I will second this since 2 people have questioned MSFanBoi's possible motives. Dx9 is better than OGL. The drivers are better, easier to program, easier to access advanced features.
I wanted a system with really fast, reliable storage, because that's what I can't really afford to buy for myself. Basically, I'd use it for all the disk intensive things I do now.
A box with fast graphics is comparatively cheap.
OTOH, I had intended to outfit it with graphics (as mentioned in a followup), but the dell website doesn't let you configure that on that box.
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Indeed. I'm of the build my own computers sort, and even I've done this a couple of times... that USB to ethernet port fit is just too perfect. (It happened to me because I was probing blind, hoping not to have to move a desk to move the computer behind it. The USB plug fit right into the ethernet port, which of course was immediately next to the USB port on the mother board layout. Thankfully, nothing broke, but oddly enough the mouse didn't start working until I discovered the problem.)
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There is actually a range of cost in the physical connector, as there is a range in the function of those connectors.
Universalizing also risks having people plug the wrong thing into the wrong place, unless the underlying physical and logical transport is also the same, in which case cost is an even bigger issue.
It was an oversight... there are a lot of options on that page.:-) I also didn't notice til it was too late that it doesn't come with any video cards, and I don't know if it even has slots for those.
Sure, but we know where all the large masses in the solar system are, out to the orbit of Neptune. We can calculate their effects quite easily, and we do so all the time for our own spacecraft missions.
Wow, I think you're being generous. I had always assumed the grandparent was some homeless person with serious mental problems sneaking into a library or cybercafe.
I think your battery problem will be solved by having it be extremely low power... some breakthrough will drop power requirements a hundredfold some time soon, and then we'll be able to power these things off of solar cells with a small battery backing it that will last overnight.
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Date 3/17/2007 2:04:22 PM Central Standard Time
Catalog Number 4 Retail 04
Catalog Number / Description Product Code SKU Id
PowerEdge 2900: Quad Core Intel® Xeon® X5355, 2x4MB Cache, 2.66GHz, 1333MHz FSB 29C26 [222-7262] 1
Additional Processor: Quad Core Intel® Xeon® X5355, 2x4MB Cache, 2.66GHz, 1333MHz FSB 2PC26 [311-6941] 2
Memory: 48GB 533MHz (12x4GB), Dual Ranked DIMMs 48G125D [311-5738] 3
Operating System: Windows Server® 2003 R2, Enterprise x64 Edition, Includes 25 CALs WS6R2E [420-5799] 11
Operating System Addition: 25-pack of Windows® Server 2003 Device CALs (Standard or Enterprise) W2K3L25 [420-4739] 19
Primary Controller: PERC 5/i, Integrated Controller Card PERC5II [341-3018] 9
2nd Controller and HBAs: 2x PERC 5/E SAS RAID Adapter, PCI-Express, 2x4 Connectors, External 2PERC5E [341-3024] 24
Hard Drive Configuration: Integrated SAS/SATA RAID 10, PERC 5/i Integrated MSR10N [341-3000] 27
Primary Hard Drive: 300GB, 3Gbps, SAS, 3.5 inch, 15K RPM Hard Drive, Hot Plug 300A15 [341-4424] 8
2nd Hard Drive: 300GB, 3Gbps, SAS, 3.5 inch, 15K RPM Hard Drive, Hot Plug 300A15 [341-4424] 23
3rd Hard Drive: 300GB, 3Gbps, SAS, 3.5 inch, 15K RPM Hard Drive, Hot Plug 300A15 [341-4424] 54
4th Hard Drive: 300GB, 3Gbps, SAS, 3.5 inch, 15K RPM Hard Drive, Hot Plug 300A15 [341-4424] 51
5th Hard Drive: 300GB, 3Gbps, SAS, 3.5 inch, 15K RPM Hard Drive, Hot Plug 300A15 [341-4424] 52
6th Hard Drive: 300GB, 3Gbps, SAS, 3.5 inch, 15K RPM Hard Drive, Hot Plug 300A15 [341-4424] 53
7th Hard Drive: 300GB, 3Gbps, SAS, 3.5 inch, 15K RPM Hard Drive, Hot Plug 300A15 [341-4424] 71
8th Hard Drive: 300GB, 3Gbps, SAS, 3.5 inch, 15K RPM Hard Drive, Hot Plug 300A15 [341-4424] 72
Chassis Configuration: Tower Chassis Orientation TOWER [310-7489] 28
Power Supply: Redundant Power Supply with Y-Cord RPSWY [310-7405] 36
Bezel: Tower Bezel Included TBEZEL [313-4363] 17
Network Adapter: Intel® PRO 1000PT Dual Port Server Adapter, Gigabit NIC, Cu, PCIe x4 1000PD [430-0959] 13
>>I can order a cheeseburger minus the tomato and they don't have to make it on a separate production >>line. They just... don't put that on it.
>In case you are too young to remember, Burger King actually built their market niche on that problem. The other big Hamburger restaurant had developed a model where the food was prepared in advance and special orders were a problem. Burger King came along with a whole marketing angle based on making the burgers fresh, and they promoted it with one of the catchiest jingles in all of advertising history:-)
This reminds me of a great story.
I went to BK during said promotion (Have it your way). I tried to order a whopper with just ketchup, mayo, pickles. Hey, it was what I liked at the time, and they said I could have it my way.
So the first burger comes with the standard ingredients, including mustard, lettuce, onion, and tomato. They throw away the old burger (they have to throw away all returned food, good policy, i'm just pointing out the cost to them).
So I take it back and request they remake it. They do. This one just has mustard and pickles.
So I take it back, and they remake it. Mustard, Onions, Lettuce. My theory is now that the guy is either MR or screwing with me, so I ask to speak to the manager. I explain about the 3 wrong burgers, and he says: I'm sorry, I'll make it myself.
Ketchup, Mustard, Pickles, Onions. Closer. I get another apology, and on the fifth try, I watch him make it. As he reaches for the mustard, I give him a quick 'mayo' shout, and his hand changes direction. Burger comes out correctly.
Hooray victory! Boo 4 wasted burgers.
The moral of this story was, I think, that even though they made marketing claims, their staff weren't really trained to provide non standard orders.
Oddly enough, I pretty much switched to McD's after that incident (in the days when I still ate fast food). McD's was also pretty much completely successful at fulfilling custom orders for me.
Is that VP count unusual? It implies the average VP oversees over 400 people, which doesn't sound outrageous on the face to me, particularly since I assume that includes all the marketing VPs, which are always a special case.
I'm not the parent, but I would have to say that ask's search results are better than googles these days. With all of the fraudsters targetting google, the results elsewhere have reached superiority.
If google doesn't do a serious revamp of their search algorithm, I'd expect their search share to start sliding soon.
I think hurricanes have to qualify as easier to avoid. You typically have days to prepare yourself. Earthquakes aren't bad either, assuming you choose to live and work in earthquake safe buildings, your odds of getting caught out are pretty low (but of course you have basically no notice if you are caught out).
OTOH, the graphics capabilities and performance of a dual-core (not to mention quad core) pc with an 8800gtx are way beyond what either the xbox360 or the ps3 can do already. Processor clocks are not all that matters to real performance.
What will you do when the television police come to install your always on TVs in all the rooms in your house? Will you really use the hammer when it means going to jail?
This vision of your nightmare future was brought to you by the letter S, and the numbers 8 and 4.
I read not a month ago about how numerous watchmakers were considering bankruptcy due to ubiquitous cell phones. Do you have any support for your claim that watchmaking is on the rise?
Barring Bush declaring the constitution revoked, you probably ought to bet on the great war starting before his term in office expires. That gives you even less time to prepare the shelter.
The odds of the next president being an outspoken war proponent are very low.
One could argue either that yes, we only teach schoolchildren about the most relevant countries, or that we teach them about more countries because that is more valuable information. In any case, I doubt you can find more than 10 elementary school kids in any country that can name all the countries on earth.
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A lot of languages these days are emitting java .class (binary) and letting the VM do the work.
I will second this since 2 people have questioned MSFanBoi's possible motives. Dx9 is better than OGL. The drivers are better, easier to program, easier to access advanced features.
Anyone familiar with the Mayan Calendar? December 21, 2012 (13.0.0.0.0 in the Mayan Calendar) Coincidence?"
Nope, it's true every time.
I wanted a system with really fast, reliable storage, because that's what I can't really afford to buy for myself. Basically, I'd use it for all the disk intensive things I do now.
A box with fast graphics is comparatively cheap.
OTOH, I had intended to outfit it with graphics (as mentioned in a followup), but the dell website doesn't let you configure that on that box.
Indeed. I'm of the build my own computers sort, and even I've done this a couple of times ... that USB to ethernet port fit is just too perfect. (It happened to me because I was probing blind, hoping not to have to move a desk to move the computer behind it. The USB plug fit right into the ethernet port, which of course was immediately next to the USB port on the mother board layout. Thankfully, nothing broke, but oddly enough the mouse didn't start working until I discovered the problem.)
There is actually a range of cost in the physical connector, as there is a range in the function of those connectors.
Universalizing also risks having people plug the wrong thing into the wrong place, unless the underlying physical and logical transport is also the same, in which case cost is an even bigger issue.
It was an oversight ... there are a lot of options on that page. :-)
I also didn't notice til it was too late that it doesn't come with any video cards, and I don't know if it even has slots for those.
And of course, helpfully omitted from that analysis was atmospheric dust, which is the real civilization ending threat.
Sure, but we know where all the large masses in the solar system are, out to the orbit of Neptune. We can calculate their effects quite easily, and we do so all the time for our own spacecraft missions.
Wow, I think you're being generous. I had always assumed the grandparent was some homeless person with serious mental problems sneaking into a library or cybercafe.
I think your battery problem will be solved by having it be extremely low power ... some breakthrough will drop power requirements a hundredfold some time soon, and then we'll be able to power these things off of solar cells with a small battery backing it that will last overnight.
You can get all the free beer you want, and it's just a sex change operation away!
You forgot the statutory damages of $750(http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061110 -8193.html) per song, so that's really:
5*300*12*$751 = $13,518,000
Plus two thousand now since they had to do the math twice.
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# PowerEdge 2900
Date 3/17/2007 2:04:22 PM Central Standard Time
Catalog Number 4 Retail 04
Catalog Number / Description Product Code SKU Id
PowerEdge 2900:
Quad Core Intel® Xeon® X5355, 2x4MB Cache, 2.66GHz, 1333MHz FSB 29C26 [222-7262] 1
Additional Processor:
Quad Core Intel® Xeon® X5355, 2x4MB Cache, 2.66GHz, 1333MHz FSB 2PC26 [311-6941] 2
Memory:
48GB 533MHz (12x4GB), Dual Ranked DIMMs 48G125D [311-5738] 3
Operating System:
Windows Server® 2003 R2, Enterprise x64 Edition, Includes 25 CALs WS6R2E [420-5799] 11
Operating System Addition:
25-pack of Windows® Server 2003 Device CALs (Standard or Enterprise) W2K3L25 [420-4739] 19
Primary Controller:
PERC 5/i, Integrated Controller Card PERC5II [341-3018] 9
2nd Controller and HBAs:
2x PERC 5/E SAS RAID Adapter, PCI-Express, 2x4 Connectors, External 2PERC5E [341-3024] 24
Hard Drive Configuration:
Integrated SAS/SATA RAID 10, PERC 5/i Integrated MSR10N [341-3000] 27
Primary Hard Drive:
300GB, 3Gbps, SAS, 3.5 inch, 15K RPM Hard Drive, Hot Plug 300A15 [341-4424] 8
2nd Hard Drive:
300GB, 3Gbps, SAS, 3.5 inch, 15K RPM Hard Drive, Hot Plug 300A15 [341-4424] 23
3rd Hard Drive:
300GB, 3Gbps, SAS, 3.5 inch, 15K RPM Hard Drive, Hot Plug 300A15 [341-4424] 54
4th Hard Drive:
300GB, 3Gbps, SAS, 3.5 inch, 15K RPM Hard Drive, Hot Plug 300A15 [341-4424] 51
5th Hard Drive:
300GB, 3Gbps, SAS, 3.5 inch, 15K RPM Hard Drive, Hot Plug 300A15 [341-4424] 52
6th Hard Drive:
300GB, 3Gbps, SAS, 3.5 inch, 15K RPM Hard Drive, Hot Plug 300A15 [341-4424] 53
7th Hard Drive:
300GB, 3Gbps, SAS, 3.5 inch, 15K RPM Hard Drive, Hot Plug 300A15 [341-4424] 71
8th Hard Drive:
300GB, 3Gbps, SAS, 3.5 inch, 15K RPM Hard Drive, Hot Plug 300A15 [341-4424] 72
Chassis Configuration:
Tower Chassis Orientation TOWER [310-7489] 28
Power Supply:
Redundant Power Supply with Y-Cord RPSWY [310-7405] 36
Bezel:
Tower Bezel Included TBEZEL [313-4363] 17
Network Adapter:
Intel® PRO 1000PT Dual Port Server Adapter, Gigabit NIC, Cu, PCIe x4 1000PD [430-0959] 13
Umm ... the parent post was unmoderated. It has a +1 due to my karma bonus, but that's it.
>>I can order a cheeseburger minus the tomato and they don't have to make it on a separate production
:-)
>>line. They just... don't put that on it.
>In case you are too young to remember, Burger King actually built their market niche on that problem. The other big Hamburger restaurant had developed a model where the food was prepared in advance and special orders were a problem. Burger King came along with a whole marketing angle based on making the burgers fresh, and they promoted it with one of the catchiest jingles in all of advertising history
This reminds me of a great story.
I went to BK during said promotion (Have it your way). I tried to order a whopper with just ketchup, mayo, pickles. Hey, it was what I liked at the time, and they said I could have it my way.
So the first burger comes with the standard ingredients, including mustard, lettuce, onion, and tomato. They throw away the old burger (they have to throw away all returned food, good policy, i'm just pointing out the cost to them).
So I take it back and request they remake it. They do. This one just has mustard and pickles.
So I take it back, and they remake it. Mustard, Onions, Lettuce. My theory is now that the guy is either MR or screwing with me, so I ask to speak to the manager. I explain about the 3 wrong burgers, and he says: I'm sorry, I'll make it myself.
Ketchup, Mustard, Pickles, Onions. Closer. I get another apology, and on the fifth try, I watch him make it. As he reaches for the mustard, I give him a quick 'mayo' shout, and his hand changes direction. Burger comes out correctly.
Hooray victory! Boo 4 wasted burgers.
The moral of this story was, I think, that even though they made marketing claims, their staff weren't really trained to provide non standard orders.
Oddly enough, I pretty much switched to McD's after that incident (in the days when I still ate fast food). McD's was also pretty much completely successful at fulfilling custom orders for me.
Actually, other than a few freak art critics, I think pretty much everyone does in fact consider video games art.
Is that VP count unusual? It implies the average VP oversees over 400 people, which doesn't sound outrageous on the face to me, particularly since I assume that includes all the marketing VPs, which are always a special case.
I'm not the parent, but I would have to say that ask's search results are better than googles these days. With all of the fraudsters targetting google, the results elsewhere have reached superiority.
If google doesn't do a serious revamp of their search algorithm, I'd expect their search share to start sliding soon.
I think hurricanes have to qualify as easier to avoid. You typically have days to prepare yourself.
Earthquakes aren't bad either, assuming you choose to live and work in earthquake safe buildings, your odds of getting caught out are pretty low (but of course you have basically no notice if you are caught out).
OTOH, the graphics capabilities and performance of a dual-core (not to mention quad core) pc with an 8800gtx are way beyond what either the xbox360 or the ps3 can do already. Processor clocks are not all that matters to real performance.
What will you do when the television police come to install your always on TVs in all the rooms in your house? Will you really use the hammer when it means going to jail?
This vision of your nightmare future was brought to you by the letter S, and the numbers 8 and 4.
I read not a month ago about how numerous watchmakers were considering bankruptcy due to ubiquitous cell phones. Do you have any support for your claim that watchmaking is on the rise?
Barring Bush declaring the constitution revoked, you probably ought to bet on the great war starting before his term in office expires. That gives you even less time to prepare the shelter.
The odds of the next president being an outspoken war proponent are very low.
One could argue either that yes, we only teach schoolchildren about the most relevant countries, or that we teach them about more countries because that is more valuable information. In any case, I doubt you can find more than 10 elementary school kids in any country that can name all the countries on earth.