1-bit SRAM cell = 6 transistors 1-bit DRAM cell = 1 transistor and a capacitance (not necessarily a physical capacitor, just something that acts like one)
Even though I doubt Ben and google would go "evil" on firefox, if the rest of the community didnt like it, they can go fork. Firefox is under an open license. The community can just pick up and leave Ben or whoever and make their own browser on top of whatever they pull from the source library...
Because after MS runs the competition out of business (or out of that market), the only software in that segment is MS's overpriced Office suite (though the student edition of office isnt too bad).
Its not in cable's interest to deploy CableCard technology. They'd rather you rent a $10/mo box forever instead of buying a CC-equiped device. Its a lost revenue stream. Even if they charge you $1/mo for the actual card (it still remains their property, you'll NEVER see a CableCard on e-bay since end-users are never allowed to buy one), you're losing a large amount of revenue in equipment rentals.
So what do they do?
As anyone with a CC equiped set know, they provide shitty service and support to cablecard customers. Staff I've talked to dont get informed. They have to search the web to go and find information on what TVs have difficulties and what to do about it to fix them. The software is still buggy, despite the FCC mandate that CableCard be operational on July 1 2004.
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at 230AM. Joined a channel called #earthquake on efnet. We just had a sizable earthquake here in the west. The epicenter was out in the desert so damage wasnt too bad, but I could sure feel it here. So I got on and talked to people about the earthquake, where we all were, etc. Pretty interesting...
Just, you wouldnt die of old age. Jumping off a 100 story building would still probably kill you. Stuff like car accidents, etc could kill you as well. I'm still for it though, I wouldnt mind living to be 500, or even 1000 as long as I could get out of bed every morning and be productive. Of course, I'm only 23 right now so when I'm 60 I might have a different attitude.
and basically it says that there is a greate deal of misinformation coming from the right.
Over the next 75 years, SS will run at a loss of 3.3T USD. Sounds like a lot huh? Well by comparison, the Bush tax cuts (both of them) will result in less revenue to the tune of 11.6T USD over the next 75 years. So even if you revoke 30% of the Bush tax cut, you can pay for SS over the next 75 years (or maybe a little more to cover interest since they tax revenue and SS benefits demand dont have similar demand curves).
I dont think Tivo will die. They will probably suck for a while, they need to get their cablecard system out this summer instead of next year. It really frustrates me that they annouce a product like TivoToGo and then take a year to deploy it because the FCC wont stand up for fair use and tell the MPAA to fuck off.
Coz dscaler can upscale the video better than the TV can. The TV has circuitry that upscales video, and dscaler does the same thing. But I can have a 3GHz processor upscale the video, or I can have some video processor do it. And if you didnt spend $5000+ for the TV, its possible to have dscaler look better.
Same here in America, but a lot of people who are interested are outputting their video from a HTPC, and 1920x1080 at 60 frames progressive over DVI (over an DVI to HDMI converter) or VGA. DVD player on the HTPC plus dscaler and a fast processor could make DVDs look simply amazing.
While the HDMI interface has the bandwidth to carry 1080P signals (1080P is considered the best HD video standard), the chipsets used in TVs nowadays are not capable of handling the bitrate 1080P would use. This has been discussed on the AVS Forum, in one thread in particular, in the context of the new 1080P Samsung TVs unveiled at CES 2005.
Its not really possible to capture video off of DVI at the moment (DVI is basically uncompressed video - 180MB/s), so I dont see HDMI as a big deal. It'll encrypt the audio, but that doesnt seem like a big deal (I'm going to have optical out going to surround sound receiver, not digital audio to my TV through HDMI).
Its not like people are capturing video off VGA/DVI now, at most it'll affect KVM switches, projectors, etc.
The biggest issue with HDMI is the fact that it may become an exclusive output system. IOW, no way to support VGA, DVI, etc. I dont see video card makers and companies like nVidia and ATI saying "you have to buy a new HDMI compliant monitor to run this new video card". Its in their interest to sell the most video cards, not raise barriers to entry to purchasing their products.
Whats this market-not-demanding shit? I want more capacity. I want a 2TB RAID-5 system with 4 drives. That would be great, just get a 3ware 4-port controller and 4 HDs and have enough space to rip 250DVDs.
I'd buy my parents a MiniMac before this... at least the Mac has decent amount of software, at least Mac Office, a few games and such (not as wide as the PC, but thats vulnerable enough as-is).
I'm more inclined to believe that the shit we pump into the atmosphere, combined with the earth changing naturally, is going to cause more extremes. Not warming or cooling, but more extremes more often. More droughts, more floods, more snowstorms, more of anything but normal weather conditions.
I see this 1st-party vs 3rd-party VoIP playing out like Tivo vs In-house PVRs. You can either get the generic crap from the cable co. or you can opt for the nicer 3rd party stuff.
I kinda understand where they are coming from. Stuff like water facilities, power grid info, etc, probably should be kept secret. Some of the stuff is above groud, but just giving away high-quality maps of underground facilities is leaving yourself open, and failure analysis and worst-case-scenarios should definately be kept secret. I wouldnt see any reason why stuff like parcel data should be kept secret.
Am I the only one who think Tom's Hardware is completely biased (pro-intel, pro-nvidia). I remember reading reviews where AMD dominates all but video editing and they call it even. I've stopped reading their stuff a while ago, so maybe they fixed it (doubt it though).
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1-bit SRAM cell = 6 transistors
1-bit DRAM cell = 1 transistor and a capacitance (not necessarily a physical capacitor, just something that acts like one)
Even though I doubt Ben and google would go "evil" on firefox, if the rest of the community didnt like it, they can go fork. Firefox is under an open license. The community can just pick up and leave Ben or whoever and make their own browser on top of whatever they pull from the source library...
Since when is limiting competition innovative? Its a shame there isnt a law against spewing such bullshit.
Because after MS runs the competition out of business (or out of that market), the only software in that segment is MS's overpriced Office suite (though the student edition of office isnt too bad).
Its not in cable's interest to deploy CableCard technology. They'd rather you rent a $10/mo box forever instead of buying a CC-equiped device. Its a lost revenue stream. Even if they charge you $1/mo for the actual card (it still remains their property, you'll NEVER see a CableCard on e-bay since end-users are never allowed to buy one), you're losing a large amount of revenue in equipment rentals.
So what do they do?
As anyone with a CC equiped set know, they provide shitty service and support to cablecard customers. Staff I've talked to dont get informed. They have to search the web to go and find information on what TVs have difficulties and what to do about it to fix them. The software is still buggy, despite the FCC mandate that CableCard be operational on July 1 2004.
at 230AM. Joined a channel called #earthquake on efnet. We just had a sizable earthquake here in the west. The epicenter was out in the desert so damage wasnt too bad, but I could sure feel it here. So I got on and talked to people about the earthquake, where we all were, etc. Pretty interesting...
You bastard! I choked on an apple I was eating when I read that!
January 24th is my grandpa's birthday - and the 25th is my birthday! Yikes!
Just, you wouldnt die of old age. Jumping off a 100 story building would still probably kill you. Stuff like car accidents, etc could kill you as well. I'm still for it though, I wouldnt mind living to be 500, or even 1000 as long as I could get out of bed every morning and be productive. Of course, I'm only 23 right now so when I'm 60 I might have a different attitude.
and basically it says that there is a greate deal of misinformation coming from the right.
Over the next 75 years, SS will run at a loss of 3.3T USD. Sounds like a lot huh? Well by comparison, the Bush tax cuts (both of them) will result in less revenue to the tune of 11.6T USD over the next 75 years. So even if you revoke 30% of the Bush tax cut, you can pay for SS over the next 75 years (or maybe a little more to cover interest since they tax revenue and SS benefits demand dont have similar demand curves).
Good thing I didnt purchase the lifetime sub.
I dont think Tivo will die. They will probably suck for a while, they need to get their cablecard system out this summer instead of next year. It really frustrates me that they annouce a product like TivoToGo and then take a year to deploy it because the FCC wont stand up for fair use and tell the MPAA to fuck off.
Legally its probably in the clear. ESPN is owned by Disney, which also owns ABC, and ABC monday night football, which Madden is the comentator.
Coz dscaler can upscale the video better than the TV can. The TV has circuitry that upscales video, and dscaler does the same thing. But I can have a 3GHz processor upscale the video, or I can have some video processor do it. And if you didnt spend $5000+ for the TV, its possible to have dscaler look better.
Same here in America, but a lot of people who are interested are outputting their video from a HTPC, and 1920x1080 at 60 frames progressive over DVI (over an DVI to HDMI converter) or VGA. DVD player on the HTPC plus dscaler and a fast processor could make DVDs look simply amazing.
While the HDMI interface has the bandwidth to carry 1080P signals (1080P is considered the best HD video standard), the chipsets used in TVs nowadays are not capable of handling the bitrate 1080P would use. This has been discussed on the AVS Forum, in one thread in particular, in the context of the new 1080P Samsung TVs unveiled at CES 2005.
Its not really possible to capture video off of DVI at the moment (DVI is basically uncompressed video - 180MB/s), so I dont see HDMI as a big deal. It'll encrypt the audio, but that doesnt seem like a big deal (I'm going to have optical out going to surround sound receiver, not digital audio to my TV through HDMI).
Its not like people are capturing video off VGA/DVI now, at most it'll affect KVM switches, projectors, etc.
The biggest issue with HDMI is the fact that it may become an exclusive output system. IOW, no way to support VGA, DVI, etc. I dont see video card makers and companies like nVidia and ATI saying "you have to buy a new HDMI compliant monitor to run this new video card". Its in their interest to sell the most video cards, not raise barriers to entry to purchasing their products.
5 platters isnt stable in a 7200RPM drives. I expect a 500GB+ version from Seagate using 4 platters, but not 5.
Whats this market-not-demanding shit? I want more capacity. I want a 2TB RAID-5 system with 4 drives. That would be great, just get a 3ware 4-port controller and 4 HDs and have enough space to rip 250DVDs.
I'd buy my parents a MiniMac before this... at least the Mac has decent amount of software, at least Mac Office, a few games and such (not as wide as the PC, but thats vulnerable enough as-is).
I'm more inclined to believe that the shit we pump into the atmosphere, combined with the earth changing naturally, is going to cause more extremes. Not warming or cooling, but more extremes more often. More droughts, more floods, more snowstorms, more of anything but normal weather conditions.
Enough to run it as 1080i to an HDTV over DVI. Looks good for an HTPC box.
I see this 1st-party vs 3rd-party VoIP playing out like Tivo vs In-house PVRs. You can either get the generic crap from the cable co. or you can opt for the nicer 3rd party stuff.
There is also a Call-before-you-dig in the USA, and our staff go out and mark the underground facilities with spray paint.
I kinda understand where they are coming from. Stuff like water facilities, power grid info, etc, probably should be kept secret. Some of the stuff is above groud, but just giving away high-quality maps of underground facilities is leaving yourself open, and failure analysis and worst-case-scenarios should definately be kept secret. I wouldnt see any reason why stuff like parcel data should be kept secret.
FWIW, I work in the GIS dept at a Water Company.
Am I the only one who think Tom's Hardware is completely biased (pro-intel, pro-nvidia). I remember reading reviews where AMD dominates all but video editing and they call it even. I've stopped reading their stuff a while ago, so maybe they fixed it (doubt it though).