Something tells me I'm going to be seeing a lot bigger firewall logs in the future, as this catches on.
Something tells me that I'm going to see a lot more knock-knock jokes on slashdot.
Knock-Knock Lady: Who is it? Landshark: Plumber. Lady: I didn't hire a plumber. Who is it!? Landshark: Flowers. Lady: What... for who? Landshark: Plumber Lady:...you're...that crazy shark aren't you? Landshark: No maam, I am just a dolphin.. will you let me in please? Lady: A dolphin! Ok!
They *do* mention the effects that this has on one's brain - especially with metric conversion. From the article:
Raw silicon is grown into crystal ingots, which look like giant silver bolognas. Then it's sliced into exceptionally thin wafers about 6 to 8 inches (200 to 300mm) across
I'm required to carry my pager for work. I get pages maybe between once and three times a year. I've offered to give up the pager and take calls on my personal cell phone because of this. The pager is freaking old so it eats one AA battery per month. Because I got sick of throwing batteries away (*), I just decided to change the message on my pager.
If you would like to page me, please call me on my cell phone and let me know so that I can install a new battery in my pager. Thank you.
(*) I tried to create a battery recycling deal at work but people kept taking the box, thinking that these were good batteries (apparently, people don't know what "recycling" means). I'll probably try again with a better, more idiot-proof wording.
I know that this is a little off-topic, but does anyone know where the extra transistors in Prescott are coming from? There are 125 million in that baby. Even with alleged 64-bit extensions (hidden, at this point), SSE3, improved branch prediction and the extra large cache, there should be under 100 million, no?
Heaven forbid Intel reduce the 100W portable heater to a lower wattage.
Read some of the stuff in my sig, man. Intel has some "hot stuff" coming our way. *Lots* of solid-state storage. Although Intel hasn't gotten specific in their patents, Hitachi now has a good one that illustrates the magnatude of what is coming. A quote:
To resolve the aforementioned problems with the present invention, the present invention has the object of providing a memory cell structure and forming method for that memory cell utilizing a vertical transistor and capable of achieving a memory cell with a surface area of 4F.sup.2.
[...]
This laminated film is processed to a line-and-space state at a pitch of 0.2 microns as shown in FIG. 6.
[...]
Next as shown in FIG. 8, these can be formed in a line-and-space state with a pitch of 0.2 microns, in a direction perpendicular to the first wiring (701) that was previously formed.
So, to summarize, they have a 2-terminal memory device with a bit line pitch of 0.2 microns in both directions. 1000 microns in a millimeter = 25,000,000 cells per square MILLIMETER. The Intel patents hint to at least 2 layers of cells per chip and multi-bit capability of at least 4. Leaving room for addressing and logic, this works out to about 2 Gigabytes per square centimeter. Intel is going to stack this on the processor.
They will be releasing this in their upcoming Tejas processor. IMHO, the "stackable" design is for memory expansion - not for "64-bit extensions" as mentioned in the article. Also - Windows "Elements", also mentioned in the article, will be embedded into this NVRAM. DRM at its finest. It might be hard to buy one of these processors without a copy of Windows.
Don't get me wrong - I hate Comcast just as much as anyone who has ever dealt with them but... they've got satellite beat when it comes to HDTV. In contrast with their "digital cable" which is mostly just digitally compressed analog (the worst of both worlds), they do pass the local and premium HDTV content, unmodified.
With satellite, you'll need an antenna to get local HDTV content because there isn't enough bandwidth for a satellite to provide every locale with HDTV. Now, they will provide "national feeds" of some local channels. Dish Network does this with CBS because of all the HDTV content on that channel (CSI is the most watched HDTV program). But it isn't truely a local channel - just an unmodified national feed. So no local news/weather, etc. And you have to pay extra for it because of the gov't regulations that the cable company has, *cough*, purchased.
However, the new Dish 921 HDTV PVR is cool if you can put up with 25 hours of HDTV PVR and can afford to put an antenna on your house. Most new developments in my area do not allow exterior antennas. Some people can get away with installation in an attic.
This box will combine terrestrial HDTV for local channels with satellite feeds of everything else. It isn't a bad compromise for those (like me) who don't want anything to do with CableCo monopoly.
Nikon supports CompactFlash only in their high-end cameras. I'm not sure why they don't support it in their low-end cameras. Probably some sort of kick-backs from selling a camera that supports the more expensive media. There's always collusion when ignorant consumers are involved.
Someone tell me what I'm missing. From PriceWatch.com, we get the following for a 512MB media card (many of the proprietary don't go larger than this):
As geeks, it is our duty to inform people from being stupid and buying cameras that don't support cheap, open standards. Why is SD so popular if it is 50% more expensive?
Canon is very cool - they are one of the only camera manufacturers that still supports the cheapest, non-proprietary form of flash media in all of their cameras - CompactFlash.
To everyone out there: you are an idiot if you buy a camera that does not support CompactFlash. You'll end up paying twice as much for the media.
In other good Canon news, they've announced that they'll be releasing 20 new digicams this year. Hail to the king, baby!
If you comment to this guy, make sure that you emphasize the need for a Linux port of ForceWare. This is (IMHO) the closest thing to a TiVo competitor for the PC world. Right now, it is Windows-only.
If it weren't for the GPL and the non-binary rule, NVIDIA could actually release a linux based PVR ISO for their nForce boards. Oh well... maybe they can do something in BSD?
Does anyone know what the deal was with the flash memory that caused the outage? I heard something about a "solar event" that caused a problem with the flash memory that led to the outage. It was subsequently resolved by disabling the flash. If so, BAE Aerospace has a possible solution with their upcoming line of rad-hard memory.
No, the problem is that this worm is apparently the product of some ticked-off Linux fan deciding to get back at SCO. Indeed, some moronic Linux fans are cheering MyDoom on. "Quick, disable your AV software, and get some Windows boxes on the internet!"
First of all, it should read, some moronic Linux fans are cheering on MyDoom. Take an English class, buddy.
Second, I am NOT a "Linux fan". Actually, I'm decidedly pro-Microsoft when it comes to the desktop. It just happens that I hate SCO's tactics. I'm offended to be lumped into a "Linux Fan" category.
Could you people just put on your marketing hat for a few seconds?
Joe and Jane Consumer do not have more than a few gigs of MP3s, at most. Once you hit a certain point, they aren't looking at the capacity anymore - they are looking at style and price. With the mini-iPod, they are saving $50 and getting better style.
Style = Smaller (until things become choking hazzards)
Who the hell is gonna open a 3kb executable from kazaa?
The same idiots who install it.
Kazaa is not secure. It installs spyware that monitors keyboard activity. If you type an email address on a PC that has Kazaa, that address will be spammed into oblivion. Webshots does the same thing. Not directly, but through one of many third party applications that are installed silently.
Funny you mention the Fiero... I am a Michigander who happens to live just across the street from Pontiac. I fell in love with the Fiero. However, it wasn't the bean-counters that caused me to fall out of love with the car. It was GM themselves.
Ya see... GM's bread and butter is the Corvette. The Fiero was finally something that could displace the 'vette as the image car. And the big wigs didn't want that to happen. So they crippled the car with mediocre performance by allowing only mediocre parts like those from the Chevette. However, the engineers did get to design the hell out of the car (not that it would ever be used for anything but show purposes) and one day, they had Getrag whip up a transaxle for one of GM's V8s. They put the combo in a late model chassis and quickly took it out to the test track in Milford. If you'll notice, a V8 has no trouble fitting into one of these cars. It was designed that way...
This test car was unstable and ended up killing the test driver. GM used this as an excuse to kill the Fiero program. A few years ago, my brother was working at GM Powertrain Headquarters in Pontiac and stumbled across the old Fiero design studio - it hadn't been touched since they closed the doors more than a decade ago. He said that it was so much like a time machine that he spent the rest of the day in there.
Chrysler ended up buying the transaxle property from Getrag and using it in their Maserati TC. The tranny is near bulletproof if you can get your hands on one.
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For porn?
Something tells me I'm going to be seeing a lot bigger firewall logs in the future, as this catches on.
...you're...that crazy shark aren't you?
Something tells me that I'm going to see a lot more knock-knock jokes on slashdot.
Knock-Knock
Lady: Who is it?
Landshark: Plumber.
Lady: I didn't hire a plumber. Who is it!?
Landshark: Flowers.
Lady: What... for who?
Landshark: Plumber
Lady:
Landshark: No maam, I am just a dolphin.. will you let me in please?
Lady: A dolphin! Ok!
They *do* mention the effects that this has on one's brain - especially with metric conversion. From the article:
Raw silicon is grown into crystal ingots, which look like giant silver bolognas. Then it's sliced into exceptionally thin wafers about 6 to 8 inches (200 to 300mm) across
Ummm... yeah...
Yeah... here's an example:
I'm required to carry my pager for work. I get pages maybe between once and three times a year. I've offered to give up the pager and take calls on my personal cell phone because of this. The pager is freaking old so it eats one AA battery per month. Because I got sick of throwing batteries away (*), I just decided to change the message on my pager.
If you would like to page me, please call me on my cell phone and let me know so that I can install a new battery in my pager. Thank you.
(*) I tried to create a battery recycling deal at work but people kept taking the box, thinking that these were good batteries (apparently, people don't know what "recycling" means). I'll probably try again with a better, more idiot-proof wording.
I know that this is a little off-topic, but does anyone know where the extra transistors in Prescott are coming from? There are 125 million in that baby. Even with alleged 64-bit extensions (hidden, at this point), SSE3, improved branch prediction and the extra large cache, there should be under 100 million, no?
Looks legit
This guy must be Andy Richter's brother - the guy who wrote the MyDoom virus!
I don't understand this. IBM is building both Xbox Next and the next PSX? They must have something big up their sleeve.
The next version of Redhat Linux will be code named, "Andy". Because, afterall, MyDoom = Linux.
Heaven forbid Intel reduce the 100W portable heater to a lower wattage.
Read some of the stuff in my sig, man. Intel has some "hot stuff" coming our way. *Lots* of solid-state storage. Although Intel hasn't gotten specific in their patents, Hitachi now has a good one that illustrates the magnatude of what is coming. A quote:
To resolve the aforementioned problems with the present invention, the present invention has the object of providing a memory cell structure and forming method for that memory cell utilizing a vertical transistor and capable of achieving a memory cell with a surface area of 4F.sup.2.
[...]
This laminated film is processed to a line-and-space state at a pitch of 0.2 microns as shown in FIG. 6.
[...]
Next as shown in FIG. 8, these can be formed in a line-and-space state with a pitch of 0.2 microns, in a direction perpendicular to the first wiring (701) that was previously formed.
So, to summarize, they have a 2-terminal memory device with a bit line pitch of 0.2 microns in both directions. 1000 microns in a millimeter = 25,000,000 cells per square MILLIMETER. The Intel patents hint to at least 2 layers of cells per chip and multi-bit capability of at least 4. Leaving room for addressing and logic, this works out to about 2 Gigabytes per square centimeter. Intel is going to stack this on the processor.
They will be releasing this in their upcoming Tejas processor. IMHO, the "stackable" design is for memory expansion - not for "64-bit extensions" as mentioned in the article. Also - Windows "Elements", also mentioned in the article, will be embedded into this NVRAM. DRM at its finest. It might be hard to buy one of these processors without a copy of Windows.
Don't get me wrong - I hate Comcast just as much as anyone who has ever dealt with them but... they've got satellite beat when it comes to HDTV. In contrast with their "digital cable" which is mostly just digitally compressed analog (the worst of both worlds), they do pass the local and premium HDTV content, unmodified.
With satellite, you'll need an antenna to get local HDTV content because there isn't enough bandwidth for a satellite to provide every locale with HDTV. Now, they will provide "national feeds" of some local channels. Dish Network does this with CBS because of all the HDTV content on that channel (CSI is the most watched HDTV program). But it isn't truely a local channel - just an unmodified national feed. So no local news/weather, etc. And you have to pay extra for it because of the gov't regulations that the cable company has, *cough*, purchased.
However, the new Dish 921 HDTV PVR is cool if you can put up with 25 hours of HDTV PVR and can afford to put an antenna on your house. Most new developments in my area do not allow exterior antennas. Some people can get away with installation in an attic.
This box will combine terrestrial HDTV for local channels with satellite feeds of everything else. It isn't a bad compromise for those (like me) who don't want anything to do with CableCo monopoly.
You're wrong. All Nikon cameras, right down to the entry-level Coolpix 2100, use Compactflash. Every last one of them.
CoolPix 3200 - Media: Internal memory: approx 14.5MB; SD memory card (not included)
CoolPix 2200 - Media : Internal memory: approx 14.5MB; SD memory card (not included)
I looked at Nikon before I purchased my Canon. Once I saw the SD media, I moved on. We can only pray that Canon does not sell out to the dark side.
Don't forget Nikon.
Nikon supports CompactFlash only in their high-end cameras. I'm not sure why they don't support it in their low-end cameras. Probably some sort of kick-backs from selling a camera that supports the more expensive media. There's always collusion when ignorant consumers are involved.
Someone tell me what I'm missing. From PriceWatch.com, we get the following for a 512MB media card (many of the proprietary don't go larger than this):
$95 - CompactFlash
$138 - Memory Stick
$141 - MMC/SD
$165 - xD
$199 - ATA
As geeks, it is our duty to inform people from being stupid and buying cameras that don't support cheap, open standards. Why is SD so popular if it is 50% more expensive?
Canon is very cool - they are one of the only camera manufacturers that still supports the cheapest, non-proprietary form of flash media in all of their cameras - CompactFlash.
To everyone out there: you are an idiot if you buy a camera that does not support CompactFlash. You'll end up paying twice as much for the media.
In other good Canon news, they've announced that they'll be releasing 20 new digicams this year. Hail to the king, baby!
Rule of thumb:
If it requires a manual, then it is too complicated for consumer sale.
If you comment to this guy, make sure that you emphasize the need for a Linux port of ForceWare. This is (IMHO) the closest thing to a TiVo competitor for the PC world. Right now, it is Windows-only.
If it weren't for the GPL and the non-binary rule, NVIDIA could actually release a linux based PVR ISO for their nForce boards. Oh well... maybe they can do something in BSD?
Does anyone know what the deal was with the flash memory that caused the outage? I heard something about a "solar event" that caused a problem with the flash memory that led to the outage. It was subsequently resolved by disabling the flash. If so, BAE Aerospace has a possible solution with their upcoming line of rad-hard memory.
That's odd... The Star Tribune just pulled this story and are now requiring registration. So Google for it.
Here
A quote from eWeek:
No, the problem is that this worm is apparently the product of some ticked-off Linux fan deciding to get back at SCO. Indeed, some moronic Linux fans are cheering MyDoom on. "Quick, disable your AV software, and get some Windows boxes on the internet!"
First of all, it should read, some moronic Linux fans are cheering on MyDoom. Take an English class, buddy.
Second, I am NOT a "Linux fan". Actually, I'm decidedly pro-Microsoft when it comes to the desktop. It just happens that I hate SCO's tactics. I'm offended to be lumped into a "Linux Fan" category.
I'd still rather pay $50 more for a 15GB iPod
Could you people just put on your marketing hat for a few seconds?
Joe and Jane Consumer do not have more than a few gigs of MP3s, at most. Once you hit a certain point, they aren't looking at the capacity anymore - they are looking at style and price. With the mini-iPod, they are saving $50 and getting better style.
Style = Smaller (until things become choking hazzards)
The funny thing is that the virus isn't even supposed to start the DDoS until February 1st... STOP CLICKING HERE PEOPLE!
Better yet, go here and keep clicking refresh - maybe you'll be the first to see the DDoS taking place!
Who the hell is gonna open a 3kb executable from kazaa?
The same idiots who install it.
Kazaa is not secure. It installs spyware that monitors keyboard activity. If you type an email address on a PC that has Kazaa, that address will be spammed into oblivion. Webshots does the same thing. Not directly, but through one of many third party applications that are installed silently.
Funny you mention the Fiero... I am a Michigander who happens to live just across the street from Pontiac. I fell in love with the Fiero. However, it wasn't the bean-counters that caused me to fall out of love with the car. It was GM themselves.
Ya see... GM's bread and butter is the Corvette. The Fiero was finally something that could displace the 'vette as the image car. And the big wigs didn't want that to happen. So they crippled the car with mediocre performance by allowing only mediocre parts like those from the Chevette. However, the engineers did get to design the hell out of the car (not that it would ever be used for anything but show purposes) and one day, they had Getrag whip up a transaxle for one of GM's V8s. They put the combo in a late model chassis and quickly took it out to the test track in Milford. If you'll notice, a V8 has no trouble fitting into one of these cars. It was designed that way...
This test car was unstable and ended up killing the test driver. GM used this as an excuse to kill the Fiero program. A few years ago, my brother was working at GM Powertrain Headquarters in Pontiac and stumbled across the old Fiero design studio - it hadn't been touched since they closed the doors more than a decade ago. He said that it was so much like a time machine that he spent the rest of the day in there.
Chrysler ended up buying the transaxle property from Getrag and using it in their Maserati TC. The tranny is near bulletproof if you can get your hands on one.