I made the mistake of buying the Generation 4 (The one released just before the iPod photo) iPod shortly after it came out. The screen on that one scratched just as easily. Sad thing was, I would have been more than willing to purchase a protective case when I bought the unit but they were not out yet! I believe the nano owners are in the same boat.
Since when is animated a synonym for child-like? However, I did agree with you on the repetition of the shows. Of course, the Science Channel and Discovery Channel has the same problem.
What I am curious about is what percentage of the people left behind in New Orleans had the means to evacuate the city but chose not to for some stupid reason. 50%? 75%? Regardless of the answer the government has a responsibility to help those that are left.
I hate to acknowledge such a post but unfortunately after viewing countless news stories and reading many an online article I have to agree.
They are now saying there is rampant lawlessness even inside the shelters. Rapes, beatings, etc. Do they think this will help their plight? Reminds me of the same behaviour that occured after the Rodney King inspired riots in the early nineties.
"Microsoft -- Cafeteria, One Microsoft Way, between Building #40 and #41, Redmond, WA on August 17, 18 and 19, 11:30 am to 4:00 pm. For More Information"
Wow, I wish my company let me hang out in the cafeteria for 4 and a half hours.
This chicken and egg scenario is what you used to have back before internet expolorer came with windows. I went out and bought a Netscape Navigator book back in the day so I would have a CD with the web browser to boot strap myself up with. Once you had that you could continue. Funny how times change.
A year or two ago I recall a posting here on slashdot where someone had modified an XBOX (or maybe PS2) controller to give a shock when the vibration motors were activate. It basically routed high voltage from a cattle prod type device when the motors were activated. I think it was done by someone at the late/great TechTV.
I'm not aware of how the 64-bit intel line works but it would make sense that a 64-bit machine would have 64-bit opcodes. Unless your machine has a harvard architecture you have the same bus for address and data so I don't see why the op-codes themselves couldn't be 64-bit.
16-bit micocontrollers typically have 16-bit op-codes; the ARM is a 32-bit machine with 32-bit op-codes. Why would'nt a 64 bit machine not have 64-bit opcodes? There would be a big benefit since you could squeeze more info into the instruction and minimize multiple access on the bus to do one instruction.
I probably just need to educate myself on 64-bit computing.
OK. So it's a Saturday night and I've been sucking down some beer so please forgive my rant.
I liked TechTV. They had some pretty decent shows that kept me entertained (Screen Savers, Unscrewed,...) . I'm not a gamer but the FEW game oriented shows that TechTV did have were decent and I could watch them.
Enter G4. Their lineup sucks. I can not relate to half of the grunge people that are on their game oriented shows. I'm an engineer, I like tech and that is what TechTV had. I think that a major mistake was made when some dipshit allowed G4 to take over. Hell, I tuned in to G4 for the first time in ages and found that the Screen Savers was now being filmed in Los Angeles. Give me a break.
Nothing negative about it. Intel is responding to increased pressures to produce better products by upgrading one of their fabs. What's wrong with that?
As a side note, it's nice to see them pumping money into US fabs.
As he has stated numerous times in previous interviews, he had assumned more of a project management role in Linux development. That being the case, and as he said in this very article, he will leave it up to the coding minions to browse the Solaris code and determine what would be useful in Linux. Did you not read the whole article?
His point was valid and I didn't sense a bit of aggression. Fact is Patrick made his sickness very public and stated how he had done oh so much research to discover what the problem was. Now he is better and no word as to what it was that fixed him up? Sounds awefully fishy.
Was it real? Then let's take the open source approach: Tell us what was wrong so that we can get that in the public domain so that the next poor guy/gal with this sickness can google to find a cure. Why would he be holding back if it was real?
I didn't have a land line either until I finally bought a house. Now the only reason I have it is because it's required for the security system. What a waste, every call on the land line is a telemarketer...about 6-10 a day.
How interesting is it that we read this after seeing the interview with Craig Barrett posted earlier where he says that Intel's future growth is dependent on merging their technology with communications. Ha!
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All this crap from China and we still do business with them. Meanwhile Americans can't even travel to Cuba. What's the deal? Is it all economics?
I made the mistake of buying the Generation 4 (The one released just before the iPod photo) iPod shortly after it came out. The screen on that one scratched just as easily. Sad thing was, I would have been more than willing to purchase a protective case when I bought the unit but they were not out yet! I believe the nano owners are in the same boat.
Since when is animated a synonym for child-like? However, I did agree with you on the repetition of the shows. Of course, the Science Channel and Discovery Channel has the same problem.
What I am curious about is what percentage of the people left behind in New Orleans had the means to evacuate the city but chose not to for some stupid reason. 50%? 75%? Regardless of the answer the government has a responsibility to help those that are left.
I hate to acknowledge such a post but unfortunately after viewing countless news stories and reading many an online article I have to agree.
They are now saying there is rampant lawlessness even inside the shelters. Rapes, beatings, etc. Do they think this will help their plight? Reminds me of the same behaviour that occured after the Rodney King inspired riots in the early nineties.
"Microsoft -- Cafeteria, One Microsoft Way, between Building #40 and #41, Redmond, WA on August 17, 18 and 19, 11:30 am to 4:00 pm.
For More Information"
Wow, I wish my company let me hang out in the cafeteria for 4 and a half hours.
Well, considering that HE is the one building this thing YOU don't need I don't see what your gripe is...
This chicken and egg scenario is what you used to have back before internet expolorer came with windows. I went out and bought a Netscape Navigator book back in the day so I would have a CD with the web browser to boot strap myself up with. Once you had that you could continue. Funny how times change.
That number is most likely still tiny compared to the number of failures.
Hmmmm. Maybe all new processors are RISC is simply because it is easier to design a RISC processor.
A year or two ago I recall a posting here on slashdot where someone had modified an XBOX (or maybe PS2) controller to give a shock when the vibration motors were activate. It basically routed high voltage from a cattle prod type device when the motors were activated. I think it was done by someone at the late/great TechTV.
Rules are fine. The point I found disturbing was that there are rules that we are required to follow, and we are not allowed to know what they are!
The C/C++ from IAR for the MSP430 doesn't. And that's a $3000 compiler. Learned that the hard way.
I'm not aware of how the 64-bit intel line works but it would make sense that a 64-bit machine would have 64-bit opcodes. Unless your machine has a harvard architecture you have the same bus for address and data so I don't see why the op-codes themselves couldn't be 64-bit.
16-bit micocontrollers typically have 16-bit op-codes; the ARM is a 32-bit machine with 32-bit op-codes. Why would'nt a 64 bit machine not have 64-bit opcodes? There would be a big benefit since you could squeeze more info into the instruction and minimize multiple access on the bus to do one instruction.
I probably just need to educate myself on 64-bit computing.
OK. So it's a Saturday night and I've been sucking down some beer so please forgive my rant.
...) . I'm not a gamer but the FEW game oriented shows that TechTV did have were decent and I could watch them.
I liked TechTV. They had some pretty decent shows that kept me entertained (Screen Savers, Unscrewed,
Enter G4. Their lineup sucks. I can not relate to half of the grunge people that are on their game oriented shows. I'm an engineer, I like tech and that is what TechTV had. I think that a major mistake was made when some dipshit allowed G4 to take over. Hell, I tuned in to G4 for the first time in ages and found that the Screen Savers was now being filmed in Los Angeles. Give me a break.
Anyone else here with me?
Nothing negative about it. Intel is responding to increased pressures to produce better products by upgrading one of their fabs. What's wrong with that?
As a side note, it's nice to see them pumping money into US fabs.
As he has stated numerous times in previous interviews, he had assumned more of a project management role in Linux development. That being the case, and as he said in this very article, he will leave it up to the coding minions to browse the Solaris code and determine what would be useful in Linux. Did you not read the whole article?
There have been a lot of commercials for the over-the-counter Focus Factor. Anyone here try it? Is it worth anything?
His point was valid and I didn't sense a bit of aggression. Fact is Patrick made his sickness very public and stated how he had done oh so much research to discover what the problem was. Now he is better and no word as to what it was that fixed him up? Sounds awefully fishy.
Was it real? Then let's take the open source approach: Tell us what was wrong so that we can get that in the public domain so that the next poor guy/gal with this sickness can google to find a cure. Why would he be holding back if it was real?
Yeap. As that famous line from Risky Business goes: "Sometimes you just got to say what the fuck."
I didn't have a land line either until I finally bought a house. Now the only reason I have it is because it's required for the security system. What a waste, every call on the land line is a telemarketer...about 6-10 a day.
Also, I thought that "safety period" was a requirement. I think you have 60 or 90 days after expiration to renew.
He will not own every song, even if he DOES have a copy of every song in existence.
It's "required" yet it's a "voluntary program." What am I missing here?
How interesting is it that we read this after seeing the interview with Craig Barrett posted earlier where he says that Intel's future growth is dependent on merging their technology with communications. Ha!