Is it coincidence that earlier this month there was a press release from IMEC regarding the issues of massively scaling up computational power ("exascaling")? Press blurb can be found here. Killer application would be "space weather prediction".
When I was finishing up my PhD (on InfraRed LED's) about 5 years ago, HP was making high-efficiency Red LED's with 50% light output efficiency. At the same time commercially available blue (GaN) LED's were only 10% efficient. Green LED's were somewhere inbetween.
I should really google for the state-of-the art visible LED efficiency, but am hoping for someone to post a more informative post following this one.
I've been playing around with Mediaportal over the past few months, and must say they have made giant leaps forward.
There are a few caveats on the hardware side: You're best of with a full DX9 card, and you'll get best TV results with a Hardware MPEG2 encoder card. Software cards are useable for viewing, but timeshifting is a no-no without hardware MPEG2.
I confess. This dates back to the days when I did not have a company car, and I still used to walk from the train station to work. Sometimes I just could not put down the book I had been reading in the train. I would then continue reading as I walked to work. I did walk slower when reading, to accomodate for the multi-tasking. A nice side-effect is that you can read more then:-)
With phone lines however, the bottleneck is not only with the capacity in the backbone. The switches connecting the local loop to the network are specified with a certain blocking ratio.
For my PhD, I have worked on the development of LEDs for telecom purposes. They use a specific design that gives them more output power and better coupling into fibre. In this project we've obtained error-free transmission at 620Mbs over POF. We've also fabricated devices that could handle switching speeds of over 1Ghz.
I am seriously concerned about the fact that you could get a Masters in Mathematics and obviously not know anything about Godel's Theorem.
It seems you could do with some education on the pitfalls and limitations of axiomatic constructions.
I daily have to use the Notes Client, and hate every minute of it. Especially the internal inconsistencies, and counter-intuitive interface are killers.
The Notes Client is a bad database client, with a lousy GUI, and certainly not fit as a mail client.
This fight is indeed not about copying. Perfect bit-wise DVD copies are being made by the millions in Asia.
This fight is about distribution control and price fixing. Maybe you guys remember regional coding. Maybe Americans may forget about it, but in Europe, where people have to wait 6 months longer for a new release to come out, we don't.
As said before, the encryption key on the disc has to match the key in the player. This is a very easy way to control what players can play what discs. And like this they can keep disc prices in Europe higher than in the US.
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Is it coincidence that earlier this month there was a press release from IMEC regarding the issues of massively scaling up computational power ("exascaling")?
Press blurb can be found here.
Killer application would be "space weather prediction".
Well of course they're not particles... they're waves!
*ducks*
When I was finishing up my PhD (on InfraRed LED's) about 5 years ago, HP was making high-efficiency Red LED's with 50% light output efficiency. At the same time commercially available blue (GaN) LED's were only 10% efficient. Green LED's were somewhere inbetween.
I should really google for the state-of-the art visible LED efficiency, but am hoping for someone to post a more informative post following this one.
But if he needs to stop over at his mum's house in Iceland, he'll sure need that hot cup of chocolate.
I've been playing around with Mediaportal over the past few months, and must say they have made giant leaps forward.
There are a few caveats on the hardware side:
You're best of with a full DX9 card, and you'll get best TV results with a Hardware MPEG2 encoder card. Software cards are useable for viewing, but timeshifting is a no-no without hardware MPEG2.
You might want to try this one again.
Why should Anand get all the attention?
Feel free to also check http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=Njc1
Ehm, and what do you think guns were designed for?
Hacking a Bluetooth enabled phone from up to a mile away?
You may want to check out the review on the Digital Bits as well.
I confess. This dates back to the days when I did not have a company car, and I still used to walk from the train station to work. :-)
Sometimes I just could not put down the book I had been reading in the train. I would then continue reading as I walked to work.
I did walk slower when reading, to accomodate for the multi-tasking. A nice side-effect is that you can read more then
With phone lines however, the bottleneck is not only with the capacity in the backbone. The switches connecting the local loop to the network are specified with a certain blocking ratio.
And why nobody mentions the [H]ardOCP is beyond me.
One can argue about taste... but comparing a Yamaha to a Steinway? Obviously the Steinway should sound better. (I've played on both instruments)
It does bring about an important point: any "remote piano" will have a different sound (not mention accoustics) associated with it.
The "toucher" which sounds just right on one instrument can sound harsh on another. Wonder how one could compensate for that?
For my PhD, I have worked on the development of LEDs for telecom purposes. They use a specific design that gives them more output power and better coupling into fibre.
In this project we've obtained error-free transmission at 620Mbs over POF. We've also fabricated devices that could handle switching speeds of over 1Ghz.
I am seriously concerned about the fact that you could get a Masters in Mathematics and obviously not know anything about Godel's Theorem.
It seems you could do with some education on the pitfalls and limitations of axiomatic constructions.
I daily have to use the Notes Client, and hate every minute of it. Especially the internal inconsistencies, and counter-intuitive interface are killers.
The Notes Client is a bad database client, with a lousy GUI, and certainly not fit as a mail client.
I already have this bound to a toggle key, using LiteStep.
Window transparency is delivered through a module called AppTrans.dll.
Operating wavelength is between 800 and 860 nanometer. Probably a GaAs laserdiode.
This fight is indeed not about copying. Perfect bit-wise DVD copies are being made by the millions in Asia. This fight is about distribution control and price fixing. Maybe you guys remember regional coding. Maybe Americans may forget about it, but in Europe, where people have to wait 6 months longer for a new release to come out, we don't. As said before, the encryption key on the disc has to match the key in the player. This is a very easy way to control what players can play what discs. And like this they can keep disc prices in Europe higher than in the US.