The death toll here in india is mounting with over 4000 dead in the far flung andaman and nicobar islands and 13000 still missing. An air force base with 100 officers, their families has vanished into the sea. Due to the earthquake the indian techtonic plate has sunk 30 meters deeper. Scientists say its the biggest displacement of the plate ever recorded and it may result in new volcanos forming in near future as well as similar or larger earthquakes.
Moreover this region is not linked to the pacific ocean tsunami network. There are no bouys here. Now the Indian Govt is planning to place deep sea sensors as well as tsunami detection system. This data will be linked with pacific ocean tsunami network.
An asteroid which is still far away is worrying people to death. While i agree we should be prapared for this, there are other dangers as well. For example the Sundays earthquake and tsunami which has killed around 30000 across south east asia. The earthquake has caused a big change in the tektonic plates of australia and india and scientists are worried that this may be the first in the series of quakes and eruptions which will be much more widespread across the globe. Imaging coastel towns all over the pacific and indian oceans ravaged by 100feet high waves. The impact would be same as an asteroid. And the funny part is we dont have early warning systems etc., and nobody is seriously looking into them
Archos does not enjoy a good quality reputation. This is based on personal experience. And its not the case of me getting an odd piece. google for archos and you will see lots of problems. My guess is about 15-20% of pieces are bad.
The best way to avoid complications is buy one from a store which take back returns for manufacturing defects till one month after purchase. Immediately after buying use it heavily in all possible modes. If it does not break, then you have a good piece which will give you long service.
What if i am not using SP2. (Actually my computer keeps on rebooting on installing SP2) Then if i have a cyberarmour or zonealarm firewall running. And i do not use IE or install crap, am i still at risk?
In india its costs 80cents/hour to play multiplayer counterstrike/UT etc., on a 15inch LD screen at Reliance Webworld cybercases. All cybercafes are connected by fibre to each other. So you need not be in the same cafe. Infact they regularly hold all India tournaments where you can participate and win prizes!
I am on an AMD64 machine running WinXP 32 bit version(Beta 64 is too unstable). After SP2 my machine would automatically reboot after i login about 90% of the time. The only way i could get in was with Failsafe mode. I tried removing all programs from my startup still the same problem was there. Removing SP2 solved the problem
Umm, Compiling everything is this big misconception. There are prebuilt binary packages available for most common applications for most architechtures. Infact if gentoo binary package is not there, there is a fair chance you will not get the binary package for other distros as well. I am using gentoo on my AMD64, and i do not want to go back to any other distro.
But then its always a matter of choice. And if the only reason of you not using gentoo is compiling everything from source, then its the wrong reason.
Look at the DSL, OMAP etc., chips. Some of them have 6 DSPs. The more common ones that go into your DSL modem have a DSP along with a general purpose processor like MIPS. Actually its not the process of putting the processors in one die which is the bottleneck. How to use them is the bottleneck. In case of Signal processing chips(DSL/Fibre etc.,) it is easy coz the task is fixed. But in a general purpose CPU you need an advanced management system which can actually decide in real time what talk goes where
This dual core thingi may be new to general purpose processors, but many DSL/Signal processing chips come with 2 cores. One is the signal processing one and the other is housekeeping, such as MIPS.
In general purpose computing it would be nice to have one core dedicated to mathematically intensive tasks and one for the housekeeping. So that while you compile your X does not hang.
Umm thats not 3.2Ghz. Just because a tiny bit of logic is running at 3.2 GHz does not mean chip is at 3.2 GHz. These are gimmincs semiconductor industry employs, and being an insider i know of it.
130nm process, max 1Ghz
90nm process max 2.5Gz
65nm process max 5Ghz
Currently 65nm process is not stable in itself. Of course you can go for a 35nm process too but yields(working chips) will be
Unless the yields are greater then 70% it does not make sense. Moreover as you push nm, electrical effects become more and more pronounced. For example electro-migration, crosstalk etc., We currently do not have the precision to go to such low nm. The next step seems to be optical, but along with it probably a 40nm process will appear.
It expmains nothing. There are wast tracts in china which are totally barren. India is 2 times more densly populated than china yet there are uninhabited areas which run hundreds of kms
If Linux isn't ready for the desktop, how did my otherwise computer illiterate ex-girlfriend start using it for web/email/AIM/wordproc? Didnt you ever wonder, that maybe thats the reason she is "Ex"
Well they have rescued the country which killed more than a million civilians in the mid 40s. That country is supposed to be the harbinger of liberty and freedom and justness LOL
The Semiconductor industry inventory stats are ones which give CEOs nightmares. Actually semiconductor companies mostly make chips which are sold to big buyers like Siemens(modems), ENI(modems), DELL, Nokia etc., So these companies tell the semiconductor guys I need so many chips for so many cell phones/cameras etc., And these guys over order, by a small margin. Next year new tech old models are sold for scrap and again inventories rise. In many cases over ordering reaches levels which are uncomfortable. You cant throw away 20% of your cell phones at cost price, can you? So they dont order. But Semiconductor companies have huge Fabs running. And when such cases arise you have fabs operating at half capacity or even lower. And this leads to big losses. Another problem is that a new chip comes from design to fab about 6 months before production begins, and if problems come in the chip it may actually see the vendor after one year! So what do we have here. Based on demand this year, we plan for next year and if inventories pile up its bad luck.
If you wonder why cant semiconductor companies reduce production, the reason is that when we come out with a chip, ie design a chip there a minimum number which is required for the chip to be profitable. This number is in the range of 500000+ units. Such things are hard to predict. In case of a DSL/cable modem chips the design and conception start one and a half years before release to fab. And six months after that full blown production starts. So we have to know 2 years in advance what to do people want. Its 2 years of R&D by over 100 engineers which leads to a chip. And look at the infrastucture investment. Farms of 100s of 64bit 2GHz+ machines, Ultrasparcs etc., running for 1.5 years simulating, testing, designing.
Get the idea? Chip design is a costly business, and unless market analysts get more accurate instead of being stupidly bullish, this cyclic downturn may be much softer
I agree with you. Mine AV320 was bad, real bad. It is the quality of the soldering that lets them down. If only they fixed that it would be an amazing product.
Well you can say that. But let me tell you, after working on a Sun Keyboard, i find the standard keyboard one of the major drawbacks of linux. I suggest you try using a solaris sparc machine if you have access to it. You will fall in love with the "Front" "open" "cut" "Paste". Infact you hardly need to touch the mouse with Alt/Meta and the special 12 keys available on the left hand side. Also the Ctrl Key is at its proper place(where caps key is in case of win keyboard). Of course you can swap it but thats just a workaround. And its not really a recent advancement. Sun had these keyboards 10 years ago. Actually i think it was due to windows which is mouse heavy that extra keys are not needed. And then there is xemacs:).
Long time ago on slashdot same story was there. I remember the story talking about North Korea and south korea division on basis of night. Cant find the link though
My compiles used to crash frequently, and since RAM was okay i thought CPU was heating up. So i used a screwdriver to take out that darned AMD, but my hand slipped and i made a hole in the motherboard. Too scared to try anything else i powered it on and it was working. funny thing, now the compiles do not crash:)
Indian(Asia) and oriental corneas are thin and therefore success rate is about 80-85% in Asia. In case of europe/Americas(Caus) the cornea is thick therefore success rate is more. But i am really amazed at the cost. In India if you go to the best hospital and get it done from a doc whose done 1000+ surgeries it will cost you about 700$ inclusive of all costs! And this i am talking the best. A doc with 20-30 years of exp.
Whenever my cell phone rings it lights up. But i guess these guys extended the range to 30 meters, rather that standard 2-3 meters you get. Which basically means that in a crowd with around 50 cell phones around you, even if none of them are ringing this device will light up. So not much use as a tracker in such conditions.
But think of buildings collapsed during earthquakes. May be helpful there!
Slow news day, eh? The Article is low on substance. This page has much more details. Looks like the wired article has copy-pasted and not done any real work. The actual article should have had listed quirks, what do the extentions actually do, rather than pasting text from mozilla extention page.
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Moreover this region is not linked to the pacific ocean tsunami network. There are no bouys here. Now the Indian Govt is planning to place deep sea sensors as well as tsunami detection system. This data will be linked with pacific ocean tsunami network.
An asteroid which is still far away is worrying people to death. While i agree we should be prapared for this, there are other dangers as well. For example the Sundays earthquake and tsunami which has killed around 30000 across south east asia. The earthquake has caused a big change in the tektonic plates of australia and india and scientists are worried that this may be the first in the series of quakes and eruptions which will be much more widespread across the globe. Imaging coastel towns all over the pacific and indian oceans ravaged by 100feet high waves. The impact would be same as an asteroid. And the funny part is we dont have early warning systems etc., and nobody is seriously looking into them
The best way to avoid complications is buy one from a store which take back returns for manufacturing defects till one month after purchase. Immediately after buying use it heavily in all possible modes. If it does not break, then you have a good piece which will give you long service.
What if i am not using SP2. (Actually my computer keeps on rebooting on installing SP2) Then if i have a cyberarmour or zonealarm firewall running. And i do not use IE or install crap, am i still at risk?
In india its costs 80cents/hour to play multiplayer counterstrike/UT etc., on a 15inch LD screen at Reliance Webworld cybercases. All cybercafes are connected by fibre to each other. So you need not be in the same cafe. Infact they regularly hold all India tournaments where you can participate and win prizes!
They are going there in Early 2005, and that peak summer in antartica. So temparatures will not be dropping below -50C. :)
I am on an AMD64 machine running WinXP 32 bit version(Beta 64 is too unstable). After SP2 my machine would automatically reboot after i login about 90% of the time. The only way i could get in was with Failsafe mode. I tried removing all programs from my startup still the same problem was there. Removing SP2 solved the problem
But then its always a matter of choice. And if the only reason of you not using gentoo is compiling everything from source, then its the wrong reason.
Look at the DSL, OMAP etc., chips. Some of them have 6 DSPs. The more common ones that go into your DSL modem have a DSP along with a general purpose processor like MIPS. Actually its not the process of putting the processors in one die which is the bottleneck. How to use them is the bottleneck. In case of Signal processing chips(DSL/Fibre etc.,) it is easy coz the task is fixed. But in a general purpose CPU you need an advanced management system which can actually decide in real time what talk goes where
In general purpose computing it would be nice to have one core dedicated to mathematically intensive tasks and one for the housekeeping. So that while you compile your X does not hang.
Umm thats not 3.2Ghz. Just because a tiny bit of logic is running at 3.2 GHz does not mean chip is at 3.2 GHz. These are gimmincs semiconductor industry employs, and being an insider i know of it.
Here's are ready reckoner
130nm process, max 1Ghz
90nm process max 2.5Gz
65nm process max 5Ghz
Currently 65nm process is not stable in itself. Of course you can go for a 35nm process too but yields(working chips) will be Unless the yields are greater then 70% it does not make sense. Moreover as you push nm, electrical effects become more and more pronounced. For example electro-migration, crosstalk etc., We currently do not have the precision to go to such low nm. The next step seems to be optical, but along with it probably a 40nm process will appear.
It expmains nothing. There are wast tracts in china which are totally barren. India is 2 times more densly populated than china yet there are uninhabited areas which run hundreds of kms
If Linux isn't ready for the desktop, how did my otherwise computer illiterate ex-girlfriend start using it for web/email/AIM/wordproc? Didnt you ever wonder, that maybe thats the reason she is "Ex"
Well they have rescued the country which killed more than a million civilians in the mid 40s. That country is supposed to be the harbinger of liberty and freedom and justness LOL
If you wonder why cant semiconductor companies reduce production, the reason is that when we come out with a chip, ie design a chip there a minimum number which is required for the chip to be profitable. This number is in the range of 500000+ units. Such things are hard to predict. In case of a DSL/cable modem chips the design and conception start one and a half years before release to fab. And six months after that full blown production starts. So we have to know 2 years in advance what to do people want. Its 2 years of R&D by over 100 engineers which leads to a chip. And look at the infrastucture investment. Farms of 100s of 64bit 2GHz+ machines, Ultrasparcs etc., running for 1.5 years simulating, testing, designing.
Get the idea? Chip design is a costly business, and unless market analysts get more accurate instead of being stupidly bullish, this cyclic downturn may be much softerI agree with you. Mine AV320 was bad, real bad. It is the quality of the soldering that lets them down. If only they fixed that it would be an amazing product.
Esp if you see that 250Mbps symmetrical DSL is on the way. Just two years more and you will have 5Kft range for 250Mbps.
Well you can say that. But let me tell you, after working on a Sun Keyboard, i find the standard keyboard one of the major drawbacks of linux. I suggest you try using a solaris sparc machine if you have access to it. You will fall in love with the "Front" "open" "cut" "Paste". Infact you hardly need to touch the mouse with Alt/Meta and the special 12 keys available on the left hand side. Also the Ctrl Key is at its proper place(where caps key is in case of win keyboard). Of course you can swap it but thats just a workaround. And its not really a recent advancement. Sun had these keyboards 10 years ago. Actually i think it was due to windows which is mouse heavy that extra keys are not needed. And then there is xemacs :).
Long time ago on slashdot same story was there. I remember the story talking about North Korea and south korea division on basis of night. Cant find the link though
My compiles used to crash frequently, and since RAM was okay i thought CPU was heating up. So i used a screwdriver to take out that darned AMD, but my hand slipped and i made a hole in the motherboard. Too scared to try anything else i powered it on and it was working. funny thing, now the compiles do not crash :)
Indian(Asia) and oriental corneas are thin and therefore success rate is about 80-85% in Asia. In case of europe/Americas(Caus) the cornea is thick therefore success rate is more. But i am really amazed at the cost. In India if you go to the best hospital and get it done from a doc whose done 1000+ surgeries it will cost you about 700$ inclusive of all costs! And this i am talking the best. A doc with 20-30 years of exp.
But think of buildings collapsed during earthquakes. May be helpful there!
Konqueror. What you are talking about is a file manager + browser!
Slow news day, eh? The Article is low on substance. This page has much more details. Looks like the wired article has copy-pasted and not done any real work. The actual article should have had listed quirks, what do the extentions actually do, rather than pasting text from mozilla extention page.