In the real world you are likely to use 48 LEDs, in two different strings, so that you get light from both sides of the wave. Me thinks using half of them with a rectifier would be more efficient - same amount of light with a bit more than half of the components. (Although the other may actually turn out cheaper, who knows...)
I've got the US model from www.globalgadgetuk.com, and needless to say, I'll use it whenever I want in a movie theater, restaurant, or other appropriate location where I spend money on the entertainment/environment.
It says right on that site: "If you have a problem with mobile phone usage in your establishment and want to eliminate it, then look no further!" Why don't you let the owner of the establishment decide if customers may use their phones or not? It's not your call who gets to do what in somebody else's house. You're free not to spend money if you deem the service unsatisfactory.
If jammers ever get popular here, I could use a cell phone jammer detector. There's got to be something illegal about vigilante jamming.
One week really is nothing. Often we have to wait a month or more, and for some reason I'm spending less on those than I would otherwise. Sadly, it's not just games either.
When I configure a PC I can choose between a Pentium 2.2GHz, or an AMD 2400. Now how fast is the 2400? I don't know, It didn't say, and that's why AMD is No. 2.
And 2.2GHz tells you how much about processing power? Just that the gates work at that frequency. Wanna buy my 8GHz chip? Intel won't reach that speed any time soon, you'll be the cool kid on the block for years to come.
After Firefox was open once it loads again quickly here. Still, does anyone know if I can keep the program pre-loaded in the tray like old(slow) Mozilla versions practically used to require?
If I understand correctly, had CSS never been cracked, this would be the first time people could actually watch DVDs on Linux. Sounds kinda ridiculous, doesn't it? Thankfully we're not entirely dependant on corporate shmucks.
I think (hope?) that once the X-Prize has been won, there will be another prize put up for the first private flight into orbit, since that's the next big milestone in commercial spaceflight.
What's even better is that the people who started this (by linking to the.torrent on moorewatch.com) thought they were hurting Moore! By letting people who weren't going to watch it see it for free. Can I get a L-O-L ?
they are still impressive machines, save for the GPU
I know, the GPU's in these things suck. The Radeon 9800XT is a toy, just because it was released more than a month ago.
Released yesterday would be too old if a new generation had since then succeeded it soundly. Which is what has happened. Compared to the X800 cards, 9800s are mid-range. Not "suck", just unimpressive.
Setup B) 2GHz Intel, 1gb ram, 40gb hdd, swap 2gb. Taking out the swap in that machine and the system ran fine. Even running Half-Life: Counter-Strike via WineX by transgaming.
Do try that with Far Cry, I'm curious whether you'll notice a difference there. That recommends 1GB RAM, and swapping unused memory is certainly considered.
Personally, I think games are the one reason why swap is still very useful. You either run your programs on your desktop, or a game - not both. Getting enough RAM to hold everything is wasted money.
Yes, it does mean I have to carry around two or three devises instead of one.
Two or three? What I have use for, even if only occasionally, listed individually using only optimized one-task devices...
1) Phone 2) Music Player 3) Data Storage 4) Organizer 5) Camera 6) Flashlight;) 7) Gameboy 8) Webbrowser 9) Calculator 10) Stopwatch 11) Watch 12) Alarm
I think I'm going to need a backpack!
Luckily, everything except the camera is covered by my cell phone and MP3 player. I'm thinking about buying a digital one, since I do want quality cell phone ones won't be able to provide for a while yet... but I look forward to the day when they do that and the rest well.
Time to reconfigure. This isn't meant to be a general processor with task switching. Context and task switching is going to be expensive and if you plan on running two concurrent tasks which both require special instructions the entire processor will likely perform, on average, much worse than it would without the reconfigurable portion. Unless, of course, the processes were created to use the same set of special instructions so the context switch isn't more expesnsive than it is for today's processors.
May we see the return of co-processors? This could be great for personal computers, to dynamically help the CPU with various tasks...
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In the real world you are likely to use 48 LEDs, in two different strings, so that you get light from both sides of the wave.
Me thinks using half of them with a rectifier would be more efficient - same amount of light with a bit more than half of the components. (Although the other may actually turn out cheaper, who knows...)
I've got the US model from www.globalgadgetuk.com, and needless to say, I'll use it whenever I want in a movie theater, restaurant, or other appropriate location where I spend money on the entertainment/environment.
It says right on that site: "If you have a problem with mobile phone usage in your establishment and want to eliminate it, then look no further!" Why don't you let the owner of the establishment decide if customers may use their phones or not? It's not your call who gets to do what in somebody else's house. You're free not to spend money if you deem the service unsatisfactory.
If jammers ever get popular here, I could use a cell phone jammer detector. There's got to be something illegal about vigilante jamming.
A lot of people will like the fact that it 100 dollars less. Some will like the 50% improvement in battery life.
I think with that they'd eliminate the two prime reasons to decide against an iPod.
Pretty much anything that can be done competitively could be a sport.
And this world has gone nuts a while ago.
You support the consolidation of radio and other music distribution networks so you have tight control on who listens and how they listen.
We tell you what's good and play it until you like it!
One week really is nothing. Often we have to wait a month or more, and for some reason I'm spending less on those than I would otherwise. Sadly, it's not just games either.
When I configure a PC I can choose between a Pentium 2.2GHz, or an AMD 2400. Now how fast is the 2400? I don't know, It didn't say, and that's why AMD is No. 2.
And 2.2GHz tells you how much about processing power? Just that the gates work at that frequency. Wanna buy my 8GHz chip? Intel won't reach that speed any time soon, you'll be the cool kid on the block for years to come.
After Firefox was open once it loads again quickly here. Still, does anyone know if I can keep the program pre-loaded in the tray like old(slow) Mozilla versions practically used to require?
If I understand correctly, had CSS never been cracked, this would be the first time people could actually watch DVDs on Linux. Sounds kinda ridiculous, doesn't it? Thankfully we're not entirely dependant on corporate shmucks.
I think (hope?) that once the X-Prize has been won, there will be another prize put up for the first private flight into orbit, since that's the next big milestone in commercial spaceflight.
...
We're gonna need zero-g trash collectors
Ignorance is bliss.
What's even better is that the people who started this (by linking to the .torrent on moorewatch.com) thought they were hurting Moore! By letting people who weren't going to watch it see it for free. Can I get a L-O-L ?
I occasionally skim through PC Magazine, but I can't get the links to work. Lousy paper based publications.
Affinity Engines should brace themselves for the incoming lawsuit regarding SCO's business model.
1. There is NO copy controlled software on US or UK releases of Beastie Boys' "To the 5 Boroughs."
2. The disk *IS* copy controlled in Europe - which is standard policy for all
Why is it that Europeans get the DRM disks and US/UK get regular ones?
Godspeed.
they are still impressive machines, save for the GPU
I know, the GPU's in these things suck. The Radeon 9800XT is a toy, just because it was released more than a month ago.
Released yesterday would be too old if a new generation had since then succeeded it soundly. Which is what has happened. Compared to the X800 cards, 9800s are mid-range. Not "suck", just unimpressive.
Setup B) 2GHz Intel, 1gb ram, 40gb hdd, swap 2gb.
Taking out the swap in that machine and the system ran fine. Even running Half-Life: Counter-Strike via WineX by transgaming.
Do try that with Far Cry, I'm curious whether you'll notice a difference there. That recommends 1GB RAM, and swapping unused memory is certainly considered.
Personally, I think games are the one reason why swap is still very useful. You either run your programs on your desktop, or a game - not both. Getting enough RAM to hold everything is wasted money.
These actually might, so the spam we get today could be valid offers in the future. If we still haven't dealt with it by then, that is...
All right, what's two A1's equal?
A0 is the biggest one.
Webmin should have sued SCO without mentioning any details that would allow correcting the problem. :>
Yes, it does mean I have to carry around two or three devises instead of one.
;)
Two or three? What I have use for, even if only occasionally, listed individually using only optimized one-task devices...
1) Phone
2) Music Player
3) Data Storage
4) Organizer
5) Camera
6) Flashlight
7) Gameboy
8) Webbrowser
9) Calculator
10) Stopwatch
11) Watch
12) Alarm
I think I'm going to need a backpack!
Luckily, everything except the camera is covered by my cell phone and MP3 player. I'm thinking about buying a digital one, since I do want quality cell phone ones won't be able to provide for a while yet... but I look forward to the day when they do that and the rest well.
I have a Barton 2500+ and can confirm its idle and load temperatures are very close, within 2 degrees here...
Time to reconfigure. This isn't meant to be a general processor with task switching. Context and task switching is going to be expensive and if you plan on running two concurrent tasks which both require special instructions the entire processor will likely perform, on average, much worse than it would without the reconfigurable portion. Unless, of course, the processes were created to use the same set of special instructions so the context switch isn't more expesnsive than it is for today's processors.
May we see the return of co-processors? This could be great for personal computers, to dynamically help the CPU with various tasks...
Don't underestimate a company's desire for cash. If it's expected to be profitable there may yet be hope.