Of course, this is all being driven by media scare stories. The typical anti-mobile tower story regards a tower being built near an affluent school, with repeated claims for people to "think of the children." Never mind the zero risk of these things, and that the parents all use mobile phones themselves!!
One article I read was about some woman who lived 100m from a tower, had lined her entire house with tinfoil (!) and complained that her pet mice were getting sick from "the radiation". In her mind, there was no difference between the tower and a nuclear blast...:P
Here is a URL about media scares..
http://www.psandman.com/articles/chapman1.htm
New Zealand is in a latitude called the "roaring 40s". It is usually windy, or breezy anyway.
This is why New Zealanders are good at sailing!
Hence the chances of a decent race are good; there could however be a problem with too much wind/ high seas.
On computer speakers you wont hear a lot of difference, as the noise floor and distortion level of the speakers will be larger than the source. Most computer setups are pretty nasty.
However with a component amp and hi-fi speakers, it is easily to hear that mp3 has serious deficiencies up until around ~256kb. 320 vbs is pretty darn close to CD tho.
mp3 particularly has a bad habit of turning the treble into a munched up whooshing sound, i believe this is due to the higher sample rate necessary for higher frequencies. When you restrict this too much, its not so good for sound quality.
My local alternative radio station www.radioactive.co.nz has a big mp3 server they leave on at night, its very easy to pick.
I got spam the other day with an HTML content. I was pissed off and bored, (a dangerous combination) so I found this "marketing" company's website and got every single email address I could think of which ended in their domain. I signed these all up for free XXX email and free financial newsletters... several times. I hope it works!! Fighting fire with fire and all....
As long as there are tools and imagination, there will be inventors...
Anyone remember the guy with the wind-up radio for the third world? A guy called Trevor Bayliss had the idea watching TV about how batteries in Africa cost a month's wages.... So he built a prototype in his garage and was eventually successful.
Source here http://www.engineerguy.com/comm/2574.ht m
I think lone inventors will always be around, but corporations will determine whether they can make a financial success out of their idea.
Actually they are getting near 30% efficient in the solar cars and satellites http://www.jxcrystals.com/space.ht m
I believe over 25 years, the price of grid power will rise as utilities milk thier monopoiles and solar power will become a great investment... Microgeneration and energy effiency are set to become future growth industries.
If they do set up a base, surely solar power would be the ideal way to create heat, energy and oxygen. Due to the fact that one side is in almost constant sunlight, you could rig a lightweight solar farm for high efficiency. Once you have energy, you have the means for a sustainable settlement... The only problems i can think of are water supplies; you can grow food. However there are large ice deposits on the dark side...
80 million transistors Technological standard 0.15 gm Graphic nucleus/kernel and memory work with the clock frequency up to 350 MHz Valuable is 256 bits (!) OF DDR the busbar/tire of the memory The capacity of local memory on the order of 20 GB/sek Capacity of local storage 64/128/256 MB. AGP of 2kh/yakh/8kh including regimes/conditions SBA and FastShrites 4 piksel'nykh conveyors 4 textural blocks on each conveyor (!) To fillrate:up to 1.4 gigas-peaktorrent and up to 5.6 gigas-flowtorrent Apical sheydery of version 2.0 (Vertekh Syuader 2.0), four parallel fulfilling blocks Piksel'nye sheydery of the version of 1.3 (Pikhel Of syuader 1.3), 4 textural + 5 combination stages on each piksel'nom conveyor, with the possibility of the association/unification of conveyors in pairs (we obtain 2 conveyors on 10 combination stages) YEMBM and DOTE the imposition of the relief Fixed/recorded T & L DKH8 (including the extended possibilities of matrix blendinga and skininga).Is actually special apical sheyder Construction, storage in the local memory and conclusion/derivation to the monitor of image with the accuracy of 10 bits to the component of color (!). the technology of the 10- bits Of gigaCholor Two built in the chip, 400 MHz, 10 bits to the channel RAMDACH, which use technology Of ultraSyuarp Valuable of 10 bits.> 10 bits are tables for the arbitrary Gamma-korrekqii the concluded image DVD and YUDTV of video decoder with the accuracy (at the output/yield) of 10 bits Is supported the conclusion of image in the permissions/resolutions up to 20ya8khyshche'khe2bpp8shch Hz Built-in the chip interface of TV -Out with 10 bit accuracy signal shaping Two digital TDMS of interface for the digital outputs/yields or external RAMDACH.Is supported permission/resolution up to y920khy200khe2bpp Two*** TRANSLATION ENDS HERE ***
There was also a mention of glyph antialiasing... And 64 / 128 bit per pixel colour...
Hmmm... a co-incidence does not a conspiracy make...
Scientists' deaths are under the microscope
By ALANNA MITCHELL, SIMON COOPER AND CAROLYN ABRAHAM
COMPILED BY ALANNA MITCHELL
Saturday, May 4, 2002 - Print Edition, Page A1
It's a tale only the best conspiracy theorist could dream up.
Eleven microbiologists mysteriously dead over the span of just five months. Some of them world leaders in developing weapons-grade biological plagues. Others the best in figuring out how to stop millions from dying because of biological weapons. Still others, experts in the theory of bioterrorism.
Throw in a few Russian defectors, a few nervy U.S. biotech companies, a deranged assassin or two, a bit of Elvis, a couple of Satanists, a subtle hint of espionage, a big whack of imagination, and the plot is complete, if a bit reminiscent of James Bond.
The first three died in the space of just over a week in November. Benito Que, 52, was an expert in infectious diseases and cellular biology at the Miami Medical School. Police originally suspected that he had been beaten on Nov. 12 in a carjacking in the medical school's parking lot. Strangely enough, though, his body showed no signs of a beating. Doctors then began to suspect a stroke.
Just four days after Dr. Que fell unconscious came the mysterious disappearance of Don Wiley, 57, one of the foremost microbiologists in the United States. Dr. Wiley, of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at Harvard University, was an expert on how the immune system responds to viral attacks such as the classic doomsday plagues of HIV, ebola and influenza.
He had just bought tickets to take his son to Graceland the following day. Police found his rental car on a bridge outside Memphis, Tenn. His body was later found in the Mississippi River. Forensic experts said he may have had a dizzy spell and have fallen off the bridge.
Just five days after that, the world-class microbiologist and high-profile Russian defector Valdimir Pasechnik, 64, fell dead. The pathologist who did the autopsy, and who also happened to be associated with Britain's spy agency, concluded he died of a stroke.
Dr. Pasechnik, who defected to the United Kingdom in 1989, played a huge role in Russian biowarfare and helped to figure out how to modify cruise missiles to deliver the agents of mass biological destruction.
The next two deaths came four days apart in December. Robert Schwartz, 57, was stabbed and slashed with what police believe was a sword in his farmhouse in Leesberg, Va. His daughter, who identifies herself as a pagan high priestess, and several of her fellow pagans have been charged.
Dr. Schwartz was an expert in DNA sequencing and pathogenic micro-organisms, who worked at the Center for Innovative Technology in Herndon, Va.
Four days later, Nguyen Van Set, 44, died at work in Geelong, Australia, in a laboratory accident. He entered an airlocked storage lab and died from exposure to nitrogen. Other scientists at the animal diseases facility of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization had just come to fame for discovering a virulent strain of mousepox, which could be modified to affect smallpox.
Then in February, the Russian microbiologist Victor Korshunov, 56, an expert in intestinal bacteria of children around the world, was bashed over the head near his home in Moscow. Five days later the British microbiologist Ian Langford, 40, was found dead in his home near Norwich, England, naked from the waist down and wedged under a chair. He was an expert in environmental risks and disease.
Two weeks later, two prominent microbiologists died in San Francisco. Tanya Holzmayer, 46, a Russian who moved to the U.S. in 1989, focused on the part of the human molecular structure that could be affected best by medicine.
She was killed by fellow microbiologist Guyang (Matthew) Huang, 38, who shot her seven times when she opened the door to a pizza delivery. Then he shot himself.
The final two deaths came one day after the other in March. David Wynn-Williams, 55, a respected astrobiologist with the British Antarctic Survey, who studied the habits of microbes that might survive in outer space, died in a freak road accident near his home in Cambridge, England. He was hit by a car while he was jogging.
The following day, Steven Mostow, 63, known as Dr. Flu for his expertise in treating influenza, and a noted expert in bioterrorism, died when the airplane he was piloting crashed near Denver.
So what does any of it mean?
"Statistically, what are the chances?" wondered a prominent North American microbiologist reached last night at an international meeting of infectious-disease specialists in Chicago.
Janet Shoemaker, director of public and scientific affairs of the American Society for Microbiology in Washington, D.C., pointed out yesterday that there are about 20,000 academic researchers in microbiology in the U.S. Still, not all of these are of the elevated calibre of those recently deceased.
She had a chilling, final thought. When microbiologists die in a lab, there's a way of taking note of the deaths and adding them up. When they die in freakish accidents outside the lab, nobody keeps track.
Suspicious deaths
The sudden and suspicious deaths of 11 of the world's leading microbiologists.
Who they were:
1. Nov. 12, 2001:
Benito Que was said to have been beaten in a Miami parking lot and died later.
2. Nov. 16, 2001:
Don C. Wiley went missing. Was found Dec. 20. Investigators said he got dizzy on a Memphis bridge and fell to his death in a river.
3. Nov. 21, 2001:
Vladimir Pasechnik, former high-level Russian microbiologist who defected in 1989 to the U.K. apparently died from a stroke.
4. Dec. 10, 2001:
Robert M. Schwartz was stabbed to death in Leesberg, Va. Three Satanists have been arrested.
5. Dec. 14, 2001:
Nguyen Van Set died in an airlock filled with nitrogen in his lab in Geelong, Australia.
6. Feb. 9, 2002:
Victor Korshunov had his head bashed in near his home in Moscow.
7. Feb. 14, 2002:
Ian Langford was found partially naked and wedged under a chair in Norwich, England.
8. 9. Feb. 28, 2002:
San Francisco resident Tanya Holzmayer was killed by a microbiologist colleague, Guyang Huang, who shot her as she took delivery of a pizza and then apparently shot himself.
10. March 24, 2002:
David Wynn-Williams died in a road accident near his home in Cambridge, England.
11. March 25, 2002:
Steven Mostow of the Colorado Health Sciences Centre, killed in a plane he was flying near Denver.
Why do we need patents? To subsidize the cost of innovation.
Not arguing with you there, but the drug companies relentlessly play this angle, when the reality is that their advertising budget is usually higher than their R&D budget.
This is an industry which bribes doctors with free holidays and the like to prescribe expensive drugs; then collects billions of dollars of government subsidies on those drugs. That is their business model.
The reason they were angry enough to sue the third world governments was because they were not getting a cut of aid money from the west. They knew they weren't going to get much out of the third world countries, they were after the aid money from the west.
These are not nice companies.
some more reading here:
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/01_50 / 3761001.htm
The main problem here would be heat buildup: from the article it says a noisy fan is required just for normal operation; with a DVD drive it would just be worse due to poor case ventilation. Not to mention the extra heat from a TV-out capable video card.
When I'm watching a DVD I want absolute silence in the quiet scenes...
But don't most of teh spams originate from the US, and are only routed through dodgy chinese mailservers? Shouldn't you be trying to find who they are first, and then suing the crap outa them?
Don't know about you, but I thought LOTR: FOTR was a "big" movie... Most everyone i know went to see it. Maybe thats just a comment on the people i know!
Marketing: Now in Science!
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This reminds me of the classic marketing statement, "If just 1% of the population buy our product, then it will be successful!!" Unfortunately, getting that 1% is close to impossible.
This is terrible. Lead (the main ingredient in solder) and the multitude of plastic products are highly toxic to the human body.
Surely trying to prevent the third world from becoming a toxic dumping ground is a worthy idea? I mean, come on, its $25! I can't believe that people get up in arms about the fine print of Microsoft licenses, yet when it comes to spending a tiny bit of money to SAVE LIVES they say "I want the freedom to pollute where i see fit." Sad.
It has IDE RAID onboard, thats why.
IDE RAID is pretty damn useful, with todays fast IDE drives, it can nearly match scsi speed-wise (RAID 0). However there is no redundancy (the R in RAID)
It can also be used for drive mirroring(RAID 1). For example, if you are building a ghetto server or have a lot of very important data on your machine.
I think this is a great idea; however scsi still rocks the house (if you can afford it)
In other news, Microsoft announced they are releasing OfficeXP for Linux; and Disney donates $10 million to the EFF... When oh when will this day end...
yeah but when youre turning around 360 degrees at 100 fps, it looks smooth as, if you do the same at 30 fps it looks jerky... its when you need the rapid refreshing that having this much power counts...
NZ rox0rs okay? aussie is a lumbering dinosaur... i have lived in melbourne and it has an enormous class system developing... rich getting richer, poor living in filth... the rulers are completely out of touch, elderly white males the lot of them.
its a shame, all over the world egalitarianism is dying a slow death... gah i think nz bush (a la LOTR) is the best place on earth, if the world turns to nuclear hell this is where i will be.
In the 70s, guys "overclocked" their mustangs and camaros. Same thing, really... I still use my celeron 566 @ 850, saved me a fortune when it was new. Hopefully the new tualatin celerons with 256k cache are as good overclockers as this p4... What can i say, im a sucker for Intel.
How far is the 0.13um process away from the "wall" where you get funky quantum effects happening on a chip? What will happen when we reach there? Could a box with a quantum processor be dangerous to cats?
its progress!!! and just think about the low-end (celerons) that are going to be available soon... i hear the tualatins on the same 0.13 process are great overclockers, and finally have a 256k cache, meaning they are as fast as todays p3.
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One article I read was about some woman who lived 100m from a tower, had lined her entire house with tinfoil (!) and complained that her pet mice were getting sick from "the radiation". In her mind, there was no difference between the tower and a nuclear blast... :P
Here is a URL about media scares.. http://www.psandman.com/articles/chapman1.htm
New Zealand is in a latitude called the "roaring 40s". It is usually windy, or breezy anyway. This is why New Zealanders are good at sailing! Hence the chances of a decent race are good; there could however be a problem with too much wind/ high seas.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miami/4068519.htm
Interesting... It seems they were just having a laugh at the expense of some busybody waitress... Paranoia rules!
However with a component amp and hi-fi speakers, it is easily to hear that mp3 has serious deficiencies up until around ~256kb. 320 vbs is pretty darn close to CD tho.
mp3 particularly has a bad habit of turning the treble into a munched up whooshing sound, i believe this is due to the higher sample rate necessary for higher frequencies. When you restrict this too much, its not so good for sound quality.
My local alternative radio station www.radioactive.co.nz has a big mp3 server they leave on at night, its very easy to pick.
Badgers? We dont need no STEENKIN BADGERS!!!! lol, how good is that movie...
I got spam the other day with an HTML content. I was pissed off and bored, (a dangerous combination) so I found this "marketing" company's website and got every single email address I could think of which ended in their domain. I signed these all up for free XXX email and free financial newsletters... several times. I hope it works!! Fighting fire with fire and all....
As long as there are tools and imagination, there will be inventors... Anyone remember the guy with the wind-up radio for the third world? A guy called Trevor Bayliss had the idea watching TV about how batteries in Africa cost a month's wages.... So he built a prototype in his garage and was eventually successful. Source here http://www.engineerguy.com/comm/2574.ht m I think lone inventors will always be around, but corporations will determine whether they can make a financial success out of their idea.
Actually they are getting near 30% efficient in the solar cars and satellites http://www.jxcrystals.com/space.ht m I believe over 25 years, the price of grid power will rise as utilities milk thier monopoiles and solar power will become a great investment... Microgeneration and energy effiency are set to become future growth industries.
If they do set up a base, surely solar power would be the ideal way to create heat, energy and oxygen. Due to the fact that one side is in almost constant sunlight, you could rig a lightweight solar farm for high efficiency. Once you have energy, you have the means for a sustainable settlement... The only problems i can think of are water supplies; you can grow food. However there are large ice deposits on the dark side...
80 million transistors
Technological standard 0.15 gm
Graphic nucleus/kernel and memory work with the clock frequency up to 350 MHz
Valuable is 256 bits (!) OF DDR the busbar/tire of the memory
The capacity of local memory on the order of 20 GB/sek
Capacity of local storage 64/128/256 MB.
AGP of 2kh/yakh/8kh including regimes/conditions SBA and FastShrites
4 piksel'nykh conveyors
4 textural blocks on each conveyor (!)
To fillrate:up to 1.4 gigas-peaktorrent and up to 5.6 gigas-flowtorrent
Apical sheydery of version 2.0 (Vertekh Syuader 2.0), four parallel fulfilling blocks
Piksel'nye sheydery of the version of 1.3 (Pikhel Of syuader 1.3), 4 textural + 5 combination stages on each piksel'nom conveyor, with the possibility of the association/unification of conveyors in pairs (we obtain 2 conveyors on 10 combination stages)
YEMBM and DOTE the imposition of the relief
Fixed/recorded T & L DKH8 (including the extended possibilities of matrix blendinga and skininga).Is actually special apical sheyder
Construction, storage in the local memory and conclusion/derivation to the monitor of image with the accuracy of 10 bits to the component of color (!). the technology of the 10- bits Of gigaCholor
Two built in the chip, 400 MHz, 10 bits to the channel RAMDACH, which use technology Of ultraSyuarp
Valuable of 10 bits.> 10 bits are tables for the arbitrary Gamma-korrekqii the concluded image
DVD and YUDTV of video decoder with the accuracy (at the output/yield) of 10 bits
Is supported the conclusion of image in the permissions/resolutions up to 20ya8khyshche'khe2bpp8shch Hz
Built-in the chip interface of TV -Out with 10 bit accuracy signal shaping
Two digital TDMS of interface for the digital outputs/yields or external RAMDACH.Is supported permission/resolution up to y920khy200khe2bpp
Two*** TRANSLATION ENDS HERE ***
There was also a mention of glyph antialiasing... And 64 / 128 bit per pixel colour...
Scientists' deaths are under the microscope By ALANNA MITCHELL, SIMON COOPER AND CAROLYN ABRAHAM COMPILED BY ALANNA MITCHELL Saturday, May 4, 2002 - Print Edition, Page A1 It's a tale only the best conspiracy theorist could dream up. Eleven microbiologists mysteriously dead over the span of just five months. Some of them world leaders in developing weapons-grade biological plagues. Others the best in figuring out how to stop millions from dying because of biological weapons. Still others, experts in the theory of bioterrorism. Throw in a few Russian defectors, a few nervy U.S. biotech companies, a deranged assassin or two, a bit of Elvis, a couple of Satanists, a subtle hint of espionage, a big whack of imagination, and the plot is complete, if a bit reminiscent of James Bond. The first three died in the space of just over a week in November. Benito Que, 52, was an expert in infectious diseases and cellular biology at the Miami Medical School. Police originally suspected that he had been beaten on Nov. 12 in a carjacking in the medical school's parking lot. Strangely enough, though, his body showed no signs of a beating. Doctors then began to suspect a stroke. Just four days after Dr. Que fell unconscious came the mysterious disappearance of Don Wiley, 57, one of the foremost microbiologists in the United States. Dr. Wiley, of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at Harvard University, was an expert on how the immune system responds to viral attacks such as the classic doomsday plagues of HIV, ebola and influenza. He had just bought tickets to take his son to Graceland the following day. Police found his rental car on a bridge outside Memphis, Tenn. His body was later found in the Mississippi River. Forensic experts said he may have had a dizzy spell and have fallen off the bridge. Just five days after that, the world-class microbiologist and high-profile Russian defector Valdimir Pasechnik, 64, fell dead. The pathologist who did the autopsy, and who also happened to be associated with Britain's spy agency, concluded he died of a stroke. Dr. Pasechnik, who defected to the United Kingdom in 1989, played a huge role in Russian biowarfare and helped to figure out how to modify cruise missiles to deliver the agents of mass biological destruction. The next two deaths came four days apart in December. Robert Schwartz, 57, was stabbed and slashed with what police believe was a sword in his farmhouse in Leesberg, Va. His daughter, who identifies herself as a pagan high priestess, and several of her fellow pagans have been charged. Dr. Schwartz was an expert in DNA sequencing and pathogenic micro-organisms, who worked at the Center for Innovative Technology in Herndon, Va. Four days later, Nguyen Van Set, 44, died at work in Geelong, Australia, in a laboratory accident. He entered an airlocked storage lab and died from exposure to nitrogen. Other scientists at the animal diseases facility of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization had just come to fame for discovering a virulent strain of mousepox, which could be modified to affect smallpox. Then in February, the Russian microbiologist Victor Korshunov, 56, an expert in intestinal bacteria of children around the world, was bashed over the head near his home in Moscow. Five days later the British microbiologist Ian Langford, 40, was found dead in his home near Norwich, England, naked from the waist down and wedged under a chair. He was an expert in environmental risks and disease. Two weeks later, two prominent microbiologists died in San Francisco. Tanya Holzmayer, 46, a Russian who moved to the U.S. in 1989, focused on the part of the human molecular structure that could be affected best by medicine. She was killed by fellow microbiologist Guyang (Matthew) Huang, 38, who shot her seven times when she opened the door to a pizza delivery. Then he shot himself. The final two deaths came one day after the other in March. David Wynn-Williams, 55, a respected astrobiologist with the British Antarctic Survey, who studied the habits of microbes that might survive in outer space, died in a freak road accident near his home in Cambridge, England. He was hit by a car while he was jogging. The following day, Steven Mostow, 63, known as Dr. Flu for his expertise in treating influenza, and a noted expert in bioterrorism, died when the airplane he was piloting crashed near Denver. So what does any of it mean? "Statistically, what are the chances?" wondered a prominent North American microbiologist reached last night at an international meeting of infectious-disease specialists in Chicago. Janet Shoemaker, director of public and scientific affairs of the American Society for Microbiology in Washington, D.C., pointed out yesterday that there are about 20,000 academic researchers in microbiology in the U.S. Still, not all of these are of the elevated calibre of those recently deceased. She had a chilling, final thought. When microbiologists die in a lab, there's a way of taking note of the deaths and adding them up. When they die in freakish accidents outside the lab, nobody keeps track. Suspicious deaths The sudden and suspicious deaths of 11 of the world's leading microbiologists. Who they were: 1. Nov. 12, 2001: Benito Que was said to have been beaten in a Miami parking lot and died later. 2. Nov. 16, 2001: Don C. Wiley went missing. Was found Dec. 20. Investigators said he got dizzy on a Memphis bridge and fell to his death in a river. 3. Nov. 21, 2001: Vladimir Pasechnik, former high-level Russian microbiologist who defected in 1989 to the U.K. apparently died from a stroke. 4. Dec. 10, 2001: Robert M. Schwartz was stabbed to death in Leesberg, Va. Three Satanists have been arrested. 5. Dec. 14, 2001: Nguyen Van Set died in an airlock filled with nitrogen in his lab in Geelong, Australia. 6. Feb. 9, 2002: Victor Korshunov had his head bashed in near his home in Moscow. 7. Feb. 14, 2002: Ian Langford was found partially naked and wedged under a chair in Norwich, England. 8. 9. Feb. 28, 2002: San Francisco resident Tanya Holzmayer was killed by a microbiologist colleague, Guyang Huang, who shot her as she took delivery of a pizza and then apparently shot himself. 10. March 24, 2002: David Wynn-Williams died in a road accident near his home in Cambridge, England. 11. March 25, 2002: Steven Mostow of the Colorado Health Sciences Centre, killed in a plane he was flying near Denver.
Not arguing with you there, but the drug companies relentlessly play this angle, when the reality is that their advertising budget is usually higher than their R&D budget.
This is an industry which bribes doctors with free holidays and the like to prescribe expensive drugs; then collects billions of dollars of government subsidies on those drugs. That is their business model.
The reason they were angry enough to sue the third world governments was because they were not getting a cut of aid money from the west. They knew they weren't going to get much out of the third world countries, they were after the aid money from the west.
These are not nice companies.
some more reading here:0 / 3761001.htm
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/01_5
The main problem here would be heat buildup: from the article it says a noisy fan is required just for normal operation; with a DVD drive it would just be worse due to poor case ventilation. Not to mention the extra heat from a TV-out capable video card. When I'm watching a DVD I want absolute silence in the quiet scenes...
But don't most of teh spams originate from the US, and are only routed through dodgy chinese mailservers? Shouldn't you be trying to find who they are first, and then suing the crap outa them?
Don't know about you, but I thought LOTR: FOTR was a "big" movie... Most everyone i know went to see it. Maybe thats just a comment on the people i know!
This reminds me of the classic marketing statement, "If just 1% of the population buy our product, then it will be successful!!"
Unfortunately, getting that 1% is close to impossible.
This is terrible. Lead (the main ingredient in solder) and the multitude of plastic products are highly toxic to the human body.
Surely trying to prevent the third world from becoming a toxic dumping ground is a worthy idea? I mean, come on, its $25! I can't believe that people get up in arms about the fine print of Microsoft licenses, yet when it comes to spending a tiny bit of money to SAVE LIVES they say "I want the freedom to pollute where i see fit." Sad.
It has IDE RAID onboard, thats why. IDE RAID is pretty damn useful, with todays fast IDE drives, it can nearly match scsi speed-wise (RAID 0). However there is no redundancy (the R in RAID) It can also be used for drive mirroring(RAID 1). For example, if you are building a ghetto server or have a lot of very important data on your machine. I think this is a great idea; however scsi still rocks the house (if you can afford it)
In other news, Microsoft announced they are releasing OfficeXP for Linux; and Disney donates $10 million to the EFF... When oh when will this day end...
NASA Engineer: I dont understand... I only shoved 3 gallons in that tank, it should be fine! Whats that? Litres you say? Oh not again...
yeah but when youre turning around 360 degrees at 100 fps, it looks smooth as, if you do the same at 30 fps it looks jerky... its when you need the rapid refreshing that having this much power counts...
NZ rox0rs okay? aussie is a lumbering dinosaur... i have lived in melbourne and it has an enormous class system developing... rich getting richer, poor living in filth... the rulers are completely out of touch, elderly white males the lot of them. its a shame, all over the world egalitarianism is dying a slow death... gah i think nz bush (a la LOTR) is the best place on earth, if the world turns to nuclear hell this is where i will be.
In the 70s, guys "overclocked" their mustangs and camaros. Same thing, really... I still use my celeron 566 @ 850, saved me a fortune when it was new. Hopefully the new tualatin celerons with 256k cache are as good overclockers as this p4... What can i say, im a sucker for Intel.
How far is the 0.13um process away from the "wall" where you get funky quantum effects happening on a chip? What will happen when we reach there? Could a box with a quantum processor be dangerous to cats?
its progress!!! and just think about the low-end (celerons) that are going to be available soon... i hear the tualatins on the same 0.13 process are great overclockers, and finally have a 256k cache, meaning they are as fast as todays p3.