As usual, I'm sure their benchmarks were acquired from a machine with a very specific setup requiring hours of tweaking to get right.
FTA,
we had used a modest setup to better represent the systems of more computer enthusiasts that may be using Cedega or WINE. The motherboard was an ASUS M2NPV-VM with GeForce 6150 (+ nForce 430) integrated graphics
Modest setup? Representative? 800x600 for Doom3, 12 fps? By those standards, my kaleidoscope is the Cedega/Wine equivalent to dropping a real LSD wafer.
Oh man, I owe you one brother. I had a hearty belly laugh a good 30 seconds at least. That video is pure gold. Now I'm off to the ER to get my side stitched up. I'll send you the bill!
From the bottom of a Yeltsin 80 proof bottle to a Putin iron fist - the evolution of a democracy in the absence of a firearm? In Soviet election, ballot box stuff you!
You can find out more about me by rummaging through my trash can - quite legal too. Just make sure you get it off my lawn first, or say hello to my boomstick.
but how is this 'news', never mind 'stuff that matters'?
It matters to us *nix developers with a conscience. Just remember fellas, this is what happens to all spawned PIDs in a chroot jail. Please, think of the children. And, there really is a spoon!
Neither do I. But down here in Texas, railroads are making a strong comeback - many OTR drivers are leaving because of the high price of gasoline as well. Here in Dallas, DART rail is quite successful and spreading it's tentacles all over the metroplex.
The whole argument of population density here in the States is a load of sheep. The United States has roughly the same land area as China, and likewise, has a majority of high population density tilted on the East coast.
When I was in Shanghai, a maglev train from Pudong airport to our ex-pat section was roughly 15 miles and cost around $5, traveling about 450 Km/H (250 mph). With 20 million+ people in Shanghai, there's no reason this cannot be done similarly in New York, LA, or Chicago. Imagine a $60 trip (or less) from Boston to New York. Better yet, at $5/mile, a straight shot from Dallas to Houston is around 250 miles (about 50 miles more distance). I was around when they were still expanding the I-45 corridor from Dallas to Houston (it helped provide an economic boom between the two). In 2005 alone, our Texas highway systems accounted for over 100 billion into our overall economy (feeder roads, tractor-trailer delivery, exports, new construction, efficiency, etc). Think about long hauling regular cargo over this rail instead. Also, all you Texans out there imagine a 250 mph rail from Dallas to Houston for a commute. It's normally a 4 to 5 hour trip. Now, with maybe 3 to 5 total stops, it would only be an hour and a half or so (which somedays, believe it or not, takes almost that much time for just a traffic commute of 20 miles from one end of Dallas to the other). In a capitalist country, we could easily drop that $5/mile cost even further.
The article mentions China is interested because they will replace the 10 hour train ride from Shanghai to Beijing. I've taken that trip as well. It was a non stop overnighter on a "old" style bunk cab that cut through several small rural cities (much like we have here between major cities in the States). I thoroughly enjoyed that ride, since it was quite nostalgic and peaceful (except for the smoke filled cabs, squeezing past people sleeping in chairs in the aisles, and a hole in the floor for a shitter). The Pudong maglev was pure luxury, and at 250 mph was so smooth I could drink a cup of tea without spilling a drop. You do get something like a sonic boom vibration when the other maglev passes the opposite direction as yours.
Either way, for all you Americans who buy into this notion that it's not reasonable or economical to implement high speed rails here (or use some population density as an excuse), well, quite simply, from the mouth of a native proud Texan, that dog just don't hunt. There is ripe economic potential to be had from these high speed rail interconnects, much like the I-45 corridor provided here over the last 30 or so years. The rest of the world makes us look second rate. And that's quite hard for this 'ole boy to swallow. I think in part we subsidize the airlines way too much here. In over 30 years, we've already floated the note for several and some still can't get their crap together. We need desperately to make a gradual transition away from our reliance on airlines. High speed rail is the answer, and is already proven worldwide to be quite economical and beneficial in so many ways.
Tom Baker was my favorite Doctor, and I see Douglas Adams wrote a few of those episodes. I wonder how much of Adam's influence was present in Tom Baker's tenure outside of those 4 episodes he wrote. I later latched on to reruns from the crudgy old white guy and that blonde haired chap.
Orbital locations 110 and 119 have a footprint which covers the entire CONUS (continental US). It does not matter where you travel, so long as you orient the skew, elevation, and azimuth of your dish to those orbital locations you will get all channels (provided by your service plan). If you are talking about _local_ channels, I believe there are a total of 20 to 30 separate spotbeams (separate from the main channels) across the CONUS directed to various cities with their own specific frequency (on a specific transponder) of any one satellite. If you travel outside that local footprint, you would simply need to reprogram that _reciever_ for a new local spotbeam. It would be nice if DTV GO has software to automagically adjust to the new spotbeam you travel and the hardware to accept all those various local spotbeams (and a mobile service plan to match). Otherwise, you might just be SOL for your locals.
I thought V was for Vilify. Either way, try sitting through "The Shooter" with that Marky Mark guy who dropped his drawers on MTV a while yonder. Now THAT's a piece of political tripe slammed down your throat. Yeah, we all get it Hollyweird.
I just want some flying limbs and witty "I'll be back" quips from my action flicks. Nothing more. Nothing less. Ok. Maybe some more of those quips and limbs. Next time I get duped by Hollyweird, I'm leaving my spit cup in the bag of popcorn under neath the seat, followed by a stern letter of apathy and a good fist shaking in the air. That'll learn 'em.
Yes. I believe all Apple articles are written in e-macs, Nintendo submissions in Vii, and all science entries in either pico or nano. By the way, in Soviet McDonalds.ru, html mcedit you!
The Internet is the wild wild west, and unfortunately so - anything and everything goes. The real irony is if those same bloggers had made those death threats and comments over the phone, there would be police knocking on their front door.
It's not enough to freely dismiss this behavior as tolerant Internet norms, no more than we would today accept a pistol duel in the dusty streets over a drunken bar exchange.
Why isn't it considered "green" to just throw away old hardware? Most landfills populated with the stuff become plush green golf courses later anyways. I've got a lot of vintage scrap even too crap for eBay. Other than burning it in a barrell in my backyard, what am I supposed to do? I suppose I could bury it in my own back yard and leave a mini putt putt for the next tenant...
Personally, I do my part for the environment by using brand X over Y. Most of the time during the day, I just leave my computer off entirely. Instead, I run SETI@home using chisenbop on a beowulf cluster of hands with a cat5 stuck between my cheeks.
Chief Grey Eagle - You send danger? Where is white man? Young Beaver - We make two puffs. All is well. Chief Grey Eagle - But smoke rise in three puff mean danger. Young Beaver - Yes. But I use blanket with two hole over half moon cut for last.
Namco scientists unearthed these dinosaurs back in the 80s actually, and early cavemen used bicycle tire pumps to fend them off. We can only assume those same cavemen used bicycles on the surface to out maneuver those Galaxian cruisers as well - although there seems to be a missing link detailing that transition.
when will the record companies understand that we want to listen to our music, at our own convenience.
We still have legal options - even moreso today (than before).
FTA (journal entry dated March 20, 2007):
So I headed to Rhino's online store, purchased the music, and downloaded the files.
He mentioned before that he spent 20k on vinyl and CDs already. He just wanted the Luna compilation. If you go to Rhino, you can purchase the Luna cover: 1. He had the option of purchasing the CD (as he professed to in the past), but 2. He purchased a cheaper WMA with this big DISCLAIMER directly below (once you checkout):
Important Note: WMA files are NOT compatible with your iPod.
He opted for 2, and ignored the disclaimer.
I thought you can purchase a CD and download them to your iPod. Am I mistaken? I fail to see that as justification for becoming a music pirate.
Yes, I stand by that. peacefire.org is hosted at a provider that also hosts a fair number of spammers.
Interesting. I have SBC/Yahoo DSL and cannot access that site. I wonder when I report spam abuse in yahoo mail, if that information isn't somehow relayed back to another SBC channel (and the aggregate of those spam origins are used to generate block lists based on a %).
Apply that same philosophy to even the discipline of Software Engineering - no matter how well we design or plan, errors and bugs mysteriously have a habit of making fools of ourselves. Should politicians cast stones at us too?
Slashdot Mirror
Oh man, I owe you one brother. I had a hearty belly laugh a good 30 seconds at least. That video is pure gold. Now I'm off to the ER to get my side stitched up. I'll send you the bill!
From the bottom of a Yeltsin 80 proof bottle to a Putin iron fist - the evolution of a democracy in the absence of a firearm? In Soviet election, ballot box stuff you!
You can find out more about me by rummaging through my trash can - quite legal too. Just make sure you get it off my lawn first, or say hello to my boomstick.
My apologies. Sometimes I forget even my own standards when in the cartoon realm. It's a fork and a spoon making snu snu for those at work.
oops. I meant 5$/15 miles (or a buck every 3 like at Pudong). I think we can implement the same here for about a 1$/5 miles.
The whole argument of population density here in the States is a load of sheep. The United States has roughly the same land area as China, and likewise, has a majority of high population density tilted on the East coast.
When I was in Shanghai, a maglev train from Pudong airport to our ex-pat section was roughly 15 miles and cost around $5, traveling about 450 Km/H (250 mph). With 20 million+ people in Shanghai, there's no reason this cannot be done similarly in New York, LA, or Chicago. Imagine a $60 trip (or less) from Boston to New York. Better yet, at $5/mile, a straight shot from Dallas to Houston is around 250 miles (about 50 miles more distance). I was around when they were still expanding the I-45 corridor from Dallas to Houston (it helped provide an economic boom between the two). In 2005 alone, our Texas highway systems accounted for over 100 billion into our overall economy (feeder roads, tractor-trailer delivery, exports, new construction, efficiency, etc). Think about long hauling regular cargo over this rail instead. Also, all you Texans out there imagine a 250 mph rail from Dallas to Houston for a commute. It's normally a 4 to 5 hour trip. Now, with maybe 3 to 5 total stops, it would only be an hour and a half or so (which somedays, believe it or not, takes almost that much time for just a traffic commute of 20 miles from one end of Dallas to the other). In a capitalist country, we could easily drop that $5/mile cost even further.
The article mentions China is interested because they will replace the 10 hour train ride from Shanghai to Beijing. I've taken that trip as well. It was a non stop overnighter on a "old" style bunk cab that cut through several small rural cities (much like we have here between major cities in the States). I thoroughly enjoyed that ride, since it was quite nostalgic and peaceful (except for the smoke filled cabs, squeezing past people sleeping in chairs in the aisles, and a hole in the floor for a shitter). The Pudong maglev was pure luxury, and at 250 mph was so smooth I could drink a cup of tea without spilling a drop. You do get something like a sonic boom vibration when the other maglev passes the opposite direction as yours.
Either way, for all you Americans who buy into this notion that it's not reasonable or economical to implement high speed rails here (or use some population density as an excuse), well, quite simply, from the mouth of a native proud Texan, that dog just don't hunt. There is ripe economic potential to be had from these high speed rail interconnects, much like the I-45 corridor provided here over the last 30 or so years. The rest of the world makes us look second rate. And that's quite hard for this 'ole boy to swallow. I think in part we subsidize the airlines way too much here. In over 30 years, we've already floated the note for several and some still can't get their crap together. We need desperately to make a gradual transition away from our reliance on airlines. High speed rail is the answer, and is already proven worldwide to be quite economical and beneficial in so many ways.
Tom Baker was my favorite Doctor, and I see Douglas Adams wrote a few of those episodes. I wonder how much of Adam's influence was present in Tom Baker's tenure outside of those 4 episodes he wrote. I later latched on to reruns from the crudgy old white guy and that blonde haired chap.
Orbital locations 110 and 119 have a footprint which covers the entire CONUS (continental US). It does not matter where you travel, so long as you orient the skew, elevation, and azimuth of your dish to those orbital locations you will get all channels (provided by your service plan). If you are talking about _local_ channels, I believe there are a total of 20 to 30 separate spotbeams (separate from the main channels) across the CONUS directed to various cities with their own specific frequency (on a specific transponder) of any one satellite. If you travel outside that local footprint, you would simply need to reprogram that _reciever_ for a new local spotbeam. It would be nice if DTV GO has software to automagically adjust to the new spotbeam you travel and the hardware to accept all those various local spotbeams (and a mobile service plan to match). Otherwise, you might just be SOL for your locals.
I thought V was for Vilify. Either way, try sitting through "The Shooter" with that Marky Mark guy who dropped his drawers on MTV a while yonder. Now THAT's a piece of political tripe slammed down your throat. Yeah, we all get it Hollyweird.
I just want some flying limbs and witty "I'll be back" quips from my action flicks. Nothing more. Nothing less. Ok. Maybe some more of those quips and limbs. Next time I get duped by Hollyweird, I'm leaving my spit cup in the bag of popcorn under neath the seat, followed by a stern letter of apathy and a good fist shaking in the air. That'll learn 'em.
"Research Reveals Mislaid Microprocessor Megahertz"
For a brief second there, I thought MIT introduced their first prototype for the Fembot Miss Universe competition in 2010.
Knock Knock
Who's there?
Al Gore
Al Gore who?
Al gore your blockage from my tubes for a dollar.
The Internet is the wild wild west, and unfortunately so - anything and everything goes. The real irony is if those same bloggers had made those death threats and comments over the phone, there would be police knocking on their front door.
It's not enough to freely dismiss this behavior as tolerant Internet norms, no more than we would today accept a pistol duel in the dusty streets over a drunken bar exchange.
Why isn't it considered "green" to just throw away old hardware? Most landfills populated with the stuff become plush green golf courses later anyways. I've got a lot of vintage scrap even too crap for eBay. Other than burning it in a barrell in my backyard, what am I supposed to do? I suppose I could bury it in my own back yard and leave a mini putt putt for the next tenant...
Personally, I do my part for the environment by using brand X over Y. Most of the time during the day, I just leave my computer off entirely. Instead, I run SETI@home using chisenbop on a beowulf cluster of hands with a cat5 stuck between my cheeks.
Young Beaver - We make two puffs. All is well.
Chief Grey Eagle - But smoke rise in three puff mean danger.
Young Beaver - Yes. But I use blanket with two hole over half moon cut for last.
Namco scientists unearthed these dinosaurs back in the 80s actually, and early cavemen used bicycle tire pumps to fend them off. We can only assume those same cavemen used bicycles on the surface to out maneuver those Galaxian cruisers as well - although there seems to be a missing link detailing that transition.
Maybe in the future, Exxon will invent a robot oil additive called Zoloft Slick 50.
FTA (journal entry dated March 20, 2007):He mentioned before that he spent 20k on vinyl and CDs already. He just wanted the Luna compilation. If you go to Rhino, you can purchase the Luna cover:
1. He had the option of purchasing the CD (as he professed to in the past), but
2. He purchased a cheaper WMA with this big DISCLAIMER directly below (once you checkout):He opted for 2, and ignored the disclaimer.
I thought you can purchase a CD and download them to your iPod. Am I mistaken? I fail to see that as justification for becoming a music pirate.
Apply that same philosophy to even the discipline of Software Engineering - no matter how well we design or plan, errors and bugs mysteriously have a habit of making fools of ourselves. Should politicians cast stones at us too?