That's pretty much exacty what I stated. A value is either finite or infinite, no discrete value "approaches infinity". It can be very large, it can be increasing at a very high rate, but it cannot be approaching infinity and yet still finite.
It's not the concept of a line on a graph being asymptotic to C (which has a real value), it's the piss-poor phrasing of 'approaching' infinity that I'm concerned with. The amount of crap on the web increases at a vey high rate, does it approach infinity?
Another thing - why do you assume that infinity is at the upper end of a number line? It isn't, neither is it at the lower end. The point about infinity is that it ISN'T ON THE NUMBER LINE.
"P4s aren't good at many things, but they are fantastic at video encoding. Athlon64s can't touch them, G5s can't touch them."
I use both G5s and P4s everyday for professional video encoding, and I can assure you that - with current applications and codecs, the G5 is king. And that's not just fanboy hype, the 970fx is an absolute beast at 2.5Ghz.
1. Apple will allow proper acceleration of AVC content decoding via Altivec, QT and Core Video. So even the relatively puny G4 based mini should perform quite nicely.
2. If an AVC encoded HD movie is around 6GB and around 2hrs, it should take around 12hrs to download on a 1Mb connection. I don't know about you, but that's less time than it takes the DVDs I order over the net to arrive. My broadband connection is now 2Mb, and I know there are plenty of people with higher than that.
In short, I think Cringley's idea could well work out quite nicely.
" If there's no purpose to life then why live in the first place?"
Why not? Unreasoning idiots constantly bleat 'why?' at every conceivable puzzle. Most processes DON'T HAVE A WHY. Stop asking why and start asking HOW, and you may find something out about the universe that will be of benefit to everyone.
You missed the point. They designed the transmission system with some redundancy which was then lost by sending different data on the two channels. I agree with Southwood - they fucked themselves.
The character of Homer Simpson is written as a loveable oaf. We do love him, but he REALLY IS an idiot. If you find yourself agreeing with Homer, you admit your own idiocy.
I've often wondered about this usage - surely it's either THE transmission or A gearbox (or whatever components you assume to make up THE transmission).
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Infinity isn't a limit though, is it?
Fuck off.
If you're not part of the solution you're a pain in the arse.
That's pretty much exacty what I stated. A value is either finite or infinite, no discrete value "approaches infinity". It can be very large, it can be increasing at a very high rate, but it cannot be approaching infinity and yet still finite.
It's not the concept of a line on a graph being asymptotic to C (which has a real value), it's the piss-poor phrasing of 'approaching' infinity that I'm concerned with. The amount of crap on the web increases at a vey high rate, does it approach infinity?
Another thing - why do you assume that infinity is at the upper end of a number line? It isn't, neither is it at the lower end. The point about infinity is that it ISN'T ON THE NUMBER LINE.
Wouldn't that be asymptotic to C?
"approaches infinity"?
What nonsense is this? A value is either finite or it is infinite, NOTHING "approaches" infinity.
Give it your best shot.
Apple have already removed that specified limit.
Join the queue, bitch.
Hyped?
In the UK, broadband runs from 0.5Mb - 4Mb. I don't know of any residential service that's faster than 4Mb here.
Best HDTV is 1920x1080p. SDTV is 720x480(486)i or 720x576i.
People have done this before with mixed results. The best solution seems to be a dedicated vector unit on the main CPU combined with a screaming GPU.
Cell may change this equation somewhat.
"P4s aren't good at many things, but they are fantastic at video encoding. Athlon64s can't touch them, G5s can't touch them."
I use both G5s and P4s everyday for professional video encoding, and I can assure you that - with current applications and codecs, the G5 is king. And that's not just fanboy hype, the 970fx is an absolute beast at 2.5Ghz.
Two things:
1. Apple will allow proper acceleration of AVC content decoding via Altivec, QT and Core Video. So even the relatively puny G4 based mini should perform quite nicely.
2. If an AVC encoded HD movie is around 6GB and around 2hrs, it should take around 12hrs to download on a 1Mb connection. I don't know about you, but that's less time than it takes the DVDs I order over the net to arrive. My broadband connection is now 2Mb, and I know there are plenty of people with higher than that.
In short, I think Cringley's idea could well work out quite nicely.
The pair of 970fx CPUs in this computer are quite competent, thanks.
" If there's no purpose to life then why live in the first place?"
Why not? Unreasoning idiots constantly bleat 'why?' at every conceivable puzzle. Most processes DON'T HAVE A WHY. Stop asking why and start asking HOW, and you may find something out about the universe that will be of benefit to everyone.
I just lick 'em and leave it at that.
"fine TOOTHED comb" you fucking Muppet.
Unless you really believe there is such a thing as a "tooth comb".
I'd really like to know why it is that you cannot learn to spell a simple word like "lose".
Perhaps you'd like to consider capitalising 'Doppler" while you're thinking about it.
You missed the point. They designed the transmission system with some redundancy which was then lost by sending different data on the two channels. I agree with Southwood - they fucked themselves.
Homer speaks AMERICAN.
The character of Homer Simpson is written as a loveable oaf. We do love him, but he REALLY IS an idiot. If you find yourself agreeing with Homer, you admit your own idiocy.
Shhh! Let the silly new-worlders play. They have no idea who they are or where they came from.
"a transmission"
I've often wondered about this usage - surely it's either THE transmission or A gearbox (or whatever components you assume to make up THE transmission).