An optimising compiler for the Athlon is not as necessary as one for the P4. The Athlon was designed to optimise code within the CPU (ie. it was made to work better with current code), as opposed to the P4 which needs code to be optimised by the compiler to run faster.
This is the major problem with the P4. Admittedly, the article I read this in is a little old, but I'm sure it still applies today. Either way, this article is what made me absolutely certain that I'd chosen the right CPU. You can find it at http://www.emulators.com/pentium4.htm.
There's a lot of background info on CPU's leading up to the P4 and the Athlon, but it's quite an interesting article...
Can't quite remember off the top of my head, but wasn't this bill introduced by an independent MP?
If my brain serves me well (which it generally doesn't), I have a feeling this was only passed by the Liberal government to gain support from this MP, who happens to hold most(?) of the balance of power in the senate...
No doubt taxes had something to do with it, but most of the reasoning for it was this (quite conservative) man.
My one question to this is: if the ACCC is setting prices too low to be supported, how is it possible for Optus to charge less for a better service?
Or are you going to tell me that they are losing money to increase market share?
Either way, it could be worse: imagine if OneTel had offered this Freedom plan to us:) Well, I suppose we might have been able to get a cheaap cable modem out of them, if not any service...
Unfortunately BigPond are not "little fish": they are the internet arm of Telstra: the company that had the monopoly over all telecoms until not long ago. AUP's are fine, except this one is unbelievably restricted, especially as our download speeds are capped to begin with.
Optus@home (the other cable 'net provider), on the other hand, have a great AUP: you can use no more than 10x the average use of all users. That means that if everyones use increases, then obviously yours can, too.
Telstra's cable service is rediculous: it's more expensive than Optus (who also give you a free landline), slower than Optus (whose users regularly get speeds of 5-10x my download speeds), and obviously now this useless AUP.
Unfortunately, Optus can't have overhead cables in Bondi, so I'm stuck with Telstra...
My advice to anyone considering cable: go Optus. They shook Telstra awake when they started here for landline calls, and they're doing the same for cable internet. And when you sign up with them, let Telstra know you did, and why!
Wouldn't this be covered by "using symbols... to communicate thoughts"?
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My fav Australian movie as a kid was 'BMX Bandits'. A young Nicole Kidman in bike leathers, yes please:)
There was a thriller that come out too called 'The Long Weekend'. Didn't go camping for a year after that flick, but it's extremely hard to track down....
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This is the major problem with the P4. Admittedly, the article I read this in is a little old, but I'm sure it still applies today. Either way, this article is what made me absolutely certain that I'd chosen the right CPU. You can find it at http://www.emulators.com/pentium4.htm .
There's a lot of background info on CPU's leading up to the P4 and the Athlon, but it's quite an interesting article...
If my brain serves me well (which it generally doesn't), I have a feeling this was only passed by the Liberal government to gain support from this MP, who happens to hold most(?) of the balance of power in the senate...
No doubt taxes had something to do with it, but most of the reasoning for it was this (quite conservative) man.
And let's not forget BMX Bandits....
Or are you going to tell me that they are losing money to increase market share?
Either way, it could be worse: imagine if OneTel had offered this Freedom plan to us :) Well, I suppose we might have been able to get a cheaap cable modem out of them, if not any service...
Optus@home (the other cable 'net provider), on the other hand, have a great AUP: you can use no more than 10x the average use of all users. That means that if everyones use increases, then obviously yours can, too.
Telstra's cable service is rediculous: it's more expensive than Optus (who also give you a free landline), slower than Optus (whose users regularly get speeds of 5-10x my download speeds), and obviously now this useless AUP.
Unfortunately, Optus can't have overhead cables in Bondi, so I'm stuck with Telstra...
My advice to anyone considering cable: go Optus. They shook Telstra awake when they started here for landline calls, and they're doing the same for cable internet. And when you sign up with them, let Telstra know you did, and why!
Wouldn't this be covered by "using symbols... to communicate thoughts"?
There was a thriller that come out too called 'The Long Weekend'. Didn't go camping for a year after that flick, but it's extremely hard to track down....