The United States produced the W48 nuclear artillery shell in quantity. They're six inches wide and less than three feet long - much smaller than a "footlocker or refrigerator."
Why do they need to be built using the Tegra? What are its merits, other than brand name attached to it? ARM11 is Old Technology. Nvidia should get with some modern tech and build it on Cortex A8/A9.
Sounds like you're referring to SiCortex, who uses MIPS chips. They also have a desktop workstation with 72 processors and 48 or 96GB of RAM that only consumes 300W.
http://www.sicortex.com/
Windows is still maintained on Itanium; both it and the Alpha port could run x86 binaries at close to native (or, at one point in the Alpha's lifetime, faster.) I'm no Microsoft fanboy, but I don't think they're stupid.
I recently acquired a PowerStation made by FixStar, the same people who make Yellow Dog Linux. Since Apple and IBM gave up on Power-based workstations, this is among the last you can get, and it's quite nifty, and fairly reasonably priced ($1250 for quad PPC, 2GB RAM). If you have $6000 extra to throw at it there's also a Cell expansion board. My only real issue with it is lack of compatible 3d graphics hardware.
If x86 dies, which it is in the process of doing, Microsoft will port Windows to run on SPARC, ARM, PPC, whatever comes next. Microsoft has gotten where it is by being good at business, and being good at business does not consist of pushing a dying platform that it has no vested interested in. Windows has been ported to other architectures before, and is inherently portable.
It's not really relevant, but Windows also runs on Intel's Itanium architecture. Not just x86. So if someone wants to build an Itanium combination laptop/stove, they could put Windows on it.
Actually, Iran's military, whether or not they're equipped with printers is one of the most modern in the region. Although their F-14 fighters are in storage to increase their lifetimes, they've reverse-engineered and heavily upgraded their F-5's to a fairly high standard. In addition, they've purchased high-end Russian fighters recently. A war between Iran and the US would be extremely costly for both sides, especially given Iran's propensity for using child soldiers.
I hadn't heard of the Datapoint - that's really cool. Still, the Altair is generally accepted as The First PC. Still, even the Datapoint is less than GGP's stated figure of "$10,000."
This was predictable years ago. Obama's been death on guns for ages. "Reasonable restrictions" and all... but he seems very selective on the issues he thinks restrictions are "reasonable" for. He's a fucking hypocrite.
Bush is bad, but is NOTHING next to his predecessor. Let's review Clinton's stunning achievements for a moment:
-Attempted transition from humanitarian aid to nation-building in Somalia, resulting in the deaths of 19 US Soldiers on 3 Oct 93 because the Clinton administration didn't think they needed armor or heavy equipment. -Murder of 86 American citizens at Waco, and two more at Ruby Ridge. -The fiasco that was HillaryCare. -Massive expansion of the ECHELON data-mining system. -The totally unconstitutional Assault Weapons Ban. -Claimed authority to conduct warrantless searches and wiretaps. -Communications Decency Act - massive attempt to censor the Internet.
More to the point, despite his desperate attempts to make it appear so, Sen. Obama is not running against George Bush, and nor are the many, many Democrats running nation-wide that insist on equating their opponents to the President. Seems half the words that come out of Sen Biden's or Sen Obama's mouth these days are "failed Bush policies," and it's getting real annoying...
Wrong. Vista is 6.0, although there are two different builds (6000 for the original, 6001 for SP1 and Server 08.) 7 has been 6.1 throughout its development cycle.
I remain mystefied as to the origin of the "illegal war" argument. Congress authorized the President to invade and occupy Iraq in accordance with the War Powers Act of 1973 - how is that illegal? Not even the UN has challenged the legality of the US presence in Iraq.
I recognize Vista was a turd, but can you folks even bother educating yourself about what 7 is supposed to be before bashing it? Right now this is being advertised as performance and security increases, not "a new desktop theme," as people keep saying it. The leaked internal build shows a 40-50% memory usage decrease since Vista. In my book, that's a good thing, even as a Linux user.
Judging by parent's User ID, I'm going to karma hell for this, but too damn bad.
When you insert code into something like the Linux kernel, you agree that from that moment on, it is licensed under GPL version 2. That does not mean you have the luxury of deciding who uses it, despite your little political foibles on that topic. "Free software" means exactly that - if the United States Armed Forces opt to use the software, then they have every right to use it. It is no longer in your control.
On another note, why should you object to having the military using code you've written? You're failing to understand that the men in uniform are under a binding contract, and that they are sacrificing every day to defend their nation. The US Military does not create policy, civilian politicians do - the military is just a tool of policy. They need all the tools at their disposal to do their job of keeping the United States safe, however that job is defined by the politicians.
Er, you did read GP's post, right? He was being sarcastic, and saying that PCMag has sponsorship from Big Corporate Entities and has definite interest in seeing Microsoft stay dominant.
The only area that Google has been truly succesful in has been search. GMail is a major player, certainly, but most email users still run ISP-provided mail, and I don't even think that Google has captured a majority of the webmail space. Google's business philosophy on taking market share appears to be "Let's make efforts on lots and lots of potential markets, and see which pan out." This has had limited degrees of success, but look at the failed Google endeavors...
-Orkut. You'd think that this would be popular somewhere other then Brazil, given Google's apparent invincibility, but that hasn't happened yet. -Picasa. The photo-sharing component has been essentially marginalized by Flickr, Photobucket, and others. -Google Video. Lost to YouTube; Google responded by doing a buyout. Hardly brilliant technical innovation there.
You really don't know much about the principal of deterrants anyway. The idea is that if the UK (or whoever) or an allied country of theirs is attacked with nuclear weapons, then they can offer massive retaliation in kind. The UK has always been an important component of NATO. Thus, the need for nuclear weapons.
How about the projection keyboards used in some cell phones? The main problem at that point is just trying to find a place to put the machine down so you can type.
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The United States produced the W48 nuclear artillery shell in quantity. They're six inches wide and less than three feet long - much smaller than a "footlocker or refrigerator."
Why do they need to be built using the Tegra? What are its merits, other than brand name attached to it? ARM11 is Old Technology. Nvidia should get with some modern tech and build it on Cortex A8/A9.
Sounds like you're referring to SiCortex, who uses MIPS chips. They also have a desktop workstation with 72 processors and 48 or 96GB of RAM that only consumes 300W. http://www.sicortex.com/
Windows is still maintained on Itanium; both it and the Alpha port could run x86 binaries at close to native (or, at one point in the Alpha's lifetime, faster.) I'm no Microsoft fanboy, but I don't think they're stupid.
I recently acquired a PowerStation made by FixStar, the same people who make Yellow Dog Linux. Since Apple and IBM gave up on Power-based workstations, this is among the last you can get, and it's quite nifty, and fairly reasonably priced ($1250 for quad PPC, 2GB RAM). If you have $6000 extra to throw at it there's also a Cell expansion board. My only real issue with it is lack of compatible 3d graphics hardware.
If x86 dies, which it is in the process of doing, Microsoft will port Windows to run on SPARC, ARM, PPC, whatever comes next. Microsoft has gotten where it is by being good at business, and being good at business does not consist of pushing a dying platform that it has no vested interested in. Windows has been ported to other architectures before, and is inherently portable.
It's not really relevant, but Windows also runs on Intel's Itanium architecture. Not just x86. So if someone wants to build an Itanium combination laptop/stove, they could put Windows on it.
Actually, Iran's military, whether or not they're equipped with printers is one of the most modern in the region. Although their F-14 fighters are in storage to increase their lifetimes, they've reverse-engineered and heavily upgraded their F-5's to a fairly high standard. In addition, they've purchased high-end Russian fighters recently. A war between Iran and the US would be extremely costly for both sides, especially given Iran's propensity for using child soldiers.
I hadn't heard of the Datapoint - that's really cool. Still, the Altair is generally accepted as The First PC. Still, even the Datapoint is less than GGP's stated figure of "$10,000."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altair_8800 Try $439 in kit form, $621 assembled.
France is the second-highest defense spender in the world, you fucking idiot. Stop talking out of your ass.
This was predictable years ago. Obama's been death on guns for ages. "Reasonable restrictions" and all... but he seems very selective on the issues he thinks restrictions are "reasonable" for. He's a fucking hypocrite.
Bush is bad, but is NOTHING next to his predecessor. Let's review Clinton's stunning achievements for a moment:
-Attempted transition from humanitarian aid to nation-building in Somalia, resulting in the deaths of 19 US Soldiers on 3 Oct 93 because the Clinton administration didn't think they needed armor or heavy equipment.
-Murder of 86 American citizens at Waco, and two more at Ruby Ridge.
-The fiasco that was HillaryCare.
-Massive expansion of the ECHELON data-mining system.
-The totally unconstitutional Assault Weapons Ban.
-Claimed authority to conduct warrantless searches and wiretaps.
-Communications Decency Act - massive attempt to censor the Internet.
More to the point, despite his desperate attempts to make it appear so, Sen. Obama is not running against George Bush, and nor are the many, many Democrats running nation-wide that insist on equating their opponents to the President. Seems half the words that come out of Sen Biden's or Sen Obama's mouth these days are "failed Bush policies," and it's getting real annoying...
I'll be glad when this election is over.
Wrong. Vista is 6.0, although there are two different builds (6000 for the original, 6001 for SP1 and Server 08.) 7 has been 6.1 throughout its development cycle.
I remain mystefied as to the origin of the "illegal war" argument. Congress authorized the President to invade and occupy Iraq in accordance with the War Powers Act of 1973 - how is that illegal? Not even the UN has challenged the legality of the US presence in Iraq.
I recognize Vista was a turd, but can you folks even bother educating yourself about what 7 is supposed to be before bashing it? Right now this is being advertised as performance and security increases, not "a new desktop theme," as people keep saying it. The leaked internal build shows a 40-50% memory usage decrease since Vista. In my book, that's a good thing, even as a Linux user.
This coming from the same "news source" that reported in 2006 that a US invasion of Iran was imminent...
Judging by parent's User ID, I'm going to karma hell for this, but too damn bad.
When you insert code into something like the Linux kernel, you agree that from that moment on, it is licensed under GPL version 2. That does not mean you have the luxury of deciding who uses it, despite your little political foibles on that topic. "Free software" means exactly that - if the United States Armed Forces opt to use the software, then they have every right to use it. It is no longer in your control.
On another note, why should you object to having the military using code you've written? You're failing to understand that the men in uniform are under a binding contract, and that they are sacrificing every day to defend their nation. The US Military does not create policy, civilian politicians do - the military is just a tool of policy. They need all the tools at their disposal to do their job of keeping the United States safe, however that job is defined by the politicians.
Er, you did read GP's post, right? He was being sarcastic, and saying that PCMag has sponsorship from Big Corporate Entities and has definite interest in seeing Microsoft stay dominant.
The only area that Google has been truly succesful in has been search. GMail is a major player, certainly, but most email users still run ISP-provided mail, and I don't even think that Google has captured a majority of the webmail space. Google's business philosophy on taking market share appears to be "Let's make efforts on lots and lots of potential markets, and see which pan out." This has had limited degrees of success, but look at the failed Google endeavors...
-Orkut. You'd think that this would be popular somewhere other then Brazil, given Google's apparent invincibility, but that hasn't happened yet.
-Picasa. The photo-sharing component has been essentially marginalized by Flickr, Photobucket, and others.
-Google Video. Lost to YouTube; Google responded by doing a buyout. Hardly brilliant technical innovation there.
You really don't know much about the principal of deterrants anyway. The idea is that if the UK (or whoever) or an allied country of theirs is attacked with nuclear weapons, then they can offer massive retaliation in kind. The UK has always been an important component of NATO. Thus, the need for nuclear weapons.
How about the projection keyboards used in some cell phones? The main problem at that point is just trying to find a place to put the machine down so you can type.
You, sir, are an idiot. 32-bit can support up to 4GB. Not 8GB. Not 16GB. Not 1TB. 4GB. So why you think that 4GB is "useless" is beyond me.
"Written with the Semantic Web Standards, called W3C, in mind."
Yikes. That's horrible.
First homebuilt fighter? I think not.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_F-1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_F-2