Actually, according to this article over at The Inquirer Intel can now demo a 5GHz chip using the.13 micros process that can run at room temperature. That'd be interesting to see in action if it benches as well as a 5GHz chip should in comparison to current chips.
But he already said in the interview that they're probably going to be about a year behind Microsoft in the release of Mono, so the idea of beating Microsoft to the punch is not going to happen.
I feel like one of the Bishops in the Church of Linux has told us to embrace the Fallen Angel himself. Sorry, but if you can't beat `em, work on someone's team that CAN.
Ah, my friend. There are many strange and mystical things to be learned through browsing at -1. Just stay away from the goatse.cx links. Trust me on this one.
For the sake of Patriotism I say that Colin Powell should enter. The rules did state that they will allow you to spend MORE than the money that they give you, and nothing would be greater than to see the looks on the MIT entrants faces when the Area 51 entry enters the arena.
Tyan is offering a Pentium 4 Xeon board currently. So technically it does have the P4 moniker but it is also a Xeon so I guess it isn't a full-fledged P4.
Actually it originates from a movie called "Network", which was shot in the late 70's. Brilliant movie that had amazing foresight into what the television networks have since turned into. Highly recommend the $.99 rental, if you cannot find it at your local library.
I had a similar situation on a guy who tried to stiff me on a $500 video editing card. I did a search for his name (wasn't a John Smith kinda name) and came up with his personal website. Had a picture of him, his car (with license plate of state matching where I mailed his money order), and via a whois I received an alternate phone number and address.
When I emailed him that I had this information and that I would surely USE it if he didn't come through he suddenly appeared, using an excuse about a dying father, and gave me my money back.
Keep your target voter in mind on this one. If you have a large segment of IT professionals in your district then it's okay to get geeky about the whole IT issue. However, if you are looking at a largely-technophobic constituency you might run into the "if it's open-source then it's insecure" mentality, and no matter how many times you explain it you aren't going to sink in with some of them.
A possible strategy would be "The county is currently running a computer system that jeopardizes the security and reliability of the IT infrastructure in our county offices, and I have proven solutions that could dramatically correct these issues and at the same time save taxpayers thousands of dollars a year in unnecessary IT purchases".
Bring to their attention insecurity of data and inefficiency of spending, and then tell them how you are going to fix it.
Why stop at cards? I could also see hard drives and CD-ROM drives going this route as well. For those who have Dell laptops (maybe others do this, too. I'm just mentioning them because I have one) look how they have the hard drive installed. Remove one screw and it slides out of the side, easily replaced or swapped.
Also, it's been mentioned before but bring back the USB hub in the monitor base. Means I don't have to run long USB cables for my mouse and keyboard. And for that matter, how about speaker outputs and microphone inputs? Heck, IBM for awhile had units that had the CD-ROM drive in the monitor base. Really wouldn't take up that much real estate beneath a CRT that already has a lot of dead space beneath it.
Personally I keep slipping into the thought that it's a first person recounting, what with all the things like "Ive designed it as small as possible to maximise the distance from screen to CPU" and "Ive anonymously paced the show floor, watching people's reactions". Betcha the writer had to turn off the Auto Correct in his word processor to keep it from adding an apostrophe in the name, too.
If you are lucky you will have a CD player that it won't play in, which, for a fleeting moment, will make you question whether the protection is, in fact, a "good thing".
Just because YOU don't have your driver's license doesn't mean that They don't have you still loaded up in their database with your picture and all your information. You aren't getting away THAT easy.
If you REALLY want to disappear without a trace get yourself a sitcom on the WB network. Both you and your career will not be heard from again.
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Actually, according to this article over at The Inquirer Intel can now demo a 5GHz chip using the .13 micros process that can run at room temperature. That'd be interesting to see in action if it benches as well as a 5GHz chip should in comparison to current chips.
But he already said in the interview that they're probably going to be about a year behind Microsoft in the release of Mono, so the idea of beating Microsoft to the punch is not going to happen.
I feel like one of the Bishops in the Church of Linux has told us to embrace the Fallen Angel himself. Sorry, but if you can't beat `em, work on someone's team that CAN.
Wow, imagine one of these clustered machines running ALL BY THEMSELVES!
Strange, it doesn't seem to have the same comedic value this way...
Ah, my friend. There are many strange and mystical things to be learned through browsing at -1. Just stay away from the goatse.cx links. Trust me on this one.
For the sake of Patriotism I say that Colin Powell should enter. The rules did state that they will allow you to spend MORE than the money that they give you, and nothing would be greater than to see the looks on the MIT entrants faces when the Area 51 entry enters the arena.
This just BEGS for a celebrity version, if it is truly to the death.
I vote Carrot Top on his own team.
Tyan is offering a Pentium 4 Xeon board currently. So technically it does have the P4 moniker but it is also a Xeon so I guess it isn't a full-fledged P4.
Actually it originates from a movie called "Network", which was shot in the late 70's. Brilliant movie that had amazing foresight into what the television networks have since turned into. Highly recommend the $.99 rental, if you cannot find it at your local library.
They had to get the .2 release out the door so that they could be ready to take Mandrake to 9.0 when KDE3 comes out.
I had a similar situation on a guy who tried to stiff me on a $500 video editing card. I did a search for his name (wasn't a John Smith kinda name) and came up with his personal website. Had a picture of him, his car (with license plate of state matching where I mailed his money order), and via a whois I received an alternate phone number and address.
When I emailed him that I had this information and that I would surely USE it if he didn't come through he suddenly appeared, using an excuse about a dying father, and gave me my money back.
Geeks can be very spiteful and bitter people.
Do what I do: avoid putting up material that anyone would find interesting. Problem solved.
Oh, so you mean it's just like the Internet?
There's the analogy you're looking for.
First you link to John Romero's home page and now Woz's?
I feel like I bought one of those cheap "Homes of the Stars" maps roadside in Hollywood.
No kidding. I just got back from the store where I merged with a gallon of milk and some M & M's.
This is horrible. I was *SO* looking forward to my free 1000 hours of RedHat...
You've Got Root!
And not a day since measuring the distance from the Earth to the Moon was posted. You KNOW that Wallace is behind this one as well.
There's some good cheese up there, you know.
Points like this right here are reason enough to get rid of Net Nanny.
Also remind them that since Microsoft stock does not pay dividends that there are vast amounts of wealth that aren't being taxed their fair share.
Oh, and be prepared to call these shareholders dirty red commies as well.
Keep your target voter in mind on this one. If you have a large segment of IT professionals in your district then it's okay to get geeky about the whole IT issue. However, if you are looking at a largely-technophobic constituency you might run into the "if it's open-source then it's insecure" mentality, and no matter how many times you explain it you aren't going to sink in with some of them.
A possible strategy would be "The county is currently running a computer system that jeopardizes the security and reliability of the IT infrastructure in our county offices, and I have proven solutions that could dramatically correct these issues and at the same time save taxpayers thousands of dollars a year in unnecessary IT purchases".
Bring to their attention insecurity of data and inefficiency of spending, and then tell them how you are going to fix it.
Would you like fries with that wish come true?
Why stop at cards? I could also see hard drives and CD-ROM drives going this route as well. For those who have Dell laptops (maybe others do this, too. I'm just mentioning them because I have one) look how they have the hard drive installed. Remove one screw and it slides out of the side, easily replaced or swapped.
Also, it's been mentioned before but bring back the USB hub in the monitor base. Means I don't have to run long USB cables for my mouse and keyboard. And for that matter, how about speaker outputs and microphone inputs? Heck, IBM for awhile had units that had the CD-ROM drive in the monitor base. Really wouldn't take up that much real estate beneath a CRT that already has a lot of dead space beneath it.
Personally I keep slipping into the thought that it's a first person recounting, what with all the things like "Ive designed it as small as possible to maximise the distance from screen to CPU" and "Ive anonymously paced the show floor, watching people's reactions". Betcha the writer had to turn off the Auto Correct in his word processor to keep it from adding an apostrophe in the name, too.
If you are lucky you will have a CD player that it won't play in, which, for a fleeting moment, will make you question whether the protection is, in fact, a "good thing".
NSync is the unstable branch of Menudo. Menudo is final code and revs quite often due to key components becoming outdated.
Just because YOU don't have your driver's license doesn't mean that They don't have you still loaded up in their database with your picture and all your information. You aren't getting away THAT easy.
If you REALLY want to disappear without a trace get yourself a sitcom on the WB network. Both you and your career will not be heard from again.