have you even looked at the signal integrity issues related to any hss link running at 10gbps/link? unless you run 10 lvds hss for half-duplex 100gbps it'll have to be optical. then it becomes an issue of designing an optical switch that can handle the load, and a ridiculously (and impossibly so by today's standard) fast optical-to-electrical interface, again, to at least 10 hss lvds pairs to achieve those speeds... dream on!
considering it generated 10kw more hp (~13.4hp) and 20 nm more torque (~14.75 lb-ft), and your avg 3 series is something like 90lb/hp, as long as the rig's less than 1200 lbs, you come out on top.
I guess your processor sits around doing nothing all day... 'cuz if you look at pure statistics, at 90nm, leakage current is something like 2% of active current...
GSM 850/1800/1900 for North America
108 x 46 x 20.5 mm, 89 cc
107 g
176 x 220 pixels, TFT, 256K colors
microSD (TransFlash), up to 512MB
VGA, 640x480 pixels, video - Apple iTunes compatible
- Bluetooth
- MPEG4/MP3 player
- Java MIDP 2.0
- WAP 2.0
- iTAP
- Voice dial
- Calculator
- Organizer
- USB port - Changeable covers
- Built-in handsfree
Standby: Up to 230 h
Talk: Up to 9 h
JBenchmark2.0 - 41
JBenchmark1.0 - 1140
k750i/w800i:
GSM 900/1800/1900 100 x 46 x 20.5 mm 99 g
176 x 220 pixels, TFT, 256K colors
Memory Stick Duo Pro, up to 1GB (2GB Duo coming soon) 2 MP (1632x1224) autofocus, video, flash
- Bluetooth (2.0 protocol vs. rokr's?)
- MP3/AAC player - Video player
- WAP 2.0
- Java MIDP 2.0
- T9 - FM radio with RDS
- Image viewer
- Picture editor
- Organiser
- Voice memo
- USB port
- SyncML
- Built-in handsfree
Standby: Up to 400 h
Talk: Up to 9 h
JBenchmark2.0 - 350(8.5x ROKR)
JBenchmark1.0 - 4059(3.5x ROKR)
So tell me why anyone in their right mind would want to go get the ROKR? Oh yeah, 'cuz Cingular offers that phone for free with 2 year contract... I'll take T-mobile's 1 year contract + $200 phone cost for a FAR superior phone any day! Did I mention that Sony-Ericsson lets you do firmware update directly through their website? Try to do that on a RAZR or a ROKR! (For the longest time, V600's firmware can't hold more than 20 SMS msgs regardless of phone memory availability... I had to spend tons of time figuring out how to update the firmware)
what's with slashdot? posting months old stories about N90 review earlier this week, another 'bout phone-cams today? for some up-to-date reviews on phones, go to http://www.gsmarena.com/ and knock yourself out...
a cell phone with dimensions bigger than a 20GB iPod isn't exactly what I call "did away with those HUGE plam looking phones." As it stands, w/o a better CCD sensor and lense technology, camera phones are not useful for true picture taking. I'm also weary of the quality of sound those nokia will output compared to ipods... and what about battery life? I'm still waiting for a PDA-sized device with every feature under the sun, or a good, compact cell phone that'll do what it's suppose to.
If you do a search for "Garden State", "Million Dollar Baby" will be one of the results. On the same token, if you search for "Collateral", thanks to the Jamie Foxx connection, "Ray" will be one of the results...
First of all, Northrop and Lockheed are one of the 2 parties competing for the TSAT contract. Boeing & company (ie IBM, etc) are the other party.
Let's see... w/o divulging any proprietary or competition sensitive info:
In regards to space effect... loads of radiation can cause Single Event Upset (SEU) or latch up. Getting semiconductor parts made for space is extremely costly, and afaik, there isn't a single router chip that can reliably operate in space. As far as shielding is concerned, you'll need a ridiculous amount of tin-foil to block enough of the heavy particles, so that's not very fesible. SOI is inherently better when it comes to space effects, but still pretty shitty compared to a rad-hard part. I think the most advanced commercially available space-qualified CPU is Honeywell's chip based on Motorola's (Freescale) 750, and there are very few FPGAs (for DSP etc) with little gate count that are space qualified...
Last but not least, the capacity that the Air Force wants is pretty insane... I think that's all I'm allowed to say...
I'm surprised that nobody considered the possibility of war between China and Japan. If you look at all the political "trends" in Japan, it all points toward a stronger military presence. China on the other side of waters, will still remember WW2 and will threaten Japan with their economy.
The problem then becomes Taiwan. Many (Japanese and Taiwanese alike) consider Taiwan to be part of Japan due to the 100 years or so of occupation that lead to huge educational advances in Taiwan, among other things, while China remains bitter about KMT. If there's ever conflict between China and Taiwan, US will be much less of a factor than Japan, and before you know it, another world war will break out... that is the most pessimistic prediction of course, but still much more plausible than most people think.
yeah, take out the CRT (-80), add a combo drive (+45), the cheapest 1 year warranty option (+60), and a "real OS" (ie XP-Pro, +80) and you have in your hands a big-fugly tower for $554 (and the $100 mail-in rebate that's not always redeemed or always avilable).
the Mac mini, plus 80GB HD upgrade (+$50), is $549
if you read a little more carefully, you'll have noticed that the link to "88,000 more votes" said that in Palm Beach, after adjusting for the miscounts, gave 1,543 more votes to Bush...
Most of the "evidence" presented by the article are just speculations. Its no secret that UASF's pouring tons of money in TSAT http://www.defense-aerospace.com/produit/46086_us. html, and all those quotes and phrases used to describe this space weaponary can be readily applied to TSAT, a powerful communications satellite for the military.
Alrite, I should stop talking before I get pulled from TSAT and thrown in jail...
notice that's in purchasing power parity terms... ie adjusted for cost of living... however, there are some things you can PPP your way out of...for example, the auto industry, which won't take off unless the per-capita income is USD5,000... Regardless, with a 9% growth per year, Chinese economy would've expanded 7x during the time that it takes US to double... with 2.5 decades of expansion behind, everyone's looking at the year 2020 to be the time when China really becomes a major force.
according to CIA's numbers , US has 12% Population below poverty line and China has 10%. I guess part of that is due to the fact that the lowest paid 10% of the population earns 33% more than the same segment in the US...
Here we are, bickering about if there's any fraud in the election, while I'm sitting here wondering "what if there was a single event upset (SEU) in the memory of the damn machines, which resulted in a MSB flip for Bush from 0 to 1?" With semiconductors getting smaller and smaller, radiation plays a bigger role, and since we are talking about conspiracy theory and remote possibilities, here's another one to kick around...
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have you even looked at the signal integrity issues related to any hss link running at 10gbps/link? unless you run 10 lvds hss for half-duplex 100gbps it'll have to be optical. then it becomes an issue of designing an optical switch that can handle the load, and a ridiculously (and impossibly so by today's standard) fast optical-to-electrical interface, again, to at least 10 hss lvds pairs to achieve those speeds... dream on!
"gas-guzzling"... does your 3.0L engine get 23.5 MPG on mostly city driving?
considering it generated 10kw more hp (~13.4hp) and 20 nm more torque (~14.75 lb-ft), and your avg 3 series is something like 90lb/hp, as long as the rig's less than 1200 lbs, you come out on top.
I guess your processor sits around doing nothing all day... 'cuz if you look at pure statistics, at 90nm, leakage current is something like 2% of active current...
ROKR:
GSM 850/1800/1900 for North America
108 x 46 x 20.5 mm, 89 cc
107 g
176 x 220 pixels, TFT, 256K colors
microSD (TransFlash), up to 512MB
VGA, 640x480 pixels, video
- Apple iTunes compatible
- Bluetooth
- MPEG4/MP3 player
- Java MIDP 2.0
- WAP 2.0
- iTAP
- Voice dial
- Calculator
- Organizer
- USB port
- Changeable covers
- Built-in handsfree
Standby: Up to 230 h
Talk: Up to 9 h
JBenchmark2.0 - 41
JBenchmark1.0 - 1140
k750i/w800i:
GSM 900/1800/1900
100 x 46 x 20.5 mm
99 g
176 x 220 pixels, TFT, 256K colors
Memory Stick Duo Pro, up to 1GB (2GB Duo coming soon)
2 MP (1632x1224) autofocus, video, flash
- Bluetooth (2.0 protocol vs. rokr's?)
- MP3/AAC player
- Video player
- WAP 2.0
- Java MIDP 2.0
- T9
- FM radio with RDS
- Image viewer
- Picture editor
- Organiser
- Voice memo
- USB port
- SyncML
- Built-in handsfree
Standby: Up to 400 h
Talk: Up to 9 h
JBenchmark2.0 - 350(8.5x ROKR)
JBenchmark1.0 - 4059(3.5x ROKR)
So tell me why anyone in their right mind would want to go get the ROKR? Oh yeah, 'cuz Cingular offers that phone for free with 2 year contract... I'll take T-mobile's 1 year contract + $200 phone cost for a FAR superior phone any day! Did I mention that Sony-Ericsson lets you do firmware update directly through their website? Try to do that on a RAZR or a ROKR! (For the longest time, V600's firmware can't hold more than 20 SMS msgs regardless of phone memory availability... I had to spend tons of time figuring out how to update the firmware)
what's with slashdot? posting months old stories about N90 review earlier this week, another 'bout phone-cams today? for some up-to-date reviews on phones, go to http://www.gsmarena.com/ and knock yourself out...
GSMArena reviewed it almost 3 months ago... http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_n90-review-44.php
There's no tenure for CS at Caltech, period. (at least when I under'd there 'til '03)
a cell phone with dimensions bigger than a 20GB iPod isn't exactly what I call "did away with those HUGE plam looking phones." As it stands, w/o a better CCD sensor and lense technology, camera phones are not useful for true picture taking. I'm also weary of the quality of sound those nokia will output compared to ipods... and what about battery life? I'm still waiting for a PDA-sized device with every feature under the sun, or a good, compact cell phone that'll do what it's suppose to.
If you do a search for "Garden State", "Million Dollar Baby" will be one of the results. On the same token, if you search for "Collateral", thanks to the Jamie Foxx connection, "Ray" will be one of the results...
this is definitely interesting...
*cough* Patriot Act *cough*
First of all, Northrop and Lockheed are one of the 2 parties competing for the TSAT contract. Boeing & company (ie IBM, etc) are the other party.
Let's see... w/o divulging any proprietary or competition sensitive info:
In regards to space effect... loads of radiation can cause Single Event Upset (SEU) or latch up. Getting semiconductor parts made for space is extremely costly, and afaik, there isn't a single router chip that can reliably operate in space. As far as shielding is concerned, you'll need a ridiculous amount of tin-foil to block enough of the heavy particles, so that's not very fesible. SOI is inherently better when it comes to space effects, but still pretty shitty compared to a rad-hard part. I think the most advanced commercially available space-qualified CPU is Honeywell's chip based on Motorola's (Freescale) 750, and there are very few FPGAs (for DSP etc) with little gate count that are space qualified...
Last but not least, the capacity that the Air Force wants is pretty insane... I think that's all I'm allowed to say...
I'm surprised that nobody considered the possibility of war between China and Japan. If you look at all the political "trends" in Japan, it all points toward a stronger military presence. China on the other side of waters, will still remember WW2 and will threaten Japan with their economy.
The problem then becomes Taiwan. Many (Japanese and Taiwanese alike) consider Taiwan to be part of Japan due to the 100 years or so of occupation that lead to huge educational advances in Taiwan, among other things, while China remains bitter about KMT. If there's ever conflict between China and Taiwan, US will be much less of a factor than Japan, and before you know it, another world war will break out... that is the most pessimistic prediction of course, but still much more plausible than most people think.
lol yeah, if you lug around a 1000VA UPS weighing in at something like 40lbs, you'll have a nice "portable" computer...
Akami can be blamed for that...
yeah, take out the CRT (-80), add a combo drive (+45), the cheapest 1 year warranty option (+60), and a "real OS" (ie XP-Pro, +80) and you have in your hands a big-fugly tower for $554 (and the $100 mail-in rebate that's not always redeemed or always avilable).
the Mac mini, plus 80GB HD upgrade (+$50), is $549
So your point is?
somebody didn't go visit the Apple site, which says...
"Let Mac mini Entertain You
DVI to S/Video/Composite Adapter
Show off your latest pictures, movies and music on your kitchen TV with the S-Video/composite video adapter."
So, all I have to do is go to Arizona or Nevada to buy a car, and I'll still benefit from the $0.18 of tax break per gallon of gas? ALRITE!
This is a Travesty, a Sham, and a Mockery, a Traveshamockery!
you left out Middle Earth and Mt. Doom
if you read a little more carefully, you'll have noticed that the link to "88,000 more votes" said that in Palm Beach, after adjusting for the miscounts, gave 1,543 more votes to Bush...
Most of the "evidence" presented by the article are just speculations. Its no secret that UASF's pouring tons of money in TSAT http://www.defense-aerospace.com/produit/46086_us. html, and all those quotes and phrases used to describe this space weaponary can be readily applied to TSAT, a powerful communications satellite for the military.
Alrite, I should stop talking before I get pulled from TSAT and thrown in jail...
notice that's in purchasing power parity terms... ie adjusted for cost of living... however, there are some things you can PPP your way out of...for example, the auto industry, which won't take off unless the per-capita income is USD5,000... Regardless, with a 9% growth per year, Chinese economy would've expanded 7x during the time that it takes US to double... with 2.5 decades of expansion behind, everyone's looking at the year 2020 to be the time when China really becomes a major force.
according to CIA's numbers , US has 12% Population below poverty line and China has 10%. I guess part of that is due to the fact that the lowest paid 10% of the population earns 33% more than the same segment in the US...
Here we are, bickering about if there's any fraud in the election, while I'm sitting here wondering "what if there was a single event upset (SEU) in the memory of the damn machines, which resulted in a MSB flip for Bush from 0 to 1?" With semiconductors getting smaller and smaller, radiation plays a bigger role, and since we are talking about conspiracy theory and remote possibilities, here's another one to kick around...