250 and 300GB SATA disks are already pushing sustained over 50 mbytes/sec, at 7200 rpm. That's enough to max out most gigabit cards, except for the higher end ones.
As long as the aerial density keep increasing, we will see slow but steady increases in speed too.
If anything, networking has been the stagnant factor lately. Gigabit over copper has been out for years now, and the hardware for it is still overpriced, and mostly made by a few manufacturers.
It's been done. Back in 97 or so I used a Mac that had a Pentium 200 or so on a card. You'd hit something like ctrl-alt-enter to switch between them. Not much advantage over a KVM switchbox, except for the shared clipboard, and maybe some shared file system stuff (nothing much that couldn't be done with something like NFS or appletalk).
I agree, but I think it could be argued that "the security of a free State" implies security from individuals within that state also. I think they would have specified "the security of a free State from XXXX" if they only had one purpose in mind.
FedEx recently "upgraded" our powership station to Windows XP. Since then we had major trouble all the time, we got some reps in and met with them, and they said we can install whatever we want on the computer. 2000 is definitely going on there.
I want to know who the hell though WinXP would be a good idea on an appliance type system like that.
They did talk to us about integrating the system into our ecommerce app though, don't know what that would cost us in terms of "licenses" for whatever to uncripple the software (if any).
I think the ways to innovate something like GTA are pretty obvious, it's just a question of hardware. Imagine the thousands of microsimulations of something like Sim City, a persistant world with individuals in it, rather than randomly generated vehicles and pedestrians. Most buildings having interiors, with real people doing real life-like stuff in them, etc.
Basically, a game like GTA could be designed to use the hardware of the next 10 years, and still have plenty of innovation left over.
The way I understand this type of thing from the legal courses I have taken, is that it generally doesn't matter what you say, as long as you don't take actions toward the end of committing the crime.
A lot of it has to do with intent also. You have to actually intend to commit the crime. Taking actions toward the end of committing the crime is a pretty strong signal of intent.
put more police back in the communities to prevent serious violent crime
We already have way too many police. The job of the police isn't to prevent crime, it never was, that's what the 2nd amendment is for in the US. The job of the police is to enforce the laws. This means arresting people who commit crimes. No more, no less. When police deviate from their job, things get dangerous for civil liberties really quick.
Have you seen the articles about a possible switch back to BJT technology from the current FET technology?
The way I understand it: Since FETs are voltage driven, they mostly only consume current when changing states, and consume a lot of it during the time they are in the active region. This makes current consumption proportional to frequency.
BJT's would consume a more or less fixed amount of current, at any frequency. This amount of current might initally seem high, but considering the current trends in processors, it might net a gain.
IIRC from HS physics class, terminal velocity was around 90 to 100 mph (removing the whole aerodynamic wind resistance variables
You recall incorrectly. There's no terminal velocity if there's no wind resistance, unless you count smacking the ground, in which case terminal velocity is always zero:). It's not as if gravity magically stops working once you hit a certain speed.
Gunshots sound like fire-crakers, not the deep booms as portrayed by hollywood.
You must not shoot much. A.22LR sounds kinda like a firecracker, but a 22-250 high power rifle sure doesn't. A.44 magnum is also pretty deep, though not booming like a rifle. Most shotguns are pretty loud and deep too.
I agree with you that gunshot sounds sometimes aren't quite right in movies and such, but I think they are usually pretty close to reality. As someone with a gun background, I hardly ever think they sound fake.
Freedom of speech is the First Amendment to the US Constitution
I don't think they were in any particular order, although I think one could argue that the founders ordered them that way to hint at their relative importance. IANAH(istorian).
They can fail, like other semiconductors can fail. They are much less likely to fail in any reasonable amount of time if they are run at lower percentages of their rated current, and below their rated temperature. The life of the device is a function of current and temperature, like all semiconductors.
So a LED that stays at room temperature at 50% rated current, might very well last several decades or more of continuous operation, assuming no power surges ever hit it.
I don't think so. I did VT CS. It really is that stupid and petty. It was a total waste of my time. Their business college is worse, I did that too for a while. Tech in general doesn't give a fuck about undergrads, from an educational standpoint. Things like being forced to take "Introduction to computers" and two VB classes right after I passed advanced data structures (and all prereqs), just because I changed majors.
"Super Mario Bros." for NES: 40 Million Units "Tetris" for Gameboy: 33 Million Units
Both of those were bundled with the system, so I think it's safe to say those numbers don't quite fit in with the rest. Even without bundling I think they would still be high on the list.
Linux came along in the 80's (before the current SCO, though)
Linux didn't start until the 90s. It depends on what you mean by the "current SCO". If you mean the company that exists as a merger of Caldera/SCO and is owned by scam artists, then yes.
The thing is, the current centralized server model lets the game companies enforce a form of copy protection that really works. I'd venture to say it's one of the only successful forms of copy protection (DRM) ever implemented, or likely to ever be implemented. (Even dongles can be copied)
I doubt they will be happy to give up this system, unless they can safely say they are missing out on something huge by sticking to it.
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250 and 300GB SATA disks are already pushing sustained over 50 mbytes/sec, at 7200 rpm. That's enough to max out most gigabit cards, except for the higher end ones.
As long as the aerial density keep increasing, we will see slow but steady increases in speed too.
If anything, networking has been the stagnant factor lately. Gigabit over copper has been out for years now, and the hardware for it is still overpriced, and mostly made by a few manufacturers.
It's been done. Back in 97 or so I used a Mac that had a Pentium 200 or so on a card. You'd hit something like ctrl-alt-enter to switch between them. Not much advantage over a KVM switchbox, except for the shared clipboard, and maybe some shared file system stuff (nothing much that couldn't be done with something like NFS or appletalk).
I agree, but I think it could be argued that "the security of a free State" implies security from individuals within that state also. I think they would have specified "the security of a free State from XXXX" if they only had one purpose in mind.
FedEx recently "upgraded" our powership station to Windows XP. Since then we had major trouble all the time, we got some reps in and met with them, and they said we can install whatever we want on the computer. 2000 is definitely going on there.
I want to know who the hell though WinXP would be a good idea on an appliance type system like that.
They did talk to us about integrating the system into our ecommerce app though, don't know what that would cost us in terms of "licenses" for whatever to uncripple the software (if any).
I think the ways to innovate something like GTA are pretty obvious, it's just a question of hardware. Imagine the thousands of microsimulations of something like Sim City, a persistant world with individuals in it, rather than randomly generated vehicles and pedestrians. Most buildings having interiors, with real people doing real life-like stuff in them, etc.
Basically, a game like GTA could be designed to use the hardware of the next 10 years, and still have plenty of innovation left over.
That sounds right now.
The way I understand this type of thing from the legal courses I have taken, is that it generally doesn't matter what you say, as long as you don't take actions toward the end of committing the crime.
A lot of it has to do with intent also. You have to actually intend to commit the crime. Taking actions toward the end of committing the crime is a pretty strong signal of intent.
put more police back in the communities to prevent serious violent crime
We already have way too many police. The job of the police isn't to prevent crime, it never was, that's what the 2nd amendment is for in the US. The job of the police is to enforce the laws. This means arresting people who commit crimes. No more, no less. When police deviate from their job, things get dangerous for civil liberties really quick.
Ignoring the old Macs that had GUI stuff in BIOS calls?
Have you seen the articles about a possible switch back to BJT technology from the current FET technology?
The way I understand it:
Since FETs are voltage driven, they mostly only consume current when changing states, and consume a lot of it during the time they are in the active region. This makes current consumption proportional to frequency.
BJT's would consume a more or less fixed amount of current, at any frequency. This amount of current might initally seem high, but considering the current trends in processors, it might net a gain.
IIRC from HS physics class, terminal velocity was around 90 to 100 mph (removing the whole aerodynamic wind resistance variables
:). It's not as if gravity magically stops working once you hit a certain speed.
You recall incorrectly. There's no terminal velocity if there's no wind resistance, unless you count smacking the ground, in which case terminal velocity is always zero
What are these "50 cent" songs people are talking about? Is it some music service?
Gunshots sound like fire-crakers, not the deep booms as portrayed by hollywood.
.22LR sounds kinda like a firecracker, but a 22-250 high power rifle sure doesn't. A .44 magnum is also pretty deep, though not booming like a rifle. Most shotguns are pretty loud and deep too.
You must not shoot much. A
I agree with you that gunshot sounds sometimes aren't quite right in movies and such, but I think they are usually pretty close to reality. As someone with a gun background, I hardly ever think they sound fake.
So that's why the Hunt for Red October sucked so much.
I thought it was a nice touch that in ST:Bridge Commander, the picard character pulls his shirt down when he gets up to leave the bridge.
One of the few good points of the game unfortunately.
What about the niggabyte?
They sell those at KFC I think.
Freedom of speech is the First Amendment to the US Constitution
I don't think they were in any particular order, although I think one could argue that the founders ordered them that way to hint at their relative importance. IANAH(istorian).
They can fail, like other semiconductors can fail. They are much less likely to fail in any reasonable amount of time if they are run at lower percentages of their rated current, and below their rated temperature. The life of the device is a function of current and temperature, like all semiconductors.
So a LED that stays at room temperature at 50% rated current, might very well last several decades or more of continuous operation, assuming no power surges ever hit it.
A fluorescent converts less electiricty to head. A LED converts even less to heat.
This is actually wrong. LEDs are considerably less efficient than fluorescent blubs. Go look it up and do the math, if you doubt me.
I don't think so. I did VT CS. It really is that stupid and petty. It was a total waste of my time. Their business college is worse, I did that too for a while. Tech in general doesn't give a fuck about undergrads, from an educational standpoint. Things like being forced to take "Introduction to computers" and two VB classes right after I passed advanced data structures (and all prereqs), just because I changed majors.
College was the biggest mistake of my life.
"Super Mario Bros." for NES: 40 Million Units
"Tetris" for Gameboy: 33 Million Units
Both of those were bundled with the system, so I think it's safe to say those numbers don't quite fit in with the rest. Even without bundling I think they would still be high on the list.
Linux came along in the 80's (before the current SCO, though)
Linux didn't start until the 90s. It depends on what you mean by the "current SCO". If you mean the company that exists as a merger of Caldera/SCO and is owned by scam artists, then yes.
You meant Darl, right?
Legal Reasons? I thought a person's name was pretty much exempt from protections. (Spike TV stupidity aside)
The thing is, the current centralized server model lets the game companies enforce a form of copy protection that really works. I'd venture to say it's one of the only successful forms of copy protection (DRM) ever implemented, or likely to ever be implemented. (Even dongles can be copied)
I doubt they will be happy to give up this system, unless they can safely say they are missing out on something huge by sticking to it.