Note that much of the asteroid would burn in the atmosphere.. so what would hit earth would be substantionally smaller...
And the article clearly states that it would cause devastation in 150km radius... (ok they mention 800km severe devstation.. but that is meant more like 800km effect radius.. journalist exagarration)
I'd be rather hit by asteroid than die of cancer... and probably i'm not alone:P
Sony monitors are known to produce a bit blurry image(at high resolutions)... and have grey background. I currently use Sony 420GS (19" at 1024x768).. and it suckz completely compared to my 17" iiyama 410. So if you really want a good monitor ged iiyama... or if you want a value monitor.. LG Trinitron (goldstar)
I don't really believe that life on earth will last that long.. so why don't we just wait and see:)
Actually.. everything will be gone when I die.. even time. Talking about after that time is totally irrelevant for me. I would care if i could.. but i won't be able to.
Far pointer has segment:offset which is 16:32 bit thus making it 48bit address... with which you can theoretically allocate 8TB of memory.
I can store 4 8bit values in single register on my shitty celeron. But can I effitiently manipulate with them!? Can I do That:
|1|2|3|4|
+
|5|6|7|8|
=
|6|8|10|14|
with single instruction?! Yes that is basic idea of SSE... but SSE (even SSE2) is not even close to what you can do with IA64.
And stop talking about Itanium.. it's processor meant exclusively for developers of IA64 drivers and Operating Systems. IA64 will start appearing in enterprise market in no less than 2-3 years.. it's a long-term ARCHITECTURE (not processor as you'd like it to be) solution. x86-64 will be good for few years.. and then? Adding more extensions? extensions to extensions? And each time you will need recompiled software to get full potential.
I didn't mention processor superiority of Itanium over Clawhammer.. but architecture superiority of IA64 over x86-64.
Itanium is premature processor and cannot really compete with anything. But IA64 architecture is fully developed and has very bright feature ahead...
FAR addressing is availbile on all current 32bit systems.. and it's as fast as near addressing.
I believe segmet:offset is 48bit long.. which extends addressing space to 8TB. I believe that is enough for anyone for next 8 years.
True.. IA64 will be very compiler dependant.. but there are still 3-4years to develop good and efficient compiler. I really don't see a point in buying Itanium atm. (except if you are an OS developer). If you really need supercomputer for server.. get yourself a CRAY:)
Yes to some degree.. but IA64 is 10 times more flexible than SSE2. For example you can rotate 16bit parts within 64bit register. (i don't mean plain shl/shr) But 1,2,3,4 -> 4,3,2,1 or 1,2,3,4 -> 2,1,4,3.
You can download IA64 instruction set manual from intel's website.. any ASM programmer will be fascinated with options IA64 offers. I know, I was.
First of all I'd like to say, I am not biased in either way.. after all I'm going to get me a new AthlonXP next week.
IA64 is very different from x86-64. AMD's 64bit solution is nothing more than extension to current 32bit instruction set. Of course there are some tweaks, but nothing very radical. You will still be able to run old 16 and 8bit code efficiently.
Intel's IA64 is a huge step in the future... architecture wise is far superior to x86-64. Why?
Why do we need 64bit processors? Addressing? Nah, current processors can address enough space.. with 386 processors FAR addressing was introduced, which expanded allocatable address space drastically. (those silly DS, SS,.. registers) And newest processors can deal with them with same ease as with non-far addressing.
AMD's 64bit solution currently has no real value.. except for huge data storage (could work faster with 64bit data blocks) and probably some heavy encryption. x86-64 compiled Quake3 would make minimum use of 64bit registers.. and would probably be just a margin faster than IA32 compiled version.
Is IA64 better? Yes it is. IA64 has 128 usable 64bit registers, predicates... But that is not all.. in single 64bit register you can store 4 16bit values(common integer). (or 8 8bit or 2 32bit)And manipulate with them almost as much as you like. And if you have 4 integers in other register.. you can make 4 arithmetical operations with SINGLE instruction. You can do similar things with floating point operations... and with ILP you could do 3 instructions per cycle. This means that Quake2's VectorAdd/Subtract could be done in SINGLE cycle.
Clawhammer will be better for a year or so.. but soon it will hit the ceiling. Intel will be able to get better performance from 1/2 clocked IA64.
And please don't respond with lame comments if you haven't read at least whitepapers from Intel and AMD.
Those things are cheaper in china... actually almost everything is cheaper in china.
A year or so back.. they were making 100% replicas of ASUS motherboards for fraction of cost and sold it at normal price. I still believe they are doing so.. only they do not sell it in mainstream.
Did you know that writing of most eastern nations is more or less similar. For example.. janapnese guy can easily read chineese newspaper.. but cannot verbaly communicate with them.
Well.. it's a matter of perspective. We now know that only speed(of light) may be absolute so in the matter of fact.. china is also north and south of san francico and 5km away if you are able to bend space-time:)
This is true... i'm not using lynx all the time.. but sometimes it's really handy. Especially for downloading from slow sites.. log on your shell.. screen lynx (enter your favourite site here) -> ctrl-a d
Even in comments.. guys with 50 spam mails per day? Don't u guys unsubscribe anything? If there is no unsubscribe option find operator's address and mail them. Always mention that you will contact CERT if they don't remove you from mailing list. (works every time)
I'm getting no more than 1 spam email per MONTH and have absolutely no filters installed. Of course i never use my real email or name when needed for downloading various shareware. If they send you reg code or smtg on mail... simply create new mail on hotmail or smtg and use that address.
Well.. those who get 50 spam emails per day.. you're watching too much porn. They need your email to check that you are really 18!? Come on.. you're not really falling for that one?
Care for yourself, you are alive.. enjoy your life. But if you want to be frustratd all your life for few victims you never knew... go ahead. Close yourself in a room and moan. If you are such emotionally unstable person, you are totally useless in anything and the only thing you need is a shrink.
You get 2D sound, not 3D. (you can't distinguish between up and down) It's common misconception... Stereo speakers = 1D sound.. 4 speakers = 2D sound... for good 3D sound you would need 8 speakers.. ok.. you could manage it with 6. Asuming every speaker is on it's own independant channel.
Well.. if some species become extinct because of humans.. it's natural selection aswell. In history there were millions of species exctinct because of other species. Why would now be any different? How will extinction of Lions affect the world? If for the better or not affect at all.. then we do not need to preserve them
We only have to be cautious.. because our own dominance might kill us. We might someday make globalwide disaster, which will make roaches a dominant species...
I'm from Slovenia.. and the most recent research shows 30% people of ALL population are using internet.
I won't comment political stuff here... all I can say is, that Slovenia is much safer and individual friendly than U.S.
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Free speech in USA? Don't be silly.
So they can put \n as 128th char, silly.
Note that much of the asteroid would burn in the atmosphere.. so what would hit earth would be substantionally smaller...
And the article clearly states that it would cause devastation in 150km radius... (ok they mention 800km severe devstation.. but that is meant more like 800km effect radius.. journalist exagarration)
I'd be rather hit by asteroid than die of cancer... and probably i'm not alone:P
Sony monitors are known to produce a bit blurry image(at high resolutions)... and have grey background. I currently use Sony 420GS (19" at 1024x768).. and it suckz completely compared to my 17" iiyama 410. So if you really want a good monitor ged iiyama... or if you want a value monitor.. LG Trinitron (goldstar)
I don't really believe that life on earth will last that long.. so why don't we just wait and see:)
Actually.. everything will be gone when I die.. even time. Talking about after that time is totally irrelevant for me. I would care if i could.. but i won't be able to.
Indians developed anti-gravity propulsions eons ago! Info here Of course they didn't find spaceship yet.. but lets keep our fingers crossed:)
Oh, and by the way if you haven't know.. I am a real Martian! A proof!
Far pointer has segment:offset which is 16:32 bit thus making it 48bit address... with which you can theoretically allocate 8TB of memory.
I can store 4 8bit values in single register on my shitty celeron. But can I effitiently manipulate with them!? Can I do That:
|1|2|3|4|
+
|5|6|7|8|
=
|6|8|10|14|
with single instruction?! Yes that is basic idea of SSE... but SSE (even SSE2) is not even close to what you can do with IA64.
And stop talking about Itanium.. it's processor meant exclusively for developers of IA64 drivers and Operating Systems. IA64 will start appearing in enterprise market in no less than 2-3 years.. it's a long-term ARCHITECTURE (not processor as you'd like it to be) solution. x86-64 will be good for few years.. and then? Adding more extensions? extensions to extensions? And each time you will need recompiled software to get full potential.
I didn't mention processor superiority of Itanium over Clawhammer.. but architecture superiority of IA64 over x86-64.
Itanium is premature processor and cannot really compete with anything. But IA64 architecture is fully developed and has very bright feature ahead...
FAR addressing is availbile on all current 32bit systems.. and it's as fast as near addressing. I believe segmet:offset is 48bit long.. which extends addressing space to 8TB. I believe that is enough for anyone for next 8 years.
True.. IA64 will be very compiler dependant.. but there are still 3-4years to develop good and efficient compiler. I really don't see a point in buying Itanium atm. (except if you are an OS developer). If you really need supercomputer for server.. get yourself a CRAY:)
Yes to some degree.. but IA64 is 10 times more flexible than SSE2. For example you can rotate 16bit parts within 64bit register. (i don't mean plain shl/shr) But 1,2,3,4 -> 4,3,2,1 or 1,2,3,4 -> 2,1,4,3.
You can download IA64 instruction set manual from intel's website.. any ASM programmer will be fascinated with options IA64 offers. I know, I was.
First of all I'd like to say, I am not biased in either way.. after all I'm going to get me a new AthlonXP next week. .. registers) And newest processors can deal with them with same ease as with non-far addressing.
IA64 is very different from x86-64. AMD's 64bit solution is nothing more than extension to current 32bit instruction set. Of course there are some tweaks, but nothing very radical. You will still be able to run old 16 and 8bit code efficiently.
Intel's IA64 is a huge step in the future... architecture wise is far superior to x86-64. Why?
Why do we need 64bit processors? Addressing? Nah, current processors can address enough space.. with 386 processors FAR addressing was introduced, which expanded allocatable address space drastically. (those silly DS, SS,
AMD's 64bit solution currently has no real value.. except for huge data storage (could work faster with 64bit data blocks) and probably some heavy encryption. x86-64 compiled Quake3 would make minimum use of 64bit registers.. and would probably be just a margin faster than IA32 compiled version.
Is IA64 better? Yes it is. IA64 has 128 usable 64bit registers, predicates... But that is not all.. in single 64bit register you can store 4 16bit values(common integer). (or 8 8bit or 2 32bit)And manipulate with them almost as much as you like. And if you have 4 integers in other register.. you can make 4 arithmetical operations with SINGLE instruction. You can do similar things with floating point operations... and with ILP you could do 3 instructions per cycle. This means that Quake2's VectorAdd/Subtract could be done in SINGLE cycle.
Clawhammer will be better for a year or so.. but soon it will hit the ceiling. Intel will be able to get better performance from 1/2 clocked IA64.
And please don't respond with lame comments if you haven't read at least whitepapers from Intel and AMD.
Those things are cheaper in china... actually almost everything is cheaper in china. A year or so back.. they were making 100% replicas of ASUS motherboards for fraction of cost and sold it at normal price. I still believe they are doing so.. only they do not sell it in mainstream.
Did you know that writing of most eastern nations is more or less similar. For example.. janapnese guy can easily read chineese newspaper.. but cannot verbaly communicate with them.
Well.. it's a matter of perspective. We now know that only speed(of light) may be absolute so in the matter of fact.. china is also north and south of san francico and 5km away if you are able to bend space-time:)
This is true... i'm not using lynx all the time.. but sometimes it's really handy. Especially for downloading from slow sites.. log on your shell.. screen lynx (enter your favourite site here) -> ctrl-a d
Even in comments.. guys with 50 spam mails per day? Don't u guys unsubscribe anything? If there is no unsubscribe option find operator's address and mail them. Always mention that you will contact CERT if they don't remove you from mailing list. (works every time)
I'm getting no more than 1 spam email per MONTH and have absolutely no filters installed. Of course i never use my real email or name when needed for downloading various shareware. If they send you reg code or smtg on mail... simply create new mail on hotmail or smtg and use that address.
Well.. those who get 50 spam emails per day.. you're watching too much porn. They need your email to check that you are really 18!? Come on.. you're not really falling for that one?
Care for yourself, you are alive.. enjoy your life. But if you want to be frustratd all your life for few victims you never knew... go ahead. Close yourself in a room and moan. If you are such emotionally unstable person, you are totally useless in anything and the only thing you need is a shrink.
You get 2D sound, not 3D. (you can't distinguish between up and down) It's common misconception... Stereo speakers = 1D sound.. 4 speakers = 2D sound... for good 3D sound you would need 8 speakers.. ok.. you could manage it with 6. Asuming every speaker is on it's own independant channel.
Maybe my greased-turkey is better than your dead-duck. Did turkey killed the duck?
Linus Torvalds has new computer See for yourself here
Well.. if some species become extinct because of humans.. it's natural selection aswell. In history there were millions of species exctinct because of other species. Why would now be any different? How will extinction of Lions affect the world? If for the better or not affect at all.. then we do not need to preserve them
We only have to be cautious.. because our own dominance might kill us. We might someday make globalwide disaster, which will make roaches a dominant species...
They should build such buildings on wheels so they can move them around.. thus making maps obsolette all the time:)
I'm from Slovenia.. and the most recent research shows 30% people of ALL population are using internet.
I won't comment political stuff here... all I can say is, that Slovenia is much safer and individual friendly than U.S.