According to Transmeta's site, the 'Code Morphing' software only interprets x86 instructions, so we're out of luck there.
However, it would be nice to have a boot-up menu like:
1) x86 - Windows XP
2) PPC - Mac OS X
3) UltraSPARC II - Solaris 9
Unfortunately, Transmeta's chips are mainly geared toward being low power consumption, I doubt making a processor that can do a decent job of emulating other processors is high on their list.
it said in the article that two systems will be used in parallel; one for equipped people, who will get the lower gas price, and one for non-equipped people, who will get the normal price (gas price + tax).
Also unless the AI is good enough that the thing really can navigate itself around a changing environment (hey there wasn't a dog there last time) and make it's way back to the charger before dying every time, I imagine you'd find a dead Trilobyte fairly frequently.
Not really. IIRC, random number generators are seeded by the processor's clock (or something like that). I seem to remember reading a while back that intel was going to build a hardware random number generator into their processors; if they actually did that (I'm sure it would be out by now) I think that might be where the problem would lie. Just a thought...
The paths are not actually fixed...they're just calculated at a fixed point in time (i.e. they calculate to find that you need to be at starting point a at time t in order to 'catch the tube' to get to endpoint b)
Currently I'm looking at an iBook; however, they're a bit larger and heavier than I'd like.
I know a lot of people comment without reading the articles -- but you didn't even read the summary! He clearly states that he's looking for something OTHER than a iBook!
Once (and if) Palladium and TCPA go into effect, and become mainstream, what's to stop large companies forcing upgrades by not allowing 'trusted' computers to access their networks and so on? For instance, say I'm still hooked on Win98 and see no reason to upgrade -- could my ISP, in cooperation with Microsoft, tell me that I can no longer use their service unless I upgrade my machine to Palladium-enabled hardware and OS?
It just doesn't make sense to me that Intuit would start requiring product activation...programs like TurboTax are things that a very large majority of users will go out and purchase rather than pirating it. Programs like Windows XP (requires activation) or Photoshop (does not require activation, yet) are more likely to be pirated, and so I could understand the need for more stringent security. It just doesn't make sense to alienate your customers like that when it won't even make a difference.
I don't know a whole lot about this, but I do know that most DC->AC inverters (like one you would use to power a household plug from your car's cigarette lighter) don't perform a true inversion. Instead the AC that is produced (remember that's alternating current) is what's known as a 'modified sine wave' instead of a true sine wave.
Kind of hard to explain, so here's a picture. To make a long story short, _true_ sine wave inverters cost a whole lot more than the cheaper variety.
Anyway, I don't think a modified since wave one would fix the flicker, a true sine might though.
The next day:
Russ: I'm sorry sir, I couldn't finish the paper. Professor: You better have a good excuse this time. Russ: Well, I put up a website about our project, but I ran a server for the 78mb MPEGs off my own computer, and then it got slashdotted.
Was I the only one who thought this was going to be something cool and geeky since its on Slashdot? I was hoping it would be something like the P5 glove, except it would allow you to type in mid-air. I did read an article on something like that one time, but the last I heard it was just a prototype.
Now that Netscape has re-introduced popup blocking, Microsoft may soon follow suit. However, I did see an article on/. a while back about a group of advertisers that claimed any kind of blockage on their advertisements was theft (they claimed being able to see a site without having to see the ads constituted theft of bandwidth). If all future browsers incorporate popup blocking, where is the future of online advertising headed?
All I've seen in the discussion so far are people mentioning pop-ups that look like Windows dialog boxes, and 'Your Computer Is Broadcasting an IP address'...but what about those pop-ups that look like Windows Explorer...I would think that would be even more confusing to an average user than a dialog box.
Hmm. Good argument, except for the fact that the 'x' speeds of CD writers and DVD writers are different.
For CD writers, each 'x' is equivalent to 150KB/sec; so if you have a 4x burner, it'll burn 600KB/sec, and so on.
For DVD writers, each 'x' is 1353KB/sec; that means each DVD-writer 'x' is approximately 9'x' on a CD burner.
Slashdot Mirror
According to Transmeta's site, the 'Code Morphing' software only interprets x86 instructions, so we're out of luck there.
However, it would be nice to have a boot-up menu like:
1) x86 - Windows XP
2) PPC - Mac OS X
3) UltraSPARC II - Solaris 9
Unfortunately, Transmeta's chips are mainly geared toward being low power consumption, I doubt making a processor that can do a decent job of emulating other processors is high on their list.
it said in the article that two systems will be used in parallel; one for equipped people, who will get the lower gas price, and one for non-equipped people, who will get the normal price (gas price + tax).
check out the MacOnLinux homepage, I couldn't find any specific info, but it says right there on the main page, "No ROM needed".
Also unless the AI is good enough that the thing really can navigate itself around a changing environment (hey there wasn't a dog there last time) and make it's way back to the charger before dying every time, I imagine you'd find a dead Trilobyte fairly frequently.
Would it look like this?
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actually I think this is planned to use an InfoLithium battery, which should actually give it a pretty decent battery life.
actually here's a third article I found with a few pictures of the device, which actually looks pretty bulky...can anyone translate this?
here's a better article; it goes into a bit more detail than the posted one.
Warning: MySQL Connection Failed: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock'
So...now they can watch their server crash in three dimensions.
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(from the zalman link)
Base Material: Pure Cooper width Gold Plating
No wonder it works so well!
Just to clarify, from what I understand, cable internet can handle up to 10Mbps on the upstream and up to 38Mbps on the downstream.
Not really. IIRC, random number generators are seeded by the processor's clock (or something like that). I seem to remember reading a while back that intel was going to build a hardware random number generator into their processors; if they actually did that (I'm sure it would be out by now) I think that might be where the problem would lie. Just a thought...
The paths are not actually fixed...they're just calculated at a fixed point in time (i.e. they calculate to find that you need to be at starting point a at time t in order to 'catch the tube' to get to endpoint b)
I read the article and understood most of what they were talking about...but I knew I had heard something related to this before.
The Poincare Conjecture
IIRC, solving this problem should make some major advances in this 'tube-theory'. Can anyone explain how though?
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Currently I'm looking at an iBook; however, they're a bit larger and heavier than I'd like.
I know a lot of people comment without reading the articles -- but you didn't even read the summary! He clearly states that he's looking for something OTHER than a iBook!
Or it cuts the flight time from New York to San Francisco to about 90 seconds.
Once (and if) Palladium and TCPA go into effect, and become mainstream, what's to stop large companies forcing upgrades by not allowing 'trusted' computers to access their networks and so on? For instance, say I'm still hooked on Win98 and see no reason to upgrade -- could my ISP, in cooperation with Microsoft, tell me that I can no longer use their service unless I upgrade my machine to Palladium-enabled hardware and OS?
It just doesn't make sense to me that Intuit would start requiring product activation...programs like TurboTax are things that a very large majority of users will go out and purchase rather than pirating it. Programs like Windows XP (requires activation) or Photoshop (does not require activation, yet) are more likely to be pirated, and so I could understand the need for more stringent security. It just doesn't make sense to alienate your customers like that when it won't even make a difference.
Maybe, maybe not.
I don't know a whole lot about this, but I do know that most DC->AC inverters (like one you would use to power a household plug from your car's cigarette lighter) don't perform a true inversion. Instead the AC that is produced (remember that's alternating current) is what's known as a 'modified sine wave' instead of a true sine wave.
Kind of hard to explain, so here's a picture. To make a long story short, _true_ sine wave inverters cost a whole lot more than the cheaper variety.
Anyway, I don't think a modified since wave one would fix the flicker, a true sine might though.
The temperature was in the 30s...
In the jungle? Oh wait, that's metric.
The next day:
Russ: I'm sorry sir, I couldn't finish the paper.
Professor: You better have a good excuse this time.
Russ: Well, I put up a website about our project, but I ran a server for the 78mb MPEGs off my own computer, and then it got slashdotted.
Was I the only one who thought this was going to be something cool and geeky since its on Slashdot? I was hoping it would be something like the P5 glove, except it would allow you to type in mid-air. I did read an article on something like that one time, but the last I heard it was just a prototype.
Now that Netscape has re-introduced popup blocking, Microsoft may soon follow suit. However, I did see an article on /. a while back about a group of advertisers that claimed any kind of blockage on their advertisements was theft (they claimed being able to see a site without having to see the ads constituted theft of bandwidth). If all future browsers incorporate popup blocking, where is the future of online advertising headed?
All I've seen in the discussion so far are people mentioning pop-ups that look like Windows dialog boxes, and 'Your Computer Is Broadcasting an IP address'...but what about those pop-ups that look like Windows Explorer...I would think that would be even more confusing to an average user than a dialog box.
Hmm. Good argument, except for the fact that the 'x' speeds of CD writers and DVD writers are different. For CD writers, each 'x' is equivalent to 150KB/sec; so if you have a 4x burner, it'll burn 600KB/sec, and so on. For DVD writers, each 'x' is 1353KB/sec; that means each DVD-writer 'x' is approximately 9'x' on a CD burner.
I'm from NJ, a friend sent me this site, and basically all of them are true at one time or another.