I'd really like to see a low end workstation card like one of these compared to a high end consumer card. When I'm working with half a million polys in 3DS Max 2008 is it really going to be worth the extra money to get the workstation card?
I had a lot of fun playing DS1 when it first came out so I immediately ran out and got DS2. I am disappointed that there is very little in the lines of upgrades from the original. The graphics look dated and the game play has no significant improvements. It is still a fun game, but I expect more from a game in 2005.
On the other hand, this is one of the FEW new games out there that supports cooperative multiplayer. Unfortunately most games that have come out lately with multiplayer ability only allow death match. Kudos to Dungeon Siege 2 for allowing my friends and I to play as a team against the computer.
Picture 26 in the photo gallery shows a close up of the front of the ship. But what are those three 50cal machine gun ports doing there? Have the Russians developed a space fighter?
...extending battery life. Intel's Centrino seems to be doing fairly well in that department, but where is AMD's response?
My new notebook is running an Athlon 64 3000+ with no fan to cool the CPU. My desktop with dual Opteron processors run around 110 Fahrenheit when the processor is at 100% load. I won't comment directly on battery life because I don't have statistics on that but I'd much rather have an A64 than a Centrino.
Did we find any WMDs? NO! This sounds like success to me.
Success? We know without question that Saddam had WMD because they were used in the Iran/Iraq war and on his own people no less than ten times. During most of the last decade he wouldn't let weapons inspectors in the country. Saddam had plenty of time and a lot of desert to hide his production facilities and cache. This is not a matter of if Saddam had WMD. The real question is where are they?
As small as my cell phone so it fits in my pocket. Maybe even as small as my thumb drive.
A screen that folds or expands out to as big as you need. If at the time you need a small screen for finding a phone number you can use it at that size. Expand it and it's as big as a palm screen. Expand it more and the screen is the size of a paperback book. expand it all the way and you have a 19" wide screen for watching a movie.
All the features of my cell phone, GPS and desktop included. Plus it need to be expandable
Broadband connectivity anywhere without the need to find the local hot spot.
Forget the batteries, I want a fusion power source with outlet so I can power other devices.
Cerebral connection so I don't have to mess with awkward input devices.
Cheap enough that anyone can afford one. All software included is free and open source.
Really I'm just dreaming here but I wouldn't be surprised if some of these features are available in the coming years. It seems to just be a matter of when.
Most users who run IE use it because that's what came with their computer. Most don't even know how to do a Windows update. If it breaks they get a new computer. So what is going to make these people go get IE7? If they have not already switched to Mozilla they aren't going to get a new IE until it ships with a new computer. Micro$oft should be focusing on getting Longhorn out and put IE7 inside. If they make it secure enough Mozilla will start loosing market share again. Either way, I'll still use Mozilla thus insuring that M$ can never get 100% of the market.
The greater the temperature difference between overclocked and regular, the more likely you will have a reduced life. My new Athlon 64 is only 4 degrees hotter overclocked. It should last 99% as long as if it were not overclocked. Since it will be obsolete years before it reaches that point the reduced life won't affect me.
Overclocking always depends on which processor you get and which specific processor out of each batch you get. I also have several 2500+ Barton cores that overclocks nicely to between 2700 + and 3000+ they run hot but with good cooling they should have a good life yet. On the other hand I just replaced a 2100+ that never would overclock. With that chip, just a few more mhz and it would freak out. I had an Athlon 600 once that would overclock to 1000 but it took the best heatsync I could get at the time to do it. With a modern heatsync I might be able to get another couple hundred mhz out of it, but with new cheap processors what's the point? My guess is I reduced the life of that processor by as much as a year but I'll never know because I upgraded enough systems that it has finally dropped out of my render farm alltogether.
As a hobby I do 3D rendering and video production. I'm always on a tight budget so I can't afford the hottest processor on the market but I need every bit of performance I can get. It is amazing how little extra heat the Athlon 64 produces when overclocked.
The Athlon 64 runs a lot cooler than the Athlon XP processor. I'm running a Athlon 64 2800+ overclocked to 3200+ and the chip sits at 38 Celsius (100 Fahrenheit) with the stock heat sync. My current computer is cooler than I've had in years and it's quiet!
Don't forget Cassini is orbiting Saturn. That makes 3 planets. Is Magellan still orbiting Venus? I think it is so that makes 4 planets with man made satellites in orbit.
There seems to be a total lack of creativity in most modern games lately. I spend more time playing old games than new games. I even have an emulator on my PC that lets me play my old favorites from the days of Amiga and C-64.
"I love the crazy steering wheel - anyone know what all those buttons and knobs do?"
Hey, that's easy...
The green switch activates the nitro
The blue switch activates OnStar
The White switch engages stealth mode
The Yellow switch shoots rockets out the front
The Red switch is the ejection seat
The Purple switch releases the oil slick
The big black button in the center is the horn
The white button with the ferrari logo is the "Win Race" button.
The screen in the center is a built in game boy and the remainder of the buttons make up the controls for the game. Of course it comes pre-installed with a race car game.
...the difference between improbable and impossible. This movie skirts that line, to say the least.
Skirts the line? This movie is fantasy from the opening credits. Global warming is still just a theory and to think that us humans are capable of causing it is bad science from the start.
Case in point, the 1990 eruption of Mt. Pinatubo ejected more "greenhouse" gasses into the atmosphere than the human race has created since the start of the industrial revolution. This one volcano cooled the planet by half a degree for two years. How can we be causing "global warming" if a volcano capable of more than all of us together only slightly affect the earth's temperatures?
Global warming is a scare tactic to make us all guilty for having cars.
In many cases it's not so much the value of the data or equipment that may get stolen, but what can be done with that information. Be careful of what you might have that a potential thief might use to get to your financial data. You might not directly have your bank account number on your computer but if you have your passwords to your bank accounts saved a thief could use that.
Look on any forum, people are not complaining about noise. People are whining about overheating...
I'm complaining about noise. In my office all of our workstations have dual processors and with all the fans whining it makes for a noisy office. One computer isn't so bad but when you have a half dozen in a small area it adds up quickly.
Lately we've been adapting 120mm fans to fit on our CPU heatsyncs because they make less noise. It's really made a difference. On the other hand, we don't care how loud the fans in our server room are. We just want maximum cooling in there.
I was in Fry's not too long ago when I overheard a customer who came in looking for a 17" monitor that was on sale. The salesperson immediately started into a bait and switch routine. "You don't want that monitor because it isn't very good. You want this one with the new shadow mask technology..."
He continued to promote all the cool features of the more expensive monitor until the customer was sold. Then to top it off the salesperson tried to do a second bait and switch. He said this: "...But you really don't want a monitor like these anyways, because they are cathode ray tubes and it's not good on your eyes to have cathode rays shooting into them. This LCD panel on the other hand..."
The customer who walked in planning to buy an on sale monitor for $69.00 was now sold on a $600.00 LCD panel and I barely made it around the corner to the next aisle before starting to laugh hysterically.
We should actually try to blow up or divert a real near earth asteroid so we know which strategy works and which is a waste of effort. That way, when (not if) the real situation arises we will know what to do.
Here's an example of the Mars Rover's 10 year old networking technology:
Ring, Ring, Ring....
"Welcome to the Mars Rover answering system. For English press 1, Para Espanol prensa 2"
BEEP
"You selected English. To leave a message for Spirit press 1. To leave a message for Opportunity press 2"
BEEP
"You selected Spirit. Transfering now." CLICK "I'm sorry, Spirit is unavailable at this time. To leave a message press 1. To return to the main menu press 2"
BEEP
"Hi this is the Spirit rover. I can't come to the phone right now but if you'll leave a message I'll get back to you." BEEEEEP "Spirit, this is NASA. Please phone home when you get a chance. I think your fax machine has jammed and we need you to re-send. Thanks, bye"
Broadband over electrical lines would do me no good since commercial power is not available here in the little town of Greenhorn, Oregon. I only just got telephone service three years ago, but should have DSL by summer. I generate my own power with a combination of solar and gas generator. Without the Internet, I'd have to live in the cities, but now I can telecommute and live anywhere I want!
SoVi3t said "I still honestly believe that AI will never exist, nor any form of AI that even closely resembles mankinds."
Didn't I once hear Bill Gates say 640K is more memory than anyone will ever need? Supposedly Bill denies ever saying that but we all know the truth. In my experience the quickest way to make something happen is tell someone that they can't do it. Now that I think about it, that's the only reason I graduated.
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I'd really like to see a low end workstation card like one of these compared to a high end consumer card. When I'm working with half a million polys in 3DS Max 2008 is it really going to be worth the extra money to get the workstation card?
On the other hand, this is one of the FEW new games out there that supports cooperative multiplayer. Unfortunately most games that have come out lately with multiplayer ability only allow death match. Kudos to Dungeon Siege 2 for allowing my friends and I to play as a team against the computer.
Picture 26 in the photo gallery shows a close up of the front of the ship. But what are those three 50cal machine gun ports doing there? Have the Russians developed a space fighter?
Didn't I hear a joke once that if Microsoft made cars they would crash several times per day? Did someone forget to forward that one to Bill Gates?
My new notebook is running an Athlon 64 3000+ with no fan to cool the CPU. My desktop with dual Opteron processors run around 110 Fahrenheit when the processor is at 100% load. I won't comment directly on battery life because I don't have statistics on that but I'd much rather have an A64 than a Centrino.
Success? We know without question that Saddam had WMD because they were used in the Iran/Iraq war and on his own people no less than ten times. During most of the last decade he wouldn't let weapons inspectors in the country. Saddam had plenty of time and a lot of desert to hide his production facilities and cache. This is not a matter of if Saddam had WMD. The real question is where are they?
Okay I'm interested in seeing this jet-fuel stirling engine. How well does it work in extreme cold?
For those of you who may not know much about stirling engines, here's some information.
As small as my cell phone so it fits in my pocket. Maybe even as small as my thumb drive.
A screen that folds or expands out to as big as you need. If at the time you need a small screen for finding a phone number you can use it at that size. Expand it and it's as big as a palm screen. Expand it more and the screen is the size of a paperback book. expand it all the way and you have a 19" wide screen for watching a movie.
All the features of my cell phone, GPS and desktop included. Plus it need to be expandable
Broadband connectivity anywhere without the need to find the local hot spot.
Forget the batteries, I want a fusion power source with outlet so I can power other devices.
Cerebral connection so I don't have to mess with awkward input devices.
Cheap enough that anyone can afford one. All software included is free and open source.
Really I'm just dreaming here but I wouldn't be surprised if some of these features are available in the coming years. It seems to just be a matter of when.
Most users who run IE use it because that's what came with their computer. Most don't even know how to do a Windows update. If it breaks they get a new computer. So what is going to make these people go get IE7? If they have not already switched to Mozilla they aren't going to get a new IE until it ships with a new computer. Micro$oft should be focusing on getting Longhorn out and put IE7 inside. If they make it secure enough Mozilla will start loosing market share again. Either way, I'll still use Mozilla thus insuring that M$ can never get 100% of the market.
Overclocking always depends on which processor you get and which specific processor out of each batch you get. I also have several 2500+ Barton cores that overclocks nicely to between 2700 + and 3000+ they run hot but with good cooling they should have a good life yet. On the other hand I just replaced a 2100+ that never would overclock. With that chip, just a few more mhz and it would freak out. I had an Athlon 600 once that would overclock to 1000 but it took the best heatsync I could get at the time to do it. With a modern heatsync I might be able to get another couple hundred mhz out of it, but with new cheap processors what's the point? My guess is I reduced the life of that processor by as much as a year but I'll never know because I upgraded enough systems that it has finally dropped out of my render farm alltogether.
As a hobby I do 3D rendering and video production. I'm always on a tight budget so I can't afford the hottest processor on the market but I need every bit of performance I can get. It is amazing how little extra heat the Athlon 64 produces when overclocked.
The Athlon 64 runs a lot cooler than the Athlon XP processor. I'm running a Athlon 64 2800+ overclocked to 3200+ and the chip sits at 38 Celsius (100 Fahrenheit) with the stock heat sync. My current computer is cooler than I've had in years and it's quiet!
Don't forget Cassini is orbiting Saturn. That makes 3 planets. Is Magellan still orbiting Venus? I think it is so that makes 4 planets with man made satellites in orbit.
There seems to be a total lack of creativity in most modern games lately. I spend more time playing old games than new games. I even have an emulator on my PC that lets me play my old favorites from the days of Amiga and C-64.
Hey, that's easy...
The green switch activates the nitro
The blue switch activates OnStar
The White switch engages stealth mode
The Yellow switch shoots rockets out the front
The Red switch is the ejection seat
The Purple switch releases the oil slick
The big black button in the center is the horn
The white button with the ferrari logo is the "Win Race" button.
The screen in the center is a built in game boy and the remainder of the buttons make up the controls for the game. Of course it comes pre-installed with a race car game.
This joke is borrowed from those of us in Oregon. They don't recycle bottles in Washington, whereas Oregon pioneered the bottle bill.
Skirts the line? This movie is fantasy from the opening credits. Global warming is still just a theory and to think that us humans are capable of causing it is bad science from the start.
Case in point, the 1990 eruption of Mt. Pinatubo ejected more "greenhouse" gasses into the atmosphere than the human race has created since the start of the industrial revolution. This one volcano cooled the planet by half a degree for two years. How can we be causing "global warming" if a volcano capable of more than all of us together only slightly affect the earth's temperatures?
Global warming is a scare tactic to make us all guilty for having cars.
In many cases it's not so much the value of the data or equipment that may get stolen, but what can be done with that information. Be careful of what you might have that a potential thief might use to get to your financial data. You might not directly have your bank account number on your computer but if you have your passwords to your bank accounts saved a thief could use that.
I'm complaining about noise. In my office all of our workstations have dual processors and with all the fans whining it makes for a noisy office. One computer isn't so bad but when you have a half dozen in a small area it adds up quickly.
Lately we've been adapting 120mm fans to fit on our CPU heatsyncs because they make less noise. It's really made a difference. On the other hand, we don't care how loud the fans in our server room are. We just want maximum cooling in there.
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He continued to promote all the cool features of the more expensive monitor until the customer was sold. Then to top it off the salesperson tried to do a second bait and switch. He said this: "...But you really don't want a monitor like these anyways, because they are cathode ray tubes and it's not good on your eyes to have cathode rays shooting into them. This LCD panel on the other hand..."
The customer who walked in planning to buy an on sale monitor for $69.00 was now sold on a $600.00 LCD panel and I barely made it around the corner to the next aisle before starting to laugh hysterically.
We should actually try to blow up or divert a real near earth asteroid so we know which strategy works and which is a waste of effort. That way, when (not if) the real situation arises we will know what to do.
Ring, Ring, Ring....
"Welcome to the Mars Rover answering system. For English press 1, Para Espanol prensa 2"
BEEP
"You selected English. To leave a message for Spirit press 1. To leave a message for Opportunity press 2"
BEEP
"You selected Spirit. Transfering now." CLICK "I'm sorry, Spirit is unavailable at this time. To leave a message press 1. To return to the main menu press 2"
BEEP
"Hi this is the Spirit rover. I can't come to the phone right now but if you'll leave a message I'll get back to you." BEEEEEP
"Spirit, this is NASA. Please phone home when you get a chance. I think your fax machine has jammed and we need you to re-send. Thanks, bye"
That must have been some feat to get the arm on the rover to press Ctrl, Alt and Delete at the same time!
Broadband over electrical lines would do me no good since commercial power is not available here in the little town of Greenhorn, Oregon. I only just got telephone service three years ago, but should have DSL by summer. I generate my own power with a combination of solar and gas generator. Without the Internet, I'd have to live in the cities, but now I can telecommute and live anywhere I want!
Didn't I once hear Bill Gates say 640K is more memory than anyone will ever need? Supposedly Bill denies ever saying that but we all know the truth. In my experience the quickest way to make something happen is tell someone that they can't do it. Now that I think about it, that's the only reason I graduated.