After placing Digg on my RSS and visiting the site for several weeks, I finally put it to rest. It's more like a high school blog, and I graduated from that a long time ago.
Rod - I had the same thing with an iMac in my bedroom, until I saw a firmware update from Apple that dims the thing at night. I d/l it and now it's down to a reasonable level at night. It's cool.
Did anyone take a close look at the QT and MPEG videos? Look at the first one, the "balloo01.mov". The codec listed is simply "video", and I think that means zero compression. It's 160x120, and 15 fps, 1040 kbps. The MPEG is 320x240, 24 fps, and 700kbps. So not only is the MPEG much much better quality, it is about 1/6th the bit rate (after taking into consideration the frame size).
Why didn't NASA use some kind of good compression for the QT clip? (Like Sorenson for instance - this was way too early for h.264)
I came to slashdot and got this (twice):
500 Internal Server Error
An internal server error occurred. Please try again later
LOL! Slashdot got slashdotted!
What I'm waiting for is networked multiplayer air combat, where the elevator & ailerons are controlled with the RIGHT thumbstick, and throttle and rudder is done with the LEFT. What we have is flight simulation where none of the programmers have ever flown an RC plane, or all are left handed. I'm not stopping there. I also want my simulated aircraft to obey the laws of physics. Am I asking for too much?
Wouldn't surprise me, not even a little bit, if MS implements tabs in multiple rows. And when you click on one in the back row it will rearrange them all. That's the Microsoft way.
"And as a result their newest operating systems bear uncannily like-minded search tools."
I *know* later on in TFA that he acknowledges that Tiger is coming in a few days and LongHorn is late next year, but he really can't legitimately say "their newest" OS until it IS their newest OS. In 9 more days he can say that about Tiger, but he'll have to wait a year and a half to say it about LongHorn.
"Apple only recently moved into Dual CPUs with the G5, whereas dual CPUs on home computers have been around since the days of the Pentium II."
Pardon me, but Apple had a dual 604e (the PowerMac 9600) way way back in Feb 1997. Like 8 years ago. And they have been doing dualies ever since. And, btw, "verified" rumors (if there is such a thing) have it that Apple will be shipping dual-core G5s in the next PM upgrade, to be announced sometime this month. Personally, I fully expect dual duals to be on their roster by Sept.
Just as easy if not easier in OSX. Created an encrypted disk image (AES 128 bit) where the files are to be kept and do not put the pw in the Keychain. I'd trust encryption on a Mac a zillion times more than on Windows.
High CPU usage? I'm downloading now with Azureus and it's coming in like a firehose. CPU usage ranges from 2 to 5.5% (that's from watching it for a few minutes). What's Azureus doing on your system?
And that's where you'll fiind what SETI is looking for. Radio is a thing of the distant past for civilizations who have lived long enough to learn how to not kill each other off. Gravity waves are not blocked or obscured by anything, and the only source of emissions at GHz frequencies are alien-made.
20 years ago is when I had one bolted to my twin-engine Lazair ultralight. At the time there were 2 basic models available - one deployed by a rocket and one by an explosive charge. I opted for #2, which would sucessfully bring down an aircraft when deployed as low as 400 feet. I put this on my second plane after I lost my first one in a thunderstorm (yes, while flying it). Even way back then they had plans to make em a bigger and market to general aviation. Don't see why this is making the news today.
And, this thing didn't make me feel safer or make me even more reckless than I already was. I was constantly in fear of the damn thing going off by itself.
Let's see, if VATech can hit 12TF with G5s at a cost of 5mil, then they could get to 60TF at around 25 mil, half the cost of NASA's Titanic cluster (and with half the chip count). Way to go NASA.
12 Opterons deliver 58* GFlops (where * = peak).
The Army's recent G5 cluster (1566*2 G5 processors running at 2GHz) deliver 25* TFlops.
58 divided by 12 yields 4.8* GFlops per chip for an Opteron, and 25000 divided by 3132 yields 8* GFlops per chip for the G5.
What's wrong with this math? I didn't think the G5 had numbers THAT much better than an Opteron. And with G5s hitting 2.5GHz today the numbers would be much worse (or better, depending on your point of view).
Same link I got my info from. And the words that I read on that page go like this:
Each G5 processor has its own dedicated bidirectional interface to the system controller. That's a mind-boggling 20GB per second of total bandwidth on dual 2.5GHz systems -- more than twice the 6.4GBps maximum bandwidth of Pentium 4-based systems using the latest PC architecture. In addition to providing fast access to main memory, this high-performance frontside bus architecture enables each PowerPC G5 processor to discover and access data in the other processor's L1 and L2 caches for ultrafast performance.
OK, I RTFA and tried to pick out something I could use to compare it to a dual G5. No go, except maybe in memory bandwidth where the iWill is 4.6GB/s and the dual G5 is 20. Guess that tells me something.
From the article, "Too few respondents report needing support with or repairs to their Apple computers to rate the company in these areas." To me that sounds like an excellent ranking.
"Apple purposely disabled all other formats due to licenseing costs"
Not so. iPods support AAC (up to 320 kbit/s, protected and unprotected), MP3 (up to 320kbit/s), MP3 Variable Bit Rate (VBR), WAV, AIFF, Audible.
Perhaps Apple is not being treated the same as MS because Duke BOUGHT the iPods - Apple didn't give them something they couldn't refuse. Duke could have purchased any number of other brands but choose the iPod as the best product to suit their needs. And with 1800 purchased in one order I'm sure they got a substantial discount, just like they would have if they had bought from any other company. So maybe Apple isn't being slammed here is because they landed a nice sale in an open market by having a good product. I'd give em a pat on the back.
"TORONTO -- July 13, 2004 -- Today at the Microsoft® Worldwide Partner Conference 2004, Mike Nash, corporate vice president for the Security Business and Technology Unit at Microsoft Corp., provided an update on the continued commitment Microsoft has made to help improve the security of computers and networks. Nash outlined steps Microsoft has taken and noted measured progress to date, including technical innovation in providing greater isolation and resiliency for computers and networks; improvements to security update tools and processes; expanded authorization, authentication and access control capabilities; improvements to quality through a commitment to engineering excellence; and success in providing global customer guidance and engagement. "
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After placing Digg on my RSS and visiting the site for several weeks, I finally put it to rest. It's more like a high school blog, and I graduated from that a long time ago.
Rod - I had the same thing with an iMac in my bedroom, until I saw a firmware update from Apple that dims the thing at night. I d/l it and now it's down to a reasonable level at night. It's cool.
Did anyone take a close look at the QT and MPEG videos? Look at the first one, the "balloo01.mov". The codec listed is simply "video", and I think that means zero compression. It's 160x120, and 15 fps, 1040 kbps. The MPEG is 320x240, 24 fps, and 700kbps. So not only is the MPEG much much better quality, it is about 1/6th the bit rate (after taking into consideration the frame size). Why didn't NASA use some kind of good compression for the QT clip? (Like Sorenson for instance - this was way too early for h.264)
I came to slashdot and got this (twice): 500 Internal Server Error An internal server error occurred. Please try again later LOL! Slashdot got slashdotted!
Thanks for asking for my opinion....
What I'm waiting for is networked multiplayer air combat, where the elevator & ailerons are controlled with the RIGHT thumbstick, and throttle and rudder is done with the LEFT. What we have is flight simulation where none of the programmers have ever flown an RC plane, or all are left handed. I'm not stopping there. I also want my simulated aircraft to obey the laws of physics. Am I asking for too much?
Wouldn't surprise me, not even a little bit, if MS implements tabs in multiple rows. And when you click on one in the back row it will rearrange them all. That's the Microsoft way.
"And as a result their newest operating systems bear uncannily like-minded search tools." I *know* later on in TFA that he acknowledges that Tiger is coming in a few days and LongHorn is late next year, but he really can't legitimately say "their newest" OS until it IS their newest OS. In 9 more days he can say that about Tiger, but he'll have to wait a year and a half to say it about LongHorn.
OMG, I can't believe you're actually quoting Thurott here on /. But then again, I see you're post is FlameBait, just like Thurott's entire website.
I second that. At least my 2nd G5 will be doing something productive rather than running a virus checker.
"Apple only recently moved into Dual CPUs with the G5, whereas dual CPUs on home computers have been around since the days of the Pentium II." Pardon me, but Apple had a dual 604e (the PowerMac 9600) way way back in Feb 1997. Like 8 years ago. And they have been doing dualies ever since. And, btw, "verified" rumors (if there is such a thing) have it that Apple will be shipping dual-core G5s in the next PM upgrade, to be announced sometime this month. Personally, I fully expect dual duals to be on their roster by Sept.
Just as easy if not easier in OSX. Created an encrypted disk image (AES 128 bit) where the files are to be kept and do not put the pw in the Keychain. I'd trust encryption on a Mac a zillion times more than on Windows.
High CPU usage? I'm downloading now with Azureus and it's coming in like a firehose. CPU usage ranges from 2 to 5.5% (that's from watching it for a few minutes). What's Azureus doing on your system?
And that's where you'll fiind what SETI is looking for. Radio is a thing of the distant past for civilizations who have lived long enough to learn how to not kill each other off. Gravity waves are not blocked or obscured by anything, and the only source of emissions at GHz frequencies are alien-made.
20 years ago is when I had one bolted to my twin-engine Lazair ultralight. At the time there were 2 basic models available - one deployed by a rocket and one by an explosive charge. I opted for #2, which would sucessfully bring down an aircraft when deployed as low as 400 feet. I put this on my second plane after I lost my first one in a thunderstorm (yes, while flying it). Even way back then they had plans to make em a bigger and market to general aviation. Don't see why this is making the news today. And, this thing didn't make me feel safer or make me even more reckless than I already was. I was constantly in fear of the damn thing going off by itself.
I posted the same dream right here on this forum just a couple of days ago. Where's my lawyer......
They are working a deal with Apple to start manufacturing and marketing an IBM branded Mac. Wait n see.
Ooops... make that 'the same chip count' (roughly)
Let's see, if VATech can hit 12TF with G5s at a cost of 5mil, then they could get to 60TF at around 25 mil, half the cost of NASA's Titanic cluster (and with half the chip count). Way to go NASA.
12 Opterons deliver 58* GFlops (where * = peak). The Army's recent G5 cluster (1566*2 G5 processors running at 2GHz) deliver 25* TFlops. 58 divided by 12 yields 4.8* GFlops per chip for an Opteron, and 25000 divided by 3132 yields 8* GFlops per chip for the G5. What's wrong with this math? I didn't think the G5 had numbers THAT much better than an Opteron. And with G5s hitting 2.5GHz today the numbers would be much worse (or better, depending on your point of view).
Same link I got my info from. And the words that I read on that page go like this: Each G5 processor has its own dedicated bidirectional interface to the system controller. That's a mind-boggling 20GB per second of total bandwidth on dual 2.5GHz systems -- more than twice the 6.4GBps maximum bandwidth of Pentium 4-based systems using the latest PC architecture. In addition to providing fast access to main memory, this high-performance frontside bus architecture enables each PowerPC G5 processor to discover and access data in the other processor's L1 and L2 caches for ultrafast performance.
OK, I RTFA and tried to pick out something I could use to compare it to a dual G5. No go, except maybe in memory bandwidth where the iWill is 4.6GB/s and the dual G5 is 20. Guess that tells me something.
From the article, "Too few respondents report needing support with or repairs to their Apple computers to rate the company in these areas." To me that sounds like an excellent ranking.
"Apple purposely disabled all other formats due to licenseing costs" Not so. iPods support AAC (up to 320 kbit/s, protected and unprotected), MP3 (up to 320kbit/s), MP3 Variable Bit Rate (VBR), WAV, AIFF, Audible.
Perhaps Apple is not being treated the same as MS because Duke BOUGHT the iPods - Apple didn't give them something they couldn't refuse. Duke could have purchased any number of other brands but choose the iPod as the best product to suit their needs. And with 1800 purchased in one order I'm sure they got a substantial discount, just like they would have if they had bought from any other company. So maybe Apple isn't being slammed here is because they landed a nice sale in an open market by having a good product. I'd give em a pat on the back.
"TORONTO -- July 13, 2004 -- Today at the Microsoft® Worldwide Partner Conference 2004, Mike Nash, corporate vice president for the Security Business and Technology Unit at Microsoft Corp., provided an update on the continued commitment Microsoft has made to help improve the security of computers and networks. Nash outlined steps Microsoft has taken and noted measured progress to date, including technical innovation in providing greater isolation and resiliency for computers and networks; improvements to security update tools and processes; expanded authorization, authentication and access control capabilities; improvements to quality through a commitment to engineering excellence; and success in providing global customer guidance and engagement. " Rrrriiiiigggghhhhhtttttt