Thus, tapes are very good because the storage medium and the read/write hardware are separated and not interdependent.
Bullshit. Tapes are intended as a short-term backup medium. Google for NASA magnetic tapes, and you will find a lot of interesting stories. Like e.g. this one:
Right now, ACRES is updating storage of 120,000 gigabytes of data collected since 1979, primarily from remote-sensing Landsat satellites passing over Australia. Landsat images are among the most voluminous of space-based data, making ACRES one of the largest data repositories of its kind in the world, Trezise said.
The data now are housed on optical tape, having been rescued from disintegration in the early 1990s from aging high-density magnetic tapes. That first rescue operation occurred just in the nick of time, Trezise said, since the magnetic tapes were starting to get sticky on their spools.
As everyone starts worrying about portable surface-to-air (MANPAD) terrorist attacks, here we have another transportation system that is *much* easier to sabotage.
Uhm, no, we don't. How did you arrive at this ridiculous conclusion?
It doesn't take a sophisticated weapon system here to cause a tragedy, just a well placed obstacle or a small amount of explosive.
Duh, this would equally apply for today's high speed trains. Actually, wheeled trains would be even easier to sabotage because they can derail. Despite this, I can't remember a single case either in Europe or Japan where sabotage of a high speed train line has led to loss of life. On the other hand, there have probably been one or two incidents where this was the case with airplanes.
The special design of the tracks and the train means it's impossible for the Transrapid to derail. That's one advantage over wheeled trains.
The Transrapid levitates by attraction. If you cut all power, the train will touch the track and grind to a halt, more or less elegantly. If you'd increase the power, the clamp thingie that wraps around the track would touch the track from below and probably cause a lot of friction and stop the train. In any case, there's no way that the Transrapid can separate from the tracks.
Still too expensive, you can get a used Palm III for that price. The Palm with the OmniRemote app is quite powerful. I used to program mine as an alarm clock. When it was time to wake up, the Palm would first set the volume of my amp to zero, start the CD player and then gradually increase the amp's volume over several minutes. You were bound to wake up at some point:). Really spooky to see the volume knob rotate all by itself...
Of course, it was also ideal for pranks. I'd put the palm on top of the cupboard, so it was difficult to see, and then programmed it to switch TV channels at prime time... lots o' fun.
Exactly. If you need low-power CPUs, there is VIAs C3 (can be passively cooled up to 800 MHz IIRC) or the Transmeta Crusoe (no idea if there are standard ATX boards for the Crusoe though). I don't know if Intel still makes Tualatin Celerons and PIIIs, but those are quite fast also and burn around 30 Watts, and they are about 20 to 30 percent faster on a clock-per-clock basis than the PIV. It's not like anyone is forcing you to buy anything.
Yeah, but you need four G4s to get the same performance, so on a performance/W basis, the P4 wins. And of course, there are only so many applications that will benefit from multiple processors.
Besides, 80W isn't that bad. Both the Itanium and the Power4 burn away around 150W IIRC. And the latest Alphas have passed the 100W mark as well.
Yeah, those Japanese are so unimaginative. They could have at least mounted a 50,000 Volts taser in its mouth, for a bite that will sting. I can see it before my eyes...
Burglar breaks window, enters house.
Robot dog (metallic sound): WOOF!
Burglar: Oh, hehe. One of those crappy, yet expensive robot dog toys. Come here, Rex. Tee hee. (Reaches out to grab it)
This strikes me as extremely odd. I don't think any country would extradite its own citizens to a foreign government. E.g. it's written in the German constitution that German citizens can't be extradited. But then again, the Brits have a weird justice system.
Nope, this is free advertising, it will benefit Id. The touch of the forbidden will arouse even more interest. Things like this will push the hype, people will talk about it with their friends, at work, etc. Even the last hermit in northern Alaska will have heard about this game by the time it gets out. IMHO it was leaked intentionally.
AFAIK the modern CPUs are already asynchronous internally to a large extent. This is because at today's clock frequencies, the signal runtime difference becomes significant, i.e. by the time it takes for the signal to move across the whole die, several clock cycles would already have passed. So, prefetch, ALU, instruction decoding, FPU, etc. all operate independently from each other. I'm no expert on this though, maybe someone more knowledgable than me can shed more light on this.
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The EPG (Electronic Program Guide) info is embedded in the DVB stream. In Europe at least.
Dunno which part of the world you live in, but if you're in an area where DVB is used, check out VDR, it's da bomb.
Bullshit. Tapes are intended as a short-term backup medium. Google for NASA magnetic tapes, and you will find a lot of interesting stories. Like e.g. this one:
Uhm, no, we don't. How did you arrive at this ridiculous conclusion?
It doesn't take a sophisticated weapon system here to cause a tragedy, just a well placed obstacle or a small amount of explosive.
Duh, this would equally apply for today's high speed trains. Actually, wheeled trains would be even easier to sabotage because they can derail. Despite this, I can't remember a single case either in Europe or Japan where sabotage of a high speed train line has led to loss of life. On the other hand, there have probably been one or two incidents where this was the case with airplanes.
Hope I didn't ruin your joke.
If you look at the picture of Dr. Butler, you realize why he's working on this technique.
What exactly do you mean? Are you saying there were no arsonists or other convicted criminals 20 years ago?
Anyway, he can still have a career in federal politics.
... and the ACHME power supply is a nice touch!
Would you mind posting the patch for OpenBSD, here or somewhere else? I can't get it to compile ...
Of course, it was also ideal for pranks. I'd put the palm on top of the cupboard, so it was difficult to see, and then programmed it to switch TV channels at prime time ... lots o' fun.
Exactly. If you need low-power CPUs, there is VIAs C3 (can be passively cooled up to 800 MHz IIRC) or the Transmeta Crusoe (no idea if there are standard ATX boards for the Crusoe though). I don't know if Intel still makes Tualatin Celerons and PIIIs, but those are quite fast also and burn around 30 Watts, and they are about 20 to 30 percent faster on a clock-per-clock basis than the PIV. It's not like anyone is forcing you to buy anything.
Million(1E6), Milliarde(1E9), Billion(1E12), Billiarde(1E15), etc.
Hmm, I just realize that -illion is for even exponents, -illiarde for odd ones. Cool.
Besides, 80W isn't that bad. Both the Itanium and the Power4 burn away around 150W IIRC. And the latest Alphas have passed the 100W mark as well.
This guy has some interesting info & footage.
Dads whose kids were killed by 40 pound kites with sharp metal parts attached falling out of the sky.
You know, there's a thin line between "Score:5, Funny" and "Score:-1, Pervert".
Burglar breaks window, enters house.
Robot dog (metallic sound): WOOF!
Burglar: Oh, hehe. One of those crappy, yet expensive robot dog toys. Come here, Rex. Tee hee. (Reaches out to grab it)
*BZZZZZT*
*THUD* (sound of lifeless body impacting floor)
Let me guess, you're Crazy Jacques from the neighboring town and you're jealous because you only manage to pack 1100 items?
This strikes me as extremely odd. I don't think any country would extradite its own citizens to a foreign government. E.g. it's written in the German constitution that German citizens can't be extradited. But then again, the Brits have a weird justice system.
Great idea. The bulbs last how long? 500 hours? And they cost how much? $400 a piece?
Nope, this is free advertising, it will benefit Id. The touch of the forbidden will arouse even more interest. Things like this will push the hype, people will talk about it with their friends, at work, etc. Even the last hermit in northern Alaska will have heard about this game by the time it gets out. IMHO it was leaked intentionally.
Let me just say how sorry I am that you've obviously been dropped on the head as a child. Repeatedly. Over a period of several years.
AFAIK the modern CPUs are already asynchronous internally to a large extent. This is because at today's clock frequencies, the signal runtime difference becomes significant, i.e. by the time it takes for the signal to move across the whole die, several clock cycles would already have passed. So, prefetch, ALU, instruction decoding, FPU, etc. all operate independently from each other. I'm no expert on this though, maybe someone more knowledgable than me can shed more light on this.