False numbers are not the problem; rather, it's stolen CCs being used. The perpetrator is next to impossible to track down/prosecute outside of the U.S.
Have you tried Turkey SPAM? I eat it on a regular basis (just ate a can today); much better than regular SPAM in my opinion. It's not nearly as greasy. I started eating SPAM when I didn't have money or cooking appliances. Regular SPAM is a bit too greasy for me, but I can eat a whole can of the turkey variety (and that's saying something, I have a pretty small stomach).
A bit OT, but I have a vague recollection of some movie where a character rents a body to be able to attend a conference or business meeting across the country. I don't remember if it was central to the story or just part of it, but does anyone remember the name of the movie, and if it was similar to what the reviewer was talking about, renting a body?
I like your point about the depreciation of PCs... it's incredibly fast. However, I don't think you've been watching PC prices much. $1500/year could definitely push the envelope on a PC. Especially if you cannibalize hardware from the previous computer.
"...As someone else has already pointed out, hyperthreading on the P4 makes it act as a dual processor..."
How many times must this be explained... hyperthreading does not equal dual processor. It's simply an optimization for multi-threaded apps. In the end, you still only have one CPU core; the difference is that task switches are performed faster.
I think what he's trying to point out is that Apple's own optimized scores for the G5 don't match up to Intel and Dell's optimized scores. The scores he is arguing are wrong the ones Apple presented on behalf of Dell.
Saltwater... that sounds like it might be a bit corrosive to the metals. Probably not a good idea. How about some bleach, and combine the thing with a washing machine?
It was in an article on Tom's Hardware Guide. An impressive display of how Intel and AMD processors responded to loss of heatsink. AMD's processors instantly turned to toast, while P3's locked, and P4's slowed down to reduce heat output until the heat sink was put back on (a really cool and useful ability). Since then, AMD's new processors will shutdown (similar to the P3's response I think) if on a motherboard that supports the ability. I'm not talking about the little heat sensor thing most MB's have, which couldn't respond to a 300 degree increase in temperature in 2 seconds.
A guy I worked with was working on a computer, and had the CD-ROM drive precariously balanced on the edge of a box. I told him he'd better move it to somewhere more stable before the vibrations caused it to fall off. I had started to add that he should wait until the CD had spun down, and that he needed to make sure he kept it level, but I was too late. He had already grabbed the drive and tipped it. Due to the fact the CD was acting as a gyroscope, it didn't tilt when the drive did, and struck some metal on the inside of the drive, shattering the CD. We later disassembled the drive and cleaned it out, and fortunately, it worked fine.
Which hurts more? A pound of pillows, or a pound of lead? How about a pound of razor blades? A pound of balsa wood? Damage is more than just a function of KE.
That was the stupidest analysis posted here yet. There are so many more factors than KE when determining damage. If I throw a five pound pillow and a five pound lead weight at you, which will hurt you more? What if I throw five pounds of balsa wood at you that happens to be shaped so that it's 100 feet long, and you get hit by the center, with the two ends to either side? You'd barely even feel it break when it hit you. But it weighs five pounds, and has the same KE of the five pound chunk of lead.
I think what intuition tells you is that a fiberglass wing would act like a knife and slice that piece of foam. Before this happened, would you have guessed the damage this could have caused? A pound of foam and a pound of lead may both have the same KE, but that doesn't mean they'll do the same amount of damage. The best analogy I can think of to explain its destructive force would be something hitting water. At low speeds, an object can enter water quite easily. But at high speeds, the water simply can not part fast enough, and the impact would be like hitting a hard surface.
A bit OT, but related to HTTP. I noticed that I can sorta get around the URL filtering firewall where I work if all I wanted is the HTML. When you type a request in telnet, the characters (at least the first one) are sent one at a time. This means that each character of the request is sent as a separate packet. The firewall here doesn't (or isn't configured to) assemble the packets and determine the full URL -- none of the packets will appear to contain a blocked URL, so the request goes through. Of course, I could also TS or SSH to another machine outside the firewall, but that's like cheating.
I assumed they were round so that they didn't have to be aligned when put back on. A round shape allows it to just fall into place without aligning corners.
I can't see it very well, but the part where the cylindrical object rolls down the board, and the window goes down to let it through... is the board split in two? Otherwise, it appears that would be CGI, because the board was through the window.
There are a lot of people in this thread that realize that WU does NOT send a list of all software installed, but they are being drowned out by the highly rated comments about the evils of MS. The "software list" is actually a list of drivers installed, which is fine, because MS will post updated drivers for you to download. It should also be noted that one of the articles posted is from the Inquirer, the same people who predicted hell on earth in y2k, and believe in tinfoil hats.
Reading through the post on SecurityFocus, a lot of the wording appears to be tongue-in-cheek humor. Lines like "Special thanks to stran9er@openwall.com for the ethnic-cleansing shellcode.", "The professional staff of GOBBLES Security believe that by releasing our
advisories without vendor notification of any sort is cute and humorous....We hope that you're as amused with our maturity as we are.", "If you participate in illegal file-sharing networks, your
computer now belongs to the RIAA."
If they want to advocate digging through the trash as an okay thing, then they shouldn't have a problem with other people doing the same to them. I think the legal process to get permission to search through trash should be stricter, somewhat like getting a phonetap.
If you are interested in this technology, google for thermoacoustic refrigeration or refrigerator. Apparently this is not as new as the article makes it out to be.
I don't think it would do any good, but I don't think many crashes don't involve spinning-out-of-control airplanes. If the engine cuts out of a prop-driven plane, you can still glide, so a parachute should work then.
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False numbers are not the problem; rather, it's stolen CCs being used. The perpetrator is next to impossible to track down/prosecute outside of the U.S.
Have you tried Turkey SPAM? I eat it on a regular basis (just ate a can today); much better than regular SPAM in my opinion. It's not nearly as greasy. I started eating SPAM when I didn't have money or cooking appliances. Regular SPAM is a bit too greasy for me, but I can eat a whole can of the turkey variety (and that's saying something, I have a pretty small stomach).
I think that's it. I only saw part of it (probably on a movie channel). Thanks!
A bit OT, but I have a vague recollection of some movie where a character rents a body to be able to attend a conference or business meeting across the country. I don't remember if it was central to the story or just part of it, but does anyone remember the name of the movie, and if it was similar to what the reviewer was talking about, renting a body?
I like your point about the depreciation of PCs... it's incredibly fast. However, I don't think you've been watching PC prices much. $1500/year could definitely push the envelope on a PC. Especially if you cannibalize hardware from the previous computer.
Interesting that they didn't benchmark against a dual processor Intel system...
"...As someone else has already pointed out, hyperthreading on the P4 makes it act as a dual processor..." How many times must this be explained... hyperthreading does not equal dual processor. It's simply an optimization for multi-threaded apps. In the end, you still only have one CPU core; the difference is that task switches are performed faster.
I think what he's trying to point out is that Apple's own optimized scores for the G5 don't match up to Intel and Dell's optimized scores. The scores he is arguing are wrong the ones Apple presented on behalf of Dell.
This page posted earlier lists the Dual Xeon has having a much higher set of scores than the ones Apple posted for their G5... what gives?
Saltwater... that sounds like it might be a bit corrosive to the metals. Probably not a good idea. How about some bleach, and combine the thing with a washing machine?
It was in an article on Tom's Hardware Guide. An impressive display of how Intel and AMD processors responded to loss of heatsink. AMD's processors instantly turned to toast, while P3's locked, and P4's slowed down to reduce heat output until the heat sink was put back on (a really cool and useful ability). Since then, AMD's new processors will shutdown (similar to the P3's response I think) if on a motherboard that supports the ability. I'm not talking about the little heat sensor thing most MB's have, which couldn't respond to a 300 degree increase in temperature in 2 seconds.
Duh, because they get so much spam. I'm seeing a lot of brainless posts in response to this article...
A guy I worked with was working on a computer, and had the CD-ROM drive precariously balanced on the edge of a box. I told him he'd better move it to somewhere more stable before the vibrations caused it to fall off. I had started to add that he should wait until the CD had spun down, and that he needed to make sure he kept it level, but I was too late. He had already grabbed the drive and tipped it. Due to the fact the CD was acting as a gyroscope, it didn't tilt when the drive did, and struck some metal on the inside of the drive, shattering the CD. We later disassembled the drive and cleaned it out, and fortunately, it worked fine.
Which hurts more? A pound of pillows, or a pound of lead? How about a pound of razor blades? A pound of balsa wood? Damage is more than just a function of KE.
That was the stupidest analysis posted here yet. There are so many more factors than KE when determining damage. If I throw a five pound pillow and a five pound lead weight at you, which will hurt you more? What if I throw five pounds of balsa wood at you that happens to be shaped so that it's 100 feet long, and you get hit by the center, with the two ends to either side? You'd barely even feel it break when it hit you. But it weighs five pounds, and has the same KE of the five pound chunk of lead.
I think what intuition tells you is that a fiberglass wing would act like a knife and slice that piece of foam. Before this happened, would you have guessed the damage this could have caused? A pound of foam and a pound of lead may both have the same KE, but that doesn't mean they'll do the same amount of damage. The best analogy I can think of to explain its destructive force would be something hitting water. At low speeds, an object can enter water quite easily. But at high speeds, the water simply can not part fast enough, and the impact would be like hitting a hard surface.
A bit OT, but related to HTTP. I noticed that I can sorta get around the URL filtering firewall where I work if all I wanted is the HTML. When you type a request in telnet, the characters (at least the first one) are sent one at a time. This means that each character of the request is sent as a separate packet. The firewall here doesn't (or isn't configured to) assemble the packets and determine the full URL -- none of the packets will appear to contain a blocked URL, so the request goes through. Of course, I could also TS or SSH to another machine outside the firewall, but that's like cheating.
I assumed they were round so that they didn't have to be aligned when put back on. A round shape allows it to just fall into place without aligning corners.
I can't see it very well, but the part where the cylindrical object rolls down the board, and the window goes down to let it through... is the board split in two? Otherwise, it appears that would be CGI, because the board was through the window.
There are a lot of people in this thread that realize that WU does NOT send a list of all software installed, but they are being drowned out by the highly rated comments about the evils of MS. The "software list" is actually a list of drivers installed, which is fine, because MS will post updated drivers for you to download. It should also be noted that one of the articles posted is from the Inquirer, the same people who predicted hell on earth in y2k, and believe in tinfoil hats.
No, no, you got that backwards :-]
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Reading through the post on SecurityFocus, a lot of the wording appears to be tongue-in-cheek humor. Lines like "Special thanks to stran9er@openwall.com for the ethnic-cleansing shellcode.", "The professional staff of GOBBLES Security believe that by releasing our advisories without vendor notification of any sort is cute and humorous....We hope that you're as amused with our maturity as we are.", "If you participate in illegal file-sharing networks, your computer now belongs to the RIAA."
If they want to advocate digging through the trash as an okay thing, then they shouldn't have a problem with other people doing the same to them. I think the legal process to get permission to search through trash should be stricter, somewhat like getting a phonetap.
If you are interested in this technology, google for thermoacoustic refrigeration or refrigerator. Apparently this is not as new as the article makes it out to be.
I don't think it would do any good, but I don't think many crashes don't involve spinning-out-of-control airplanes. If the engine cuts out of a prop-driven plane, you can still glide, so a parachute should work then.