I guess because (for some moronic reason) AMD are "good guys" and Intel are "bad guys" we just have to get all giggly and rub their noses in it.
"Some moronic reason?" Where were you when the rest of us were paying $700 for a Pentium-100 cpu? For years computers got faster but the price didn't come down at all. It didn't matter whether you wanted a fast one or not, you couldn't buy a $70 CPU, period. If we like AMD it's becase they saved us loads of cash - and "us" includes people who never bought an AMD processor!
We're talking about a 300 ppi display, which matches the resolution of first-generation laser printers.
Even better in fact, as those laser printers were 1 bit 300 DPI - each point either present, or not. The LCD is 368ppi with probably 16 bit color. Should be pretty lifelike!
One thing is for sure, nothing increases exponentially forever. Advances in aerospace were amazing from the 1930s (biplanes) through the 1960s (U2 spyplane, man on the moon). Then, BAM, it leveled right off.
Uh huh. Same reason we can't use clock speed. Advertisers will never go for a number that just gets bigger and bigger, it would just put pressure on people to upgrade and make them uncomfortable.
Oh, sure, it starts out reasonable, say 7.14 MHz. But you just know they'll shoot right up to 33 Mhz, 100 mhz, 500 Mhz... Then what? 1 Giga Hz? 3.5 GHz!!? As if the common man could ever grasp a billion of anything.
The ongoing security updates do not, as Microsoft points out, include the latest security fixes with Service Pack 2, released last month. Those include a new pop-up blocker and a new system of handling ActiveX controls and downloaded content.
And it's those more substantial changes, rather than the bug fixes that come with routine upgrades for supported products, that security organizations have lauded for addressing IE's graver security concerns.
Microsoft may choose to mince words, and you may choose to fall for it, but it doesn't change the fact that Win2K now has known vulnerabilities that will not be fixed.
The fact that the vulnerabilities are less like "bugs" and more like "serious design flaws" is cold comfort to organizations trying to secure their systems.
Regardless of Microsoft spin, the least costly, most direct route to secure Win2K is to install Mozilla.
I have to side with the article summary on this one:
Microsoft promised "ongoing security updates" for all supported versions of Windows and IE.
The ongoing security updates do not, as Microsoft points out, include the latest security fixes with Service Pack 2, released last month. Those include a new pop-up blocker and a new system of handling ActiveX controls and downloaded content.
And it's those more substantial changes, rather than the bug fixes that come with routine upgrades for supported products, that security organizations have lauded for addressing IE's graver security concerns.
There you have it: there is no option for securing MSIE on Win2K.
by the way, doesn't the assault weapon ban being lifted mean that they now have fully automatic assault rifles?
No! Auto weapons were illegal long before the ban, and still are. The "assault weapon" ban was mostly about how the gun looks rather than what it does. The only somewhat substantive clause limited the sale of new large capacity ammo clips (pre-ban clips still circulated freely). Not that swapping clips takes much time anyhow.
Personally I'd rather be either a mason or a rancher than work at Wal-Mart (that's America's biggest employer dontcha know - excepting only the govt. itself).
Too much "job growth" has been in the service sector. The jobs aren't high value, they just aren't suitable for outsourcing.
Funnily enough the inflation figures (specifically the CPI) doesn't even include housing prices, which during this "real estate boom" have been shooting through the roof (as it were).
It's probably safe to say that close to all energy on earth comes from the sun, either directly or indirectly.
...sure, but the sun is just releasing stored energy in the form of (mostly) hydrogen, so I guess it's not a power "source" but merely a form of storage as well.
So what is the ultimate source? It must either be something that came from nothing for no reason, or else something that was never created (and therefore doesn't exist.) Unfortunately neither option makes any sense.
Well, let's not pretend "producing" vs "storing" such a fundamental distinction. Does oil actually "produce" energy, or just store it? E=mc^2 means all matter is just stored energy. Where it ultimately came from nobody knows.
I wonder if the LCD could be detached from its backlight and placed in front of a real window (or a frosted piece of glass). This would illuminate the image enough to be usable in a room with real natural lighting. In the nighttime, you could always light it up artifically like a normal lcd.
Repeat: outsourcing and offshoring are natural parts of a free market.
You stop there as if that's the end of the matter. As if the point of our government were to serve the ideology of free market capitalism instead of serving the citizens.
Yes, I agree in the long run that free markets and benefitting citizens are largely aligned, but not completely, especially in the short run. Capitalism is policy, not natural law, and simply arguing that something is a free market phonomenon doesn't automatically justify it.
You know what I like best about having a global economy? It encourages cooperation and reduces the chances of war.
Makes you wonder how Iraq could be so messed up, with the billions of barrels of oil we bought there.
Still it's an interesting point. Given our dependence on China, can we afford to promote freedom in Taiwan?
But it gets better. The reason why embrionic stem cell research isn't being done in the US...
But it is. In fact, you're paying for some of it (if you pay US taxes). The only caveat is that public money is restricted to research on certain lines of stem cells.
I mean, if you have the jumprdrive in your possession it's only a matter of time before you find a weakness to exploit, right?
No! Just encrypt the data before putting it on the jumpdrive, or make a jumpdrive that encrypts the data and doesn't store the password onboard.
This is very different than situation facing DRM (e.g. CSS protecting DVDs), where the goal is to somehow share the information with the public without giving them the ability to share the information with each other.
Dumb terminals (including X terminals) aren't of much use anymore because UI's and Web content are so rich. Flash games and animations just aren't well suited to dumb terminals. And look at MacOS, with all its flashy animation and translucency effects.
No, I don't think I'll be running out to buy this thing, but for a library or school I can imagine it.
Oh sure. You'd absolutely have to be able to verify the backups. Perhaps by presenting a challenge to your peers which they could only respond to correctly by scanning the entire dataset to compute the result.
You'd also need some sort of currency system so by sharing out 1GB you'd get a GB in return.
Searching around, the NY Times recently reported conflicting expert opinion in recent days over signs that the N Koreans were preparing to detonate a nuclear weapon, and what the implications would be.
One senior intelligence official noted that preparations the North knew could be detected by the United States might be a scare or a negotiating tactic by North Korea, while other officials speculated a test could be intended to influence the U.S. presidential election in November.
This is going to be an issue in the election starting now. Do we have any choice but to play ball with the N Koreans?
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One thing is for sure, nothing increases exponentially forever. Advances in aerospace were amazing from the 1930s (biplanes) through the 1960s (U2 spyplane, man on the moon). Then, BAM, it leveled right off.
Uh huh. Same reason we can't use clock speed. Advertisers will never go for a number that just gets bigger and bigger, it would just put pressure on people to upgrade and make them uncomfortable. Oh, sure, it starts out reasonable, say 7.14 MHz. But you just know they'll shoot right up to 33 Mhz, 100 mhz, 500 Mhz... Then what? 1 Giga Hz? 3.5 GHz!!? As if the common man could ever grasp a billion of anything.
The fact that the vulnerabilities are less like "bugs" and more like "serious design flaws" is cold comfort to organizations trying to secure their systems.
Regardless of Microsoft spin, the least costly, most direct route to secure Win2K is to install Mozilla.
Too much "job growth" has been in the service sector. The jobs aren't high value, they just aren't suitable for outsourcing.
Funnily enough the inflation figures (specifically the CPI) doesn't even include housing prices, which during this "real estate boom" have been shooting through the roof (as it were).
what do you mean? How does the mob come into it?
I probably will. Where else can I get digital music without lossy compression and DRM? (Legally?)
Is that a year of shelf-life or a year of constant use? No way a cellphone or PDA ever gets 24*365 hours of on-time.
Funny, with OLED your battery life will depend on the color of your wallpaper - I guess my new favorite color is black :)
So what is the ultimate source? It must either be something that came from nothing for no reason, or else something that was never created (and therefore doesn't exist.) Unfortunately neither option makes any sense.
Well, let's not pretend "producing" vs "storing" such a fundamental distinction. Does oil actually "produce" energy, or just store it? E=mc^2 means all matter is just stored energy. Where it ultimately came from nobody knows.
I wonder if the LCD could be detached from its backlight and placed in front of a real window (or a frosted piece of glass). This would illuminate the image enough to be usable in a room with real natural lighting. In the nighttime, you could always light it up artifically like a normal lcd.
Yes, I agree in the long run that free markets and benefitting citizens are largely aligned, but not completely, especially in the short run. Capitalism is policy, not natural law, and simply arguing that something is a free market phonomenon doesn't automatically justify it.
Makes you wonder how Iraq could be so messed up, with the billions of barrels of oil we bought there.Still it's an interesting point. Given our dependence on China, can we afford to promote freedom in Taiwan?
This is very different than situation facing DRM (e.g. CSS protecting DVDs), where the goal is to somehow share the information with the public without giving them the ability to share the information with each other.
forget CAD, this chip is very weak for floating-point.
No, I don't think I'll be running out to buy this thing, but for a library or school I can imagine it.
You'd also need some sort of currency system so by sharing out 1GB you'd get a GB in return.
You know who I think should be most concerned about this nuclear blast (presuming it is one)?
Iran.
Since N Korea is hard to do anything about, I say there's a fair chance we're in for another round of "kick the dog."