Series1 hasn't seen a software update in eons, so I'm assuming us early adopters are safe from this? I can't imagine TivoToGo would be supported on Series 1 anyway.
Even in the layout were fully custom, you can macroize the finished core and replicate as many times as you want. All that's needed is the global net routing and you're done.
In our last upgrade cycle we got to choose from Dell/Windows, Dell/SuSE, Sun Blade/Solaris, or Dell Laptop. Previously everyone had SGI Indy/O2/that_one_purple_box or a Dell laptop.
In engineering, I'd say 80% went for Windows, 18% Linux, and 2% Sun.
This is going to flop pretty hard. I hope Sony doesn't invest too much in it. I'm all for players being cheaper than my iPod, but not if the quality/features suffer.
You know, I always hear about the Port Authority (mostly of New York, but now of MA). What exactly do they do? Jump on every boat that comes into harbor and obtain duty taxes?
My credit card company tends to notice when you've got charges coming from parts of the country not normally associated with your card. I've received mail before saying "your card was used in Boston last week, is that correct?". Since that first one, everytime I travel I'll use their online "submit a comment" to tell them I'm off on vacation for a week out west and they'll know what's up if a charge gets red-flagged.
Obviously this doesn't help if it's stolen and used in your city/county/state, but I happened to think it was a neat feature.
PCI-e(xpress) is supposed to be cheaper than PCI-X due to its smaller number of wires which makes controllers smaller (less I/O pads) and eases mainboard routing issues.
By your argument Firewire 800 is useless because Firewire 400 is what's in use *now*? New PCI-X development will be EOL'd in a few months as the entire world switches to the cheaper and higher-performing PCI-e standard. If this machine will never need to be upgraded you're set. If not...
PC manufacturers are |___| this close to releasing PCI Express motherboards. ATI and NVidia already have PCI-e video cards, and the standard peripherals are to follow soon. Since Apple greatly controls what 3rd party hardware can be attached to their machines, why didn't they plan for the future with PCI-e instead of causing Apple geeks everywhere to invest in PCI-X for a few months?
Apple's never had a paper launch before, so this machine could have "come out" in July, and by August-September when people start receiving their shipments PCI-e will already begin to have market penetration. Maybe it was just too much risk for Apple?
You're right, but this still only uses an off-the-shelf interconnect from Quadrics. Quadrics bills themselves as the "price/performance leader", not the performance leader.
There are many purpose-built supercomputers coming up (like Sandia's Red Storm) that use custom yet pricy interconnects that end up smoking anything Quadrics can put together. Anytime your interconnect relies on a PCI-type bus, you take a latency penalty on each end. Real supercomputers access memory on other nodes directly, not through a generic shared bus to a fancy network card.
how can you lose quality from analog cable?:P I kid, the static present in analog cable makes any show look like the biggest summer blockbuster action flick to the MPEG encoder.
Because it captures the satellite stream, DirecTivo keeps Dolby Digital too. That's worth the price of admission right there.
A few months ago I held out on upgrading because PCI-E was already being bantered about quite heavily. It's all about doing your homework before you spent the dollars.
Besides, who said computer hardware is an investment?
My final semester before my BSEE my University added a Computer Engineering undergraduate degree. They basically took out a bit of the analog electrical engineering and replaced it with CS courses like OS, Compilers, etc.
I hardly believe that a space station is a waste of money. There is much we still don't know about how humans react in 0 gravity and without an ozone layer. If we ever hope to have any type of manned exploration vehicles for our solar system we've got to "do our homework" first.
With that said, ISS isn't the well-oiled machine I had hoped it was going to be.
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Series1 hasn't seen a software update in eons, so I'm assuming us early adopters are safe from this? I can't imagine TivoToGo would be supported on Series 1 anyway.
My 20" LCD is on order, but it was $2000. Did I mention it has a G5 bolted on the back?
Even in the layout were fully custom, you can macroize the finished core and replicate as many times as you want. All that's needed is the global net routing and you're done.
In our last upgrade cycle we got to choose from Dell/Windows, Dell/SuSE, Sun Blade/Solaris, or Dell Laptop. Previously everyone had SGI Indy/O2/that_one_purple_box or a Dell laptop.
In engineering, I'd say 80% went for Windows, 18% Linux, and 2% Sun.
That's all I use mine for, since the AirPort Extreme is plenty to reach all points of my house.
This is going to flop pretty hard. I hope Sony doesn't invest too much in it. I'm all for players being cheaper than my iPod, but not if the quality/features suffer.
You know, I always hear about the Port Authority (mostly of New York, but now of MA). What exactly do they do? Jump on every boat that comes into harbor and obtain duty taxes?
My credit card company tends to notice when you've got charges coming from parts of the country not normally associated with your card. I've received mail before saying "your card was used in Boston last week, is that correct?". Since that first one, everytime I travel I'll use their online "submit a comment" to tell them I'm off on vacation for a week out west and they'll know what's up if a charge gets red-flagged.
Obviously this doesn't help if it's stolen and used in your city/county/state, but I happened to think it was a neat feature.
"cheaper and higher-performing PCI-e"
PCI-e(xpress) is supposed to be cheaper than PCI-X due to its smaller number of wires which makes controllers smaller (less I/O pads) and eases mainboard routing issues.
By your argument Firewire 800 is useless because Firewire 400 is what's in use *now*? New PCI-X development will be EOL'd in a few months as the entire world switches to the cheaper and higher-performing PCI-e standard. If this machine will never need to be upgraded you're set. If not...
PC manufacturers are |___| this close to releasing PCI Express motherboards. ATI and NVidia already have PCI-e video cards, and the standard peripherals are to follow soon. Since Apple greatly controls what 3rd party hardware can be attached to their machines, why didn't they plan for the future with PCI-e instead of causing Apple geeks everywhere to invest in PCI-X for a few months?
Apple's never had a paper launch before, so this machine could have "come out" in July, and by August-September when people start receiving their shipments PCI-e will already begin to have market penetration. Maybe it was just too much risk for Apple?
PCI-e is a parallel serial bus. I believe it can have up to 16 high-speed serial channels.
There are many purpose-built supercomputers coming up (like Sandia's Red Storm) that use custom yet pricy interconnects that end up smoking anything Quadrics can put together. Anytime your interconnect relies on a PCI-type bus, you take a latency penalty on each end. Real supercomputers access memory on other nodes directly, not through a generic shared bus to a fancy network card.
Read some of this if you're bored, it goes through Sandia's entire thought process. http://www.lanl.gov/orgs/ccn/salishan2003/pdf/camp .pdf
yeah, the dual-cores probably share a memory interface. It's like the P3 days when each processor sat on a shared bus to the north bridge.
yeah first thing I did was to grep for "laffer" to see if anyone had made the connection as well. Al Lowe should meet this guy.
And does he wear a Leisure Suit?
I've got it in my head that IT means: sys admins, computer programmers, computer scientists and engineers, chip/hardware designers, etc.
Are all of these roles being outsourced, or are there certain areas being harder hit than others?
how can you lose quality from analog cable? :P I kid, the static present in analog cable makes any show look like the biggest summer blockbuster action flick to the MPEG encoder.
Because it captures the satellite stream, DirecTivo keeps Dolby Digital too. That's worth the price of admission right there.
Sounds like the New York Yankees baseball team here in the states. Sign other team's starters and put 'em on the bench.
He made SmashTV and NARC, but he's opposed to GTA? NARC's not exactly a moral game either.
A few months ago I held out on upgrading because PCI-E was already being bantered about quite heavily. It's all about doing your homework before you spent the dollars.
Besides, who said computer hardware is an investment?
My final semester before my BSEE my University added a Computer Engineering undergraduate degree. They basically took out a bit of the analog electrical engineering and replaced it with CS courses like OS, Compilers, etc.
Yeah, because faster network cards will make it a supercomputer instead of a student lab. /sarcasm
I hardly believe that a space station is a waste of money. There is much we still don't know about how humans react in 0 gravity and without an ozone layer. If we ever hope to have any type of manned exploration vehicles for our solar system we've got to "do our homework" first.
With that said, ISS isn't the well-oiled machine I had hoped it was going to be.
unless SCO thinks AT&T sold them these rights too.