The sad thing is that this is a fight on the Mac's home turf, and it's losing. 2.5 GHz worth of PowerPC was coming in far behind 3 GHz of PC.
That comment takes all credability away from you.. sorry
I know this is too late to get any reads, but if you look at the software used in the benchmark, I'll bet none of it is optimized to run on a mac, much less take advantage of Altavec. If you look at the one set of tests in photoshop, the mac desktop is very competative with the 3ghz pc. I am not arguing that Macs are faster computers, but I am saying this benchmark is useless
But shouldn't we measure CD-R speeds in multiples of burn time rather than CVA? Problems like this lame release would be solved. 1x burner... 70 min for a 70 min cd. 2x = 35 min. etc. Thus a burner that creates a cd in 2.5 minutes is 28x.
Thus the headline should read 28.32x burner released, compared with 28x, saves you 15 seconds!!
And why can't you put 802.11b repeaters on the top of light poles? That is not unique to Ricochet. The range isn't there without directional antennas, but WiFi basestations are $100 RETAIL with NAT and DHCP routing. Remove those features, and a company should be able to produce repeaters for reasonable costs.
I do believe that large area of coverage is the only way that a company will be able to generate revenue. I think starbucks tried to introduce wireless access in their shops, but $30 a month for coffee and net access is kindof insane. Perhaps if a p2p stlye co-op net company was formed where the access costs were trivial ($5 a month) but the customer would purchase all hardware, and would be required to have a repeater on their property. Now, where to start?
$30,000 seems a little bit extreme for something that is composed of a harness, a few aluminum poles, and a motor with 2 rotors... even to rebate the R&D costs. With such a hefty price, this product will (it kills me) fly.
Why would you care about the price of CMYK ink cartridges? These are all non print comics, and if anything, it should be cheaper to do a colored comic online than one in print.
Most sucessful comic strip authors don't even do the color in their strips, they have a lacky do the boring timeconsuming part, and I bet most of these artists can't afford to keep a color lacky(not a slur...lol).
Apple laptops have a speed throttle in the Energy Saver control pannel, however selecting the High Preformance setting yields the same preformance as when it is pluged in. The real key to saving battery is the display. If you are working indoors, dim the screen, and reap the spoils.
They could have gotten much better preformance if they had used a 2.6 Ghz P4 witha 400mhz (100x4) FSB, and overclocked it. The problem with the 533mhz bus chips is that they are essencialy overclocked straight from the factory, thus making more gains much more difficult. Look on any serious overclocker website, and you will find watercool kits (not even sub-zero cooling) approaching 3.8or 3.9 ghz using 400mhz bus chips
>Nobody is buying, that's why. Lower speed SCSI drives are still available, but are still expensive because IDE is stuck in everyone's heads as the only storage method for a PC.
I have to say that all of my computers up until my most recent have been SCSI, and I am glad that I stuck to IDE this time.
Firstly the price to preformance ratio is dismal. Twice the preformance for 10x the price is not worth it.
I would like to say that the price of SCSI drives is not 10x more because nobody wants a SCSI drive, but because they are simply more complicated to manufacture and interface. Attributing cost comparison between two different technologies solely to suply and demand is a very very basic understanding of the way the economy works.
Also, the preformance hit you take going from 7200rpm SCSI to 7200rpm IDE is not noticable at most times, but I suppose i am tolerant because i can wait more than 3 ms seek.
SCSI is loud and hot and expencive, just like all preformance computing componants, and thus will never be a consumer standard.
"All of IDE's shortcomings are fixed by SCSI (except for a small degree of added complexity)."
Yeah, even if your statement were true. Price is a huge shortcoming in technology today, especialy when most people can't use the preformance hardware that they own.
I strongly support the development of IDE standards. There are many situations when you need lots of hard drive space without bleeding edge preformance. Try to find a solution for doing a small (350GB) backup server to add to a tape backup system, you find 200GB IDE drives for the price of a 18GB SCSI drive. A thousand people will try and explain why the SCSI is a better deal because its more reliable and faster, but backing up 350 gb on IDE costs about $650, and on SCSI costs aboyt $4000. I don't believe the demand is the reason for the premium price for SCSI, but the hardware... It's just more expencive to make.
has to be the best answer. For a medium sized home, range should not be an issue, and many 802.11b basestations come with a router incorperated so that the broadband connection should be smooth. Many will say 11mbit isn't good enough, but for the requirements, and relatively low cost, Wi-Fi is the way to go
Although i am unfamiliar with any CD based anti-virus software, you could always install the software onto a removable usb harddisk, even a keychain drive and run the software from the drive, leaving the primary disk more or less untouched (hopefuly less).
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Lets not forget the piano tossing trebuchets , inspiring crazy guys to throw big stuff since the middle ages.
I think we are all so used to filtering ads from the content we look at every day (read popups, & non slashdot subscription ads) that this shouldn't be a big deal. If this a new way for game companies to get some funding for the latest and greatest, then it really pays off on the user end too. Many great game companies were forced to seriously change their plans caused by budget constraints. Bungie and Squaresoft come mind first.
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The sad thing is that this is a fight on the Mac's home turf, and it's losing. 2.5 GHz worth of PowerPC was coming in far behind 3 GHz of PC. That comment takes all credability away from you.. sorry
you think one rocket is good... imagine a beowolf cluster of exploding rockets
*ducks the huge can of moderation*
Well, it is old, because he is bragging about a 135 dollar linksys... on outpost.com they are like 80
I know this is too late to get any reads, but if you look at the software used in the benchmark, I'll bet none of it is optimized to run on a mac, much less take advantage of Altavec. If you look at the one set of tests in photoshop, the mac desktop is very competative with the 3ghz pc. I am not arguing that Macs are faster computers, but I am saying this benchmark is useless
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Thus the headline should read 28.32x burner released, compared with 28x, saves you 15 seconds!!
"Hey babe, just give me one more chance to use my contour probe on you"
Big companies still don't care about your rights!
I do believe that large area of coverage is the only way that a company will be able to generate revenue. I think starbucks tried to introduce wireless access in their shops, but $30 a month for coffee and net access is kindof insane. Perhaps if a p2p stlye co-op net company was formed where the access costs were trivial ($5 a month) but the customer would purchase all hardware, and would be required to have a repeater on their property. Now, where to start?
This is a new version... 0.2c with the added feature of not working! (and you think i am kidding)
uhh instant metamod... unfair.
This guy's comment may be redundant, but the entire question begs for redundant ideas... don't take it out on his karma.
And we might even get a few interesting ones.
$30,000 seems a little bit extreme for something that is composed of a harness, a few aluminum poles, and a motor with 2 rotors... even to rebate the R&D costs. With such a hefty price, this product will (it kills me) fly.
Why would you care about the price of CMYK ink cartridges? These are all non print comics, and if anything, it should be cheaper to do a colored comic online than one in print. Most sucessful comic strip authors don't even do the color in their strips, they have a lacky do the boring timeconsuming part, and I bet most of these artists can't afford to keep a color lacky(not a slur...lol).
Apple laptops have a speed throttle in the Energy Saver control pannel, however selecting the High Preformance setting yields the same preformance as when it is pluged in. The real key to saving battery is the display. If you are working indoors, dim the screen, and reap the spoils.
no its not, you just think it is. the ARM processor may have a higher clockspeed, but the pentium is much more powerful.
They could have gotten much better preformance if they had used a 2.6 Ghz P4 witha 400mhz (100x4) FSB, and overclocked it. The problem with the 533mhz bus chips is that they are essencialy overclocked straight from the factory, thus making more gains much more difficult. Look on any serious overclocker website, and you will find watercool kits (not even sub-zero cooling) approaching 3.8or 3.9 ghz using 400mhz bus chips
>Nobody is buying, that's why. Lower speed SCSI drives are still available, but are still expensive because IDE is stuck in everyone's heads as the only storage method for a PC.
I have to say that all of my computers up until my most recent have been SCSI, and I am glad that I stuck to IDE this time.
Firstly the price to preformance ratio is dismal. Twice the preformance for 10x the price is not worth it.
I would like to say that the price of SCSI drives is not 10x more because nobody wants a SCSI drive, but because they are simply more complicated to manufacture and interface. Attributing cost comparison between two different technologies solely to suply and demand is a very very basic understanding of the way the economy works.
Also, the preformance hit you take going from 7200rpm SCSI to 7200rpm IDE is not noticable at most times, but I suppose i am tolerant because i can wait more than 3 ms seek.
SCSI is loud and hot and expencive, just like all preformance computing componants, and thus will never be a consumer standard.
"All of IDE's shortcomings are fixed by SCSI (except for a small degree of added complexity)."
Yeah, even if your statement were true. Price is a huge shortcoming in technology today, especialy when most people can't use the preformance hardware that they own.
I strongly support the development of IDE standards. There are many situations when you need lots of hard drive space without bleeding edge preformance. Try to find a solution for doing a small (350GB) backup server to add to a tape backup system, you find 200GB IDE drives for the price of a 18GB SCSI drive. A thousand people will try and explain why the SCSI is a better deal because its more reliable and faster, but backing up 350 gb on IDE costs about $650, and on SCSI costs aboyt $4000. I don't believe the demand is the reason for the premium price for SCSI, but the hardware... It's just more expencive to make.
has to be the best answer. For a medium sized home, range should not be an issue, and many 802.11b basestations come with a router incorperated so that the broadband connection should be smooth. Many will say 11mbit isn't good enough, but for the requirements, and relatively low cost, Wi-Fi is the way to go
Uhh, it doesn't have the OS name in the prompt, it has the name of the disk and then the user name.
"Last login: Tue Sep 24 18:15:48 on console
Welcome to Darwin!
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"Get high on ignorance"
I can't help it... I got an article published on slashdot! My day is made!
Although i am unfamiliar with any CD based anti-virus software, you could always install the software onto a removable usb harddisk, even a keychain drive and run the software from the drive, leaving the primary disk more or less untouched (hopefuly less).
Lets not forget the piano tossing trebuchets , inspiring crazy guys to throw big stuff since the middle ages.
I think we are all so used to filtering ads from the content we look at every day (read popups, & non slashdot subscription ads) that this shouldn't be a big deal. If this a new way for game companies to get some funding for the latest and greatest, then it really pays off on the user end too. Many great game companies were forced to seriously change their plans caused by budget constraints. Bungie and Squaresoft come mind first.
I wasn't using my civil liberties anyway.