IIRC, for every XP computer, there is one computer running Windows 2000 installation, and probably one running Win9x too. I wonder if this is the sooner updates is one feature Microsoft is trying to have to push people to upgrading.
Where I live, it is quite arduious explaining to people why they need high speed, or they really can't afford it. They don't download stuff, watch videos or anything that demands bandwidth. A lot of people seem to stick to plain web pages, email and IM, and to do that, only requires a $5/mo dial-up plan. Of course, not many I know have AOL.
You don't need modifications to get acceptable range. I have a 100mW bluetooth transmitter in my laptop that claims a 100 meter range, which I haven't tested fully, but my mouse works plenty fine at 60+ feet from the laptop, and obviously, that's a lot more than necessary for that application.
In my area, it is paid out of property taxes, and that makes a good amount of sense. The more your property is worth, the more it is worth protecting it. Funding fire protection from sales tax, phone tax or internet taxes don't seemm quite fair.
Another thing is that basically the sales reps lie every way they can to get you to sign the dotted line.
They misrepresent the likelyhood of failure, and also they misrepresent what kind of damage is covered (accidentally drop it and "it's covered" when it isn't, etc.). Some plans are rediculously expensive, like $300 for a $900 TV, which is basically betting a better than one in three chance of failure during the period of the warranty extension.
IIRC, a 1U computer isn't a blade computer. What a blade computer is is a system on a board that plugs into a backplane/chassis that provides common power and data connections to multiple computer blades.
HP is selling some 2p and 4p servers with Opterons too. Also, IBM is selling an e325, which is a 2p-capable 1U server. Sun is offering Opteron servers too.
Video needs high bandwidth memory, and the CPU does too. As long as the memory bandwidth needed to max out those chips exceeds the bandwidth available, I doubt it.
I'm guessing AGP will be long gone by the time what you suggests happens. AGP was supposed to solve it and replace on-board texture memory, but it did not.
Last I read, they were looking to but a, b & g in the same chip. You don't seem to like a, but IIRC, it has eight non-overlapping channels, and b/g only have three, meaning less RF congestion and interference.
IIRC, they've sold out several times, but they aren't selling it outside their site that I have seen.
The only reason it is a linux-only card is that a group of linux people decided to make a card for their operating system, it is not necessarily a reversal of fortune, I won't buy a Linux-only card if I can avoid it because Linux does not support any hardware video deinterlacers that I am aware about.
It's not so simple. If he's doing it to support the energy industry then it makes some ammount of sense. Still, the energy industry doesn't need support, it needs more punishment. Has GWB done anything regarding the "big blackout" a couple years back? Heaven forbid that the executives of the power industry have to go without a new jet or powerboat in order to get their infrastructure in reliable working order.
...so this database isn't all bad. If they use it to kick out people that only buy stuff on sale. A lot of advertised specials are sold at a loss to get people into the store to buy other things with it. I would also hate it if they misclassify people then I'd be upset.
There does need to be some protection against retailers abusing this practice though.
I don't think it is fair to basically do the free rent thing, buy something for an event or a trip then return it after it is over, that is why restocking fees were put in place for certain kinds of items.
I've tried it outside of slashdot and it doesn't work, not even in Firefox, which surprises me. IIRC, if it's a few words or at least not a valid URL, Firefox tends to look up the item in Google's "I'm feeling lucky" search and go there. It doesn't seem to work even with putting "/." in the address bar, it tries to do "I'm feeling lucky" but it doesn't work.
I am guessing the chips do have integer units though. I suppose they could drop the intmultiply and intdivide units from the circuit masks but it doesn't make sense to do that. The strong point of this kind of supercomputer is the data interconnect, whether that data is int or FP is secondary, although it should definitely be fast at FP.
Actually, I think it makes sense to keep a intmultiply unit in there for calculating table addresses, it is silly to drop that, hardware is likely to do this faster than software.
If noise is a concern and a Shuttle is being considered, I recommend seeing that model in person before buying. The Shuttles I have seen in person were louder than most desktops that I have seen, despite the heat pipe, because the fan they attached to it was loud. Of course, the simplest thing to do is find a quieter fan that delivers a similar flow rate and static pressure, I thin Shuttle really cheaped out on that.
I'm not bothered by the limited or lack of overclocking, generally it voids the warranty anyway. I'm not going to assemble a $1k+ box and run out to void the warranties of all the parts inside. I know some people don't have a problem with that and don't have a problem misrepresenting it to the person they bought the parts from though, but I think it is a valid concern.
I'm not sure what the problem is as this model and other non-standard designs are somewhat nifty from a maintainance perspective. I've found some that are quite a bit better. While I stick to Compaq Deskpro ATX systems for cheap servers, there is one non-standard form factor Deskpro I bought to try out that was surprisingly easy to disassemble to nearly an empty case without needing a screwdriver.
While ATX is nice for maximum flexibility, it demands a pretty large box even for miniATX, and even then not many cases place an emphasis on ease of maintinance anyway.
Being a desknote P4 (not even a P4m), I'd call it a shitty system anyway, although the run time and weight are the better of P4 based desknotes. Only 1.5 hours of run time? Weighs 7lb for a 15" screen? With a Pentium M (or Athlon XP-M), you could expect maybe about 4 hours of operation in 4 to 6lb weight range, and probably 1/4" or more thinner case.
The problem with battery dying could be a miscalibration.
Personally, I call iTMS icing because iPod takes MP3s too. I just copy all of my audio to it, and for the music that I can't justify the entire CD, I could just buy onesies of the tracks I like but don't own to supplement the collection.
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XP isn't the entire Windows world.
IIRC, for every XP computer, there is one computer running Windows 2000 installation, and probably one running Win9x too. I wonder if this is the sooner updates is one feature Microsoft is trying to have to push people to upgrading.
McAfee is, well, shit. Ditto for most Norton products too. The only Norton product I use is Ghost.
I think using IE for configuration, control and display of local data is a sign of lazyness. Quickbooks does this too.
Ashcroft is pretty much a Christian Fundementalist, it is pretty hard to be more conservative than that, unless maybe Jerry Falwell gets appointed.
That really depends on what you mean.
Where I live, it is quite arduious explaining to people why they need high speed, or they really can't afford it. They don't download stuff, watch videos or anything that demands bandwidth. A lot of people seem to stick to plain web pages, email and IM, and to do that, only requires a $5/mo dial-up plan. Of course, not many I know have AOL.
They called it UltimateTV. They had yanked it a couple years ago.
Now, there is Media Center.
I think your claim assumes the bluetooth tramsmitter already "hits the wall" or has maxed out the ERP already.
You don't need modifications to get acceptable range. I have a 100mW bluetooth transmitter in my laptop that claims a 100 meter range, which I haven't tested fully, but my mouse works plenty fine at 60+ feet from the laptop, and obviously, that's a lot more than necessary for that application.
How is fire funded in your area?
In my area, it is paid out of property taxes, and that makes a good amount of sense. The more your property is worth, the more it is worth protecting it. Funding fire protection from sales tax, phone tax or internet taxes don't seemm quite fair.
Another thing is that basically the sales reps lie every way they can to get you to sign the dotted line.
They misrepresent the likelyhood of failure, and also they misrepresent what kind of damage is covered (accidentally drop it and "it's covered" when it isn't, etc.). Some plans are rediculously expensive, like $300 for a $900 TV, which is basically betting a better than one in three chance of failure during the period of the warranty extension.
IIRC, a 1U computer isn't a blade computer. What a blade computer is is a system on a board that plugs into a backplane/chassis that provides common power and data connections to multiple computer blades.
HP is selling some 2p and 4p servers with Opterons too. Also, IBM is selling an e325, which is a 2p-capable 1U server. Sun is offering Opteron servers too.
Video needs high bandwidth memory, and the CPU does too. As long as the memory bandwidth needed to max out those chips exceeds the bandwidth available, I doubt it.
I'm guessing AGP will be long gone by the time what you suggests happens. AGP was supposed to solve it and replace on-board texture memory, but it did not.
China isn't getting into space to study science.
I would suggest it is more of an issue of national pride.
China isn't militarizing Antarctica, yet they've been there for a few years with science projects.
Last I read, they were looking to but a, b & g in the same chip. You don't seem to like a, but IIRC, it has eight non-overlapping channels, and b/g only have three, meaning less RF congestion and interference.
Huh? Are Word .docs OK because other companies and groups managed to reverse engineer it somehow, and wpds aren't because no one seems to care?
IIRC, they've sold out several times, but they aren't selling it outside their site that I have seen.
The only reason it is a linux-only card is that a group of linux people decided to make a card for their operating system, it is not necessarily a reversal of fortune, I won't buy a Linux-only card if I can avoid it because Linux does not support any hardware video deinterlacers that I am aware about.
It's not so simple. If he's doing it to support the energy industry then it makes some ammount of sense. Still, the energy industry doesn't need support, it needs more punishment. Has GWB done anything regarding the "big blackout" a couple years back? Heaven forbid that the executives of the power industry have to go without a new jet or powerboat in order to get their infrastructure in reliable working order.
Crap,
"If they use it to kick out people that only buy stuff on sale."
should be:
"If they use it to kick out people that only buy stuff on sale, then I'd be upset"
Sorry for the laziness in proofreading.
...so this database isn't all bad. If they use it to kick out people that only buy stuff on sale. A lot of advertised specials are sold at a loss to get people into the store to buy other things with it. I would also hate it if they misclassify people then I'd be upset.
There does need to be some protection against retailers abusing this practice though.
I don't think it is fair to basically do the free rent thing, buy something for an event or a trip then return it after it is over, that is why restocking fees were put in place for certain kinds of items.
How long ago was it that Miami was just a holiday spot?
Yeah, now it is also a waypoint in the drug trade too. I think that's about it though.
I've tried it outside of slashdot and it doesn't work, not even in Firefox, which surprises me. IIRC, if it's a few words or at least not a valid URL, Firefox tends to look up the item in Google's "I'm feeling lucky" search and go there. It doesn't seem to work even with putting "/." in the address bar, it tries to do "I'm feeling lucky" but it doesn't work.
I am guessing the chips do have integer units though. I suppose they could drop the intmultiply and intdivide units from the circuit masks but it doesn't make sense to do that. The strong point of this kind of supercomputer is the data interconnect, whether that data is int or FP is secondary, although it should definitely be fast at FP.
Actually, I think it makes sense to keep a intmultiply unit in there for calculating table addresses, it is silly to drop that, hardware is likely to do this faster than software.
If noise is a concern and a Shuttle is being considered, I recommend seeing that model in person before buying. The Shuttles I have seen in person were louder than most desktops that I have seen, despite the heat pipe, because the fan they attached to it was loud. Of course, the simplest thing to do is find a quieter fan that delivers a similar flow rate and static pressure, I thin Shuttle really cheaped out on that.
I'm not bothered by the limited or lack of overclocking, generally it voids the warranty anyway. I'm not going to assemble a $1k+ box and run out to void the warranties of all the parts inside. I know some people don't have a problem with that and don't have a problem misrepresenting it to the person they bought the parts from though, but I think it is a valid concern.
I'm not sure what the problem is as this model and other non-standard designs are somewhat nifty from a maintainance perspective. I've found some that are quite a bit better. While I stick to Compaq Deskpro ATX systems for cheap servers, there is one non-standard form factor Deskpro I bought to try out that was surprisingly easy to disassemble to nearly an empty case without needing a screwdriver.
While ATX is nice for maximum flexibility, it demands a pretty large box even for miniATX, and even then not many cases place an emphasis on ease of maintinance anyway.
Being a desknote P4 (not even a P4m), I'd call it a shitty system anyway, although the run time and weight are the better of P4 based desknotes. Only 1.5 hours of run time? Weighs 7lb for a 15" screen? With a Pentium M (or Athlon XP-M), you could expect maybe about 4 hours of operation in 4 to 6lb weight range, and probably 1/4" or more thinner case.
The problem with battery dying could be a miscalibration.
Personally, I call iTMS icing because iPod takes MP3s too. I just copy all of my audio to it, and for the music that I can't justify the entire CD, I could just buy onesies of the tracks I like but don't own to supplement the collection.
I don't have an iPod yet.