Some more microscopy pics of chips, concentrating on some of the funny things designers put on their layouts is at Silicon Zoo. Cartoon characters, signs, messages and a marriage dedication...:)
... sooner or later something completely amazing and worthwhile will come up that runs across multiple machines... and the client will only end up installed on 2 PC's, one of which is a broken 386 that's turned on twice a week:)
Apart from all the jokes, in such an isolated environment it sounds pretty natural. Humans aren't completely isolated creatures from other humans, and for most of the population the company of someone of the opposite sex - just hanging around the place - is a wonderful comfort regardless of being supermodels. Keeping each other mentally stable in such a long term trip sounds as important as having leet space skillz:)
It's an individual thing - I know many friends who're absolute mac/osx nuts, and they loathe anti-aliasing on text in any shape or form.
For me, I really don't like web browsing without it!. Going to Mozilla before Silk used to feel harsh on my eyes, while returning to omniweb would suddenly make me feel all relaxed:). Use what works!
It's a little cynical, but perhaps part of the reason eBay works isn't trust so much as everyone believes they can spot the ripoffs, cons and shady dealers...
But beyond the congratulatory e-mail and the negotiation of mailing addresses and payment methods is there more to the e-bay community
It's also a type of obsession - one that's not necessarily unhealthy. I think people will flock wherever there are like-minded others, and those who like trading what they're interested in are a big enough group to sustain things. Everyone has a little hobby hidden away they'd love to pursue, but can't because of the lack of 'stuff' in their part of the world. I see eBay as helping that along wonderously.
Incidentally I'm only a part-time ebayer myself, around +22, but occasionally I just have to buy something cos it's there, it's cheap, and a parcel in the mail is still something to be excited over:D.
I remember sending real cash through the mail to someone in the states and they sent me a tape in return. Never even crossed my mind that anyone on usenet could be dishonest, as I read so many of their postings that I just trusted them.
It's such a never-done-before-thing, that the whole going-to-be-ripped-off thing wasn't at the forefront of peoples minds. My experience started with a few ancient computers, barely worth $10-$20. They weren't available around here and if I lost that amount I could live with it - and with the amazing range of a worldwide second hand market... all those things-you-can't-get-anywhere-else just drag us in, we trust, they trust us, and it builds on from there.
Sure there are ripoffs around, but the general want of people to trade what they have is big enough that in general - it all comes out positive.
Is that a Quadra 950?!? I always wanted one of those (well, after the 840AV of course;-)
Whoops - I lied! it's a 33Mhz 040 - in an Overclocked Quadra 605 - just for the fun of it - as with the iPaq. It's not like it'll REALLY kill the lil handheld - just keep it a bit occupied for a while!
will he run out of bandwidth, or processing power? it's 206mhz, but also, he's probably got a cable connection or some sorts
Even at the relatively low amount of hits my server gets from posting here - and a few extra when I post the odd +5 modded post, it's bandwidth that's sucked up far before the machine itself crawls to a halt - and thats on a 40Mhz 68040!. Serving to my internal network keep shuffling along happily:)
Getting it to the outside world isn't like pumping water through a small pipe... it's kinda more like trying to pee cold tar.
David has denied the rumors repeatedly, and I doubt that Apple will take Chimera and rename it iBrowser or (even better) iBrowse.
Just for the curious, iBrowse is one of the earlier Amiga browsers. I have no idea if it's still being produced, last I saw it was being written by omnipresence. www.omnipresence.com seems to not be there anymore, however...
The breakthrough here is that PCR confirmed that there was very little damage to the ethanol preserved specimen.
One thing I can see happening from a full blown attempt to recreate an animal from its' DNA like this, is a vast amount of knowledge gained into the workings & preservation of dna in general - knowledge which can be put to use preserving genetic info from any species. Humans are a bit like that, we seem to work best when there's a goal, and one encompassing a wide amount of technologies like this is just the thing
If nothing is eventually created, or a creature which became extinct 'for a reason' lives again in some form, the ability to preserve genetic information in a form that's usable in the future could be a bonus - it doesn't really seem to me like tasmania is going to be overrun by tigers in a hundred years
It's such a variable thing, that there can be no blanket statement such as "ergonomic keyboards ARE better", or the converse. Personally, I've been typing since I was 9 in 1980 - perhaps before, and I've spend a LOT of that in constant writing. Having discovered Deluxe Paint and Photoshop later, I've also been mousing intensely over that time - and in 20 years there've been no problems I've noticed. I have a nerve injury that causes numbness on the outer two fingers of my left hand which means I type quite offset - yet there are no effects showing up in how I feel using my wrist/elbow/arm
A friend of mine however, can't type pain-free without a microsoft ergo keyboard. That works for him and is another choice that I'm thankful he has.
The most annoying thing when typing so far has been having something in the road of my elbows. That gets to me!
Back in the days were men were men and hackers were coders,
What a pity this term has been lost to us - and all we seem to have lest is a picking up of 'geek' - something I occasionally call myself when I have to, but I'd rather 'hacker'.
I shall have to make do with just enjoying what I do.
There's bandwidth and then there's latency. In the case of RAMBUS, there's more latency involved with the access of the memory than with DDR SDRAM- latency that may eat some or all the bandwidth gains you see there when you start doing something other than benchmarks.
Aye, I can see where that would certainly limit things for general-purpose computing, where one device is needed to do a bit of everything - but perhaps some situations, where constant linear access of RAM is needed may benefit from DDR. Today anyway...
I don't know - I'm not quite that into the tech, more throwing around ideas. I do tend to go with the idea that everything is somewhat useful in its' own way, and has the possibility to lead to the incredible. It's a bit pollyanna, but this is slashdot and there's enough negative to balance out *grin*
fine, this is all well and good, but how fast does it actually need to be before the gains are no longer better than the costs?
I'd presume when it all as a whole stops memory technology as a whole from progressing. At the moment a 'considerably more expensive' RDRAM setup may only give slight performance gains (which is a pity for people who buy it expecting more) but the less we rely on one single standard that becomes stretched as far as it can, the better. Future proofing in a way, perhaps. Suddenly next year we could be facing an incredible advance in cpu speed which absolutely requires speed at costs that are now prohibitive to work at its best.
Just who's going to need terahertz cpu's with terabyte/sec bandwidth... is another question:D. (yes thats an exaggeration - y'get the idea!)
Curiously - apart from mass data storage repositories for corporations, does anyone think we'll reach a limit to the amount of data we'll need as individuals?. While we're creeping towards (and will pass) terabyte sized drives and the ability to store every piece of documentation about ourselves, it seems to me (and this may be shortsighted) that all we have left to use is high quality media files relating to our own lives.
How much would you record of yourself, your actions - in sound, video, feelings if you could... and would you edit it down, or keep everything you could.
I can see a lot of posts here wondering just why a car needs network access - and I can understand that. In say, 30 years, there is very little that's changed in their basic design/use. stop/go/gearchange pedals, the same basic controls - and some obvious well-needed features, that have refined themselves over decades, such as aircon, power assist, belts and the like
Starting simple, with the network side of things, is what's happening. Already these information systems are in cars for one important purpose - maintenance, and feedback on just what's happening within the machine. The difference between the speed of auto and computer development doesn't stop their use together, it just takes it down to the slower of the two.
The computing/auto crossover will keep happening, but always as an extension of what's already there instead of as great leaps, as is always promoted.
Along with a car on a long trip go maps - it would be nice to see mapping systems done and refined as well as possible before also adding in every possible gadget on top.
I say 'insane' from a non-overclockers point of view... Probably in the same way as I'd be called insane when y'see what I paid for some absolutely archaic piece of hardware. Opposites in practice, but it's all the same fun:D
if not THE fastest, desktop machine in the world. THAT is the appeal of overclocking.
That was my point:). If you enjoy it - all the more excellence in your life!
Yes... it takes a special kind of user, and someone who's particularly obsessed with overclocking is that type - perhaps they have multiple machines they just want to run for a while to 'see how it all goes'. There's also the use in overclocking the fastest chips at any time, as opposed to the article's testing of a more mainstream one. As a potentially revolutionary product in the field it's in, a cooler of this type is going to be expensive - and if a success will drop in price
Personally, anything that promotes this kind of obsessive behaviour I find quite reassuring. It means it's all the more likely that my OWN little obsessions will be catered for:P
...and the bandwidth creeps up a little more. Soon soon soon I'll have wireless everything. Keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, sub, and network access.
As a bonus... I can reheat my lunch by propping it up in the middle of all this:D
My immediate thoughts when it came to notebooks, was cooling. Liquid cooling is fine for a big box when it needs half-inch-thick hoses and massive blocks. If small channels around a cpu/heatsink... or even further such as the chassis of the notebook were available to pump fluids, even in small amounts if it were pushed fast enough, a decent cooling effect could occur
Obviously there's some level of heat generated by these turbines, but they may not have to be located anywhere near existing heat sources
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I like that idea.
There needs to be a place for people who're doing graphical, musical, or any creative work to publish & share it just for that sake. Any of my own graphic work is out there now for people to do whatever the hell they like with it. The more I create, the more I realise the fun for me was in creating it. Sharing it around to perhaps sometime inspire someone else comes secondary, and the idea of just gaining cash from it - I'm not too fussed about.
Now to get my butt into gear and remove all the old (c) symbols from my work... the stuff I put in just cos it looked cool at the time:)
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Some more microscopy pics of chips, concentrating on some of the funny things designers put on their layouts is at Silicon Zoo. Cartoon characters, signs, messages and a marriage dedication... :)
a grrl & her server
... sooner or later something completely amazing and worthwhile will come up that runs across multiple machines... and the client will only end up installed on 2 PC's, one of which is a broken 386 that's turned on twice a week :)
a grrl & her server
Apart from all the jokes, in such an isolated environment it sounds pretty natural. Humans aren't completely isolated creatures from other humans, and for most of the population the company of someone of the opposite sex - just hanging around the place - is a wonderful comfort regardless of being supermodels. Keeping each other mentally stable in such a long term trip sounds as important as having leet space skillz :)
So where do I apply?
a grrl & her server
It's an individual thing - I know many friends who're absolute mac/osx nuts, and they loathe anti-aliasing on text in any shape or form.
:). Use what works!
For me, I really don't like web browsing without it!. Going to Mozilla before Silk used to feel harsh on my eyes, while returning to omniweb would suddenly make me feel all relaxed
a grrl & her server
It's a little cynical, but perhaps part of the reason eBay works isn't trust so much as everyone believes they can spot the ripoffs, cons and shady dealers...
a grrl & her server
But beyond the congratulatory e-mail and the negotiation of mailing addresses and payment methods is there more to the e-bay community
:D.
It's also a type of obsession - one that's not necessarily unhealthy. I think people will flock wherever there are like-minded others, and those who like trading what they're interested in are a big enough group to sustain things. Everyone has a little hobby hidden away they'd love to pursue, but can't because of the lack of 'stuff' in their part of the world. I see eBay as helping that along wonderously.
Incidentally I'm only a part-time ebayer myself, around +22, but occasionally I just have to buy something cos it's there, it's cheap, and a parcel in the mail is still something to be excited over
a grrl & her server
I remember sending real cash through the mail to someone in the states and they sent me a tape in return. Never even crossed my mind that anyone on usenet could be dishonest, as I read so many of their postings that I just trusted them.
It's such a never-done-before-thing, that the whole going-to-be-ripped-off thing wasn't at the forefront of peoples minds. My experience started with a few ancient computers, barely worth $10-$20. They weren't available around here and if I lost that amount I could live with it - and with the amazing range of a worldwide second hand market... all those things-you-can't-get-anywhere-else just drag us in, we trust, they trust us, and it builds on from there.
Sure there are ripoffs around, but the general want of people to trade what they have is big enough that in general - it all comes out positive.
a grrl & her server
Is that a Quadra 950?!? I always wanted one of those (well, after the 840AV of course ;-)
Whoops - I lied! it's a 33Mhz 040 - in an Overclocked Quadra 605 - just for the fun of it - as with the iPaq. It's not like it'll REALLY kill the lil handheld - just keep it a bit occupied for a while!
a grrl & her server
will he run out of bandwidth, or processing power? it's 206mhz, but also, he's probably got a cable connection or some sorts
:)
Even at the relatively low amount of hits my server gets from posting here - and a few extra when I post the odd +5 modded post, it's bandwidth that's sucked up far before the machine itself crawls to a halt - and thats on a 40Mhz 68040!. Serving to my internal network keep shuffling along happily
Getting it to the outside world isn't like pumping water through a small pipe... it's kinda more like trying to pee cold tar.
a grrl & her server
...is that it's still not running on my Quadras.
(back to recompiling darwin on 68k for me... 3 months & seventeen days and gcc's STILL going...)
a grrl & her server
David has denied the rumors repeatedly, and I doubt that Apple will take Chimera and rename it iBrowser or (even better) iBrowse.
Just for the curious, iBrowse is one of the earlier Amiga browsers. I have no idea if it's still being produced, last I saw it was being written by omnipresence. www.omnipresence.com seems to not be there anymore, however...
a grrl & her server
The breakthrough here is that PCR confirmed that there was very little damage to the ethanol preserved specimen.
One thing I can see happening from a full blown attempt to recreate an animal from its' DNA like this, is a vast amount of knowledge gained into the workings & preservation of dna in general - knowledge which can be put to use preserving genetic info from any species. Humans are a bit like that, we seem to work best when there's a goal, and one encompassing a wide amount of technologies like this is just the thing
If nothing is eventually created, or a creature which became extinct 'for a reason' lives again in some form, the ability to preserve genetic information in a form that's usable in the future could be a bonus - it doesn't really seem to me like tasmania is going to be overrun by tigers in a hundred years
a grrl & her server
Is that your naked body on the entrance to your site?
No, it's not.
But with that comment you've quadrupled the normal daily visits I have to my site... all in the last 20 minutes. I think that's a pretty good effort!
a grrl & her server
It's such a variable thing, that there can be no blanket statement such as "ergonomic keyboards ARE better", or the converse. Personally, I've been typing since I was 9 in 1980 - perhaps before, and I've spend a LOT of that in constant writing. Having discovered Deluxe Paint and Photoshop later, I've also been mousing intensely over that time - and in 20 years there've been no problems I've noticed. I have a nerve injury that causes numbness on the outer two fingers of my left hand which means I type quite offset - yet there are no effects showing up in how I feel using my wrist/elbow/arm
A friend of mine however, can't type pain-free without a microsoft ergo keyboard. That works for him and is another choice that I'm thankful he has.
The most annoying thing when typing so far has been having something in the road of my elbows. That gets to me!
a grrl & her server
Back in the days were men were men and hackers were coders,
What a pity this term has been lost to us - and all we seem to have lest is a picking up of 'geek' - something I occasionally call myself when I have to, but I'd rather 'hacker'.
I shall have to make do with just enjoying what I do.
a grrl & her server
There's bandwidth and then there's latency. In the case of RAMBUS, there's more latency involved with the access of the memory than with DDR SDRAM- latency that may eat some or all the bandwidth gains you see there when you start doing something other than benchmarks.
Aye, I can see where that would certainly limit things for general-purpose computing, where one device is needed to do a bit of everything - but perhaps some situations, where constant linear access of RAM is needed may benefit from DDR. Today anyway...
I don't know - I'm not quite that into the tech, more throwing around ideas. I do tend to go with the idea that everything is somewhat useful in its' own way, and has the possibility to lead to the incredible. It's a bit pollyanna, but this is slashdot and there's enough negative to balance out *grin*
a grrl & her server
fine, this is all well and good, but how fast does it actually need to be before the gains are no longer better than the costs?
:D. (yes thats an exaggeration - y'get the idea!)
I'd presume when it all as a whole stops memory technology as a whole from progressing. At the moment a 'considerably more expensive' RDRAM setup may only give slight performance gains (which is a pity for people who buy it expecting more) but the less we rely on one single standard that becomes stretched as far as it can, the better. Future proofing in a way, perhaps. Suddenly next year we could be facing an incredible advance in cpu speed which absolutely requires speed at costs that are now prohibitive to work at its best.
Just who's going to need terahertz cpu's with terabyte/sec bandwidth... is another question
a grrl & her server
Curiously - apart from mass data storage repositories for corporations, does anyone think we'll reach a limit to the amount of data we'll need as individuals?. While we're creeping towards (and will pass) terabyte sized drives and the ability to store every piece of documentation about ourselves, it seems to me (and this may be shortsighted) that all we have left to use is high quality media files relating to our own lives.
How much would you record of yourself, your actions - in sound, video, feelings if you could... and would you edit it down, or keep everything you could.
(pondering, more than posting)
a grrl & her server
I can see a lot of posts here wondering just why a car needs network access - and I can understand that. In say, 30 years, there is very little that's changed in their basic design/use. stop/go/gearchange pedals, the same basic controls - and some obvious well-needed features, that have refined themselves over decades, such as aircon, power assist, belts and the like
Starting simple, with the network side of things, is what's happening. Already these information systems are in cars for one important purpose - maintenance, and feedback on just what's happening within the machine. The difference between the speed of auto and computer development doesn't stop their use together, it just takes it down to the slower of the two.
The computing/auto crossover will keep happening, but always as an extension of what's already there instead of as great leaps, as is always promoted.
Along with a car on a long trip go maps - it would be nice to see mapping systems done and refined as well as possible before also adding in every possible gadget on top.
a grrl & her server
...would it be cheating to take them into a paintball game?
a grrl & her server
I hope by "insane" you mean cheap! :)
:D
:). If you enjoy it - all the more excellence in your life!
I say 'insane' from a non-overclockers point of view... Probably in the same way as I'd be called insane when y'see what I paid for some absolutely archaic piece of hardware. Opposites in practice, but it's all the same fun
if not THE fastest, desktop machine in the world. THAT is the appeal of overclocking.
That was my point
a grrl & her server
Yes... it takes a special kind of user, and someone who's particularly obsessed with overclocking is that type - perhaps they have multiple machines they just want to run for a while to 'see how it all goes'. There's also the use in overclocking the fastest chips at any time, as opposed to the article's testing of a more mainstream one. As a potentially revolutionary product in the field it's in, a cooler of this type is going to be expensive - and if a success will drop in price
:P
Personally, anything that promotes this kind of obsessive behaviour I find quite reassuring. It means it's all the more likely that my OWN little obsessions will be catered for
Having said that - omg $500US is insane!!
a grrl & her server
...and the bandwidth creeps up a little more. Soon soon soon I'll have wireless everything. Keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, sub, and network access.
:D
As a bonus... I can reheat my lunch by propping it up in the middle of all this
a grrl & her server
My immediate thoughts when it came to notebooks, was cooling. Liquid cooling is fine for a big box when it needs half-inch-thick hoses and massive blocks. If small channels around a cpu/heatsink... or even further such as the chassis of the notebook were available to pump fluids, even in small amounts if it were pushed fast enough, a decent cooling effect could occur
Obviously there's some level of heat generated by these turbines, but they may not have to be located anywhere near existing heat sources
a grrl & her server
I like that idea.
:)
There needs to be a place for people who're doing graphical, musical, or any creative work to publish & share it just for that sake. Any of my own graphic work is out there now for people to do whatever the hell they like with it. The more I create, the more I realise the fun for me was in creating it. Sharing it around to perhaps sometime inspire someone else comes secondary, and the idea of just gaining cash from it - I'm not too fussed about.
Now to get my butt into gear and remove all the old (c) symbols from my work... the stuff I put in just cos it looked cool at the time
a grrl & her server