Taken right from the apple news site...
The Latest Apple based supercomputer plans on using 1100 dual processor G5's to reach a maximum speed of 17.6 Teraflops...
Meanwhile, the Dell supercomputer is currently expected to hit 7,... with 300 servers...
The point of this being. Triple the dell, you have 900 computers, and 21Teraflops...
Guess apple news is exagerating the speed bonus?
First of all, they bought 300 servers. They will be adding more in the future.
Second. The 38 million is "NOT" the cost of the computers. It's their total work, hardware, research and "EVERYTHING" budget for the next 5 years.
If you take out 5 years of paying salaries for setting up everything, and keeping it all running smoothly, setting up everything for all the research and projects their going to use it for...
Its gonna take out a nice chunk of the budget.
Also keep in mind that since they WILL be adding more compututers to it this budget might allow for a lot more processing power still to be arriving.
Just think, now those nice flight attendants will give their saftey lecture starting with...
In case of an emergency your seat can double as an air helmet, suit, flotation and re-entry device...:-D
Except, they can't make an automated message.
Anyone who does recieve an, automated, computer or otherwise recorded, auto-dialed message from a company of which you are not a customer, that tries to sell you anything or discuss legal matters, can go collect up to $10000 in court.
At least in the US they are required to actually call you:)
Direcway says, what, 10 times on their site that you cant use their dish for mobile internet?
Then you pull up a business website and they sell a fully loaded mobile satellite internet truck...
Its just that they dont want you to know that you really can use it anywhere and they just dont feel like offering it to home users or rv users or internet nuts.
About on the same level as the phone call I had the other day setting up cable internet for my mother. Shes moving to a town with cable internet, so I got her an appointment for hookup the 20th next month.
They asked what OS for setup.
I said linux. Their like... "huh? Whats that?"
Their definition of setup.
"Plug in cable modem, plug in ethernet, make sure it works. Download/install 50Mb uneeded software."
The stupidist part being that you dont need any of their software to get online, and in fact, the first thing I did was swap for linux and lose all the software! lol
Even funnier are the home setup kits. You know the kind. The ones with the diagrams and 100 page manual that explain in detail everything... when all you need to do is
1. Plug coaxial cable into modem, and into wall jack.
2. Plug ethernet cord into modem, and computer.
3. Turn on computer.
And gee look you have cable internet. heh
Just did this.
29.95 cable internet just went from 256kbps, to 2mbps.
And my 1.5mbps, went to 3.5mbps...:)
I like the 360Kbps downloads.. lol
The Morons are coming out the of cracks today.
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Hey, dumbass.
NO ONE PUTS MY TIRES ON MY CAR BUT ME.
GOT THIS YET?
You take the rims to the store, they mount the new tires on them, you pick up the rims, and you put them on your car when you get home.
Why would anyone do this.
SO YOU DONT HAVE TO TAKE 2 CARS TO GET YOUR TIRES DONE, OR SPEND 5 F'N HOURS WAITING FOR THEM TO MOUNT THE TIRES.
Good lord, get a brain already.
Quote "At least in a "good" new microwave."
So, you bought an emerson, and it doesnt say "Even Cook" or "EvenCooker" or, "Advanced Cooking Model"
"Heat Wave Even Cook System"
It doesnt have the even heat system. I didnt say "all microwaves."
Go learn how to read before you post again.
Re:RFIDs hidden in new cars. US federal initiative
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Part 1, in my driveway.
Not possible, car sits in locked, windowless garage at all time, with alarm on door. Garage is part of inner house structure. Car does not leave for work as work is within walking distance.
Part 3, toll booths.
Dont have any, never seen one, ever.
Part 4.
If they're bored enough to set up tracking units on dirt roads, make it look perfectly like a healthy growing tree or passing deer, as they'd have to as there is NOTHING ELSE HERE. Then they can have the car id.
Your still an idiot.
Absolutely worthless to anyone who bought a microwave in the last 2 years because they switched to a slightly modulating, slightly moving frequency emmiter which makes sure that it heats all of the food as quickly as possible instead of little hot spots.
So basically, it melts everything at once in a new microwave. At least in a "good" new microwave.
Re:All seems overdone.
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Yes, and as my tires were replaced, by taking in the rims only, and they didnt ask for a license plate. They dont know who's car it is either. Now stop being such a moron. The tags in the tires are for the factory to know what their inventory is.
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Alright, who rated that interesting?
The only way its interesting is as a load of crap. They dont ask you for a liscense plate number when you buy new tires, and you can just drop off the rims if you feel like it. So, basically, anyone who ever bought new tires for their car would suddenly not have any link between the transponder and the car's id?
Not to mention the fact the articles are about transmitters so they can identify the tires while in the factory... you really think they'd waste money making their transmitter that works for a few days hold up for a few years instead?
I've read about this tags in a lot of articles now, and I always see the same complaints.
Oh, how am I gonna deactivate them and I don't want to give off a radio signal of the things I'm wearing/carrying.
Anything broadcasting its own signal and upc is going to be a small, but findable chunk of plastic and metal.
Take new sweater, find tag, take hammer. DEACTIVATED.
Its really not going to be that difficult. You may not use that method on your couch, or dvd player, but your not going to walk around in public carrying something the size of a refridgerator, at least I hope not!
Flamebait?
We really need an effort for better rating systems... Hard to find a rating of Flamebait at all relative with 1 reply...
This is everywhere though...
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I've worked for several different companies, manufacturing, not software.;)
And I must say, this is everywhere, and its a real annoying problem.
You sit through the same mettings no matter where you work.
Secrecy is important.. no photos, dont talk to family about what you make.. dont say this, dont answer the phone and talk about this.
And I agree. GET OVER IT
So what if other people make the same things you do, so what if they start making it cheaper. Whoever makes the best product, will keep making the product, the rest, can make whatever else they make and SO WHAT.
If everyone concentrated just a little harder on actually making sure you produced something that people would like, maybe your budget wouldnt be so huge with the 5 layers of people and meetings telling everyone to keep their mouths shut.
The second problem being how companies look at market share. I once worked Kraft foods, pizza, and they had at the time, 19% of the market share.
Problem, they were constantly whining they needed more.
WTH for! So you got 19% and a pile of garunteed income, STICK WITH IT, and stop being such a whiney bunch of greedy money grubbing corporate a-holes.
How much does this have to do with the recent virus attacks? Businesses suddenly switched over to temporary linux servers just so they could keep their websites online and virus free, now that they have a new, unaffected version, they're bringing their windows servers back up with the upgrades?
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Taken right from the apple news site... The Latest Apple based supercomputer plans on using 1100 dual processor G5's to reach a maximum speed of 17.6 Teraflops... Meanwhile, the Dell supercomputer is currently expected to hit 7, ... with 300 servers...
The point of this being. Triple the dell, you have 900 computers, and 21Teraflops...
Guess apple news is exagerating the speed bonus?
First of all, they bought 300 servers. They will be adding more in the future. Second. The 38 million is "NOT" the cost of the computers. It's their total work, hardware, research and "EVERYTHING" budget for the next 5 years. If you take out 5 years of paying salaries for setting up everything, and keeping it all running smoothly, setting up everything for all the research and projects their going to use it for... Its gonna take out a nice chunk of the budget. Also keep in mind that since they WILL be adding more compututers to it this budget might allow for a lot more processing power still to be arriving.
Just think, now those nice flight attendants will give their saftey lecture starting with... In case of an emergency your seat can double as an air helmet, suit, flotation and re-entry device... :-D
But someone will probably hack the server running the article and put their name at the top... Would that be an instant win?
After all, most shows these days use a... "blue screen" for their effects right? :-D
Except, they can't make an automated message. Anyone who does recieve an, automated, computer or otherwise recorded, auto-dialed message from a company of which you are not a customer, that tries to sell you anything or discuss legal matters, can go collect up to $10000 in court. At least in the US they are required to actually call you :)
why were going to see people walking around the supermarket with radio frequency trackers...
Direcway says, what, 10 times on their site that you cant use their dish for mobile internet? Then you pull up a business website and they sell a fully loaded mobile satellite internet truck... Its just that they dont want you to know that you really can use it anywhere and they just dont feel like offering it to home users or rv users or internet nuts.
Soon to be chinese linux advertisements with phrases like... "The System Operating your computer to run good make!"
About on the same level as the phone call I had the other day setting up cable internet for my mother. Shes moving to a town with cable internet, so I got her an appointment for hookup the 20th next month. They asked what OS for setup. I said linux. Their like... "huh? Whats that?" Their definition of setup. "Plug in cable modem, plug in ethernet, make sure it works. Download/install 50Mb uneeded software." The stupidist part being that you dont need any of their software to get online, and in fact, the first thing I did was swap for linux and lose all the software! lol Even funnier are the home setup kits. You know the kind. The ones with the diagrams and 100 page manual that explain in detail everything... when all you need to do is 1. Plug coaxial cable into modem, and into wall jack. 2. Plug ethernet cord into modem, and computer. 3. Turn on computer. And gee look you have cable internet. heh
Just did this. 29.95 cable internet just went from 256kbps, to 2mbps. And my 1.5mbps, went to 3.5mbps... :)
I like the 360Kbps downloads.. lol
Hey, dumbass. NO ONE PUTS MY TIRES ON MY CAR BUT ME. GOT THIS YET? You take the rims to the store, they mount the new tires on them, you pick up the rims, and you put them on your car when you get home. Why would anyone do this. SO YOU DONT HAVE TO TAKE 2 CARS TO GET YOUR TIRES DONE, OR SPEND 5 F'N HOURS WAITING FOR THEM TO MOUNT THE TIRES. Good lord, get a brain already.
Quote "At least in a "good" new microwave." So, you bought an emerson, and it doesnt say "Even Cook" or "EvenCooker" or, "Advanced Cooking Model" "Heat Wave Even Cook System" It doesnt have the even heat system. I didnt say "all microwaves." Go learn how to read before you post again.
Part 1, in my driveway. Not possible, car sits in locked, windowless garage at all time, with alarm on door. Garage is part of inner house structure. Car does not leave for work as work is within walking distance. Part 3, toll booths. Dont have any, never seen one, ever. Part 4. If they're bored enough to set up tracking units on dirt roads, make it look perfectly like a healthy growing tree or passing deer, as they'd have to as there is NOTHING ELSE HERE. Then they can have the car id. Your still an idiot.
Absolutely worthless to anyone who bought a microwave in the last 2 years because they switched to a slightly modulating, slightly moving frequency emmiter which makes sure that it heats all of the food as quickly as possible instead of little hot spots. So basically, it melts everything at once in a new microwave. At least in a "good" new microwave.
Yes, and as my tires were replaced, by taking in the rims only, and they didnt ask for a license plate. They dont know who's car it is either. Now stop being such a moron. The tags in the tires are for the factory to know what their inventory is.
Alright, who rated that interesting? The only way its interesting is as a load of crap. They dont ask you for a liscense plate number when you buy new tires, and you can just drop off the rims if you feel like it. So, basically, anyone who ever bought new tires for their car would suddenly not have any link between the transponder and the car's id? Not to mention the fact the articles are about transmitters so they can identify the tires while in the factory... you really think they'd waste money making their transmitter that works for a few days hold up for a few years instead?
I've read about this tags in a lot of articles now, and I always see the same complaints. Oh, how am I gonna deactivate them and I don't want to give off a radio signal of the things I'm wearing/carrying. Anything broadcasting its own signal and upc is going to be a small, but findable chunk of plastic and metal. Take new sweater, find tag, take hammer. DEACTIVATED. Its really not going to be that difficult. You may not use that method on your couch, or dvd player, but your not going to walk around in public carrying something the size of a refridgerator, at least I hope not!
That's nice. Now stop being such a moron and go try it. You can, and will, hear the morse if you listen.
Flamebait? We really need an effort for better rating systems... Hard to find a rating of Flamebait at all relative with 1 reply...
I've worked for several different companies, manufacturing, not software. ;)
And I must say, this is everywhere, and its a real annoying problem.
You sit through the same mettings no matter where you work.
Secrecy is important.. no photos, dont talk to family about what you make.. dont say this, dont answer the phone and talk about this.
And I agree. GET OVER IT
So what if other people make the same things you do, so what if they start making it cheaper. Whoever makes the best product, will keep making the product, the rest, can make whatever else they make and SO WHAT.
If everyone concentrated just a little harder on actually making sure you produced something that people would like, maybe your budget wouldnt be so huge with the 5 layers of people and meetings telling everyone to keep their mouths shut.
The second problem being how companies look at market share. I once worked Kraft foods, pizza, and they had at the time, 19% of the market share.
Problem, they were constantly whining they needed more.
WTH for! So you got 19% and a pile of garunteed income, STICK WITH IT, and stop being such a whiney bunch of greedy money grubbing corporate a-holes.
Why am I flamebait? I WARNED EVERYONE... sheesh
So this rock that terrified all these multitudes of people.. was so small it took out, practically nothing? lol WOw, slow news day.
This is just a cool way of saying they're driving the probe to the moon in the new saturn car. :)
How much does this have to do with the recent virus attacks? Businesses suddenly switched over to temporary linux servers just so they could keep their websites online and virus free, now that they have a new, unaffected version, they're bringing their windows servers back up with the upgrades?