We are goning have to wait for oil to become scarce and let the market decide. While oil is a very un-elastic commodity eventually supply and demand will force prices up to the point where even your biggest petrol heads start to think maybe we should be thinking about alternative fuel sources.
If you look at oil prices over the first half of this year then it might not be as long as you think before we reach this point.
Also, Venice and San Diego are the first cores to incorporate SSE3 instructions. I don't know what that means, but it's one more than SSE2! (seriously, though: SSE3)
Yep, if your doing anything serious like a report or research then you shouldn't be referencing an encyclopedia anyway. BTW believe it or not there have been incidents of mistakes in printed encyclopedias.
I think it is slightly rushed, usually the new GPU's come about every 8-9 months, this can get confusing because both companies release many different versions of their cards.
Its only been about 6 months since the introduction of the 6xxx GPU, I reckon the rush may have something to do with the imminent arrival of the next gen consoles, all of which will require top end parts. ATI and Nvidia have almost certainly been working overtime and now want to start making some more money from the PC market.
Saying its too expensive is a silly criticism, let the market decide. When people complain about prive what they really mean is that they would like one and can't afford it, it upsets them to think that somone else can.
Ever notice how it takes a year or so for console games to really begin to shine? This never happens because in 14 months 8-10 cards have come and gone. If there was some standardization and a slowdown the industry could focus on content rather than FPS in a two or three year old game that doesn't utilize ANY of the new cards features.
Nvidia are kind of addressing this point with their CG shader language which allows the same code to be used for the previous and the next generation.
Yeah the MS / IBM comparison is lazy, there has never been a company as successful as MS. They have a ridiculous amount of cash at their disposal, think of the kind of intrest that money generates. Most importatnly while they have that kind of money they will always be able to hire the best and brightest. People are probably the most expensive and most valuable asset a company can have (look at google), most importantly they have so much money they can afford to make many mistakes.
I am not saying that MS definitely won't make a massive fuck up and die, but as much as we might like it to happen I think most rational people would agree that it is highly unlikely. MS will remain a major player in the IT industry for a long time.
I doubt that future archeologists could learn anything more interesting than what they could learn from all our print, audio and video media. An old employee database versus the latest batman movie ?, no chance.
Actually if you read the article you might find this is actually quite innovative. They reckon they have solved the bottleneck problems that you get towards the end of a large file. I am no expert but it sounds like they are using parity.
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Your a geek.
Your kidding right ?, I would never call a floppy disk "reliable", my usbs flash drive on the other hand...
How many people watch movies on their computer ?, this will upset geeks more than your average joe.
Hi. Chandler called, he wants his joke back.
Triple layer HD-DVD is 45GB and Blu-Ray (double layer) is 50GB. I think both of them will be able to cover HD-Video just fine.
I though HD-DVD was just a normal dvd with the video stored with higher quality compression ?
Pffft, I already have one of these, its crap.
We are goning have to wait for oil to become scarce and let the market decide. While oil is a very un-elastic commodity eventually supply and demand will force prices up to the point where even your biggest petrol heads start to think maybe we should be thinking about alternative fuel sources.
If you look at oil prices over the first half of this year then it might not be as long as you think before we reach this point.
"Oh no not the green one, anyone but the green one"
Pen, Paper and a telephone, everthing would still get done, just slower.
This train is too fast, imagine the havoc that terrorists could cause with it.
For the love of god will somebody please think of the children.
Also, Venice and San Diego are the first cores to incorporate SSE3 instructions. I don't know what that means, but it's one more than SSE2! (seriously, though: SSE3)
The SSE on my althlon 64 goes up to 11.
Yep, if your doing anything serious like a report or research then you shouldn't be referencing an encyclopedia anyway. BTW believe it or not there have been incidents of mistakes in printed encyclopedias.
I think it is slightly rushed, usually the new GPU's come about every 8-9 months, this can get confusing because both companies release many different versions of their cards.
Its only been about 6 months since the introduction of the 6xxx GPU, I reckon the rush may have something to do with the imminent arrival of the next gen consoles, all of which will require top end parts. ATI and Nvidia have almost certainly been working overtime and now want to start making some more money from the PC market.
Saying its too expensive is a silly criticism, let the market decide. When people complain about prive what they really mean is that they would like one and can't afford it, it upsets them to think that somone else can.
Ever notice how it takes a year or so for console games to really begin to shine? This never happens because in 14 months 8-10 cards have come and gone. If there was some standardization and a slowdown the industry could focus on content rather than FPS in a two or three year old game that doesn't utilize ANY of the new cards features.
Nvidia are kind of addressing this point with their CG shader language which allows the same code to be used for the previous and the next generation.
Yeah the MS / IBM comparison is lazy, there has never been a company as successful as MS. They have a ridiculous amount of cash at their disposal, think of the kind of intrest that money generates. Most importatnly while they have that kind of money they will always be able to hire the best and brightest. People are probably the most expensive and most valuable asset a company can have (look at google), most importantly they have so much money they can afford to make many mistakes.
I am not saying that MS definitely won't make a massive fuck up and die, but as much as we might like it to happen I think most rational people would agree that it is highly unlikely. MS will remain a major player in the IT industry for a long time.
I would ove to see knightfall filmed, it would have to be at least two films though (3 might more sense).
Agreed, there are simple phones out there if you bother to look.
Personally I want a phone with a decent mp3 player so I don't have to carry two devices around with me.
If microsoft can make use of parity to reduce bandwidth usage then avalanche has got a good chance of being successful.
Why do so many people have this mistaken idea that you can just jump out of orbit?
Two words, Space Elevator.
Ahh star trek 4, the one about the whales.
I doubt that future archeologists could learn anything more interesting than what they could learn from all our print, audio and video media. An old employee database versus the latest batman movie ?, no chance.
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Actually if you read the article you might find this is actually quite innovative. They reckon they have solved the bottleneck problems that you get towards the end of a large file. I am no expert but it sounds like they are using parity.
Build the multi core cpus and the hyper threaded apps will come.