I just read Apple's latest page saying that their 1.25Ghz G4 is 90% faster than a 2.53Ghz P4... of course if you have single processor set-up for the P4 and dual-processor set-up for the G4s...
Assuming that the G4's lose NOTHING from the dual-processor set-up other than 2x speed for 2 processors, that would make the P4 faster. (of coruse there will be some speed loss in a dual-processor set-up).
It's just like the bit system when it came to videogames. There was a time when a 16-bit system did look better then a 8-bit, purely for the reason of it's bit-count. Nowadays the console manufactures don't even advertise how many bits their system is. Instead they choose to advertise by listing how many polygons per second their system can do with absolutely no effects, textures, etc. One would then think that PS2 would have the best graphics, afterall, they said it could to some ungodly high number or polygons per second (60 million?). But no, it doesn't, x-box beats it in my opinion, and gamecube has better rendering. But even if it could do that many polygons in the real word; it could still look worse then gamecube. *Ecscuse any errors; i am not a videogame geek.
Being a videogame geek:) I remember this: X-Box: 120 millon polygons/sec PS2: 66-75 millon polygons/sec GCN: 6-12 million polygons/sec
Guess which has better graphics! You guessed right: GCN (debatable, but if it's not the best it's very close to the other two).
You mean by how long it takes to actually get anything done? Windows ME with a 933Mhz P3 locks-up much faster than a 350Mhz P2 with Windows 98, so the Windows ME one is better! (Remember: locking-up isn't a bug, it's a feature!)
Installing Mandrake 8.2 I found that almost everything is explained in a help window at the bottom, of course I'm not sure if a computer newbie would have any idea what the text in the help box meant.
I agree, switching to GNU/Linux isn't truely free because of the [LARGE] training costs for people who have only used Windows (or Mac). In the long-term not paying for the actual OS may pay off, but you have a point that Windows probably is actually less expensive in the short-term.
Why isn't it done like everything else in government life: ie, make a bid on a project. There are tons of OpenSource consulting companies out there, make a bid like the Novells and MSs of the world and see what happens.
Of course they bid: GNU/Linux: $0/computer Novell: $90/computer Mircrosoft: $100/computer $1000/vote
Mircrosoft is the clear winner of the bidding!
Note: this was completely made up and I'm not saying Mircrosoft actually did that.
"A device that lets you program a VCR to let you record shows when you aren't there! What'll they think of next, a device to turn your lights on and off while you're away perhaps?? What a glorious technological revolution is ahead!"
Was that supposed to be scarcasm? I think you can set up an X10 system to do that.
"dvds are the same thing... a 1x dvd player is enough to stream the dvd onto a tv but a 8x/16x or whatever is better for ripping... a 8x dvd reader will actually transfer many times faster than an 8x cdrom becuase of the dvd format in which more data is read at the same time..."
The base 1z speed for DVDs is faster than the 1x speed for CDs. I don't know the exact numbers, but I think that's why DVD readers always have a much higher relative CD read speed than relative DVD read speed.
I use a Optimum Online for cable modem service and when I saw raising to 3Mb/sec cap, I was wondering what horrible service these people are getting. I've gotten downloads on my modem of up to 600kiloBYTES+/sec and my friends in the same town/same service have gotten over a megaBYTE/sec.
I think that's what the plan for WORM/RW FMD's. They will supposedly hold mutliple terabytes... now if only they come out before $10 hard drives hold multiple terabytes too...
nor can you be sure that CD and DVD will continue to be familiar formats.
Actully, it's very unlikely that CDs or DVDs will be unreadable by standard drives any time soon. One company that I know of trying to make a better optical format is making it CD and DVD compatible.
In elementry school that game was pretty popular expect without gloves and using a kickball. The kids called it "suicide" (I have no idea where the name came from).
According to the BBC article posted by another user the quantam physics part moves faster than light (instant), but you need information (a radio wave) to use it so it isn't FTL communications... but we can still hope, right?
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You beat me to it! FMD by Crystal 3D was supposed to hold up to a terrabyte... and be released in 2000. Hmmm... the website isn't there anymore...
I'm sorry, but I think I missed something here. I didn't know that there were any advantages to Java other than cross-platform!
That isn't correct. Mac has 3 good games that aren't on PC: Escape Velocity, Escape Velocity Overide, Escape Velocity Nova.
I just read Apple's latest page saying that their 1.25Ghz G4 is 90% faster than a 2.53Ghz P4... of course if you have single processor set-up for the P4 and dual-processor set-up for the G4s...
Assuming that the G4's lose NOTHING from the dual-processor set-up other than 2x speed for 2 processors, that would make the P4 faster. (of coruse there will be some speed loss in a dual-processor set-up).
Being a videogame geek
X-Box: 120 millon polygons/sec
PS2: 66-75 millon polygons/sec
GCN: 6-12 million polygons/sec
Guess which has better graphics! You guessed right: GCN (debatable, but if it's not the best it's very close to the other two).
You mean by how long it takes to actually get anything done? Windows ME with a 933Mhz P3 locks-up much faster than a 350Mhz P2 with Windows 98, so the Windows ME one is better! (Remember: locking-up isn't a bug, it's a feature!)
Yeah, the internet wants to get away from those Pentium 4's really badly!
So what you're saying is that if we put Palladium (Pd) and a multi-processor (MP) system together it will blow-up (or at least light on fire)?
Installing Mandrake 8.2 I found that almost everything is explained in a help window at the bottom, of course I'm not sure if a computer newbie would have any idea what the text in the help box meant.
I agree, switching to GNU/Linux isn't truely free because of the [LARGE] training costs for people who have only used Windows (or Mac). In the long-term not paying for the actual OS may pay off, but you have a point that Windows probably is actually less expensive in the short-term.
The prefix "mega" can mean either 10^6 or 2^20.
GNU/Linux: $0/computer
Novell: $90/computer
Mircrosoft: $100/computer $1000/vote
Mircrosoft is the clear winner of the bidding!
Note: this was completely made up and I'm not saying Mircrosoft actually did that.
I have a Visor Dx (Palm OS) and I have no problem with reading on that. I found an e-book of 2001 and had no troble reading it at 160x160.
"A device that lets you program a VCR to let you record shows when you aren't there! What'll they think of next, a device to turn your lights on and off while you're away perhaps?? What a glorious technological revolution is ahead!" Was that supposed to be scarcasm? I think you can set up an X10 system to do that.
"dvds are the same thing... a 1x dvd player is enough to stream the dvd onto a tv but a 8x/16x or whatever is better for ripping... a 8x dvd reader will actually transfer many times faster than an 8x cdrom becuase of the dvd format in which more data is read at the same time..."
The base 1z speed for DVDs is faster than the 1x speed for CDs. I don't know the exact numbers, but I think that's why DVD readers always have a much higher relative CD read speed than relative DVD read speed.
"This requires a base station every 100 meters (or 60 yards) max."
I'll have to remember to use the metric system whenever figuring distance for a wireless network since that gives it more range...
100 meters = ~109 yards
All I watch on TV is news and movies I rent.. so instead I have to find forums to waste my time on. ;)
I use a Optimum Online for cable modem service and when I saw raising to 3Mb/sec cap, I was wondering what horrible service these people are getting. I've gotten downloads on my modem of up to 600kiloBYTES+/sec and my friends in the same town/same service have gotten over a megaBYTE/sec.
NOTE: These speeds are downloads using Download Accelerator Plus.
:( DOS does make print screen actully print the screen. At least I think it does, I don't have any DOS machine with a printer hooked up anymore.
I think that's what the plan for WORM/RW FMD's. They will supposedly hold mutliple terabytes... now if only they come out before $10 hard drives hold multiple terabytes too...
"flourescent multilayer discs which have been (slowly) coming along and should be due any time now, or something else..."
:(. When I first saw that site they were supposed to come out in early 2002, now they're saying early 2003.
if they ever come out
nor can you be sure that CD and DVD will continue to be familiar formats.
Actully, it's very unlikely that CDs or DVDs will be unreadable by standard drives any time soon. One company that I know of trying to make a better optical format is making it CD and DVD compatible.
In elementry school that game was pretty popular expect without gloves and using a kickball. The kids called it "suicide" (I have no idea where the name came from).
According to the BBC article posted by another user the quantam physics part moves faster than light (instant), but you need information (a radio wave) to use it so it isn't FTL communications... but we can still hope, right?