I loved Graffiti too on my Palm m512, I Was really sad when palm lost against lexmark and removed graffiti for the same input system of symbian. Anyway, I've just searched and there is a graffiti port for android. But I just feel strange using the finger instead of a pen (maybe it's time to buy a capacitive pen). Cya
What about Humidity, dirt, paper-eating bugs etc... Aluminum and steel are already easily recyclable enough and are highly durable, I used my old steel AT case for 8 years till the ATX era and I think my current steel ATX case will last at least for the same time;) No cardboard box can last the same;)
I do believe that cardboard could be a good replacement for plastic and metal in all situations where you don't need durability (I've seen cardboard chairs at a festival), but I want my pc to last;) Cya
I think that plot and good gameplay is much more important that graphics in the kind of games I do like, but this is not true in any kind of games. IMHO Gameplay come always first, a game must be fun to play, then came the rest in an order depending on the game kind, as an example an online fps doesn't really need a plot.
Anyway it is also difficult to describe what "good graphics" means. Saying that "good graphics" means high-resolution and photo realism is like saying that a photo is better that a painting. It's not a matter of pixel, is something more complex, it's a form art, you have to choose your canvas, and you have to use it well. An example is Okami (wii and original ps2 version), its low-resolution/low definition graphics to me is the most beautiful eye experience I had from a videogame. The plot and the game-play are just as beautiful, so to me is one of the best game ever.
Well is difficult to explain what a flash memory is (but there is a detailed explanation on wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_memory). To make a long thing short (and very approximative), a flash memory is a sort of "unconnected capacitor" (floating gate) the charge is changed using a quantum physics effects (not only), and is read due to the "interference" of the charge of this "capacitor" with a "nearby" transistor gate. So the first thing you have to know is that the data on a new flash memory stays for a long time (10 years at least), but not forever, cause the capacitor discharge due to natural loss of carge. Due to disk writing (changing the value of a cell) the charge is loss faster and faster so there will be a day that the charge of a cell will be completely loss after just a few hours or less. The effect you may see depend mostly on the cell type (SLC or MLC) and cell allocation algorithm, but the first thing you'll see is random data corruption of recently updated datas; but, due to the cell allocation algorithms, faulty cells will be eventually assigned to updated fat data and the damage will propagate fast. My sugestion is: replace a flash memory at the first signs of data corruption. Cya
Sure, but as you said electromigration dominates. Mainly because the effect are serious much before you meet the breakdown voltage issue.
Anyway breakdown cause FAST damage of the gate so you noticed that YOU made something wrong:) Electromigration instead doesn't generate any immediate effect, so (this is just an example) everything work fine for a month then your cpu is gone, this create the illusion that the cpu was faulty (while it wasn't) that is something that intel doesn't want to happen.
Well the downsizing of the cpu transistors make them "faster" but also more fragile.
To be more specific overvolting is not a problem for the transistor itself but it is a problem for the interconnections due to the effect of Electromigration http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromigration.
The interconnections of latest CPUS are so thin that +0.15 could mean a lifespan cut of 50% or more. While higher values could mean a lifespan of months instead of years!
Its true that overclocking was always said to be a dangerous practice while actually till 1-2 years ago wasn't (with a proper cooling), but now we are using something that can be less and a hundred atoms wide!
Actually intel is frightened that a too common "high" overvolting pratices could make their CPU seem less reliable (well they are but is a intrisic problem not an intel fault)
Yes is a frightening trend. I just hope that govs all around the world don't give them that right!
If I buy something, I want to use it as I please (unless I do put other peoples at harm).
I can accept that no support is given on software that are not the "default" or that if I alter the hardware the warranty is void, but no more that that!
If they want the ownership right on something the must rent it and not selling it, but this means:
- I can rent the object for a short period (so If I need a laptop for the holydays I can borrow it and not buy it:D)
- Full and fast HW/SW support included in the renting fee for the whole time of the renting
This way they can have full right on the object, cause I'm paying for a service not for a product.
This business model would have as a result that the user would have less right on the device but surely would have a better quality device that will not break as easily as current ones.
You can't have all the rights and all the money at the same time:D
Bye
Most spam is sent by bot-nets, mostly composed by infected pc of workplaces, school and private homes.
In many countries during the second and third week of August many schools and workplaces are closed so their pc are just turned off, this mean that the bot-nets have less active nodes and so are less effective.
I do receive less spam too but I think that it will be back to the sad old amount at the end of the summer:(
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I loved Graffiti too on my Palm m512, I Was really sad when palm lost against lexmark and removed graffiti for the same input system of symbian.
Anyway, I've just searched and there is a graffiti port for android. But I just feel strange using the finger instead of a pen (maybe it's time to buy a capacitive pen).
Cya
Palm is missing, I really loved my PalmV and my m515 at those times (m515 still works).
What about Humidity, dirt, paper-eating bugs etc... ;) ;)
Aluminum and steel are already easily recyclable enough and are highly durable, I used my old steel AT case for 8 years till the ATX era and I think my current steel ATX case will last at least for the same time
No cardboard box can last the same
I do believe that cardboard could be a good replacement for plastic and metal in all situations where you don't need durability (I've seen cardboard chairs at a festival), but I want my pc to last ;)
Cya
I think that plot and good gameplay is much more important that graphics in the kind of games I do like, but this is not true in any kind of games.
IMHO Gameplay come always first, a game must be fun to play, then came the rest in an order depending on the game kind, as an example an online fps doesn't really need a plot.
Anyway it is also difficult to describe what "good graphics" means.
Saying that "good graphics" means high-resolution and photo realism is like saying that a photo is better that a painting.
It's not a matter of pixel, is something more complex, it's a form art, you have to choose your canvas, and you have to use it well.
An example is Okami (wii and original ps2 version), its low-resolution/low definition graphics to me is the most beautiful eye experience I had from a videogame. The plot and the game-play are just as beautiful, so to me is one of the best game ever.
Anyway It's a matter of taste ;)
Cya
Well is difficult to explain what a flash memory is (but there is a detailed explanation on wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_memory). To make a long thing short (and very approximative), a flash memory is a sort of "unconnected capacitor" (floating gate) the charge is changed using a quantum physics effects (not only), and is read due to the "interference" of the charge of this "capacitor" with a "nearby" transistor gate.
So the first thing you have to know is that the data on a new flash memory stays for a long time (10 years at least), but not forever, cause the capacitor discharge due to natural loss of carge.
Due to disk writing (changing the value of a cell) the charge is loss faster and faster so there will be a day that the charge of a cell will be completely loss after just a few hours or less.
The effect you may see depend mostly on the cell type (SLC or MLC) and cell allocation algorithm, but the first thing you'll see is random data corruption of recently updated datas; but, due to the cell allocation algorithms, faulty cells will be eventually assigned to updated fat data and the damage will propagate fast.
My sugestion is: replace a flash memory at the first signs of data corruption.
Cya
Meucci was the real owner of the idea of the phone. But he was almost forgotten, only recently it received some credits.
Sure, but as you said electromigration dominates.
Mainly because the effect are serious much before you meet the breakdown voltage issue.
Anyway breakdown cause FAST damage of the gate so you noticed that YOU made something wrong :) Electromigration instead doesn't generate any immediate effect, so (this is just an example) everything work fine for a month then your cpu is gone, this create the illusion that the cpu was faulty (while it wasn't) that is something that intel doesn't want to happen.
Well the downsizing of the cpu transistors make them "faster" but also more fragile.
To be more specific overvolting is not a problem for the transistor itself but it is a problem for the interconnections due to the effect of Electromigration http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromigration.
The interconnections of latest CPUS are so thin that +0.15 could mean a lifespan cut of 50% or more. While higher values could mean a lifespan of months instead of years!
Its true that overclocking was always said to be a dangerous practice while actually till 1-2 years ago wasn't (with a proper cooling), but now we are using something that can be less and a hundred atoms wide!
Actually intel is frightened that a too common "high" overvolting pratices could make their CPU seem less reliable (well they are but is a intrisic problem not an intel fault)
Yes is a frightening trend. I just hope that govs all around the world don't give them that right! If I buy something, I want to use it as I please (unless I do put other peoples at harm). I can accept that no support is given on software that are not the "default" or that if I alter the hardware the warranty is void, but no more that that! If they want the ownership right on something the must rent it and not selling it, but this means: - I can rent the object for a short period (so If I need a laptop for the holydays I can borrow it and not buy it :D)
- Full and fast HW/SW support included in the renting fee for the whole time of the renting
This way they can have full right on the object, cause I'm paying for a service not for a product.
This business model would have as a result that the user would have less right on the device but surely would have a better quality device that will not break as easily as current ones.
You can't have all the rights and all the money at the same time :D
Bye
Most spam is sent by bot-nets, mostly composed by infected pc of workplaces, school and private homes. In many countries during the second and third week of August many schools and workplaces are closed so their pc are just turned off, this mean that the bot-nets have less active nodes and so are less effective. I do receive less spam too but I think that it will be back to the sad old amount at the end of the summer :(