I'm going to file this under the same heading as the "sunshine for the masses" law that Berkeley has on the books. Living in the bay area is a strange experiance indeed.
Who are these people and why should I care what they think? At first glance Gizmodo seems like a geek hanging out in EB down at the local mall expounding on why the PS2 is better then the xbox to anyone foolish enough to enter his rant field.
"So isn't the whole term "half VGA screen" kinda dumb?"
I think what they ment was quarter vga screen, which referes to the currently common 320x240 screens found in most PDAs and high end cell phones. This tech would allow these low cost LCDs to display something akin to true VGA 640x480.
No. What we need is a self centered prick remote fibrillator to turn off all these people that think they have a right to tell other people how to live their lives.
Wouldn't call them "VERY" expensive, but they do cost more. Starting price is 155$ for a 2Ghz with 533Mhz bus, the upper end is 459$ for a 3.2Ghz with 800Mhz buss, compare this to 179-585 for an AMD 64 3000 to 3800. Huh, seems the Xeon costs less, granted for most home uses its not going to be quite as fast. However most people dont need it. By the time 99% of the people would need or even want more then 4GB any system you buy today will be obsolete.
You claim to know about processor architecture but then claim that Xeon needs all new software. Xeon is x86. The current ones are based on the P4. Are you perhaps thinking of the short lived Intel 64bit CPUs?
Intel has had memory controlers that allow up to 12GB of RAM on their Xeon systems for years. In addition, while yes a 64bit AMD system will support more then 4GB of ram, most of them have four DIMM slots. So unless your willing to pay an arm and a leg for 2GB memory sticks, your still stuck with 4GB.
In addition, 64 bit is slower then 32bit. The AMD systems run 32bit apps very fast, however this has nothing to do with them being 64bit. If everything else is equal, a 32bit system will out perform a 64bit system becuase it can address smaller memory blocks.
All that having been said, I ahve nothing against the AMD systems and in fact am planning on getting one. However I see nothing gained from it being 64bit rather then 32bit.
This works if and only if the server is accurately reporting its information. If we see a big trend in this kind of checking I'm sure we'll see an equal trend in miss reported server information. Not that I know what a good solution is mind you.
and if email worked that way you'd have a point. The whole reason for all these server signing systems that microsoft/google/etc are starting to use is because in standard SMTP the server trusts the mail header and will not make corrections. In otherwords, your server has no way to confirm that the mail didn't come from the source it claims.
Why do you think this would work? Its the mail server that generates such mail header content. When the "server" is a compromised home box sitting on a DSL connection, why would the trojan/virus/what have you be honest about the origins of the email it generates?
So let me get this right, did Apple now invent LCD all-in-one computers? You do know that they where around prior to even the original iMac (see Sun Voyager for an example)?
"If you really think the speed difference between a six vs. three drive RAID-5 setup is that important, then I am sure you wouldn't have limited yourself to a 1U system."
Rack space costs money too. The monthy costs of 2U worth of space VS 1U is enough to warent the cost of the extra smaller drives in many cases.
"...why would server owners want to "upgrade" to a smaller, quieter, more expensive drive if they're not even going to get a performance increase?"
More drives equals more performance. A six drive RAID-5 will outperform a three drive RAID-5. With smaller drives you can fit more of them in a 1U system.
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hasn't happened on my SGI yet.
I'm going to file this under the same heading as the "sunshine for the masses" law that Berkeley has on the books. Living in the bay area is a strange experiance indeed.
Yes it did. Now most clothes are made by pre-teens in third world sweatshops.
Who are these people and why should I care what they think? At first glance Gizmodo seems like a geek hanging out in EB down at the local mall expounding on why the PS2 is better then the xbox to anyone foolish enough to enter his rant field.
Based on what XM Radio tends to require I expect this to include a big dorky with an integral antenna.
So wait, reading the article will fix the Cassini probe?
I think what they ment was quarter vga screen, which referes to the currently common 320x240 screens found in most PDAs and high end cell phones. This tech would allow these low cost LCDs to display something akin to true VGA 640x480.
As much as they're willing to pay pluss a dollar.
Hey now, I just sugjest turning off the TV. I'm not going around enforcing my opinions on others.
No. What we need is a self centered prick remote fibrillator to turn off all these people that think they have a right to tell other people how to live their lives.
Due to their poor personal grooming habits, I can sense hakers comming a mile away.
Does this mean that I could buy an add for my game that ran in my competitors game?
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No problem, happens to me all the time.
"Xeon is VERY expensive."
Wouldn't call them "VERY" expensive, but they do cost more. Starting price is 155$ for a 2Ghz with 533Mhz bus, the upper end is 459$ for a 3.2Ghz with 800Mhz buss, compare this to 179-585 for an AMD 64 3000 to 3800. Huh, seems the Xeon costs less, granted for most home uses its not going to be quite as fast. However most people dont need it. By the time 99% of the people would need or even want more then 4GB any system you buy today will be obsolete.
You claim to know about processor architecture but then claim that Xeon needs all new software. Xeon is x86. The current ones are based on the P4. Are you perhaps thinking of the short lived Intel 64bit CPUs?
In addition, 64 bit is slower then 32bit. The AMD systems run 32bit apps very fast, however this has nothing to do with them being 64bit. If everything else is equal, a 32bit system will out perform a 64bit system becuase it can address smaller memory blocks.
All that having been said, I ahve nothing against the AMD systems and in fact am planning on getting one. However I see nothing gained from it being 64bit rather then 32bit.
Other then Sun, SGI, Alpha, Apple etc. Also, why do you need or even want 64 bit?
I've seen one where the extra transisters where just twisted together on the board, not attached to anything other then themselves.
This works if and only if the server is accurately reporting its information. If we see a big trend in this kind of checking I'm sure we'll see an equal trend in miss reported server information. Not that I know what a good solution is mind you.
and if email worked that way you'd have a point. The whole reason for all these server signing systems that microsoft/google/etc are starting to use is because in standard SMTP the server trusts the mail header and will not make corrections. In otherwords, your server has no way to confirm that the mail didn't come from the source it claims.
Why do you think this would work? Its the mail server that generates such mail header content. When the "server" is a compromised home box sitting on a DSL connection, why would the trojan/virus/what have you be honest about the origins of the email it generates?
And yet most of us try to reproduce asexualy on a daily bassis. In fact, most of the internet is geared to helping us.
So let me get this right, did Apple now invent LCD all-in-one computers? You do know that they where around prior to even the original iMac (see Sun Voyager for an example)?
Rack space costs money too. The monthy costs of 2U worth of space VS 1U is enough to warent the cost of the extra smaller drives in many cases.
More drives equals more performance. A six drive RAID-5 will outperform a three drive RAID-5. With smaller drives you can fit more of them in a 1U system.