From this post it appears you don't really know what evolution is, nor what I.D. professes either.
Evolution and guidance are mutually exclusive terms. Development based on guidance is not evolution, as evolutionary development is by definition a process that does not involve guidance.
It is possible to reconcile the existence of evolution with the existence of God, if you believe that God created the universe in such a way that evolutionary processes within it would lead to intelligent life.
But I.D. does not do this. I.D. simply professes that God (the "I" in I.D.) designed (the "D" in I.D.) all the life that we see around us. This is merely creationism by another name. It does not reconcile God with evolution.
I believe the poster meant performance dominance, not sales dominance.
Opterons are dominating Xeons in 32-bit server performance right now and they will dominate them even further in 64 bit performance once Windows Server and Solaris 10 go 64 bit in the next couple months. Athlon FX processors are dominating Prescott P4's in 32 bit gaming performance right now and will dominate them even further in 64 bit gaming performance when XP64 is released in March.
And then there's the dominance in stock performance going on...AMD's stock price has more than doubled in the last 3 months; Intel's, "not so much".:)
I'm heavily invested in AMD right now and have made 2.7 boatloads of money on them since September. I expect to make a few more boatloads when 64 bit OSes go mainstream in the next quarter.
This seems like a good story in which to pester ya'll for some recommendations. I've got some spare karma to burn after all...
I've been unsuccesfully searching for a replacement MP3 player for a while now. What I want and can't find is an MP3 player that uses CF cards (not SD/MMC) and has minimal/nonexistant internal storage (as I've got lots of CFs already and don't way to pay for unneeded internal storage capacity) and uses regular batteries (AA/AAA) rather than a sealed internal one.
My 2 year old Nex meets those specs but it's getting pretty long in the tooth. Wish I hadn't dropped it so many times...
Does anyone know of any other players out there that meet my criteria?
Most of the reports that I have read have said that AMD will be releasing theirs next year and Intel the following year.
That's pretty much correct. AMD wil be releasing dual core Opteron server processors in mid 2005, while Intel will be releasing a dual die (not dual core - dual die means 2 processors glued together in a single package) desktop processor in late, late, new-year's-eve-late 2005. Dual core Xeon server processors won't show up until 2006 at the earliest.
The 2005 dual core announcement from Intel is just FUD intended to hide how far they are behind AMD on the multi-core front.
Scientists hope to discover what exactly the comet is made of...
Since their "copper bullet is intended to strike the comet....with a force equivalent to 4.7 tons of TNT", I think the above sentence should have been:
Scientists hope to discover what exactly the comet was made of...
Here in Europe it has been possible to buy 60mpg cars that will do 90mph+ for years
That's because you are talking about deisels. The Zap uses regular gas.
While it's true that diesel engines get much better mileage than gasoline engines, they are worse for the environment because they pollute the air much more per mile driven than gasoline engines.
It's not a file size limitation that's causing the choke, it's the memory size limitation. 32-bit OSes can only handle 4 GB of RAM, so when you try to open an image that approaches that limit - blammo.
It would appear these people have never heard of aerial photography. Here at my job (local DC government) we work with a digital aerial orthophotograph of Washington DC that is over 20 gigapixels in size.
It's true that the file size of our imagery is smaller than theirs, as we use Mr. Sid format for better compression, but our pixel count leaves them in the dust.
I don't believe this image is in any way extraordinary or special - pretty much every local government across the country maintains digital imagery of their jurisdiction that is comparible in resolution.
If I hadn't already posted to this thread I'd give you a +1 Informative mod for that post. Thanks for educating me.
However, a quick lap around the web shows that it isn't too hard for a city to get www.theirname.gov out of the GSA - Seattle, Boston and San Diego all got theirs. So I stand by my initial ridicule of Denver.:)
An illustration of how everyone wants ".com", no matter how appropriate.
The funniest instance I've found of this phenomenon is the website for the Denver, Colorado city government. Instead of the no-brainer www.denver.gov they use www.denvergov.com and www.denvergov.org. No, really.
You may have read the article but you missed the salient point: It wasn't just the US Government that helped write the speech, it was BUSH CAMPAIGN WORKERS. It was a campaign speech disguised as a diplomatic event.
And that makes it all the more repugnant that Bush and Co. have been complaining about Kerry criticizing the speech. Bush has his puppet prime minister give a campaign speech and Kerry isn't allowed to criticize it? Puh-leeze.
I'm a GIS guy working for the Washington DC local government.
We have (arguably) the most target-rich landscape in the nation, yet we distribute 20 centemeter resolution aerial photography of the District to anyone who wants it for $15 here
How can we do that? We downsample (lower the resolution) of "sensitive" areas like the White House and Capitol Building so there is no terrorist-useful information available in our imagery.
These Greenwichians could do the same thing if security was really what they are worried about. But I suspect that what they're really concerned about is the ability to sell their imagery for a profit. So they're using "security concerns" the same way Lexmark tried to use the DMCA to stop competitors from selling cheap printer cartridges
Sony *always* goes for market domination on new electronics by trying to impose their proprietary format (Betamax, Memory Stick, Atrac) and they *always* fail. They *never* learn.
Sony's like the Brain from Pinky and the Brain:
"What are we going to do tonight Sony?"
"The same thing we do every night, Pinky. Try to take over the home electronics business with a proprietary media format!"
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Evolution and guidance are mutually exclusive terms. Development based on guidance is not evolution, as evolutionary development is by definition a process that does not involve guidance.
It is possible to reconcile the existence of evolution with the existence of God, if you believe that God created the universe in such a way that evolutionary processes within it would lead to intelligent life.
But I.D. does not do this. I.D. simply professes that God (the "I" in I.D.) designed (the "D" in I.D.) all the life that we see around us. This is merely creationism by another name. It does not reconcile God with evolution.
Opterons are dominating Xeons in 32-bit server performance right now and they will dominate them even further in 64 bit performance once Windows Server and Solaris 10 go 64 bit in the next couple months. Athlon FX processors are dominating Prescott P4's in 32 bit gaming performance right now and will dominate them even further in 64 bit gaming performance when XP64 is released in March.
And then there's the dominance in stock performance going on...AMD's stock price has more than doubled in the last 3 months; Intel's, "not so much". :)
I'm heavily invested in AMD right now and have made 2.7 boatloads of money on them since September. I expect to make a few more boatloads when 64 bit OSes go mainstream in the next quarter.
Because zeitgeist is a single word that conveys more information than the three word phrase "year end summary".
More information, fewer words - one of the benefits of an expanded vocabulary. Just ask Homer. ;)
I've been unsuccesfully searching for a replacement MP3 player for a while now. What I want and can't find is an MP3 player that uses CF cards (not SD/MMC) and has minimal/nonexistant internal storage (as I've got lots of CFs already and don't way to pay for unneeded internal storage capacity) and uses regular batteries (AA/AAA) rather than a sealed internal one.
My 2 year old Nex meets those specs but it's getting pretty long in the tooth. Wish I hadn't dropped it so many times...
Does anyone know of any other players out there that meet my criteria?
If the customer pays by credit/debit card, they could print the EULA on the receipt. Then when you sign the receipt you're also signing the EULA.
That's pretty much correct. AMD wil be releasing dual core Opteron server processors in mid 2005, while Intel will be releasing a dual die (not dual core - dual die means 2 processors glued together in a single package) desktop processor in late, late, new-year's-eve-late 2005. Dual core Xeon server processors won't show up until 2006 at the earliest.
The 2005 dual core announcement from Intel is just FUD intended to hide how far they are behind AMD on the multi-core front.
So THAT's why the machine said "Fatality!!" when I tried to vote for Kerry...
Since their "copper bullet is intended to strike the comet....with a force equivalent to 4.7 tons of TNT", I think the above sentence should have been:
Scientists hope to discover what exactly the comet was made of...
That's because you are talking about deisels. The Zap uses regular gas.
While it's true that diesel engines get much better mileage than gasoline engines, they are worse for the environment because they pollute the air much more per mile driven than gasoline engines.
You could sell each car with two batteries - keep one in the car, one in the charger and swap when needed.
This system works justs great for my mp3 player.
Tom recommends buying a computer with Intel Inside.
But now that I've RTFA, I see that they are claiming to have the largest digital panoramic photo in the world. The poster overstated their claim.
Adding that qualifier in makes their claim more plausible, but also less noteworthy.
It's not a file size limitation that's causing the choke, it's the memory size limitation. 32-bit OSes can only handle 4 GB of RAM, so when you try to open an image that approaches that limit - blammo.
It's true that the file size of our imagery is smaller than theirs, as we use Mr. Sid format for better compression, but our pixel count leaves them in the dust.
I don't believe this image is in any way extraordinary or special - pretty much every local government across the country maintains digital imagery of their jurisdiction that is comparible in resolution.
My $50 won't help all that much toward such a huge task, but it'll still have more effect than that one measley vote I cast yesterday.
However, a quick lap around the web shows that it isn't too hard for a city to get www.theirname.gov out of the GSA - Seattle, Boston and San Diego all got theirs. So I stand by my initial ridicule of Denver. :)
The funniest instance I've found of this phenomenon is the website for the Denver, Colorado city government.
Instead of the no-brainer www.denver.gov they use www.denvergov.com and www.denvergov.org.
No, really.
What about the FX-55 that was also reviewed in the article? Is that clocked higher than the 3800+?
Maybe you should read the whole article...
If they used Opteron processors in it I'd imagine they'd call it the Crayon. No trademark issues that way either...
Which means posters have no choice but to actually RTFA before they can comment. Well done! :)
And that makes it all the more repugnant that Bush and Co. have been complaining about Kerry criticizing the speech. Bush has his puppet prime minister give a campaign speech and Kerry isn't allowed to criticize it? Puh-leeze.
"Spaceballs II - The Quest for More Money" ?
We have (arguably) the most target-rich landscape in the nation, yet we distribute 20 centemeter resolution aerial photography of the District to anyone who wants it for $15 here
How can we do that? We downsample (lower the resolution) of "sensitive" areas like the White House and Capitol Building so there is no terrorist-useful information available in our imagery.
These Greenwichians could do the same thing if security was really what they are worried about. But I suspect that what they're really concerned about is the ability to sell their imagery for a profit. So they're using "security concerns" the same way Lexmark tried to use the DMCA to stop competitors from selling cheap printer cartridges
Wake up moderators!
Sony's like the Brain from Pinky and the Brain:
"What are we going to do tonight Sony?"
"The same thing we do every night, Pinky. Try to take over the home electronics business with a proprietary media format!"