Its really incredible stuff. Personally, I think today's chips are pretty wimpy. Give me a Mips R8000 or Alpha 21264! But seriously, I think the lack of diversity with regards to chip design has been fairly detrimental to advances in computing.
Nothing but love for this chip. It was the first thing I started programming as a geek-in-training, back in1981. I'm now a well-adjusted professor using using computational science, numerical simulation, and some of the fastest supercomputers in the world, to solve challenging problems.
I owe it all to the folks that developed the 6502, and my mom who bought me an Atari 400, then an 800XL.
Cheers!
Typing in that code was pure torture. The good thing is that it helped me learn better coding. And you're right - the wait for the next magazine with the correction was too long.
Now I do coding (scientific computation) for a living and so much of it is due to the Byte/Compute programming experiences.
Cheers!
Believe it or not, but this is more nanotech than most of the "nanotech" that you hear/read about.
I'm a scientist working in this area, and nanonparticles are not only one of the fundamental building blocks for nano-structured materials but are themselves the attention of scientists, researchers, and engineers working in a variety fields.
They're useful for drug delivery, potential gene/protein delivery devices, biomedical imaging, paints, chemical/gas sensors, etc.
They're also in all reconstituted orange juice.
These concerns are real. Hyperbole and over-reaction on both sides doesn't serve the public.
Exactly!
This will be a colossal failure because it relies on the subscribers.
Part of the iTunes Music Store's appeal is its wide and easy access. You don't need anyone or anything!
Who wants to deal with Tivo, DirectTV, Comcast, etc? That's just more bs...
This won't happen. For one, it makes too much sense. But, the biggest reason why it won't happen is because the government has been bought and the owners like what they have.
The thinking is this:
The Xserve/G5 is a great platform for scientific computation;
The market is only beginning;
Myrinet has a very small share of the Apple HPC market;
Infiniband is theoretically faster.
This is not stuff cobbling 2-4 PCs together. Its for people who want the ultimate Xserve solution. I have a 16-processor Xserve G5 with Gig-E and Myrinet. My next solution will be some 96 processors and all InfiniBand.
I've been using Lingo for 3-4 months now and I've only had one problem and it turned out to be an issue in my apartment.
They were great, the features are good and its cheap!!!
What about Lingo? I've been using it for 3 months now and its $19.99/month with unlimited local/long-distance (including Canada, the Caribbean, and western Europe).
I'm actually waiting for a faster processor (scaled down Power4, etc.) and better memory bandwidth. I would like a 64 processor rack for some serious computations. Though I can afford it, I don't want to go down headache-road with a PC-based rack.
Does anyone have an Xserve with myrinet?
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Its really incredible stuff. Personally, I think today's chips are pretty wimpy. Give me a Mips R8000 or Alpha 21264! But seriously, I think the lack of diversity with regards to chip design has been fairly detrimental to advances in computing.
Nothing but love for this chip. It was the first thing I started programming as a geek-in-training, back in1981. I'm now a well-adjusted professor using using computational science, numerical simulation, and some of the fastest supercomputers in the world, to solve challenging problems. I owe it all to the folks that developed the 6502, and my mom who bought me an Atari 400, then an 800XL. Cheers!
Typing in that code was pure torture. The good thing is that it helped me learn better coding. And you're right - the wait for the next magazine with the correction was too long. Now I do coding (scientific computation) for a living and so much of it is due to the Byte/Compute programming experiences. Cheers!
Using "our" is pretty provincial.
I'm not defending anyone or anything. All I'm saying is that the definition of "nanotech" is quite varied.
Believe it or not, but this is more nanotech than most of the "nanotech" that you hear/read about. I'm a scientist working in this area, and nanonparticles are not only one of the fundamental building blocks for nano-structured materials but are themselves the attention of scientists, researchers, and engineers working in a variety fields. They're useful for drug delivery, potential gene/protein delivery devices, biomedical imaging, paints, chemical/gas sensors, etc. They're also in all reconstituted orange juice. These concerns are real. Hyperbole and over-reaction on both sides doesn't serve the public.
We know how they roll...
Exactly! This will be a colossal failure because it relies on the subscribers. Part of the iTunes Music Store's appeal is its wide and easy access. You don't need anyone or anything! Who wants to deal with Tivo, DirectTV, Comcast, etc? That's just more bs...
Bush's IQ is imaginary. I.e. when squared it is less than zero.
I'm moving. Where's Dubya and his infinite improbability drive!!!
I want my freedom restricted.
This won't happen. For one, it makes too much sense. But, the biggest reason why it won't happen is because the government has been bought and the owners like what they have.
People are finally beginning to see that Apple makes everything better. An Airport Express is what's needed.
I'd like to see high-speed/performance mechanisms make their way down to the lower-price range.
No more technology is needed. How about reliability?
This is not stuff cobbling 2-4 PCs together. Its for people who want the ultimate Xserve solution. I have a 16-processor Xserve G5 with Gig-E and Myrinet. My next solution will be some 96 processors and all InfiniBand.
I've been using Lingo for 3-4 months now and I've only had one problem and it turned out to be an issue in my apartment. They were great, the features are good and its cheap!!!
What about Lingo? I've been using it for 3 months now and its $19.99/month with unlimited local/long-distance (including Canada, the Caribbean, and western Europe).
And what would you do with the Window List?
The beauty of Expose is that its simple and extremely obvious.
Apple has knack of introducing things/features which makes one wonder how they worked before said feature was introduced.
I've done my own testing with a CFD code I wrote and the G5 is more 2x the speed of the P4 Xeon. Just my experience...
How useful could this be? 3D navigation?
I'm actually waiting for a faster processor (scaled down Power4, etc.) and better memory bandwidth. I would like a 64 processor rack for some serious computations. Though I can afford it, I don't want to go down headache-road with a PC-based rack. Does anyone have an Xserve with myrinet?