I don't think you can have a numeric base that isn't an integer. The base indicates the number of symbols that the system uses. What would 10-1 be in your system?
At no point would we stop calling these microprocessors. The term is to distinguish them from early processors made from thousands of discrete components. Early processors were made from large numbers of tubes. Later, they were made from discrete transistors and gate arrays. Once all significant components could be integrated into a single chip, they became "microprocessors". Since we're still at that stage, we still call them that.
No, Black Mesa was sabotage. I know we love to blame Windows for these sorts of things, but that event was carefully implemented by an organization we have yet to meet.
Surely SCO still has some paying customers. Is there any part of the company worth buying? Is SCO Unix going to be auctioned or not? It would be nice to throw everything into the open-source pool, but that's not necessary. Simply buying the company and turning it back into an ordinary software business should make many people very happy.
And where would I go to bid? Or at least watch and point and laugh? TFA contained no details.
Reading the article, the answer appears to be yes. I must assume there's not much current available, otherwise everything would be powered by wires in the air.
Reviewers seem to find the Belkin and Linksys units flaky, but the Ipevo gets good reviews. We have one. Don't use it much, but it's worked everywhere we've tried.
You could also hack together something with an old Windows CE unit (i.e. Dell Axim x51v has the power, but Wifi it a bit weak.)
Or maybe get a tablet PC (Fujitsu U810, Oqo) with a headset, optionally bluetooth. They use a normal OS (Windows, Linux, even Mac OS) not the wacky cut-down ones on those other machines.
You're missing the point, not to mention changing the subject. I said nothing about the convenience or utility of punch cards, only that readers for formats over 100 years old are still available.
If a single component in the punch card reader fails, it's fixable. You can machine a replacement part for any piece of the machine. In many cases, you could cobble together a repair with tape and wood. And the electronics are discrete components, which can be easily replaced.
If a single transistor in the SD reader fails, you're out of luck.
And if you're going to put video on punch cards, I'd recommend a digital version of one of the original slow-scan formats instead of a modern high-def one.
yes but this one comes with a money back gauretee if you can't read your data in 100 years.
Of course there won't be any software that can read the format.
eBay has a punch card reader available right now. Granted, the thing is probably more durable (and repairable) than the average SD card reader, but the odds look pretty good.
I'm curious what you believe anyone learned from this disaster. The oil rig operators knew exactly what they were doing. The oil company knew what they were doing. Even the government was complicit in the whole thing.
This incident is basically a crime. Nobody "learned" anything, they were simply caught.
Dr. Dobbs is the Compute Magazine for grown ups. They cover the current cool stuff (3D rendering, parallel computing, video encoding) and provide the source for download.
Viliv S5 is "only" $500, which isn't much more expensive than the Pandora. On top of that, it's not a closed platform, it's a freakin' PC, so you already have access to more software of all sorts than all those other platforms together will EVER have.
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Sorry, I'm wrong. Hive mind has the answer. And 10-1 would be 3.
I don't think you can have a numeric base that isn't an integer. The base indicates the number of symbols that the system uses. What would 10-1 be in your system?
At no point would we stop calling these microprocessors. The term is to distinguish them from early processors made from thousands of discrete components. Early processors were made from large numbers of tubes. Later, they were made from discrete transistors and gate arrays. Once all significant components could be integrated into a single chip, they became "microprocessors". Since we're still at that stage, we still call them that.
No, Black Mesa was sabotage. I know we love to blame Windows for these sorts of things, but that event was carefully implemented by an organization we have yet to meet.
Surely SCO still has some paying customers. Is there any part of the company worth buying? Is SCO Unix going to be auctioned or not? It would be nice to throw everything into the open-source pool, but that's not necessary. Simply buying the company and turning it back into an ordinary software business should make many people very happy.
And where would I go to bid? Or at least watch and point and laugh? TFA contained no details.
WTF does that mean?
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Anyone else chuckled after reading the name Charles Nutter?
Slashdot is an American company, so no, nobody found that funny.
More exotic is quantum chips ... they may, or may not exist... :)
Yeah, that describes quantum chips quite well.
No, not until we can use them to keep the Star Destroyers away.
50 nS is equivalent to 20 MHz. Since modern busses (RAM and PCI) run at 100-500 MHz, I'd have to say that you would most certainly notice that.
My NQ8 is better than your MP will ever be.
Don't be silly, hydrogen hydroxide is just water.
"Amazing" Randi helped him find out.
You don't need Slashdot to be able to moderate.
Reading the article, the answer appears to be yes. I must assume there's not much current available, otherwise everything would be powered by wires in the air.
Weird name, but works well. Round $130 normally.
http://www.frys.com/product/5859653
Reviewers seem to find the Belkin and Linksys units flaky, but the Ipevo gets good reviews. We have one. Don't use it much, but it's worked everywhere we've tried.
You could also hack together something with an old Windows CE unit (i.e. Dell Axim x51v has the power, but Wifi it a bit weak.)
Or maybe get a tablet PC (Fujitsu U810, Oqo) with a headset, optionally bluetooth. They use a normal OS (Windows, Linux, even Mac OS) not the wacky cut-down ones on those other machines.
You're missing the point, not to mention changing the subject. I said nothing about the convenience or utility of punch cards, only that readers for formats over 100 years old are still available.
If a single component in the punch card reader fails, it's fixable. You can machine a replacement part for any piece of the machine. In many cases, you could cobble together a repair with tape and wood. And the electronics are discrete components, which can be easily replaced.
If a single transistor in the SD reader fails, you're out of luck.
And if you're going to put video on punch cards, I'd recommend a digital version of one of the original slow-scan formats instead of a modern high-def one.
yes but this one comes with a money back gauretee if you can't read your data in 100 years.
Of course there won't be any software that can read the format.
eBay has a punch card reader available right now. Granted, the thing is probably more durable (and repairable) than the average SD card reader, but the odds look pretty good.
And Linux, at least, will still read FAT.
I'm curious what you believe anyone learned from this disaster. The oil rig operators knew exactly what they were doing. The oil company knew what they were doing. Even the government was complicit in the whole thing.
This incident is basically a crime. Nobody "learned" anything, they were simply caught.
Dr. Dobbs is the Compute Magazine for grown ups. They cover the current cool stuff (3D rendering, parallel computing, video encoding) and provide the source for download.
Of course that's true of everything.
... the methane makes an ice with the water, which clogs it up.
Isn't that exactly what we want? To clog up the pipe so the oil stops coming out? How is a methane ice clog worse than a rubber clog?
... the oil and ice will float and lift it off.
If the box can resist being blasted off by the force of the oil coming out, it can resist a little bit of buoyancy.
Viliv S5 is "only" $500, which isn't much more expensive than the Pandora. On top of that, it's not a closed platform, it's a freakin' PC, so you already have access to more software of all sorts than all those other platforms together will EVER have.
That used to be a joke, but today you can run Microsoft Robotics Studio on your Roomba.
On my computer, you typed "lose" to Win.