Iâ(TM)m not sure what are you trying to argue here - that Facebook and Google are in the lines of business where there is no other option just to abuse user privacy to make a profit? The fact that no one came up yet with another financing model for say search engines and social networks doesnâ(TM)t make it so. When enough people get will suffer downsides of this model, say companies digging up info in Facebook profile that they donâ(TM)t like and turning them down for a job, it may yet change. I hope it will.
After starting on the servers, desktops and a few low-end notebooks, now there are finally well specced notebooks with the Ryzen CPUs. These are great news for the consumers, Intel needs competition everywhere. ThinkPad A485 with the chassis equivalent to T480 is particularly tempting. Same great Linux compatibility with 100% less Meltdown.
How about offering some compensation to people, who bought your chips with the flaws, for the drops in the performance created by the patches? You did receive semi-monopoly prices for them, so coughing some of that up would be only fair, as we're left up with something that doesn't perform as good as advertised.
Now if only avoiding Intel on notebooks would be easier. There will be some potentially good stuff coming up this year, such as Ryzen powered Thinkpads, but there just isn't much choice. On the desktops or workstations however... vote with your wallets people!
Integrated X20 modem is nice, and given Qualcomm's expertise it will be very fast. CPU is another story though, according to their own numbers it still will be slower than A11. That PA Semi purchase seems better by the day, Apple is walking all over the competition.
Actually, I always though that would be a great use for robots, trash separation.
As you say, you just don't get the people to recycle properly. We're likely to never get them to do it, so why not instead try developing robots with advanced vision and other sensors to recognize different types of trash, and nimble "hands" to sort them as they enter waste processing plants?
It is certainly a hard problem both from SW and HW point of view, but worth solving.
They know where are they going with this, and if it works and it's safe, they'll make a killing in Asia. There is lots of demand for this kind of fripperies there, from 'whitening' creams, to changing the eye lids, and this just takes the cake.
You're looking at BMW i3 with REX (range extender) option. It's very surprising there aren't more options on the market already.
Adding electric motor to a car with a complete ICE drive train just adds weight and complexity for very limited electric range or moderately boosted economy figures compared to say best diesels. Going purely electric with existing battery technologies is expensive if range is good (i.e. 90th percentile mentioned above), or means settling for 100-120 miles.
All electric drive train with REX gets rid of all the unnecessary complexity of ICE, and still includes the option to get the reasonable range on demand from very efficient, single speed, ICE. It's the best solution right now.
It is a Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro, with Zalman ZM80C-HP passive heatpipe cooler and enough power to freeze ridiculous amounts of bubbles.
Actually, if you don't want to void your warranty, you can get the same combo as Ultimate edition of the same card:
http://www.sapphiretech.com/vga/9800proult.asp
I don't, but that is just me, there are enough crazy people out there. Just think about how this would improve aquarium mods, fish swimming around in your case and all.
These are the guys that managed to crush every single other player into the ground...
Let's talk about ATI and nvidia, as others can be safely dismissed at this point.
It was the case, before ATI released radeon 9700 Pro in late summer 2002. Afterwards ATI lead the way, and nVidia was rushing NV3x variants to market trying to keep the marketshare with varied success.
Trouble began with nVidia releasing NV30 architecture, not aligned well with DirectX specs, betting on Cg instead of HLSL. That bet didn't work out and NV40 had to, among other things, resolve problems caused by that decision. Sadly, OpenGL based game engines are becoming rare, another bad development for nvidia as their OpenGL drivers are traditionaly superior to ATI's.
Congratulations to nvidia to massive jump in performance, this indeed is very exciting for all gamers out there. However, the side effects associated with said performance jump are disconcerting.
I disagree with people saying noise is unimportant. There usually are pauses between gunshots in most games, where ambient noises need to be heard, plus there are games where audio is very important part of gameplay (Thief, Splinter Cell). nvidia high end cards are becoming synonymous with outsized and noisy cooling solutions (even though situation got a bit better after FX5800).
Another issue is heat. 2 molex connectors themselves are not scary, but extra ~20W power draw over previous generation won't make cooling cases any easier.
Let's wait for ATI's response. Hopefully their card will be something similarly fast but more power efficient. That and better Linux drivers, please. Otherwise my current passively cooled card stays in.
Ballmer claimed linux is more expensive then windows.
Nice point you're mentioning, especially considering that he mentions nothing to back that claim. Jumping from "Munich's Linux switchover is proving more costly and complex than anticipated" to "All of a sudden it's more expensive now to use the Linux solution than the Windows solution," looks like a bit of wishful thinking to me. It shouldn't be too much to ask CEO to have a bit of integrity, even these days.
However, that's not the only gem in the article.
Ballmer said governments that abandon Microsoft are more interested in making a political statement than using the best and most affordable software. Nice spin, Steve, how enjoyable to see master at work! Alas, claiming that anyone who decides not to use Windows, does so for political reasons goes, again, too far.
Down few lines: Microsoft is making "incredible progress" with its 2-year-old Trustworthy Computing strategy. Ehm. This mantra is repeated often by Bill and Steve to no avail, all those repetitions fail to make it true. Anyone seen flood of new exploits to slow down, raised hands anyone? Didn't think so.
One has to congratulate Microsoft to lifting Steve to CEO position. He does make fine cheerleader. Short skirt optional.
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Goldman Sachs is uniquely positioned to ask that question, given its impeccable moral reputation.
Iâ(TM)m not sure what are you trying to argue here - that Facebook and Google are in the lines of business where there is no other option just to abuse user privacy to make a profit? The fact that no one came up yet with another financing model for say search engines and social networks doesnâ(TM)t make it so. When enough people get will suffer downsides of this model, say companies digging up info in Facebook profile that they donâ(TM)t like and turning them down for a job, it may yet change. I hope it will.
Qwant.
After starting on the servers, desktops and a few low-end notebooks, now there are finally well specced notebooks with the Ryzen CPUs. These are great news for the consumers, Intel needs competition everywhere.
ThinkPad A485 with the chassis equivalent to T480 is particularly tempting. Same great Linux compatibility with 100% less Meltdown.
Yes you do.
How about offering some compensation to people, who bought your chips with the flaws, for the drops in the performance created by the patches? You did receive semi-monopoly prices for them, so coughing some of that up would be only fair, as we're left up with something that doesn't perform as good as advertised.
Now if only avoiding Intel on notebooks would be easier. There will be some potentially good stuff coming up this year, such as Ryzen powered Thinkpads, but there just isn't much choice. ... vote with your wallets people!
On the desktops or workstations however
So which 2 old regulations did he cancel then?
That's what he promised...
It has one - iOS.
Try living in Europe.
Our politicians may have an annoying habit of criticizing US while copying some of the wrong moves, but it's still way more social over here.
Starting with 5 weeks of vacation (that you're urged to take), and continuing with social and medical security that actually deserve their names.
Integrated X20 modem is nice, and given Qualcomm's expertise it will be very fast.
CPU is another story though, according to their own numbers it still will be slower than A11. That PA Semi purchase seems better by the day, Apple is walking all over the competition.
Also, Google Tax is much worse, since they've got no USP over all the other Android cell phones manufacturers.
If that lower AQ is anywhere near average for the whole population, it's not weird.
"Normal" is just a another word for "average".
Actually, I always though that would be a great use for robots, trash separation.
As you say, you just don't get the people to recycle properly. We're likely to never get them to do it, so why not instead try developing robots with advanced vision and other sensors to recognize different types of trash, and nimble "hands" to sort them as they enter waste processing plants?
It is certainly a hard problem both from SW and HW point of view, but worth solving.
Your best bets are Lenovo (I've got X220 and it's superb in Arch) and Dell.
Other brands might work, but those two are most likely to work properly, i.e. including suspend and all hardware buttons.
First thought when reading it: Hong Kong.
They know where are they going with this, and if it works and it's safe, they'll make a killing in Asia. There is lots of demand for this kind of fripperies there, from 'whitening' creams, to changing the eye lids, and this just takes the cake.
Street shops offering it in Kowloon? Possible.
You're looking at BMW i3 with REX (range extender) option. It's very surprising there aren't more options on the market already.
Adding electric motor to a car with a complete ICE drive train just adds weight and complexity for very limited electric range or moderately boosted economy figures compared to say best diesels.
Going purely electric with existing battery technologies is expensive if range is good (i.e. 90th percentile mentioned above), or means settling for 100-120 miles.
All electric drive train with REX gets rid of all the unnecessary complexity of ICE, and still includes the option to get the reasonable range on demand from very efficient, single speed, ICE. It's the best solution right now.
I see this as a positive development.
The sooner they will become unbearably obnoxious, the faster they will go the way of the dodo.
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It is a Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro, with Zalman ZM80C-HP passive heatpipe cooler and enough power to freeze ridiculous amounts of bubbles.
Actually, if you don't want to void your warranty, you can get the same combo as Ultimate edition of the same card: http://www.sapphiretech.com/vga/9800proult.asp
I don't, but that is just me, there are enough crazy people out there. Just think about how this would improve aquarium mods, fish swimming around in your case and all.
Naturally, only if they can survive the liquid.
These are the guys that managed to crush every single other player into the ground...
Let's talk about ATI and nvidia, as others can be safely dismissed at this point.
It was the case, before ATI released radeon 9700 Pro in late summer 2002. Afterwards ATI lead the way, and nVidia was rushing NV3x variants to market trying to keep the marketshare with varied success.
Trouble began with nVidia releasing NV30 architecture, not aligned well with DirectX specs, betting on Cg instead of HLSL. That bet didn't work out and NV40 had to, among other things, resolve problems caused by that decision. Sadly, OpenGL based game engines are becoming rare, another bad development for nvidia as their OpenGL drivers are traditionaly superior to ATI's.
Congratulations to nvidia to massive jump in performance, this indeed is very exciting for all gamers out there. However, the side effects associated with said performance jump are disconcerting.
I disagree with people saying noise is unimportant. There usually are pauses between gunshots in most games, where ambient noises need to be heard, plus there are games where audio is very important part of gameplay (Thief, Splinter Cell). nvidia high end cards are becoming synonymous with outsized and noisy cooling solutions (even though situation got a bit better after FX5800).
Another issue is heat. 2 molex connectors themselves are not scary, but extra ~20W power draw over previous generation won't make cooling cases any easier.
Let's wait for ATI's response. Hopefully their card will be something similarly fast but more power efficient. That and better Linux drivers, please. Otherwise my current passively cooled card stays in.
Ballmer claimed linux is more expensive then windows.
Nice point you're mentioning, especially considering that he mentions nothing to back that claim. Jumping from "Munich's Linux switchover is proving more costly and complex than anticipated" to "All of a sudden it's more expensive now to use the Linux solution than the Windows solution," looks like a bit of wishful thinking to me. It shouldn't be too much to ask CEO to have a bit of integrity, even these days.
However, that's not the only gem in the article.
Ballmer said governments that abandon Microsoft are more interested in making a political statement than using the best and most affordable software. Nice spin, Steve, how enjoyable to see master at work! Alas, claiming that anyone who decides not to use Windows, does so for political reasons goes, again, too far.
Down few lines: Microsoft is making "incredible progress" with its 2-year-old Trustworthy Computing strategy. Ehm. This mantra is repeated often by Bill and Steve to no avail, all those repetitions fail to make it true. Anyone seen flood of new exploits to slow down, raised hands anyone? Didn't think so.
One has to congratulate Microsoft to lifting Steve to CEO position. He does make fine cheerleader. Short skirt optional.