Yes they did. They said the HD-based players skip if you move them around while they're playing. Anyone know if this is true?
To let an iPod skip is almost impossible. The iPod stores about 30 minutes of music in ram. Every 30 minutes it spins its harddrive for about 10 secondes to load another 30 minutes of music into ram. So, to let an iPod skip is next to impossible.
In America, they'd laugh at you reported it and expected anything more than them simply filing it away on record. It's a lot like if your car is stolen. Just tough shit, as far as they're concerned.
Well, in the Netherlands we don't have that much creditcard fraud. But we have another problem. There are Romanian gangs copying ATM cards and pin-codes. Most of the time they are caught. Second, the creditcard company's are introducing pin-code on creditcards. So if you want to pay you have to type in your pin-code. But on the other hand, credit cards aren't very common. Most people have bank cards and in most shops, petrol stations, train stations and restaurants you can pay with them. No need for cash.
The fucking problem is that you can get an equivalent PC for less. Of course thats without the design. But then again thats what the grandparent said...
You can't. Not one running MacOS X and in the same formfactor. And don't forget the apps. iMovie, iDVD, garageband, etc.. You get a machine with a processor with a higher clockspeed. But that's doesn't say anything. Clockspeed is not everything. A 2,5 Ghz PPC970 is a lot faster than a 3,05 Ghz XEON or P4.
I wonder how the efficiency of these panels compares to the more conventional ones. I can't help but think that there's probably a difference; but if it isn't too bad, they could prove to be pretty useful.
At the moment it's around 7% which is a little bit lower than conventional solar cells which have an efficiency of around 20%. But they are working to get it to 10%. Second, they can produce it for 1 a watt. Which means that it's 8 to 10 times cheaper than conventional solar cells.
Well, knowing IBM and Sony there is a great change that it will run linux. At the moment it seems that linux is the choice for development on the PS2 and I think it will be with the PS3.
Well, if you look at the location of large internet exchanges you'll find that most are build in or near large cities. And sometimes something goes wrong and then a large part of the internet in that country goes down. We had this kind of problem a couple of times due to power outages in Amsterdam. The result is that a large part of the Netherlands was without internet.
Im going to patent the "idea of selling marihuana through internet", you see, since it was illegal before internet creation, there is no prior art, and some day, when marihuana gets outlawed, i will be rich....or dead.
There are already some shops selling marihuana and hash over the internet here in the Netherlands. Prior art....
Is it me, or does this picture show a lot of condensers? Most motherboards I have seen don't have so many, or not so big. Or am I wrong?
Well, Apple has some experience with designing mainboards. They already use SMD since 1987. Second, they also design their own chipsets. Don't forget that this mainboard is "future" proof which means higher busspeeds by default. The G5 was built to use up to 4 Ghz and faster G5 processors and a 1,25 Ghz bus. Second, in the past Apple underclocked a lot of machines. And after 3 months replaced them with faster busses and processors without much changes in the design
There is a difference between a brutal, corrupt and oppresive force preventing the masses from knowing what their government are really up to, in order to prevent a revolution (censorship, a la China, North Korea, Fox News) and a broadcaster not being prepared to pay for the rights to Internet broadcast of somebody's legitimately owned IPR.
You forgot one country in this list. The United States of America. Sorry to put it that way, but I think that coverage of the second gulf war in Europe was a lot better. First, we had pictures from non-embedded media. Second, we don't suffer from hidden censorship like they have in the US. If you want accurate information try to get a sattelite receiver with a large dish and even in most parts of the US you would be able to receive BBC world and some other news stations. With less biased information. (guess why the whitehouse don't invite BBC reporters anymore (-; )
If it's cheaper it will... then the oil/coal companies would probably try to prevent it.
Well, actually.... Shell is spending a lot of R&D money in developing more efficient solar panels. But hten again, this is an European company which sees a new market for green energy next to their oil business.. Those guys aren't crazy you know. Even in the Netherlands there are a lot of new houses with solar panels.
Back in the early 80's I remember DEC had reported that a couple of their VAXs somehow shoed up in the USSR. Stealing technology had to be faily common then. I don't imagine it's let up much now either.
Well, there were some export restrictions between the US, Europe and the former USSR. But the problem was, that there weren't any export restrictions between Japan, Taiwan and some other Asian countries and the USSR. For instance, the Russians had the 1 megabit chip in mass production one month before siemens/philips released their first prototype. And that was only one month after Japan. Some firms had some plants in the former USSR to produce VCR's and camera's which where sold in the rest of Europe. One of those firms was Sony and another one was Samsung. Don't forget that around 1978 most people in the USSR had sattelite TV.
Well, the problem with cable is that it is available everywhere. In the Netherlands about 93% of all households have cable. Not surprising because it's between 12 and 15 euro's a month for 25 to 45 channels. (that's between 15 and 19 dollars a month). Only problem is, is that DVR's are very expensive. A JVC DVR with a 80 Gb disk is around 590 euro and that is one of the cheapest available. Yes, it also has a DVD drive so you can also watch DVD's but it's too expensive.
The onboard electronics would sometimes react to the pasengers personal electronic devices. Supposedly it was harmless, but nobody was sure of that until years had passed and nothing came of it.
Heheh, that's why we have the CE standard. And the change anything would happen to a plane due to electronic equipment is almost zero because all electronic equipment sold in Europe is CE tested. Second, if the plane didn't pass the CE testing it isn't allowed to fly in Europe. It's as simple as that.
Microsoft (NYSE: MSFT) announced today a joint partnership with Ferrari to help the Italian concern in its 2005 bid for the World Constructor's Championship.
Okay, so next year will be the last year Ferrari will be number one. Yet another M$ disabled enterprise... After M$ disabled ATM's and power plants we will now have M$ disabled cars. Brings a whole new meaning to "where do you want to crash today".. What next? M$ disabled planes? The US navy already had some M$ disabled ships...
the motorola 680x0 were 32bit chips. they had an external 16bit interface, but were 32bit inside.
The first 680*0 with external 32 bits databus would be the 68020. If you combine a 68020 and a 68851 you get a 68030. An 68040 is a 68030 combined with an 68882 (FPU). Intel did the same trick with the 8088. A 8088 has an 8 bits external databus but is 16 bits internal. The predecessor of the 8088 is the 8086 which has a 16 bits databus external. With other words, a 8088 is a low budget 8086.
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The Z80 chip could run rings around the Apple 6502 cpu
Erm, it was the other way round. A 6502 at 1 Mhz could at least control a floppydrive. When they tried the same trick with a Z80 they needed a 8 Mhz version. The reason is very simple. Look at the instructionset. The shortest instruction on the 6502 was 1 clockpulse, On the Z80 it was 4 clockpulses. The longest instruction of the 6502 was 6 clockpulses. The longest instruction of the Z80 was 24 clockpulses.
I have worked and lived in several countries in Eueope, and everywhere, recycling and safe storage of old batteries was top issue. Batteries are VERY toxic.
Well, since most vendors switched from nicad rechargeable batteries to nimh it isn't such an issue anymore. Second, even modern alkaline batteries don't contain mercury anymore. And if you want to get rid of old batteries you can drop them at most shops. don't forget that recycling is a big market in Europe. There is a lot of money in recycling.
Well, on the other hand... We have a large desert called the Sahara in Africa. Space enough, sunshine enough and enough sand to make solarpanels. I've read somewhere that if you put enough solarpanels in the Sahara it could produce enough electrical power to power the whole world.
Microsoft preaching about giving users a choice. That's the funniest thing I've heard all day.
Oh yeah, they give you the choice not to use their garbage. Oh, and try to rip a MP3 with 192 Kbs with mediaplayer. The fact is that M$ is limiting everything with their software. And yes, iTunes plays and rips ogg vorbis without problems. You only need to download the right plugins.
The base price for a Dell Power Edge 1750 is $3,913 (with two processors). That is with a pair of 2.4GHz Xeons (533MHz FSB) with 512MB 266MHz DDR RAM.
A base Apple PowerMac G5 with Dual 2GHz processors (1GHz FSB) and 512MB 400MHz 128bit DDR is $2,999.
And what does a comparable Power Edge 1750 with dual XEON 3,05 cost? Yes, a lot more that the G5 dual 2 Ghz.. The Xeon 2,4 ghz is a lot slower than a G5 2 Ghz..
I'd like to see some independently-verified benchmarks before I believe that it's the "Fastest desktop in the world". I seriously doubt ol' bullshitter Stevo would tell the full truth.
Well, the problem is... Steve is telling the truth. Go to www.spec.org and look at the SpecINT and SpecFP ratings for the Power4 (single core benchmark). Okay, the PPC970 is based on this core and yes, at 1,6 Ghz it runs around an 3 Ghz P4. Okay, now take a look at the SpecINT and SpecFP ratings for the alpha 21264 and 21364. Those processors are a real match for the P4. With a 1.5 times slower clock they are as fast as most 1.5 higher clocked P4's. The thing is, that intel doesn't have a decent 64 bits processor. Their itanium II is a joke with a performance which is equal to most 64 bits processors 2 or 3 years ago. Contrary to intel ibm knows how to build fast 64 bits processors without all the tradeoff's intel had to make with the P4. Second, if you look at the price of the PPC970 and compare it with the P4 you will see that the P4 is almost 2 times as expensive as the PPC970. Let's face it, at the moment there is no 64 bits or 32 bits processor available which is faster than the PPC970 (i mean for desktop systems). It will take intel at least more than a year to get the itanium near the PPC970 2 Ghz.. But then they are no match to the PPC970 3 Ghz. which will be available then.
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Well, there is a simple solution.
Move to Europe.
Or keep your blog on a server outside the US.
Yes they did. They said the HD-based players skip if you move them around while they're playing.
Anyone know if this is true?
To let an iPod skip is almost impossible.
The iPod stores about 30 minutes of music in ram.
Every 30 minutes it spins its harddrive for about 10 secondes to load another 30 minutes of music into ram.
So, to let an iPod skip is next to impossible.
In America, they'd laugh at you reported it and expected anything more than them simply filing it away on record. It's a lot like if your car is stolen. Just tough shit, as far as they're concerned.
Well, in the Netherlands we don't have that much creditcard fraud.
But we have another problem.
There are Romanian gangs copying ATM cards and pin-codes.
Most of the time they are caught.
Second, the creditcard company's are introducing pin-code on creditcards.
So if you want to pay you have to type in your pin-code.
But on the other hand, credit cards aren't very common.
Most people have bank cards and in most shops, petrol stations, train stations and restaurants you can pay with them.
No need for cash.
The fucking problem is that you can get an equivalent PC for less. Of course thats without the design. But then again thats what the grandparent said...
You can't.
Not one running MacOS X and in the same formfactor.
And don't forget the apps.
iMovie, iDVD, garageband, etc..
You get a machine with a processor with a higher clockspeed.
But that's doesn't say anything.
Clockspeed is not everything.
A 2,5 Ghz PPC970 is a lot faster than a 3,05 Ghz XEON or P4.
I wonder how the efficiency of these panels compares to the more conventional ones. I can't help but think that there's probably a difference; but if it isn't too bad, they could prove to be pretty useful.
At the moment it's around 7% which is a little bit lower than conventional solar cells which have an efficiency of around 20%.
But they are working to get it to 10%.
Second, they can produce it for 1 a watt.
Which means that it's 8 to 10 times cheaper than conventional solar cells.
Well, knowing IBM and Sony there is a great change that it will run linux.
At the moment it seems that linux is the choice for development on the PS2 and I think it will be with the PS3.
Well, if you look at the location of large internet exchanges you'll find that most are build in or near large cities.
And sometimes something goes wrong and then a large part of the internet in that country goes down.
We had this kind of problem a couple of times due to power outages in Amsterdam.
The result is that a large part of the Netherlands was without internet.
Im going to patent the "idea of selling marihuana through internet", you see, since it was illegal before internet creation, there is no prior art, and some day, when marihuana gets outlawed, i will be rich....or dead.
There are already some shops selling marihuana and hash over the internet here in the Netherlands.
Prior art....
Is it me, or does this picture show a lot of condensers?
Most motherboards I have seen don't have so many, or not so big. Or am I wrong?
Well, Apple has some experience with designing mainboards.
They already use SMD since 1987.
Second, they also design their own chipsets.
Don't forget that this mainboard is "future" proof which means higher busspeeds by default.
The G5 was built to use up to 4 Ghz and faster G5 processors and a 1,25 Ghz bus.
Second, in the past Apple underclocked a lot of machines.
And after 3 months replaced them with faster busses and processors without much changes in the design
There is a difference between a brutal, corrupt and oppresive force preventing the masses from knowing what their government are really up to, in order to prevent a revolution (censorship, a la China, North Korea, Fox News) and a broadcaster not being prepared to pay for the rights to Internet broadcast of somebody's legitimately owned IPR.
You forgot one country in this list.
The United States of America.
Sorry to put it that way, but I think that coverage of the second gulf war in Europe was a lot better.
First, we had pictures from non-embedded media.
Second, we don't suffer from hidden censorship like they have in the US.
If you want accurate information try to get a sattelite receiver with a large dish and even in most parts of the US you would be able to receive BBC world and some other news stations.
With less biased information.
(guess why the whitehouse don't invite BBC reporters anymore (-; )
If it's cheaper it will... then the oil/coal companies would probably try to prevent it.
Well, actually....
Shell is spending a lot of R&D money in developing more efficient solar panels.
But hten again, this is an European company which sees a new market for green energy next to their oil business..
Those guys aren't crazy you know.
Even in the Netherlands there are a lot of new houses with solar panels.
Riiight.. nothing new here. Standard household cordless phones are so easy to eavesdrop on, that I do it by accident sometimes.
In the US maybe, but not with DECT.
Most cordless phones nowadays use DECT (at least in Europe).
Back in the early 80's I remember DEC had reported that a couple of their VAXs somehow shoed up in the USSR. Stealing technology had to be faily common then. I don't imagine it's let up much now either.
Well, there were some export restrictions between the US, Europe and the former USSR.
But the problem was, that there weren't any export restrictions between Japan, Taiwan and some other Asian countries and the USSR.
For instance, the Russians had the 1 megabit chip in mass production one month before siemens/philips released their first prototype.
And that was only one month after Japan.
Some firms had some plants in the former USSR to produce VCR's and camera's which where sold in the rest of Europe.
One of those firms was Sony and another one was Samsung.
Don't forget that around 1978 most people in the USSR had sattelite TV.
Well, the problem with cable is that it is available everywhere.
In the Netherlands about 93% of all households have cable.
Not surprising because it's between 12 and 15 euro's a month for 25 to 45 channels.
(that's between 15 and 19 dollars a month).
Only problem is, is that DVR's are very expensive.
A JVC DVR with a 80 Gb disk is around 590 euro and that is one of the cheapest available.
Yes, it also has a DVD drive so you can also watch DVD's but it's too expensive.
The onboard electronics would sometimes react to the pasengers personal electronic devices. Supposedly it was harmless, but nobody was sure of that until years had passed and nothing came of it.
Heheh, that's why we have the CE standard.
And the change anything would happen to a plane due to electronic equipment is almost zero because all electronic equipment sold in Europe is CE tested.
Second, if the plane didn't pass the CE testing it isn't allowed to fly in Europe.
It's as simple as that.
My dual G4 450 Mhz with a 17 inch LCD, my Powerbook G4 and my IBM thinkpad together draw something around 185 watt total an hour.
Microsoft (NYSE: MSFT) announced today a joint partnership with Ferrari to help the Italian concern in its 2005 bid for the World Constructor's Championship.
Okay, so next year will be the last year Ferrari will be number one.
Yet another M$ disabled enterprise...
After M$ disabled ATM's and power plants we will now have M$ disabled cars.
Brings a whole new meaning to "where do you want to crash today"..
What next?
M$ disabled planes?
The US navy already had some M$ disabled ships...
If you answered Atari and Amiga, you're wrong! They were never popular.
Except if you're from Europe.
Atari and Amiga was a big hit over here.
Even the ZX spectrum sold very well.
the motorola 680x0 were 32bit chips. they had an external 16bit interface, but were 32bit inside.
The first 680*0 with external 32 bits databus would be the 68020.
If you combine a 68020 and a 68851 you get a 68030.
An 68040 is a 68030 combined with an 68882 (FPU).
Intel did the same trick with the 8088.
A 8088 has an 8 bits external databus but is 16 bits internal.
The predecessor of the 8088 is the 8086 which has a 16 bits databus external.
With other words, a 8088 is a low budget 8086.
The Z80 chip could run rings around the Apple 6502 cpu
Erm, it was the other way round.
A 6502 at 1 Mhz could at least control a floppydrive.
When they tried the same trick with a Z80 they needed a 8 Mhz version.
The reason is very simple.
Look at the instructionset.
The shortest instruction on the 6502 was 1 clockpulse,
On the Z80 it was 4 clockpulses.
The longest instruction of the 6502 was 6 clockpulses.
The longest instruction of the Z80 was 24 clockpulses.
I have worked and lived in several countries in Eueope, and everywhere, recycling and safe storage of old batteries was top issue. Batteries are VERY toxic.
Well, since most vendors switched from nicad rechargeable batteries to nimh it isn't such an issue anymore.
Second, even modern alkaline batteries don't contain mercury anymore.
And if you want to get rid of old batteries you can drop them at most shops.
don't forget that recycling is a big market in Europe.
There is a lot of money in recycling.
Well, on the other hand...
We have a large desert called the Sahara in Africa.
Space enough, sunshine enough and enough sand to make solarpanels.
I've read somewhere that if you put enough solarpanels in the Sahara it could produce enough electrical power to power the whole world.
Microsoft preaching about giving users a choice. That's the funniest thing I've heard all day.
Oh yeah, they give you the choice not to use their garbage.
Oh, and try to rip a MP3 with 192 Kbs with mediaplayer.
The fact is that M$ is limiting everything with their software.
And yes, iTunes plays and rips ogg vorbis without problems.
You only need to download the right plugins.
The base price for a Dell Power Edge 1750 is $3,913 (with two processors). That is with a pair of 2.4GHz Xeons (533MHz FSB) with 512MB 266MHz DDR RAM.
A base Apple PowerMac G5 with Dual 2GHz processors (1GHz FSB) and 512MB 400MHz 128bit DDR is $2,999.
And what does a comparable Power Edge 1750 with dual XEON 3,05 cost?
Yes, a lot more that the G5 dual 2 Ghz..
The Xeon 2,4 ghz is a lot slower than a G5 2 Ghz..
I'd like to see some independently-verified benchmarks before I believe that it's the "Fastest desktop in the world". I seriously doubt ol' bullshitter Stevo would tell the full truth.
Well, the problem is... Steve is telling the truth.
Go to www.spec.org and look at the SpecINT and SpecFP ratings for the Power4 (single core benchmark).
Okay, the PPC970 is based on this core and yes, at 1,6 Ghz it runs around an 3 Ghz P4.
Okay, now take a look at the SpecINT and SpecFP ratings for the alpha 21264 and 21364.
Those processors are a real match for the P4.
With a 1.5 times slower clock they are as fast as most 1.5 higher clocked P4's.
The thing is, that intel doesn't have a decent 64 bits processor.
Their itanium II is a joke with a performance which is equal to most 64 bits processors 2 or 3 years ago.
Contrary to intel ibm knows how to build fast 64 bits processors without all the tradeoff's intel had to make with the P4.
Second, if you look at the price of the PPC970 and compare it with the P4 you will see that the P4 is almost 2 times as expensive as the PPC970.
Let's face it, at the moment there is no 64 bits or 32 bits processor available which is faster than the PPC970 (i mean for desktop systems).
It will take intel at least more than a year to get the itanium near the PPC970 2 Ghz..
But then they are no match to the PPC970 3 Ghz. which will be available then.