Every company that has a product to market has a competitor. Said company always does extensive research on competitors to see what they're doing.
It would not suprise me in the least that Intel knows where AMD is at, and AMD knows where Intel is at. It just makes good business sense; if not only to try to grow into areas where your competitor does well.
The company I work for has a pretty decent research staff that investigates "competitors". You need to try to stay one step ahead of the game; being blindsided by things that your competitors do is not a good way to run a business.
There are a lot of people who COULD tell the difference. There is really no issue if someone who doesn't care listens to a 128kbit mp3 and is happy with the sound quality.
Really, I am pretty anal about how I encode my music for my portable player. However, I think there are more people out there who would just be happy to "have" the music rather than have it in the original format. The real shocker is that more and more, it's the people who aren't technical or sound-quality concerned that are getting mp3's off of the internet.
Which I see as a good thing. The bigger the target, the harder it is for the MPAA/RIAA to take us all down.
Wow. That wasn't even where I intended to go with this post.... oh well.
The garage thing also isn't guaranteed -- it seems to be going the way of the gas oven. Most cars sold in the western world have too good catalytic converters to guarantee anything unless you are very careful. Plus, it will be a very, very unpleasant death -- the air will get *terrible* far before it's bad enough to kill you or make you pass out.
I have a friend of a friend who committed suicide this way. In fact, this guy lived with us for a quarter in college....
I can tell you a few things that you may not know.
1. Your car burns on fuel and oxygen. If you run a car long enough in a garage (mostly sealed, of course), you will deplete the oxygen levels to a point that you will pass out. Carbon Monoxide is produced, which can kill (and does in this situation).
(An aside - I have 2 kerosene heaters in my garage. I have to be VERY careful when running them, because they suck the oxygen right out of the air too... I've actually had trouble lighting my Zippo...)
2. Once you pass out, you will not feel much of anything. Of course, I've not tried this method (and never will), but I'd bet that your body would just start to shut down.
In addition, the air would be somewhat terrible, but I don't think it would cause anything that would keep you from passing out. I've been around my share of cars to know that it can cause wicked dehydration, but then again, when attempting suicide you're not exactly worried about the body's condition, are you?
I do, it's the smell of legislation that will never be passed.
RTFA.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported that the law, signed by Gov. Robert Taft on Feb. 1,
From what I can tell from the article, the law is more meant for Auctioneers. Sounds like whomever wrote the article wanted to make it more "sensational"....
10 million divisions or cells and in each one of these a byte can be stored. In order to store the byte,
Maybe you can store one of 8 strengths of varying magnetism within each division, which would lead to 10MB. But you're right, how you can get 10GB out of that???
I bet the TV show 24 has done almost as well in rentals as it did during original airing.
I always wanted to watch that show, from the 1st season.
Recently it started coming in on Netflix.
Let me tell you -- I feel like a junkie every time an episode ends, needing just one more fix... (kinda like season 3). Nothing quite wastes time like 21 hours of a TV show that is as seamless as a movie.
I believe that part, at least, was answered in the article. Notably, the picture at the bottom explains some of the more "technical" details for inquiring minds.
I was thinking it would be neat to have a "driver" that would seamlessly convert the FLACs on the fly to MP3.
I wouldn't necessarily need to use the mp3 converter to play back the audio, but it would be neat to drag from a different share off of my linux box to my nomad and have it flip to MP3 (with correct artist title etc pulled from the flac) on the fly....
RAMdacs don't affect a video card's ability to process frames (as in, increase the frame rate in a game from 20 to 30, based on ramdac alone).
RAMdacs only affect the output stage; it's what essentially limits what kind of resolution you can get from the VGA connector on the back. It's the stage in the card that reads the framebuffer portion (after the card has already created the "frame" of video) and pumps it out the VGA cable.
I currently use a Palm Vx in my day-to-day work. Why? It is thin, and it does basic note taking and appointment scheduling for me.
Now, I would really like to own one of those whizzbang Axims or a newer Palm One handheld. But - once I look at their form factor, I realize that I'd need to hang yet another device off of my belt. There's no way I could toss it in my pocket without the fear of crushing it in my day-to-day routine.
So, I am on board with you. It can even be grayscale - I'm not too picky. Just make it higher res, smaller, and similar battery life....
Heck, a 320x240 grayscale screen would be oh so pretty... and with the Palm, I rarely use the backlight (never at work) so don't even include one...
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Awwwwwww.
Someone hasn't learned that life isn't fair.
At the same time?
Lara Croft eating a bucket of chicken?
Not here.
Every company that has a product to market has a competitor. Said company always does extensive research on competitors to see what they're doing.
It would not suprise me in the least that Intel knows where AMD is at, and AMD knows where Intel is at. It just makes good business sense; if not only to try to grow into areas where your competitor does well.
The company I work for has a pretty decent research staff that investigates "competitors". You need to try to stay one step ahead of the game; being blindsided by things that your competitors do is not a good way to run a business.
There are a lot of people who COULD tell the difference. There is really no issue if someone who doesn't care listens to a 128kbit mp3 and is happy with the sound quality.
Really, I am pretty anal about how I encode my music for my portable player. However, I think there are more people out there who would just be happy to "have" the music rather than have it in the original format. The real shocker is that more and more, it's the people who aren't technical or sound-quality concerned that are getting mp3's off of the internet.
Which I see as a good thing. The bigger the target, the harder it is for the MPAA/RIAA to take us all down.
Wow. That wasn't even where I intended to go with this post.... oh well.
The garage thing also isn't guaranteed -- it seems to be going the way of the gas oven. Most cars sold in the western world have too good catalytic converters to guarantee anything unless you are very careful. Plus, it will be a very, very unpleasant death -- the air will get *terrible* far before it's bad enough to kill you or make you pass out.
I have a friend of a friend who committed suicide this way. In fact, this guy lived with us for a quarter in college....
I can tell you a few things that you may not know.
1. Your car burns on fuel and oxygen. If you run a car long enough in a garage (mostly sealed, of course), you will deplete the oxygen levels to a point that you will pass out. Carbon Monoxide is produced, which can kill (and does in this situation).
(An aside - I have 2 kerosene heaters in my garage. I have to be VERY careful when running them, because they suck the oxygen right out of the air too... I've actually had trouble lighting my Zippo...)
2. Once you pass out, you will not feel much of anything. Of course, I've not tried this method (and never will), but I'd bet that your body would just start to shut down.
In addition, the air would be somewhat terrible, but I don't think it would cause anything that would keep you from passing out. I've been around my share of cars to know that it can cause wicked dehydration, but then again, when attempting suicide you're not exactly worried about the body's condition, are you?
Swing and a miss.
I do, it's the smell of legislation that will never be passed.
RTFA.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported that the law, signed by Gov. Robert Taft on Feb. 1,
From what I can tell from the article, the law is more meant for Auctioneers. Sounds like whomever wrote the article wanted to make it more "sensational"....
10 million divisions or cells and in each one of these a byte can be stored. In order to store the byte,
Maybe you can store one of 8 strengths of varying magnetism within each division, which would lead to 10MB. But you're right, how you can get 10GB out of that???
I bet the TV show 24 has done almost as well in rentals as it did during original airing.
I always wanted to watch that show, from the 1st season.
Recently it started coming in on Netflix.
Let me tell you -- I feel like a junkie every time an episode ends, needing just one more fix... (kinda like season 3). Nothing quite wastes time like 21 hours of a TV show that is as seamless as a movie.
If you don't like it, you can GEEET OUUUUT!
B) How is he storing all that fuel?
I believe that part, at least, was answered in the article. Notably, the picture at the bottom explains some of the more "technical" details for inquiring minds.
Nothing to see here......
it was the only geek site work checking.
Oh, I'd bet a fair amount of money that work is when this site gets most of the hits.
Ba-dum dum *crash*
Just the "point of a gun" thing tickled the back of my brain.
Me too. I just can't figure out how to get this pencil far enough up my nose to fnlaksdfq.wg
I was thinking it would be neat to have a "driver" that would seamlessly convert the FLACs on the fly to MP3.
I wouldn't necessarily need to use the mp3 converter to play back the audio, but it would be neat to drag from a different share off of my linux box to my nomad and have it flip to MP3 (with correct artist title etc pulled from the flac) on the fly....
hmmmmm.... *twitch*
RAMdacs don't affect a video card's ability to process frames (as in, increase the frame rate in a game from 20 to 30, based on ramdac alone).
RAMdacs only affect the output stage; it's what essentially limits what kind of resolution you can get from the VGA connector on the back. It's the stage in the card that reads the framebuffer portion (after the card has already created the "frame" of video) and pumps it out the VGA cable.
the pen is mightier
Isn't that a celebrity Jeopardy question?
1. To neutralize the magnetic field of (a ship, for example).
2. To erase information from (a magnetic disk or other storage device).
Thanks. I was trying to be funny, seeing as holding a screwdriver (magnetic) next to something would gauss it.
Using an electric degausser would be the proper way to wipe away a magnetic field, not using a poorly gaussed screwdriver. geeesh..
Wouldn't that be "gaussing" your hard drive?
:)
Unless you can somehow use the screwdriver to drive magnetism OUT of your hard drive
Thank you.
That was easily one of the funniest things I've read on here in a week.
and the floor lab might be stained a million colours
Hey hey hey! What you choose to do in your off hours is none of my business. Get back to making me some ink!
Awww, come on. I thought the packaging says that it's a "personal massage machine".
Of course, the 2 attachments... well... aren't necessarily for using on your back.
You can do this if you have an IPOD with no suspicion, right ??
Actually, you're not the only one.
I currently use a Palm Vx in my day-to-day work. Why? It is thin, and it does basic note taking and appointment scheduling for me.
Now, I would really like to own one of those whizzbang Axims or a newer Palm One handheld. But - once I look at their form factor, I realize that I'd need to hang yet another device off of my belt. There's no way I could toss it in my pocket without the fear of crushing it in my day-to-day routine.
So, I am on board with you. It can even be grayscale - I'm not too picky. Just make it higher res, smaller, and similar battery life....
Heck, a 320x240 grayscale screen would be oh so pretty... and with the Palm, I rarely use the backlight (never at work) so don't even include one...
I've got a car with power windows.
Does that make you even more scared?
Oozing grittyness and atmosphere.
That sounds painful. Kinda like kidneystones.