I've upgraded systems and the largest increase in performance would be at very least doubling your amount of RAM.
What is the slowest part of a computer, and as such the bottleneck as well? Your harddisk, not the RAM. And since Windows **cough** will not run correctly with virtual memory turned off, a 7200 rpm will definitely crank up the system a little. Doesn't hurt for dowloading pr0n either.
Oh and as far as upgrading RAM is concerned, quite a lot of older motherboards are uncapable of correctly caching more than 64 or 128 MB of RAM.
What motivation will people who already do business in English have to spend months learning Chinese?
The fact that if you as a foreigner have gone through all of the trouble of learning the language, that this might very well earn you the respect to do business in a slightly more beneficial way when dealing with Chinese people? It is an up and coming industrial country, and many people predict that it will become one of the biggest industrial partners somewhere within the next 10/20 years.
You could consider putting the exhaust somwhere on top of the top of the car in stead of under it. If you direct it at the right angle, you won't need spoilers anyway.
Not to mention the fact that they prevent the cat from hiding your expensive mouse forever. There is a reason they put that wire there. The only reason it's used for a signal and for power is because, well, there was this cable anyway.
If you double the difference (in Kelvin) of the combustion temperature and the ambient temperature, you would get 80%. But this would melt an engine composed of normal alloys.
And if you triple it? Just curious. Temeperature can be raised to enormously high levels. Does it keep increasing at the same speed? And what happens if you artificially cool the ambient temperature. Overclocked V8?
Not entirely. Power plants don't have to accelerate and break all the time. Nor do powerplants have to worry about traffic lights or masculin ego causing them to go 120 MpH.
Not to mention the concept of transporting polluted air from one area to another. First you charge up a shipments of cars with air, then export them to so some unsuspecting country.
Say what you want about Intel, they did take the chance, got into trouble, and now they're admitting they made a mistake. This is definitely something that can't be said about all companies.
I don't know about you, but so far in tech support I've had nothing but trouble with both Athlon processors and Gateway computers. Correct me if I'm wrong, but as far as the average Joe is concerned, the moment he plugs his new USB toy into his computer, Windows should ask for a floppy, het puts in the floppy, and it works. This is what you get when using a PIII or a Celeron on a BX chipset. On other types of computers you might still be able to get it working with a little trick here and there, bvut this is usually way too complicated for the average luser. Athlons are great processors, but most of the motherboards that support them so far are nothing but trouble as far as I'm concerned.
Ah well, that's what keeps us tech-support people working, I guess.
at least for a little while. Who knows, with a little luck you can get a personnel discount on one of theser puppies. Considering the prices mentioned on the page the parent has linked to, a little discount wouldn't hurt:-(
As far as I'm concerned this is one of the best things to have happened recently. At least speaking from the perspective of the end user. Big corp's like Intel going through this kind of trouble often find back some of the spirit they had when they just started up. Instead of being able to sit on their asses and enjoying the fact that they are market leader they will have to fight back which can only result in a better quality/performance outcome towards the end users. It will also allow AMD to catch up even further which might result in a nicely balanced competition between the (currently) major chip-builders.
People may get fired or quit of their own, and this is a bad thing for those people personally, but the fact that new people and new ideas will enter the company might bring some major improvements.
After having started on my new job today, I'm afraid I have some bad news to tell you. The work I am doing here is very challenging which might cause me to do some real overworking. The fact that the boss is a really nice guy obviously has something to do with this. I seriously suspect him to have been a sergeant-major at least in Her Majesty's service, as the charisma and leadership of this man is unrivaled by any previous employer I have worked for. It seems as though this is the place where I belong. The job I have been looking for all this time. I must stop now, as I feel it is inappropriate to take more than 10 minutes of breaktime a day.
I could just see somebody trying to stop from a dead run, thereby whirling upside down, landing on top of their head, which would make that unlucky person likely the first virtual fatality.
This is a serious comment, and I definitely should not be joking about it, but arrrggghh, can't resist, must joke. Theme Hospital 2.0 VR anyone?
How the heck do you breathe in that thing ? After two hours of virtual walking though virtual beaches filled with virtual gorgeous women there will be no breathable oxygen left in the bubble.
Breathe? Who cares about air anyway? How the heck can you clean this thing after spending quality time with a bunch of gorgeous virtual..(enter type of preferred sexual partner here).. beings?
But just consuming stuff tends to get kind of one-dimensional and boring after a while. The important next question is, "What can you do with it?" By which I mean, can you take all that raw material and put it together in new, creative ways?
Ehm, the parent post was about pr0n... I don't really want to know what someone's going to do with that "raw material" and the "putting things together in a creative way" part if you don't mind. I haven't had dinner yet...
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I've upgraded systems and the largest increase in performance would be at very least doubling your amount of RAM.
What is the slowest part of a computer, and as such the bottleneck as well? Your harddisk, not the RAM. And since Windows **cough** will not run correctly with virtual memory turned off, a 7200 rpm will definitely crank up the system a little. Doesn't hurt for dowloading pr0n either.
Oh and as far as upgrading RAM is concerned, quite a lot of older motherboards are uncapable of correctly caching more than 64 or 128 MB of RAM.
What motivation will people who already do business in English have to spend months learning Chinese?
The fact that if you as a foreigner have gone through all of the trouble of learning the language, that this might very well earn you the respect to do business in a slightly more beneficial way when dealing with Chinese people? It is an up and coming industrial country, and many people predict that it will become one of the biggest industrial partners somewhere within the next 10/20 years.
Oranje boven? Oh, and by the way, if you're going to hail your (our :-) Queen, you really should spell Koningin correctly. Royalty is easily insulted.
Now that's my definition of science fiction. Someone beam that down.
You could consider putting the exhaust somwhere on top of the top of the car in stead of under it. If you direct it at the right angle, you won't need spoilers anyway.
Not to mention the fact that they prevent the cat from hiding your expensive mouse forever. There is a reason they put that wire there. The only reason it's used for a signal and for power is because, well, there was this cable anyway.
In other words, this is a device for cat-haters.
Well, USB is supposed to be a powered bus, and considering this is a cordless mouse and all, eh, eh, wireless?
If you double the difference (in Kelvin) of the combustion temperature and the ambient temperature, you would get 80%. But this would melt an engine composed of normal alloys.
And if you triple it? Just curious. Temeperature can be raised to enormously high levels. Does it keep increasing at the same speed? And what happens if you artificially cool the ambient temperature. Overclocked V8?
You're posting to Slashdot. Sorry, you just disqualified from being either a luser or an Average Joe.
Not entirely. Power plants don't have to accelerate and break all the time. Nor do powerplants have to worry about traffic lights or masculin ego causing them to go 120 MpH.
Not to mention the concept of transporting polluted air from one area to another. First you charge up a shipments of cars with air, then export them to so some unsuspecting country.
Fuck you. Feels better now?
I know it doesn't matter. And you're confusing serious with polite.
Say what you want about Intel, they did take the chance, got into trouble, and now they're admitting they made a mistake. This is definitely something that can't be said about all companies.
I don't know about you, but so far in tech support I've had nothing but trouble with both Athlon processors and Gateway computers. Correct me if I'm wrong, but as far as the average Joe is concerned, the moment he plugs his new USB toy into his computer, Windows should ask for a floppy, het puts in the floppy, and it works. This is what you get when using a PIII or a Celeron on a BX chipset. On other types of computers you might still be able to get it working with a little trick here and there, bvut this is usually way too complicated for the average luser. Athlons are great processors, but most of the motherboards that support them so far are nothing but trouble as far as I'm concerned.
Ah well, that's what keeps us tech-support people working, I guess.
at least for a little while. Who knows, with a little luck you can get a personnel discount on one of theser puppies. Considering the prices mentioned on the page the parent has linked to, a little discount wouldn't hurt:-(
As far as I'm concerned this is one of the best things to have happened recently. At least speaking from the perspective of the end user. Big corp's like Intel going through this kind of trouble often find back some of the spirit they had when they just started up. Instead of being able to sit on their asses and enjoying the fact that they are market leader they will have to fight back which can only result in a better quality/performance outcome towards the end users. It will also allow AMD to catch up even further which might result in a nicely balanced competition between the (currently) major chip-builders.
People may get fired or quit of their own, and this is a bad thing for those people personally, but the fact that new people and new ideas will enter the company might bring some major improvements.
how often did you have to do latrine-duty because the serge thought you were Slashdotting on the job. Nothing personal, just curious.
doing a good job. My employer will neither check my e-mail nor whine about what I'm doing on the Web as long as I get the job done. Period.
Dear Jane
After having started on my new job today, I'm afraid I have some bad news to tell you. The work I am doing here is very challenging which might cause me to do some real overworking. The fact that the boss is a really nice guy obviously has something to do with this. I seriously suspect him to have been a sergeant-major at least in Her Majesty's service, as the charisma and leadership of this man is unrivaled by any previous employer I have worked for. It seems as though this is the place where I belong. The job I have been looking for all this time. I must stop now, as I feel it is inappropriate to take more than 10 minutes of breaktime a day.
Sincerely yours,
me
I could just see somebody trying to stop from a dead run, thereby whirling upside down, landing on top of their head, which would make that unlucky person likely the first virtual fatality.
This is a serious comment, and I definitely should not be joking about it, but arrrggghh, can't resist, must joke. Theme Hospital 2.0 VR anyone?
How the heck do you breathe in that thing ? After two hours of virtual walking though virtual beaches filled with virtual gorgeous women there will be no breathable oxygen left in the bubble.
..(enter type of preferred sexual partner here).. beings?
Breathe? Who cares about air anyway? How the heck can you clean this thing after spending quality time with a bunch of gorgeous virtual
Guess that that he has a moderator account on the side as well.-)
Tell me, would that by any chance be a SONY walkman?
But just consuming stuff tends to get kind of one-dimensional and boring after a while. The important next question is, "What can you do with it?" By which I mean, can you take all that raw material and put it together in new, creative ways?
Ehm, the parent post was about pr0n... I don't really want to know what someone's going to do with that "raw material" and the "putting things together in a creative way" part if you don't mind. I haven't had dinner yet...