If these chips are so powerful, and they do seem to be somewhat general purpose (at least by evidence of people making thinks like pi calculators and other small examples utilizing the graphics hardware), why isnt intel/amd using these same techniques with their main chips ?
The problem with the seizsure thing is that the US Government doesnt "own" the internet in the same way they own the United States. I.e. Their jurisdiction over it is somewhat different. Now, practically, sure, they can do whatever the hell they want.... Network Solutions is a US based company, and I'm sure they could force domain transfers, but the outcry from the Euro's and the rest of the world that America is "taking over the internet" would be "annoying" to say the least.
When a new story that's not a main-page story comes AFTER the last main page story posted (but with no supporting main page story above it), it looks like a orphaned child, seperated from it's mother story.
Of course the very association between the two stories should be sorted out, as many people have mentioned, but at the moment, they look like stray interface elements, or a page mis-rendering.
This is a rediculous bit of slander against the right for no particular reason. The republicans , or any political party for that matter, had nothing to do with GOOG going down, it was, as many other people have said, the market. Investors dont just see Government involvement and bolt... they're not stupid.
That you feel that this is an opportunity involving something remotely government related to bash a political party is somewhat.. sad. Please take your politic-mongering elsewhere.
It's not considered one, and I never said it was. But clearly whoever wrote the article is either sloppy (or their editor was) or just didnt have the requisite understanding of science.
I believe he was highlighting the fact that he was a doctoral student, who really should know these things. But knowing the press, I bet it was them and not him who's at fault w/ the misquote.
In any event, it's still the press's fault for not checking what should be an obvious discrepancy in a story. But that would require the writer to have a good solid science background, which many journalists, sadly, do not.
I'd buy that.. but metal atoms REALLY dont like to be simple anions (i.e. -1), let alone -2, which would be the requisite. The real trick would be to keep the metal from giving up that extra electron.
Unless something weird is going on.. it shouldnt. Likely an article error. I posted on the same thing about 10 seconds later than you, too.:)
Leave it to slashdot to correct press-science. In fact, come to think of it, I think a lot of major news articles would benefeit from being run by the hawkish eyes of the slashdot crowd. There's so many errors in science journalism these days its embarrassing for the media.
I'm sure they're doing some great work... but my chemistry tells me something a little funny about this quote:
"The cadmium atom that has lost an electron becomes a negatively charged ion, which can then be controlled with an electrical field," said Daniel Stick, a doctoral student in the University of Michigan's physics department who participated in the work.
Excuse me ? Generally when atoms LOSE electrons, they become POSITIVE. Quantum wierdness indeed.
No, just so used to the Powerbook name after so many years using Apples. I dunno, just seems sorta "off" to me. My friends at Apple say the same thing, people hate the name, but they'll come to like it (hopefully).
The only apple "portable" that didnt bear the name powerbook that I can remember was the Apple Portable (a.k.a. "Luggable") w/ a teeny 640*400 screen (Link).
Hate the name, hate it hate it hate it. I know the Power implies the use of a PPC chip.. but they had the Power name way back before PPC, so I really see no reason to drop it. "MacBook Pro" sounds like a kiddy toy
But I've got to say, I love the specs. Finally good mobile graphics. Good CPU power, comparable on price to Dell's, which is really nice (even better deal for students w/ Apple). The iSight/frontrow stuff is just icing on the cake.
Oh, and that magnetic no-trip power cord... that's just slick apple engineering right there.
Hate the name, hate it hate it hate it. I know the Power implies the use of a PPC chip.. but they had the Power name way back before PPC, so I really see no reason to drop it. "MacBook Pro" sounds like a kiddy toy
But I've got to say, I love the specs. Finally good mobile graphics. Good CPU power, comparable on price to Dell's, which is really nice (even better deal for students w/ Apple). The iSight/frontrow stuff is just icing on the cake.
Oh, and that magnetic no-trip power cord... that's just slick apple engineering right there.
Either that, or they were afraid, that, as in the past, they might not be able to pull it off in time and be left with some really unhappy customers.
I think Apple's been burned too much in the past about promises it couldnt keep and products it couldnt ship in quantity that Jobs is now more conservative w/ his estimates. If his people tell him December, he buffers it to June, just to be sure. The worst thing that can happen to him and Apple is the "disappointment" factor. If we take something for granted, and then it isnt there, we feel gipped. If we didnt know it was planned and it doesnt come, we dont feel nearly as bad.
I believe you mean "thermal energy" and not heat.. as heat is a transient quantity.
Also, not everything ends up as thermal energy. Take for example, the intrinsic binding energy present in the lead nucleus, one of the most stable elements known to man. Assuming you dont bash it with rediculous amounts of radiation, it's likely to stay as lead, and the intrinsic binding energy stored within the nucleus.
Another example: A superconducting magnet, such as that found in an NMR or MRI machine. Round and round the electrons go, but there's no heat dissipation so long as it remains superconducting.
I think the OP forgot the most obvious of them all: The cellphone.
As a college guy who's parents wont pony up for one w/ the plan (or at all for that matter), I'm acutely aware of how every tom dick and harry (and Jane, Janet and Janice) have one.
Was anyone else really annoyed by the extreme bias imparted with the opening sentence ?
"Its just one minor battle in a war it likely won't win, but Mozilla's Firefox has tasted victory--and it is little and orange"
Sounds like someone who sees Firefox as a small upstart instead of the serious competetor that it is. Either that, or a MS Shill. (I'm more likely inclined to say that its someone who's not very in tune with technology)
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We need to keep people like you away from the policy makers. Stop giving them good excuses damn it! :)
Post a streaming video and picture link on slashdot.... I predict that it'll go dark quick... Oh, wait, it's Akamai hosted.. this should be fun !
If these chips are so powerful, and they do seem to be somewhat general purpose (at least by evidence of people making thinks like pi calculators and other small examples utilizing the graphics hardware), why isnt intel/amd using these same techniques with their main chips ?
Does anyone else want to shoot the stupid auto-talking advertisement on that ugly site?
The problem with the seizsure thing is that the US Government doesnt "own" the internet in the same way they own the United States. I.e. Their jurisdiction over it is somewhat different. Now, practically, sure, they can do whatever the hell they want.... Network Solutions is a US based company, and I'm sure they could force domain transfers, but the outcry from the Euro's and the rest of the world that America is "taking over the internet" would be "annoying" to say the least.
I was thinking more along the lines of Buy it.. or be stuck with that awful old GUI...
Finally, we've gotten really good at copying Mac OS , we promise this time !
When a new story that's not a main-page story comes AFTER the last main page story posted (but with no supporting main page story above it), it looks like a orphaned child, seperated from it's mother story.
Of course the very association between the two stories should be sorted out, as many people have mentioned, but at the moment, they look like stray interface elements, or a page mis-rendering.
This is a rediculous bit of slander against the right for no particular reason. The republicans , or any political party for that matter, had nothing to do with GOOG going down, it was, as many other people have said, the market. Investors dont just see Government involvement and bolt... they're not stupid.
That you feel that this is an opportunity involving something remotely government related to bash a political party is somewhat.. sad. Please take your politic-mongering elsewhere.
It's not considered one, and I never said it was. But clearly whoever wrote the article is either sloppy (or their editor was) or just didnt have the requisite understanding of science.
Amusingly enough, someone else beat us both to it, so i'm gonna be feeling the redundancy wrath, too.
I believe he was highlighting the fact that he was a doctoral student, who really should know these things. But knowing the press, I bet it was them and not him who's at fault w/ the misquote.
In any event, it's still the press's fault for not checking what should be an obvious discrepancy in a story. But that would require the writer to have a good solid science background, which many journalists, sadly, do not.
I'd buy that.. but metal atoms REALLY dont like to be simple anions (i.e. -1), let alone -2, which would be the requisite. The real trick would be to keep the metal from giving up that extra electron.
Unless something weird is going on.. it shouldnt. Likely an article error. I posted on the same thing about 10 seconds later than you, too. :)
Leave it to slashdot to correct press-science. In fact, come to think of it, I think a lot of major news articles would benefeit from being run by the hawkish eyes of the slashdot crowd. There's so many errors in science journalism these days its embarrassing for the media.
P.S. to avoid the standard "I am not a chemist but..."
I am a chemist.
I'm sure they're doing some great work... but my chemistry tells me something a little funny about this quote:
"The cadmium atom that has lost an electron becomes a negatively charged ion, which can then be controlled with an electrical field," said Daniel Stick, a doctoral student in the University of Michigan's physics department who participated in the work.
Excuse me ? Generally when atoms LOSE electrons, they become POSITIVE. Quantum wierdness indeed.
No, just so used to the Powerbook name after so many years using Apples. I dunno, just seems sorta "off" to me. My friends at Apple say the same thing, people hate the name, but they'll come to like it (hopefully).
The only apple "portable" that didnt bear the name powerbook that I can remember was the Apple Portable (a.k.a. "Luggable") w/ a teeny 640*400 screen (Link).
Did they? I'm not entirely sure about that.
They sure did. I'm a machead and used to use some of the old PB Duos. For a listing, look here. Take for example, the Powerbook 190.
Older PowerPC Powerbooks are listed here.
Crap.. sorry for the double post. I thought the first one didnt go through for some reason. Damn macworld powered adrenaline.
Hate the name, hate it hate it hate it. I know the Power implies the use of a PPC chip.. but they had the Power name way back before PPC, so I really see no reason to drop it. "MacBook Pro" sounds like a kiddy toy
But I've got to say, I love the specs. Finally good mobile graphics. Good CPU power, comparable on price to Dell's, which is really nice (even better deal for students w/ Apple). The iSight/frontrow stuff is just icing on the cake.
Oh, and that magnetic no-trip power cord... that's just slick apple engineering right there.
Hate the name, hate it hate it hate it. I know the Power implies the use of a PPC chip.. but they had the Power name way back before PPC, so I really see no reason to drop it. "MacBook Pro" sounds like a kiddy toy But I've got to say, I love the specs. Finally good mobile graphics. Good CPU power, comparable on price to Dell's, which is really nice (even better deal for students w/ Apple). The iSight/frontrow stuff is just icing on the cake. Oh, and that magnetic no-trip power cord... that's just slick apple engineering right there.
Either that, or they were afraid, that, as in the past, they might not be able to pull it off in time and be left with some really unhappy customers.
I think Apple's been burned too much in the past about promises it couldnt keep and products it couldnt ship in quantity that Jobs is now more conservative w/ his estimates. If his people tell him December, he buffers it to June, just to be sure. The worst thing that can happen to him and Apple is the "disappointment" factor. If we take something for granted, and then it isnt there, we feel gipped. If we didnt know it was planned and it doesnt come, we dont feel nearly as bad.
I believe you mean "thermal energy" and not heat.. as heat is a transient quantity.
Also, not everything ends up as thermal energy. Take for example, the intrinsic binding energy present in the lead nucleus, one of the most stable elements known to man. Assuming you dont bash it with rediculous amounts of radiation, it's likely to stay as lead, and the intrinsic binding energy stored within the nucleus.
Another example: A superconducting magnet, such as that found in an NMR or MRI machine. Round and round the electrons go, but there's no heat dissipation so long as it remains superconducting.
I'm sure other examples exist as well..
Maby it was imprisoned ?
I think the OP forgot the most obvious of them all: The cellphone.
As a college guy who's parents wont pony up for one w/ the plan (or at all for that matter), I'm acutely aware of how every tom dick and harry (and Jane, Janet and Janice) have one.
Was anyone else really annoyed by the extreme bias imparted with the opening sentence ?
"Its just one minor battle in a war it likely won't win, but Mozilla's Firefox has tasted victory--and it is little and orange"
Sounds like someone who sees Firefox as a small upstart instead of the serious competetor that it is. Either that, or a MS Shill. (I'm more likely inclined to say that its someone who's not very in tune with technology)
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