separate companies, and dividing their debt between the two, with the majority of the debt being allocated to the new company that will be created which is going to do the fabs of their new processors (including the 45nm Phenom II's).
AMD will own 44 percent of the new entity, which will temporarily be known as the Foundry Company, with the Abu Dhabi government formed Advanced Technology Investment Company owning the rest. ATIC will invest $2.1 billion in the venture right way, with $3.6 billion t $6 billion to be injected later on.
So AMD is basically making it's last stand next year and in 2010. This is their last hurrah, but if the demos of the new chips are any indication, AMD will rule once again. And frankly, any competition to Intel is a good thing. Without AMD, I doubt Intel would be pushing to fab such great strides in processors like the i7. But I'll continue buying AMD just because they are so cheap. Hopefully all this $ that is being poured into them is going to help keep them cheap, fast alternatives to Intel hardware.
I think there would be a HUGE market for Duck Hunt 2: Dick Cheney's Revenge. Extra points and achievements for hitting your targets in the face.
Seriously, making a video game about the opposing candidate could become a whole new way to get younger demographics thinking about politics and candidates...or at least shooting at them. Who's up for a round of Super Obama Bros. ?
When asked why Zelda isn't more like Portal, Miyamoto responded:
"The Sushi is a LIE!"
...and quickly ran out of the room. He was seen leaving riding a magic carpet from Mario Bros. 2.
Reasoning behind withholding it? Have any government or judiciary authority needed a reason to withhold information lately? I wouldn't be surprised if we never find out. If Wikileaks can get it, I'd be very surprised. I'd love to know what that report says, but if it wasn't bad I highly doubt they would be withholding it from the general public.
Why would anybody who still hasn't bought Vista go out of their way to get Vista now?
We are closer to the release of Windows 7 than we are to when Vista was released. Regardless of how anybody views Vista, there is absolutely no reason to change operating systems with Windows 7 just around the corner. Especially if they have moved out support on XP even further.
Actually, China is at approx. 1.3 Billion people. The combined populations of the USA and Europe is around the same (somewhere between 1.1 and 1.3 Billion). So I guess you can't really call your "fact" a "fact" as much as you would call it "false".
What a great idea! And I can say this is a great idea because, as everyone should know by now, in America it is much easier to LOWER the bar than to aspire to reach a standard that is reasonable...
And people wonder why America is barely above Mexico and most 3rd world countries when it comes to education.
FACT: By 2015, China will have twice the number of people graduating from college than Europe and the United States combined. Policies like this one in Pittsburgh are the reason why this fact exists.
Seriously, after suffering on Time Warner's crappy network for over 2 years now, I am so happy to see someone finally taking the fight to them.
Time Warner thinks that they can force customers to do whatever they want because they have the monopoly on most of the cable and internet service in most areas (especially in the eastern US). I have REPEATEDLY asked them for a better brand cable box, as mine is a piece of crap and has major problems (slow channel change, poor signal strength, choppy and often stuttering images, guide takes over 30 seconds to load, time changes cause the box to reboot) yet all they do is send me the same brand box with the same model number and I see no improvements.
2 years ago, because moving to my current location which only has 2 internet options (Time Warner cable and Frontier DSL), I was on Cablevision's IO Internet (OptimumOnline). Not only did this service cost INFINITELY LESS than Time Warner's service, but it is about 3 to 5x faster. I download upwards of 1.5 to 2.0 MB/s on Optimum's network, while on Time Warner I'm lucky to hit the 600KB/s mark.
I pray this lawsuit goes through, and Matthey at least gets them to allow 3rd party cable box's. Because I know there has to be better out there than these piece-of-crap Scientific Atlanta things.
1) "I'm going to go get high on some painkillers"
2) "I'm going to go get high on some Morphine"
3) "Aye, mate, I'm about to go get rotten off these here pills!"
So...what is the different again? Maybe Australia can explain it to me...
Agreed.
I received a 'proof of concept trojan' in Mac Mail a few days ago.
So proof of concept is when mac users send their information to Prince Kwame Greg Mensah, the son of the king of Ashanti Village, to get his Millions of "dollers"?
It's a trap!
Ok. All Apple did is get rid of the 0.01% chance that I'd EVER buy an iPhone. Thank you Apple. You just saved me about $800. Retards.
You people are so fucking cynical. I get 30-40FPS on my 22" Widescreen @ 1680 x 1050 with settings on high with an SINGLE 8800GT Alpha Dog Edition, 6400+ Black Edition, and 2 gigs of Corsair ram. NO overclocking at all. I built my machine for $1050. Including the monitor. The game looks beautiful @ those settings. You don't NEED a $4000 machine to play Crysis. In fact, it scales very well and plays decent on my old machine too (Athlon 64 3700+, 1 gig of ram, GeForce 7600GT). Quit bitching and get a job to pay for a half decent computer.
You know, it takes all of about 10 seconds to uncheck all the crap that comes with the Nero "suite" now. Just installed Vision and Nero Burning Rom and PRESTO! No "weird" user interface or annoying programs. The only reason Nero added all these stupid applications were to compete with the Roxio suite.
Actually I think Clinton "got off" wayyyyy before he was brought up on impeachment charges...HA
I think that is what most of these guys are trying to show anyway. Maybe Network Solutions should take the attack to heart and improve security, since that outage can effect so many people.
While the theory is sound ("Fight fire with fire!"), illegal/malicious botnets have literally millions of potential additions to their botnets around the world, as they take over friendly PCs. A DoD BotNet would have to make use of, presumably, tens of thousands, potentially hundreds of thousands, of locally (or at least domestically-based) PCs for their botnet, making the price of maintaining such a network extreme, requiring scaling every year to keep up with the largest of the malicious botnets, and a level of security passed what we have seen before.
Also, since most already know that government networks aren't exactly the end-all be-all in networking security, wouldn't a beautifully constructed botnet with hundreds of thousands of potentially identical PCs, constructed for the sole-purpose of BEING A BOTNET, create the juiciest, most identifiable target to malicious botnets? Won't there be tons of attacks on this botnet to try and commandeer it or take it down?
Seems to me like they are going to fight fire with fire and wind up just adding fuel to both.
I Can't Stand It I Know You Planned It Ima Set It Straight, This Watergate I Can't Stand Rocking When I'm In Here Because Your Crystal Ball Ain't So Crystal Clear Yea...in my mind, this is Microsoft's way of saying "F--- YOU XP USERS! GO BUY VISTA RIGHT NOW OR WILL MAKE YOUR LIFE A LIVING HELL!" Funny thing is...using Vista is quite possibly worse than SP3. Also, does this seem like deja-vu for that Vista update that came out a while back that was killing machines? Who exactly did they fire (or hire) over at Microsoft that has been pumping out these terrible updates? (I mean, worse than usual)
I left the following comment on MADD's blog...I highly doubt they will approve it, since all organizations like MADD don't take criticism well. Especially of the overly negative kind.
------
You said it yourself. "Drunk driving is a choice..."
If it is a choice, then everyone who makes a CHOICE to buy the game and CHOOSES to drive in that game drunk, then who is anybody to say that is wrong? Since this is a driving related issue, last time I checked people 17+ can drive. Why should the age be raised a mere 1 year to Adult Only (18+)?
Besides, it is a GAME. It is rated M for a reason. If you are going to drive drunk in real life, then playing a game where you can drive drunk isn't going to deter or reinforce the decision of the person playing.
I've had plenty of friends die from drunk driving. I will still be playing this game. As will millions of other people. Get off the soap box and stop trying to capitalize by standing on top of other people's work.