I thought the article was about the last mile. How can a technology advertised as "last 1.6km" be confuced with a long-haul technology? If you are 500km in the boonies, then get a friggin sattelite connection, if those are available in.au. Otherwise, move.
Much of this can be had at auctions. Many companies upgrade their equipment and shove their older, but still functional equipment out the back door to anyone who will haul it off. I know one guy who does this and makes a fairly good living. I remember he had a cell tower tranciever once. I'm sure some people would know what to do with that, but I don't.
The world changes and so does the news. If I read a story that is developing, I'd rather read a single cohesive document rather than an initial report followed by a truckload of corrections and additions. I read enough changelogs in my job, I really do not want to have to deal with it when I'm checking the market. Just give me the latest stuff. If I want an update, I can go back to my bookmark and get the update.
A water pipe rises through each vertical stack of bricks, linking to heat pipes on each module. The water cooling scheme is cheaper than air cooling, researchers said.
So you connect a vertical stack with some plumbing. The joints are not moving and I doubt the system is pressurized, so maintenance is not a problem. Plumbing is the least of their worries. The vertical stacks probably just connect at ends and channel the water to a chiller. No big deal, really.
"According to scrolls of one of our ancient ancestors, a great city called 'Silicone Valley' once sat near the shore.
Silicone Vally? Vally of the Tits? Sure they built great and magic things, but if they slid into the ocean, they'd float and be seen by any number of lonely fishermen.
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Don't listen to him. I'm an American, and I don't like guns one bit. Neither do most Americans I know
Talk about plugging ears. Listen. There are as many guns in this country as there are people. If there were no demand for guns then this discussion would be moot because there would be no business in it. Many people I know own guns. Is it the majority - no. But it is a good proportion of them. Many of whom do not advertise the fact that they have one.
If you can't handle constructive criticism, then at least don't try to stop others when they try to help improve our country.
Who is to say if the criticism is constructive? I value my right to own a gun. It is a right that much of the world does not have and is as valuable to me as the right to free expression and the right to vote. Much of the world does not understand what it is like to own firearms because in their country, firearms ownership is limited to the government, wealthy, or politically connected. The average person is denied because he does not have the connections to get one. Do I think these countries should adopt our policy? No. Do I think we should adopt other countries policies? No.
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You are correct. My statement should have been "I have never criticized a democratic nation's internal policies.
I guess there is a delicate balance between suggesting improvements and accepting indigenous practices. I would not move to Europe and cry for my right to bear arms. I know going into the deal that this is one consequence of me moving and I need to just deal with it.
In America, many people own houses and land, cars and guns. There are many (developed) countries where these concepts apply only to the rich and/or politically connected. Working class people never own land or homes and they rent for their entire life. They rely on the government for transportation and protection. Many people here in America would be very angry if you suggested that they give these up. To people in foriegn countries, they don't see the big deal because they have lived without them all their lives. What is a non-issue for a foriegner can be a big deal for a native.
Democracies generally work out what is best for their people. Trying to bring foriegn concepts usually does not work because the naitives have a different culture, upbringing, and expectations. This works both ways, and I get rather irate myself when I am overseas and I hear other Americans bad-mouthing the local customs. It gives a bad name to the rest of us who really do not care what goes on in other countries.
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Man, I'm Canadian and even I know American history well enough to know that.
So what do you care if Americans have guns?
And this is why I will never move to the States, I'd be fearful for my safety and the safety of my family.
I wish more people would adopt this philosophy instead of coming to America and tying to make it more like their home country. When you come to America know that we like our guns (among other things). Don't come over here and say "Back in my country...". If your country is so much better, then go back.
I have never criticized any other nation's internal policies. It is none of my business.
I have worked with VB and VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) and they are handy for scripting. Tasks that I normally do in the unix shell need to be done in VB because the Windows command line stinks. And it certianly is faster than writing the app in C/C++. VBA is useful because it fulfills the need of the quick and dirty toolmaker. Why should you have to install Visual Studio just to capture some data over the parallel port when a small macro in Excel will work just as well?
Advantages:
1) No additional software to install because almost every Windows computer in a business environment has Excel.
2) Managers/Salesfolks like the fact that they can work this data directly into their Powerpoint presentations.
But VB should not be used anywhere you need reliability or speed. I would never put a VB app on the factory floor for testing because Windows itself is so damn buggy and resource intensive. The last thing you need is to spend a day figuring out an OS bug. Not to mention that you can do this with unix and save some money on the hardware (Try running Windows on a diskless 486). You can also store your data in CSV (comma separated values) format and still import everything into Office for your reports and presentations.
Poor nations cannot afford these cargo planes to distribute enough food. There already is more than enough food to feed the world. The problem is getting it from the producers to the consumers before it spoils.
In developed countries, roads and rails are sufficient enough to allow rapid transport of food so that it gets to people before going bad. In poor countries, with dirt roads, lawlessness, and war, the food doesn't stand a chance of making it to the people.
Airplanes are not really an option because they are so friggin expensive to operate. Imagine if you had to have all of your groceries delivered by air mail. Do you think you could afford food? Also, space efficiency doesn't matter as much as the weight of the cargo. The volume only becomes a concern for low density cargo. Meat has a relatively high density, so the weight limit would be reached before space became a concern.
He acknowledges that some diners might consider the current concoction unappetizing: fetal bovine serum, which is extracted from the blood of unborn calves. The liquid is a staple food for hungry cells in lab experiments. But there are concerns that the substance might transmit mad cow disease to humans.
Stick your dick in that. Also forget about any blowjobs.
Just leave your license on one of those mats at the store where they disable their anti theft stuff. You know, the one that says "Magnetic surface - Do not place credit cards here". Or get a magnet and do it yourself.
onerous licensing schemes for tangible slabs of silicone = Marriage.
For those that don't get it, silicone is a material used, among other things, in breast implants.
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...smaller cables that can be done with parallel ATA ala "round" IDE cables?
I was under the impression that bundling the cable created a huge amount of crosstalk between the various data lines. This could be solved with some shielding, but this would make the cable rather inflexible and difficult to work with. External SCSI cables are a good example of this. I have enough trouble working these things around outside of the box, let alone inside a confined space.
Firewire is good, but there are licensing issues which does not help produce a low cost solution. Remember ATA is for cheap drives. You'll still be able to buy firewire drives, they'll just be more expensive.
The pithy, wise one-liners that bring the show together are the work of the writers, not the actors. Actors need to be judged on how convincingly they play a character, not the words that come out of their mouths. BTW, I think all involved with Law and Order are quite talented.
If I recall, microprocessors for a given line are all produced using the same process. Because the process is not exact, each microprocessor has slight variations from the one next to it. These variations have an impact on performance.
These variations are typically the reason for different clock speeds. The more variations there are and the farther they are from the spec, the less likely the component will work as designed. However, by slowing down the clock, you can get the component to work reliably. Also, microprocessors have redundant components in their design so that if one is not fabricated properly, the microcode will use one of the redundant blocks.
Simply put, AMD doesn't say they will build 700 XP 1400s and 300 MP 1400s. Rather they schedule a production run on a given line for 1000 chips knowing that about 30% of the chips will be suitable for multiprocessor use. If there is only demand for 100 MPs, then they will simply label 200 of the chips that passed the MP test as XP in order to satisfy the demand. The chips that came out perfectly are the high clock speed/large feature count chips. If features fail or the chip cannot work at a given clock speed, the requirements are dropped to a lower level and the processor is labelled as such. Also not that as time goes on and the process is refined, more "perfect chips" are made and so more chips of a higher clock speed can be made. This is why processors start life with a slow clock and slowly get better as the manufacturing process is tweaked.
So, when you put a XP into a MP system, you are taking some chances.
1) Your chip is simply a relabelled MP that works fine in both roles and was relabelled to meet XP demand.
2) Your chip is a failed MP that was labelled as XP because not all the MP parts work right.
Either way, you have little to loose by trying it as an MP. I would use a reversible techique, such as soldering copper foil to the pads, so that the mod can be undone if the processor is a #2.
The reason that AMD does not publicly say this is that it is very difficult to explain this to the average, or even technically inclined Joe and they get little benefit from doing so. It would be a disaster if AMD said to TechieJoe that MP and XP were the same thing and said to AOLJoe that MP and XP are different. Just stick to the story that the processors are different, because they usually are.
Valenti himself said that only 20% of the movies made are profitable. Perhaps if movies had better content, I wouldn't mind paying $20 to buy one.
As it stands, most movies I buy are on the discount rack at Target for $8-$12 because, as Jack pointed out, I have about an 80% chance that I will be disappointed. If they cannot make the money in the theaters, why the hell are they charging $20 for it on DVD? These movies should be cleared out. If they could sell the non-profitable DVDs for $5, I'll bet they could make some money. I'll take a chance on $5, but I refuse to spend $20 on a questionable movie.
There seems to be some silly misconceptions floating about. Let's be sure that we understand that these flies are NOT...
1) Mutants. They have been sterilized by radiation. Their genes have NOT been altered, but rather their reproductive organs have been destroyed. Moreover, even if there was a genetic mutation caused by the radiation it could not be passed on because the flies are sterile.
2) Genetically Engineered - They are not changed genetically. The sterilization has been done by irradiating the insect thereby killing the reproductive structures. These are not comic book superflies.
3) Radioactive. The flies are irradiated, not radioactive. Induced radioactivity is a short term effect (days-weeks if I recall). No glow in the dark flies to see here (aside from the natural firefiles).
I do disagree with the article's assertion that they can eliminate 100% of the population.
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I'll bet your mouth has even more germs than your keyboard.
But really, isn't this what we have immune systems for? If we spent all our time chasing every last germ, we'd end up like Howard Huges or Mr Burns.
This is obviously the basis for a marketing campaign by the Clorox company.
I thought the article was about the last mile. How can a technology advertised as "last 1.6km" be confuced with a long-haul technology? If you are 500km in the boonies, then get a friggin sattelite connection, if those are available in .au. Otherwise, move.
A/S = Assymetrical not Asynchronous
Much of this can be had at auctions. Many companies upgrade their equipment and shove their older, but still functional equipment out the back door to anyone who will haul it off. I know one guy who does this and makes a fairly good living. I remember he had a cell tower tranciever once. I'm sure some people would know what to do with that, but I don't.
The world changes and so does the news. If I read a story that is developing, I'd rather read a single cohesive document rather than an initial report followed by a truckload of corrections and additions. I read enough changelogs in my job, I really do not want to have to deal with it when I'm checking the market. Just give me the latest stuff. If I want an update, I can go back to my bookmark and get the update.
I just saw an ad for Microsoft Visual Studio .Net on Slashdot (up in the banner). Very interesting...
They're coding in Ada. Jeez, man use a real language like BASIC.
Quoth the article...
A water pipe rises through each vertical stack of bricks, linking to heat pipes on each module. The water cooling scheme is cheaper than air cooling, researchers said.
So you connect a vertical stack with some plumbing. The joints are not moving and I doubt the system is pressurized, so maintenance is not a problem. Plumbing is the least of their worries. The vertical stacks probably just connect at ends and channel the water to a chiller. No big deal, really.
Police : [to computer] There is an assailant beating another person to death. Please advise.
... What, have you lost your sense of humor, too? [returns to beating victim]
Computer : Approach the individual and in a firm tone, say "Cease all activity and prepare to be taken into custody."
Police : Cease all activity and prepare to be taken into custody.
Mugger : Well now, aren't you all dressed up nice and pretty?
Police : [to computer] The assailant has responded with a scornful remark. Please advise.
Computer : Repeat the previous instructions in a firmer tone and add to the statement "...or else".
"According to scrolls of one of our ancient ancestors, a great city called 'Silicone Valley' once sat near the shore.
Silicone Vally? Vally of the Tits? Sure they built great and magic things, but if they slid into the ocean, they'd float and be seen by any number of lonely fishermen.
Don't listen to him. I'm an American, and I don't like guns one bit. Neither do most Americans I know
Talk about plugging ears. Listen. There are as many guns in this country as there are people. If there were no demand for guns then this discussion would be moot because there would be no business in it. Many people I know own guns. Is it the majority - no. But it is a good proportion of them. Many of whom do not advertise the fact that they have one.
If you can't handle constructive criticism, then at least don't try to stop others when they try to help improve our country.
Who is to say if the criticism is constructive? I value my right to own a gun. It is a right that much of the world does not have and is as valuable to me as the right to free expression and the right to vote. Much of the world does not understand what it is like to own firearms because in their country, firearms ownership is limited to the government, wealthy, or politically connected. The average person is denied because he does not have the connections to get one. Do I think these countries should adopt our policy? No. Do I think we should adopt other countries policies? No.
You are correct. My statement should have been "I have never criticized a democratic nation's internal policies.
I guess there is a delicate balance between suggesting improvements and accepting indigenous practices. I would not move to Europe and cry for my right to bear arms. I know going into the deal that this is one consequence of me moving and I need to just deal with it.
In America, many people own houses and land, cars and guns. There are many (developed) countries where these concepts apply only to the rich and/or politically connected. Working class people never own land or homes and they rent for their entire life. They rely on the government for transportation and protection. Many people here in America would be very angry if you suggested that they give these up. To people in foriegn countries, they don't see the big deal because they have lived without them all their lives. What is a non-issue for a foriegner can be a big deal for a native.
Democracies generally work out what is best for their people. Trying to bring foriegn concepts usually does not work because the naitives have a different culture, upbringing, and expectations. This works both ways, and I get rather irate myself when I am overseas and I hear other Americans bad-mouthing the local customs. It gives a bad name to the rest of us who really do not care what goes on in other countries.
Man, I'm Canadian and even I know American history well enough to know that.
So what do you care if Americans have guns?
And this is why I will never move to the States, I'd be fearful for my safety and the safety of my family.
I wish more people would adopt this philosophy instead of coming to America and tying to make it more like their home country. When you come to America know that we like our guns (among other things). Don't come over here and say "Back in my country...". If your country is so much better, then go back.
I have never criticized any other nation's internal policies. It is none of my business.
Just write a simple console app that dumps a bunch of backspaces. MS's pointer backs up until it no longer points to memory it has allocated. BSoD!
Link here.
Bring this little program to the meeting and ask the MS sales rep why this problem has not been fixed since it was discovered.
I have worked with VB and VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) and they are handy for scripting. Tasks that I normally do in the unix shell need to be done in VB because the Windows command line stinks. And it certianly is faster than writing the app in C/C++. VBA is useful because it fulfills the need of the quick and dirty toolmaker. Why should you have to install Visual Studio just to capture some data over the parallel port when a small macro in Excel will work just as well?
Advantages:
1) No additional software to install because almost every Windows computer in a business environment has Excel.
2) Managers/Salesfolks like the fact that they can work this data directly into their Powerpoint presentations.
But VB should not be used anywhere you need reliability or speed. I would never put a VB app on the factory floor for testing because Windows itself is so damn buggy and resource intensive. The last thing you need is to spend a day figuring out an OS bug. Not to mention that you can do this with unix and save some money on the hardware (Try running Windows on a diskless 486). You can also store your data in CSV (comma separated values) format and still import everything into Office for your reports and presentations.
Poor nations cannot afford these cargo planes to distribute enough food. There already is more than enough food to feed the world. The problem is getting it from the producers to the consumers before it spoils.
In developed countries, roads and rails are sufficient enough to allow rapid transport of food so that it gets to people before going bad. In poor countries, with dirt roads, lawlessness, and war, the food doesn't stand a chance of making it to the people.
Airplanes are not really an option because they are so friggin expensive to operate. Imagine if you had to have all of your groceries delivered by air mail. Do you think you could afford food? Also, space efficiency doesn't matter as much as the weight of the cargo. The volume only becomes a concern for low density cargo. Meat has a relatively high density, so the weight limit would be reached before space became a concern.
From the article...
He acknowledges that some diners might consider the current concoction unappetizing: fetal bovine serum, which is extracted from the blood of unborn calves. The liquid is a staple food for hungry cells in lab experiments. But there are concerns that the substance might transmit mad cow disease to humans.
Stick your dick in that. Also forget about any blowjobs.
Just leave your license on one of those mats at the store where they disable their anti theft stuff. You know, the one that says "Magnetic surface - Do not place credit cards here". Or get a magnet and do it yourself.
onerous licensing schemes for tangible slabs of silicone = Marriage.
For those that don't get it, silicone is a material used, among other things, in breast implants.
...smaller cables that can be done with parallel ATA ala "round" IDE cables?
I was under the impression that bundling the cable created a huge amount of crosstalk between the various data lines. This could be solved with some shielding, but this would make the cable rather inflexible and difficult to work with. External SCSI cables are a good example of this. I have enough trouble working these things around outside of the box, let alone inside a confined space.
Firewire is good, but there are licensing issues which does not help produce a low cost solution. Remember ATA is for cheap drives. You'll still be able to buy firewire drives, they'll just be more expensive.
The pithy, wise one-liners that bring the show together are the work of the writers, not the actors. Actors need to be judged on how convincingly they play a character, not the words that come out of their mouths. BTW, I think all involved with Law and Order are quite talented.
If I recall, microprocessors for a given line are all produced using the same process. Because the process is not exact, each microprocessor has slight variations from the one next to it. These variations have an impact on performance.
These variations are typically the reason for different clock speeds. The more variations there are and the farther they are from the spec, the less likely the component will work as designed. However, by slowing down the clock, you can get the component to work reliably. Also, microprocessors have redundant components in their design so that if one is not fabricated properly, the microcode will use one of the redundant blocks.
Simply put, AMD doesn't say they will build 700 XP 1400s and 300 MP 1400s. Rather they schedule a production run on a given line for 1000 chips knowing that about 30% of the chips will be suitable for multiprocessor use. If there is only demand for 100 MPs, then they will simply label 200 of the chips that passed the MP test as XP in order to satisfy the demand. The chips that came out perfectly are the high clock speed/large feature count chips. If features fail or the chip cannot work at a given clock speed, the requirements are dropped to a lower level and the processor is labelled as such. Also not that as time goes on and the process is refined, more "perfect chips" are made and so more chips of a higher clock speed can be made. This is why processors start life with a slow clock and slowly get better as the manufacturing process is tweaked.
So, when you put a XP into a MP system, you are taking some chances.
1) Your chip is simply a relabelled MP that works fine in both roles and was relabelled to meet XP demand.
2) Your chip is a failed MP that was labelled as XP because not all the MP parts work right.
Either way, you have little to loose by trying it as an MP. I would use a reversible techique, such as soldering copper foil to the pads, so that the mod can be undone if the processor is a #2.
The reason that AMD does not publicly say this is that it is very difficult to explain this to the average, or even technically inclined Joe and they get little benefit from doing so. It would be a disaster if AMD said to TechieJoe that MP and XP were the same thing and said to AOLJoe that MP and XP are different. Just stick to the story that the processors are different, because they usually are.
Valenti himself said that only 20% of the movies made are profitable. Perhaps if movies had better content, I wouldn't mind paying $20 to buy one.
As it stands, most movies I buy are on the discount rack at Target for $8-$12 because, as Jack pointed out, I have about an 80% chance that I will be disappointed. If they cannot make the money in the theaters, why the hell are they charging $20 for it on DVD? These movies should be cleared out. If they could sell the non-profitable DVDs for $5, I'll bet they could make some money. I'll take a chance on $5, but I refuse to spend $20 on a questionable movie.
There seems to be some silly misconceptions floating about. Let's be sure that we understand that these flies are NOT...
1) Mutants. They have been sterilized by radiation. Their genes have NOT been altered, but rather their reproductive organs have been destroyed. Moreover, even if there was a genetic mutation caused by the radiation it could not be passed on because the flies are sterile.
2) Genetically Engineered - They are not changed genetically. The sterilization has been done by irradiating the insect thereby killing the reproductive structures. These are not comic book superflies.
3) Radioactive. The flies are irradiated, not radioactive. Induced radioactivity is a short term effect (days-weeks if I recall). No glow in the dark flies to see here (aside from the natural firefiles).
I do disagree with the article's assertion that they can eliminate 100% of the population.