I'm near Shanghai and for the last 8 months I have been hear, Google has always worked fine..... until I woke up this morning. I gather everyone else can still access it so I wonder if it was freshly added today to the block list?
While on this topic..... whats the 2nd best search engine - finding life without google to be difficult:(
and seeing how you just posted your email address to a publicly viewable webpage, I guess you can expect junk mail anytime now..... what makes you think the email-address-haversting-robot-web-spiders don't parse/. for wouldbe spamees ?
SharkyExtreme is loading fine for me (Midday Shanghai, China time) but here is a link to a earlier story by nvmax.com (including a couple of screenshots).
Since the R9000 has already been launched and is supposed to take the place of the 8500/LE, how long will Crucial produce this card? The length of time we'll sell this and any product is dependant on the market. Right now, the Crucial Radeon 8500LE is an excellent and economical option for anyone looking to improve their graphics capability.
Is the Crucial VidCard made in the USA? The Micron DDR memory used in our Crucial Radeon 8500LE video card is manufactured in the USA. But the video card itself is assembled in Hong Kong. Astute [H]'er, Robin Schwartz, pointed out that the Crucial driver downloads page points to Sapphire Tech in Hong Kong, apparently the folks building the card.
How much will it retail for? Currently, the Crucial Radeon 8500LE is available for $134.99 through Crucial.com and it comes with free shipping in the contiguous US.
Will the 9000 chipset follow closely? We'll consider offering other video card options in the future. Whether we do depends on what our customers want and need.
Where will is sell through? As with all our products, any new Crucial video cards would be available direct through our Web site at Crucial.com. We would also expect to offer new products through our European Web site at Crucial.com/UK. In fact, the Crucial Radeon 8500LE should be available through the UK site shortly.
Great effort but not comparable to modern day "eye candy" engines yet.... looks more like a Quake 2 level of geometry with nice colour and lighting ability. Perhaps the adjustable LOD is set on a low level....
I wonder how well it handles high polygon counts or is the empahsis more on engine ability rather than model design for now?
Mind you I would have to cut a big long slot in the top and front of the case to make it fit..... who cares though if my PC looks like a toaster when you have one of those.
- HeXa
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... in both cases.
When will people learn that ASCII art is the way of the future......
... I get my Aussie news from smh.com.au and the other day after reading the news I decided to go see what the car market was like for Sport Coupes. I was very impressed by drive.com.au - it makes decent use of web connected databases and hypertext to provide a service that dead-tree cannot (quick comparisons, searches, specifications, web reviews, etc). It makes the shopping "experience" so much easier I can see why it is popular enough to be profitable.
BTW - the careers classifieds are quite good as well if you are in Australia and looking for a job (professional).
read the article.... they explain the loop holes in the Geneva Convention ban on using lasers for blinding.
Rip form article follows....
Why the Geneva Convention will not stop blinding by laser
Article 1 of the Geneva Convention's Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons has laudable aims. It states, "It is prohibited to employ laser weapons specifically designed, as their sole combat function or as one of their combat functions, to cause permanent blindness to unenhanced vision."
But Article 3 opens the door to lasers that blind so long as that was not their aim. It states: "Blinding as an incidental or collateral effect of the legitimate military employment of laser systems, including laser systems used against optical equipment, is not covered by the prohibition of this Protocol".
Big question is whether the US plans to take advantage of this loop hole to blind enemies on purpose (excluding the usual collateral damage and "accidents" that occur).
Slashdot Mirror
Slashdot ain't blocked or otherwise I would not be able to post this message ;)
- HeXa
I'm near Shanghai and for the last 8 months I have been hear, Google has always worked fine..... until I woke up this morning. I gather everyone else can still access it so I wonder if it was freshly added today to the block list?
:(
While on this topic..... whats the 2nd best search engine - finding life without google to be difficult
- HeXa
famous last words..... never underestimate the power of spam - it will lead you to your grave..... ;-)
- HeXa
..... I remember back in the good ol' days when Hotmail was great and not owned by MS..... ah.... how sweet those memories are....
- HeXa
thanks for your valuable insight..... may I call you Casper the racist Whitey ?
- HeXa
and seeing how you just posted your email address to a publicly viewable webpage, I guess you can expect junk mail anytime now..... what makes you think the email-address-haversting-robot-web-spiders don't parse /. for wouldbe spamees ?
- HeXa
SharkyExtreme is loading fine for me (Midday Shanghai, China time) but here is a link to a earlier story by nvmax.com (including a couple of screenshots).
NVIDIA NV30 Sneak Preview
Some Beyond3d forum discussion as well as screenshots and more info on the NV30.
NV30 Screenshots
One more link.... to nV News with further NV30 details
nV News
- HeXa
HardOCP - Crucial Response
Since the R9000 has already been launched and is supposed to take the place of the 8500/LE, how long will Crucial produce this card?
The length of time we'll sell this and any product is dependant on the market. Right now, the Crucial Radeon 8500LE is an excellent and economical option for anyone looking to improve their graphics capability.
Is the Crucial VidCard made in the USA?
The Micron DDR memory used in our Crucial Radeon 8500LE video card is manufactured in the USA. But the video card itself is assembled in Hong Kong.
Astute [H]'er, Robin Schwartz, pointed out that the Crucial driver downloads page points to Sapphire Tech in Hong Kong, apparently the folks building the card.
How much will it retail for?
Currently, the Crucial Radeon 8500LE is available for $134.99 through Crucial.com and it comes with free shipping in the contiguous US.
Will the 9000 chipset follow closely?
We'll consider offering other video card options in the future. Whether we do depends on what our customers want and need.
Where will is sell through?
As with all our products, any new Crucial video cards would be available direct through our Web site at Crucial.com. We would also expect to offer new products through our European Web site at Crucial.com/UK. In fact, the Crucial Radeon 8500LE should be available through the UK site shortly.
- HeXa
6 million dollar (worth of surgery) man?
I wonder how long before NASA buys Abyss Creations (maker of RealDoll) so NASA can build useful "recreational" robots for those long trips to Mars.
- HeXa
Great effort but not comparable to modern day "eye candy" engines yet.... looks more like a Quake 2 level of geometry with nice colour and lighting ability. Perhaps the adjustable LOD is set on a low level....
I wonder how well it handles high polygon counts or is the empahsis more on engine ability rather than model design for now?
- HeXa
.... from four months ago...
Motorola's i95cl Press Release
- HeXa
... the Shuttle SS51 had a 64bit PCI slot - then I could put one of these in it - CAE render board with 4 x Radeon 8500 GPUs
Mind you I would have to cut a big long slot in the top and front of the case to make it fit..... who cares though if my PC looks like a toaster when you have one of those.
- HeXa
... in both cases.
When will people learn that ASCII art is the way of the future......
- HeXa
... I get my Aussie news from smh.com.au and the other day after reading the news I decided to go see what the car market was like for Sport Coupes. I was very impressed by drive.com.au - it makes decent use of web connected databases and hypertext to provide a service that dead-tree cannot (quick comparisons, searches, specifications, web reviews, etc). It makes the shopping "experience" so much easier I can see why it is popular enough to be profitable.
BTW - the careers classifieds are quite good as well if you are in Australia and looking for a job (professional).
- HeXa
nah... the 1.21 and a third GW lasers are the ones to get - look for the GTR badge on the side.
- HeXa
read the article.... they explain the loop holes in the Geneva Convention ban on using lasers for blinding.
Rip form article follows....
Why the Geneva Convention will not stop blinding by laser
Article 1 of the Geneva Convention's Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons has laudable aims. It states, "It is prohibited to employ laser weapons specifically designed, as their sole combat function or as one of their combat functions, to cause permanent blindness to unenhanced vision."
But Article 3 opens the door to lasers that blind so long as that was not their aim. It states: "Blinding as an incidental or collateral effect of the legitimate military employment of laser systems, including laser systems used against optical equipment, is not covered by the prohibition of this Protocol".
Big question is whether the US plans to take advantage of this loop hole to blind enemies on purpose (excluding the usual collateral damage and "accidents" that occur).
- HeXa
another way of spelling tires.... you know those rubber things go on your wheels (or come off if you own a certain vehicle....)
- HeXa
... great idea - blind the cinema audience as well as piss them off ....
- HeXa
I bet he is "Mister Popular" at that conference he is attending wth all then attention he has got over that "slight" stuff up.
- HeXa
I was raised on Robotech when I was a kid.... got me interested in anime - then Ghost in the Shell got be addicted.
"You know you are addicted when you delete your pr0n collection to make room for Anime"
- HeXa
thats ok....... as long as its NOT Pokemon.
- HeXa
I have also heard a story about a Seagate drive being used in a RAID array which stopped working..... turns out the drive leaked oil everywhere.
Oily Barracuda
- HeXa
sorry to be wasting your time Mr T. - please don't hit me with your gold chains.
- HeXa
many thanks.... I thought Slashdot would use a custom way of doing links seeing how there is no mention of the ability in the "Allowed HTML"
- HeXa
oh... got it now..... I was expecting a "customised" method of doing links as it wasn't listed in the "Allowed HTML"
- HeXa