The RIAA, a private organization now wants to be judge, jury, and executioner...and this is not to mention guerilla warrior. This is a truly outrageous proposition, and it shows who is REALLY acting the part of a terrorist.
Why would any CPU manufacturer attempt to predict processor design & clock speed six years into the future? It will be 2007 before this statement can be tested for validity at which point processor design could have changed drastically. Perhaps I should phone Cleo and ask her what the bus speed of my motherboard will be in 2010?
Well...let's take a look at this as it compares to Moore's Law, which says, essentially, that the top speed of microprocessors will double every 18 months.
6 years = 6 * 12 = 72 months
72 months/18 months = 4x doubling
Therefore, CPUs should be 2^4 = 16 times faster in 6 years. This means you'd see an Intel chip running at 32GHz, and an AMD chip running at 24.5GHz (but called the "Athlon 30K", of course, and benching faster than the Intel chip AND providing enough heat to warm a small city)
Sounds like these predictions are a little lower than we'd like to see...
I actually happen to work at NASA (Goddard SFC, in Maryland, if you're interested), and we do a lot of work behind the scenes that not many people see.
NASA has a big push these days towards developing technology for use in the private sector, in essence serving as a public research lab. The project I'm now working on, in fact, is being developed by NASA for a private company on a contract basis. So, although NASA may not be making the headlines that it did during the space race days, it's still very much alive and well and contributing techological innovation to society.
So, you have 260 murders in one city...the previous poster mentioned that there were only 400 murders in his ENTIRE COUNTRY! There's a reason Washington, DC, is called the murder capital of the nation. Stroll a few blocks south of the capitol building and see how safe you feel...
For those who got extra Greenbacks in their pockets now, there are plenty of bargain to be had.
That's, unfortunately, what I'm worried about! I fear that once the economy gets better and the dust clears, we'll see DSL monopolies in some areas...especially areas further from the cities. It's a good thing that 1.) cable[modem] is widely available and 2.) Competition can actually happen with DSL, unlike the way local phone service works...
Who cares if a processor only lasts a few years? You're going to (or at least should) upgrade. And at $50 a pop, I can do that several times a decade!!!!
Of course, you're right...but only for a techie! If you're Gateway, you NEED that CPU to last more than 'only a few years'
I agree completely, kbyrd... When building a PC for my parents, I was forced to not run distributed.net due to overheating issues. From a price and performance standpoint, AMD is clearly whooping Intel's butt... From an engineering standpoint, I am astonished that AMD has put out a product with such a questionable durability.
It's cheaper for them to just source Intel CPU's and motherboards than to run two product lines, basically. I'm stunned that the price difference in the CPU alone wouldn't be enough to keep Gateway using AMD, but there you have it. For once, Intel is a cheaper decision.
Tom (of Tom's Hardware) had an interesting article a while back about how easily AMD CPUs and motherboards can get fried. I wonder if a high CPU failure rate has anything to do with this decision...
Given that the human face recognition performed by the check-in agents did not keep the hijackers out, there is no reason to think that computer face recognition would help.
Because, we all know that check agents stay awake at night trying to memorize the faces of all know criminals and terrorists, and can name them on sight... Of all of the arguements against face recognition software this has to be the lamest one I have ever heard.
I agree. Why is it such an entreat on our civil liberties for allowing face-scanning cameras to be installed in our airports? Fed with a database of known terrorists, criminals on the lam, even perhaps deadbeat dads, it seems like this sort of system could only help reduce and prevent crime.
This device would be installed by car manufacturers...don't you think they'd manufacture the car in such a way that the normal functions of the car won't trigger it?
Come on now, this is getting ridiculous. If I can view something on a web page, why shouldn't I be able to save it to view later?
How is posting a picture on a web site any different than putting out a table on the side of the road, with a pile of photographs and a sign that says "Free"?
Now, I'm totally in favor of artists' rights and all... but let's ease off on the pervasiveness and invasiveness of copyrights.
Fool. If you knew anything about the breakup order, there would be an application company and an OS company...oh, look...no competing products! Just two companies, each with their own little monopoly on their peice of the market.
If you read CNN's article, and I suspect that if you read the other ones as well, you'd see that the DoJ is merely stopping the breakup, NOT the trial. The trial will continue, with the DoJ seeking conduct remedies...
This appears to be sensationalist! Let's look at what's really happening here:
The DoJ is no longer pursuing the breakup as Microsoft as a remedy. It's not dropping the case at! We all knew besides that it would probably take a decade for Microsoft to be broken up and through a long, winding appeals process. The breakup was a tempting but unrealistic result.
Instead, the Justice department is focusing on remedies that will stop Microsoft from being the greedy corporate enemy #1 that it's been. From CNN:
Instead of a breakup, the Justice Department said it will ask that Microsoft have certain restrictions placed on its conduct modeled on those the original trial judge imposed on the company in June 2000 but were postponed pending the appeal.
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Among the conduct remedies Judge Jackson originally imposed were: prohibiting Microsoft from punishing hardware and software companies working on competing products; prohibiting it from favoring computer companies and software developers that helped Microsoft exclude competitors; requiring Microsoft to license Windows to PC makers under uniform prices and terms according to a publicly available schedule; and barring Microsoft from interfering with the way PC makers set up startup screens, the Windows desktop, preferences, and Internet connection wizards.
So you see, the DoJ can now go and pursue remedies that Microsoft won't fight as hard, and would probably result is a shorter trial. Besides, did you really think TWO Microsofts would be any better than what we have now?
0.1-micron is the limit with current technology...
If you'd actually bothered to read the article, you'd know that the new photolithography process allows production of circuits as small as 0.013-micron. (that's 13 nm)
From the article:
Motorola said Wednesday it had developed photomasks, or the material that is applied onto silicon wafers to make chips, that will allow features on the integrated circuits smaller than 100 nanometers in width to be created.
and...
Joe Mogab, a director at Motorola's DigitalDNA Laboratories, said in an interview that lines as narrow as 13 nanometers could eventually be etched on to chips with the EUV process.
.1 is the limit with CURRENT technology..013 is the NEW limit. That's why it's such a big leap.
This is a HUGE deal!.1 micron (that's 100 nm, folks) has been a limit for a long time. I remember reading an article in Science magazine when I was a freshman in high school (8-ish years ago) about the theoretical.1 micron limit and how it wasn't yet possible to make chips with a circuit path any smaller...
This SERIOUSLY opens the door to whole new families of microprocessors...can we say "Terahertz"?
I don't think that there would be a problem if, for instance, an employer blocked their employee's access to certain phone numbers....or restricted use of the company copier... The fact is that a company's internet connection is just another resource that the company has a right to distribute and/or monitor at will. If a company provides something for work-related purposes, that does not mean that they're obligated to provide it for non-work purposes.
On the other hand, an ISP is a completely different matter, in which a company is providing an internet connection as a service.
I know that, at least at my shop, we've held off entirely on PC purchases this year (except for a couple of servers and laptops), in order to wait for a viable P4 platform.
That comment intrigues me... do corporate customers still consider AMD-based platforms to be non-viable? What are your reasons for waiting for a 'viable' P4 platform? Why is the current P4 platform non-viable...is it just the price?
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The RIAA, a private organization now wants to be judge, jury, and executioner...and this is not to mention guerilla warrior. This is a truly outrageous proposition, and it shows who is REALLY acting the part of a terrorist.
I still like it more than Sonique for example, tgough: Sonique looks better, has a better shuffle function, but is not stable.
The last time I tried Sonique it had a limit of 1000 songs in the playlist. Does anyone know if this has been fixed?
I guess I'll to replace my current system at least twice over the next six years to keep up...
I don't know about you, but for me three years is a pretty normal turnaround time for going from new PC to obsolescence.
Why would any CPU manufacturer attempt to predict processor design & clock speed six years into the future? It will be 2007 before this statement can be tested for validity at which point processor design could have changed drastically. Perhaps I should phone Cleo and ask her what the bus speed of my motherboard will be in 2010?
Well...let's take a look at this as it compares to Moore's Law, which says, essentially, that the top speed of microprocessors will double every 18 months.
6 years = 6 * 12 = 72 months
72 months/18 months = 4x doubling
Therefore, CPUs should be 2^4 = 16 times faster in 6 years. This means you'd see an Intel chip running at 32GHz, and an AMD chip running at 24.5GHz (but called the "Athlon 30K", of course, and benching faster than the Intel chip AND providing enough heat to warm a small city)
Sounds like these predictions are a little lower than we'd like to see...
to create an OS so bloated that you need a 20 Ghz chip to run it. ::Sigh::
:::cough:::
It's already here.
I actually happen to work at NASA (Goddard SFC, in Maryland, if you're interested), and we do a lot of work behind the scenes that not many people see.
NASA has a big push these days towards developing technology for use in the private sector, in essence serving as a public research lab. The project I'm now working on, in fact, is being developed by NASA for a private company on a contract basis. So, although NASA may not be making the headlines that it did during the space race days, it's still very much alive and well and contributing techological innovation to society.
So, you have 260 murders in one city...the previous poster mentioned that there were only 400 murders in his ENTIRE COUNTRY! There's a reason Washington, DC, is called the murder capital of the nation. Stroll a few blocks south of the capitol building and see how safe you feel...
Yes, it matters if it says "Compact Disc Digital Audio" on it...
That way, you can tell if a CD is of the defective sort by looking at the case. That's the real problem.
For those who got extra Greenbacks in their pockets now, there are plenty of bargain to be had.
That's, unfortunately, what I'm worried about! I fear that once the economy gets better and the dust clears, we'll see DSL monopolies in some areas...especially areas further from the cities. It's a good thing that 1.) cable[modem] is widely available and 2.) Competition can actually happen with DSL, unlike the way local phone service works...
Of course, you're right...but only for a techie! If you're Gateway, you NEED that CPU to last more than 'only a few years'
I agree completely, kbyrd... When building a PC for my parents, I was forced to not run distributed.net due to overheating issues. From a price and performance standpoint, AMD is clearly whooping Intel's butt... From an engineering standpoint, I am astonished that AMD has put out a product with such a questionable durability.
Tom (of Tom's Hardware) had an interesting article a while back about how easily AMD CPUs and motherboards can get fried. I wonder if a high CPU failure rate has anything to do with this decision...
This device would be installed by car manufacturers...don't you think they'd manufacture the car in such a way that the normal functions of the car won't trigger it?
Come on now, this is getting ridiculous. If I can view something on a web page, why shouldn't I be able to save it to view later?
How is posting a picture on a web site any different than putting out a table on the side of the road, with a pile of photographs and a sign that says "Free"?
Now, I'm totally in favor of artists' rights and all... but let's ease off on the pervasiveness and invasiveness of copyrights.
Fool. If you knew anything about the breakup order, there would be an application company and an OS company...oh, look...no competing products! Just two companies, each with their own little monopoly on their peice of the market.
And what are these supposed benefits? I would MUCH rather have a severely muzzled Microsoft, than two mini-monopolies.
If you read CNN's article, and I suspect that if you read the other ones as well, you'd see that the DoJ is merely stopping the breakup, NOT the trial. The trial will continue, with the DoJ seeking conduct remedies...
The DoJ is no longer pursuing the breakup as Microsoft as a remedy. It's not dropping the case at! We all knew besides that it would probably take a decade for Microsoft to be broken up and through a long, winding appeals process. The breakup was a tempting but unrealistic result.
Instead, the Justice department is focusing on remedies that will stop Microsoft from being the greedy corporate enemy #1 that it's been. From CNN: So you see, the DoJ can now go and pursue remedies that Microsoft won't fight as hard, and would probably result is a shorter trial. Besides, did you really think TWO Microsofts would be any better than what we have now?
Can you post these procmail filters (or perhaps a portion of them)?
If you'd actually bothered to read the article, you'd know that the new photolithography process allows production of circuits as small as 0.013-micron. (that's 13 nm)
From the article:
and...
This is a HUGE deal! .1 micron (that's 100 nm, folks) has been a limit for a long time. I remember reading an article in Science magazine when I was a freshman in high school (8-ish years ago) about the theoretical .1 micron limit and how it wasn't yet possible to make chips with a circuit path any smaller...
This SERIOUSLY opens the door to whole new families of microprocessors...can we say "Terahertz"?
This isn't about freedom and privacy...
This is about workplace resources.
I don't think that there would be a problem if, for instance, an employer blocked their employee's access to certain phone numbers....or restricted use of the company copier... The fact is that a company's internet connection is just another resource that the company has a right to distribute and/or monitor at will. If a company provides something for work-related purposes, that does not mean that they're obligated to provide it for non-work purposes.
On the other hand, an ISP is a completely different matter, in which a company is providing an internet connection as a service.
That comment intrigues me... do corporate customers still consider AMD-based platforms to be non-viable? What are your reasons for waiting for a 'viable' P4 platform? Why is the current P4 platform non-viable...is it just the price?
Actually, often times I have used a (b)zImage to fit a large image file onto a floppy...extremely useful when trying to boot pesky old hard drives...