It's not a matter of technology.
It's a matter of money.
Given that the largest wafer currently in use is 300mm in diameter, one can make a 200mm x 200mm sensor with enough money to develop a new mask and throw away some wafers till you get a reasonably working sensor.
Canon 1Ds has 35mm x 24mm sensor with 11mp.
This would translate to 500mp with a 200mm x 200mm sensor, and that's ought to be a good match to large formats.
Still dynamic range would be a problem but with landscape, you can simply take one slightly overexposed and the other slightly underexposed, and merge them to increase the dynamic range.
...and you'll get silent data corruption/system panic every week. Apple's G5 system doesn't support ECC memory at this point, and it's a killer I think. Nobody with a right mind would buy such a huge cluster with tera bytes of memory without ECC or chipkill.
If you're interested in the history of computers,
this is the place to visit.
Check out their
website www.computerhistory.org.
They have some amazing collection of *old* computers...
I think there are enough quality radio programs for me.
But most of the stations/programs offer online streaming service, a.k.a. audio on demand.
If I like what I hear on the radio but have other stuff that needs my immediate attention,
I just write down the show name and the time,
then look it up on the internet for archived audio.
Works like charm for NPR or most of other public radio.
Still, I think it would be nice if car audios come with PAR capability by default.
Tell that to SACD engineers.
CD (or more precisely PCM) is far from perfect. SACD FAQ(the original site seems to be dead now, so this is a google cache).
instability is inevitable for fast evolution.
A stable system means its not evolving fast enough, or evolution is slow.
Many softwares have been evolving so fast
that there's been no time to perfect the existing features before adding new ones.
At some point in the lifetime of indivisual software, it reaches a point where it's somewhat "stable" in the sense that no more major features are needed.
For example, TeX reached its relative maturity during 80s and IIRC, there's no known bug at this point.
If all softwares are given enough time, they will all reach that kind of maturity. The problem is not all of them can survive that long - usually they become obsolete before they become stable...
Sun has always been competing with itself -
they are notorious for canibalizing its own sale
with a new product.
After all, it's not that surprising,
considering that if they don't do it themselves, someone else will.
This is obviously a troll.
Did you ever bother to look at the price of the newly announced systems ?
v60x and v65x servers are quite cheap
even compared to Dell's similarly configured systems.
> If enough countries take an anti-spam stance, > the rest may have to fall in line or risk > being blocked completely.
Right. So spam IS a global problem.
> if you don't do business in the US, > then there's little point > in spamming people in the US.
I think it's not that straightforward. Suppose a foreign porn service company. If they start sending spams to people in US, I don't see how US court can affect them. -s.p.
Legal solutions can prevail in US.
The problem is that emails can be sent from a computer outside the US jurisdiction.
Legal solutions may or may not work in other countries.
-s.p.
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It's not a matter of technology. It's a matter of money. Given that the largest wafer currently in use is 300mm in diameter, one can make a 200mm x 200mm sensor with enough money to develop a new mask and throw away some wafers till you get a reasonably working sensor. Canon 1Ds has 35mm x 24mm sensor with 11mp. This would translate to 500mp with a 200mm x 200mm sensor, and that's ought to be a good match to large formats. Still dynamic range would be a problem but with landscape, you can simply take one slightly overexposed and the other slightly underexposed, and merge them to increase the dynamic range.
...and you'll get silent data corruption/system panic every week. Apple's G5 system doesn't support ECC memory at this point, and it's a killer I think. Nobody with a right mind would buy such a huge cluster with tera bytes of memory without ECC or chipkill.
Slap on the wrist ? It was a high five between the Feds and Microsoft.
I just posted this reply, and then the next next slashdot article is about the museum...what a coincidence.
If you're interested in the history of computers, this is the place to visit.
Check out their website www.computerhistory.org.
They have some amazing collection of *old* computers...
I think there are enough quality radio programs for me. But most of the stations/programs offer online streaming service, a.k.a. audio on demand. If I like what I hear on the radio but have other stuff that needs my immediate attention, I just write down the show name and the time, then look it up on the internet for archived audio. Works like charm for NPR or most of other public radio. Still, I think it would be nice if car audios come with PAR capability by default.
Tell that to SACD engineers.
CD (or more precisely PCM) is far from perfect.
SACD FAQ(the original site seems to be dead now, so this is a google cache).
instability is inevitable for fast evolution. A stable system means its not evolving fast enough, or evolution is slow.
Many softwares have been evolving so fast that there's been no time to perfect the existing features before adding new ones. At some point in the lifetime of indivisual software, it reaches a point where it's somewhat "stable" in the sense that no more major features are needed. For example, TeX reached its relative maturity during 80s and IIRC, there's no known bug at this point.
If all softwares are given enough time, they will all reach that kind of maturity. The problem is not all of them can survive that long - usually they become obsolete before they become stable...
Sun has always been competing with itself - they are notorious for canibalizing its own sale with a new product. After all, it's not that surprising, considering that if they don't do it themselves, someone else will.
This is obviously a troll. Did you ever bother to look at the price of the newly announced systems ? v60x and v65x servers are quite cheap even compared to Dell's similarly configured systems.
> If enough countries take an anti-spam stance,
> the rest may have to fall in line or risk
> being blocked completely.
Right. So spam IS a global problem.
> if you don't do business in the US,
> then there's little point
> in spamming people in the US.
I think it's not that straightforward.
Suppose a foreign porn service company.
If they start sending spams to people in US,
I don't see how US court can affect them.
-s.p.
Legal solutions can prevail in US. The problem is that emails can be sent from a computer outside the US jurisdiction. Legal solutions may or may not work in other countries. -s.p.