I would like to answer your question with a description of my own editing method.
I have a watchlist that includes most computer processors, sockets, and related items (amongst other things). Same username there.
Currently, when a new change appears on my watchlist, my primary concern is how obviously wrong it is. Most minor edits (spelling, adding links to dates, grammar, links to other languages) usually get a pass (though many grammar edits are suspect, and I often can't judge the validity of interwiki links to other languages). There continues to be a big fight over units that shows up in loads of minor edits (quantifying Front Side Bus performance in "megatransfers/second" and using the IEC prefixes for memory amounts are both WP standards that many people assume are errors), which wastes a great deal of time.
But many less minor edits are, frankly, garbage. Even casting aside the blatant vandalism (Héctor Ruiz is suddenly Héctor de Jesús Ruiz in the AMD article, various people in Nintendo's history are declared to be saints, and the endless stream of swears and random characters) and the "agenda" edits (OCZ is no longer a remarker of power supplies, more useless crap about overclocking than you can imagine, and linkspam after linkspam), there's a lot of crap. People quoted as saying things with no citation, claims that the ATI name will disapper after the AMD buyout, descriptions of processors that absolutely never existed, and repeated misstatements of Moore's Law as 18 rather than 24 months; these are just what comes to mind, not necessarily the worst offenders. The Moore's Law bit managed to last, in incorrect form, for over a month; I only noticed it when someone "corrected" another article to say 18 months, citing the Moore's Law entry. The microATX article implied for about 16 months that the form factor mandated 4 USB ports, a "video card" slot, and 3 PCI slots, none of which is accurate.
So those more substantial mistakes that I catch, I have to triage. Those that are relatively bad, or I can definitively confirm to be wrong in a reasonable amount of time, get fixed. But the rest... well, hopefully someone else will be able to deal with it.
As someone that reads and edits Wikipedia with some frequency, I am more than willing to tell you that I read it with a great deal of skepticism.
On the other hand, one of my customers sells eyewear for sports. Somehow I don't think that redesigning their site for the blind is going to be high on their list.
Intel has implied that any board that supports this wave of Core 2 chips should have no trouble with Kentsfield, and IIRC all 965-chipset boards are confirmed as such. And most of those boards don't cost near what this one does.
Intel has already put their chips in everything. Crack open a modern TV some time, and there's a good chance you'll find something they made.
They are the world's largest manufacturer of microchips, and the computer market is only one part of that.
WiMAX supports repeaters in much the way the 802.11 standards do. In concept these can be used to reduce LOS problems. There's a diagram of the idea here.
WiMAX is not a competitor or successor to 802.11 anything, and TFA misrepresents it in saying it is. It's more a competitor to DSL, cable, and Broadband over Power Lines.
According to those two criteria (cost and open-ness), shouldn't Linux dominate every market? The fact is, two criteria aren't enough to make a fair analysis. What about usability? Appearance? Yeah, it's stupid, but these are the kind of things that really matter: what customers actually want, not what vendors want.
"Too bad you don't see many intern-to-ceo (mailroom-to-ceo, janitor, etc) stories like this anymore."
I can honestly say I've never heard a story of someone going from the mailroom to being a CEO and janitor.
Anyway, I have to wonder how this bodes for the Oddworld franchise. Ed's been a major supporter of the Inhabitants' efforts. It would be sad to see Abe's world go.
Just a sidenote, but that bit caught my attention. Especially since Sager seems to disagree. Not a big brand, to be sure. But they did hit the sub-$1000 price point first. C3-based (1GHz), which won't exactly amaze. It has been out of stock for a while, unfortunately.
Most of the relevant information I've read attributes the different expansion primarily to humidity changes. Partly, I think, because human cells will respond to a change in humidity much more than a nonpermeable metal. Thus the pain before rain and such. Arthritis is supposed to be especially good for this sort of weather prediction, because it is basically a swelling of joints. Tissue that swells more, even a small amount, will cause pain.
I managed a high A on a test over an entire book (Pride and Prejudice) that I never read. Hit Spark Notes the night before, problem solved. Ironically, my buddy that actually read (and hated) it got a C. He hasn't read anything for an English class since.
The processors in Centrino systems, the Pentium-M (Banias) cannot be properly measured in MHz and compared to other processors. Like modern AMD chips, their performance is greater than their speed would imply, due to improved architecture. This means lower power consumption (because they can be clocked down), which is could. Incidentally, laptops must also have Intel's wireless system in order to officially qualify as Centrino.
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You may want to try Retrevo, it's meant to be specialized to finding reviews. How good it is, I couldn't tell you.
I would like to answer your question with a description of my own editing method.
I have a watchlist that includes most computer processors, sockets, and related items (amongst other things). Same username there.
Currently, when a new change appears on my watchlist, my primary concern is how obviously wrong it is. Most minor edits (spelling, adding links to dates, grammar, links to other languages) usually get a pass (though many grammar edits are suspect, and I often can't judge the validity of interwiki links to other languages). There continues to be a big fight over units that shows up in loads of minor edits (quantifying Front Side Bus performance in "megatransfers/second" and using the IEC prefixes for memory amounts are both WP standards that many people assume are errors), which wastes a great deal of time.
But many less minor edits are, frankly, garbage. Even casting aside the blatant vandalism (Héctor Ruiz is suddenly Héctor de Jesús Ruiz in the AMD article, various people in Nintendo's history are declared to be saints, and the endless stream of swears and random characters) and the "agenda" edits (OCZ is no longer a remarker of power supplies, more useless crap about overclocking than you can imagine, and linkspam after linkspam), there's a lot of crap. People quoted as saying things with no citation, claims that the ATI name will disapper after the AMD buyout, descriptions of processors that absolutely never existed, and repeated misstatements of Moore's Law as 18 rather than 24 months; these are just what comes to mind, not necessarily the worst offenders. The Moore's Law bit managed to last, in incorrect form, for over a month; I only noticed it when someone "corrected" another article to say 18 months, citing the Moore's Law entry. The microATX article implied for about 16 months that the form factor mandated 4 USB ports, a "video card" slot, and 3 PCI slots, none of which is accurate.
So those more substantial mistakes that I catch, I have to triage. Those that are relatively bad, or I can definitively confirm to be wrong in a reasonable amount of time, get fixed. But the rest... well, hopefully someone else will be able to deal with it.
As someone that reads and edits Wikipedia with some frequency, I am more than willing to tell you that I read it with a great deal of skepticism.
You would only need 2 USB plugs, since the spec says up to 500 mA per port is kosher.
I mean, assuming you could build a 4 W DC-powered photocopier to begin with.
On the other hand, one of my customers sells eyewear for sports. Somehow I don't think that redesigning their site for the blind is going to be high on their list.
Redesigning it for the color-blind might be.
Intel has implied that any board that supports this wave of Core 2 chips should have no trouble with Kentsfield, and IIRC all 965-chipset boards are confirmed as such. And most of those boards don't cost near what this one does.
This is a complete and total non-story.
"The unit doesnt "consume" the power, it gets mostly (99%) gets converted into heat." What the hell do you think "consume" means?
Intel has already put their chips in everything. Crack open a modern TV some time, and there's a good chance you'll find something they made. They are the world's largest manufacturer of microchips, and the computer market is only one part of that.
WiMAX supports repeaters in much the way the 802.11 standards do. In concept these can be used to reduce LOS problems. There's a diagram of the idea here.
WiMAX is not a competitor or successor to 802.11 anything, and TFA misrepresents it in saying it is. It's more a competitor to DSL, cable, and Broadband over Power Lines.
... then what's up with microwave ovens and 802.11b routers? And 2.4 GHz phones?
Ah, but space is a character, not a letter. So according to the original challenge, this is a success.
According to those two criteria (cost and open-ness), shouldn't Linux dominate every market? The fact is, two criteria aren't enough to make a fair analysis. What about usability? Appearance? Yeah, it's stupid, but these are the kind of things that really matter: what customers actually want, not what vendors want.
"Too bad you don't see many intern-to-ceo (mailroom-to-ceo, janitor, etc) stories like this anymore."
I can honestly say I've never heard a story of someone going from the mailroom to being a CEO and janitor.
Anyway, I have to wonder how this bodes for the Oddworld franchise. Ed's been a major supporter of the Inhabitants' efforts. It would be sad to see Abe's world go.
Just a sidenote, but that bit caught my attention. Especially since Sager seems to disagree. Not a big brand, to be sure. But they did hit the sub-$1000 price point first. C3-based (1GHz), which won't exactly amaze. It has been out of stock for a while, unfortunately.
Most of the relevant information I've read attributes the different expansion primarily to humidity changes. Partly, I think, because human cells will respond to a change in humidity much more than a nonpermeable metal. Thus the pain before rain and such. Arthritis is supposed to be especially good for this sort of weather prediction, because it is basically a swelling of joints. Tissue that swells more, even a small amount, will cause pain.
I managed a high A on a test over an entire book (Pride and Prejudice) that I never read. Hit Spark Notes the night before, problem solved. Ironically, my buddy that actually read (and hated) it got a C. He hasn't read anything for an English class since.
SD and MMC are cross-compatible. And, indeed, SD comes in far larger sizes. I have a 128MB card right now.
The processors in Centrino systems, the Pentium-M (Banias) cannot be properly measured in MHz and compared to other processors. Like modern AMD chips, their performance is greater than their speed would imply, due to improved architecture. This means lower power consumption (because they can be clocked down), which is could. Incidentally, laptops must also have Intel's wireless system in order to officially qualify as Centrino.
If the system is insecure, why not have someone boost its ego?