Chip Architect was speculating on this way back when intel's 64 bit extensions were still called Yamhill.
They make some interesting observations that lead them to belive the second 32 bit ALU was to allow for 64 bit integer operations in a 2x32 bit format. And not to assist with eliminating resource shortages in HT as some others had suggested.
And even if that does pan out it's highly unlikley to appear in desktop Prescott core chips anytime soon. Seems much more like something you'd find in Xeon MPs and later DPs to eliminate the need for that hack they call PAE.
Though i hardly see how 'somebody told us a seinor exec said' makes Slashdot.' (I understand that's what the Inquirier bases most of their news on, i thought we had slightly higher standards of reliability)
I'm not talking about % im talking about sheer numbers.
In the 1991 Cencus there were 101 million muslim's in India.
According to CIA world fact book, there are currently 126 million in 2003.
I haven't bought a PB since the G3/333 PB Pizmo Lombardi Wallstreet Whatever edition without Firewire Bronze Keyboard. But if there were a G5 PB, I am all for it. That would be birthday present to myself. However, I would have to wait until the second generation of that machine b/c I would like to make sure that Apple just isn't unloading G4 parts with a G5 chip.
Glaskowski has a very good track record when it comes to processors. If you look at this objectively, a 1.6GHz or slower G5 would be an easy fit into the current PowerBook chassis. As has been said many times before, the G5 actually does run cooler and consume less power than the G4 at equal clock speeds. If the 90-nm process is employed, then we're ahead of the game.
When the G5 was introduced last June at the WWDC, it didn't go on sale for another month or two. So the idea of introducing the PB G5 at MacWorld, but not selling it for another month or two is not that hard to imagine.
India is truley a rising nation, it remind s me very much of the United States. Both are very similar countries in some ways, exploited by the british for all their worth, but when the US won its indipendence is grew to become a major world power.
India won indipendence only 55 years ago, and is fast turning into an intelectual and finincial world power. They have a space program, nuclear wepons and huge investment from global companies such as IBM and Dell.
It looks as though American and European jobs are being outsourced there in droves.. I think in another 50 years that India will be beside the US in terms of being a world superpower. In a hundred it will be the most powerful nation in the world.
As a record store owner, you can't blame me for not welcoming the new competition from all these new online music services.
Altough it does impact on my business slighly, it doesn't eat away at my sales as much as some might think.
The reason for this is that most of my sales are to young teenagers (12-15) and they usually do not have a credit card, they are the ones who buy Britney and Justin Timberlake albums, which make up most of my sales in a week.
Another cash cow for my store is the local bands sections. I have come to an agreement with local bands who want to distribute their cd's which I think is very fair, from each sale they get 25%. This is far more than what a record company would give them, and also far more profitable than a chart CD. They get their friends to buy these CD's in droves and its great for me.
I for one am glad p2p has brought the issue of wether we need record stores anymore. I believe we do and it has really been a wake up call for me to get my ass into gear.
Microsoft have had their share of vunerabilities over the last year but not significantly more than linux has, this kind of article always appears on slashdot poking fun at windows security but linux is not much better. Apt-get is not that much better than Windowsupdate.microsoft.com.
I work for a fortune 500 company and we have been considering switching from Windows NT 4 to either Windows Server 2003 or Linux. After much testing we decided to stay on windows for virtually everything except the Primary Domain Controller which scaled much better under Debian.
For file servers we found that samba caused some shares to dissapear occasionally and so we stuck to Windows. For email we needed exchange so we had no choice. For firewall we kept windows because the software we currently use performs much better on windows than Linux.
But as far as security goes we could see on clear advantes of one platform over the other.
This article really shows why it is time for the DMCA to go. Anyone who happens to create any sort of device that someone figures out a way to use it to circumvent anything can be sued under the DMCA. (See also the Sklyarov incident.) Remember when someone discovered that you could use a Sharpie to circumvent the copy protection on a CD? Manufacturers/programmers/whatever should never be responsible for what anyone does outside the intended uses.
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This one is a great addition to the book shelf, I know how to do certain things related to security n J2EE by using the docs and coming across them in my line of work, but this book clarifies nicely why you are actually doing it and provides better language specific ways of doing things that might now occur to you.
Also, it introduces nice security concepts in a clear and easy way which self taught coders might not have come considered before.
I got my copy from Barns & Noble which was a couple of dollars cheaper than amazon.
Been there done That.
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Yeah! Just like the S3 ViRGE! And the ViRGE GX2! And the Savage! And the Savage4! And the Savage2000!
Seriously...they've said the same *damn* thing every time. The only inroads this chipset *might* make would be in low-cost laptops, where S3 already had a sizeable market until the GeForce 2 Go and Radeon Mobility started kicking butt.
I spent a lot of time studying this technology while I was working towards my Bachelor's Degree. Okay, let's get some facts straight, for those of you without a degree in Mathematics or Physics:
1) Ion Propulsion is NOT new technology. The Russians and German's have been experimenting with Ion Propulsion since the early 1950's. NASA is actually a late comer to the game, although the first with a completed ion propulsion engine.
2) Ion Propulsion do not work in an environment with an atmosphere. An ion engine does not have enough force to lift a sheet of paper more than a few inches.
3) An Ion Engine is very simple in design. For a simple explanation, an inert gas is ionized and injected into a chamber with an opening on one end. The opening has a magnetized torid ring around it. Using the right hand rule (make a fist, stick your thumb out like you are hitchhiking...your thumb is the direction of the electric current, your fingers are curled in the direction of magnetic field flow) you create an electrical flow around the metal torid ring. The resulting magnetic field 'pulls' the ions through the ring, resulting in propulsion.
4) The reason for slow inital acceleration is because the force of the ions passing through the ring is very small, but the velocity of the ions is very high. So, since there is no friction or other losses in space, after a period of time the velocity of the ions leaving the ring increases the velocity of the engine. After a matter of days the engine can be travelling at 10-30,000MPH.
For more information and history on Ion Propulsion engines you can go to the following websites:
http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/prop06 ap r99_2.htm
http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/PAO/ds1.htm
http://space-power.grc.nasa.gov/ppo/projects/nst ar /
My experience with the first release was not all that amazing, I found them to be trying to emulate windows xp, very shabbly.
I also tried other distros and got a similar feel, for example Licoris in Lindows.
On the otherhand I tried Mepis linux recently and I found that despite being newbie friendly (I'm a linux newbie so I can speak with authority here) it remains very polished and simple to use, without trying to exactly copy winxp and failing.
As slashdot has reported a few days ago, Sun is giving x86 versions of Solaris away for free. Why bother with SCO when you can get Solaris with a much bigger set of applcations for free?
This is great for seek times, high speed applications like watching hi-res movies from a hard drive this small could mean smooth tracking through the film without losing audio sync, a problem which affects larger drives (3.5").
Forget the iPod, this sort of drive would do nicely in a handheld/pocket divx player.
I think it is comparable to windows / macs featurewise. What linux needs are the apps everyone can't live without. Things like AutoCAD or MS Publisher (for making those crappy xmas cards).
The control center is very nice i have found it simple and easy to use I don't see how they can make it better.
Aoyama Gakuin "AGU Aglaia" Aoyama Gakuin's original solar car was built eight years ago but many of the components, including solar array, batteries, driver interface and ampere-hour metre have recycled and been upgraded to meet today?s technological standards. Another improvement is the more reliable electrical and ventilation systems. The team has twice participated in the WSC, in 1999 and 2001. The 22 student members of the team will vie for a good place in this year?s event. And:
Holden - "Eco4 Astra" Eco4 - Astra is a standard European production vehicle participating in the Greenfleet class. The vehicle is powered by a 1.7 litre turbo charged, intercooled, diesel engine. While the vehicle has a more than reasonable level of performance, it has been developed with a focus on high fuel economy and reduced greenhouse emissions. The vehicle is fitted with aerodynamic underbody aids, to reduce aerodynamic drag and also includes low rolling resistance tyres. The highest recorded speed of the vehicle is 175kph. The opportunity to evaluate and demonstrate diesel technology, while generating public awareness of diesel efficiencies is an opportunity not to be missed by the Holden team.
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Extreme Laptop Backpack made by Hedgren.
I find it to be very sturdy I'm sure I could drop it and the laptop would be fine, unfortunatly it can be rather pricey.
I find it important that it does not look like a normal laptop bag and therfore does not attract thieves
Chip Architect was speculating on this way back when intel's 64 bit extensions were still called Yamhill. They make some interesting observations that lead them to belive the second 32 bit ALU was to allow for 64 bit integer operations in a 2x32 bit format. And not to assist with eliminating resource shortages in HT as some others had suggested.
And even if that does pan out it's highly unlikley to appear in desktop Prescott core chips anytime soon. Seems much more like something you'd find in Xeon MPs and later DPs to eliminate the need for that hack they call PAE.
Though i hardly see how 'somebody told us a seinor exec said' makes Slashdot.' (I understand that's what the Inquirier bases most of their news on, i thought we had slightly higher standards of reliability)
I'm not talking about % im talking about sheer numbers. In the 1991 Cencus there were 101 million muslim's in India. According to CIA world fact book, there are currently 126 million in 2003.
India has the largest population of Islamic people in the whole world.
I haven't bought a PB since the G3/333 PB Pizmo Lombardi Wallstreet Whatever edition without Firewire Bronze Keyboard.
But if there were a G5 PB, I am all for it. That would be birthday present to myself. However, I would have to wait until the second generation of that machine b/c I would like to make sure that Apple just isn't unloading G4 parts with a G5 chip.
Glaskowski has a very good track record when it comes to processors. If you look at this objectively, a 1.6GHz or slower G5 would be an easy fit into the current PowerBook chassis. As has been said many times before, the G5 actually does run cooler and consume less power than the G4 at equal clock speeds. If the 90-nm process is employed, then we're ahead of the game.
When the G5 was introduced last June at the WWDC, it didn't go on sale for another month or two. So the idea of introducing the PB G5 at MacWorld, but not selling it for another month or two is not that hard to imagine.
am i correct?
India is truley a rising nation, it remind s me very much of the United States. Both are very similar countries in some ways, exploited by the british for all their worth, but when the US won its indipendence is grew to become a major world power.
India won indipendence only 55 years ago, and is fast turning into an intelectual and finincial world power. They have a space program, nuclear wepons and huge investment from global companies such as IBM and Dell.
It looks as though American and European jobs are being outsourced there in droves.. I think in another 50 years that India will be beside the US in terms of being a world superpower. In a hundred it will be the most powerful nation in the world.
As a record store owner, you can't blame me for not welcoming the new competition from all these new online music services. Altough it does impact on my business slighly, it doesn't eat away at my sales as much as some might think. The reason for this is that most of my sales are to young teenagers (12-15) and they usually do not have a credit card, they are the ones who buy Britney and Justin Timberlake albums, which make up most of my sales in a week. Another cash cow for my store is the local bands sections. I have come to an agreement with local bands who want to distribute their cd's which I think is very fair, from each sale they get 25%. This is far more than what a record company would give them, and also far more profitable than a chart CD. They get their friends to buy these CD's in droves and its great for me. I for one am glad p2p has brought the issue of wether we need record stores anymore. I believe we do and it has really been a wake up call for me to get my ass into gear.
Microsoft have had their share of vunerabilities over the last year but not significantly more than linux has, this kind of article always appears on slashdot poking fun at windows security but linux is not much better. Apt-get is not that much better than Windowsupdate.microsoft.com.
I work for a fortune 500 company and we have been considering switching from Windows NT 4 to either Windows Server 2003 or Linux. After much testing we decided to stay on windows for virtually everything except the Primary Domain Controller which scaled much better under Debian.
For file servers we found that samba caused some shares to dissapear occasionally and so we stuck to Windows. For email we needed exchange so we had no choice. For firewall we kept windows because the software we currently use performs much better on windows than Linux.
But as far as security goes we could see on clear advantes of one platform over the other.
This article really shows why it is time for the DMCA to go. Anyone who happens to create any sort of device that someone figures out a way to use it to circumvent anything can be sued under the DMCA. (See also the Sklyarov incident.) Remember when someone discovered that you could use a Sharpie to circumvent the copy protection on a CD?
Manufacturers/programmers/whatever should never be responsible for what anyone does outside the intended uses.
This one is a great addition to the book shelf, I know how to do certain things related to security n J2EE by using the docs and coming across them in my line of work, but this book clarifies nicely why you are actually doing it and provides better language specific ways of doing things that might now occur to you.
Also, it introduces nice security concepts in a clear and easy way which self taught coders might not have come considered before.
I got my copy from Barns & Noble which was a couple of dollars cheaper than amazon.
Yeah! Just like the S3 ViRGE!
And the ViRGE GX2!
And the Savage!
And the Savage4!
And the Savage2000!
Seriously...they've said the same *damn* thing every time. The only inroads this chipset *might* make would be in low-cost laptops, where S3 already had a sizeable market until the GeForce 2 Go and Radeon Mobility started kicking butt.
I spent a lot of time studying this technology while I was working towards my Bachelor's Degree. Okay, let's get some facts straight, for those of you without a degree in Mathematics or Physics:
6 ap r99_2.htm
t ar /
1) Ion Propulsion is NOT new technology. The Russians and German's have been experimenting with Ion Propulsion since the early 1950's. NASA is actually a late comer to the game, although the first with a completed ion propulsion engine.
2) Ion Propulsion do not work in an environment with an atmosphere. An ion engine does not have enough force to lift a sheet of paper more than a few inches.
3) An Ion Engine is very simple in design. For a simple explanation, an inert gas is ionized and injected into a chamber with an opening on one end. The opening has a magnetized torid ring around it. Using the right hand rule (make a fist, stick your thumb out like you are hitchhiking...your thumb is the direction of the electric current, your fingers are curled in the direction of magnetic field flow) you create an electrical flow around the metal torid ring. The resulting magnetic field 'pulls' the ions through the ring, resulting in propulsion.
4) The reason for slow inital acceleration is because the force of the ions passing through the ring is very small, but the velocity of the ions is very high. So, since there is no friction or other losses in space, after a period of time the velocity of the ions leaving the ring increases the velocity of the engine. After a matter of days the engine can be travelling at 10-30,000MPH.
For more information and history on Ion Propulsion engines you can go to the following websites:
http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/prop0
http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/PAO/ds1.htm
http://space-power.grc.nasa.gov/ppo/projects/ns
I know you! Hey why is this story not archived yet?
there was a calculator called the "Mathematician" that was the first one to use RPN.
My experience with the first release was not all that amazing, I found them to be trying to emulate windows xp, very shabbly.
I also tried other distros and got a similar feel, for example Licoris in Lindows.
On the otherhand I tried Mepis linux recently and I found that despite being newbie friendly (I'm a linux newbie so I can speak with authority here) it remains very polished and simple to use, without trying to exactly copy winxp and failing.
SCO OS is based on the same code as SUN OS.
As slashdot has reported a few days ago, Sun is giving x86 versions of Solaris away for free. Why bother with SCO when you can get Solaris with a much bigger set of applcations for free?
I think cat is a euphaism for his girlfriend and 'outdoor' is a euphamism for prostitute.
This is great for seek times, high speed applications like watching hi-res movies from a hard drive this small could mean smooth tracking through the film without losing audio sync, a problem which affects larger drives (3.5").
Forget the iPod, this sort of drive would do nicely in a handheld/pocket divx player.
I think it is comparable to windows / macs featurewise. What linux needs are the apps everyone can't live without. Things like AutoCAD or MS Publisher (for making those crappy xmas cards).
The control center is very nice i have found it simple and easy to use I don't see how they can make it better.
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You could always use Media player classic + quicktime alternative codec.
try this
it was crap too.
Aoyama Gakuin "AGU Aglaia"
Aoyama Gakuin's original solar car was built eight years ago but many of the components, including solar array, batteries, driver interface and ampere-hour metre have recycled and been upgraded to meet today?s technological standards. Another improvement is the more reliable electrical and ventilation systems. The team has twice participated in the WSC, in 1999 and 2001. The 22 student members of the team will vie for a good place in this year?s event.
And:
Holden - "Eco4 Astra"
Eco4 - Astra is a standard European production vehicle participating in the Greenfleet class. The vehicle is powered by a 1.7 litre turbo charged, intercooled, diesel engine. While the vehicle has a more than reasonable level of performance, it has been developed with a focus on high fuel economy and reduced greenhouse emissions. The vehicle is fitted with aerodynamic underbody aids, to reduce aerodynamic drag and also includes low rolling resistance tyres. The highest recorded speed of the vehicle is 175kph. The opportunity to evaluate and demonstrate diesel technology, while generating public awareness of diesel efficiencies is an opportunity not to be missed by the Holden team.
I would be a mac user if they brought Be instead of NeXT