I don't know why nobody mentioned that the radio head album was down most of the first day. I tried to download it then and couldn't get a copy. It certainly must have skewed the numbers if the server goes down the day of the big launch.
I was still angry at him for killing off so many great main characters that had such potential. In his ultimate act of frustrating the reader, I think he intentionally died while writing his last book. He refuses to give any satisfaction to the reader except to point out that life is short and you can't always get what you want.
Aren't you being just a little hypocritical? "Luckily in some cases they got their asses whipped" - Yeah its called competition from AMD, and its what forced Intel to step it up and produce better products. The same thing can apply to a $100 PC - Competition is good and the better design will probably win out. If Intel's designs for the OLPC are bad then nobody will want them.
"But intel is just horribly wrong. I mean, the whole corporate world is wrong"
A comment like this without justification is meaningless. I agree that corporations focus on profits and shareholders, but Intel tries to do good as well. Have you ever heard of
Why not insert some sort of time delay where the front page shown to users isn't updated for some period of time after an edition (like 4hours)? You could still allow the normal notifications to go off and editors would then have time to reject additions or review additions on conentious pages. Since this is not a breaking news site, it shouldn't hurt to have a 4 hour delay.
Intel has been forced to follow AMD quite a bit recently, Rambus, 64bit, NX bit (no execute bit). It isn't really a big suprise. One thing people don't realize is that Intel is large enough, with enough market share and infrastructure that it can hold on to a lot of the market segment despite the fact that AMD might have a very high quality part. Look for intel to try and start leading again with the next generation of chips.
HP *workstations* dropped support for Itanium. Itanium is doing remarkably well in the high-end server space. Checkout the increase in servers with Intel architecture in them in the Top100 supercomputers.
I don't know why this is news, but Intel already had support for AMD's 64 bit extensions in Prescott. It was hacked in late in the game so, as you would expect, does not perform well. However Intel does not expect 64 bit apps to take off for a while so they aren't overly concerned (we still don't have a 64 bit app from MS). If you want to talk about raw performance in 32 bit mode, latest AMD tends to beat out intel in many benchmarks. But if you look at realistic usage models and the benefits of hyperthreading you might find that the Intel architecture better suites your needs. Checkout the hyperthreading video example on TomsHardware if you doubt the benefits.
Wouldn't things like bouncing the photon inside the fiber-optic cable or sending the packet through a router/switch change the quantum signature of the photon and hence ruin the Quantum Cryptography?
What do you do on your desktop? What is "Everything else"? Probably stuff that either a more powerful laptop could handle, or stuff that most users don't do.
You are right, though, battery life is the last big hurdle until laptops are really useful. There are lots of things coming though, like fuel cells, low power displays, etc that should drastically increase the lifetime of the average laptop in the next couple years.
Once upon a time AMD chips were known to have power/heat issues, heatsink problems, etc. I know my K6-2 seemed to crash a lot more than my roomate's equivalent Pentium (although it certainly didn't have to be the processor).
These days AMD has no such problems. Most people choose a processor for a variety of reasons :
Availability - if you are buying from Dell you probably aren't getting AMD.
Price - usually favors AMD
Processor Speed - sometimes one, sometimes the other
Features - 64bit, Hyperthreading, Low Power, Hypertransport, multi-processor, and don't forget support. Many higher end server customers want the full support and realiability Intel provides
Marketing - you can't have "Intel Inside" or "Centrino" or "Pentium" if you buy AMD.
So, yes, there are some reasons to avoid AMD. Most consumers probably decide based on availability though.
I think this is probably an accurate reflection of Intel's current strategy. The Desktop CPU market isn't showing much more growth (nothing like the boom years before the internet bubble burst) and Intel is looking for new markets.
Their new market, and I think they are right, is Mobile. Ever heard of Centrino? People are starting to want more than just clock speed. Portability, Battery Life, Hyperthreading and other new features will distingush processors (Intel will soon switch to processor numbers instead of clock speed). The majority of Slashdot readers might not fall into this category, but I think many users want a light, portable, and dynamic laptop instead of a desktop.
I would just be happy if all my computers could bootup or shutdown in under 5 seconds:)
While you are right, they do take a lot of "high-tech" jobs from us. I think there are several benefits as well.
Moving jobs other countries can fill ofshore allows room for US companies to innovate and work on new technologies. You can't stagnate, ever, keep the boom going.
Not to mention that the standard of living in India is far far below that of the US. While you might not care, it seems better from a worldwide point of view. I am by no means an expert, but I have heard it argued that offshoring of jobs has historically caused problems in the short-term but allowed for cheaper goods and services, increased demand, and it allows for innovation in the US. Just think about textile and factory jobs moving overseas.
Bottom line is it is cheaper to hire coders in India and if we don't do it then someone else will. If American students can offer skills that other students can't then companies are willing to pay a premium for them.
when you quantify a non-quantifiable thing, it doesn't matter what number you use. A baby is 10^26 times as intelligent or twice as intelligent. All we know is that the freaky robot isn't very smart.
Anyone else spend hours playing "DrugWars" on their Ti-82 calculator, while ignoring the valuable education they were supposed to be getting at high school?
Too bad that many major scientists think that this conclusion is totally wrong given the evidence presented. (At least according to some NPR program I listened to).
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I don't know why nobody mentioned that the radio head album was down most of the first day. I tried to download it then and couldn't get a copy. It certainly must have skewed the numbers if the server goes down the day of the big launch.
Wait! I was thinking of George RR Martin, nevermind. This post is officially rescinded.
I was still angry at him for killing off so many great main characters that had such potential. In his ultimate act of frustrating the reader, I think he intentionally died while writing his last book. He refuses to give any satisfaction to the reader except to point out that life is short and you can't always get what you want.
He was a great author that will be missed.
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I work for Intel so I am obviously biased, but still I think there is some merit to what I am saying.Why not insert some sort of time delay where the front page shown to users isn't updated for some period of time after an edition (like 4hours)? You could still allow the normal notifications to go off and editors would then have time to reject additions or review additions on conentious pages. Since this is not a breaking news site, it shouldn't hurt to have a 4 hour delay.
Atheism *is* more scientific than wicca. If there is no evidence of X then we assume X doesn't exist until evidence proves us otherwise.
That is, unless you think a giant Mr. Potato Head constantly floating just out of sight, is a valid scientific belief.
Our knowledge should be based on what we can repeatedly experience.
They already tried this for the PS2.
According to this HP page their Itanium servers have the best price to performance ratio in the industry.
HP Server
I haven't used any 64 bit apps yet, nor have I wanted to. Windows still doesn't have a 64bit OS.
Intel has been forced to follow AMD quite a bit recently, Rambus, 64bit, NX bit (no execute bit). It isn't really a big suprise. One thing people don't realize is that Intel is large enough, with enough market share and infrastructure that it can hold on to a lot of the market segment despite the fact that AMD might have a very high quality part. Look for intel to try and start leading again with the next generation of chips.
HP *workstations* dropped support for Itanium. Itanium is doing remarkably well in the high-end server space. Checkout the increase in servers with Intel architecture in them in the Top100 supercomputers.
I don't know why this is news, but Intel already had support for AMD's 64 bit extensions in Prescott. It was hacked in late in the game so, as you would expect, does not perform well. However Intel does not expect 64 bit apps to take off for a while so they aren't overly concerned (we still don't have a 64 bit app from MS). If you want to talk about raw performance in 32 bit mode, latest AMD tends to beat out intel in many benchmarks. But if you look at realistic usage models and the benefits of hyperthreading you might find that the Intel architecture better suites your needs. Checkout the hyperthreading video example on TomsHardware if you doubt the benefits.
http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/
or was it when they started shipping 64 bit Prescotts?5 &tid=118&tid=137&tid=126
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/08/06/00025
Just because it shows up on the Register it is now news again.
I don't have any problems with my 2001 FP, but I have my mouse plugged into the PC, not into the monitor.
In my office it is much more likely that bad things enter through usb cards, floppy discs, cd-roms, or even my laptop that I take home every night.
most processors will slow themselves down if they get too hot.
Wouldn't things like bouncing the photon inside the fiber-optic cable or sending the packet through a router/switch change the quantum signature of the photon and hence ruin the Quantum Cryptography?
You are right, though, battery life is the last big hurdle until laptops are really useful. There are lots of things coming though, like fuel cells, low power displays, etc that should drastically increase the lifetime of the average laptop in the next couple years.
Once upon a time AMD chips were known to have power/heat issues, heatsink problems, etc. I know my K6-2 seemed to crash a lot more than my roomate's equivalent Pentium (although it certainly didn't have to be the processor).
These days AMD has no such problems. Most people choose a processor for a variety of reasons :
So, yes, there are some reasons to avoid AMD. Most consumers probably decide based on availability though.
I think this is probably an accurate reflection of Intel's current strategy. The Desktop CPU market isn't showing much more growth (nothing like the boom years before the internet bubble burst) and Intel is looking for new markets.
Their new market, and I think they are right, is Mobile. Ever heard of Centrino? People are starting to want more than just clock speed. Portability, Battery Life, Hyperthreading and other new features will distingush processors (Intel will soon switch to processor numbers instead of clock speed). The majority of Slashdot readers might not fall into this category, but I think many users want a light, portable, and dynamic laptop instead of a desktop.
I would just be happy if all my computers could bootup or shutdown in under 5 seconds :)
Stomping on the brake can be fun as well!
While you are right, they do take a lot of "high-tech" jobs from us. I think there are several benefits as well.
Moving jobs other countries can fill ofshore allows room for US companies to innovate and work on new technologies. You can't stagnate, ever, keep the boom going.
Not to mention that the standard of living in India is far far below that of the US. While you might not care, it seems better from a worldwide point of view. I am by no means an expert, but I have heard it argued that offshoring of jobs has historically caused problems in the short-term but allowed for cheaper goods and services, increased demand, and it allows for innovation in the US. Just think about textile and factory jobs moving overseas.
Bottom line is it is cheaper to hire coders in India and if we don't do it then someone else will. If American students can offer skills that other students can't then companies are willing to pay a premium for them.
when you quantify a non-quantifiable thing, it doesn't matter what number you use. A baby is 10^26 times as intelligent or twice as intelligent. All we know is that the freaky robot isn't very smart.
Anyone else spend hours playing "DrugWars" on their Ti-82 calculator, while ignoring the valuable education they were supposed to be getting at high school?
Too bad that many major scientists think that this conclusion is totally wrong given the evidence presented. (At least according to some NPR program I listened to).