> > Seriously, if you "brickify" your iMac while trying to Windoze-it, good... I laugh at you from a far... you deserve to own a $1300 paperweight.
> You are new to this whole Nerd thing aren't you? The whole point of being a Nerd is to try to do tings to see if they can be done. Nerds never have, do not now and never will need a reason to do nerdy things and the same goes for stopping to think about the consequences. If we did stop to think about what we are doing so many of mankind's greatest discoveries and achievements would never have happened, the Manhattan project for example would never have been sucessfully concluded.
IMHO, doing this with Windows is very unnerdy. No self-respecting nerd/geek should waste their talent with Microsoft products. If this were Linux, BSD or any other nerdy OS, I would understand, but with Windows it is just sad.
In the natural maturation process, the taste of wine is enhanced by the mixture of alcohol with water molecule clusters, Tanaka says.
Though the exact mechanism of water molecule clusters remain a matter of scientific debate, Tanaka claims the electrolysis treatment instantaneously breaks up water clusters in the wine, allowing the water to more thoroughly blend with the alcohol.
AFAIK, there's a lot more than this to wine maturation. One important effect is esterification of carboxylic acids and alcohols, which produces entirely new aromas. In lab conditions it is possible to esterify substances in a few minutes using strong catalysts such as sulphuric acid and high temperatures, but it takes months or years in a wine cellar.
Besides, as others have mentioned already, it's silly to try and mature Beaujolais Noveau, as it's meant to be enjoyed straight away after production.
AFAIK, there's a strong dispute over whether this is really a black hole. The most plausible explanation against black holes at RHIC is that you get similar effects (rapid thermalization) from the high acceleration only, and gravity is not needed. Google for 'Unruh effect' for more.
The interesting/important bit about these heavy ion collision experiments is the creation of quark-gluon plasma, which resembles matter at the very early stages of our universe.
Since the IBM PC first came out, the acronym PC has become equivalent to a x86 box instead of just any personal computer. It doesn't matter what OS I'm running on an x86 box; DOS, Windows, Linux, BSD, OS X, Plan 9; it is still just a PC. Macs have always been personal computers, and Apple has always referred to them as such (but never with the acronym PC), but they never architecturally became plain PCs until the new Intel Macs came out.
IMHO, these x86 Macs cannot be called PCs in the usual sense, because it would imply original IBM PC compatibility, which includes BIOS.
Personally, I try to avoid the term 'PC', simply because of the confusion between 'personal computer' and 'IBM PC'. I also dislike the term because it implies the use of Windows, as in 'PC gaming'.
I've had my parents on the other side of the house start a vaccum cleaner and I've bluescreened at the same time..quite a few times..before. Obviously not a coincidence.
Obviously, your electrical system can only support a finite amount of suction at a given time. Consider switching to an OS that doesn't bluescreen;)
I second this! You have two hands so why not use both of them efficiently at the same time -- right hand on the keyboard, left hand on the mouse. This is the way for right-handed people, because the keyboard requires more dexterity IMHO.
Oddly enough, I've done this for about six years, without swapping the buttons. I'm aware of the sense of symmetry in muscle memory, but I never felt the need. It's also easier for other people to use my machine, and vice versa.
It's not just a passthrough. The external adapter produces 12 VDC, which only requires two wires. The internal bits convert this into +5 V, +3.3 V, -12 V and whatever else the computer needs -- a mess of more wires, which you can see in the size of an ATX motherboard power connecor.
I have a similar system, though the internal part takes up somewhat more space than this one, and I think it's a great idea. For one thing, there are no fans, which I believe is partly due to distributing the PSU between external and internal parts.
Also some musician might want to explain in detail why in some instruments Cis != Des. I'm not quite of the exact thing myself, but it had something to do with the ways how some instruments are tuned or played.
First of all, these Cis/Des names are used in Finland and probably in other Nordic countries, but not everywhere. It's C# and Db like the original poster put it.
I can't give a complete explanation on the difference, but one way of putting it is that C# and Db are "originally" separate notes. The well-tempered scale that we use in keyboards, guitars etc. is a compromise relating to the fact that C# and Db are very close to each other, and they are treated as the same note.
Moreover, these "original" pure scales have the problem that you can tune your instrument to sound very nice in a certain key (like F major), but it will sound bad in other keys. The well-tempered compromise makes each key sound equally good, but none of them is quite as nice as a pure scale. There's also the practical problem of limited space on keyboards.
the only thing: you _do not_ have access to the python system libraries (but that's okay because you have full access to the.NET system ones instead).
so you really _can_ write platform-independent prprograms in a de ecent programming language.
I think a big part of Python's attraction is its own set of libraries (which is probably the same thing they say about Java and.NET:). Though I certainly love the syntax too.
IMHO, Python does everything that Java and.NET have been promising, except it's a little better in being more honestly platform-independent, not tied to any single vendor. Unfortunately this is also its major weakness, since there isn't a big commercial entity pushing it everywhere.
I really don't understand why the graphics makers were so quick to dump AGP, they didn't drop PCI this quickly that I remember.
AGP is a hack specific to graphics cards, whereas PCI and PCI-E are general expansion buses. You can only have one AGP card in a machine, but several PCI-E cards. It's good to see AGP go.
Personally I like the new logo and I think that the simple "Core Duo" and "Core Solo" reflects much better what the processors are all about.
I find "Core Solo/Duo" most annoying in the same sense as Microsoft's generic names like Windows and Word. It gives the impression that Intel is some kind of definitive reference for processors, particularly with regards to dual cores — which is ironic since they're not exactly pioneers of that technology.
Maybe it's just me, but I use my laptop on the go for physics simulations and music production. It's the fastest machine I have, there's no need for fast CPU on my server. For the kind of work I do, a dual core laptop would be most welcome.
Dual core notebooks will use a lot of batery too.
TFA said the new CPU consumes less power than the current generation of Pentium M. If you look at the scaling of power with GHz, it's more efficient to increase performance by the number of cores, than by increasing clock frequency.
I have a Morex 80 W PSU, with a laptop-style 12 volt adapter outside the case. Inside the case there's a circuitboard that generates the other voltages. No fans in either part. Bought mine from www.hrt.de, and I've used it to power both an EPIA board and a Pentium III ATX system with equal success.
The main limitation with these PSUs is the number of drives you can use. This Morex has only one connector for desktop optical and hard drives (and a couple of smaller connectors for floppy and mobile drives), but I've managed to use a HD and a DVDRW drive with a dual adapter. On the other hand, if you need more power, I think Morex makes these for up to 200 W.
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> You are new to this whole Nerd thing aren't you? The whole point of being a Nerd is to try to do tings to see if they can be done. Nerds never have, do not now and never will need a reason to do nerdy things and the same goes for stopping to think about the consequences. If we did stop to think about what we are doing so many of mankind's greatest discoveries and achievements would never have happened, the Manhattan project for example would never have been sucessfully concluded.
IMHO, doing this with Windows is very unnerdy. No self-respecting nerd/geek should waste their talent with Microsoft products. If this were Linux, BSD or any other nerdy OS, I would understand, but with Windows it is just sad.
Text is a lot easier to read in relatively narrow columns. Ever wonder why newspapers are laid out like that?
AFAIK, there's a lot more than this to wine maturation. One important effect is esterification of carboxylic acids and alcohols, which produces entirely new aromas. In lab conditions it is possible to esterify substances in a few minutes using strong catalysts such as sulphuric acid and high temperatures, but it takes months or years in a wine cellar.
Besides, as others have mentioned already, it's silly to try and mature Beaujolais Noveau, as it's meant to be enjoyed straight away after production.
iI'm sure the extra 'i' is there simply to emphasize iIntel's cooperation with Apple ;)
AFAIK, there's a strong dispute over whether this is really a black hole. The most plausible explanation against black holes at RHIC is that you get similar effects (rapid thermalization) from the high acceleration only, and gravity is not needed. Google for 'Unruh effect' for more.
The interesting/important bit about these heavy ion collision experiments is the creation of quark-gluon plasma, which resembles matter at the very early stages of our universe.
IMHO, these x86 Macs cannot be called PCs in the usual sense, because it would imply original IBM PC compatibility, which includes BIOS.
Personally, I try to avoid the term 'PC', simply because of the confusion between 'personal computer' and 'IBM PC'. I also dislike the term because it implies the use of Windows, as in 'PC gaming'.
Obviously, your electrical system can only support a finite amount of suction at a given time. Consider switching to an OS that doesn't bluescreen ;)
I wonder what this means for Taiwanese hardware makers that, until now, have only provided Windows drivers.
Oddly enough, I've done this for about six years, without swapping the buttons. I'm aware of the sense of symmetry in muscle memory, but I never felt the need. It's also easier for other people to use my machine, and vice versa.
> The society works hard to shrink them to a smaller and smaller percentage of the populace through education.
But even in a society full of PhDs, some people have to do the menial jobs. Education explosion only leads to grade inflation, IMHO.
I have a similar system, though the internal part takes up somewhat more space than this one, and I think it's a great idea. For one thing, there are no fans, which I believe is partly due to distributing the PSU between external and internal parts.
First of all, these Cis/Des names are used in Finland and probably in other Nordic countries, but not everywhere. It's C# and Db like the original poster put it.
I can't give a complete explanation on the difference, but one way of putting it is that C# and Db are "originally" separate notes. The well-tempered scale that we use in keyboards, guitars etc. is a compromise relating to the fact that C# and Db are very close to each other, and they are treated as the same note.
Moreover, these "original" pure scales have the problem that you can tune your instrument to sound very nice in a certain key (like F major), but it will sound bad in other keys. The well-tempered compromise makes each key sound equally good, but none of them is quite as nice as a pure scale. There's also the practical problem of limited space on keyboards.
so you really _can_ write platform-independent prprograms in a de ecent programming language.
I think a big part of Python's attraction is its own set of libraries (which is probably the same thing they say about Java and .NET :). Though I certainly love the syntax too.
IMHO, Python does everything that Java and .NET have been promising, except it's a little better in being more honestly platform-independent, not tied to any single vendor. Unfortunately this is also its major weakness, since there isn't a big commercial entity pushing it everywhere.
I went to this erotic show and all I got was a gimp tool kit...
Yeah, I did mean lossy, of course :)
Nope! Minidisc also uses lossless compression, namely ATRAC. IIRC, an MD holds about 140 MB, so the compression ratio is about 20%.
AGP is a hack specific to graphics cards, whereas PCI and PCI-E are general expansion buses. You can only have one AGP card in a machine, but several PCI-E cards. It's good to see AGP go.
I find "Core Solo/Duo" most annoying in the same sense as Microsoft's generic names like Windows and Word. It gives the impression that Intel is some kind of definitive reference for processors, particularly with regards to dual cores — which is ironic since they're not exactly pioneers of that technology.
Maybe it's just me, but I use my laptop on the go for physics simulations and music production. It's the fastest machine I have, there's no need for fast CPU on my server. For the kind of work I do, a dual core laptop would be most welcome.
Dual core notebooks will use a lot of batery too.TFA said the new CPU consumes less power than the current generation of Pentium M. If you look at the scaling of power with GHz, it's more efficient to increase performance by the number of cores, than by increasing clock frequency.
Even better, a hard disk with a linuk.
Why not drink the alcohol and then ride your bike. It's much more fun than a hydrogen economy :-P
Happy new year 1984!
Looks like your spell checker has a volnerability...
The main limitation with these PSUs is the number of drives you can use. This Morex has only one connector for desktop optical and hard drives (and a couple of smaller connectors for floppy and mobile drives), but I've managed to use a HD and a DVDRW drive with a dual adapter. On the other hand, if you need more power, I think Morex makes these for up to 200 W.