You can't increase clock speed indefinitely. There's a fundamental limit we're brushing up against here, and it's called 0.8c.
Electrons on copper travel 3cm per nanosecond. At four Gigahertz, each clock cycle, the electrons can only travel a theoretical maximum of 0.75cm. I don't even think that covers the diameter of a single core these days.
You can't turn up the clock much faster than it's already going without getting into nanotechnology. The only viable solution is to optimize chip efficiency through other means, and add more cores to the chip working in parallel.
The main distinction is the fact that two college kids, who can barely afford their rent, let alone $700/box for Photoshop, can copy it and use it, without any direct harm to the person who wrote it.
Boxes of Photoshop do not magically disappear from store shelves when a college kid borrows his friend's CD.
Now, did Adobe lose any money? Yes, if that college kid would have bought a box if it weren't available for free copying. If not, then nothing is lost, and it's a victimless crime.
It doesn't surprise me that you're this obtuse. The leap from dislking Bush to wanting to elect Saddam is a very short and easy one in your mind, I'm sure.
However, others of the human race have something called common sense, and something else called wit. I encourage you to discover these things as you take your first steps out of the toddler pen so cleverly designed by your hand-holding media. They seem to take great care to foster a climate where people like you can simply stop thinking and still get along fine.
Count on it if Bush is reelected, and mark my words. Your country will know no peace until he's done tearing up the middle east. And the only way to do it is with a new "draft". Though, it won't be a draft like it was in days gone by. They're busy working on a new spin for it.
With regard to "flip-flopping", it's blown out of proportion. Most of the votes used to hold up Kerry's policy on issues come from Senate procedural votes, which had more to do with deciding when and where the legislation was to be voted on.
"Anyone else want to boycott Slashdot subscriptions?"
No.
And if you reelect Bush, the rest of the world will never forgive you. Personally, I find it conveniently hilarous that such an utterly stupid man has succeeded in aligning behind him a majority of Americans. Fucking hysterical.
I watch the circus of your country's politics of self-defeat from a safe vantage point with popcorn in hand.
Don't make me laugh. Nobody in the '70s was concerned with keeping black neighbourhoods safe from drugs. The affluent caucasians were scared of little Billy having a drug dealer at his middle school. The inner cities were viewed as the source of the problem (and where the minorities lived), not the target to be protected.
Lo, the infidel has died in a car crash. Praise Allah! Your will is great, your power divine. Let the earth shake before you, and let the infidels tremble in fear before the one true faith.
So, then by your definition, to add the proper spice to life, we need to salt the waters of truth with grains of half-truths and superstitions.
Some people, myself included, prefer not to waste our lives playing religion with impulses from our pre-frontal lobes, and instead concentrate on finding truth in the universe.
This is especially annoying, since here in Canada, we are taxed quite heavily; if you make more than $50K Cdn [30K+-ish US], your incremental tax rate is something like 50c on the dollar.
"As of 1999, the Canadian government only has three taxation bands, the highest of which is 29%, starting at CA$59,180. The US government taxes its second band of taxation at almost as high a rate, 28%, starting at US$25,750 for a single person. The US third band - comparable to Canada's highest band - is 31% starting at US$62,450 for a single person."
In many cases, those tax dollars are put to great use, incredible and accessible health care (as much as we like to bitch about it, it's great),
When my girlfriend had to go to emergency here in Gatineau, QC for an ultrasound after having constant, severe abdominal cramping, we had to wait ten hours(!!!) to see a doctor. Things aren't ok. What if it was an ectopic pregnancy? She could have died waiting.
generally excellent and free highways (toll roads are fairly rare in Canada)
Yes excellent roads, that's why cities are running defecits just keeping their transit systems going, and chomping at the bit for a share of a 2.5% tax on gas so they can finally fill some potholes.
I'm sorry, I'm Canadian, but painting a rosy picture of what's wrong with our country in some egotistical cherade aimed at impressing Americans is no different from Americans claiming they have they greatest democracy on earth, while their supreme court is deciding elections. Just stop, please.
I tried "computer store" and "gatineau, QC", and all that showed up were computer stores across the river in Ottawa, ON. Not to mention many non-computer stores. And for some reason, the Corel corporation.
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These people really don't matter. You really need to stop lending credence to their bullshit by entertaining it.
Thanks for the correction, but you're nitpicking on the electron issue.
Whoops, got my units wrong. That should be 2.4cm/ns, and 0.6cm per hertz at 4Ghz.
You can't increase clock speed indefinitely. There's a fundamental limit we're brushing up against here, and it's called 0.8c.
Electrons on copper travel 3cm per nanosecond. At four Gigahertz, each clock cycle, the electrons can only travel a theoretical maximum of 0.75cm. I don't even think that covers the diameter of a single core these days.
You can't turn up the clock much faster than it's already going without getting into nanotechnology. The only viable solution is to optimize chip efficiency through other means, and add more cores to the chip working in parallel.
The main distinction is the fact that two college kids, who can barely afford their rent, let alone $700/box for Photoshop, can copy it and use it, without any direct harm to the person who wrote it.
Boxes of Photoshop do not magically disappear from store shelves when a college kid borrows his friend's CD.
Now, did Adobe lose any money? Yes, if that college kid would have bought a box if it weren't available for free copying. If not, then nothing is lost, and it's a victimless crime.
Just stop. You're wrong.
"Theft of Services" applies to a haircut because you are depriving the barber of his time without due compensation. His time is worth something.
Once again, if a kid in Russia copies Win XP, does Ballmer's jaguar stall for 20 minutes? No. Please, just shut up.
Well, good for them.
Use a hosting service outside of the USA. Canada, for instance.
If the content on your site is the least bit controversial, you're a bloody moron if you're still hosting in the USA.
And considering that, you could also say they might (may yet?) have lived into their 100s had they not been exposed to that radiation and stress.
Guess we may never know. Interesting though.
As correct as you are, that particular argument "template" you use is quite cliche and tiresome.
The sad thing is, it wasn't sarcasm. You honestly believe it.
It doesn't surprise me that you're this obtuse. The leap from dislking Bush to wanting to elect Saddam is a very short and easy one in your mind, I'm sure.
However, others of the human race have something called common sense, and something else called wit. I encourage you to discover these things as you take your first steps out of the toddler pen so cleverly designed by your hand-holding media. They seem to take great care to foster a climate where people like you can simply stop thinking and still get along fine.
What the fuck? Are you seriously invoking the Chewbacca defence to a post on Slashdot?
No wonder you're electing Bush. He must make you feel like quite a smart man by comparison.
Saddam! That's so clever.
Count on it if Bush is reelected, and mark my words. Your country will know no peace until he's done tearing up the middle east. And the only way to do it is with a new "draft". Though, it won't be a draft like it was in days gone by. They're busy working on a new spin for it.
With regard to "flip-flopping", it's blown out of proportion. Most of the votes used to hold up Kerry's policy on issues come from Senate procedural votes, which had more to do with deciding when and where the legislation was to be voted on.
I agree 100%.
"Anyone else want to boycott Slashdot subscriptions?"
No.
And if you reelect Bush, the rest of the world will never forgive you. Personally, I find it conveniently hilarous that such an utterly stupid man has succeeded in aligning behind him a majority of Americans. Fucking hysterical.
I watch the circus of your country's politics of self-defeat from a safe vantage point with popcorn in hand.
Don't make me laugh. Nobody in the '70s was concerned with keeping black neighbourhoods safe from drugs. The affluent caucasians were scared of little Billy having a drug dealer at his middle school. The inner cities were viewed as the source of the problem (and where the minorities lived), not the target to be protected.
Allah,
Lo, the infidel has died in a car crash. Praise Allah! Your will is great, your power divine. Let the earth shake before you, and let the infidels tremble in fear before the one true faith.
Allah Akbar! Allah Akbar!
Do a google search for bald-faced and bold-faced. You will find bold-faced to be the correct usage (13,000 hits versus 160,000 for bold).
So, then by your definition, to add the proper spice to life, we need to salt the waters of truth with grains of half-truths and superstitions.
Some people, myself included, prefer not to waste our lives playing religion with impulses from our pre-frontal lobes, and instead concentrate on finding truth in the universe.
Religion is a bold-faced lie. It's just happened to gain social acceptance.
And free women.
"As of 1999, the Canadian government only has three taxation bands, the highest of which is 29%, starting at CA$59,180. The US government taxes its second band of taxation at almost as high a rate, 28%, starting at US$25,750 for a single person. The US third band - comparable to Canada's highest band - is 31% starting at US$62,450 for a single person."
When my girlfriend had to go to emergency here in Gatineau, QC for an ultrasound after having constant, severe abdominal cramping, we had to wait ten hours(!!!) to see a doctor. Things aren't ok. What if it was an ectopic pregnancy? She could have died waiting.
Yes excellent roads, that's why cities are running defecits just keeping their transit systems going, and chomping at the bit for a share of a 2.5% tax on gas so they can finally fill some potholes.
I'm sorry, I'm Canadian, but painting a rosy picture of what's wrong with our country in some egotistical cherade aimed at impressing Americans is no different from Americans claiming they have they greatest democracy on earth, while their supreme court is deciding elections. Just stop, please.
I tried "computer store" and "gatineau, QC", and all that showed up were computer stores across the river in Ottawa, ON. Not to mention many non-computer stores. And for some reason, the Corel corporation.
This search engine bites.