The bottleneck is most definately not the disk for most games anymore (the only thing I need a high performance PC for). They basically load the level/area into memory and you play, for hours sometimes in the same area, very little disk access until you load the next area or if you have too little memory.
Most server applications are definately bottlenecked by the disk since you serve more data than can fit into memory.
Oh come on, most people DON'T grok how small a micron is. It makes perfect sense to relate it to something which people can see and touch. It really makes no sense to criticize making something a little more understandable to lay people. It is an AP story, not a research paper.
Thinking that the US is at the root of the problems in Israel is absurd (the US is certainly not innocent in this of course). The British actually started the whole thing with the Balfour declaration back in 1917. The UN partitioning did not erase Palestine, in fact it was much larger than it is today. Palestine never even had an indepedent state prior to this. The British were in control of the territory prior to this. The Ottoman empire in control prior to that. The whole thing is a f'ing mess, had everyone just agreed to the partitioning everything would be fine, but neither side will let the other have anything.
It really doesn't matter who invented something when someone else makes all the money. I am not buying a telephone or television or car or computer from the people who invented it. I had a client from Manchester who once told me the British are great at inventing things but horrible at marketing.
You don't have to be rich to go to a good university. Many excellent state schools (UCLA and UIUC are 2 off the top of my head) are about $4000-$8000 per year for state residents (sometimes less). There are a ton of academic scholarships and student loans which can make the cost essentially zero until after graduation.
I don't se what is so unpleasant about a casino. I don't go to Vegas to make money. I go to Vegas to have fun. Play some cards, ogle the hot cocktail waitresses, have some drinks, gorge on cheap food, maybe see a show...if you happen to make some money then that is a bonus. Sure there are lots of losers in the casinos, but I generally don't assosiate with those people.
A Saturn V would be immense overkill if it were used as an ICBM.
I don't know about that. You could probably stick like 1000 warheads (totally pulling that # out of the air) on the thing. It would be impractical, but not neccessarily overkill, you could take out the entire globe with one rocket. Pretty efficient really.
Yeah, that is what everyone says, but for some reason whenever one of the lads from our Ireland office comes over to the States they invariably order a Budweiser. It has happened with like 5-8 different people. Wierd.
Isn't that the whole point behind opensource? You have access to the code so you can make changes/fixes which meet your specific needs rather than the overall markets general needs.
Bitboys are a hardware company that released several press releases 2-3 years ago touting there XBA architecture that had 20GB/s bandwidth. It was touted as the GeForce killer. Needless to say they never released anything besides press releases.
The appeal of pinball for me and many/most others is that it is a physical game. The ball follows the laws of physics not the laws programmed into its computer chips. Video pinball is fun but nothing like the real thing.
Have you actually watched an HD program before not just some crappy demo in a store? HD is a HUGE improvement. Just watch the PBS loop for an hour and you will see how much of an improvement it is. Oh and my experience is on a cheap ($999) 32" HD set as well so no need for a super expensive RPTV to see an improvement.
Best Buy does sell them. Still too expensive for most people though. Really is it a surprise that the Best Buy drones had no idea what you were talking about?
Actually I think the main argument for not agreeing to the landmine ban is that landmines are used in Korea at the 38th parallel in large quantities to keep North Korea from invading South Korea.
Because digital TV in the US is HD (thats the goal at least, not much actual HD content yet). Makes people nervous when the free content is MUCH higher quality than what they are trying to sell you in DVD form.
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And the US backed Stalin during WWII, probably worse than all the above mentioned combined.
First you complain that no TV can give 1920x1080, then complain that you can't afford a 1365x768 TV?
The bottleneck is most definately not the disk for most games anymore (the only thing I need a high performance PC for). They basically load the level/area into memory and you play, for hours sometimes in the same area, very little disk access until you load the next area or if you have too little memory.
Most server applications are definately bottlenecked by the disk since you serve more data than can fit into memory.
No, it is an ALi chipset.
My rule of good cooking is microwaves are the spawn of satan. :)
Oh come on, most people DON'T grok how small a micron is. It makes perfect sense to relate it to something which people can see and touch. It really makes no sense to criticize making something a little more understandable to lay people. It is an AP story, not a research paper.
You pay a monthly fee for the line (like $10 or so).
Thinking that the US is at the root of the problems in Israel is absurd (the US is certainly not innocent in this of course). The British actually started the whole thing with the Balfour declaration back in 1917. The UN partitioning did not erase Palestine, in fact it was much larger than it is today. Palestine never even had an indepedent state prior to this. The British were in control of the territory prior to this. The Ottoman empire in control prior to that. The whole thing is a f'ing mess, had everyone just agreed to the partitioning everything would be fine, but neither side will let the other have anything.
It really doesn't matter who invented something when someone else makes all the money. I am not buying a telephone or television or car or computer from the people who invented it. I had a client from Manchester who once told me the British are great at inventing things but horrible at marketing.
You don't have to be rich to go to a good university. Many excellent state schools (UCLA and UIUC are 2 off the top of my head) are about $4000-$8000 per year for state residents (sometimes less). There are a ton of academic scholarships and student loans which can make the cost essentially zero until after graduation.
Yes it has.
I don't se what is so unpleasant about a casino. I don't go to Vegas to make money. I go to Vegas to have fun. Play some cards, ogle the hot cocktail waitresses, have some drinks, gorge on cheap food, maybe see a show...if you happen to make some money then that is a bonus. Sure there are lots of losers in the casinos, but I generally don't assosiate with those people.
A Saturn V would be immense overkill if it were used as an ICBM.
I don't know about that. You could probably stick like 1000 warheads (totally pulling that # out of the air) on the thing. It would be impractical, but not neccessarily overkill, you could take out the entire globe with one rocket. Pretty efficient really.
Serial ATA Controller: PCI Only
Actually I believe that this is in reference to integrating the controller into the chipset which would give >133 MB/s bandwidth.
Oh, and the beer is better, too.
Yeah, that is what everyone says, but for some reason whenever one of the lads from our Ireland office comes over to the States they invariably order a Budweiser. It has happened with like 5-8 different people. Wierd.
Why the heck would you try to "hack" it?
Isn't that the whole point behind opensource? You have access to the code so you can make changes/fixes which meet your specific needs rather than the overall markets general needs.
Bitboys are a hardware company that released several press releases 2-3 years ago touting there XBA architecture that had 20GB/s bandwidth. It was touted as the GeForce killer. Needless to say they never released anything besides press releases.
The appeal of pinball for me and many/most others is that it is a physical game. The ball follows the laws of physics not the laws programmed into its computer chips. Video pinball is fun but nothing like the real thing.
Have you actually watched an HD program before not just some crappy demo in a store? HD is a HUGE improvement. Just watch the PBS loop for an hour and you will see how much of an improvement it is. Oh and my experience is on a cheap ($999) 32" HD set as well so no need for a super expensive RPTV to see an improvement.
Best Buy does sell them. Still too expensive for most people though. Really is it a surprise that the Best Buy drones had no idea what you were talking about?
What were you thinking? Take the P133, get your login and IP then just switch in the Mac without telling him.
Actually I think the main argument for not agreeing to the landmine ban is that landmines are used in Korea at the 38th parallel in large quantities to keep North Korea from invading South Korea.
FYI Rio Volt decodes mp3 and wma so I don't hitnk it would be too hard to add ogg.
DVHS holds about 4 hours of HD res content on a tape. No media change neccessary.
Because digital TV in the US is HD (thats the goal at least, not much actual HD content yet). Makes people nervous when the free content is MUCH higher quality than what they are trying to sell you in DVD form.