a) 500 whats? I imagine they are not talking about desktop PCs b) Thats 9 years under Moore's Law. Maybe we should start a trend of referring to computing power in terms of "how many years would this be interesting for"
I am Chinese, and I have the following things to say about the "Crisis = Danger + Opportunity" link.
First of all, the guy's handwriting is Not Very Good, or at least he was writing in a calligraphic style which I've never seen before:). It took me quite some time to parse the writing. You can see a better version of the word here: http://www.mandarintools.com/faq.html#crisi s
That same page says that the story about "crisis equals danger + opportunity" is not true. "Danger" and "Opportunity" were not the original meanings of those characters. The web page does not say, and I do not know, what the original meanings are. I speculate that "Danger" originally meant "guarded" or "careful" and "Opportunity" originally meant "craft, intelligence", but don't quote me on that.
I am inclined to agree with the web page and place this under the "interesting coincidences of the language which are taken way out of proportion" category.
It's great to see Apple giving its upper-class customers more for the same price, but it still doesn't solve the real problem. Apple Ibooks are still out of reach for those of us who compromise the working classes.
I read the People's Daily from time to time. I read it for laughs. Its downright funny how obviously doctored some of their news is. Check out the Falun Gong section under 'Editorials'. You'll see articles saying things like "Falun Gong practitioner says she witness no abuses at re education camp. 'Police there are very professional and kind', she said".
Therefore, I am taking this article with salt.
Quite recently I've noted that even if Microsoft/Disney succeeds in outlawing Open Source, there are plenty of nations other than the US which have adopted Open Source, and I would like to see Microsoft try to force China into using windows.
Go ahead, thats 1 billion people and a nuclear power.
ObMeTos go to people who wrote that "China is no longer economically communist" and were concerned that China will not honor the GPL.
Problem is that most (50%? 90%?) of any stock is held by institutions. There are 10 institutions who own 20%. Throw in Gates, other Microsoft executives, and other institutions, and there can't be that much left for the rest of us.
Whether we have enough to cause a snowball is an unsolved problem.
Moore's Law has been revised more often than Soviet history:)
Originally it stated that the number of transistors per unit area doubled every year. In his original paper published in 1965 Moore's said this may cause such miracles as "home computers". Go frame that next to the Ken Olson quote.
These days Moore's law is often used to mean transistors or even CPU horsepower per dollar. It has also been applied to memory, bandwidth, and of course, disk space. The time variable also changes depending on the era and industry: depending on the era CPU power was doubling every 12-18 months. When I read an article in SciAm about hard disk technology back in 98 or 99, they stated that at the time disk capacity per dollar was doubling every nine months, and memory capacity was doubling every 18 months.
In the article someone, I think it was Currie Munce, head of disk research at IBM Almaden, predicted that the growth rate will be an S-curve: it'll start off slow, then be very fast, then it'll slow down as diminishing returns are hit. Seagate's announcement makes me wonder if its not really multiple S curves, multiple patterns of slowing and exploding as multiple breakthroughs are made.
Certainly it seems like disk expansion has slowed in the last year or so, but I think thats more because of the conomy than anything else
I was looking at the latest 10Q for Caldera/SCOx. Roughly halfway through the document there is a breakdown of the revenues for Caldera and SCO (aka Tarantella). It looks like SCO (excuse me, Tarantula, excuse me, Tarantella) has 15x Caldera's revenue. Maybe Caldera bought SCO with inflated stock?
These terms were coined during the Cold War. Back then First World = US and Western Europe, Second World = USSR and Eastern Europe, and Third World = remaining unaligned nations. Back then the fact that Third World nations were agricultural backwaters was merely coincidental. The Third World nations tried to stay unaligned, but usually ended up going to one of the two sides. If they didn't, one of the two sides sponsored a nice revolution.
These days, as my Wise and Eloquent friend Mike puts it, the Second World has disappeared and her nations are clinging to the First World or sinking into the Third World. Or as I put it:
Is Taiwan a Third World Country?
Is Russia a Third World Country?
Is South Central Los Angeles a Third World Country?
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a) 500 whats? I imagine they are not talking about desktop PCs
b) Thats 9 years under Moore's Law. Maybe we should start a trend of referring to computing power in terms of "how many years would this be interesting for"
I am Chinese, and I have the following things to say about the "Crisis = Danger + Opportunity" link.
:). It took me quite some time to parse the writing. You can see a better version of the word here:i s
First of all, the guy's handwriting is Not Very Good, or at least he was writing in a calligraphic style which I've never seen before
http://www.mandarintools.com/faq.html#cris
That same page says that the story about "crisis equals danger + opportunity" is not true. "Danger" and "Opportunity" were not the original meanings of those characters. The web page does not say, and I do not know, what the original meanings are. I speculate that "Danger" originally meant "guarded" or "careful" and "Opportunity" originally meant "craft, intelligence", but don't quote me on that.
I am inclined to agree with the web page and place this under the "interesting coincidences of the language which are taken way out of proportion" category.
Cheapest Mac: $999
Cheapest Dell notebook: $899
Cheapest Gateway notebook: $999
No, the most intelligent thing to do is to obtain a monopoly and use it at every opportunity.
Charging full price for epsilon changes is just one facet of this behavior.
I read the People's Daily from time to time. I read it for laughs. Its downright funny how obviously doctored some of their news is. Check out the Falun Gong section under 'Editorials'. You'll see articles saying things like "Falun Gong practitioner says she witness no abuses at re education camp. 'Police there are very professional and kind', she said".
Therefore, I am taking this article with salt.
Quite recently I've noted that even if Microsoft/Disney succeeds in outlawing Open Source, there are plenty of nations other than the US which have adopted Open Source, and I would like to see Microsoft try to force China into using windows.
Go ahead, thats 1 billion people and a nuclear power.
ObMeTos go to people who wrote that "China is no longer economically communist" and were concerned that China will not honor the GPL.
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Problem is that most (50%? 90%?) of any stock is held by institutions. There are 10 institutions
who own 20%. Throw in Gates, other Microsoft executives, and other institutions, and there can't be that much left for the rest of us.
Whether we have enough to cause a snowball is an unsolved problem.
Moore's Law has been revised more often than Soviet history :)
Originally it stated that the number of transistors per unit area doubled every year. In his original paper published in 1965 Moore's said this may cause such miracles as "home computers". Go frame that next to the Ken Olson quote.
These days Moore's law is often used to mean transistors or even CPU horsepower per dollar. It has also been applied to memory, bandwidth, and of course, disk space. The time variable also changes depending on the era and industry: depending on the era CPU power was doubling every 12-18 months. When I read an article in SciAm about hard disk technology back in 98 or 99, they stated that at the time disk capacity per dollar was doubling every nine months, and memory capacity was doubling every 18 months.
In the article someone, I think it was Currie Munce, head of disk research at IBM Almaden, predicted that the growth rate will be an S-curve: it'll start off slow, then be very fast, then it'll slow down as diminishing returns are hit. Seagate's announcement makes me wonder if its not really multiple S curves, multiple patterns of slowing and exploding as multiple breakthroughs are made.
Certainly it seems like disk expansion has slowed in the last year or so, but I think thats more because of the conomy than anything else
I was looking at the latest 10Q for Caldera/SCOx. Roughly halfway through the document there is a breakdown of the revenues for Caldera and SCO (aka Tarantella). It looks like SCO (excuse me, Tarantula, excuse me, Tarantella) has 15x Caldera's revenue. Maybe Caldera bought SCO with inflated stock?
& FID=912057-02-24744&SID=02-00&OrderNumber=1360253& Format=TXT
If I misread the document, correct me.
ObURL:
http://ir.caldera.com/EdgarDetail.cfm?CIK=1102542
And search for "PRO FORMA THREE AND SIX MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 2002 AND 2001"
These terms were coined during the Cold War. Back then First World = US and Western Europe, Second World = USSR and Eastern Europe, and Third World = remaining unaligned nations. Back then the fact that Third World nations were agricultural backwaters was merely coincidental. The Third World nations tried to stay unaligned, but usually ended up going to one of the two sides. If they didn't, one of the two sides sponsored a nice revolution. These days, as my Wise and Eloquent friend Mike puts it, the Second World has disappeared and her nations are clinging to the First World or sinking into the Third World. Or as I put it: Is Taiwan a Third World Country? Is Russia a Third World Country? Is South Central Los Angeles a Third World Country?