There is a lot of confusion reported in the articles, probably fueled by the fact that there are or will be soon 2, 4 and even 32 processors per chip.
The unedited copy/paste from the article goes like this:
The computer will use a new architecture that has more than a million CPUs connected in ever-larger bunches, said Ambuj Goyal, vice president of computer science at IBM Research.
The chip itself will extend an IBM design philosophy that will emerge in coming years with IBM's Power4 processor. That processor will package four CPUs on a single chip, IBM has said.
Blue Gene will use 32 CPUs in a single chip, Goyal said.
So, is that a one-million processors machine they're really building, a 32768 chips machine or what ? ZDnet reporters are on crack today:)
I wish someone found an article from IBM's PR site with more details and less confusion.
Blue Gene will use 32 CPUs in a single chip, Goyal said. [...] These chips will contain the computer memory as well [...] A total of 64 of those 32-CPU chips will be packaged in a computing node; then eight nodes will be stacked in each rack. Building 64 of these racks will get IBM to its goal.
I still hope they get decent coolers 'cuz we're now talking about 32 processors per chip ! Still, what an awesome design to increase the density & number of processors. I was wondering how they'd do it for 65,000. Now I know:)
Interesting question unfolding : will we ever get those chips on the desktop ? Imagine your own 32-way PC at home. Heh, who needs Beowulf clusters now !
...can be pretty bad, too. Check this out in Lebanon.
A couple of weeks ago I came accross a couple of photograps of actual telephone exchanges in the streets of Beirut. You just wouldn't believe it, and it took me a few seconds to understand the picture. there were so many wires that you can hardly see the box behind -- kinda like Johnny Mnemonic, except with 10x more wires, and 2 or 3 handsets plugged in seemingly random (or probably not) outlets. I'll post again if I can find it back.
For a portable device which records and reads CDs at 24X, rewrites CDs at 10X and reads DVDs at 8X, for less than $300 I think it isn't too bad actually. IMHO of course.
In a very good interview CEO Robert Massa says: "[...] We do not own the Websites and we have no influence over Google, who publicly publishes the PageRank of Websites through the use of their own toolbar, so we have no way of knowing what might happen later".
Right there, you said it King. You have no way to control someone else's own business. If you don't like it, fcsk you.
Later he goes on saying, "In the event the PR of a page with an ad changed, we would simply adjust the pricing or adjust where the ad was being displayed at the advertisers request."
I suppose you will sell your services at a real low price, very shortly:)
Every exploit eventually produces a patch (or make people aware) to make the default OS settings a bit less brain-dead stupid open. People actually connect to the Internet these days.
Fighting for parking is lame. Come in 30 minutes before the show starts instead of just 10.
Crappy seats are lame. Good points. I'm more fortunate, Kinepolis have awesome seats, wide and deep anough with lots of padding, and with cupholders for all.
Children with colds are lame. They normally like to sit at the back. Go to the front: the picture is bigger, and the rows usually quieter.
Loud Adults are lame.
The drunkard behind you who is wheezing and producing phlegm throught out the movie is lame. Right, but see my previous point....
Not being able to pause when you have to go to the bathroom is lame. Agreed. You can go before the film starts, and if you don't drink more than you can you should be fine. Or just accept that you'll miss 3 minutes of the movie (if you wait the right time it can be done, esp. with someone to tell you if you missed anything important)..
On the other hand, that's a complete movie immersion: no phone to answer, no email to write, nothing but you and the film... If the film is good, that is.
Funny you should mention it, they have finally seen the light.... Check this announcement out: Apollo 13 adapted on IMAX.
And I happen to live near the biggest one in Europe...:)
(in case you wonder where I was on 01/01/00 in the evening, I was watching the premiere of Fantasia 2000 right there).
I'm one of the lucky few to leave near a truely awesome24-screens megaplex, all of them THX w/ huge screens, plus one Imax screen, and I disagree with most of what the article goes on about.
First about the costs. "As the cost of going to the movies has escalated to $20 or so for a ticket, parking and popcorn,..."
I pay $5.70 for one ticket using one of the savers program (buy 10 coupons for $57 and use the tickets within 1 year -- fine by me). Popcorn isn't really to my taste or diet, and I just smuggle a can of coke in my jacket.
How about release dates: "the movie will be out on DVD in just four or five months".
Right, sometimes, if you're lucky. Often it is one or two years, though. And by then all of your friends will have seen the movie, and you'll feel like a dork.
And it goes on: "a purchase price of $12-$15". Over here you get the movies from 1970 at that price, perhaps something newer but second hand. Let's be realistic and put a $30 price tag to new releases.
Overall, what do we get ? Superb movies experience for 20% of the price of the DVD, in a truely beautiful theatre with a screen so big you can just about see the edges and feel like inside the picture, and excellent sound. At home all I have is a stereo TV set, and neighbours on 4 sides. Obviously it's not quite the same.....
Don't get me wrong.. I love DVDs and own many, but going to the cinema is an alltogether different experience, at least for me. I am likely to go see a movie I really like several times in a row.
"I would definitely recommend Constructing Accessible Websites as a good source of information on the area."
You hit the sweet spot here. The problem is, with the trend in websites today (all flash/frames/javascript), no-one care.
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It must have been cool to be part of the Goddard Space Flight Center staff. Did you meet famous people while working there? Didn't this make you want to ditch IT, and become an astronaut yourself instead?
Let me guess: you're one of those who prefer to watch the screen from far-back near the last rows, right? I never have a person in front of me (I'm a front or second row movies watcher), so I can't hear the moanings coming from the mop behind:)
I had such high hopes that the global warming from current vehicles would eventually make Northern Canada a decent place to live. Now all my dreams are shattered... Thanks a lot.
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The unedited copy/paste from the article goes like this:
The chip itself will extend an IBM design philosophy that will emerge in coming years with IBM's Power4 processor. That processor will package four CPUs on a single chip, IBM has said.
Blue Gene will use 32 CPUs in a single chip, Goyal said.
So, is that a one-million processors machine they're really building, a 32768 chips machine or what ? ZDnet reporters are on crack today :)
I wish someone found an article from IBM's PR site with more details and less confusion.
I still hope they get decent coolers 'cuz we're now talking about 32 processors per chip ! Still, what an awesome design to increase the density & number of processors. I was wondering how they'd do it for 65,000. Now I know :)
Interesting question unfolding : will we ever get those chips on the desktop ? Imagine your own 32-way PC at home. Heh, who needs Beowulf clusters now !
Picture 65,000 AMD's at 2+ GHz, what a fire hazard that would be :*)
A couple of weeks ago I came accross a couple of photograps of actual telephone exchanges in the streets of Beirut. You just wouldn't believe it, and it took me a few seconds to understand the picture. there were so many wires that you can hardly see the box behind -- kinda like Johnny Mnemonic, except with 10x more wires, and 2 or 3 handsets plugged in seemingly random (or probably not) outlets. I'll post again if I can find it back.
What cracks me up, most of the times, is the variations that said users make with first post. Froszt pist, forst piss, etc.
Until this feels redundant, which is when you carry on reading everything nested, threshold +3.
For a portable device which records and reads CDs at 24X, rewrites CDs at 10X and reads DVDs at 8X, for less than $300 I think it isn't too bad actually. IMHO of course.
After reading the article, were I the only one wishing I had guns and drove over to visit them for a couple of hours ? (Think Leon here).
Funny that no one has mentionned Project Gutenberg so far. If you don't know what they do, check it out here.
Right there, you said it King. You have no way to control someone else's own business. If you don't like it, fcsk you.
Later he goes on saying, "In the event the PR of a page with an ad changed, we would simply adjust the pricing or adjust where the ad was being displayed at the advertisers request."
I suppose you will sell your services at a real low price, very shortly :)
The resulting page doesn't even render on NS4.76 cause they probably forgot to close a table tag. Loosers!
MS eventually fixed that OOB flaw with their TCP/IP stack after winnuke became a real embarassement to everyone... So that was my point exactly !
Every exploit eventually produces a patch (or make people aware) to make the default OS settings a bit less brain-dead stupid open. People actually connect to the Internet these days.
Come in 30 minutes before the show starts instead of just 10.
Crappy seats are lame.
Good points. I'm more fortunate, Kinepolis have awesome seats, wide and deep anough with lots of padding, and with cupholders for all.
Children with colds are lame.
They normally like to sit at the back. Go to the front: the picture is bigger, and the rows usually quieter.
Loud Adults are lame.
The drunkard behind you who is wheezing and producing phlegm throught out the movie is lame.
Right, but see my previous point....
Not being able to pause when you have to go to the bathroom is lame.
Agreed. You can go before the film starts, and if you don't drink more than you can you should be fine. Or just accept that you'll miss 3 minutes of the movie (if you wait the right time it can be done, esp. with someone to tell you if you missed anything important)..
On the other hand, that's a complete movie immersion: no phone to answer, no email to write, nothing but you and the film... If the film is good, that is.
I suppose I'm just a happier camper than you, perhaps it's because I am privileged to live near one of the best movies theatre in the world :)
And I happen to live near the biggest one in Europe... :)
(in case you wonder where I was on 01/01/00 in the evening, I was watching the premiere of Fantasia 2000 right there).
First about the costs. "As the cost of going to the movies has escalated to $20 or so for a ticket, parking and popcorn,..."
I pay $5.70 for one ticket using one of the savers program (buy 10 coupons for $57 and use the tickets within 1 year -- fine by me). Popcorn isn't really to my taste or diet, and I just smuggle a can of coke in my jacket.
How about release dates: "the movie will be out on DVD in just four or five months".
Right, sometimes, if you're lucky. Often it is one or two years, though. And by then all of your friends will have seen the movie, and you'll feel like a dork.
And it goes on: "a purchase price of $12-$15".
Over here you get the movies from 1970 at that price, perhaps something newer but second hand. Let's be realistic and put a $30 price tag to new releases.
Overall, what do we get ? Superb movies experience for 20% of the price of the DVD, in a truely beautiful theatre with a screen so big you can just about see the edges and feel like inside the picture, and excellent sound. At home all I have is a stereo TV set, and neighbours on 4 sides. Obviously it's not quite the same.....
Don't get me wrong.. I love DVDs and own many, but going to the cinema is an alltogether different experience, at least for me. I am likely to go see a movie I really like several times in a row.
At the level I'm listenning my music at, I can't even tell if it's mono !
You hit the sweet spot here. The problem is, with the trend in websites today (all flash/frames/javascript), no-one care.
It must have been cool to be part of the Goddard Space Flight Center staff. Did you meet famous people while working there? Didn't this make you want to ditch IT, and become an astronaut yourself instead?
You mean, one of these ?????
Let me guess: you're one of those who prefer to watch the screen from far-back near the last rows, right? I never have a person in front of me (I'm a front or second row movies watcher), so I can't hear the moanings coming from the mop behind :)
I had such high hopes that the global warming from current vehicles would eventually make Northern Canada a decent place to live. Now all my dreams are shattered... Thanks a lot.
Quickly encrypt all the pr0n on my hard drives, since my wife begins to understand how to use the PC!
The 8 x 73HP motors, for instance! That makes 55 kw (73 PS) x 8 power, and 100 Nm x 8 (72.33 lb/ft x 8) between 0-5500 rpm of torque......
Hello. Click. I know you can do it :)