The AMD heatsink and fan that came with my boxed Athlon Palomino 2000+XP is really noisy - "hairdryer at a distance" noisy.
The AMD heatsink and fan that came with my boxed Athlon Barton 2500+ XP is much quieter (hairdryer in another room with a thick closed door), but doesn't appear to cool as well. It's in my room 24/7.
The PC with the Palomino seems to pump out a lot more heat - leave the computer on and the room warms up a lot.
That said, I live in the tropics and I have no problems with my CPUs not getting enough cooling, even without airconditioning etc. From time to time I run the burnK7 stuff to stress test the CPUs and cooling systems, and they still stay OK. I've managed to get the barton up to 70 degrees C (room temp = 33+ degrees C ) when the CPU fan was a bit dusty.
But even then neither has ever crashed.
The barton PC has been up so far for 66 days (running FreeBSD 4.9[1]), it does mail, web, transparent proxy caching, dns, dhcp, pppoe, file serving etc for the house.
The last time I brought it down was to clean the fans and image the disk- dust really affects the cooling (and noise).
I've never overclocked it even though it's an unlocked Barton. I've underclocked it before tho - didn't seem to gain much in temperature reduction - 800MHz for a few degrees drop isn't really worth it.
So far I haven't really experienced Intel CPUs or AMD CPUs failing - most of that crashing stuff is due to other flaky hardware (esp RAM, HDD) or drivers. At my workplace we have had at least two UltraSPARCs failing - from Google it seems a common enough thing for UltraSPARC CPUs to fail even without abuse.
Download all the rpms for the RH versions they are using from update.redhat.com into a directory for each version.
Then move the conflicting versions of RPMs elsewhere (sometimes there are multiple versions of the same package conflicting - move the older version elsewhere). Then do:
"I have seen companies "patch everything" because they were using an outdated version of PHP, only to discover that the new version of PHP... "
Which is why some people actually use Red Hat Linux Enterprise or stuff like that.
The security fixes to the latest and greatest are backported to the older versions which are supplied by the Distro. So you get version numbers like 3.5p1-11 and so on.
Some people complain that they don't know whether they are up to date because it's not the latest etc. They don't get it, that's all.
Something moves from A to B. Repeat for salt grains in salt shaker. Measure it by the how many times something else takes to move from C to D and back.
The part to explain is where if you move really fast, everything slows down relative to those observing from elsewhere.
I dunno. I kind of found someone's theory about the Oracle upgrading Neo using her cookies interesting. Observe Neo's abilities after each cookie.
I figure the Oracle knows humans have some things they don't. So maybe after a few cycles (reloads) of hybridization (oracle+smith(+plenty)+neo) the Oracle would have herself upgraded satisfactorily too.
Pretentious? Maybe. I personally found it quite entertaining.
Actually I wonder whether there can really be a past to travel back to. Why should there be one? Something moves from A to B. Unless God makes regular backups for us to use, why should there be a past?
BUT if there's a past, present, future all at once, then time travelling would be like getting part of a beam of light to bend back to interfere with the beam of light.
Paradoxes will be resolved. There will be dark spots where the light interferes destructively, and so on. Don't see why you would remember things being any different or notice any changes.
Unless of course, the mind/consciousness has a part that's not totally within the system. But if so it won't be fun if your mind was orphaned into "eternal darkness" just coz the bit you were messing about with interfered destructively. You better be sure your mind has some better place to go...
For some nerve problems (squished, damaged etc) you could try methycobalamin (B12 with a methyl). Typical dosage is 1x500ug three times a day.
It helps some cases of RSI (the B12 helps the squished nerves = less/no pain).
I don't know if it'll help you - if the nerves are too screwed up, it may not. But it might be worth a shot - it's cheap, safe and the side effects are very minimal.
I'm not a doc and don't have any medical training. So look up the various research publications on it on the net and consult your physician.
Won't the nonspinal nerves grow given the right conditions? I mean body builders pretty much extend the lengths/widths of their arms etc, the nerves have got to grow a bit.
Heck even spinal nerves have got to grow in most children - most grow significantly taller right?
Oops forgot. Another thing - because of the various techniques they used (base64 encapsulation, tons of javascript, image linking etc), the anti spam filter my company is using regarded it as spam, and blocked it. I had to get the email manually dequarantined in order to receive it.
Up to you to decide if this is a weakness in the antispam filtering or a weakness in the email tracking techniques, or both or whatever:).
They use multiple techniques - IFRAMES, javascript. Images - https, lowsrc etc. They encapsulated it all in base64.
Doesn't appear to work with Eudora (I've set it not to use the MS viewer and not to download images). I don't really recommend using Eudora as your email client tho. But don't use MS "Lookout" clients as well.
Are you sure you have images and JS turned off?
Probably a bug in your browser or misconfiguration.
For IE browsing I've got IE locked down even for the "My Computer" and Trusted zones - so most exploits that involve zone crossing in the hope of being able to run stuff in a different zone don't work. The trusted zone has no sites and has paranoid settings. I use a custom zone for my "trusted zones".
In your DNS servers or hostfiles, where a.b.c.d is an address of a webserver you control.
I did something similar on April Fool's day in the company I worked for, and users instead of getting banner ads from ad.doubleclick.net and similar sites were getting our corporate logo[1].
Only a few people seemed to notice. Maybe it means people aren't surfing sites which link to these ads at work (includes *.yahoo.com etc ). Or they can't be bothered to mention it? Or their conscious brain has started filtering out ads.
[1] I never got around to putting messages like "Company ABC Staff Meeting at 2pm".:).
If I were like Amazon and gang I would patent the idea, but to me this sort of stuff is obvious to anyone skilled in the field.
5 bytes? Do a search on Google. The average x86 instruction is about 3.2 to 3.8 bytes in length (in practical usage).
Most RISC have fixed length instructions - 4 bytes is common.
In my experience most x86 programs have a smaller footprint on disk and more importantly in memory compared to SPARC versions of the same program.
Probably SPARC sucks, but ok pick the RISC of your choice and get back to me with the associated binary executable sizes (e.g apache executable, gzip executable) compared to equiv x86 binaries.
Think of x86 CISC in modern CPUs as compressed RISC instructions, decompressed on the fly at the CPU core after being squished through narrow bandwidth channels ( memory/cache ).
Nowadays given the huge difference between CPU core speeds and memory speeds, "compression" is actually useful. A more compressed CISC could be even better (but I doubt there's a market for one).
"I'm sure Intel knows very well that they could perform better if they broke x86 compatibility. They just cannot afford to do that."
BTW Intel has this processor called the Itanium. And in _practice_ it's not really x86 compatible[1] (nor is it RISC). It performs quite well, FP is much better than Opteron (and other RISC processors). But actually FP is easy to improve - just add more FP units.
So they've already tried to drop x86. Been trying that for the past 10 years.
Slashdot Mirror
If anyone remembers that it's probably carousel time for them... ;)
Depending on the vegetable oil used the exhaust fumes could make already obese americans want to eat more fries...
Yep I get plenty of spam from hosts in the top 7 domains you list.
What happened to all the spam from networks in China that people were complaining about? Totally blocked?
The AMD heatsink and fan that came with my boxed Athlon Palomino 2000+XP is really noisy - "hairdryer at a distance" noisy.
The AMD heatsink and fan that came with my boxed Athlon Barton 2500+ XP is much quieter (hairdryer in another room with a thick closed door), but doesn't appear to cool as well. It's in my room 24/7.
The PC with the Palomino seems to pump out a lot more heat - leave the computer on and the room warms up a lot.
That said, I live in the tropics and I have no problems with my CPUs not getting enough cooling, even without airconditioning etc. From time to time I run the burnK7 stuff to stress test the CPUs and cooling systems, and they still stay OK.
I've managed to get the barton up to 70 degrees C (room temp = 33+ degrees C ) when the CPU fan was a bit dusty.
But even then neither has ever crashed.
The barton PC has been up so far for 66 days (running FreeBSD 4.9[1]), it does mail, web, transparent proxy caching, dns, dhcp, pppoe, file serving etc for the house.
The last time I brought it down was to clean the fans and image the disk- dust really affects the cooling (and noise).
I've never overclocked it even though it's an unlocked Barton. I've underclocked it before tho - didn't seem to gain much in temperature reduction - 800MHz for a few degrees drop isn't really worth it.
So far I haven't really experienced Intel CPUs or AMD CPUs failing - most of that crashing stuff is due to other flaky hardware (esp RAM, HDD) or drivers. At my workplace we have had at least two UltraSPARCs failing - from Google it seems a common enough thing for UltraSPARC CPUs to fail even without abuse.
Backup important stuff.
Download all the rpms for the RH versions they are using from update.redhat.com into a directory for each version.
Then move the conflicting versions of RPMs elsewhere (sometimes there are multiple versions of the same package conflicting - move the older version elsewhere). Then do:
date >> rpm.log
rpm -Fvh *.rpm >> rpm.log 2>&1 &
tail -f rpm.log
Any errors, you have the rpm.log and fix em.
"I have seen companies "patch everything" because they were using an outdated version of PHP, only to discover that the new version of PHP... "
Which is why some people actually use Red Hat Linux Enterprise or stuff like that.
The security fixes to the latest and greatest are backported to the older versions which are supplied by the Distro. So you get version numbers like 3.5p1-11 and so on.
Some people complain that they don't know whether they are up to date because it's not the latest etc. They don't get it, that's all.
"Well, I know my battery here will last me till at least 6am (though it's a bit too cold to stay out here till then, I think)."
Hey mister, what you need is a Prescott chip or two... Guaranteed to keep you warm and toasty till the wee hours of the morning.
(nuclear batteries not included).
And AMD can still continue to sell 32 bit chips, and possibly those that don't make the cut for desktops, mobiles etc.
The first isn't wrong.
"why there's an arrow of time (past to future)"
But is there one?
Something moves from A to B. Repeat for salt grains in salt shaker. Measure it by the how many times something else takes to move from C to D and back.
The part to explain is where if you move really fast, everything slows down relative to those observing from elsewhere.
I dunno. I kind of found someone's theory about the Oracle upgrading Neo using her cookies interesting. Observe Neo's abilities after each cookie.
I figure the Oracle knows humans have some things they don't. So maybe after a few cycles (reloads) of hybridization (oracle+smith(+plenty)+neo) the Oracle would have herself upgraded satisfactorily too.
Pretentious? Maybe. I personally found it quite entertaining.
Actually I wonder whether there can really be a past to travel back to. Why should there be one? Something moves from A to B. Unless God makes regular backups for us to use, why should there be a past?
BUT if there's a past, present, future all at once, then time travelling would be like getting part of a beam of light to bend back to interfere with the beam of light.
Paradoxes will be resolved. There will be dark spots where the light interferes destructively, and so on. Don't see why you would remember things being any different or notice any changes.
Unless of course, the mind/consciousness has a part that's not totally within the system. But if so it won't be fun if your mind was orphaned into "eternal darkness" just coz the bit you were messing about with interfered destructively. You better be sure your mind has some better place to go...
HP makes laser printers with some help from Canon. Same goes for Apple.
So if HP goes out of business, you could try Canon for printers.
"I would be willing to bet that at least HALF of HP's total profits are from ink!"
;).
And the other half are from the air they ship in each "ink" cartridge
The notorious cleaning lady...
Side note: May be part due to genetics that bastards are likely to be hornier. :)
From each according to his lack of space/clutter management, to each according to his need/ hardware specifications...
WHOOSH...
Have you had your coffee today?
For some nerve problems (squished, damaged etc) you could try methycobalamin (B12 with a methyl). Typical dosage is 1x500ug three times a day.
It helps some cases of RSI (the B12 helps the squished nerves = less/no pain).
I don't know if it'll help you - if the nerves are too screwed up, it may not. But it might be worth a shot - it's cheap, safe and the side effects are very minimal.
I'm not a doc and don't have any medical training. So look up the various research publications on it on the net and consult your physician.
Won't the nonspinal nerves grow given the right conditions? I mean body builders pretty much extend the lengths/widths of their arms etc, the nerves have got to grow a bit.
Heck even spinal nerves have got to grow in most children - most grow significantly taller right?
6 plugins? Suckers may submit more than 6 decent plug ins.
USD20K for 10 decent plugins is a bargain.
USD20K for 100 decent+half decent plugins is a steal.
Sheesh.
Oops forgot. Another thing - because of the various techniques they used (base64 encapsulation, tons of javascript, image linking etc), the anti spam filter my company is using regarded it as spam, and blocked it. I had to get the email manually dequarantined in order to receive it.
:).
Up to you to decide if this is a weakness in the antispam filtering or a weakness in the email tracking techniques, or both or whatever
They use multiple techniques - IFRAMES, javascript. Images - https, lowsrc etc. They encapsulated it all in base64.
Doesn't appear to work with Eudora (I've set it not to use the MS viewer and not to download images). I don't really recommend using Eudora as your email client tho. But don't use MS "Lookout" clients as well.
Are you sure you have images and JS turned off?
Probably a bug in your browser or misconfiguration.
For IE browsing I've got IE locked down even for the "My Computer" and Trusted zones - so most exploits that involve zone crossing in the hope of being able to run stuff in a different zone don't work. The trusted zone has no sites and has paranoid settings. I use a custom zone for my "trusted zones".
Don't forget that a 1x1 image may *not* be as *effective* in this case.
Put:
:).
a.b.c.d didtheyreadit.com
In your DNS servers or hostfiles, where a.b.c.d is an address of a webserver you control.
I did something similar on April Fool's day in the company I worked for, and users instead of getting banner ads from ad.doubleclick.net and similar sites were getting our corporate logo[1].
Only a few people seemed to notice. Maybe it means people aren't surfing sites which link to these ads at work (includes *.yahoo.com etc ). Or they can't be bothered to mention it? Or their conscious brain has started filtering out ads.
[1] I never got around to putting messages like "Company ABC Staff Meeting at 2pm".
If I were like Amazon and gang I would patent the idea, but to me this sort of stuff is obvious to anyone skilled in the field.
5 bytes? Do a search on Google. The average x86 instruction is about 3.2 to 3.8 bytes in length (in practical usage).
Most RISC have fixed length instructions - 4 bytes is common.
In my experience most x86 programs have a smaller footprint on disk and more importantly in memory compared to SPARC versions of the same program.
Probably SPARC sucks, but ok pick the RISC of your choice and get back to me with the associated binary executable sizes (e.g apache executable, gzip executable) compared to equiv x86 binaries.
Think of x86 CISC in modern CPUs as compressed RISC instructions, decompressed on the fly at the CPU core after being squished through narrow bandwidth channels ( memory/cache ).
Nowadays given the huge difference between CPU core speeds and memory speeds, "compression" is actually useful. A more compressed CISC could be even better (but I doubt there's a market for one).
"I'm sure Intel knows very well that they could perform better if they broke x86 compatibility. They just cannot afford to do that."
BTW Intel has this processor called the Itanium. And in _practice_ it's not really x86 compatible[1] (nor is it RISC). It performs quite well, FP is much better than Opteron (and other RISC processors). But actually FP is easy to improve - just add more FP units.
So they've already tried to drop x86. Been trying that for the past 10 years.
[1] Itanium Windows compatibility
Itanium RHL compatibility