One major reason 4 GHZ processor's are not available at the moment is...(there is more than one)
All wires have capacitance, inductance and resistance. To change the voltage on a wire (change the charge), current must be applied to it. When the current is applied, it takes time for the voltage to change. The amount of time it takes is determined by how much capacitance has to be charged and how much current is avaliable to charge it. It also takes time for voltage to get from one end of the wire to the other. The time for travel is figured by the capacitance of the wire, the length of the wire and the inductance of the wire. To reduce the time, (inverse of speed) the
(1)transistors must be improved for more current
(2)The wires must have lower resistance
(3) the amount of capaticance of the wires must be reduced. (using low K dielectrics)and
(4) wires must be shorter by using smaller transistors
These are all items that research and developement do constantly. IBM is using copper instead of aluminum. Intel is working on the same. Low K dielectrics are being used. Lithography is pressed to use smaller features so the parts are closer and more of them fit. Also the clocking on the chip has to be uniform. If you want to see some of this stuff in action, Look up the wavelength of 4 Ghz. 1 wavelength away on a wire isn't very far. A wire with a signal caries a signal slower than the speed of light. A clock signal on this wire would be one full clock cycle late at the other end of a wire one wavelength long. At 4 Ghz, how far away can your cache memory be before a memory read request and clock get to it and the data return without being late? 4 Ghz signals tend to treat wire as an antenna (it is a radio frequency). Signal tends to leave one wire and show up on another causing errors called crosstalk. All of these issues are the things that have to be worked out to produce a faster chip. Oh by the way-add heat and power distribution to this dense mix of transistors. That is another couple of issues.
This Moore's law has to hit a limit someplace, doesn't it? The next generation of even faster stuff is already on the map. Maybe 2 Gig by this time next year. Wow. How do they do it and keep it innexpensive?
(written in Bold)"The Product is licensed, not sold." Since Microsoft (or whatever other company, since most
EULA's have this clause) own the softare, they can check its use at any time, and can terminate the EULA at any
time: "Without prejudice to any other rights, Microsoft may cancel this EULA if you do not abide by the term
and conditions of the EULA, in which case you must destroy all copies of the Product and all of its component
parts."
When you buy software nowdays, it can Self Destruct with no refund or even better, start blowing $100,000.00 holes in your finances. You thought tobbaco was bad and required a warning on the package....
They can ask, but without a search warrent they can't come in. PERIOD. If they get one, they better have damm good reason other than a hunch. (can you say countersuit) It's the hastle factor. I am upgrading more of my software to open source to reduce the liability risks. Do you believe you could be at risk for not keeping the papers that come with your computer with a preinstalled OS? In my collection I have an OLD Tandy model 100 with Microsoft Firmware in it. I wonder if I am at risk if I can't find the receipt?
I wouldn't be suprised. They did pull all the stops bet the farm gotta embrace the internet/kill Netscape getting it out. Then they had to keep trying to get it to beat Netscape. They put alot of effort into it to give it away free. Don't forget the cost the decision had on getting the DOJ attention and it's associated costs. This thing cost them a bundle.
I went into the Navy because all the want ads stated Education + Experiance. The pay was poor, but it filled the two requirements to get a great job. I have no student loan to pay back. I left after 6 years and never looked back. I got what I wanted.
I wonder if machines (firewalls) that are set up to ignore pings fell under the radar, or did they still show from the old router logs of their provider?
The quickest way to make a software package not work and produce service calls is to impliment dongleware. Device drivers for printers and other things conflict with the dongleware access to the port. Not all hardware has the proper ports, dongles get stolen ETC which is a major IT headache. Consumer revolt has killed dongle use except in some very specialised fields where the 100 or so clients can deal with the dongles on single purpose machines.
At least Intel is trying to make a product better for profit.. Intel is not trying to take money from others for by buying patents for products they never intend to make and suing as the main revenue source. Anybody who sues farmers because they use a plow will have a revolt!
I think looking to see if a trojan was running was a red flag. It may have been left on the system as bait and watched closely. He just got trapped in the sting. Their is a good possibility his computer will set him free.
Moral.. Don't rattel the doorknob on the back of the bank after it was robbed just to see if someone else jimmied the lock. The door may be watched for a return visitor.
Don't hold your breath. I'm still waiting for 12 inch laser disk movies to be cheaper than videotape (it was promised at one time). Translation.. not in my lifetime.
Wow you get to spend $65 so you can trade your type A for 2 type B with the only other member (owner). IF you got a low SER type A, put it on e-bay. They don't charge $65 to register.
By the way I have a couple with the SER # 0000000000000000 and ----------------
Definately shows the format is locked down with serial copy protection which prevents the audio MD's from being used for anything else but audio. There is no way to read or write digital data (binary files) to and from this audio format. Binary transfers are not possible. IT sure cut out the value of the product for me. Great they have a binary format, but it requires a special media. There is no such thing as just grab any ole disk and use it for whatever.
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All wires have capacitance, inductance and resistance. To change the voltage on a wire (change the charge), current must be applied to it. When the current is applied, it takes time for the voltage to change. The amount of time it takes is determined by how much capacitance has to be charged and how much current is avaliable to charge it. It also takes time for voltage to get from one end of the wire to the other. The time for travel is figured by the capacitance of the wire, the length of the wire and the inductance of the wire. To reduce the time, (inverse of speed) the
(1)transistors must be improved for more current
(2)The wires must have lower resistance
(3) the amount of capaticance of the wires must be reduced. (using low K dielectrics)and
(4) wires must be shorter by using smaller transistors
These are all items that research and developement do constantly. IBM is using copper instead of aluminum. Intel is working on the same. Low K dielectrics are being used. Lithography is pressed to use smaller features so the parts are closer and more of them fit. Also the clocking on the chip has to be uniform. If you want to see some of this stuff in action, Look up the wavelength of 4 Ghz. 1 wavelength away on a wire isn't very far. A wire with a signal caries a signal slower than the speed of light. A clock signal on this wire would be one full clock cycle late at the other end of a wire one wavelength long. At 4 Ghz, how far away can your cache memory be before a memory read request and clock get to it and the data return without being late? 4 Ghz signals tend to treat wire as an antenna (it is a radio frequency). Signal tends to leave one wire and show up on another causing errors called crosstalk. All of these issues are the things that have to be worked out to produce a faster chip. Oh by the way-add heat and power distribution to this dense mix of transistors. That is another couple of issues.
This Moore's law has to hit a limit someplace, doesn't it? The next generation of even faster stuff is already on the map. Maybe 2 Gig by this time next year. Wow. How do they do it and keep it innexpensive?
How fast will the IP of the search be noted on server logs and shared. I love IPCHAINS. Hmmm broken link from 240.0.23.1
When you buy software nowdays, it can Self Destruct with no refund or even better, start blowing $100,000.00 holes in your finances. You thought tobbaco was bad and required a warning on the package....
Wow! if they fought back using the manual that came with Windows, it would be a short battle.
They can ask, but without a search warrent they can't come in. PERIOD. If they get one, they better have damm good reason other than a hunch. (can you say countersuit) It's the hastle factor. I am upgrading more of my software to open source to reduce the liability risks. Do you believe you could be at risk for not keeping the papers that come with your computer with a preinstalled OS? In my collection I have an OLD Tandy model 100 with Microsoft Firmware in it. I wonder if I am at risk if I can't find the receipt?
I wouldn't be suprised. They did pull all the stops bet the farm gotta embrace the internet/kill Netscape getting it out. Then they had to keep trying to get it to beat Netscape. They put alot of effort into it to give it away free. Don't forget the cost the decision had on getting the DOJ attention and it's associated costs. This thing cost them a bundle.
Oops. You posted the e-mail.. Wana bet someone spams it before you get it online?
Everyone's spam block works. Isn't ipchains wonderful! I wonder if the ISP made the Real Time Black Hole List?
It took them a few Billion dollars to equal the quality of an open source project. Think about the quality in open source in this regard next time.
I went into the Navy because all the want ads stated Education + Experiance. The pay was poor, but it filled the two requirements to get a great job. I have no student loan to pay back. I left after 6 years and never looked back. I got what I wanted.
How does region restrictions work thru an anonymous porxy? Will we see more proxy use to bypass restrictions?
I wonder if machines (firewalls) that are set up to ignore pings fell under the radar, or did they still show from the old router logs of their provider?
The quickest way to make a software package not work and produce service calls is to impliment dongleware. Device drivers for printers and other things conflict with the dongleware access to the port. Not all hardware has the proper ports, dongles get stolen ETC which is a major IT headache. Consumer revolt has killed dongle use except in some very specialised fields where the 100 or so clients can deal with the dongles on single purpose machines.
At least Intel is trying to make a product better for profit.. Intel is not trying to take money from others for by buying patents for products they never intend to make and suing as the main revenue source. Anybody who sues farmers because they use a plow will have a revolt!
Moral.. Don't rattel the doorknob on the back of the bank after it was robbed just to see if someone else jimmied the lock. The door may be watched for a return visitor.
+ $25/month thereafter until you cancel.
Don't hold your breath. I'm still waiting for 12 inch laser disk movies to be cheaper than videotape (it was promised at one time). Translation.. not in my lifetime.
Somehow I see the death of MP3's on Napster. I'll have to go elsewhere to feed my RIO and in car unit.
By the way I have a couple with the SER # 0000000000000000 and ----------------
Are they worth much?
It's strictly a Microsoft thing. The program used to write the trojan was Microsoft's C++
Must be afraid of being like ZEROX.
I couldn't afford a tank of fuel and my back yard is too small.
1) A home computer connected to the network was borken into. That is understandable.
2) Passwords were detected by (by Microsoft) being sent to St. Petersberg.
Unless they were sent from inside Microsoft, how did they detect they were sent at all?
Definately shows the format is locked down with serial copy protection which prevents the audio MD's from being used for anything else but audio. There is no way to read or write digital data (binary files) to and from this audio format. Binary transfers are not possible. IT sure cut out the value of the product for me. Great they have a binary format, but it requires a special media. There is no such thing as just grab any ole disk and use it for whatever.