...i suggest a nifty ergenomic dvorak keyboard, you can get it on ebay fer a bit: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&cate gory=51083&item=5149151249&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
... so that it's harder to refer to the inaccuracies of the article.
For starters some SLRs use a Prism instead of a Mirror and thus allow live previews. It also wouldn't surprise me if some of the DSLRs out there have a mirror lock like my old Canon AE-1 that expose the sensor and allow live previews as well.
There there was the bit about DSLRs having a shallow depth of field. Hmm... isn't that a result of the lense. Was the reviewer using a 300mm zoom? You can get nice a nice 55mm lense with a 22 F-Stop.
It seems like this author was trying to convey the fact that DSLRs aren't for everyone and couldn't think up a good reason so he lied.
Pentium M's foundations are the Pentium Pro but I wouldn't really say it is based on it.
Prior to the Pentium 4 most of Intel's architecture moves were based on cost savings either in manufacturing, QA or support.
The Pentium Pro wasn't too popular because it didn't support the MMX instructions of the Pentium MMX and it's L2 cache was on the mainboard and thus Intel hand no QA over it and the L2 was often the cause of problems.
To solve these short comings they came up with the Pentium II.
Pentium 2 = Pentium Pro + MMX + external L2 on a PCB + Die Shrink + Slot 1
The Pentium II was exspensive so the Pentium III came along.
Pentium III = Pentium II + SSE + L2 moved on Die + Die Shrink
The Slot 1 design was still pricey so...
Pentium III v.2 = Pentium III + socket 370
The Pentium M was Intel's answer to Transmeta as a growing threat and Pentium 4's unsuitability to perform as a mobile chip.
The Pentium M was based on a Pentium III Tulatin. The Israeli Team went about making it a power mizer. To do this they decided the best way was to make it powerdown as frequently as possible because a CPU spends most of it's time idle. Because a CPU spends alot of it's time waiting on memory, they removed the PC133 FSB and slapped on a highly optimized P4 QDR 100mhz (4x100=400mhz) FSB to feed the CPU so it wasn't waiting and could just go to sleep. The optimized the opcode up the wazoo and made a chipset that was just as optimized and would shut down unused portions of the system whenever possible. Since the system is always pressure to go to sleep, everything is optimized to be as efficient as possible so that it can get to be quicker.
The end result/realization was that making a CPU power efficient is that you actually just make a super efficient cpu that just power cycles frequently. Thus if you tell it not to power cycle you have a CPU that really kicks ass.
Intel is slowly realizing that the P4 won't scale forever and that the Pentium M has alot of potential.
What alot of people don't actually know is that the Pentium 4 was purposefully made inefficient to permit it's clock to scale higher. Intel initially delayed the P3 Tulatin and made very little of it when it did come out because a 1.4ghz P3 wouldn't have helped the sales of the 1.x Ghz P4s. After the P4s were moved to.90nm and the clocks jacked up over 2ghzs they quietly rolled out the Tulatin. An overclocked P3 on a 440bx regularly schooled the P4 and a P3 Tulatin on an 815 Solano PC 133 chipset would have been the final nail in the coffin for the P4.
Intel has always made technological moves based on it's bottom line and rarely introduces a good technology just to benefit progress. If you look at it's moves, most of them are new manufacturing or formfactor technologies to cut cost or sell chipsets. Often these moves shifted cost onto the mainboard makers, as is the case with LGA chips.
Intel has traditionally relied on it's manufacturing process to defeat it's competitors either in price, or performance by ramping clock speed. The P4 was a gamble that by making an ineffienct scalable processor, their manufacturing processes would allow them to defeat AMD and Tranmeta. Unfortunately AMD has showed that they can play ball and now Intel is looking into factors other than manufacturing for the perfomance they need.
inwhich they said that it is tradition for all of the President's staff to turn in their resignations and then the President decides whose he'll accept.
I can't imagine that that majority of users would needs anything beyond the ability to run preinstalled software. Just change the policies for most users in Active Directory to revoke their software install privledges. Not only would you see a reduction in Spyware and virus outbreaks, but you'd see a heak of alot less of those stupid puppies running back and forth in the signatures of people's emails.
considering that the VIN system is not reliable prior to 1986. Validating a VIN works something like this...
If VIN is post 1985 then Validate else accept it for what it is.
Just tweak this code to say...
If VIN is post 1985 and pre 2005 then Validate else if post 2004 validate with new 2005 algorithm.
problem f***ing solved. This is just another Y2k scare. VIN information is so botched this won't even register on the radar. I work for an Auto insurance company and I can tell you that atleast 20% of the VINs on our policies are a Hash missing the serial number, plant of manufacter and a couple other useless tidbits. The Insurance Industry only uses the VIN to ensure a valid rate.
...,considering the majority of the world doesn't use Linux, they would like to assure all those considering a switch to gain all of the almight power of linux that their is nothing Linux does that they can't do either. Even if it is through another $2000 in software purchases.
You guys sit here and bitch with one another extolling the virtues of Linux and your precious ssh and shell scripts and Joe Nobody is sitting on his fat ass saying "Wtf is SSH? I just want to play me some Solitare and look at porn."
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... so that it's harder to refer to the inaccuracies of the article.
For starters some SLRs use a Prism instead of a Mirror and thus allow live previews. It also wouldn't surprise me if some of the DSLRs out there have a mirror lock like my old Canon AE-1 that expose the sensor and allow live previews as well.
There there was the bit about DSLRs having a shallow depth of field. Hmm... isn't that a result of the lense. Was the reviewer using a 300mm zoom? You can get nice a nice 55mm lense with a 22 F-Stop.
It seems like this author was trying to convey the fact that DSLRs aren't for everyone and couldn't think up a good reason so he lied.
Pentium M's foundations are the Pentium Pro but I wouldn't really say it is based on it. Prior to the Pentium 4 most of Intel's architecture moves were based on cost savings either in manufacturing, QA or support. The Pentium Pro wasn't too popular because it didn't support the MMX instructions of the Pentium MMX and it's L2 cache was on the mainboard and thus Intel hand no QA over it and the L2 was often the cause of problems. To solve these short comings they came up with the Pentium II. Pentium 2 = Pentium Pro + MMX + external L2 on a PCB + Die Shrink + Slot 1 The Pentium II was exspensive so the Pentium III came along. Pentium III = Pentium II + SSE + L2 moved on Die + Die Shrink The Slot 1 design was still pricey so... Pentium III v.2 = Pentium III + socket 370 The Pentium M was Intel's answer to Transmeta as a growing threat and Pentium 4's unsuitability to perform as a mobile chip. The Pentium M was based on a Pentium III Tulatin. The Israeli Team went about making it a power mizer. To do this they decided the best way was to make it powerdown as frequently as possible because a CPU spends most of it's time idle. Because a CPU spends alot of it's time waiting on memory, they removed the PC133 FSB and slapped on a highly optimized P4 QDR 100mhz (4x100=400mhz) FSB to feed the CPU so it wasn't waiting and could just go to sleep. The optimized the opcode up the wazoo and made a chipset that was just as optimized and would shut down unused portions of the system whenever possible. Since the system is always pressure to go to sleep, everything is optimized to be as efficient as possible so that it can get to be quicker. The end result/realization was that making a CPU power efficient is that you actually just make a super efficient cpu that just power cycles frequently. Thus if you tell it not to power cycle you have a CPU that really kicks ass. Intel is slowly realizing that the P4 won't scale forever and that the Pentium M has alot of potential. What alot of people don't actually know is that the Pentium 4 was purposefully made inefficient to permit it's clock to scale higher. Intel initially delayed the P3 Tulatin and made very little of it when it did come out because a 1.4ghz P3 wouldn't have helped the sales of the 1.x Ghz P4s. After the P4s were moved to .90nm and the clocks jacked up over 2ghzs they quietly rolled out the Tulatin. An overclocked P3 on a 440bx regularly schooled the P4 and a P3 Tulatin on an 815 Solano PC 133 chipset would have been the final nail in the coffin for the P4.
Intel has always made technological moves based on it's bottom line and rarely introduces a good technology just to benefit progress. If you look at it's moves, most of them are new manufacturing or formfactor technologies to cut cost or sell chipsets. Often these moves shifted cost onto the mainboard makers, as is the case with LGA chips.
Intel has traditionally relied on it's manufacturing process to defeat it's competitors either in price, or performance by ramping clock speed. The P4 was a gamble that by making an ineffienct scalable processor, their manufacturing processes would allow them to defeat AMD and Tranmeta. Unfortunately AMD has showed that they can play ball and now Intel is looking into factors other than manufacturing for the perfomance they need.
inwhich they said that it is tradition for all of the President's staff to turn in their resignations and then the President decides whose he'll accept.
I can't imagine that that majority of users would needs anything beyond the ability to run preinstalled software. Just change the policies for most users in Active Directory to revoke their software install privledges. Not only would you see a reduction in Spyware and virus outbreaks, but you'd see a heak of alot less of those stupid puppies running back and forth in the signatures of people's emails.
considering that the VIN system is not reliable prior to 1986. Validating a VIN works something like this...
If VIN is post 1985 then Validate else accept it for what it is.
Just tweak this code to say...
If VIN is post 1985 and pre 2005 then Validate else if post 2004 validate with new 2005 algorithm.
problem f***ing solved. This is just another Y2k scare. VIN information is so botched this won't even register on the radar. I work for an Auto insurance company and I can tell you that atleast 20% of the VINs on our policies are a Hash missing the serial number, plant of manufacter and a couple other useless tidbits. The Insurance Industry only uses the VIN to ensure a valid rate.
... ,considering the majority of the world doesn't use Linux, they would like to assure all those considering a switch to gain all of the almight power of linux that their is nothing Linux does that they can't do either. Even if it is through another $2000 in software purchases.
You guys sit here and bitch with one another extolling the virtues of Linux and your precious ssh and shell scripts and Joe Nobody is sitting on his fat ass saying "Wtf is SSH? I just want to play me some Solitare and look at porn."