Did it occur to anyone else this card might simply change the Type of Service field in packets to something that gets a higher priority by ISPs and backbones?
While I'm sure spintronics circuits would have their own way of performing calculations, I can't imagine energy wouldn't be expended in the process.
If energy is expended, then the temperature of the component will rise. If the temperature rises, it'll be likely to require cooling. (Especially as more energy gets expended with designs capable of higher computation loads.)
At first thought, *maybe* for the consumer market, but *never* for server-market. I mean, who regularly looks at the screen of a server, anyway? You use remote tools for that.
And as long as their OS comes packaged with OEM systems, why should they worry about selling Windows for less than they're charging already? Win XP is a fraction of the cost of a desktop from IBM, HP, or even Dell.
And that leave Retail boxes, where demand isn't exactly elastic.
Except for Eberron, the last time I bought a D&D book was back in 2003, when the 3.5 updates to the three core rulebooks came out. That's maybe $120 in books, including the Eberron book I bought last summer. If I'd been playing WoW during the time since it came out (unlikely, because I run Linux), I'd have spent $495 in subscription fees.
XP is the most stable operating system I've seen come out of Redmond, with the exception of DOS.
However, Linux has me spoiled. I was pissed when I discovered I couldn't use remotedesktop to log into an XP Pro box while someone else was logged in locally.
(So was my cousin...I kicked him off in the middle of a COD2 round.:)
People use Stepmania with pads all the time. Usually, they use a Playstation->PC adapter. I've even done it myself, using an X-Box pad modded to use a standard USB end. For a couple months, my exercise regimine was playing Stepmania on a similar system.
It wouldn't surprise me in the least to see the Guitar Hero controllers working with those same Playstation->PC adapters.
I'll be happily enjoying K-5, K-6, Athlon and Athlon XP days, thank you. Though K-5 day will have to fall on Sunday; you're not supposed to do any work then.
Few games with a Plot, or even decent character development, are aimed at casual gamers. WoW? People spend hours in monotonos play, just to build their character up. They even appropriated an English word for that form of gameplay: "grinding."
Oblivion? The developers managed to make the character development fairly transparent, so it becomes a secondary element instead of a primary element. Bravo. But you still need to play for hours and hours to solve the sub-quests, or even the main quest. (And I'm not going to drop the money on Oblivion if all I want to do is speed-run through the main quest.)
Half-Life 2? I might be able to see that. Most of the replay value is in deathmatch, so sure.
The world's most popular games certainly do run on Linux, however. You might have meant, "best-selling"... There are millions of gamers out there who haven't bought a new game in years.
Forget using a USB drive...we already have LiveCDs that update themselves. Use rewritable media. (But make darn sure you have a backup...nobody wants a $50 coaster.)
There are hundreds of other games for Linux, most of which don't even require a high-end graphics card. Heck...there are even open source MMORPG systems you can use.
When I signed up for an account on their forums, they required that I supply the CD-key for each game I claimed to own. Next to each CD-key was a checkbox that makes it possible for me to retrieve my CD-key from their server, by supplying my login name and password.
I'm sure there are hundreds of Linux geeks out there with little to no job experience, but lots of personal experience, and even a willingness to work to the benefit of Linux. Like me.
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Even so, it keeps getting hit by asteroids.
Uhm, this is offtopic, for sure. But it looks like the only way of contacting you. Besides, it's an old thread :)
You used to read my journal, but you haven't posted to it in a couple years. Would you please read this entry?
It might also be because you can create a 380V power supply with little more (yes, more) than a couple of voltage doublers and filtering capaciters.
IANAEE, but that would seem to me to be more efficient, both in component cost and heat waste, than a multi-tap transformer.
Oh, and I did not RTFA.
(Without an EE degree, and having not read TFA, my opinion on this topic must be considered worthless.)
Did it occur to anyone else this card might simply change the Type of Service field in packets to something that gets a higher priority by ISPs and backbones?
You'd still have to contend with UDP traffic. And some services might not like jitter there, like NTP, or even video games.
While I'm sure spintronics circuits would have their own way of performing calculations, I can't imagine energy wouldn't be expended in the process.
If energy is expended, then the temperature of the component will rise. If the temperature rises, it'll be likely to require cooling. (Especially as more energy gets expended with designs capable of higher computation loads.)
Is it you, or they, that's supposed to spell it "favourite?"
Just curious.
At first thought, *maybe* for the consumer market, but *never* for server-market. I mean, who regularly looks at the screen of a server, anyway? You use remote tools for that.
And as long as their OS comes packaged with OEM systems, why should they worry about selling Windows for less than they're charging already? Win XP is a fraction of the cost of a desktop from IBM, HP, or even Dell.
And that leave Retail boxes, where demand isn't exactly elastic.
Except for Eberron, the last time I bought a D&D book was back in 2003, when the 3.5 updates to the three core rulebooks came out. That's maybe $120 in books, including the Eberron book I bought last summer. If I'd been playing WoW during the time since it came out (unlikely, because I run Linux), I'd have spent $495 in subscription fees.
Instead, I've been enjoying plain ol' D&D, blogging about it, writing stories about my characters, and even writing my own utility software.
Maybe that makes me an addict. But I haven't spent loads of money on it.
Works great. Thanks!
XP is the most stable operating system I've seen come out of Redmond, with the exception of DOS.
:)
However, Linux has me spoiled. I was pissed when I discovered I couldn't use remotedesktop to log into an XP Pro box while someone else was logged in locally.
(So was my cousin...I kicked him off in the middle of a COD2 round.
People use Stepmania with pads all the time. Usually, they use a Playstation->PC adapter. I've even done it myself, using an X-Box pad modded to use a standard USB end. For a couple months, my exercise regimine was playing Stepmania on a similar system.
It wouldn't surprise me in the least to see the Guitar Hero controllers working with those same Playstation->PC adapters.
It was symlinked in the docs.
I refuse to celebrate the Pentium days!
I'll be happily enjoying K-5, K-6, Athlon and Athlon XP days, thank you. Though K-5 day will have to fall on Sunday; you're not supposed to do any work then.
It harkens back to the days when SCO's lawsuits were relevant. SCO filed the lawsuits in Utah, where they had the best chance of winning.
...next year, we'll get floating-point coprocessors!
Ok, I've shown myself to be a geek, obviously. Mod accordingly...
;-)
Karma whore.
Few games with a Plot, or even decent character development, are aimed at casual gamers. WoW? People spend hours in monotonos play, just to build their character up. They even appropriated an English word for that form of gameplay: "grinding."
... There are millions of gamers out there who haven't bought a new game in years.
Oblivion? The developers managed to make the character development fairly transparent, so it becomes a secondary element instead of a primary element. Bravo. But you still need to play for hours and hours to solve the sub-quests, or even the main quest. (And I'm not going to drop the money on Oblivion if all I want to do is speed-run through the main quest.)
Half-Life 2? I might be able to see that. Most of the replay value is in deathmatch, so sure.
The world's most popular games certainly do run on Linux, however. You might have meant, "best-selling"
Forget using a USB drive...we already have LiveCDs that update themselves. Use rewritable media. (But make darn sure you have a backup...nobody wants a $50 coaster.)
There are hundreds of other games for Linux, most of which don't even require a high-end graphics card. Heck...there are even open source MMORPG systems you can use.
Have you tried Lincity? It's not a clone of any of the SimCity genre, but it's still quite fun.
I've never been interested in the Sims genre, so I haven't looked up any Linux equivalents.
When I signed up for an account on their forums, they required that I supply the CD-key for each game I claimed to own. Next to each CD-key was a checkbox that makes it possible for me to retrieve my CD-key from their server, by supplying my login name and password.
Oh, and they force relatively secure passwords.
How many of you have been behind a car that makes you gag and you can see the trail of soot in the air for a quarter mile behind it?
I drive that car. Most people just pass me, though.
I'm sure there are hundreds of Linux geeks out there with little to no job experience, but lots of personal experience, and even a willingness to work to the benefit of Linux. Like me.
:)
You could hire people like me for Cheap.
I said Linux had games, not that it was suitable for the hardcore gamer.
For a casual gamer like me, it works just fine.