If you look at the current bus system it uses a ISA bridge. The ISA bus is acually a extension of the PCI bus. There is no more ISA controler in the old fasioned sence.. The new system will take control and there will be a extension to support PCI..
ISA was phased out in the recent motherboards. Almost all motherboards being released have no ISA slots. Go see for yourself.
Just because optical has the potential to be faster doesn't mean is IS faster. You have to remember that you not only have to have a fiber, but you also have to have a very expensive source and reciever setup on either side. and fiber can not be run in parallel like electronics can. Each card would have to have a chain like device to allow communication with the next device on the bus. Aka, fiber to the first drive, that drive has fiber to the next drive, etc etc etc.. also another problem with fiber is that it is SLOWER over small distances because of the Voltage -> light -> Voltage conversion process.
Optics are mainly used as long distance communication devices (a few feet+). The reason that USB is used over fiber is that USB provides power.. 100ma if I remember corectly. Fiber can not reasonably provide power.
And all this is neglecting the cost/size considerations. Gold vias are nice because they are VERY thin and can be stamped into layers really easy. In other words, There will be no PCB like fiber for a while.. to large, way to complicated...
(Sorry.. I get tired of the 'fiber solves all speed/electronics problems' comments.)
"I think this means Linux," said Jonas Yip, a chip designer in San Francisco. "But unless I really stopped to think about it, I probably wouldn't know what it means."
I hope he is making Frio-lays or something because almost all the tech industry has seen tux on something, somewhere. Even the most clueless EE's around here know that Linux == Tux..
Now if it was a 'little friendly looking devil' that would be a diferent story!
Ya know.. I was asking almost the same thing when I heard they where going to build a nuclear sub! There isn't any water inbetween Pakistan and India =)
How heavy are these systems? I know a regular laptop battery is heavy but it can't be nearly as heavy as these things! A really big pus in laptops is for the lighter/smaller laptops. If this ads a extra 3-4lb or higher of weight will people still want to buy it?
At work we have been using plain old ATX base mounting systems for our P4 boards. I am not sure where this 'You need a whole new case and a whole new power supply' thing came from but the only real requirement is that you have a LARGE power supply.. at least 300W.. other than that a normal ATX supply/case works fine..
I always prefer source because of config.h... most programs don't have it I know.. but when its there its nice to browse the features and options contained within.. and some times you find nice little gems.. like BitchX's NOTIFY_BITCHX_COM. It sends a packet to BitchX.com and lets them know how many people are actually using there client.. Am I really worried about them knowing where I IRC? Well.. not really.. I am really boring.. however, when I notice strange packets in my firewall's logs I don't start to think its more than it really is.. prevents me from having to go through every program (though this one would be fairly self explanatory) and figure out what was sending the data.
The battle field is not 'the place where the shooting is happening' the battlefield is everything involved in war, this includes the support crew. Also, all members of the armed forces train with weapons, and most the support crews carry weapons. I didn't say that they where not going to used in battle ever, I said they where not going to be used in battle for the time being. This was mainly directed towards the 'But if they get shot they will blow up' comments that where springing up like crazy. Just because the article talks about there uses in combat doesn't mean that they will be used in combat first. Usually in the military things are tested in non-critical areas first, like portable/wearable computers in this case. I was attempting to explain that we will see things like this pop up in less critical applications first and then slowly move it onto the battle field (after it has been proven).
(Actually, I think this would be great for our (us being the US) soldiers because of the offensive capabilies it'd add - thermal imaging will let our snipers own theirs!)
Bah! I always knew our military was just a bunch of campers! =)
These will not be used in battle for the time being. These are mostly for behind the lines type of service. One example I know of is a active repair utility. You can pull up all the documentation you need to repair a vehicle on the field without having to call or talk to somebody. You can also look at the schematic of something without carrying around piles of papers. And when your underneath something trying to put it back together, its really nice to just pull up the information you need on a wearable computer instead of having to continuously remove yourself to look at a laptop or desktop computer. The same ideas could be applied to medical personnel. Having a complete online medical resource kit could be really useful when in the middle of nowhere trying to repair bullet wounds.
It seems that the entire WIPO approach is that the biggest claimant, either in bank balance or other example of power, has the prime right to any and all domain names associated with themselves
True or not, if you notice. The small guy WON in this case. He is now going on the offensive by asking walmart for all there wallmart* domain names.
okay.. so this material generates power.. it iwll most likely generate something in the area of a few watts an hour, we will say 100 for simplicity. (I know thats EXTREEMLY high) This means that it will take 10 hours to save one kW of power. Currently power prices are $.07 a kW/h (1000Watts an hour) so, to save seven cents you have to be outside for ten hours. This means that in the fifteen minutes it takes for me to goto work I save.175 cents! This means that it would take 1 and 2/3 of a year to save a dollar..
This is either a 'not-very-effective' product, or I need to get out more.. I can't tell wich =)
P.S. Whatever the codec is for that.AVI, it's unsupported in XAnim. So could you please just *tell* me something about the movie in a coherent fashion this time?
Its not acually an AVI.. its a MOV.. check the link =)
One of the major problems with the Pentium IV is there continued use of Rambus memory over faster/cheaper alternatives like DDR-SDRAM. Rambus is a one BYTE bus. It can only output one byte per clock. SDRAM/DDR is a 8 BYTE bus. So for every clock on a SDRAM module it can return 8 bytes while the RDRAM (RIMM/Rambus) can only return one byte.
Now, one major diference between rambus and sdram is its second modules support. With SDRAM they use the same bus. With RDRAM they add bus's together. This means that with 2 SDRAM modules you still only have 8 bytes for your bus, where as with RDRAM you now have 2 bytes. Add enough RDRAM and you get enough bandwidth to compaire with SDRAM. Watch those benchmarks, most the cases where RDRAM wins have more than 2 modules.. 4 in most cases..
The PIV gets hurt by the fact that they run RDRAM instead of SDRAM. Unless they start using more than one RDRAM module they get a major speed hit. And several RIMM's will cost you an arm and a leg. Regardless of processor cost the RIMM's alone will kill you!
This is not a conversation about the moral merits of this site. This is a conversation about the hardware/software setup behind the site. Please stop flaming/trolling the channel because 'porn is wrong' or 'nekid chicks are cool'. What truley disturbs me is the comment about the single processor intel system over the Sun server. I can say right now that that e220 should have blown the intel system out of the water. Quad sun processor's are some of the fastest things out there right now when it comes to major web serving.
So now when you get those stupid chirps and chimes and crap when you open and close windows, click on the desktop or move the mouse they will all sound like they are being run through a car muffler.
"Brrrrwaaruuuggg".. Hrm.. I have mail.. "Grrrruuuuuhhhhhuh".. ack! thats the GPF sound!
The basic idea of the site is to provide one hub where someone will know the software they are looking at is open-source and is developed to the point it should work.
Well I guess this site excludes gnome and the previously mentioned "Hello World" program from the list =)
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ISA was replaced..
If you look at the current bus system it uses a ISA bridge. The ISA bus is acually a extension of the PCI bus. There is no more ISA controler in the old fasioned sence.. The new system will take control and there will be a extension to support PCI..
ISA was phased out in the recent motherboards. Almost all motherboards being released have no ISA slots. Go see for yourself.
Just because optical has the potential to be faster doesn't mean is IS faster. You have to remember that you not only have to have a fiber, but you also have to have a very expensive source and reciever setup on either side. and fiber can not be run in parallel like electronics can. Each card would have to have a chain like device to allow communication with the next device on the bus. Aka, fiber to the first drive, that drive has fiber to the next drive, etc etc etc.. also another problem with fiber is that it is SLOWER over small distances because of the Voltage -> light -> Voltage conversion process.
Optics are mainly used as long distance communication devices (a few feet+). The reason that USB is used over fiber is that USB provides power.. 100ma if I remember corectly. Fiber can not reasonably provide power.
And all this is neglecting the cost/size considerations. Gold vias are nice because they are VERY thin and can be stamped into layers really easy. In other words, There will be no PCB like fiber for a while.. to large, way to complicated...
(Sorry.. I get tired of the 'fiber solves all speed/electronics problems' comments.)
"I think this means Linux," said Jonas Yip, a chip designer in San Francisco. "But unless I really stopped to think about it, I probably wouldn't know what it means."
I hope he is making Frio-lays or something because almost all the tech industry has seen tux on something, somewhere. Even the most clueless EE's around here know that Linux == Tux..
Now if it was a 'little friendly looking devil' that would be a diferent story!
Ya know.. I was asking almost the same thing when I heard they where going to build a nuclear sub! There isn't any water inbetween Pakistan and India =)
How heavy are these systems? I know a regular laptop battery is heavy but it can't be nearly as heavy as these things! A really big pus in laptops is for the lighter/smaller laptops. If this ads a extra 3-4lb or higher of weight will people still want to buy it?
Microsofts ActiveCML.. or would it be CMLscript? =)
'This is ment to be funny and is not a flame or troll..'
And my mom always said I wasn't a artist =)
At work we have been using plain old ATX base mounting systems for our P4 boards. I am not sure where this 'You need a whole new case and a whole new power supply' thing came from but the only real requirement is that you have a LARGE power supply.. at least 300W.. other than that a normal ATX supply/case works fine..
I always prefer source because of config.h... most programs don't have it I know.. but when its there its nice to browse the features and options contained within.. and some times you find nice little gems.. like BitchX's NOTIFY_BITCHX_COM. It sends a packet to BitchX.com and lets them know how many people are actually using there client.. Am I really worried about them knowing where I IRC? Well.. not really.. I am really boring.. however, when I notice strange packets in my firewall's logs I don't start to think its more than it really is.. prevents me from having to go through every program (though this one would be fairly self explanatory) and figure out what was sending the data.
The battle field is not 'the place where the shooting is happening' the battlefield is everything involved in war, this includes the support crew. Also, all members of the armed forces train with weapons, and most the support crews carry weapons. I didn't say that they where not going to used in battle ever, I said they where not going to be used in battle for the time being. This was mainly directed towards the 'But if they get shot they will blow up' comments that where springing up like crazy.
Just because the article talks about there uses in combat doesn't mean that they will be used in combat first. Usually in the military things are tested in non-critical areas first, like portable/wearable computers in this case. I was attempting to explain that we will see things like this pop up in less critical applications first and then slowly move it onto the battle field (after it has been proven).
(Actually, I think this would be great for our (us being the US) soldiers because of the offensive capabilies it'd add - thermal imaging will let our snipers own theirs!)
Bah! I always knew our military was just a bunch of campers! =)
These will not be used in battle for the time being. These are mostly for behind the lines type of service. One example I know of is a active repair utility. You can pull up all the documentation you need to repair a vehicle on the field without having to call or talk to somebody. You can also look at the schematic of something without carrying around piles of papers. And when your underneath something trying to put it back together, its really nice to just pull up the information you need on a wearable computer instead of having to continuously remove yourself to look at a laptop or desktop computer.
The same ideas could be applied to medical personnel. Having a complete online medical resource kit could be really useful when in the middle of nowhere trying to repair bullet wounds.
It seems that the entire WIPO approach is that the biggest claimant, either in bank balance or other example of power, has the prime right to any and all domain names associated with themselves
True or not, if you notice. The small guy WON in this case. He is now going on the offensive by asking walmart for all there wallmart* domain names.
okay.. so this material generates power.. it iwll most likely generate something in the area of a few watts an hour, we will say 100 for simplicity. (I know thats EXTREEMLY high) This means that it will take 10 hours to save one kW of power. Currently power prices are $.07 a kW/h (1000Watts an hour) so, to save seven cents you have to be outside for ten hours. This means that in the fifteen minutes it takes for me to goto work I save .175 cents! This means that it would take 1 and 2/3 of a year to save a dollar..
This is either a 'not-very-effective' product, or I need to get out more.. I can't tell wich =)
Yea but when I donate $7.50 to the EFF I don't get to see violence and sex nonstop for two or more hours! =)
The trailer for *what*?
.AVI, it's unsupported in XAnim. So could you please just *tell* me something about the movie in a coherent fashion this time?
Erm.. AI.. its right in the topic =)
P.S. Whatever the codec is for that
Its not acually an AVI.. its a MOV.. check the link =)
One of the major problems with the Pentium IV is there continued use of Rambus memory over faster/cheaper alternatives like DDR-SDRAM. Rambus is a one BYTE bus. It can only output one byte per clock. SDRAM/DDR is a 8 BYTE bus. So for every clock on a SDRAM module it can return 8 bytes while the RDRAM (RIMM/Rambus) can only return one byte.
Now, one major diference between rambus and sdram is its second modules support. With SDRAM they use the same bus. With RDRAM they add bus's together. This means that with 2 SDRAM modules you still only have 8 bytes for your bus, where as with RDRAM you now have 2 bytes. Add enough RDRAM and you get enough bandwidth to compaire with SDRAM. Watch those benchmarks, most the cases where RDRAM wins have more than 2 modules.. 4 in most cases..
The PIV gets hurt by the fact that they run RDRAM instead of SDRAM. Unless they start using more than one RDRAM module they get a major speed hit. And several RIMM's will cost you an arm and a leg. Regardless of processor cost the RIMM's alone will kill you!
This is not a conversation about the moral merits of this site. This is a conversation about the hardware/software setup behind the site. Please stop flaming/trolling the channel because 'porn is wrong' or 'nekid chicks are cool'. What truley disturbs me is the comment about the single processor intel system over the Sun server. I can say right now that that e220 should have blown the intel system out of the water. Quad sun processor's are some of the fastest things out there right now when it comes to major web serving.
I can't believe this kind of crap gets modded up even after I spend mod points to bring it down! ugg! My first time moderating and look what happens!
So now when you get those stupid chirps and chimes and crap when you open and close windows, click on the desktop or move the mouse they will all sound like they are being run through a car muffler.
"Brrrrwaaruuuggg".. Hrm.. I have mail.. "Grrrruuuuuhhhhhuh".. ack! thats the GPF sound!
Woops wrong window/article!
Due to the size of the video files appearing on this site, download could be difficult without T1, Cable or LAN connection.
*Checks Download* I don't know I had to use a LAN connection to the net to get 5kbs from them =)
I usually figure that if it isn't in Debian unstable, I don't need it. :)
apt-get pr0n
Software Problem Linked to Osprey Crash
I read this and instantly think of the Osprey pilot, playing Solitare on the WinNT box running the system when all of a sudden in blue screens. =)
The basic idea of the site is to provide one hub where someone will know the software they are looking at is open-source and is developed to the point it should work.
Well I guess this site excludes gnome and the previously mentioned "Hello World" program from the list =)