I think that the article writer just realized what a lot of computer buyers don't : CPU speed != more performance, ESPECIALLY when you look at graphical display and Word processing (at least he didn't include "web surfing speed").
Where are my CPU cycles and memory going on my AMD 3500+ and 1Gig 400MHz DDR Ram? Most of the time, nowhere. 1% CPU usage, commit charge 150 megs / 1 gig. Honestly, if you don't use CPU intensive apps, there's a limit to the 'improvement' you can expect in 'graphical display' and 'word processing' speed. But sales rep will tell you otherwise, for sure.
Here's a hint. They do the same thing for murderers, drug trafficants, gang members. Prosecuting them will take 4 places in jail. Getting them to cooperate will help stop others, and they probably have to engage themselve not to continue doing viruses / ddos. Everyone wins. Honestly, if they do it with murderers, is it THAT surprising that they do the same thing with script kiddies?
Coincidentally, the microprocessor is usually freaking expensive to replace. And garage tend to do a lot more 'replace' than 'fix', especially when it involve buggy software.
Hexus.net has an handy review of stuff no one cares about, makes the headlines on Slashdot, submitted by... Kez at steve.kerrison@HEXUS.net. I mean, a new case model? News for nerds. stuff that matters? Honestly, is Slashdot becoming just a traffic redirector for its partners?
If so, please redirect yourself to my sig. No crap products review, just Biology news.
I remember, back when I bought my first computer, I had the choice between a 25 and 50 megs Harddrive. The sales rep said:
"Choose the 25 megs one, NO ONE will EVER need this much storage!"
Guess what : Needs increase with time and technology. I'm sure if this tech get released after Blueray that we will have a way to fill up 1 TB without thinking too much about it.
Now what we REALLY need is a PERMANENT way of storing data.
These kind of 'calculation' assume that 100% of the time an employee is 'working' is productive work. Trust me, it is not, especially when the employee has unmonitored access to the net.
Now I don't say that employees SHOULD be productive 100% of the time. I just say that the time spent deleting spam is probably taken on 'unproductive' time anyway, not on things that need to be done.
Great to see that even Microsoft 'admits' that IE 5 is non-standard on many things by dropping support for it on MSN search... trust me, building a layout compatible with IE 5, IE 6 and mozilla is a true nightmare. If at least they could patch the bad implementation of the box model...
If every webmaster would stop implementing fixes and hacks to support non-standard browsers, I think IE would lose quite a marketshare to Firefox... end users don't see the problem (IE render every page fine! Firefox don't in some situations!) because webmasters optimize for IE (it IS 95% of the market, you know). Vicious circle...
I don't think we have yet an AI capable of reading and understanding text... so learning from it si far fetched. Except if they say "learning" in the "accumulate lots of data" way, not unlike Google crawling bot, I guess.
I can't wait for real AI tough. I soooo want a Teddy like in A.I. (the movie)!
If it works, would actual cpu-producing factories be able to implement it, or would it require a new process and new fabs to produce?
And they claim impressive (potential) performance gains... do the average computer user really need more than 4 Ghz? Or will the market for this new technology be supercomputer-class computers only?
I wonder how the early adopter who already bought the latest model for the premium price feel right now. Will Apple offer post-purchase discounts? I feel like the thing was launched 2 weeks ago... I sure would be pissed off if I bought something as soon as its out to see it drop 200$ (arbitrary figure) in price in two weeks....
Does it contain spyware ala Kazaa? I sure won't install it until I seen the source, eXeem being affiliated with Suprnova.org which was.... well, hosting tons of illegal.torrents?
I would have thought that Blizzard had more experience handling a massive amount of players. If I remember they had the same exact kind of problem with Warcraft III on Battle.net, underestimating demand, creating endless queues to join a game. The fact that they have to pull the game from the shelves is surprising; it shows that they don't have the control of the situation, and that they don't plan to in the near future. Of course, it could be a marketing ploy, to create demand by rarity, but I doubt it. It's producing a very bad image for Blizzard.
Meanwhile, players are still beta testing, but for 15$/month.
Its against your "contract" with Google (that you accept when signing up with Adsense) to click on your ads. Even once. Even to "check" if its working. Thats were the line is.
"Begging" for clicks, directly or indirectly, is agaisnt the terms of agreement, too. "I have trouble paying my hosting bills, so I added ads to the left, please support us", that kind of thing.
Don't see the point? Ads can be very profitable. Some keywords go for $0.03, sure. Some go for $7.00, too.
1- Set up website targeting profitable keyword
2- Set up a ring of "friends" clicking on the ads time to time
But I assure you that it hurts when your 100$ Adword budget goes in a puff of probably fraudulents clicks, with nothing you can do about it. The guys at SEO Chat forum are not very happy about this, I assure you.
It's discouraging me of running small-scale Adwords campaigns, honestly.
My blog is about biology and bioinformatics news. I had the habit of visiting some science news sites... recently, I found the RSS feeds of many press release services. News flash : most "science news" sites just copy/paste press releases. I do the same 50% of the time too, because it gets the point across when the PR is well written. But I do add my opinion / grain of salt when I can, which most science news site don't take the time to do / don't have the expertise necessary to understand. Being a PhD in bioinformatics with a strong biology background sure helps for that; and to filter unrelevant junk science news (there's lots of that, trust me).
Future of news? If its that easy to get on-par (content-wise) with most of the old-fashioned news source, independant sites like mine, run by expert on a niche topic, might be the future. Blogs are just another medium; it helps publishing fast and easy.
[Problem] 30 x 40 = ? [Solution] (1) Bring 30 on the bezel ruler and 10 on the dial ruler in line. (2) Read the number on the bezel ruler scale corresponding to 40 on the dial ruler scale. The number is 12 (= 1.2 x 101 ). (3) Calculate the number of digits following the formula in " Hint for calculation of the number of digits". In this case: 30 = 3 x 101, 40 = 4 x 101, and 12 = 1.2 x 101 Z = 1+1+1(1.2 3, 4) Z = 3 c = 1.2 C = 1.2 x 103 = 1200 [Answer] 1200
Honestly, do we NEED a 3d-accelerated interface? I'm sorry, but the "cute" factor vanish rapidly, and if it's gonna cost me a 200$ video card, I'll pass my turn. So basically, we will be required to buy a 3d card if we want to upgrade past Windows XP?
Anyone else think that Nvidia and ATI might have lobbied aggressively for this? I can't justify this... if it was an option, sure, no problem, but a necessity...
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Astronomers don't have a planet definition? Here's one! Planets are round, asteroids aren't! How's that ? :)
I think that the article writer just realized what a lot of computer buyers don't : CPU speed != more performance, ESPECIALLY when you look at graphical display and Word processing (at least he didn't include "web surfing speed").
Where are my CPU cycles and memory going on my AMD 3500+ and 1Gig 400MHz DDR Ram? Most of the time, nowhere. 1% CPU usage, commit charge 150 megs / 1 gig. Honestly, if you don't use CPU intensive apps, there's a limit to the 'improvement' you can expect in 'graphical display' and 'word processing' speed. But sales rep will tell you otherwise, for sure.
Here's a hint. They do the same thing for murderers, drug trafficants, gang members. Prosecuting them will take 4 places in jail. Getting them to cooperate will help stop others, and they probably have to engage themselve not to continue doing viruses / ddos. Everyone wins. Honestly, if they do it with murderers, is it THAT surprising that they do the same thing with script kiddies?
Coincidentally, the microprocessor is usually freaking expensive to replace. And garage tend to do a lot more 'replace' than 'fix', especially when it involve buggy software.
Hexus.net has an handy review of stuff no one cares about, makes the headlines on Slashdot, submitted by... Kez at steve.kerrison@HEXUS.net. I mean, a new case model? News for nerds. stuff that matters?
Honestly, is Slashdot becoming just a traffic redirector for its partners?
If so, please redirect yourself to my sig. No crap products review, just Biology news.
I remember, back when I bought my first computer, I had the choice between a 25 and 50 megs Harddrive. The sales rep said :
"Choose the 25 megs one, NO ONE will EVER need this much storage!"
Guess what : Needs increase with time and technology. I'm sure if this tech get released after Blueray that we will have a way to fill up 1 TB without thinking too much about it.
Now what we REALLY need is a PERMANENT way of storing data.
He pleaded guilty cause he was.
Can we really say anything more than 'well deserved'?
Do we know for how much he sold the stolen list? I supe hope for him its more than 400k... but I doubt it!
These kind of 'calculation' assume that 100% of the time an employee is 'working' is productive work. Trust me, it is not, especially when the employee has unmonitored access to the net.
Now I don't say that employees SHOULD be productive 100% of the time. I just say that the time spent deleting spam is probably taken on 'unproductive' time anyway, not on things that need to be done.
Great to see that even Microsoft 'admits' that IE 5 is non-standard on many things by dropping support for it on MSN search... trust me, building a layout compatible with IE 5, IE 6 and mozilla is a true nightmare. If at least they could patch the bad implementation of the box model...
If every webmaster would stop implementing fixes and hacks to support non-standard browsers, I think IE would lose quite a marketshare to Firefox... end users don't see the problem (IE render every page fine! Firefox don't in some situations!) because webmasters optimize for IE (it IS 95% of the market, you know). Vicious circle...
I don't think we have yet an AI capable of reading and understanding text... so learning from it si far fetched. Except if they say "learning" in the "accumulate lots of data" way, not unlike Google crawling bot, I guess.
I can't wait for real AI tough. I soooo want a Teddy like in A.I. (the movie)!
If it works, would actual cpu-producing factories be able to implement it, or would it require a new process and new fabs to produce?
And they claim impressive (potential) performance gains... do the average computer user really need more than 4 Ghz? Or will the market for this new technology be supercomputer-class computers only?
I wonder if he used a Blue Pen of Death... :)
They forgot...
A flashlight! With some duct tape... to stick it to your shotgun!
I wonder how the early adopter who already bought the latest model for the premium price feel right now. Will Apple offer post-purchase discounts? I feel like the thing was launched 2 weeks ago... I sure would be pissed off if I bought something as soon as its out to see it drop 200$ (arbitrary figure) in price in two weeks....
P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney!
Does it contain spyware ala Kazaa? I sure won't install it until I seen the source, eXeem being affiliated with Suprnova.org which was.... well, hosting tons of illegal .torrents?
I would have thought that Blizzard had more experience handling a massive amount of players. If I remember they had the same exact kind of problem with Warcraft III on Battle.net, underestimating demand, creating endless queues to join a game. The fact that they have to pull the game from the shelves is surprising; it shows that they don't have the control of the situation, and that they don't plan to in the near future. Of course, it could be a marketing ploy, to create demand by rarity, but I doubt it. It's producing a very bad image for Blizzard.
Meanwhile, players are still beta testing, but for 15$/month.
Its against your "contract" with Google (that you accept when signing up with Adsense) to click on your ads. Even once. Even to "check" if its working. Thats were the line is.
"Begging" for clicks, directly or indirectly, is agaisnt the terms of agreement, too. "I have trouble paying my hosting bills, so I added ads to the left, please support us", that kind of thing.
Don't see the point? Ads can be very profitable. Some keywords go for $0.03, sure. Some go for $7.00, too.
1- Set up website targeting profitable keyword
2- Set up a ring of "friends" clicking on the ads time to time
3- Profit!
Everyone is affected, big or small "publisher".
But I assure you that it hurts when your 100$ Adword budget goes in a puff of probably fraudulents clicks, with nothing you can do about it. The guys at SEO Chat forum are not very happy about this, I assure you.
It's discouraging me of running small-scale Adwords campaigns, honestly.
That everyone says "What you said?" when they're asked about VR4.
Lets compare apples to apples, would'ya?
While blogging, I discovered something.
My blog is about biology and bioinformatics news. I had the habit of visiting some science news sites... recently, I found the RSS feeds of many press release services. News flash : most "science news" sites just copy/paste press releases. I do the same 50% of the time too, because it gets the point across when the PR is well written. But I do add my opinion / grain of salt when I can, which most science news site don't take the time to do / don't have the expertise necessary to understand. Being a PhD in bioinformatics with a strong biology background sure helps for that; and to filter unrelevant junk science news (there's lots of that, trust me).
Future of news? If its that easy to get on-par (content-wise) with most of the old-fashioned news source, independant sites like mine, run by expert on a niche topic, might be the future. Blogs are just another medium; it helps publishing fast and easy.
According to the paper :
:)
[Problem] 30 x 40 = ?
[Solution]
(1) Bring 30 on the bezel ruler and 10 on the dial ruler in line.
(2) Read the number on the bezel ruler scale corresponding to 40 on the dial ruler
scale. The number is 12 (= 1.2 x 101 ).
(3) Calculate the number of digits following the formula in " Hint for calculation of the
number of digits".
In this case:
30 = 3 x 101, 40 = 4 x 101, and 12 = 1.2 x 101
Z = 1+1+1(1.2 3, 4)
Z = 3
c = 1.2
C = 1.2 x 103 = 1200
[Answer] 1200
Sure speeds things up I guess
I won't touch the "Chinese are barbarians" thing.
:)
But you left out Canada of the list! Consider that 50% of the total population of the country gave something of their own pocket, that the federal aid amount to 425 millions (CAN, but still) and that were only 10% of the US population... I think we made our effort!
All we want is TF2.
Thanks.
Honestly, do we NEED a 3d-accelerated interface? I'm sorry, but the "cute" factor vanish rapidly, and if it's gonna cost me a 200$ video card, I'll pass my turn. So basically, we will be required to buy a 3d card if we want to upgrade past Windows XP?
Anyone else think that Nvidia and ATI might have lobbied aggressively for this? I can't justify this... if it was an option, sure, no problem, but a necessity...