isn't putting a power-storing flywheel in a car a bad idea? It would have to be light and spin extremely quickly.. but if it were fixed to the car, it would make the car hard to turn. I guess you could "float" it and let it spin regardless of the orientation of the car? Wow I don't want to get in an accident with one of these cars, though.
I disagree COMPLETELY. Why should I pay for a game that relies entirely on users to create story? That's like buying a novel prices and getting a blank notebook.
They're not really nuclear tipped. The warheads are in MRV's that fall from the missile and go to their targets independently. I guess that's not really the point, though, huh?
but that's 80 million titles sold in just the top titles. Assuming the titles went for an average of $30 (with price drops and such), that's $2.4 billion-with-a-b. Wow.
But, surprisingly because so often it isn't the case, the best-selling games on the platform are all quality titles. I've played and enjoyed all of the titles mentioned. So often 'popular' and 'good' don't line up at all.
We need to stop and think about money and how one loses money. When you spend $600 on parts to build something you intend to sell, you're out $600. It doesn't matter if you plan on selling it for $400 or $800. When it's sitting in a warehouse, you're still out $600. If no one ever buys it you're out $600. Whether they are selling them for a loss or not has nothing to do with what effect giving them away has.
I didn't realize fiber optics had a speed. I thought it was just a tunnel for light.
WTF is fiber optic speed? How about Japanese get 45 gigamillizetabits/s and eu/us gets 6mb/s. That has meaning. I can run 10mb/s over a copper wire, I can run 1000mb/s over the same copper wire. At one point in time, it was the fastest you could do over that copper wire. If I said "copper wire speed" people would think I as dumb.
Mathematically that's not quite true. If it had some amount of initial charge it could be using some percentage of that in order to make it through each night. Perhaps that number is 50% each night:)
I don't know if that is the case here.. just saying that it doesn't necessarily follow that the plane can stay up indefinitely.
Charge as many batteries with as much power as you want - you have to get them off the ground. The problem is that right now batteries are heavy and not efficient enough. It's the same problem with getting rockets into space. You have to carry the energy you want to use later.
This is something that will get solved - the only interesting part is 'when'. The fact that it's happening now is what's interesting.
And I don't understand them not saying "well, we'll need 25% more amd-based servers, so lets factor in those extra machines into the power equation.."
I think Intel has a reasonable beef with the test. I'm not an intel fanboy.. except that I think they have better stuff right now in the 2-socket (4 and possibly 8 core) arena.
You missed the point. You care about power efficiency in a server because when you get outside being a rinky-dink operation and start designing entire data centers, you realize that there's a huge multiplier on your power consumption. You have to remember that increase in power use causes an increase in heat which requires an increase in cooling requirements. This also increases your generation requirements.
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Yeah. The machine comes with photoshop. Standard. You're paying $400 for hardware and $999 for photoshop (or whatever it costs these days).
It surely comes equipped with some crappy 'starter' software.
isn't putting a power-storing flywheel in a car a bad idea? It would have to be light and spin extremely quickly.. but if it were fixed to the car, it would make the car hard to turn. I guess you could "float" it and let it spin regardless of the orientation of the car? Wow I don't want to get in an accident with one of these cars, though.
And you have an "unlimited use" pc?
Portability is a feature.
What the FUCK? Do we attack EVERYONE who has rockets? And, by your second argument, we should attack everyone who doesn't have rockets, too?
I disagree COMPLETELY. Why should I pay for a game that relies entirely on users to create story? That's like buying a novel prices and getting a blank notebook.
you are an idiot.
They're not really nuclear tipped. The warheads are in MRV's that fall from the missile and go to their targets independently. I guess that's not really the point, though, huh?
obviously not. When it's news that they had a profitable QUARTER and they've been around for many years. No. They're not profitable overall.
but that's 80 million titles sold in just the top titles. Assuming the titles went for an average of $30 (with price drops and such), that's $2.4 billion-with-a-b. Wow.
But, surprisingly because so often it isn't the case, the best-selling games on the platform are all quality titles. I've played and enjoyed all of the titles mentioned. So often 'popular' and 'good' don't line up at all.
We need to stop and think about money and how one loses money. When you spend $600 on parts to build something you intend to sell, you're out $600. It doesn't matter if you plan on selling it for $400 or $800. When it's sitting in a warehouse, you're still out $600. If no one ever buys it you're out $600. Whether they are selling them for a loss or not has nothing to do with what effect giving them away has.
Was the triple-negative really necessary?
fiber optic speed?
I didn't realize fiber optics had a speed. I thought it was just a tunnel for light.
WTF is fiber optic speed? How about Japanese get 45 gigamillizetabits/s and eu/us gets 6mb/s. That has meaning. I can run 10mb/s over a copper wire, I can run 1000mb/s over the same copper wire. At one point in time, it was the fastest you could do over that copper wire. If I said "copper wire speed" people would think I as dumb.
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I can do a 360 in midair on a console in a fraction of a second.. don't blink. Oops, you missed it.
*dolt* 360 is facing the same way you started. It's a no-op.
And remember, linux can complete an infinite loop faster than any other OS.
Mathematically that's not quite true. If it had some amount of initial charge it could be using some percentage of that in order to make it through each night. Perhaps that number is 50% each night :)
I don't know if that is the case here.. just saying that it doesn't necessarily follow that the plane can stay up indefinitely.
Too bad it's not metal.. you could just put a magnet in front and above the plane to keep it up and and moving.
Charge as many batteries with as much power as you want - you have to get them off the ground. The problem is that right now batteries are heavy and not efficient enough. It's the same problem with getting rockets into space. You have to carry the energy you want to use later.
This is something that will get solved - the only interesting part is 'when'. The fact that it's happening now is what's interesting.
dont' forget about the wii.. it does some pretty slick FPS without a mouse.. heck.. it's more like an actual shooter
But this article sucks less..
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070907/ap_on_sc/stra
Which does say 5000 miles on 2000 gallons. Apparently it has a maximum speed of 30 knots.
That wikipedia article sucks. The part where it's talking about it's range and fuel load isn't even correct english (at the time I read it).
I'm guessing it does better than 2.5 mpg..
And I don't understand them not saying "well, we'll need 25% more amd-based servers, so lets factor in those extra machines into the power equation.."
I think Intel has a reasonable beef with the test. I'm not an intel fanboy.. except that I think they have better stuff right now in the 2-socket (4 and possibly 8 core) arena.
wake me up when it supports spnego/kerberos auth. Then I can tell my users they use opera at work.
Because everything else does and at my work we're about to make opera users very sad.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPNEGO
You missed the point. You care about power efficiency in a server because when you get outside being a rinky-dink operation and start designing entire data centers, you realize that there's a huge multiplier on your power consumption. You have to remember that increase in power use causes an increase in heat which requires an increase in cooling requirements. This also increases your generation requirements.
additional cost =
power delta * 10,000 (machines) * 2 (for cooling)
+ additional cooling hardware + additional generation hardware