Thunderbird now, Palomino or Northwood later.
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Pentium IV Hits 2 Ghz
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It's cool that Intel hit the 2GHz mark, but all that clock speed is really going to waste for the moment.
Right now, you should go for a Thunderbird (AMD Athlon). Later on a Palomino (AMD next-generation Athlon) or the upcoming Northwood (0.13 micron Intel P4) is a better option.
Whatever the intentions of the authors I must say I really loved "The Periodinc Table of Science Fiction". Bet anyone who likes black humor or Douglas Adams would too.
And besides, who hasn't played with the idea of dimensional micro and macrocosmoses?
I have yet to see a system more simple than the one used in Finland. You just have a piece of paper (remember those?) with a circle printed on it, and in the circle a baseline. Candidates a numbered on a list in front of your nose in the booth, and number examples are provided. In case of a vote which doesn't make sense it is simply discarded.
No boxes to tick, no electronics, nothing. Just a piece of paper dropped in a sealed box.
Honestly, if you can't manage a number which is readable, should you really vote?
It was PARC (the Palo Alto Reseach Center). The idea was then turned in to a product by Steve Wozniac and Steve Jobs, later to become Apple. However the whole desktop metaphore was in a sence invented in the 1940s, by a guy which name I can't remember. Refer to "Hackers" by Stephen Levy for a reference of the true geeks of the past Millenium.
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It's cool that Intel hit the 2GHz mark, but all that clock speed is really going to waste for the moment.
Right now, you should go for a Thunderbird (AMD Athlon). Later on a Palomino (AMD next-generation Athlon) or the upcoming Northwood (0.13 micron Intel P4) is a better option.
Am I just saying this? No, take a look at this.
Whatever the intentions of the authors I must say I really loved "The Periodinc Table of Science Fiction". Bet anyone who likes black humor or Douglas Adams would too.
And besides, who hasn't played with the idea of dimensional micro and macrocosmoses?
I have yet to see a system more simple than the one used in Finland. You just have a piece of paper (remember those?) with a circle printed on it, and in the circle a baseline. Candidates a numbered on a list in front of your nose in the booth, and number examples are provided. In case of a vote which doesn't make sense it is simply discarded.
No boxes to tick, no electronics, nothing. Just a piece of paper dropped in a sealed box.
Honestly, if you can't manage a number which is readable, should you really vote?
It was PARC (the Palo Alto Reseach Center). The idea was then turned in to a product by Steve Wozniac and Steve Jobs, later to become Apple. However the whole desktop metaphore was in a sence invented in the 1940s, by a guy which name I can't remember. Refer to "Hackers" by Stephen Levy for a reference of the true geeks of the past Millenium.