Jeez, tell me about it. I just got new parts for a computer recently, and the DIMM they sent me in a "tested" barebones consisting of motherboard, CPU, RAM, and case was incredibly bad. It was a 1 gig stick of Kingtson value RAM, PC3200. Samsung TCCC, too, so the fact that it was faulty is a damn shame(TCCD would have been nicer though). I had to run the stupid thing at DDR266 speeds(133 mhz) with ridiculously high timings(something like 3-6-7-15) just to install WinXP. Good thing I was able to RMA that crap.
I did read the parent post. He's claiming that ZDnet can be trusted to be unbiased because:
a). it has lots of investors and
b). it apparently gave favorable reviews to Celeron 400as(or P2-400s) vs the k62s of the day, and his experience with a Celeron 400a vs a k62-450 mirrored this reviews.
My point is, just because ZDNet endorsed an Intel CPU back then is meaningless. Any site biased towards Intel is going to give glowing reviews to Intel products when they happen to be superior. However, any site biased towards Intel will also give glowing, or at least respectable, reviews towards Intel products when their products happen to be inferior. Care to explain why the 6xx P4 review spent so much time in its conclusion ranting and raving about the merits of Hyperthreading, a feature which has been present in P4s for over a year? Next thing you'll know, they'll claim the inclusion of an x87 FP unit is revolutionary. Ohh look, MMX support too!
Whether or not they cast the old Deschutes P2 cores or the Mendocino Celeron cores in a positive light is meaningless. Architectures have changed, but ZDnet's stance towards Intel has not. I stand by my initial point. Comparisons between Celeron 400as and k62-450s prove nothing about ZDnet, or their review of the 6xx-series P4s.
What in the hell does a comparison between the K62-450 and a Celeron 400 have to do with a comparison between the 6xx P4s and Athlon 64s? Do you have any idea how much CPU architectures have changed in both the Intel and AMD lineups since then?
Erm . . . if load temps on these processors turned out to be as low as the old Northwoods, I'd be impressed. The fact that they still suffer the same temps as the old Prescotts is not impressive.
I agree with your post, but the bill in question seems to do much more than prevent municipalities from taxing the public towards the end of providing wifi access.
This bill would prevent municipal governments in Texas from providing any network access of any kind, regardless of the business model followed. If a city government wished to offer wifi access to paying customers, and ran the service off of fees collected from those who used it, what would be wrong with that? Or, if the city wished to build and maintain such a network using grants or donations, again, what would be wrong with that?
While I'll agree that avoiding Koster-tainted games is wise, I must point out that Garriot is a bit of a nut. And, unless you want someone writing a text parser for your game, he won't contribute much to its development, either.
You CAN sell him property on the moon, however. Maybe he'll buy the Mars rovers next?
Stop and think about what you're saying. Do you mean to say that you are offended by robots encroaching upon human culture? Why would that be?
Hundreds, if not thousands of visionaries, sci-fi authors, and movie producers have already speculated about what our future society might be like were it populated by numerous robots and other sophisticated devices possessed of AI. Many have theorized that the robots would rebel against us, while others have portrayed a future in which humans and robots/AIs can co-exist.
If we use robots as nothing more than tools, then, perhaps, intelligent robots might eventually see humanity as a threat or an impediment to their primary function. However, if we incorporate robots into our daily living, our culture, and our cultural development, they might see themselves as an integral part of society and opt to co-exist peacefully.
Which is why he probably tells them to use their phones outside, and produces conditions in which the phones won't work inside. Even if the phones do boost output when out of contact with a tower, anyone who is getting no signal inside his house will swiflty go outside until their phone can contact a tower.
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People will happily deal with Windows-only developers if they produce quality games. What more reason do they need than that?
Jeez, tell me about it. I just got new parts for a computer recently, and the DIMM they sent me in a "tested" barebones consisting of motherboard, CPU, RAM, and case was incredibly bad. It was a 1 gig stick of Kingtson value RAM, PC3200. Samsung TCCC, too, so the fact that it was faulty is a damn shame(TCCD would have been nicer though). I had to run the stupid thing at DDR266 speeds(133 mhz) with ridiculously high timings(something like 3-6-7-15) just to install WinXP. Good thing I was able to RMA that crap.
If it ain't baroque, don't fix it.
Ha ha! Ha ha ha!
*cough*
I did read the parent post. He's claiming that ZDnet can be trusted to be unbiased because:
a). it has lots of investors and
b). it apparently gave favorable reviews to Celeron 400as(or P2-400s) vs the k62s of the day, and his experience with a Celeron 400a vs a k62-450 mirrored this reviews.
My point is, just because ZDNet endorsed an Intel CPU back then is meaningless. Any site biased towards Intel is going to give glowing reviews to Intel products when they happen to be superior. However, any site biased towards Intel will also give glowing, or at least respectable, reviews towards Intel products when their products happen to be inferior. Care to explain why the 6xx P4 review spent so much time in its conclusion ranting and raving about the merits of Hyperthreading, a feature which has been present in P4s for over a year? Next thing you'll know, they'll claim the inclusion of an x87 FP unit is revolutionary. Ohh look, MMX support too!
Whether or not they cast the old Deschutes P2 cores or the Mendocino Celeron cores in a positive light is meaningless. Architectures have changed, but ZDnet's stance towards Intel has not. I stand by my initial point. Comparisons between Celeron 400as and k62-450s prove nothing about ZDnet, or their review of the 6xx-series P4s.
That's a good article at techreport. Here's another good article on the 6xx-series P4s from Anandtech. The ZD article was not so well-written.
What in the hell does a comparison between the K62-450 and a Celeron 400 have to do with a comparison between the 6xx P4s and Athlon 64s? Do you have any idea how much CPU architectures have changed in both the Intel and AMD lineups since then?
Good grief.
The power of Soviet Russia is strong in this one.
Erm . . . if load temps on these processors turned out to be as low as the old Northwoods, I'd be impressed. The fact that they still suffer the same temps as the old Prescotts is not impressive.
Mahir has already kissed the online woman many, many times. You are late, my friend!
I would much rather have a Happy Helmet.
Joy!
Yakov Smirnov > all
I love this country.
I agree with your post, but the bill in question seems to do much more than prevent municipalities from taxing the public towards the end of providing wifi access.
This bill would prevent municipal governments in Texas from providing any network access of any kind, regardless of the business model followed. If a city government wished to offer wifi access to paying customers, and ran the service off of fees collected from those who used it, what would be wrong with that? Or, if the city wished to build and maintain such a network using grants or donations, again, what would be wrong with that?
You don't need to make gloves with someone else's fingerprints. All you need are gummy bears.
Gummy Bears! Bouncing here and there and everywhere! Foiling security beyond compare! They are the Gummy Bearrrrrrrrrrrs.
Da, comrade. It is well-known that Mars makes you earth-like in Soviet Russia.
IN SOVIET RUSSIA, term looks for YOU!
While I'll agree that avoiding Koster-tainted games is wise, I must point out that Garriot is a bit of a nut. And, unless you want someone writing a text parser for your game, he won't contribute much to its development, either. You CAN sell him property on the moon, however. Maybe he'll buy the Mars rovers next?
Does the Linux community have $750 million? Just curious.
How is it sickening?
Stop and think about what you're saying. Do you mean to say that you are offended by robots encroaching upon human culture? Why would that be?
Hundreds, if not thousands of visionaries, sci-fi authors, and movie producers have already speculated about what our future society might be like were it populated by numerous robots and other sophisticated devices possessed of AI. Many have theorized that the robots would rebel against us, while others have portrayed a future in which humans and robots/AIs can co-exist.
If we use robots as nothing more than tools, then, perhaps, intelligent robots might eventually see humanity as a threat or an impediment to their primary function. However, if we incorporate robots into our daily living, our culture, and our cultural development, they might see themselves as an integral part of society and opt to co-exist peacefully.
Which would you prefer?
IN SOVIET RUSSIA, God trumps . . . er . . . wait, nevermind!
Which is why he probably tells them to use their phones outside, and produces conditions in which the phones won't work inside. Even if the phones do boost output when out of contact with a tower, anyone who is getting no signal inside his house will swiflty go outside until their phone can contact a tower.
I would be more worried about liver damage when taking statins than depression.
But then, that's just me . . .
Hundreds of thousands? Try millions. Lineage and Lineage 2 have enormous followings.
I, for one, welcome our new . . . sherpa overlords?
Demos never show the defects in a product? Are you sure?
Fans of Naruto probably agree with you. Or, at least, they should. After all, GNAA designed the site for Dattebayo fansubs.
It's like turning your Sims home into your own little Branch Davidian compound.