Gee I wonder why other nations get upset when we try and uphold treaties? Do you have any idea how many international treaties the US has backed out of after signing them?
And that's the heart of the matter, the US doesn't hold itself to the same standard it enforces on others.
The thing is evlution in humans is pretty much dead in the water since, for the most part, we no longer pick our mates based on their fitness to survive.
I agree with everything you said, but I have to point out the the telcos/ISPs have only themselves to blaim for creating this situation. They market DSL/cable in a way which gives people the impression that they can do anything with their bandwidth. Thier comercials emphasize that they offer a always on (and in DSL's case they often claim dedicated) high speed connect when in reality they can't afford the service they lead consumers to beleive they are offering. As a result they have had to implement all these restrictions because they tried to sell people on a service they couldn't afford to provide. When you look at their advertizing the "bandwidth hog" argument kinda falls appart. One of their major selling points is the ability to stream high quality media and download large files quickly ("no limits but your imagination!" seems to be a big one).
Now that the ISPs have convinced people they can get 1.5+ Mbps of "unlimited" bandwidth for $40/mon it's understanble that their's going to be some frustration when reality sets in and people realize that getting real unlimited broadband is prohibativly expensive.
Huh? Quake more than any other game defined FPS multiplayer as we know it today. Yeah it only came with strait DM out of the box but that on it's own was a big deal back then. And then came the mods. CTF? Team Fortress? Rocket Arena? all created during the golden age of Quake mods. Quake is still considered by many to be the finest multiplayer FPS ever. The fact that you make such a comment makes me doubt you ever seriously played Quake online.
A lot of ISPs may have rules about keepalives in their ALUs but in my experiance with PPPOE they don't realy care. I've kept my PPPOE connection online 24/7 for 2 years now and havn't heard a peep from my ISP about it.
I would think they'd want to the cabe to come out if, say, someone trips over it, otherwise it would pull the entire unit off the self. Then it's bye bye hard drive.
If you had actualy RTFA you would know that the reason Tom only OC'd to 2000+ is because the maximum multiplier he could use was 12.5. I would guess it could go a bit faster, proably quite a bit with extra cooling.
I tihnk history has shown Tom is not the most reliable source of hardware reviews. Besides, I've recently upgraded to a Althon XP using an Abit KG7-RAID and have had absolutly no stability problems at all, even with my MX300 which is known not to conform to the PCI spec. Ad far as I can tell it's every bit as stable as my old P2/440BX system. I think the big trick with AMD motherbaords is to stick with Abit or Asus if you want stability (note that Tom was using an Epox board).
99% of stability problems with AMD motherboards where with early VIA chipsets. Nowadays there are viable alternatives to VIA motherboards (namely AMD 761 and SiS 735 boards) which are rock solid. The newer VIA chips have fixed all the old problems as well. The bottom line is that the "AMD is unstable!" argument doesn't hold water anymore.
I doubt many Win2k power users are ever going to switch to linux. Like it or not, Win2k is supirior to linux for most power users' needs. It is plenty stable for desktop use (I've only had 3 BSODs in over a year of running Win2k) and has all the hardware and software support a power user could ever need. Until Linux has just as good hardware and software support as Win2k the power users will never touch it. And since we all know linux will never get to that point you can forget about the power users. For me specificaly it's the lack of HPNA 2.0 support and Half-Life which have kept me from switching. Get thoes working under linux just as good as they work under Win2k and I'll start to think about switching, but I'm not holding my breath.
And yes, I'm aware there isn't much anybody besides Valve and Broadcom can do about it. And no, I don't care about such excuses.
The world's leaders thought diplomacy could end all war before WWI broke out. Needless to say they were proven wrong. While it's not a pleasant lesson to even acknowledge, we must not forget that war is an inevitable and sometimes necessary evil.
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Maybe this will finally motivate geeks everywhere to go outside more often.
The Word bug is well known, I have experianced it myself and it has nothing to with the processor.
As this highily informative post points out, AMD has already fixed the problem in the latest revision of the Athlon XP.
The technical consumer know to look for the real clock frequency.
No, the technical consumer knows to look at the benchmarks.
Gee I wonder why other nations get upset when we try and uphold treaties? Do you have any idea how many international treaties the US has backed out of after signing them?
And that's the heart of the matter, the US doesn't hold itself to the same standard it enforces on others.
Unfortunatly the pencil trick will not work for XP processors (including the new Duron).
http://www.vr-zone.com/guides/AMD/AthlonXPUnlock/
The thing is evlution in humans is pretty much dead in the water since, for the most part, we no longer pick our mates based on their fitness to survive.
For such a major release you'd think they'd have a changelog clearly linked on thier site, seesh.
I agree with everything you said, but I have to point out the the telcos/ISPs have only themselves to blaim for creating this situation. They market DSL/cable in a way which gives people the impression that they can do anything with their bandwidth. Thier comercials emphasize that they offer a always on (and in DSL's case they often claim dedicated) high speed connect when in reality they can't afford the service they lead consumers to beleive they are offering. As a result they have had to implement all these restrictions because they tried to sell people on a service they couldn't afford to provide. When you look at their advertizing the "bandwidth hog" argument kinda falls appart. One of their major selling points is the ability to stream high quality media and download large files quickly ("no limits but your imagination!" seems to be a big one).
Now that the ISPs have convinced people they can get 1.5+ Mbps of "unlimited" bandwidth for $40/mon it's understanble that their's going to be some frustration when reality sets in and people realize that getting real unlimited broadband is prohibativly expensive.
but crappy multiplayer.
Huh? Quake more than any other game defined FPS multiplayer as we know it today. Yeah it only came with strait DM out of the box but that on it's own was a big deal back then. And then came the mods. CTF? Team Fortress? Rocket Arena? all created during the golden age of Quake mods. Quake is still considered by many to be the finest multiplayer FPS ever. The fact that you make such a comment makes me doubt you ever seriously played Quake online.
small problem, DOS could only address 64 MB (less back then?) of RAM.
Amazing how quickly we forget thoes silly litttle things we had to deal with back then.
A lot of ISPs may have rules about keepalives in their ALUs but in my experiance with PPPOE they don't realy care. I've kept my PPPOE connection online 24/7 for 2 years now and havn't heard a peep from my ISP about it.
Maybe it's because windows is a better OS?
I would think they'd want to the cabe to come out if, say, someone trips over it, otherwise it would pull the entire unit off the self. Then it's bye bye hard drive.
If you had actualy RTFA you would know that the reason Tom only OC'd to 2000+ is because the maximum multiplier he could use was 12.5. I would guess it could go a bit faster, proably quite a bit with extra cooling.
That's why they're making SerialATA. Faster, hot swapable, and no more channelsx2 drive limit.
I tihnk history has shown Tom is not the most reliable source of hardware reviews. Besides, I've recently upgraded to a Althon XP using an Abit KG7-RAID and have had absolutly no stability problems at all, even with my MX300 which is known not to conform to the PCI spec. Ad far as I can tell it's every bit as stable as my old P2/440BX system. I think the big trick with AMD motherbaords is to stick with Abit or Asus if you want stability (note that Tom was using an Epox board).
99% of stability problems with AMD motherboards where with early VIA chipsets. Nowadays there are viable alternatives to VIA motherboards (namely AMD 761 and SiS 735 boards) which are rock solid. The newer VIA chips have fixed all the old problems as well. The bottom line is that the "AMD is unstable!" argument doesn't hold water anymore.
Bungie never claimed there would be a simultaneous launch, just that PC and MAC versions would come sometime after the X-Box version.
http://www.linuxgram.com/article.pl?sid=01/11/07/2 251222§ion=newsflash
If one wants to have 64-bit multiprocessing on a budget, what are the current alternatives?
At this point, 64-bit multiprocessing on a budget is an oxymoron.
Because there are more drivers in XP than 2000
XP drivers are compatible with 2000 which means what little hardware lacks 2K support is going to gain it with XP drivers.
I doubt many Win2k power users are ever going to switch to linux. Like it or not, Win2k is supirior to linux for most power users' needs. It is plenty stable for desktop use (I've only had 3 BSODs in over a year of running Win2k) and has all the hardware and software support a power user could ever need. Until Linux has just as good hardware and software support as Win2k the power users will never touch it. And since we all know linux will never get to that point you can forget about the power users. For me specificaly it's the lack of HPNA 2.0 support and Half-Life which have kept me from switching. Get thoes working under linux just as good as they work under Win2k and I'll start to think about switching, but I'm not holding my breath.
And yes, I'm aware there isn't much anybody besides Valve and Broadcom can do about it. And no, I don't care about such excuses.
The world's leaders thought diplomacy could end all war before WWI broke out. Needless to say they were proven wrong. While it's not a pleasant lesson to even acknowledge, we must not forget that war is an inevitable and sometimes necessary evil.
The "agressive pricing" is BS, whether consumers realize it or not.