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Intel has always been a little hostile to anyone else producing chipsets. I believe with the Pentium IV, Intel has forbidden any third parties from producing chipsets. They went after VIA hard over this issue. I don't think Nvidia wants to deal with that sort of bullshit.
I also believe that Nvidia realized something with their Geforce 3, the damn thing was more advanced than many of the CPUs available at the time.
We are at an interesting point in computer history here, with graphics chips being as advanced or more so than the CPU, it is only natural that the two be brought closer together.
AMD and Nvidia seem to be doing that, while Intel is not really paying attention.
I already fucked my sister mate, I need some good old foreign blood. Hopefully, doesn't speak any english. Like them slavic chicks you always see in pr0n these days. They can take it so hard... of course, maybe its all that afghan heroin numbing the pain.
I am so hopeful there will be a REAL famine in Africa, not this pussy 50 year old famine. All those people need to stop eating enough to get their bitches pregnant so we have a billion screaming kids, and just die.
If we stop giving them food, they will all be dead. No more famine. I mean, of course people are ignorant. They actually think you can realistically have a famine for fifty years and still call it a famine! What happens when another fifty goes by???
Those countries also have too many damn people. We keep sending them millions of pounds of food, and billions of dollars each year. Too many civilians die from landminds. They can't even fed their own people, land mines are the least of their problems.
In my opinion, land mines are a great way to curb populations. They laid 'em there, let the mines detonate as they were designed to do... by the presence of a human. One less body to feed, one less day I have to work to pay my taxes to keep the poor bastard alive.
do gooders: no need to reply. I don't care what you think. I know you love humanity. Nothing you say will make me think I should give a shit about any of them. Of course... maybe if I got some sex from some foreign prostitues. They need to earn their money.
Yes, one square meter is one metric ton... but this consistency ends with WATER. It links mass, volume, and weight for a single substance. Make that heavy water, or liquid hydrogen, and suddenly one square meter of liquid hydrogen weighs a lot less than one metric ton.
Of course, we all know how temperature plays an important role in volume.
This is true, but sticking a gun to someone's head and saying cooperate or die is not the answer. We need to acknowledge that humans operate as all living things do, they are driven to consume food, and have offspring. Whether in a communist nation or America, most people are obviously driven to have children. Most people cannot fathom the meaning of life outside of "raise a family". it is my assertion this is as strong a biological need as any other, but moreso in women. Biological urges of course can be overcome... but the means to that is still very much under debate.
"Scary what one can justify simply by invoking the Other. Here, the other is a weaker theif of "our" natural resources. And as in all dichotomies built out of the Other, "us" is the stronger, is the better, is the rightful owner of everything we can forcibly take."
Yes, you should more carefully look at the wars you describe. I am being honest, you however are kidding yourself about a great many things. The stronger merely means one thing, those who can survive by overpowering others will. It is that simple. It is not right or wrong. You have constructed a false sense of morality that is a) not practical b) a tool of keeping the masses content as slaves. Socialism and religion are these tools. There will be a breaking point, the only question is when. At least I do not foolishly think we can provide for all people indefinitely.
You sound like you've read too many Ayn Rand books, so let's get this out of the way first:
Socialism != morality behavior != need
As much as I admire Ayn Rands work, it is nothing more than pulp philosophy. Morality is in itself, a false construction. More than anything else, it is a tool created by the strong to trick the masses into devoting their pathetic lives to the service of their masters. You will find the vast majority of control is not exercised through death... Most people do not live because their blood is spilled, their minds are warped from the moment of birth to believe their place in life is to serve the state, their comrades, or a god.
All human behavior is motivated by one thing, the will to power. It is all governing, and omnipresent all the time. The Socialist enjoys his control over others, the feeling of superiority he gets at naturalists like myself. The theists fullfills his desire for power every time he gifts an eloquent speech in defense of his god, and condemns heathens such as myself who consider him a quack. The bully on the playground, a little lad, fulfills his will to power every time be forces others to do whatever he wants them to do. The artist, free of political bullshit, experiences the will to power when he performs a brilliant piece of music on a violin or completes a beautiful painting. For those who lack the strength or ingenuity to do what they want, artificial constructs of morality are created. It is a tool of, for, and by slaves to overcome their masters. It is their attempt to experience power. But, because they know not what it is, they always fail. It is the slaves who will draw blood when the food runs out, not I. It is not right or wrong, it simply will happen. The Will to Power is human nature.
If you have taken the time to read Ayn Rand, thats great. But I suggest you move yourself to the next level. I once thought as you, but it times to get rid of this morality system to which you hold dear. Nietzsche will provide you with a greater understanding of life.
"Nature doesn't do anything. Let's go over it again--nature is a reified idea which you've obviously gotten confused about. Life does not exist without death, that much we agree about, but that's not "nature." Think about it for a second: populations force shortages upon other populations, or environmental conditions force shortages on populations. The detail is the key. To arbitrarily group these two distinct causes into something called "natural" is the fault of your logic."
I cannot believe I am reading this in this condescending tone. This is the old nature or nurture argument. It has been going on for at least 200 years. Not even the sickest mind controlling communist will completely dismiss human nature. I suggest you analyze yourself and others before you make such dismissive comments, especially faulty logic. Nature does not "do" anything you are right, but it is a system of behavior of living things. All living things strive to grow. Try not eating or fucking for a week. First, you will eat until satisfied, then you will fuck. You won't be able to think of anyhting else. Your little mind that you perceive to be completely under your control is hardly so. Your body's first goal is to survive, then to reproduce. The goals are acheived by you striving to be better than anyone else. Happiness only occurs when you acheive superiority to others. A pack of wolves operates in the same fashion, a school of fish, or any other species. Even plants will grow until there is nowhere left to grow. Nature does not create food shortages, that is not my point. I apologize if that is the case. Human nature, and the nature of all living things, is to reproduce as much as possible, until all means of sustinence are used up. It is the excess reproduction of living things that causes food shortages.
It is unfortunate you do not see that the population problem is simply humans behaving like every other living thing.
Also Vietnam is an exception, but at the time, the French cared about Vietnam due to its abundant supply of natural rubber. One of the many factors of Germany's demise in WWII was its dependency on natural substances for military clothing and boots after the American liberation of the south east asia. A cynic such as myself would argue that Vietnam was about intangibles such as propoganda. A popular tool of masters going back for all of written history is to rally the people behind some war cause, if not for natural resources, than to at least keep them quiet and give them something to do. The more they hate some other group, the less they hate their own masters.
Once again, in my defense against the socialist onslaught, I am not a Nazi, I personally do not belive in the taking of anything from anyone or the killing of anyone. What I do believe, is others will find ways to do this within their artificial morality. Socialists will steal from the rich. Fascists will steal from their neighboring countries. When push comes to shove, there will be a lot of stealing of food going on. But, not by me. It is important for all you wonderful socialists to understand NAZI is an acronym for the National Socialist Party. The Nazis WERE socialists. Germany of 1940 is just like Germany of today, without the antisemitism. Same corporate control by the state, same wealth redistribution, same lack of freedoms.
Socialism is no different than nazism. They both steal, they both keep people chained in bondage to the state. The sooner we throw away our vicious tools of control, the sooner we can live a more peaceful life on this planet.
You call me a troll/dipshit, even though we both agree that there are too many people. On one hand, I believe technology will take care of most problems.
You are right there is too much birth. But we will never control that. Just as a virus will grow in your body until you die or your immune system culls some of the infection, you cannot control people. They will kick and scream and fight, because they WANT to have children. Talk to any chick over 30. Half the people are women, do you REALLY think we will be able to impose such draconian measures? Of course not.
I would much rather be free to do what I wish, and screw over some low lifes in another country. If you think for a minute me, or anyone else in a civilized country, will give up basic rights like reproduction to save some barbarian... think again.
To your credit, a more intelligent post would have noted how industrialized nations have declining birth rates. Perhaps, poverty itself leads to outrageous birthing. Look at the french, who I personally despise, but their population is steadily decreasing...
Fair is irrelevant. Fair is the word used by the weak in the face of strength. What matters is I preserve my own life, it is what all people do. I will not die because I will do whatever it takes to prevent myself from starving to death. In the end, if I fail, then so what. The purpose of life IS the struggle to survive.
As far as your "masses" severing the heads of... someone. This is exactly what I am talking about. Competition for scare resources can in extreme circumstances result in war. Do-gooders such as yourself may abused words like "fairness" and "justice", but the end result is the people who are hungry steal from those who have food.
Socialists are nothing more than starved wolves, howling at the bone they cannot have.
I can't believe this article was posted. It is almost as bad as any troll. It isn't even an article, it is more the ramblings of a eco freak socialist. My god, we have been hearing these same apocolyptic predictions since the industrial revolution began.
These zealots unfortunately suffer from the same problems as all zealots. They are irrational, and unable to see reality.
Does any single sentence in this ridiculous article give any shred of proof to the assertion mankind can go extinct in 50 years? How did they come up with this number? Nothing but gobblygook to back up their outrageous claims.
If anything indicates this story was not based on sound scientific evidence it is mention that the evil Republicans headed by George W Bush will cause the collapse of civilization as we know it because Bushie pulled out of the Kyoto treaty.
Of course, the snivelling remark of every socialist was evidence the real nature of this article - and the environmental movement - in the following quote: "The report offers a vivid warning that either people curb their extravagant lifestyles or risk leaving the onus on scientists to locate another planet that can sustain human life"
This assertion does not give any indication who suddenly posseses the ability to see the future, to know which technological advancements will be available tomorrow to deal with this problems. This article is based on the absolutely absurd notion that a) current consumption of natural resources by britons increases at certain rate per year. b) this rate will forever remain the same for all humans c) this rate of increase in consumption will ultimately apply to all humans who indulge in the capitalistic pig fest.
Is it not logical to assume that history will continue to repeat itself? Technology will increase and solve these problems? As it always has? That we will ultimately kill the weaker persons who are stealing the natural resources to which we are the rightful owners?
Of course, as socialists, they don't understand nature. Nature always forces shortages on populations, the result of this is natural selection, competition. Those humans that can survive win, those they cannot die. But for all their clammoring about nature, they can't for a second realize the real problem in this world is we keep too many people alive who otherwise should die. Death, that evil word, sends chills down the spines of do-gooders everywhere. It doesn't matter, when the population competition does get that fierce, we will just have another war. Nothing really starts wars EVER other than competition for natural resources. Let the blood flow!!!!
I would love to know in which locality you live. While a lessor and lessee can engage in any contract they wish, 99% of landlords use a standard rental contract, ususally the ones sold at Office Depot. Here in Chicago, I have lived in ghetto studios while in college moving on up to a $1300 one bedroom on the 30th floor of a high rise, they all used the exact same rental contract.
Needless to say, clauses such as the ones you mention are common, but are more clearly worded. When landlords refer to not using your apartment as a place of business, they refer to you operating in violation of the city zoning ordinance. That is to say, you have a studio apartment, and decide to open up a massage parlor specifically for spanking little boys. That is clearly something landlords want to prevent.
Many leases to do not allow open flames, not specifically things that are flammable. Since 99% of fires in apartments are caused by cigarettes or candles, it is to prevent such items from use. MOre than anything, that clause is inteded to hold YOU liable if the apartment burns down. If the fire inspector comes in and says "a candle fell over and lit the child spanking whips on fire igniting the wallpaper", you would have to pay for the damage.
But the main point of this is, you DO NOT HAVE TO SIGN A LEASE TO WHICH YOU DO NOT AGREE.
Simply tell the landlord, I want to rent this apartment, but I don't like that clause, so if you strike it out, I will sign. If they say no, go elsewhere. Of course, you could save your money instead of going to massage parlors and buy a condo instead... Especially since tenants like you always bitch about landlords and them fucking you over, there aren't too many rental apartments these days.
Thats what the government said when they nationalized the public transportation system in new york city 50 years ago. Its easy to see what the result was.
Confiscating the property of anyone never works. No matter how evil a particular company is, it is never more evil than the government.
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Despite the alleged ozone depleting effects of Freon, this chemical revolutionized much of the world. To call it anything less than revolutionary is not being wholly factual.
From Churchill's newly airconditioned bunker during WWII, to the entire southeastern US, virtually unihabitable before airconditioning, many parts of the world previously inhospitable to human life were made welcoming.
Think of the whole new culture of beach bums, and the gigantic migration to warmer climates... None of this would have been possible without freon. Had any of us lived 60 years ago, the mere thought of going to Florida would seem like torture.
There is a common misunderstanding here about PowerPC chips. For a technical paper from the IBM Watson facility on the Power4 architecture, read here.
This research paper clearly indicates that the Power4 processor utilizes the 64-bit extensions of outlined by the original PowerPC consortium. It also indicates that The Power4 refers more to the architecture of processor interconnects than the processor itself. Since the days of IBM writing OS/2, they have always rightly believed multiprocessing and multithreading provides the best performance.
IBM did the vast majority of the work on the PowerPC processor, and owns the name to it. The reason Motorola processors are now called G* is because they do not own the rights to the title. The G3 was to be the PowerPC 670 proccessor as I recall. In all honesty, I amazed that people here think the G3 is not a PowerPC processor. How ludicrous is that? It was a pain apple's ass to get people to dump the 68k series in 1993, could you imagine what would have happened if a whole new archicture was used only five years later with the first G3? Apple would be out of business.
I only wish I had the links on current benchmarks to refute the lunacy that the antiquated DEC Alpha is still the fastest processor but oh well.
Also, FYI.. Athlon MP processors were used to make Episode II... not too shabby, for a 32-bit processor.
AMD Technology Used for Production in Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jun 27, 2002 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- AMD (AMD) today announced its collaboration with JAK Films and Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), a division of Lucas Digital Ltd. LLC, in the production of "Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones".
JAK Films used AMD Athlon(TM) MP processor-based workstations in its labs to advance the art of cinema storyboarding through digital pre-visualization. ILM used a high-performance cluster of AMD Athlon MP processor-based servers designed and manufactured by RackSaver.
"Our goal was to paint an accurate picture of what `Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones' would look like long before filming was even started," said Dan Gregoire, director of the pre-visualization lab, JAK Films. "Our AMD Athlon MP processor-based systems are ideal for running the powerful software we rely upon."
"Given the challenge of producing top quality visual imagery in a compressed time frame, we really appreciate the performance boost we got with our AMD Athlon MP processor-based systems," said Michael Kiernan, Manager of Systems R&D at ILM.
"We at RackSaver, with our expertise in design and manufacturing of high-density, high-performance computing clusters, are excited to have met the critical computing demands required in the production of `Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones,'" said David Driggers, CEO RackSaver.
"George Lucas is admired for the many technical advances he has contributed to the film industry. The innovative AMD technology used by ILM and JAK Films is no exception, " said Ed Ellett, vice-president of product marketing for AMD's Computation Products Group. "JAK Films pre-visualized literally every scene in `Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones,' which helped Lucas translate his vision to the big screen with exceptional accuracy. ILM is widely recognized in the film industry as a standard-bearer in visual effects and digital animation."
Customers using systems based on powerful AMD Athlon MP processors can experience tremendous productivity, and fast turnaround time on a variety of graphically intensive tasks ranging from creating complex special effects sequences to manipulating video, audio content and high resolution still images.
Note: For additional information about AMD's involvement in the production of "Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones" please visit: http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInforma tion/ 0,,30_118_756_759^566~31514,00.html
First of all, supercomputers are a little bit different... Having 1024 processors, no matter what the speed kicks ass. Further, I am not saying MIPS processors don't have the performance to be used at all.
I am saying that MIPS processors are no longer being used in the manufacturing of new computers, nor are Alpha processors. Further, cost is a big factor here. I personally never had the money for an SGI or Alpha based system. You are one of the fortunate few, the elite, to be so privilaged.
Good for you. But that doesn't change the fact that Alpha and MIPS processors are dead, and they were never used by the mainstream. I seem to recall reading somewhere that fewer than 10,000 Alpha systems were ever sold.
Also, The hammer and Itanium processors will far exceed the Alpha on floating point operations. I mean, if they can't beat a four year old processor, they shouldn't be in business. I believe the IBM Power4, the latest PowerPC chip is still fastest.
but thats a cool link on the supercomputers... cheers.
To my knowledge, SGI was the only major company to use them... and as far as I know, that tradition is over. SGI is either using sparc or powerpc processors. Further, I seem to recall thinking that the reason this was going was because the MIPS processors were no longer available.
I think the simple answer to this question is that no one cares about MIPS or the Alpha. Both platforms are now dead. They died because they were too expensive, and didn't provide sufficient performance increases over current 32-bit processors. Hell, as far as I understand it, Only IBM latest PowerPC processor outperforms the fastest Pentium 4's and Athlon processors.
Now, 64-bit processors will be affordable for everyone but the super rich, and they will natively run all the programs used by 98% of computer users. Thats sweet.
I mean, talking about the Alpha? Who the hell uses that. That has been dead for years!! It was dead as soon as Compaq bought DEC. MIPS?? Hmm, outside of my Casio PDA and my Nintendo 64, I don't think I have ever even seen a MIPS machine. If you had said you were running an RS/6000 in your crib I would feel a little sympathy. Of course, AIX doesn't cut it for you.
I think this article was missing some fundamental problems with wireless games on PDAs... graphics do not matter THAT much, but they certainly do matter... in anything other than a text mode role playing game.
I think anyone who uses a PDA, especially a PocketPC based platform, is well aware of the machine's hardware capability. There is just no excuse for not making some games that look half way decent, and are interesting.
It is really a damn shame when my (formerly) $500 Casio E125 with a 16-bit color screen, a 150mhz MIPS processor, 32 megs of ram, and a 256 meg flash card can't produce a single game comparable to a game on my $69 Game Boy Advance.
Has anyone seen Microsoft's Entertainment Pack for PocketPC??? That hing is a joke, it is like a video game rendition of Office Space.
The article is right about one thing, adults are somewhat ignored by the market. I don't think that is the problem with PDAs, I think software developers just think there a) are not enough of them out there and b) people just use them as a rolodex.
These same marketeers have to sit on a subway car during rush hour in Chicago and they will realize nearly one in three yuppies has a PDA.
Once we have a game that is fun to play, then we can talk about wireless. Its the old chicken before the egg scenario here folks.
You can always spot a communist because they honestly believe wealth is distributed, not created.
Of course, the insinuation that it is moral to steal from one person and give to another is hillarious... Amazing, some people still believe in altruism. They must not live in a city and never see the housing projects full of incredibly obese welfare recipients. FOOD THEY WANT FOOOOOOOOODDDDDD THEY ARE HUNGRY!@#!!@#
Ahh, the confused masses, trying to find some meaning to their pathetic little lives. Somehow, they always come around and want to rob people. Humans are such theiving little bastards!
Ahh yes, all those dumb Republicans are so lacking in confidence they constantly need subjective reinforcement.... Plus, they don't have a conscience.
That has to be the best one yet. Of course, this highlights the arrogance of the liberal elite. Conservatives are fools, unable to formulate an independent thought. They get one talk radio show host, one cable news channel, and a couple web sites, and suddenly, the entire media is republican, and liberals have stopped going to the media for entertainment and information. What a joke!
While the use of a PDA for note taking can be a waste of time, I imagine the possibilities of mathematics software is limitless. Considering many parents are still shelling out $100 for the same TI-81 I purchased 10 years ago in high school, this may relieve them of that burden.
Perhaps our future math students will be able to better understand more complex complex systems when they can see them rendered in a more realistic fashion (how about 3-D graphs???) Not only that, modern programming languages can be utilized on PDA, where the TI-81 crew is stuck with basic.
Perhaps good old Steve Wolfram can port Mathematica to the PocketPC platform.
I have no doubt PDAs are useless for anything not science related, and I would guess that if a kid was diligently poking away during english class his professor would be rightly dismayed.
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Intel has always been a little hostile to anyone else producing chipsets. I believe with the Pentium IV, Intel has forbidden any third parties from producing chipsets. They went after VIA hard over this issue. I don't think Nvidia wants to deal with that sort of bullshit.
I also believe that Nvidia realized something with their Geforce 3, the damn thing was more advanced than many of the CPUs available at the time.
We are at an interesting point in computer history here, with graphics chips being as advanced or more so than the CPU, it is only natural that the two be brought closer together.
AMD and Nvidia seem to be doing that, while Intel is not really paying attention.
OS/2 for ever!!! yeeeeaaaaaahhhHHHhhh!
I already fucked my sister mate, I need some good old foreign blood. Hopefully, doesn't speak any english. Like them slavic chicks you always see in pr0n these days. They can take it so hard... of course, maybe its all that afghan heroin numbing the pain.
I am so hopeful there will be a REAL famine in Africa, not this pussy 50 year old famine. All those people need to stop eating enough to get their bitches pregnant so we have a billion screaming kids, and just die.
If we stop giving them food, they will all be dead. No more famine. I mean, of course people are ignorant. They actually think you can realistically have a famine for fifty years and still call it a famine! What happens when another fifty goes by???
Those countries also have too many damn people. We keep sending them millions of pounds of food, and billions of dollars each year. Too many civilians die from landminds. They can't even fed their own people, land mines are the least of their problems.
In my opinion, land mines are a great way to curb populations. They laid 'em there, let the mines detonate as they were designed to do... by the presence of a human. One less body to feed, one less day I have to work to pay my taxes to keep the poor bastard alive.
do gooders: no need to reply. I don't care what you think. I know you love humanity. Nothing you say will make me think I should give a shit about any of them. Of course... maybe if I got some sex from some foreign prostitues. They need to earn their money.
Yes, one square meter is one metric ton... but this consistency ends with WATER. It links mass, volume, and weight for a single substance. Make that heavy water, or liquid hydrogen, and suddenly one square meter of liquid hydrogen weighs a lot less than one metric ton.
Of course, we all know how temperature plays an important role in volume.
Oh, communist trolls are so cute!
This is true, but sticking a gun to someone's head and saying cooperate or die is not the answer. We need to acknowledge that humans operate as all living things do, they are driven to consume food, and have offspring. Whether in a communist nation or America, most people are obviously driven to have children. Most people cannot fathom the meaning of life outside of "raise a family". it is my assertion this is as strong a biological need as any other, but moreso in women. Biological urges of course can be overcome... but the means to that is still very much under debate.
"Scary what one can justify simply by invoking the Other. Here, the other is a weaker theif of "our" natural resources. And as in all dichotomies built out of the Other, "us" is the stronger, is the better, is the rightful owner of everything we can forcibly take."
Yes, you should more carefully look at the wars you describe. I am being honest, you however are kidding yourself about a great many things. The stronger merely means one thing, those who can survive by overpowering others will. It is that simple. It is not right or wrong. You have constructed a false sense of morality that is a) not practical b) a tool of keeping the masses content as slaves. Socialism and religion are these tools. There will be a breaking point, the only question is when. At least I do not foolishly think we can provide for all people indefinitely.
You sound like you've read too many Ayn Rand books, so let's get this out of the way first:
Socialism != morality
behavior != need
As much as I admire Ayn Rands work, it is nothing more than pulp philosophy. Morality is in itself, a false construction. More than anything else, it is a tool created by the strong to trick the masses into devoting their pathetic lives to the service of their masters. You will find the vast majority of control is not exercised through death... Most people do not live because their blood is spilled, their minds are warped from the moment of birth to believe their place in life is to serve the state, their comrades, or a god.
All human behavior is motivated by one thing, the will to power. It is all governing, and omnipresent all the time. The Socialist enjoys his control over others, the feeling of superiority he gets at naturalists like myself. The theists fullfills his desire for power every time he gifts an eloquent speech in defense of his god, and condemns heathens such as myself who consider him a quack. The bully on the playground, a little lad, fulfills his will to power every time be forces others to do whatever he wants them to do. The artist, free of political bullshit, experiences the will to power when he performs a brilliant piece of music on a violin or completes a beautiful painting. For those who lack the strength or ingenuity to do what they want, artificial constructs of morality are created. It is a tool of, for, and by slaves to overcome their masters. It is their attempt to experience power. But, because they know not what it is, they always fail. It is the slaves who will draw blood when the food runs out, not I. It is not right or wrong, it simply will happen. The Will to Power is human nature.
If you have taken the time to read Ayn Rand, thats great. But I suggest you move yourself to the next level. I once thought as you, but it times to get rid of this morality system to which you hold dear. Nietzsche will provide you with a greater understanding of life.
"Nature doesn't do anything. Let's go over it again--nature is a reified idea which you've obviously gotten confused about. Life does not exist without death, that much we agree about, but that's not "nature."
Think about it for a second: populations force shortages upon other populations, or environmental conditions force shortages on populations. The detail is the key. To arbitrarily group these two distinct causes into something called "natural" is the fault of your logic."
I cannot believe I am reading this in this condescending tone. This is the old nature or nurture argument. It has been going on for at least 200 years. Not even the sickest mind controlling communist will completely dismiss human nature. I suggest you analyze yourself and others before you make such dismissive comments, especially faulty logic. Nature does not "do" anything you are right, but it is a system of behavior of living things. All living things strive to grow. Try not eating or fucking for a week. First, you will eat until satisfied, then you will fuck. You won't be able to think of anyhting else. Your little mind that you perceive to be completely under your control is hardly so. Your body's first goal is to survive, then to reproduce. The goals are acheived by you striving to be better than anyone else. Happiness only occurs when you acheive superiority to others. A pack of wolves operates in the same fashion, a school of fish, or any other species. Even plants will grow until there is nowhere left to grow. Nature does not create food shortages, that is not my point. I apologize if that is the case. Human nature, and the nature of all living things, is to reproduce as much as possible, until all means of sustinence are used up. It is the excess reproduction of living things that causes food shortages.
It is unfortunate you do not see that the population problem is simply humans behaving like every other living thing.
Also Vietnam is an exception, but at the time, the French cared about Vietnam due to its abundant supply of natural rubber. One of the many factors of Germany's demise in WWII was its dependency on natural substances for military clothing and boots after the American liberation of the south east asia. A cynic such as myself would argue that Vietnam was about intangibles such as propoganda. A popular tool of masters going back for all of written history is to rally the people behind some war cause, if not for natural resources, than to at least keep them quiet and give them something to do. The more they hate some other group, the less they hate their own masters.
Once again, in my defense against the socialist onslaught, I am not a Nazi, I personally do not belive in the taking of anything from anyone or the killing of anyone. What I do believe, is others will find ways to do this within their artificial morality. Socialists will steal from the rich. Fascists will steal from their neighboring countries. When push comes to shove, there will be a lot of stealing of food going on. But, not by me. It is important for all you wonderful socialists to understand NAZI is an acronym for the National Socialist Party. The Nazis WERE socialists. Germany of 1940 is just like Germany of today, without the antisemitism. Same corporate control by the state, same wealth redistribution, same lack of freedoms.
Socialism is no different than nazism. They both steal, they both keep people chained in bondage to the state. The sooner we throw away our vicious tools of control, the sooner we can live a more peaceful life on this planet.
You call me a troll/dipshit, even though we both agree that there are too many people. On one hand, I believe technology will take care of most problems.
You are right there is too much birth. But we will never control that. Just as a virus will grow in your body until you die or your immune system culls some of the infection, you cannot control people. They will kick and scream and fight, because they WANT to have children. Talk to any chick over 30. Half the people are women, do you REALLY think we will be able to impose such draconian measures? Of course not.
I would much rather be free to do what I wish, and screw over some low lifes in another country. If you think for a minute me, or anyone else in a civilized country, will give up basic rights like reproduction to save some barbarian... think again.
To your credit, a more intelligent post would have noted how industrialized nations have declining birth rates. Perhaps, poverty itself leads to outrageous birthing. Look at the french, who I personally despise, but their population is steadily decreasing...
Fair is irrelevant. Fair is the word used by the weak in the face of strength. What matters is I preserve my own life, it is what all people do. I will not die because I will do whatever it takes to prevent myself from starving to death. In the end, if I fail, then so what. The purpose of life IS the struggle to survive.
... someone. This is exactly what I am talking about. Competition for scare resources can in extreme circumstances result in war. Do-gooders such as yourself may abused words like "fairness" and "justice", but the end result is the people who are hungry steal from those who have food.
As far as your "masses" severing the heads of
Socialists are nothing more than starved wolves, howling at the bone they cannot have.
I can't believe this article was posted. It is almost as bad as any troll. It isn't even an article, it is more the ramblings of a eco freak socialist. My god, we have been hearing these same apocolyptic predictions since the industrial revolution began.
These zealots unfortunately suffer from the same problems as all zealots. They are irrational, and unable to see reality.
Does any single sentence in this ridiculous article give any shred of proof to the assertion mankind can go extinct in 50 years? How did they come up with this number? Nothing but gobblygook to back up their outrageous claims.
If anything indicates this story was not based on sound scientific evidence it is mention that the evil Republicans headed by George W Bush will cause the collapse of civilization as we know it because Bushie pulled out of the Kyoto treaty.
Of course, the snivelling remark of every socialist was evidence the real nature of this article - and the environmental movement - in the following quote: "The report offers a vivid warning that either people curb their extravagant lifestyles or risk leaving the onus on scientists to locate another planet that can sustain human life"
This assertion does not give any indication who suddenly posseses the ability to see the future, to know which technological advancements will be available tomorrow to deal with this problems. This article is based on the absolutely absurd notion that a) current consumption of natural resources by britons increases at certain rate per year. b) this rate will forever remain the same for all humans c) this rate of increase in consumption will ultimately apply to all humans who indulge in the capitalistic pig fest.
Is it not logical to assume that history will continue to repeat itself? Technology will increase and solve these problems? As it always has? That we will ultimately kill the weaker persons who are stealing the natural resources to which we are the rightful owners?
Of course, as socialists, they don't understand nature. Nature always forces shortages on populations, the result of this is natural selection, competition. Those humans that can survive win, those they cannot die. But for all their clammoring about nature, they can't for a second realize the real problem in this world is we keep too many people alive who otherwise should die. Death, that evil word, sends chills down the spines of do-gooders everywhere. It doesn't matter, when the population competition does get that fierce, we will just have another war. Nothing really starts wars EVER other than competition for natural resources. Let the blood flow!!!!
I would love to know in which locality you live. While a lessor and lessee can engage in any contract they wish, 99% of landlords use a standard rental contract, ususally the ones sold at Office Depot. Here in Chicago, I have lived in ghetto studios while in college moving on up to a $1300 one bedroom on the 30th floor of a high rise, they all used the exact same rental contract.
Needless to say, clauses such as the ones you mention are common, but are more clearly worded. When landlords refer to not using your apartment as a place of business, they refer to you operating in violation of the city zoning ordinance. That is to say, you have a studio apartment, and decide to open up a massage parlor specifically for spanking little boys. That is clearly something landlords want to prevent.
Many leases to do not allow open flames, not specifically things that are flammable. Since 99% of fires in apartments are caused by cigarettes or candles, it is to prevent such items from use. MOre than anything, that clause is inteded to hold YOU liable if the apartment burns down. If the fire inspector comes in and says "a candle fell over and lit the child spanking whips on fire igniting the wallpaper", you would have to pay for the damage.
But the main point of this is, you DO NOT HAVE TO SIGN A LEASE TO WHICH YOU DO NOT AGREE.
Simply tell the landlord, I want to rent this apartment, but I don't like that clause, so if you strike it out, I will sign. If they say no, go elsewhere. Of course, you could save your money instead of going to massage parlors and buy a condo instead... Especially since tenants like you always bitch about landlords and them fucking you over, there aren't too many rental apartments these days.
Thats what the government said when they nationalized the public transportation system in new york city 50 years ago. Its easy to see what the result was.
Confiscating the property of anyone never works. No matter how evil a particular company is, it is never more evil than the government.
Despite the alleged ozone depleting effects of Freon, this chemical revolutionized much of the world. To call it anything less than revolutionary is not being wholly factual.
From Churchill's newly airconditioned bunker during WWII, to the entire southeastern US, virtually unihabitable before airconditioning, many parts of the world previously inhospitable to human life were made welcoming.
Think of the whole new culture of beach bums, and the gigantic migration to warmer climates... None of this would have been possible without freon. Had any of us lived 60 years ago, the mere thought of going to Florida would seem like torture.
I imagine someone was just abusing their moderation points... especially considering two perfectly decent posts were moderated down consecutively.
There is a common misunderstanding here about PowerPC chips. For a technical paper from the IBM Watson facility on the Power4 architecture, read here.
This research paper clearly indicates that the Power4 processor utilizes the 64-bit extensions of outlined by the original PowerPC consortium. It also indicates that The Power4 refers more to the architecture of processor interconnects than the processor itself. Since the days of IBM writing OS/2, they have always rightly believed multiprocessing and multithreading provides the best performance.
IBM did the vast majority of the work on the PowerPC processor, and owns the name to it. The reason Motorola processors are now called G* is because they do not own the rights to the title. The G3 was to be the PowerPC 670 proccessor as I recall. In all honesty, I amazed that people here think the G3 is not a PowerPC processor. How ludicrous is that? It was a pain apple's ass to get people to dump the 68k series in 1993, could you imagine what would have happened if a whole new archicture was used only five years later with the first G3? Apple would be out of business.
I only wish I had the links on current benchmarks to refute the lunacy that the antiquated DEC Alpha is still the fastest processor but oh well.
Also, FYI.. Athlon MP processors were used to make Episode II... not too shabby, for a 32-bit processor.
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AMD Technology Used for Production in Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jun 27, 2002 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- AMD (AMD) today announced its collaboration with JAK Films and Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), a division of Lucas Digital Ltd. LLC, in the production of "Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones".
JAK Films used AMD Athlon(TM) MP processor-based workstations in its labs to advance the art of cinema storyboarding through digital pre-visualization. ILM used a high-performance cluster of AMD Athlon MP processor-based servers designed and manufactured by RackSaver.
"Our goal was to paint an accurate picture of what `Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones' would look like long before filming was even started," said Dan Gregoire, director of the pre-visualization lab, JAK Films. "Our AMD Athlon MP processor-based systems are ideal for running the powerful software we rely upon."
"Given the challenge of producing top quality visual imagery in a compressed time frame, we really appreciate the performance boost we got with our AMD Athlon MP processor-based systems," said Michael Kiernan, Manager of Systems R&D at ILM.
"We at RackSaver, with our expertise in design and manufacturing of high-density, high-performance computing clusters, are excited to have met the critical computing demands required in the production of `Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones,'" said David Driggers, CEO RackSaver.
"George Lucas is admired for the many technical advances he has contributed to the film industry. The innovative AMD technology used by ILM and JAK Films is no exception, " said Ed Ellett, vice-president of product marketing for AMD's Computation Products Group. "JAK Films pre-visualized literally every scene in `Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones,' which helped Lucas translate his vision to the big screen with exceptional accuracy. ILM is widely recognized in the film industry as a standard-bearer in visual effects and digital animation."
Customers using systems based on powerful AMD Athlon MP processors can experience tremendous productivity, and fast turnaround time on a variety of graphically intensive tasks ranging from creating complex special effects sequences to manipulating video, audio content and high resolution still images.
Note: For additional information about AMD's involvement in the production of "Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones" please visit: http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInform
First of all, supercomputers are a little bit different... Having 1024 processors, no matter what the speed kicks ass. Further, I am not saying MIPS processors don't have the performance to be used at all.
I am saying that MIPS processors are no longer being used in the manufacturing of new computers, nor are Alpha processors. Further, cost is a big factor here. I personally never had the money for an SGI or Alpha based system. You are one of the fortunate few, the elite, to be so privilaged.
Good for you. But that doesn't change the fact that Alpha and MIPS processors are dead, and they were never used by the mainstream. I seem to recall reading somewhere that fewer than 10,000 Alpha systems were ever sold.
Also, The hammer and Itanium processors will far exceed the Alpha on floating point operations. I mean, if they can't beat a four year old processor, they shouldn't be in business. I believe the IBM Power4, the latest PowerPC chip is still fastest.
but thats a cool link on the supercomputers... cheers.
To my knowledge, SGI was the only major company to use them... and as far as I know, that tradition is over. SGI is either using sparc or powerpc processors. Further, I seem to recall thinking that the reason this was going was because the MIPS processors were no longer available.
I think the simple answer to this question is that no one cares about MIPS or the Alpha. Both platforms are now dead. They died because they were too expensive, and didn't provide sufficient performance increases over current 32-bit processors. Hell, as far as I understand it, Only IBM latest PowerPC processor outperforms the fastest Pentium 4's and Athlon processors.
Now, 64-bit processors will be affordable for everyone but the super rich, and they will natively run all the programs used by 98% of computer users. Thats sweet.
I mean, talking about the Alpha? Who the hell uses that. That has been dead for years!! It was dead as soon as Compaq bought DEC. MIPS?? Hmm, outside of my Casio PDA and my Nintendo 64, I don't think I have ever even seen a MIPS machine. If you had said you were running an RS/6000 in your crib I would feel a little sympathy. Of course, AIX doesn't cut it for you.
I think this article was missing some fundamental problems with wireless games on PDAs... graphics do not matter THAT much, but they certainly do matter... in anything other than a text mode role playing game.
I think anyone who uses a PDA, especially a PocketPC based platform, is well aware of the machine's hardware capability. There is just no excuse for not making some games that look half way decent, and are interesting.
It is really a damn shame when my (formerly) $500 Casio E125 with a 16-bit color screen, a 150mhz MIPS processor, 32 megs of ram, and a 256 meg flash card can't produce a single game comparable to a game on my $69 Game Boy Advance.
Has anyone seen Microsoft's Entertainment Pack for PocketPC??? That hing is a joke, it is like a video game rendition of Office Space.
The article is right about one thing, adults are somewhat ignored by the market. I don't think that is the problem with PDAs, I think software developers just think there a) are not enough of them out there and b) people just use them as a rolodex.
These same marketeers have to sit on a subway car during rush hour in Chicago and they will realize nearly one in three yuppies has a PDA.
Once we have a game that is fun to play, then we can talk about wireless. Its the old chicken before the egg scenario here folks.
You can always spot a communist because they honestly believe wealth is distributed, not created.
Of course, the insinuation that it is moral to steal from one person and give to another is hillarious... Amazing, some people still believe in altruism. They must not live in a city and never see the housing projects full of incredibly obese welfare recipients. FOOD THEY WANT FOOOOOOOOODDDDDD THEY ARE HUNGRY!@#!!@#
Ahh, the confused masses, trying to find some meaning to their pathetic little lives. Somehow, they always come around and want to rob people. Humans are such theiving little bastards!
Ahh yes, all those dumb Republicans are so lacking in confidence they constantly need subjective reinforcement.... Plus, they don't have a conscience.
That has to be the best one yet. Of course, this highlights the arrogance of the liberal elite. Conservatives are fools, unable to formulate an independent thought. They get one talk radio show host, one cable news channel, and a couple web sites, and suddenly, the entire media is republican, and liberals have stopped going to the media for entertainment and information. What a joke!
While the use of a PDA for note taking can be a waste of time, I imagine the possibilities of mathematics software is limitless. Considering many parents are still shelling out $100 for the same TI-81 I purchased 10 years ago in high school, this may relieve them of that burden.
Perhaps our future math students will be able to better understand more complex complex systems when they can see them rendered in a more realistic fashion (how about 3-D graphs???) Not only that, modern programming languages can be utilized on PDA, where the TI-81 crew is stuck with basic.
Perhaps good old Steve Wolfram can port Mathematica to the PocketPC platform.
I have no doubt PDAs are useless for anything not science related, and I would guess that if a kid was diligently poking away during english class his professor would be rightly dismayed.