The trade offs are a lot more than you mentioned. If you are doing MATHEMATICAL research, Mathematica AFAIK has the most extensive capabilities for expansion and programmability. If you are doing somethign like environmental modelling or complex systems analysis, then something like Matlab may be more important.
I am not able to articulate this well, but the type of research you are doing is MUCH more important of a consideration than computation speed or resource consumption. If you need supercomputer time, then you had better ask the admin what you need to use. I know a bunch of people that do environmental modelling, and I have never seen or heard of anybody writing their own C++ to do it. Researchers GENERALLY have better things to do than re-invent wheels.
I played it a little bit, and from what I can tell, it's got the same problem that Civ 3 has. It dosent really add anything of value, and it tacks on a bunch of semi-thought-out variables that add very little. It's fun, but not enough to make me read the whole manual.
Why isn't there a national security force staffed by professionals? They could guard non-military installations which have specific value, like nuclear plants, dams and national labs.
There is.
This is just another example of how nothing's changed since 9-11 except our willingness to give away our rights to those who consider themselves our masters.
What right exactly was given up by anybody in this particular case?
It's getting depressing to watch as we (the US) waste our time and attention on imaginary or, at best, overinflated threats [cia.gov] while doing nothing to focus on our real problems.
This is where you lose me. If you dont think that terrorists are a "Real Problem" I'd like to know what is, or I can give you a tour of Ground Zero.
It is my personal experience that the UC has no interest in security, physical, or technological, only emotional. Low level administration is of the opinion that "hey, who would really want to mess with us" and upper levels seem to be more concerned with the psychological impacts on students caused by making them safe than the saftey itself. Many see "homeland security" as some naziesque attempt to enslave their minds, and subconciously associate "security" with "bad." It's dangerous, it's irresponsible, and it's culturally ingrained.
And what can you do on your 1 gigabyte machine that you CANT do on a P90. After you come up with a list, how many of those items cant be done with a gamecube?
while I realize that their subscription people are entitled to it, their release schedule appears to be completely out of whack. It always used to be 3 years between each version of windows and 3 years between versions of office. It stuck to purchase cycles of computers in companies. There was much rejoicing. Now we have three (maybe four) versions of windows and three of office in four years. The differences between windows or office XP and 2000 are so slim that one has to wonder how they manage to keep people upgrading at 200-600/seat.
You know, that's a REALLY obvious point that many people (including myself) have completely overlooked. While I dont pretend that memory and cpu technologies are in a balanced state, Intel seems to be admitting the futility of making faster consumer computers.
the critical thing is that it's being used in the PROGRAMMING lab, NOT a production lab where students would need the computers to write papers, do homework etc.
While I agree that there is in fact an architechtural difference, and the novelty is neat, I dont see how the sum-total results are any different. The MIDI convereter will definitely catch the minor imperfections and inflections of a guitar player, and what you end up with an audio file that you can process in whatever software you like.
Lets pretend that congress takes up the issue of spam and passes a very restrictive law essentially outright banning it. COULD that be an effective way to prevent it, or would the international nature of the internet make it useless?
4 GB IS a lot of memory. It's enough memory that a server can handle millions of hits a day or run big databases or search for extra-terrestrial life. Intel knows that servers need more, so they go Itanium, but they also know that your average desktop isn't making good use of the 256 MB that it already has.
As it is right now, there isnt really a desktop application that could use 4 GB if you asked it to. Sure, some developers could use it, some CG people, and DV people, but those people can justify buying more expensive (64 bit) workstations. Joe twelvepack's $600 dell will run any consumer application faster than it needs to.
Once developers start making good use of the power they have, then it's time to make the big financial investments required to go 64-bit for consumers. I personally have a hard time even thinking up a consumer application (besides games)that could really stretch existing computing resources.
My friend's roland GK-2 did essentially the same thing via midi. In my opinion, it was a much more versatile system running on an open standard. Sound quality was superb.
IBM isnt making a cent off of the efforts of the developers of linux. They are bundling them with their systems for their customers convenience. In theory, the customer could download them for free. What they are paying big blue for is the hardware, the closed IBM software, support,and IT services. The difference is that the game they are talking about will be SOLD, with all the profits will go somewhere else. The code they are asking for wont be freely available elsewhere.
Launching a rocket 34 miles up is an extrordinary feat for an amateur. In fact, I thought that the record was about 13.5 miles, and that was launched from a high altitude balloon. Perhaps that was a different kind of rocket.
Anywho, as I understand it, most of the X-prize groups have abandoned solid engines long ago, and most have moved to liquid systems. Shipping liquid oxygen has never really been a problem. Many of the teams have moved to things like H2O2 (hydrogen peroxide) that shouldnt fall into trouble with the new laws. I think.
The regulations as I understand them will only affect BIG ASS engines, not Estes Size-E. But lets look at an estes size E for a second. Building a three stage E class rocket could be done in a few hours for less than 50$ each, and could deliver a payload of a couple of ounces to a ground location a few(?) miles away without anybody seeing what happened. A couple ounces of a hardcore chemical weapon could have a very serious physical and psychological effect. Multiply this by 1000 and you have a serious problem. they could be set off remotely, so even if they did lose 20% they would still be effective, and nobody would go near the launch site to collect evidence.
To get HDTV running well right now, you are looking at 3000-5000 dollars, and unless you get broadcast HDTV, AND have a compliant aerial, you will get one channel of HBO, and HD theater channel in HD. So until you get a good variety of programming over the way you get your TV, dont bother. It will be quite a while before enough programming is HD to make it worth your while.
Trying to mandate that people switch over to DRM'd music formats is like trying to mandate that they cut off their feet before they go for a walk. I personally think that the lack of MP3 support will kill that particlar app.
Arcades are FAR from dead, they are just in a state of transition. If you think they arent making money, go into a "Dave and Buster's" or a "Jillians" or another adult themed entertainment establishment. The arcades of the past were killed by the home consoles, no doubt.
The arcade of tomorrow (today) offers an experience that one cant get at home. They offer FUN, short multiplayer games that are more suitable to social situations than vegging on your couch, and they offer large expensive Virtual-reality systems that jimmy nintendo could never afford. You walk in and see motion capturing games like 911 Simulator or mocap boxing. You see racing games with wheels, force feedback, and motion simulation.
Most importantly, you see BEER. Adults can walk in and blow $100 on food, drink, and games and not bat an eye. Arcade kids had to bum $5 off dad. It's amazing how much money the nintendo generation now has control of. There is a VERY bright future in arcades, as there is going to be a big demand for very large, very expensive multiplayer gaming rigs. I'm glad sega has more insight than Atari.
You dont. That's the short and skinny of it. There is NO reason for anything more than simple embedded logic to run a celular phone. The problem is, Motorola thinks that people dont want simple phones. According to them, everybody wants a Cell/PDA/Camera/Bluetooth/Video/MP3/GPRS/Laser Gun/CDMA/USB/SPCA/TCPA/UPS/CRT/LCD hybrid thing. It's in their investor portfolio.
Long Term Goals: 1)Prevent any practical use of PowerPC architechture 2)Add enough features to Cell Phones so that nobody can use them to make a call. 3)??? 4)Profit
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I am not able to articulate this well, but the type of research you are doing is MUCH more important of a consideration than computation speed or resource consumption. If you need supercomputer time, then you had better ask the admin what you need to use. I know a bunch of people that do environmental modelling, and I have never seen or heard of anybody writing their own C++ to do it. Researchers GENERALLY have better things to do than re-invent wheels.
I played it a little bit, and from what I can tell, it's got the same problem that Civ 3 has. It dosent really add anything of value, and it tacks on a bunch of semi-thought-out variables that add very little. It's fun, but not enough to make me read the whole manual.
There is.
This is just another example of how nothing's changed since 9-11 except our willingness to give away our rights to those who consider themselves our masters.
What right exactly was given up by anybody in this particular case?
It's getting depressing to watch as we (the US) waste our time and attention on imaginary or, at best, overinflated threats [cia.gov] while doing nothing to focus on our real problems.
This is where you lose me. If you dont think that terrorists are a "Real Problem" I'd like to know what is, or I can give you a tour of Ground Zero.
It is my personal experience that the UC has no interest in security, physical, or technological, only emotional. Low level administration is of the opinion that "hey, who would really want to mess with us" and upper levels seem to be more concerned with the psychological impacts on students caused by making them safe than the saftey itself. Many see "homeland security" as some naziesque attempt to enslave their minds, and subconciously associate "security" with "bad." It's dangerous, it's irresponsible, and it's culturally ingrained.
And what can you do on your 1 gigabyte machine that you CANT do on a P90. After you come up with a list, how many of those items cant be done with a gamecube?
while I realize that their subscription people are entitled to it, their release schedule appears to be completely out of whack. It always used to be 3 years between each version of windows and 3 years between versions of office. It stuck to purchase cycles of computers in companies. There was much rejoicing. Now we have three (maybe four) versions of windows and three of office in four years. The differences between windows or office XP and 2000 are so slim that one has to wonder how they manage to keep people upgrading at 200-600/seat.
You know, that's a REALLY obvious point that many people (including myself) have completely overlooked. While I dont pretend that memory and cpu technologies are in a balanced state, Intel seems to be admitting the futility of making faster consumer computers.
the critical thing is that it's being used in the PROGRAMMING lab, NOT a production lab where students would need the computers to write papers, do homework etc.
Just imagine, you could justify a DDOS attack on the RIAA because they *might* have a copy of your copyrighted armpit fart.
While I agree that there is in fact an architechtural difference, and the novelty is neat, I dont see how the sum-total results are any different. The MIDI convereter will definitely catch the minor imperfections and inflections of a guitar player, and what you end up with an audio file that you can process in whatever software you like.
Lets pretend that congress takes up the issue of spam and passes a very restrictive law essentially outright banning it. COULD that be an effective way to prevent it, or would the international nature of the internet make it useless?
As it is right now, there isnt really a desktop application that could use 4 GB if you asked it to. Sure, some developers could use it, some CG people, and DV people, but those people can justify buying more expensive (64 bit) workstations. Joe twelvepack's $600 dell will run any consumer application faster than it needs to.
Once developers start making good use of the power they have, then it's time to make the big financial investments required to go 64-bit for consumers. I personally have a hard time even thinking up a consumer application (besides games)that could really stretch existing computing resources.
This is truly an amazing feat of boredom, but isnt this why they invented rackmounts?
My friend's roland GK-2 did essentially the same thing via midi. In my opinion, it was a much more versatile system running on an open standard. Sound quality was superb.
"don't buy redhat at $300/share"
IBM isnt making a cent off of the efforts of the developers of linux. They are bundling them with their systems for their customers convenience. In theory, the customer could download them for free. What they are paying big blue for is the hardware, the closed IBM software, support,and IT services. The difference is that the game they are talking about will be SOLD, with all the profits will go somewhere else. The code they are asking for wont be freely available elsewhere.
Why would it need to have a run-time of 1.2 million hours? That's 136 years.
You'd be suprised how much penetration you can get with a D class engine and a pointy plastic rocket.
Anywho, as I understand it, most of the X-prize groups have abandoned solid engines long ago, and most have moved to liquid systems. Shipping liquid oxygen has never really been a problem. Many of the teams have moved to things like H2O2 (hydrogen peroxide) that shouldnt fall into trouble with the new laws. I think.
The regulations as I understand them will only affect BIG ASS engines, not Estes Size-E. But lets look at an estes size E for a second. Building a three stage E class rocket could be done in a few hours for less than 50$ each, and could deliver a payload of a couple of ounces to a ground location a few(?) miles away without anybody seeing what happened. A couple ounces of a hardcore chemical weapon could have a very serious physical and psychological effect. Multiply this by 1000 and you have a serious problem. they could be set off remotely, so even if they did lose 20% they would still be effective, and nobody would go near the launch site to collect evidence.
To get HDTV running well right now, you are looking at 3000-5000 dollars, and unless you get broadcast HDTV, AND have a compliant aerial, you will get one channel of HBO, and HD theater channel in HD. So until you get a good variety of programming over the way you get your TV, dont bother. It will be quite a while before enough programming is HD to make it worth your while.
Trying to mandate that people switch over to DRM'd music formats is like trying to mandate that they cut off their feet before they go for a walk. I personally think that the lack of MP3 support will kill that particlar app.
The arcade of tomorrow (today) offers an experience that one cant get at home. They offer FUN, short multiplayer games that are more suitable to social situations than vegging on your couch, and they offer large expensive Virtual-reality systems that jimmy nintendo could never afford. You walk in and see motion capturing games like 911 Simulator or mocap boxing. You see racing games with wheels, force feedback, and motion simulation.
Most importantly, you see BEER. Adults can walk in and blow $100 on food, drink, and games and not bat an eye. Arcade kids had to bum $5 off dad. It's amazing how much money the nintendo generation now has control of. There is a VERY bright future in arcades, as there is going to be a big demand for very large, very expensive multiplayer gaming rigs. I'm glad sega has more insight than Atari.
Long Term Goals:
1)Prevent any practical use of PowerPC architechture
2)Add enough features to Cell Phones so that nobody can use them to make a call.
3)???
4)Profit
We all know that technical merit is the sole deciding factor of sucess in the market, right?