True, but that's what the competition is: FutureTruck. In the mid- to late-90's, we were in the FutureCar competition, but the organizers of that event decided to go with SUVs one of the years. I wouldn't complain, though. Half the new automobiles purchased in the US are SUVs, and we can't force people to stop buying them. The best we can do is make the cars they buy better.
Yeah, we're college students. But we're also engineers who spend a lot more time working on a truck than a website. (emphasis on the "engineers" part) No English majors in the garage, I'll tell you that.
Seeing as I didn't have much room to put all our current ideas in the submission, here's what's been thought up so far:
Automated Distance Closure Braking System: Basically, if something's coming close at either sudden acceleration or high velocity, the braking system will automatically engage.
CF Ignition: Not only could the car start up via CF card, but other features could be included. ie: Driving style data logged to the card for future use (mashing the gas pedal/seat position/etc); Remote access via PDA that would allow GPS locating or remote starting. Privacy concerns with this would require that only the last person who used the car could do this.
Heads up display: Cool stuff. Nuff said.
That last one was suggested to me after I posted and hasn't really been brought up with the other guys yet. Anything else you'd like to see in this prototype? I mean, if we build it, there's an outside chance it'll be implemented in most cars in the future.
As a resident of Madison, WI, I would like to hereby denounce Intel for implicitly making me a representative of their product, the Madison processor. I would rather not be part of a marketing ploy. Thank you. That is all.
Anyone else notice this? I mean, it's chock full of links and everything... except that the links were all created for this movie. It's as if New Line wanted the world to actually think she exists. They have "The Real Simone" with pictures, books(!), and music. Absolute craziness, I tell you. Absolute craziness.
Seeing as I currently attend UW-Madtown, this holds a special place in my heart... oh yeah, I'm in the Engineering Mechanics and Astronautics program, so that might have something to do with it too. Anyways, because I tend to remember cool stuff like this going on here at UW, I remembered another press release by us concerning Quantum computers. Yummy!
BEFORE everyone goes to the Ericsson job site and slashdots it, I'd like to take this opportunity to say that there are currently three jobs available: two in the Netherlands and one in Nigeria. Alas, I don't believe any of them involve walking around pretending to be tourists while getting paid.
What would happen if someone created a page that would redirect everyone looking at that page to www.riaa.org at a given time? I couldn't see the blame fall on either the web author or the host. It would simply be a massive amount of people looking at a page who would simultaneously be redirected to www.riaa.org. No one would be exploiting someone else's connection; it would be freely chosen by all. The only requirement would be that a lot of people leaving their web browser open on that specific page until the designated time. Seems completely legal and feasible.
So, I bought one of these and it's sitting in pieces on top of my current 'puter. But after move-in, it will have a tremendous job ahead of it:
It will serve as one of these HEPC or whatever you call it. It has S-video out, decent sound (my standalone DVD player will take care of good sound requirements), and best of all, it has 2 fans... nothing else. No hard drive, no floppy, no cd-rom. Nothing.
That said, it is quite obvious that it will be functioning as a diskless client, booting off a server. This server will provide everything via NFS (yes, I'm behind a firewall, so don't bother trying to hack). Hopefully, in time I will produce some software that is basically an OSD similar to that of the TV guide with Time Warner's digital cable. That way, there is no need to move a pseudo-mouse with the numbers on the remote. The last step of the project will be to create a CD-archiver that mechanically loads/unloads CDs remotely. mmmm, laziness
Looks great with the aluminum casing. Was pretty cheap too at $300 for the case, proc, mb, power supply and RAM. Yes, no hdd, fd, or cdrom. This is going to be a diskless system, and I'd have to say that the SV24 fits the bill quite nicely. I'll put up a page when the project is finished.
IANAL, but it seems like this problem could have been easily avoided. Using that as a premise, one could litigate against M$ on the grounds of negligence. According to some of the other posts, this bug has been known for quite some time and has been patched on a variety of comm devices (modems). Also, referencing other posts, the WebTV/MSNTV devices can be auto-upgraded, implying that M$ not just had the knowledge that the problem existed BUT ALSO the ability to fix it within a reasonable cost structure.
So, no, it wasn't a stupid comment... just under-/poorly-explained. I guess you could equate it with a home security system:
Company comes over and installs a very complex security system at your house. Only problem is that there is a very old component used in the system that alerts the police to a hostile break-in if a number of normal circumstances align at the same time.
These certain circumstances are:
Ggarage door is closed
Upstairs window open
Dog in the basement triggering motion detector
The owner sets the "HOME" option (the one that triggers if certain windows/doors are opened, but not the main door)
Home user is happy with their system for months... even years, until these certain circumstances align. Uh-oh. Silent hostile alarm goes off.
5 Minutes later, the doorbell rings. It's a cop with gun unholstered. His partner is in the bushes targeting the door. Another trooper is walking around the back.
You tell the cops nothing happened. They say they've seen this happen before, but because you required the attention of multiple police officers, you will need to pay a modest $50.
Sound impossible? Well, it happened to us (except swap in a malfunctioning keypad for all the coincidences). And yes, we did get fined because it had happened before.
Making M$ pay a little doesn't seem like that bad of an idea.
Re:No... a 64bit chip doesn't have to be 'slower'
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Thus if it takes an ADD instruction 16 cycles to add two registers and store the results in a third register, it takes 16 cycles reguardless fo whcih mode the processor is in.
Case and point. If a 64-bit processor had a 64-bit ADD instruction that takes 16 cycles to complete, a similar 32-bit ADD instruction (assuming the addends and sum are within the 32-bit range, which would be the case if performed on a strictly 32-bit app) would take approximately half (8) the amount of cycles to complete. Thus, if the 64-bit proc was running a 32-bit app with a clockspeedXmultiplier of 1600MHz, it would finish the task at an apparent rate of 100MHz, whereas an equivalent 1600MHz 32-bit proc would finish the task at an apparent rate of 200MHz.
Oh, and I'm not talking about any extras on the chip such as different queueing algorithms or assemblers. That wasn't my point.
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Well, I suppose your reaction to this depends on your personal product loyalty (or possibly lack thereof). Basically, a CPU will inherently run slower if it is backwards compatible with a completely different architecture. What AMD needs is a chip that solely does 64-bit ops, like the Itanium. Now, I realize that this would require all programs to be recompiled/rewritten, but isn't that what PDA's require anyways? And I'm sure the conversion from 32-bit to 64-bit is a lot easier than 32-bit to Async (could someone familiar with that process verify/refute this?).
This is, in essence, what I'm saying: AMD should come out with 2 64-bit processors, only one of which natively supports 32-bit apps. Why? Otherwise Intel will absolutely rip AMD to shreds in the benchmarks test. Being a loyal AMD user, I don't want to see this.
I take no credit for this, but I remembered reading an interesting comment on the last time slashdot posted something like this. All credit should go to labradore:
This is a good way to get a fast CDROM drive:
Buy a 10,000x10,000 dpi scanner with firewire interfeace
Write cdrom image analysis algorithm.
Scan cdrom image into temp hard drive space and analyse, extracting data
This is based on these rough figures:
A cdrom is approximately ( PI*5^2 - PI*0.75^2 )= 76.75 sq. inches of data surface
If a cdrom has about 5.6 billion bits on that surface then the density is roughly 76 million bits per square inch.
That works out to about 8,800 bits per linear inch. Assume you will need a little better resolution than that because there is some empty space between the dots on a cd surface. 10,000dpi aught(sic) to be good enough.
Assuming that the scanner is faster than the firewire (400Mbps) and 10% overhead for the data transfer, each cd image will be approx. 7.3 billion bits, taking just over 20 seconds to transfer. This device is a 2,466x speed CDROM "drive". Put that in your Pentium and smoke it! Scanner and algorithm design left as an excercise for the reader.
So, according to some study on webservers (probably funded exclusively by M$), IIS 5 performs better than Zeus 3.3.2. Yes, Zeus. Seriously, who in their right mind would compare Zeus to IIS rather than Apache and IIS? And I love how they use different hardware for the comparisons... kinda trying to imply that Linux doesn't work on "normal" Dell hardware, but only "expensive" IBM hardware.
Here's the quote from M$:
Server appliances built on Windows 2000 perform better versus Linux on similar equipment in SPECweb tests. A SPECweb99 study found that a Windows 2000 Web server could process more requests and serve more users than a similarly configured computer running Linux. The Windows 2000-based server with Internet Information Server (IIS) 5.0 handled 707 concurrent connections, compared to 545 connections for the Linux-based.
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True, but that's what the competition is: FutureTruck. In the mid- to late-90's, we were in the FutureCar competition, but the organizers of that event decided to go with SUVs one of the years. I wouldn't complain, though. Half the new automobiles purchased in the US are SUVs, and we can't force people to stop buying them. The best we can do is make the cars they buy better.
Yeah, we're college students. But we're also engineers who spend a lot more time working on a truck than a website. (emphasis on the "engineers" part) No English majors in the garage, I'll tell you that.
- Automated Distance Closure Braking System: Basically, if something's coming close at either sudden acceleration or high velocity, the braking system will automatically engage.
- CF Ignition: Not only could the car start up via CF card, but other features could be included. ie: Driving style data logged to the card for future use (mashing the gas pedal/seat position/etc); Remote access via PDA that would allow GPS locating or remote starting. Privacy concerns with this would require that only the last person who used the car could do this.
- Heads up display: Cool stuff. Nuff said.
That last one was suggested to me after I posted and hasn't really been brought up with the other guys yet. Anything else you'd like to see in this prototype? I mean, if we build it, there's an outside chance it'll be implemented in most cars in the future.As a resident of Madison, WI, I would like to hereby denounce Intel for implicitly making me a representative of their product, the Madison processor. I would rather not be part of a marketing ploy. Thank you. That is all.
Gosh I love those guys.
For more of this scene as well as the rest of the movie, visit: http://www.stone-dead.asn.au/movies/holy-grail/. Note the TLD... how pertinent.
I truly take pride in this discovery... mostly because I attend UW. But I suppose a love of physics helps in that area, too.
Anyways, here's a somewhat technical article regarding the research (PDF).
Oh, and "On Wisconsin!"
Anyone else notice this? I mean, it's chock full of links and everything... except that the links were all created for this movie. It's as if New Line wanted the world to actually think she exists. They have "The Real Simone" with pictures, books(!), and music. Absolute craziness, I tell you. Absolute craziness.
Are they considered a competitor?
Does it take its face and hands off before it goes to bed? What kind of powers does it have? And does it use them for good, or for awesome?
Strong Bad wants to know!
hey, i live in madis....hmmm, bright flash of light. looks like its daytime. and now it's gone. wonder what that was? didn't hear anything... yet.
Uh-oh. Don't be surprised if i never post again.
Seeing as I currently attend UW-Madtown, this holds a special place in my heart... oh yeah, I'm in the Engineering Mechanics and Astronautics program, so that might have something to do with it too. Anyways, because I tend to remember cool stuff like this going on here at UW, I remembered another press release by us concerning Quantum computers. Yummy!
BEFORE everyone goes to the Ericsson job site and slashdots it, I'd like to take this opportunity to say that there are currently three jobs available: two in the Netherlands and one in Nigeria. Alas, I don't believe any of them involve walking around pretending to be tourists while getting paid.
Sorry to burst your bubble.What would happen if someone created a page that would redirect everyone looking at that page to www.riaa.org at a given time? I couldn't see the blame fall on either the web author or the host. It would simply be a massive amount of people looking at a page who would simultaneously be redirected to www.riaa.org. No one would be exploiting someone else's connection; it would be freely chosen by all. The only requirement would be that a lot of people leaving their web browser open on that specific page until the designated time. Seems completely legal and feasible.
So, I bought one of these and it's sitting in pieces on top of my current 'puter. But after move-in, it will have a tremendous job ahead of it:
It will serve as one of these HEPC or whatever you call it. It has S-video out, decent sound (my standalone DVD player will take care of good sound requirements), and best of all, it has 2 fans... nothing else. No hard drive, no floppy, no cd-rom. Nothing.
That said, it is quite obvious that it will be functioning as a diskless client, booting off a server. This server will provide everything via NFS (yes, I'm behind a firewall, so don't bother trying to hack). Hopefully, in time I will produce some software that is basically an OSD similar to that of the TV guide with Time Warner's digital cable. That way, there is no need to move a pseudo-mouse with the numbers on the remote. The last step of the project will be to create a CD-archiver that mechanically loads/unloads CDs remotely. mmmm, laziness
Call your senator! I did
Looks great with the aluminum casing. Was pretty cheap too at $300 for the case, proc, mb, power supply and RAM. Yes, no hdd, fd, or cdrom. This is going to be a diskless system, and I'd have to say that the SV24 fits the bill quite nicely. I'll put up a page when the project is finished.
IANAL, but it seems like this problem could have been easily avoided. Using that as a premise, one could litigate against M$ on the grounds of negligence. According to some of the other posts, this bug has been known for quite some time and has been patched on a variety of comm devices (modems). Also, referencing other posts, the WebTV/MSNTV devices can be auto-upgraded, implying that M$ not just had the knowledge that the problem existed BUT ALSO the ability to fix it within a reasonable cost structure.
So, no, it wasn't a stupid comment... just under-/poorly-explained. I guess you could equate it with a home security system:
Sound impossible? Well, it happened to us (except swap in a malfunctioning keypad for all the coincidences). And yes, we did get fined because it had happened before.
Making M$ pay a little doesn't seem like that bad of an idea.
Oh, and I'm not talking about any extras on the chip such as different queueing algorithms or assemblers. That wasn't my point.
Well, I suppose your reaction to this depends on your personal product loyalty (or possibly lack thereof). Basically, a CPU will inherently run slower if it is backwards compatible with a completely different architecture. What AMD needs is a chip that solely does 64-bit ops, like the Itanium. Now, I realize that this would require all programs to be recompiled/rewritten, but isn't that what PDA's require anyways? And I'm sure the conversion from 32-bit to 64-bit is a lot easier than 32-bit to Async (could someone familiar with that process verify/refute this?).
This is, in essence, what I'm saying: AMD should come out with 2 64-bit processors, only one of which natively supports 32-bit apps. Why? Otherwise Intel will absolutely rip AMD to shreds in the benchmarks test. Being a loyal AMD user, I don't want to see this.
Or maybe Brilliant Digital? *shudder*
So, according to some study on webservers (probably funded exclusively by M$), IIS 5 performs better than Zeus 3.3.2. Yes, Zeus. Seriously, who in their right mind would compare Zeus to IIS rather than Apache and IIS? And I love how they use different hardware for the comparisons... kinda trying to imply that Linux doesn't work on "normal" Dell hardware, but only "expensive" IBM hardware.
Here's the quote from M$:
It is networked together with 100Gbps ethernet and Foundry networking switches.
*sigh* My puny Netgear 100Mbps switch is feeling quite inadequate right now.Yes! The ultimate codec! You have no idea how long I've been looking for one of those.