sounds like it might CAUSE difficult situations in some situations...like when u get chewed out by ur boss or significant other, etc. and you "subconsciously" mutter an obscenity. oops.
or like when u'r trying to "fake" it or p0rn stars.
...would also impair the delivery of local, targeted ads
Isn't that one of the major goals, especially if u happen to be "shopping for porn," you certainly don't want to get an ad for viagra/cialis/etc. (even if u need it or not).
Although it is still impressive if it's compared to US DSL, it would be more so if it's compared to Japanese/South Korean DSL, which is topping in the 40Mbps range (for roughly the same price as SBC Yahoo! DSL [$30]; they have 100Mbps [up and down] for around 50-60bucks a month).
I'll wait until independent benchmark results are out but I don't doubt that their new chip will be their own old chip. I'm sure that was one of their major objectives when they made this new one.
lemme check the calendar to make sure it aint april 1st.
Indeed, transmetas have an extremely low power-consumption rate, but one can't say they are fast, especially post-Enron; u can't fudge the numbers. If power consumption was a part of the performance index (let's say for a SpecInt or a SpecFP), then yea...it might be able to compete. But it's like Via's C3; its low power in more than one way.
Just like you can't have a Lamborgini that gets 60MPG, you ccan't expect to have low power with high power; only some balance of the two in between.
good thing it's not gonna be retroactive....especially since the early P4's (Williamettes and some early Northwoods) got creamed by P3's of equal clock speeds.
hell, I have my wishlists too...some obtainable, some not. Example, a dual G5 loaded with debian and three 23" LCD's (on a trihead), plus a beowulf cluster. (all obtainable if one had the money). And Jessica Alba as my wife (not necessarilly obtainable), and Jennifer Love Hewitt as my second wife (especially if "second wife" is with first wife, except maybe in Utah).
just remember, Hitachi bought IBM's failed hard drive division, and subsequentially, new Hitachi drives are based on the designs and technologies acquired from IBM. Unfortunately, I'm not crazy or have the guts to play russian roulette with 6 live rounds in a sixshooter (as oppose to the customary single bullet) with my data. I've lost alot already. All 9 IBM 75GXP's I've purchased have died and several 120GXP's that my friends got, against my strongest opposition, have dead also.
What ticks me off the most was that IBM's tech support denied and denied and I got stuck with dead drives that were at the time under warranty.
Although, I would like to see some hardware review site put the Hitachi drives under MASSIVE long-term stress tests (not just one drive but several 10s of 'em or so).
For Hitachi, it's a major uphill battle. They'll have to somehow prove their worthiness again. For one, maybe they shouldn't use the name "Deskstar" as it is synonymous to "Deathstar." Distancing themselves from IBM's flaws would be best for them. It's like how auto-makers make a sub-brand of themselves to distant themselves from the typical stereotypes and so they can sell for more and look classy too (Lexus, Acura, Infiniti, etc.).
let's see...since the source code is available, it's a buttload more portable; hell, they even have it for embedded systems, PPC's, Dec's, Sparcs, etc. (not just x86's).
Bug fixes are out faster and bugs are found faster and dealt with unlike Microsoft (e.g. that vulnerability that Microsoft sat on for months before word got out, etc.). Another example, though is old, is the old port 139 vulnerability (Ping of Death). The fix for linux was out within hours while Microsoft took days (if not more).
And with KDE, WINE, etc. Linux is getting some of the benefits (the GUI) of Windows without the baggage and the disadvantages.
It's too bad there's no version of Visual Studio.Net for linux, since that's the only reason I'm still using Windows along with Linux (need it for my classes; though I tried to convince them that Open Watcom and GCC is a much better way for learning C/C++ programming).
So just buy the CD and then use file-sharing to get a digitized version (mp3) of it (just don't share it). One would think they'd be covered if they legally own a legit copy that they should be able to obtain a digitized version without hassle.
You can always go and buy USED cd's (older CD's aren't un-CD's). Or you can try getting them from a consumer friendly region (import them). Finally, don't forget to b*tch to your local national politician and to b*tch to the media about your dilemma. And don't forget to rally the "troops"...err...I mean your neighbors and friends and ppl on the street, etc. Public awareness is the double-edged sword to the industry (e.g. CSS as a "trade secret" or Microsoft and it's "vulnerabilities" vs product awareness, tv ads, etc.).
man, I can only imagine how horrid the dubs are. I've seen pretty much all of Studio Ghibli's older works in Japan so I have no real need to watch the US release.
Besides, a majority of anime released in the US have issues. I don't know what exactly they do to it (video processing wise), but the colors get washed out and some times, I swear, they tried to change it and make the mouths match the english dubbed track by manipulating the frames or frame rates. Not to mention the weird intermix of interlace and progressive feeds (might be the product of the frame "shuffling"). (I noticed this especially in one of the Fushigi Yuugi OVA DVDs and in the Trigun DVDs)
This is one of the reasons why I try to buy the original Japanese DVDs (or at the very least, the HK DVDs, as the HK release only appends stuff to the Japanese release instead of editing it like in the US release).
It doesn't sound like the official releases are worth it especially for those ppl who use non-rpm-able versions of linux or non-x86 builds, etc.
Debian (x86 and ppc) and those using YellowDog (ppc) on their G5's (which I'd like to do if I had the money to buy a dual g5....dump the mac os and install either deb or YD and have one the of most bitchin' linux machines on my block) and other versions are out of luck, official release-wise.
well..it's only a matter of time until the second round (aka rematch) of anti-trust trials. Now you can't tell me that paying a rival of your rival money to sue your rival (competition) to kingdom-come isn't monopolistic.
Of course, this also reinforces the idea that M$ is REALLY fearfull of linux; it's natural enemy.
unless u've tested it exhaustively, how do u know? How about a recording of someone humming a famous tune or of someone who recorded themselves playing an instrument to the tune of a famous song as a demo recording in hopes that they would be scouted by someone (for a gig or a record-contact, etc.)?
it's nice to see someone bite back. Hopefully this will deter other a-holes from pulling the same bs as those a-holes tried to do with the beloved [H]ardOCP.
now, if they can also mop up the SCO issue at the same time, that would really get everyone in the tech community bowing to the [H].
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sounds like it might CAUSE difficult situations in some situations...like when u get chewed out by ur boss or significant other, etc. and you "subconsciously" mutter an obscenity. oops.
or like when u'r trying to "fake" it or p0rn stars.
ooo...a tautology.
...would also impair the delivery of local, targeted ads
Isn't that one of the major goals, especially if u happen to be "shopping for porn," you certainly don't want to get an ad for viagra/cialis/etc. (even if u need it or not).
Although it is still impressive if it's compared to US DSL, it would be more so if it's compared to Japanese/South Korean DSL, which is topping in the 40Mbps range (for roughly the same price as SBC Yahoo! DSL [$30]; they have 100Mbps [up and down] for around 50-60bucks a month).
that can be done if the notebook has programmable buttons/keys.
I'll wait until independent benchmark results are out but I don't doubt that their new chip will be their own old chip. I'm sure that was one of their major objectives when they made this new one.
Turbo button? that's what overclocking is for!
lemme check the calendar to make sure it aint april 1st.
Indeed, transmetas have an extremely low power-consumption rate, but one can't say they are fast, especially post-Enron; u can't fudge the numbers. If power consumption was a part of the performance index (let's say for a SpecInt or a SpecFP), then yea...it might be able to compete. But it's like Via's C3; its low power in more than one way.
Just like you can't have a Lamborgini that gets 60MPG, you ccan't expect to have low power with high power; only some balance of the two in between.
good thing it's not gonna be retroactive....especially since the early P4's (Williamettes and some early Northwoods) got creamed by P3's of equal clock speeds.
that's nothing new though.....remember the GXP's?
hell, most of my WD drives have temporary amnesia sometimes.
that's all it is...a wishlist.
hell, I have my wishlists too...some obtainable, some not. Example, a dual G5 loaded with debian and three 23" LCD's (on a trihead), plus a beowulf cluster. (all obtainable if one had the money).
And Jessica Alba as my wife (not necessarilly obtainable), and Jennifer Love Hewitt as my second wife (especially if "second wife" is with first wife, except maybe in Utah).
See?
so the next gen laptops will use less power, be cooler, powerful, AND stoned?
just remember, Hitachi bought IBM's failed hard drive division, and subsequentially, new Hitachi drives are based on the designs and technologies acquired from IBM. Unfortunately, I'm not crazy or have the guts to play russian roulette with 6 live rounds in a sixshooter (as oppose to the customary single bullet) with my data. I've lost alot already. All 9 IBM 75GXP's I've purchased have died and several 120GXP's that my friends got, against my strongest opposition, have dead also.
What ticks me off the most was that IBM's tech support denied and denied and I got stuck with dead drives that were at the time under warranty.
Although, I would like to see some hardware review site put the Hitachi drives under MASSIVE long-term stress tests (not just one drive but several 10s of 'em or so).
For Hitachi, it's a major uphill battle. They'll have to somehow prove their worthiness again. For one, maybe they shouldn't use the name "Deskstar" as it is synonymous to "Deathstar." Distancing themselves from IBM's flaws would be best for them. It's like how auto-makers make a sub-brand of themselves to distant themselves from the typical stereotypes and so they can sell for more and look classy too (Lexus, Acura, Infiniti, etc.).
let's see...since the source code is available, it's a buttload more portable; hell, they even have it for embedded systems, PPC's, Dec's, Sparcs, etc. (not just x86's).
.Net for linux, since that's the only reason I'm still using Windows along with Linux (need it for my classes; though I tried to convince them that Open Watcom and GCC is a much better way for learning C/C++ programming).
Bug fixes are out faster and bugs are found faster and dealt with unlike Microsoft (e.g. that vulnerability that Microsoft sat on for months before word got out, etc.). Another example, though is old, is the old port 139 vulnerability (Ping of Death). The fix for linux was out within hours while Microsoft took days (if not more).
And with KDE, WINE, etc. Linux is getting some of the benefits (the GUI) of Windows without the baggage and the disadvantages.
It's too bad there's no version of Visual Studio
buy the cake and then eat it.
So just buy the CD and then use file-sharing to get a digitized version (mp3) of it (just don't share it). One would think they'd be covered if they legally own a legit copy that they should be able to obtain a digitized version without hassle.
You can always go and buy USED cd's (older CD's aren't un-CD's). Or you can try getting them from a consumer friendly region (import them). Finally, don't forget to b*tch to your local national politician and to b*tch to the media about your dilemma. And don't forget to rally the "troops"...err...I mean your neighbors and friends and ppl on the street, etc. Public awareness is the double-edged sword to the industry (e.g. CSS as a "trade secret" or Microsoft and it's "vulnerabilities" vs product awareness, tv ads, etc.).
But isn't that water just a part of life?
/.'ing.
If you really wanted to see what uses the most raw materials, what about a human being? Or an elephant (both domestic [zoo] and wild ones), etc.?
Or even how much raw materials are needed for one byte of
man, I can only imagine how horrid the dubs are. I've seen pretty much all of Studio Ghibli's older works in Japan so I have no real need to watch the US release.
Besides, a majority of anime released in the US have issues. I don't know what exactly they do to it (video processing wise), but the colors get washed out and some times, I swear, they tried to change it and make the mouths match the english dubbed track by manipulating the frames or frame rates. Not to mention the weird intermix of interlace and progressive feeds (might be the product of the frame "shuffling"). (I noticed this especially in one of the Fushigi Yuugi OVA DVDs and in the Trigun DVDs)
This is one of the reasons why I try to buy the original Japanese DVDs (or at the very least, the HK DVDs, as the HK release only appends stuff to the Japanese release instead of editing it like in the US release).
It doesn't sound like the official releases are worth it especially for those ppl who use non-rpm-able versions of linux or non-x86 builds, etc.
Debian (x86 and ppc) and those using YellowDog (ppc) on their G5's (which I'd like to do if I had the money to buy a dual g5....dump the mac os and install either deb or YD and have one the of most bitchin' linux machines on my block) and other versions are out of luck, official release-wise.
still glowing, and glowing, and glowing....
at least the core anyways.
I remember my jr. high science teacher comment about it as a tin-can reactor. I'm sure there was still the cold-war bias in play at the time.
Adds new meaning to "Blue Screen of Death"
not if the song is in public domain or is different from the original (aka like a remix, etc.)
well..it's only a matter of time until the second round (aka rematch) of anti-trust trials. Now you can't tell me that paying a rival of your rival money to sue your rival (competition) to kingdom-come isn't monopolistic.
Of course, this also reinforces the idea that M$ is REALLY fearfull of linux; it's natural enemy.
unless u've tested it exhaustively, how do u know?
How about a recording of someone humming a famous tune or of someone who recorded themselves playing an instrument to the tune of a famous song as a demo recording in hopes that they would be scouted by someone (for a gig or a record-contact, etc.)?
what about DJ mixes? would the "acoustic modelling" give a false positive?
it's nice to see someone bite back. Hopefully this will deter other a-holes from pulling the same bs as those a-holes tried to do with the beloved [H]ardOCP.
now, if they can also mop up the SCO issue at the same time, that would really get everyone in the tech community bowing to the [H].
one of Infinium Labs, Morrison & Foerster, LLP has a very suitable domain name for lawyers.... www.mofo.com (aka mutha f*****). Make it plural and it's perfect.