It does mean that the long-pipeline + high clock strategy of Netburst will be abandoned. Presler and Dempsey are the last of that ill-fated breed.
However, Conroe has been announced to hit speeds as high as 3 ghz (or higher) for Intel's next Extreme Edition part. We may see speeds that high for the server version of Conroe (Woodcrest) as well.
The article summary is strange. Nobody should be surprised by Intel's decision to base their next generation of CPUs on out-of-order execution. They've been doing that ever since the Pentium Pro. Outside of the Itanium, Intel has never gotten away from "embracing OOOE". I have no idea why they even brought up the subject of in-order and out-of-order execution.
The Moon has no significant protection from an atmosphere or electromagnetic field as does the Earth. As result, it gets hammered by everything from space junk to charged particles kicked out in solar flares. Or, instead of listening to me, you could just go read the article.
I know the Sun is constantly tossing out charged particles in the form of solar winds and solar flares, but isn't most of that material from the corona? What about material deeper inside the Sun itself?
Obviously there's got to be a lot of helium in there . .
Sure they do. For what do you think the Extreme Edition(EE) chips were built? They're enthusiast parts meant to be overclocked. Same deal for AMD's FX line of CPUs.
12-year-old Korean, you mean? I'm not joking. Your typical 12-year-old American doesn't even know how to play Go. 12-year-old Koreans are sometimes pros, and may have been since the age of 5.
Then there's those Japanese kids possessed by ghosts of ancient, suicidal Go masters. Hoo boy.
What does this say about the 360 when its backwards compatibility with old Xbox titles is major news? Shouldn't we be interested in 360 titles instead?
Isn't that sort of like saying "stop being an IT worker and start being a manager"? Seriously, if tech skills aren't their number one selling point, why are they even trying for IT-specific jobs anyway? I guess someone with management/negotiation skills AND IT skills would be a good manager in an IT department, but if you've got management/negotiation skills, that opens up doors to many departments.
Most of SWG's problems are bound to the ground game. JTL is fun. I played SWG a few months back just to dink around in JTL. Once I had blown up everything in space that I wanted to blow up, I cancelled my account.
Personally I found Eve to just be plain boring, and the space combat sucked. In the end, neither SWG's ground game nor Eve were worth playing to me. Granted, I haven't checked out the NGE, but I doubt I'll be doing that anytime soon.
While I agree with many of your points, problems similar to the ones you cited have existed in successful MMORPGs like Everquest and World of Warcraft as well.
I think, when it gets right down to it, the current MMOG player base responds more positively to a traditional level-based grind system than the skill-based craziness they had in the original incarnation of SWG.
FWIW, they fixed the problem you listed in item #2 when they added Jump To Lightspeed some time ago. JTL is a lot of fun, if a bit repetitive. They could do a lot more with it.
Eh? Space combat in Eve is utter crap. SWG has its problems, but JTL owns anything Eve has ever done with respect to space combat, and JTL isn't even that good! It's gotten better though. A bit.
There was one beast tamer in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. Remember the fat guy in Jaba's Palace that cries when he sees that the rancor has been killed? That's a beast tamer. He probably raised the rancor from a . . . rancorling or whatever you call the baby ones.
Spot on. He hasn't significantly contributed to any video game development since Ultima IV, technically. Also, I don't know why the article claimed he made any contributions to UO. I know(or knew) some of the QAs and programmers working on UO back in the day, and Garriot didn't do jack for UO during development or after release. He barely even logged on(and one of the times that he did, his invulnerability flag wasn't set, allowing the infamaous Rainz to kill him with firewall scrolls at a publicity event).
Are you sure about that? Yes, increased sales of the console itself gives MS a larger installed base for their console, which is normally good when purchases of licensed titles are the result. However, if the ONLY reason for purchasing a 360 is to run pirated games, then it's not necessarily a good thing for MS. They aren't making money on each console sale, after all.
While I agree with many of the points you've made, I don't agree with the bill itself. Why should the intelligence community within the United States ever feel threatened by leaks to the press? Leaks are possible, yes, but only when your control over your own espionage programs is so poor that sensitive info is getting leaked to outside sources on a regular basis.
The mere fact that media groups and press agencies learned about "domestic" wiretapping by the NSA and black sites in Eastern Europe tells me that the Bush administration is doing an exceptionally poor job of covering up classified secrets. Punishing reporters for exploiting weaknesses within the executive branch will not make the executive branch any stronger. Properly concealing state secrets WILL make the executive branch stronger.
Even if we can keep leaked information out of the papers and off the TV, it'll still find its way into the hands of our enemies. Stop the leaks, not the nosy reporters.
I would think that to be a political liability in the event that another major terrorist strike succeeds on US soil. Most politicians in Washington are expecting another one any day now. Whether or not the PATRIOT act addresses that risk, it certainly looks better on one's voting record to have supported the act in the event that someone flies another plan into some buildings on US soil(or what have you).
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It does mean that the long-pipeline + high clock strategy of Netburst will be abandoned. Presler and Dempsey are the last of that ill-fated breed.
However, Conroe has been announced to hit speeds as high as 3 ghz (or higher) for Intel's next Extreme Edition part. We may see speeds that high for the server version of Conroe (Woodcrest) as well.
It's 20 years I do believe.
The article summary is strange. Nobody should be surprised by Intel's decision to base their next generation of CPUs on out-of-order execution. They've been doing that ever since the Pentium Pro. Outside of the Itanium, Intel has never gotten away from "embracing OOOE". I have no idea why they even brought up the subject of in-order and out-of-order execution.
The Moon has no significant protection from an atmosphere or electromagnetic field as does the Earth. As result, it gets hammered by everything from space junk to charged particles kicked out in solar flares. Or, instead of listening to me, you could just go read the article.
I know the Sun is constantly tossing out charged particles in the form of solar winds and solar flares, but isn't most of that material from the corona? What about material deeper inside the Sun itself?
Obviously there's got to be a lot of helium in there . .
Sure they do. For what do you think the Extreme Edition(EE) chips were built? They're enthusiast parts meant to be overclocked. Same deal for AMD's FX line of CPUs.
12-year-old Korean, you mean? I'm not joking. Your typical 12-year-old American doesn't even know how to play Go. 12-year-old Koreans are sometimes pros, and may have been since the age of 5.
Then there's those Japanese kids possessed by ghosts of ancient, suicidal Go masters. Hoo boy.
I saw the Neutrinos years ago on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and there was ample evidence in the cartoon suggesting that they had mass.
What does this say about the 360 when its backwards compatibility with old Xbox titles is major news? Shouldn't we be interested in 360 titles instead?
Isn't that sort of like saying "stop being an IT worker and start being a manager"? Seriously, if tech skills aren't their number one selling point, why are they even trying for IT-specific jobs anyway? I guess someone with management/negotiation skills AND IT skills would be a good manager in an IT department, but if you've got management/negotiation skills, that opens up doors to many departments.
Most of SWG's problems are bound to the ground game. JTL is fun. I played SWG a few months back just to dink around in JTL. Once I had blown up everything in space that I wanted to blow up, I cancelled my account.
Personally I found Eve to just be plain boring, and the space combat sucked. In the end, neither SWG's ground game nor Eve were worth playing to me. Granted, I haven't checked out the NGE, but I doubt I'll be doing that anytime soon.
While I agree with many of your points, problems similar to the ones you cited have existed in successful MMORPGs like Everquest and World of Warcraft as well.
I think, when it gets right down to it, the current MMOG player base responds more positively to a traditional level-based grind system than the skill-based craziness they had in the original incarnation of SWG.
FWIW, they fixed the problem you listed in item #2 when they added Jump To Lightspeed some time ago. JTL is a lot of fun, if a bit repetitive. They could do a lot more with it.
Eh? Space combat in Eve is utter crap. SWG has its problems, but JTL owns anything Eve has ever done with respect to space combat, and JTL isn't even that good! It's gotten better though. A bit.
There was one beast tamer in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. Remember the fat guy in Jaba's Palace that cries when he sees that the rancor has been killed? That's a beast tamer. He probably raised the rancor from a . . . rancorling or whatever you call the baby ones.
I thought he screamed, postured, and threw his own feces when threatened. Boxing doesn't seem to be his thing.
Agreed, not sure how this is a troll? Many people are suspicious of MMOG-celebs such as Koster and McQuaid.
SWG's current lead is actually doing pretty well with it(all things considered), so I hope SOE is able to retain the necessary licensings to run SWG.
Spot on. He hasn't significantly contributed to any video game development since Ultima IV, technically. Also, I don't know why the article claimed he made any contributions to UO. I know(or knew) some of the QAs and programmers working on UO back in the day, and Garriot didn't do jack for UO during development or after release. He barely even logged on(and one of the times that he did, his invulnerability flag wasn't set, allowing the infamaous Rainz to kill him with firewall scrolls at a publicity event).
Are you sure about that? Yes, increased sales of the console itself gives MS a larger installed base for their console, which is normally good when purchases of licensed titles are the result. However, if the ONLY reason for purchasing a 360 is to run pirated games, then it's not necessarily a good thing for MS. They aren't making money on each console sale, after all.
Seems sensible enough to me, even though the precedent set by a law of this sort would put the international IP cartels in a foul mood. Aw shucks.
Were this sort of law(and its associated precedents) to become common in other EU member nations . . . oh, the possibilities.
While I agree with many of the points you've made, I don't agree with the bill itself. Why should the intelligence community within the United States ever feel threatened by leaks to the press? Leaks are possible, yes, but only when your control over your own espionage programs is so poor that sensitive info is getting leaked to outside sources on a regular basis.
The mere fact that media groups and press agencies learned about "domestic" wiretapping by the NSA and black sites in Eastern Europe tells me that the Bush administration is doing an exceptionally poor job of covering up classified secrets. Punishing reporters for exploiting weaknesses within the executive branch will not make the executive branch any stronger. Properly concealing state secrets WILL make the executive branch stronger.
Even if we can keep leaked information out of the papers and off the TV, it'll still find its way into the hands of our enemies. Stop the leaks, not the nosy reporters.
It's nice to see how well NDAs work in the wild, wild world of closed beta testing.
I remember the NDA I had to fill out to get into the Everquest beta. Ugh. That thing was monstrous. I'm sure I violated it at least once.
Nynex is now a part of Verizon.
I would think that to be a political liability in the event that another major terrorist strike succeeds on US soil. Most politicians in Washington are expecting another one any day now. Whether or not the PATRIOT act addresses that risk, it certainly looks better on one's voting record to have supported the act in the event that someone flies another plan into some buildings on US soil(or what have you).
Effect was correct, no need to doubt yourself.
. . . whoa, I'm like the Grammar un-Nazi over here.
I like crappy 2.1 setups that cost around $20 and hook up to my PC. No, I'm not trolling. This is the truth.
Anything more is wasted on me.