No kidding. How many phone companies are getting nailed due to cramming? And that's just for a few dozen random charges. Imagine a monthly internet use statement with literally hundreds, if not thousands, of transactions. Seems like fraud's dream come true. ---
Hell, even Einstein didn't buy it. He said, "God does not play dice with the universe."
Just because Einstein was brilliant doesn't mean he wasn't an idiot.
I've always get riled when people point to Einstein and say, "See, if Albert E. says it then it must be true."
Yes he made revolutionary contributions to Physics based on his ability to comprehend, categorize, and summarize work by previous Physicists in a way that even highschool students can understand, fundamentally. Relatvity permanently tweaked human cognitive faculties; he evolved human's thought process.
However, he still was a religious man, which is more psychological than scientific. I hardly think that refuting a promising, revolutionary discipline, such as QM, simply because of Einstein's deeply rooted fear of the unknown is absurd. We all know it's easier to solve problems in a petri dish than it is to solve problems in your personal life, that's why Albert E. abandoned his wife and kids for his first cousin! (And if I remember correctly, one son renounced him and the other went nuts. So is it OK to abuse your family if you're a genius?)
Even the smartest among us still try to put the religious blinders back on again. It's my job to call them on it. Sorry tb3, I'm not directing this at you, I'm just ranting.
Surprisingly, on the same website for this keyboard, at top of the page, was an interesting link to a brief about Bush signing a law that repeals the OSHA ergonomics standards.
Dumbya must never really get off his knees, probably why he also cancelled press conferences forever... I feel so good knowing he truly cares about people.
Here is the blurb from the website:
Bush Signs Repeal of Ergonomics Program Rule into Law
March 21, 2001, marked the end of the present battle over ergonomics regulations as President Bush privately signed into law the repeal of OSHA's Ergonomics Program Standard. In a public statement the President wrote, "The safety and health of our nation's workforce is a priority for my administration. Together, we will pursue a comprehensive approach to ergonomics that addresses the concerns surrounding the ergonomics rule repealed today." The statement also said that Bush felt the rules imposed by his predecessor were "unduly burdensome and overly broad."
Talk of a new set of rules, friendlier to business, immediately emerged. Elaine Choa, the new Secretary of Labor stated that she would consider drafting a new set of ergonomics rules.
Many political observers believe that Bush must address this issue before the mid-term election cycle two years from now if he is going to gain the support of organized labor, a strong supporter of ergonomic workplace protections.
Basically the debate is between labor and business groups, where business reports that it would cost $100 Billion to comply, and labor feels it would force business to focus on reducing musculoskeletal disorders.
You are correct: a large number of motherboards have thermal sensors that connect to the fan's voltage regulator.
However, the time it takes for the off-die sensor to respond to on-die overheating is far too long (on the order of msec). This lag in the off-die feedback loop makes it essentially useless as a thermal control device for CPUs, especially when we're in the gigahertz-plus operating frequencies.
First, this is a realiability mechanism in addition to the catastrophic failure sensor. AMD has neither of these features!!! The idea is, if your fan breaks, your Pentium4 won't melt, it'll just run a little slower. Don't try that with your Athlon! This is an advantage over the other sensor, which has been around since Pentium II days: it shuts down the CPU when it gets too hot so you can reboot (AMD also doesn't have that protection). So instead of a bluescreen or system hang it just gets slower. That's a BIG difference over AMDs crap, um, parts.
Also, this throttling thingy toggles a pin on the package when active, and Tom Pabst nor Annandtech has ever seen a P4 enter this slow mode on any benchmarks.
As for the power, you forgot to check Athlon's maximum power rating in their data sheet.
1333 70 W 63 W 95 C
That's 70 W at 1.33 MHz. Not too shabby if the P4 operates at 1.5 at the same power as Athlon, when you consider scaling athlon to 1.5 would put it at ~78.9 W.
Also notice the games AMD plays: they measure power at 95 C junction temp!!, Intel is at 90, AMD uses 42 C Ambient case!!, intel uses 45. This means Intel is far more conservative then AMD, which obviously is barely on the edge of spec'ing a reliable thermal envelope with those numbers.
Well, I think it boils down to two things, how fast it takes for a voltage to get from one side of a conductor to another, this is what I referred to as propagation. This is what is important in computers and other high frequency electronics.
I'm not buying that. Point me to a reference that says "electriciy propogation" doesn't have to do with electron mobility, and the electron mobility is a "few inches per hour".
Heh? What is "electricity propagation" and how is it different the electron mobility in a field, which I thought was electricity, er, current flow, whatever... i've been outta college for 10 years...
Funny, a few weeks ago I was in Mt. Shasta county in N. Cali, and I was studying a giant redwood. Large carpenter ants lived in the bark, and tended to their vertical obligations. I thought about creating vertical structures that contained complete city blocks: laundry, shopping, entertainment, services, etc: giant hotels, basically. It reminded me of some of the eagle-eye shots and flybys of the Jedi planet during Phantom Menace, how then entire planet was concrete with giant skyscrapers. (sorry, I'm not a star-wars fan...)
Sure there are loads of issues to work out (security, safety, etc.), but the idea of centralizing everything tremendously reduces dependence on automobiles: everything from commuting (shopping, work) to distribution and delivery.
Who the fuck modded this as "flamebait"? It's a completely valid and insightful post. I completely agree with you, and if I had mod points right now I'd fix that. (Although I'm not 100% sure about your Muslim facts.)
If you want clinical proof, read "Reviving Ophelia", and then say imagery doesn't have a negative impact on people. Annorexia and bulimia aren't genetic, folks. The same thing happens to boys and men (Susan Faludi, "Stiffed"). I suspect the clinical trials about violence and boys will appear in the next few years, as they take many years to complete and haven't become a hotbutton until recently.
Despite documented evidence, I hoonesly believe conditioning absolutely occurs based on my life experience. It may not cause someone to kill dozens of schoolmates, but I think it definitely occurs.
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genetic OOP, metalanguage, it's in the proteins
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The entire contents of this article was just on KVIE (channel 6 in Sacramento) last night in a Nova special written a year ago. This isn't new news, it's more cynical journalistic hysteria.
Landers made an interesting observation: yes there are 30,000 genes, but genes are linear and proteins are 3-dimensional. The genes describe proteins that can fit together and modify each other in billions of combinations.
So basically the 3-billion pairs have mostly been wrapped with genetic #IF 0/#ENDIF pairs. The remaining 30,000 genes define a set of basic classes (how to make a cell, how to make a cell wall, how to metabolize sugar, etc). However the fun starts with the youngest genes that create modifier proteins.
Reminds me of bad C++ hacking: don't learn how the class works, just add a few modifier methods, derive a new class, and run with it. The young genes (like code by new college grads;-) kidding) is patched on to modify the ancient proteins with new classes, er, proteins. Since everything is 3D, the proteins can modify themselves or other proteins in nearly limitless ways.
So now that we've decoded the metalanguage of DNA that describes the proteome (new buzzword), we can start decoding the language of proteins. This will be even harder b/c it isn't linear, and we know how badly our brains work in more than 2 dimensions.
How many of you actually work with people that you would WANT looking over your shoulder? My ego is huge and I'm convinced I'm one of the best programmers at my company, the are probably a handful of people you could pair me with that wouldn't slow down the process with me constantly having to explain to them all the time what I'm doing.
Granted, that is partially tongue-in-cheeck, but it does raise the question of how do you choose a pair? I prefer to enscript all of my source (even if it fills a 3-ring binder), take a few days off, and skim the code. That's a great exercise for getting a feel for the bigger picture I'm creating.
Although the book does sound interesting, the article referenced is pretty lame.
First, there's no exit wound or blood splatter, so it would make a highly effective sniping device. I've read that the location of the sniper can be pinpointed by measuring how the blood sprayd and the angle of the entry/exit. With this thing, they just fall to the ground with no messy cleanup.
Second, i suspect people will immediately set about reverse-engineering this thing and figuring out how to tweak the frequency so that it DOES go deeper than skin.
Thirdly, so much for bullet-proof vests. You'd need to wear a full-on bodysuit because the damage would occur in a rather larger radius 0(think umbra/penumbra field of effect), rather than the precision shot of a.357 hi caliber.
Combine these and you don't have to be a marksmen to cook someone's brain from half a mile away, even if they are wearing bulletproof gear.
Given the fact that our military contractors love to sell weapons of mass destruction to non-US countries, we should be seeing these on the streets in the near future (assuming they are adopted).
Regardless of whether Science has figured it out, there is critical difference, emphasis on critical.
Science WANTS to know the answer. Science is completely stoked if you can prove some big theory wrong and provide a better one. The scientific method always wants to find the truth.
Roman Catholics and Christians (my only experience), do not question ANYTHING. They accept as fact the equally fallible word of man, which they believe to be the one true word of God. There is no questioning, only law, and Hell if you disagree.
I was in your position once, and after many MANY years of denial I finally snapped out of it. Once you realize the steady stream of lies, contradictions, and seemingly innocuous mind-control that RomanCath and Christianity attempts to spread, it will terrify you.
I hope that one day you gain the strength to cast off religion, and join us in creating a more peaceful world.
Power draw on this thing is probably way to high for any hopes of using it as a wearable. Unless you want to tote around 20 lbs. of batteries that is.
Slightly off with that comment.
It depends what you plug into it. Maybe the full sized HDD might draw more power than a notebook sized HDD. But there's no monitor, which uses most of the power. Otherwise, it is essentialy a moble Intel PC in a small form factor.
Does Linux support ACPI 1.8? Does the kernel power down the HDD, or enter the Intel STPCLK/SLP/DPSLP during the idle process? If not, Win2k/98 can effeciently use power saving features.
I don't see how this is any different than a mobile PC w/o a monitor and (it looks like) a battery connection.
Why would you wear it? Not a jab, but I'm curious. I haven't seen any affordable eyeglass-mount optics (like ocular HUDs, etc...)...
* Every artist I know can barely afford ~$200 a month rent and eats a lot of rice.
* Programmers are engineers who solve problems using code.
* Art must have different meaning to different people, otherwise it is propaganda.
* A piece of software only does one thing.
This discussion would only arise among this community. I'm so far removed from how artists think, live and behave, and it sounds like so are the rest of you who like to pontificate about the artist/programmer duality.
What a great example of young minds struggling to fit a marketable identity.
Quit posing. Quit fantasizing about how many demographics you can span.
Quit sighting cliche examples of supposed high-brow enlightenment: an elegant mathematical proof, a Beethoven symphony, fucking swan lake, or gotterdamurung. Gag.
Just do what you enjoy and stop listening to soft-drink commercials.
I you refuse me a fair price for something I need to survive [in both the physical and mental senses] I will fight you for it....
My advice to you would be to use free software.
And support local music! There are plenty of unsigned struggling bands selling CDs at $5 at any given night at local dive bars, just to recoup the cost of production (hardly ever a profit). You will find that after sampling enough local bands, I can almost guarantee that eventually you'll encounter something good enough to displace RIAA and MTV culture-trusts' stranglehold on creativity.
(Of course, you'll have to get used to the fact that local bands can't support $30k engineering/production budgets to get the sound on any pop CD today, but consider it the same way you would aquire a taste for a new food.)
I realize this is a bit offtopic, but I felt that free source needed to be equated to local music.
Read (reread) the article. It will not be released into the atmosphere, it will exist inside a scrubber, and if it does escape, it can only live @ 130 degrees C (assuming they choose the right bug).
Every time there's an oil spill, someone pipes up about the oil-eating bacteria, only to be shot down by the argument that they could run amok and consume the world oil supply.
However, this idea seems a bit more well-conceived: microbes are kept directly in the smokestack and are fed a steady stream of food. I assume these algae/bacteria can't exist floating around in the sky, so it seems like they will stay-put in the smokestacks.
It also sounds like that the right bugs won't survive at less than 130 C (or F?) which means if they managed to escape, they would die.
Hmmmmm, sad though... what are the chances of the current administration proposing a carbon tax? Not bloody likely. I doubt plants would proactively apply this new technology under self-imposed enviromental regulation.
I've been bitching about this for years. Ever since the density explosion began (~95-96), RPMs have gone up, and MTBF has gone waaaay down. In the lab I work in, we have to buy drives by the dozens. I was surprised to find that the mortality rate of our stock skyrocketed during the 97-98 timeframe. Every 4+ GB drive we bought (western digital, maxtor, ibm) would fail after a week or so of constant operation. That's why I at home I only use ancient 1.2GB Fireballs from six years ago.
But is one platter better? It seems like the heads would have to move more for just one platter. Fragmentation would make the problem even worse. But if it is as realiable as they claim, I can finally get rid of the noisy and oh-so manful 6 GB RAID array of Quantum FBs that I've been using...
system employs zone bit recording -- a system used to encode data onto hard disks and optical disc systems that more efficiently uses the space to record data.'
No shit! Obviously Zone Recording is more efficient! But what IS it. I hate when marketing tries to explain concepts.
All of the discussion has been about banning crypto, but this is obviously a premedited release to prime the skids for banning newsgroups and sniffing all internet traffic.
The fact that they reference pornographic bulliten boards explicitly says to me that usenet is the first target.
I love the last line, referring to keys as 'signals'. What a fool.
Absolutely. Not just diet, but chemical exposure in general. There's a whole-lotta "FDA approved" chemicals that have been going into our bodies of the past few decades. A good example of this slow change is the increase in obesity in america: half of californians are overweight, something like 20% are obese, simply due to poor diets and sedentary lifestyles.
Consider all of the preservatives and chemicals used to prepare all fast food and supermarket food, and there's no telling what is happening to bodies/brains. (Compare: a bag of Sara Lee bagels from Safeway will last three weeks w/no appreciable mold; a bag of bagels from Noahs last about 2-3 days: preservatives, man.)
Other ideas:
Kids from the past few decades have watched way more TV than previous generations, maybe that's also part of it.
Pollution: Why are there record cases of asthma among children over the past few years? same for record cases of diagnosed ADD. Our rush for excessive overconsumption is polluting a hell of a lot more than our air and water, regardless of how safe anti-environmentalists think they are.
The worst is yet to come. Memory loss is just an indicator.
, not because Intel's solution is any better, but because it looks better on paper,
Not true, it's always easier to implement established architetures.
Intel can stop revving these low power CPUs, and go back to 60-watts
Not so sure. There's a good possibility that Intel may have made a bad move by tipping it's hand, now that it really CAN offer an excellent power/performance part. Of course, Intel could always flip the bird to the OEMs who established these low power designs, but not if there's a foothold from parasitic competition from AMD and Cyrix. We'll see.
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No kidding. How many phone companies are getting nailed due to cramming? And that's just for a few dozen random charges. Imagine a monthly internet use statement with literally hundreds, if not thousands, of transactions. Seems like fraud's dream come true.
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Hell, even Einstein didn't buy it. He said, "God does not play dice with the universe."
Just because Einstein was brilliant doesn't mean he wasn't an idiot.
I've always get riled when people point to Einstein and say, "See, if Albert E. says it then it must be true."
Yes he made revolutionary contributions to Physics based on his ability to comprehend, categorize, and summarize work by previous Physicists in a way that even highschool students can understand, fundamentally. Relatvity permanently tweaked human cognitive faculties; he evolved human's thought process.
However, he still was a religious man, which is more psychological than scientific. I hardly think that refuting a promising, revolutionary discipline, such as QM, simply because of Einstein's deeply rooted fear of the unknown is absurd. We all know it's easier to solve problems in a petri dish than it is to solve problems in your personal life, that's why Albert E. abandoned his wife and kids for his first cousin! (And if I remember correctly, one son renounced him and the other went nuts. So is it OK to abuse your family if you're a genius?)
Even the smartest among us still try to put the religious blinders back on again. It's my job to call them on it. Sorry tb3, I'm not directing this at you, I'm just ranting.
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Surprisingly, on the same website for this keyboard, at top of the page, was an interesting link to a brief about Bush signing a law that repeals the OSHA ergonomics standards.
Dumbya must never really get off his knees, probably why he also cancelled press conferences forever... I feel so good knowing he truly cares about people.
Here is the blurb from the website:
Bush Signs Repeal of Ergonomics Program Rule into Law
March 21, 2001, marked the end of the present battle over ergonomics regulations as President Bush privately signed into law the repeal of OSHA's Ergonomics Program Standard. In a public statement the President wrote, "The safety and health of our nation's workforce is a priority for my administration. Together, we will pursue a comprehensive approach to ergonomics that addresses the concerns surrounding the ergonomics rule repealed today." The statement also said that Bush felt the rules imposed by his predecessor were "unduly burdensome and overly broad."
Talk of a new set of rules, friendlier to business, immediately emerged. Elaine Choa, the new Secretary of Labor stated that she would consider drafting a new set of ergonomics rules.
Many political observers believe that Bush must address this issue before the mid-term election cycle two years from now if he is going to gain the support of organized labor, a strong supporter of ergonomic workplace protections.
Basically the debate is between labor and business groups, where business reports that it would cost $100 Billion to comply, and labor feels it would force business to focus on reducing musculoskeletal disorders.
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You are correct: a large number of motherboards have thermal sensors that connect to the fan's voltage regulator.
However, the time it takes for the off-die sensor to respond to on-die overheating is far too long (on the order of msec). This lag in the off-die feedback loop makes it essentially useless as a thermal control device for CPUs, especially when we're in the gigahertz-plus operating frequencies.
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Thanks for the link! I understand now. 'been a long time since I've had to think about electrons...
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You're being misleading.
First, this is a realiability mechanism in addition to the catastrophic failure sensor. AMD has neither of these features!!! The idea is, if your fan breaks, your Pentium4 won't melt, it'll just run a little slower. Don't try that with your Athlon! This is an advantage over the other sensor, which has been around since Pentium II days: it shuts down the CPU when it gets too hot so you can reboot (AMD also doesn't have that protection). So instead of a bluescreen or system hang it just gets slower. That's a BIG difference over AMDs crap, um, parts.
Also, this throttling thingy toggles a pin on the package when active, and Tom Pabst nor Annandtech has ever seen a P4 enter this slow mode on any benchmarks.
As for the power, you forgot to check Athlon's maximum power rating in their data sheet.
1333 70 W 63 W 95 C
That's 70 W at 1.33 MHz. Not too shabby if the P4 operates at 1.5 at the same power as Athlon, when you consider scaling athlon to 1.5 would put it at ~78.9 W.
Also notice the games AMD plays: they measure power at 95 C junction temp!!, Intel is at 90, AMD uses 42 C Ambient case!!, intel uses 45. This means Intel is far more conservative then AMD, which obviously is barely on the edge of spec'ing a reliable thermal envelope with those numbers.
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Well, I think it boils down to two things, how fast it takes for a voltage to get from one side of a conductor to another, this is what I referred to as propagation. This is what is important in computers and other high frequency electronics.
I'm not buying that. Point me to a reference that says "electriciy propogation" doesn't have to do with electron mobility, and the electron mobility is a "few inches per hour".
Somethings smells fishy.
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Heh? What is "electricity propagation" and how is it different the electron mobility in a field, which I thought was electricity, er, current flow, whatever... i've been outta college for 10 years...
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Funny, a few weeks ago I was in Mt. Shasta county in N. Cali, and I was studying a giant redwood. Large carpenter ants lived in the bark, and tended to their vertical obligations. I thought about creating vertical structures that contained complete city blocks: laundry, shopping, entertainment, services, etc: giant hotels, basically. It reminded me of some of the eagle-eye shots and flybys of the Jedi planet during Phantom Menace, how then entire planet was concrete with giant skyscrapers. (sorry, I'm not a star-wars fan...)
Sure there are loads of issues to work out (security, safety, etc.), but the idea of centralizing everything tremendously reduces dependence on automobiles: everything from commuting (shopping, work) to distribution and delivery.
Can't wait to see it.
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Who the fuck modded this as "flamebait"? It's a completely valid and insightful post. I completely agree with you, and if I had mod points right now I'd fix that. (Although I'm not 100% sure about your Muslim facts.)
If you want clinical proof, read "Reviving Ophelia", and then say imagery doesn't have a negative impact on people. Annorexia and bulimia aren't genetic, folks. The same thing happens to boys and men (Susan Faludi, "Stiffed"). I suspect the clinical trials about violence and boys will appear in the next few years, as they take many years to complete and haven't become a hotbutton until recently.
Despite documented evidence, I hoonesly believe conditioning absolutely occurs based on my life experience. It may not cause someone to kill dozens of schoolmates, but I think it definitely occurs.
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The entire contents of this article was just on KVIE (channel 6 in Sacramento) last night in a Nova special written a year ago. This isn't new news, it's more cynical journalistic hysteria.
;-) kidding) is patched on to modify the ancient proteins with new classes, er, proteins. Since everything is 3D, the proteins can modify themselves or other proteins in nearly limitless ways.
Landers made an interesting observation: yes there are 30,000 genes, but genes are linear and proteins are 3-dimensional. The genes describe proteins that can fit together and modify each other in billions of combinations.
So basically the 3-billion pairs have mostly been wrapped with genetic #IF 0/#ENDIF pairs. The remaining 30,000 genes define a set of basic classes (how to make a cell, how to make a cell wall, how to metabolize sugar, etc). However the fun starts with the youngest genes that create modifier proteins.
Reminds me of bad C++ hacking: don't learn how the class works, just add a few modifier methods, derive a new class, and run with it. The young genes (like code by new college grads
So now that we've decoded the metalanguage of DNA that describes the proteome (new buzzword), we can start decoding the language of proteins. This will be even harder b/c it isn't linear, and we know how badly our brains work in more than 2 dimensions.
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How many of you actually work with people that you would WANT looking over your shoulder? My ego is huge and I'm convinced I'm one of the best programmers at my company, the are probably a handful of people you could pair me with that wouldn't slow down the process with me constantly having to explain to them all the time what I'm doing.
Granted, that is partially tongue-in-cheeck, but it does raise the question of how do you choose a pair? I prefer to enscript all of my source (even if it fills a 3-ring binder), take a few days off, and skim the code. That's a great exercise for getting a feel for the bigger picture I'm creating.
Although the book does sound interesting, the article referenced is pretty lame.
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I like this idea for several reasons.
.357 hi caliber.
First, there's no exit wound or blood splatter, so it would make a highly effective sniping device. I've read that the location of the sniper can be pinpointed by measuring how the blood sprayd and the angle of the entry/exit. With this thing, they just fall to the ground with no messy cleanup.
Second, i suspect people will immediately set about reverse-engineering this thing and figuring out how to tweak the frequency so that it DOES go deeper than skin.
Thirdly, so much for bullet-proof vests. You'd need to wear a full-on bodysuit because the damage would occur in a rather larger radius 0(think umbra/penumbra field of effect), rather than the precision shot of a
Combine these and you don't have to be a marksmen to cook someone's brain from half a mile away, even if they are wearing bulletproof gear.
Given the fact that our military contractors love to sell weapons of mass destruction to non-US countries, we should be seeing these on the streets in the near future (assuming they are adopted).
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Regardless of whether Science has figured it out, there is critical difference, emphasis on critical.
Science WANTS to know the answer. Science is completely stoked if you can prove some big theory wrong and provide a better one. The scientific method always wants to find the truth.
Roman Catholics and Christians (my only experience), do not question ANYTHING. They accept as fact the equally fallible word of man, which they believe to be the one true word of God. There is no questioning, only law, and Hell if you disagree.
I was in your position once, and after many MANY years of denial I finally snapped out of it. Once you realize the steady stream of lies, contradictions, and seemingly innocuous mind-control that RomanCath and Christianity attempts to spread, it will terrify you.
I hope that one day you gain the strength to cast off religion, and join us in creating a more peaceful world.
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Power draw on this thing is probably way to high for any hopes of using it as a wearable. Unless you want to tote around 20 lbs. of batteries that is.
Slightly off with that comment.
It depends what you plug into it. Maybe the full sized HDD might draw more power than a notebook sized HDD. But there's no monitor, which uses most of the power. Otherwise, it is essentialy a moble Intel PC in a small form factor.
Does Linux support ACPI 1.8? Does the kernel power down the HDD, or enter the Intel STPCLK/SLP/DPSLP during the idle process? If not, Win2k/98 can effeciently use power saving features.
I don't see how this is any different than a mobile PC w/o a monitor and (it looks like) a battery connection.
Why would you wear it? Not a jab, but I'm curious. I haven't seen any affordable eyeglass-mount optics (like ocular HUDs, etc...)...
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* Every programmer I know makes a fat salary.
* Every artist I know can barely afford ~$200 a month rent and eats a lot of rice.
* Programmers are engineers who solve problems using code.
* Art must have different meaning to different people, otherwise it is propaganda.
* A piece of software only does one thing.
This discussion would only arise among this community. I'm so far removed from how artists think, live and behave, and it sounds like so are the rest of you who like to pontificate about the artist/programmer duality.
What a great example of young minds struggling to fit a marketable identity.
Quit posing. Quit fantasizing about how many demographics you can span.
Quit sighting cliche examples of supposed high-brow enlightenment: an elegant mathematical proof, a Beethoven symphony, fucking swan lake, or gotterdamurung. Gag.
Just do what you enjoy and stop listening to soft-drink commercials.
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I you refuse me a fair price for something I need to survive [in both the physical and mental senses] I will fight you for it. ...
My advice to you would be to use free software.
And support local music! There are plenty of unsigned struggling bands selling CDs at $5 at any given night at local dive bars, just to recoup the cost of production (hardly ever a profit). You will find that after sampling enough local bands, I can almost guarantee that eventually you'll encounter something good enough to displace RIAA and MTV culture-trusts' stranglehold on creativity.
(Of course, you'll have to get used to the fact that local bands can't support $30k engineering/production budgets to get the sound on any pop CD today, but consider it the same way you would aquire a taste for a new food.)
I realize this is a bit offtopic, but I felt that free source needed to be equated to local music.
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Can someone explain how you cool something with a laser? That seems a bit counter-intuitive.
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microbe into the atmosphere
Read (reread) the article. It will not be released into the atmosphere, it will exist inside a scrubber, and if it does escape, it can only live @ 130 degrees C (assuming they choose the right bug).
That sounds pretty safe.
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Every time there's an oil spill, someone pipes up about the oil-eating bacteria, only to be shot down by the argument that they could run amok and consume the world oil supply.
However, this idea seems a bit more well-conceived: microbes are kept directly in the smokestack and are fed a steady stream of food. I assume these algae/bacteria can't exist floating around in the sky, so it seems like they will stay-put in the smokestacks.
It also sounds like that the right bugs won't survive at less than 130 C (or F?) which means if they managed to escape, they would die.
Hmmmmm, sad though... what are the chances of the current administration proposing a carbon tax? Not bloody likely. I doubt plants would proactively apply this new technology under self-imposed enviromental regulation.
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I've been bitching about this for years. Ever since the density explosion began (~95-96), RPMs have gone up, and MTBF has gone waaaay down. In the lab I work in, we have to buy drives by the dozens. I was surprised to find that the mortality rate of our stock skyrocketed during the 97-98 timeframe. Every 4+ GB drive we bought (western digital, maxtor, ibm) would fail after a week or so of constant operation. That's why I at home I only use ancient 1.2GB Fireballs from six years ago.
But is one platter better? It seems like the heads would have to move more for just one platter. Fragmentation would make the problem even worse. But if it is as realiable as they claim, I can finally get rid of the noisy and oh-so manful 6 GB RAID array of Quantum FBs that I've been using...
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system employs zone bit recording -- a system used to encode data onto hard disks and optical disc systems that more efficiently uses the space to record data.'
No shit! Obviously Zone Recording is more efficient! But what IS it. I hate when marketing tries to explain concepts.
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All of the discussion has been about banning crypto, but this is obviously a premedited release to prime the skids for banning newsgroups and sniffing all internet traffic.
The fact that they reference pornographic bulliten boards explicitly says to me that usenet is the first target.
I love the last line, referring to keys as 'signals'. What a fool.
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MUCH more likely diet related
Absolutely. Not just diet, but chemical exposure in general. There's a whole-lotta "FDA approved" chemicals that have been going into our bodies of the past few decades. A good example of this slow change is the increase in obesity in america: half of californians are overweight, something like 20% are obese, simply due to poor diets and sedentary lifestyles.
Consider all of the preservatives and chemicals used to prepare all fast food and supermarket food, and there's no telling what is happening to bodies/brains. (Compare: a bag of Sara Lee bagels from Safeway will last three weeks w/no appreciable mold; a bag of bagels from Noahs last about 2-3 days: preservatives, man.)
Other ideas:
Kids from the past few decades have watched way more TV than previous generations, maybe that's also part of it.
Pollution: Why are there record cases of asthma among children over the past few years? same for record cases of diagnosed ADD. Our rush for excessive overconsumption is polluting a hell of a lot more than our air and water, regardless of how safe anti-environmentalists think they are.
The worst is yet to come. Memory loss is just an indicator.
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, not because Intel's solution is any better, but because it looks better on paper,
Not true, it's always easier to implement established architetures.
Intel can stop revving these low power CPUs, and go back to 60-watts
Not so sure. There's a good possibility that Intel may have made a bad move by tipping it's hand, now that it really CAN offer an excellent power/performance part. Of course, Intel could always flip the bird to the OEMs who established these low power designs, but not if there's a foothold from parasitic competition from AMD and Cyrix. We'll see.
Don't you just LOVE the free market?
Of course I do. What are you suggesting?
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