I bought a MD player for jogging a few years ago. Due to its weight (and the life of those WONDERFUL replacable batteries, it has made a very good paperweight, while it's seen maybe 2 hours of actual jogging.
If this new ipod weighs less than my cell phone, as I expect it would, I might finally have unboring gym time!
Nah. Check the local Apple store, and you'll find plenty of PDAs from Palm.
A new PDA would be very unlikely to boost their bottom line, although come to think of it it could probably have a higher profit margin than the iPod.
Thing is, Palm already comes "close enough" to the Mac aesthetic for most people's tastes. Can they design a product that does the job better than a Palm Tungsten?
No, Apple's role in the PDA market was simply to kick start it, to define the category, then wait for Palm to create it and MS to copy it.
Also, what would this do for Apple's bottom line? Nobody is likely to switch their PC over a paired PDA any more than they did for the iPod, and to succeed it would have to be cross platform anyway. And from a marketing standpoint- what do you call it, and how do you convince people to buy this AND an iPod and carry two extra devices plus the cell phone?
On the other hand, if they used their ipod experience to cram a 20 gig hard drive into a slightly thicker equivalent of Palm's Tungsten, then I suppose I'd buy it and carry my MAME roms along with my MP3s.
<really tangential rant, end real post.> And batteries? Show me a PDA with replacable batteries on today's market and stop bitching about the $99 fee on your ipod. I have a $300 Sony paperweight a year out of the store, which is simply not worth the cost to fix. --
Eastpak makes an excellent laptop bag for about $60... I wish I could remember the model name, I picked it up in '99 for school so more than likely they've changed it.
Two full size compartments, the rear one is fully padded with a permanent laptop sleeve that i've used with everything from a 9" DEC subnote to my 14" Dells. I have beat the hell out of this bag and its contents with never a damaged machine, including dropping, kicking, bus and trunk squishing, etc, it's been to several universities as well as all my travels- I usually had the laptop plus one or two large and heavy textbooks, an MD player, power brick, floppy drive and spare battery, etc. Needless to say the straps are quite durable and comfortable...
long story short, I'm the kind of guy who used to go through a bag every year. I'm at five years with NO signs of wear on this one, no rips, no jammed zipper, no fatigued seams, and it's got every feature a backpack/computer bag could have, plus it's great in the rain. I would recommend the offering from Eastpack over anyone else. I wish I could remember which.bomb I bought it from (bags.com? luggage.com?), they're surely out of business by now.
Another good choice is the LL Bean. They have a computer version of their standard college backpack, which is huge, holds the laptop horizontally (landscape, not portrait) and fits your whole life, for about $90. Check it out, llbean.com
wow do I sound like a marketer! Holy water, please.
I must have missed something here. Is there a quality, low-price PC I'm not aware of?
Go to apple.com, and configure a Powerbook G4.
Now open a new browser window, and go to dell.com. Select a model that has a comparable video setup- similar screen size, "real" graphics chipset, and non-shared videeo memory.
Configure, where you can, the same size memory and drive. Select the DVD-burner option. Select the bluetooth option.. nevermind, there isn't one. Select the built-in wireless option. Select the firewire option.
When you're done, compare the prices. You'll find the Mac to be cheaper or within about $200 of the Dell, and about 3/4 inch thinner and at least a pound lighter.
I did this the other day, just for fun, because I'm trrying to talk myself out of buying a new $2599 powerbook. The comparison holds for Sony, Fujitsu, Toshiba, everyone I could find with quality machines and a configure option on the web.
Maybe this only applies to laptops? Myself I'm never buying another desktop (nor have I before) but even so it couldn't be that different a story...
Go back a step, don't feel like searching for the article, but/. ran an article a while back on a new mechanical self-winding watch that charged based on ambient and body temperature changes with a bimetallic coil.
Why not combine such a device as well as a solar cell (and no, a solar cell doesn't have to be black, see Citizen watches) to get a self charging mouse? if reliability is a concern, make it redundant to a single non-rechargable battery.
or, we could just devote 0 engineering dollars and use the same technology as an ipod or palm or cell phone to have a charging station.
BMW, Mercedes, Cadillac, and Chevrolet avoid this- as does VW, Honda, etc.
My 1985 Buick Regal had 4000 mile oil changes specified in the owners manual. My 1976 Cadillac Deville specified 7000 miles. My 2003 VW GTI specifies 5000. My Honda Civic, if I recall, specified either 6000 or 10,000. My BMW 750 (12-cyl) was the only one to recommend frequent changes, but since it leaked a quart per 1000 miles, oil changes were automatic.
Every 2002 or newer Chevy truck I sell has a factory interval unspecified, as GM's trucks are now equipped with the same type of monitoring system introduced by Mercedes in 1998. The system analyzes your driving patterns including engine temperatures, throttle position, and shift points, and calculates an oil life percentage, for reality-based intervals ranging from 2000 to 15000 miles (or six months, factory recommeded) between changes.
If you ask any mechanic or service writer, they'll adamantly tell you the importance of changing it AT LEAST every 3k miles. They're also paid a commission on the service. My GM rep, on the other hand? Six months, if you don't drive a lot, but otherwise you can even wait a little after the light comes on.
However, because my car (2003 VW GTI Turbo) is the single largest investment in my life, because I drive hard, and because the caution only costs me about.125 cents a mile more, I opt to change my oil at 4000 miles... 3k I know is marketing overkill, even for my driving style, as I've seen my oil at 5300 city miles and it still looks brand new.
OT: Oil change intervals are NOT a valid argument for the benefit of hybrids vs. gas.
You missed an important application: computer labs.
I know I live in the dark ages, but at my university there are several rooms on the main campus with general access terminals and jacks to plug in your laptop. Using a Bluetooth personal server, what is to say I can't access the personal servers of the 25 other students within five meters of me?
But that becomes irrelevant, since even a simple secure login or encrypted connection should clean it up. God knows you wouldn't leave your stuff on a public share without a password!
The iPod is an entertainment device. While it uses similar technology (small hard drive and connection) it doesn't perform a similar function... though it could, in theory.
The personal server idea could well be an ipod as well- just add audio controls. Plus, making it SIMILAR to an iPod with extremely extended capabilities would make it far more desirable than an iPod.
A portable USB hard drive is no news- I use a 64 meg memory stick+usb to share files with my laptops, desktop, handheld, and camera. But if that same thing had 100% the storage of my laptop, plus an interface that I could access anywherish? Sweetness personified.
Yeah, and since it's all Matt Damon, then without Affleck his best was in "Bourne Identity"? I appreciate suspension of disbelief, but when a non-scifi movie asks me to abandon rather than suspend, I tend to wish I'd spent my $8.75 on... umm...
what else can you do that costs about the same, takes up a single evening, yet is equally painful?
come to think of it, IMHO Affleck and Damon are good as a team, just about worthless individually.
I had a toy like this when I was a kid. I think we bought it at a flea market for like $15... although it didn't pretend to clean floors, it had a much cooler action robot head that moved its arms!
Yes, you should. Now we can manipulate the spin of the electrons. The article says nothing of how this can be read- that is, is the spin a new bit of information to store, is the goal here simply to reduce resistance, or are they saying we can actually fit more transistors in a smaller space? Yeah, my post I admit is somewhat stupid, and based largely on the fact that I don't quite understand chip design or theory. But the article says remarkably little all the same.
so... they've figured out how to alter the path of electrons outside of a circuit. I can see how that could be useful, but how likely is this to be practical to real electronics?
actually by what I hear this model failed for the same reason that Ford succeeded. Teams of people who build the entire car need too much knowledge; quality suffered, as an engine specialist wasn't the best for steering boxes etc. I'd like to check your sources (and mine, one of us is wrong) because if this had worked better, the industry would have adopted it.
Actually I did this once. GM has something like 50 colors available, but only 6 or so for each model. A customer wanted a Chevy Silverado in the silver color available on a Malibu but not available on trucks..
We managed to get GM to custom paint the vehicle at no extra charge, though they did need to paint 3 trucks to justify the cost of shutting down a paint shop to change colors to one outside the usual rotation.
However, the story gets funny. We were NOT able to customize the interior color- while we could select the dark gray cloth, some components are only available in one color, including the headliner. Gray bottom, tan top. Go figure.
If we hadn't actually done it, I would have thought this sort of thing to be impossible.
But yeah, we don't like factory orders. In my area there are 12 other dealers in the area- if I don't carry a Z71 with sunroof, someone else has two. Why factory order and wait six weeks and face factory price increases when you can find one on the lot, have it now, and, considering factory price changes, current rebates, and dealer discounts, get one with more equipment for less money?
In real life factory ordering costs more and you get less. Inventory is costly but its the only way for us urban dealers to survive. Carrying less inventory doesn't mean happier customers, it means fewer customers. I have to eat somehow...
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Karma to burn...
RTFA. He referred to the concept as an "open source car" and seeks to get the vendors to agree on standards. This isn't taking an engine from Daimler and interfacing it with a transmission from GM- which, incidentally, is how it already works in the car business. The Cadillac CTS uses the same Gertag 6-speed transmission as the BMW 5, mated to entirely different (though similar) platforms. By your logic, then the 5 must be a dog because of all they had to do to use GM's tranny.
In fact, the idea is fundamentally similar to the current custom car industry. Basically, several standards exist on the hotrod market- Chevy, Ford, or Mopar small or large blocks, Ford rear ends, GM Hydramatic trannys are basically interoperable in the custome market- and pick up a copy of Hot Rod magazine to see the hundreds of vendors making interiors, AC systems, pulley and belts, etc for these, mix and match as you choose.
How is this like Dell? When Dell got started in force, they were among the only ones using true standard "clone" components, while IBM, Apple, and even Compaq were building proprietary boards, when a custom component market had already started. Custom cars aren't new, but custom cars with all federal safety and emissions features for under $100,000 and within a year is a new concept.
And your platinum spark plugs? The ones in every Chevy Trailblazer I sell are compatible with the ones in my VW GTI. Components are standard by nature until "embrace and extend" (see: custom audio systems with proprietary connectors in OEM applications vs. aftermarket standards) changes that.
Just my.02...
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I've also been asking for years why car companies dont create an interface (most likely in the stereo) that would allow you to connect your cellphone to a mic built into your sunvisor or rearview mirror, and your car speakers? [snip] add in a cellphone with voice dialing, and some features to control your stereo with voice commands and you have a sure winner, after a very trivial manufacturer cost...
It's called Onstar. GM, and now Acura and VW. Costs more than a regular cell phone, though, if it was more commonplace and other manufacturers (besides BMW and Mercedes) started doing it I'm sure the prices would descend to normal.
re: aux input: on the flipside, that would hurt a number of other business ventures, ie, aftermarket for CD changers and the like.
Plus I've noticed, being in the business, that a number of features get left out for the simple reasons that people still buy the cars without them, and adding another little feature four years later gives them a reason to buy a new car. (and thus, profit!) In terms of things we already can imagine doing, there's precious little left to add to a car before, to the common consumer, the product is perfect and never needs upgrading.
I only sell used cars at a profit. However, when I buy them from customers, sales tax does not apply, with certain exception. When you trade in your car, you pay tax on the difference, not the whole new car price. Thus you are taxed only on the loss itself, since the residual value is basically tax free.
He's not saying to replace car speedometers and such things like that. He's saying to replace the real tough stuff, like the 1/4-20 bolt standard that's holding together just about everything.
Reality: Hold on to your English socket set. But with every car, bike, etc, now on metric, its time to start switching. There's no need to replace infrastructure with "metric pipes" because the size of your pipes makes no difference until they need replacement.
Though in construction... it will certainly be tough having to install 2-meter doors in place of the six foot ones, especially when you have a room with doors at both ends. So keep everything that doesn't require daily measurement.
Was it just me, or were Neo and the Oracle REALLY making some blatant metaphysics jokes. It seemed to me that anyone having taken a class on metaphysics should have been laughing through the movie. But then maybe I was the only one.
Also anyone else who would have taken the '76 Eldorado over the '03 CTS without question?
I think it's alpha, not beta.. it's been a while since high school chem/physics, and I'm still on a waitlist for Uncle Sam to train me on nuclear physics... The problem is twofold: 1) The process is much more expensive than the street value of gold 2) Even if it were cheaper, it's an unstable (radioactive) isotope of gold that wouldn't be especially useful.
I'm sorry, but this conversation somehow went past me.
Where in the article does any reference to wireless phones occur? And where in reality does a teraflop processor have its place in a phone?
The real question here for us ignorami like myself is, how will this processor stack up against PC processors- and will it run Linux?
Joking aside- and Beowulf clusters aside- this sounds like it could be a good idea for a versatile chip. If Toshiba's involved my guess is it will not be just for PS3, perhaps we'll now have another major plaer (or two) in the PC chip market? Hmm, Sony and Toshiba, leading laptop manufacturers, making their own chips. It's like Microsoft making keyboards and mice, I suppose, but perhaps better.
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Oh well, I guess I'll be content with the $299 15 gig model.
At $249 I will not be buying one. This confirms the upsell goal- who would buy 1/4 the capacity of a regular ipod for only $50 less?
Yeah, and weight doesn't matter either...
I bought a MD player for jogging a few years ago. Due to its weight (and the life of those WONDERFUL replacable batteries, it has made a very good paperweight, while it's seen maybe 2 hours of actual jogging.
If this new ipod weighs less than my cell phone, as I expect it would, I might finally have unboring gym time!
Obviously, all handheld consumers must be idiots since we voted with our wallets to choose the new color models over the old AAA powered ones.
Nah. Check the local Apple store, and you'll find plenty of PDAs from Palm.
A new PDA would be very unlikely to boost their bottom line, although come to think of it it could probably have a higher profit margin than the iPod.
Thing is, Palm already comes "close enough" to the Mac aesthetic for most people's tastes. Can they design a product that does the job better than a Palm Tungsten?
No, Apple's role in the PDA market was simply to kick start it, to define the category, then wait for Palm to create it and MS to copy it.
Also, what would this do for Apple's bottom line? Nobody is likely to switch their PC over a paired PDA any more than they did for the iPod, and to succeed it would have to be cross platform anyway. And from a marketing standpoint- what do you call it, and how do you convince people to buy this AND an iPod and carry two extra devices plus the cell phone?
On the other hand, if they used their ipod experience to cram a 20 gig hard drive into a slightly thicker equivalent of Palm's Tungsten, then I suppose I'd buy it and carry my MAME roms along with my MP3s.
<really tangential rant, end real post.>
And batteries? Show me a PDA with replacable batteries on today's market and stop bitching about the $99 fee on your ipod. I have a $300 Sony paperweight a year out of the store, which is simply not worth the cost to fix.
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Eastpak makes an excellent laptop bag for about $60... I wish I could remember the model name, I picked it up in '99 for school so more than likely they've changed it.
.bomb I bought it from (bags.com? luggage.com?), they're surely out of business by now.
Two full size compartments, the rear one is fully padded with a permanent laptop sleeve that i've used with everything from a 9" DEC subnote to my 14" Dells. I have beat the hell out of this bag and its contents with never a damaged machine, including dropping, kicking, bus and trunk squishing, etc, it's been to several universities as well as all my travels- I usually had the laptop plus one or two large and heavy textbooks, an MD player, power brick, floppy drive and spare battery, etc. Needless to say the straps are quite durable and comfortable...
long story short, I'm the kind of guy who used to go through a bag every year. I'm at five years with NO signs of wear on this one, no rips, no jammed zipper, no fatigued seams, and it's got every feature a backpack/computer bag could have, plus it's great in the rain. I would recommend the offering from Eastpack over anyone else. I wish I could remember which
Another good choice is the LL Bean. They have a computer version of their standard college backpack, which is huge, holds the laptop horizontally (landscape, not portrait) and fits your whole life, for about $90. Check it out, llbean.com
wow do I sound like a marketer! Holy water, please.
I must have missed something here. Is there a quality, low-price PC I'm not aware of?
Go to apple.com, and configure a Powerbook G4.
Now open a new browser window, and go to dell.com. Select a model that has a comparable video setup- similar screen size, "real" graphics chipset, and non-shared videeo memory.
Configure, where you can, the same size memory and drive. Select the DVD-burner option. Select the bluetooth option.. nevermind, there isn't one. Select the built-in wireless option. Select the firewire option.
When you're done, compare the prices. You'll find the Mac to be cheaper or within about $200 of the Dell, and about 3/4 inch thinner and at least a pound lighter.
I did this the other day, just for fun, because I'm trrying to talk myself out of buying a new $2599 powerbook. The comparison holds for Sony, Fujitsu, Toshiba, everyone I could find with quality machines and a configure option on the web.
Maybe this only applies to laptops? Myself I'm never buying another desktop (nor have I before) but even so it couldn't be that different a story...
Go back a step, don't feel like searching for the article, but /. ran an article a while back on a new mechanical self-winding watch that charged based on ambient and body temperature changes with a bimetallic coil.
Why not combine such a device as well as a solar cell (and no, a solar cell doesn't have to be black, see Citizen watches) to get a self charging mouse? if reliability is a concern, make it redundant to a single non-rechargable battery.
or, we could just devote 0 engineering dollars and use the same technology as an ipod or palm or cell phone to have a charging station.
hmm...
BMW, Mercedes, Cadillac, and Chevrolet avoid this- as does VW, Honda, etc.
.125 cents a mile more, I opt to change my oil at 4000 miles... 3k I know is marketing overkill, even for my driving style, as I've seen my oil at 5300 city miles and it still looks brand new.
My 1985 Buick Regal had 4000 mile oil changes specified in the owners manual. My 1976 Cadillac Deville specified 7000 miles. My 2003 VW GTI specifies 5000. My Honda Civic, if I recall, specified either 6000 or 10,000. My BMW 750 (12-cyl) was the only one to recommend frequent changes, but since it leaked a quart per 1000 miles, oil changes were automatic.
Every 2002 or newer Chevy truck I sell has a factory interval unspecified, as GM's trucks are now equipped with the same type of monitoring system introduced by Mercedes in 1998. The system analyzes your driving patterns including engine temperatures, throttle position, and shift points, and calculates an oil life percentage, for reality-based intervals ranging from 2000 to 15000 miles (or six months, factory recommeded) between changes.
If you ask any mechanic or service writer, they'll adamantly tell you the importance of changing it AT LEAST every 3k miles. They're also paid a commission on the service. My GM rep, on the other hand? Six months, if you don't drive a lot, but otherwise you can even wait a little after the light comes on.
However, because my car (2003 VW GTI Turbo) is the single largest investment in my life, because I drive hard, and because the caution only costs me about
OT: Oil change intervals are NOT a valid argument for the benefit of hybrids vs. gas.
You missed an important application: computer labs.
I know I live in the dark ages, but at my university there are several rooms on the main campus with general access terminals and jacks to plug in your laptop. Using a Bluetooth personal server, what is to say I can't access the personal servers of the 25 other students within five meters of me?
But that becomes irrelevant, since even a simple secure login or encrypted connection should clean it up. God knows you wouldn't leave your stuff on a public share without a password!
You're comparing apples to oranges.
The iPod is an entertainment device. While it uses similar technology (small hard drive and connection) it doesn't perform a similar function... though it could, in theory.
The personal server idea could well be an ipod as well- just add audio controls. Plus, making it SIMILAR to an iPod with extremely extended capabilities would make it far more desirable than an iPod.
A portable USB hard drive is no news- I use a 64 meg memory stick+usb to share files with my laptops, desktop, handheld, and camera. But if that same thing had 100% the storage of my laptop, plus an interface that I could access anywherish? Sweetness personified.
To quote Futurama, I'll take eight.
Yeah, and since it's all Matt Damon, then without Affleck his best was in "Bourne Identity"? I appreciate suspension of disbelief, but when a non-scifi movie asks me to abandon rather than suspend, I tend to wish I'd spent my $8.75 on... umm...
what else can you do that costs about the same, takes up a single evening, yet is equally painful?
come to think of it, IMHO Affleck and Damon are good as a team, just about worthless individually.
I had a toy like this when I was a kid. I think we bought it at a flea market for like $15... although it didn't pretend to clean floors, it had a much cooler action robot head that moved its arms!
Yes, you should.
Now we can manipulate the spin of the electrons. The article says nothing of how this can be read- that is, is the spin a new bit of information to store, is the goal here simply to reduce resistance, or are they saying we can actually fit more transistors in a smaller space?
Yeah, my post I admit is somewhat stupid, and based largely on the fact that I don't quite understand chip design or theory. But the article says remarkably little all the same.
so... they've figured out how to alter the path of electrons outside of a circuit. I can see how that could be useful, but how likely is this to be practical to real electronics?
actually by what I hear this model failed for the same reason that Ford succeeded. Teams of people who build the entire car need too much knowledge; quality suffered, as an engine specialist wasn't the best for steering boxes etc. I'd like to check your sources (and mine, one of us is wrong) because if this had worked better, the industry would have adopted it.
Actually I did this once. GM has something like 50 colors available, but only 6 or so for each model. A customer wanted a Chevy Silverado in the silver color available on a Malibu but not available on trucks..
We managed to get GM to custom paint the vehicle at no extra charge, though they did need to paint 3 trucks to justify the cost of shutting down a paint shop to change colors to one outside the usual rotation.
However, the story gets funny. We were NOT able to customize the interior color- while we could select the dark gray cloth, some components are only available in one color, including the headliner. Gray bottom, tan top. Go figure.
If we hadn't actually done it, I would have thought this sort of thing to be impossible.
But yeah, we don't like factory orders. In my area there are 12 other dealers in the area- if I don't carry a Z71 with sunroof, someone else has two. Why factory order and wait six weeks and face factory price increases when you can find one on the lot, have it now, and, considering factory price changes, current rebates, and dealer discounts, get one with more equipment for less money?
In real life factory ordering costs more and you get less. Inventory is costly but its the only way for us urban dealers to survive. Carrying less inventory doesn't mean happier customers, it means fewer customers. I have to eat somehow...
Karma to burn...
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RTFA. He referred to the concept as an "open source car" and seeks to get the vendors to agree on standards. This isn't taking an engine from Daimler and interfacing it with a transmission from GM- which, incidentally, is how it already works in the car business. The Cadillac CTS uses the same Gertag 6-speed transmission as the BMW 5, mated to entirely different (though similar) platforms. By your logic, then the 5 must be a dog because of all they had to do to use GM's tranny.
In fact, the idea is fundamentally similar to the current custom car industry. Basically, several standards exist on the hotrod market- Chevy, Ford, or Mopar small or large blocks, Ford rear ends, GM Hydramatic trannys are basically interoperable in the custome market- and pick up a copy of Hot Rod magazine to see the hundreds of vendors making interiors, AC systems, pulley and belts, etc for these, mix and match as you choose.
How is this like Dell? When Dell got started in force, they were among the only ones using true standard "clone" components, while IBM, Apple, and even Compaq were building proprietary boards, when a custom component market had already started. Custom cars aren't new, but custom cars with all federal safety and emissions features for under $100,000 and within a year is a new concept.
And your platinum spark plugs? The ones in every Chevy Trailblazer I sell are compatible with the ones in my VW GTI. Components are standard by nature until "embrace and extend" (see: custom audio systems with proprietary connectors in OEM applications vs. aftermarket standards) changes that.
Just my
It's called Onstar. GM, and now Acura and VW. Costs more than a regular cell phone, though, if it was more commonplace and other manufacturers (besides BMW and Mercedes) started doing it I'm sure the prices would descend to normal.
re: aux input: on the flipside, that would hurt a number of other business ventures, ie, aftermarket for CD changers and the like.
Plus I've noticed, being in the business, that a number of features get left out for the simple reasons that people still buy the cars without them, and adding another little feature four years later gives them a reason to buy a new car. (and thus, profit!) In terms of things we already can imagine doing, there's precious little left to add to a car before, to the common consumer, the product is perfect and never needs upgrading.
I only sell used cars at a profit. However, when I buy them from customers, sales tax does not apply, with certain exception. When you trade in your car, you pay tax on the difference, not the whole new car price. Thus you are taxed only on the loss itself, since the residual value is basically tax free.
That's a very silly point.
He's not saying to replace car speedometers and such things like that. He's saying to replace the real tough stuff, like the 1/4-20 bolt standard that's holding together just about everything.
Reality: Hold on to your English socket set. But with every car, bike, etc, now on metric, its time to start switching. There's no need to replace infrastructure with "metric pipes" because the size of your pipes makes no difference until they need replacement.
Though in construction... it will certainly be tough having to install 2-meter doors in place of the six foot ones, especially when you have a room with doors at both ends. So keep everything that doesn't require daily measurement.
Was it just me, or were Neo and the Oracle REALLY making some blatant metaphysics jokes.
It seemed to me that anyone having taken a class on metaphysics should have been laughing through the movie. But then maybe I was the only one.
Also anyone else who would have taken the '76 Eldorado over the '03 CTS without question?
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I haven't been so disgusted in a while... and I'm on the Atkins diet.
Plus i'm @ work. Gah.
I think it's alpha, not beta.. it's been a while since high school chem/physics, and I'm still on a waitlist for Uncle Sam to train me on nuclear physics...
The problem is twofold:
1) The process is much more expensive than the street value of gold
2) Even if it were cheaper, it's an unstable (radioactive) isotope of gold that wouldn't be especially useful.
duh to myself.. plus at 65 nm for better power efficiency? sounds like a laptop chip to me.
I'm sorry, but this conversation somehow went past me.
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Where in the article does any reference to wireless phones occur? And where in reality does a teraflop processor have its place in a phone?
The real question here for us ignorami like myself is, how will this processor stack up against PC processors- and will it run Linux?
Joking aside- and Beowulf clusters aside- this sounds like it could be a good idea for a versatile chip. If Toshiba's involved my guess is it will not be just for PS3, perhaps we'll now have another major plaer (or two) in the PC chip market? Hmm, Sony and Toshiba, leading laptop manufacturers, making their own chips. It's like Microsoft making keyboards and mice, I suppose, but perhaps better.
Just my