I understand these 500 notebook computers are merely a trial run, the actual quantity needed is probably around 5 million.
I see some problems, however.
The minimum wage in Thailand is just below $100 per month. That's right, $100.
What if the notebook computer gets damaged through fault of the kid?
What if the notebook computer gets damaged through no fault of the kid?
What if the notebook computer gets stolen?
What if the notebook computer gets sold by the kid / his [drug-addicted] [financially distressed] parent?
A family with one minimum wage earner could be pushed into financial ruin by any of these events.
4X4 sounds more like a marketing ploy to me than like a feasible solution for Joe Average
or even Joe Gamer.
Why?
Consider the cost of Athlon X2 processors: http://www.pricewatch.com/cpu/442067-1.htm
The least expensive Athlon X2 costs a cool 300 bucks, while the
mid-range Core 2 Duo (Conroe) E6600 costs $315 (projected wholesale price).
Now factor in a more expensive (because of 2 processor sockets) 4X4 motherboard,
two Athlon X2 chips at $300, and you wind up with a $350 to $400 surcharge
for being an AMD fanboy.
When advanced-wave light travels from point A to point B it arrives at point B earlier than the time it left point A. Shortly after World War II, when radar was still new, a pulsed radar beam was first bounced off the Moon and reflected back to Earth. Measuring the round trip time of the radar pulse (about 2.5 seconds) became a very precise way of determining the Earth-Moon distance. If the same measurement were done with advanced radar waves the reflection from the Moon's surface would arrive back at the Earth 2.5 seconds before the pulse was transmitted.
From there, it isn't much of a trick to lengthen the interval with automatic repeaters which bounce the advanced waves many times, lengthening the look-ahead time from seconds to minutes or hours or even days. A computer could be hooked up to broadcast ASCII-coded advance-wave messages to the past and to receive and decode them when received. Such messages could be used in any number of schemes for fun, profit, or military preparedness. The reader who is interested in possible applications is referred to Isaac Asimov's pseudo-science-fact articles in the Astounding SF's of the 1950's concerning "thiothimoline", a kind of soluble organic crystal with the unique property that it dissolved slightly before water was added.
Guess we are almost there now.
Just think of the applications:
Knowing any stock price swing several minutes (OK, just give me one minute!) in advance.
The demo system Intel is showing at E3 features
a Core 2 Extreme processor, which, judging from past pricing strategy,
will cost slightly over $1000,
as well as a Quad-SLI graphics card (i.e. probably two
dual Nvidia graphics cards at around $1000 each).
Now, when you build such a high-end system you probably
wouldn't skimp on the case ($200), motherboard ($200 & up), memory ($300 & up), power supply ($100 & up)
and peripherals,
either, so let's allow another grand for these things and you
wind up with a $4000 PC.
Put in a Blue-Ray drive (expected to cost around $1000 initially) and
you just hit 5 grand.
I'm not a Sony fanboy, not by a long shot, but comparing a 5 grand PC to
a 1/2 grand PS/3 does seem a tad unfair, now doesn't it?
And yes, a quad-SLI system with a Core 2 Extreme *is* expected to blow the
doors off a PS/3. No surprise here.
A recent comparative test pitted the Linksys SRX400 against four or five other "pre-N" routers (two Netgear routers, one Belkin, one DLink, if memory serves) and the Linksys one was the only one that worked in test scenario 4 at all, and not only did it work, it still had 30 MBit/s throughput.
The other ones would not even CONNECT in test scenario 4.
Upon reading that report, I bought SRX400 equipment just yesterday and set it up in my house.
Guess what: Where I previously had only marginal connectivity (router in the home office, notbook computer in the family room down the hallway and around the corner), with the SRX400 equipment I now get something like 80% signal strength.
In a nutshell: The Airgo chipset rocks. And the Airgo-based Linksys SRX400 equipment rocks, too.
...waste of electricity.
State-of-the-art computers are probably about 15 times as fast as Pentium II-based computers, and consume maybe twice as much electricity.
Or take Pentium M-based computers, they consume less electricity than Pentium II-based computers and are probably about 10 times as fast.
Just my 2 cents.
Since geeks have gone mainstream recently, ...
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Recruiting IT Students?
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· Score: 2, Funny
Once a user logs on, a logon script mounts his own
personal "network drive" from a central file server.
Just configure OpenOffice so that OpenOffice will
read (and write) the OO configuration from
that personal "network drive".
Yes, a user could still mess up his configuration, but that
would only affect himself, not others.
When writing a parser (for a graphical or non-graphical
data file) it is advisable to sanity check the input data
at every step.
Consider ASN.1 data (used, for instance, for digital
certificates, certificate revocation lists, certificate
requests and so on).
Each and every ASN.1 data element and each and every
sub-element contains a length field. The ASN.1 parser should
check whether the length field of a sub-element
goes beyond the length of the enclosing data element,
and so on ad infinitum.
If the parser detects a violation,
parsing stops.
Apple wants to use the dual-core "Yonah", not...
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Intel PowerBook Rumor Mill
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· Score: 5, Informative
...the current "Pentium M Dothan".
Yonah is scheduled to arrive in January 2006, and will be followed in Q3/2006 by "Merom".
Most "Yonah" models are dual core, but a low-end model with only one core will be available. Apple will most likely opt to use the dual core "Yonah".
Merom will add 64 bits - yes, Yonah is 32 bits only.
Xeon-based blade servers produce to much heat density (about 15 Kilowatts per rack) and conventional data center cooling systems cannot remove 15 Kilowatts per rack, only about 4 to 6 Kilowatts per rack.
Re:We're offering Suse 10.0 on dedicated root serv
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>allow torrent trackers
No.
>more than 80GB storage
Not immediately - what are your needs?
>Physical dedicated server or...
Physical dedicated server.
>port/network restrictions
No.
>prohibited besides what's listed
No, but the "prohibited" list is subject to change at any time.
In case an observed use violates the updated "prohibited" list, we simply will not renew the lease agreement once it comes up for renewal.
We're offering Suse 10.0 on dedicated root servers
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...at $45 per month.
While the website still says "Suse 9.3", the customer has a choice of Fedora Core 4, Debian 3.1 as well as Suse 9.3 and Suse 10.0
Like a Hybrid, it costs about 5 grand more than the gasoline version.
Since recently, one can refuel it at home http://www.myphill.com/ (but the compressor is expensive, 3 or 4 grand, and installation isn't cheap either, you need a plumber who is certified to install Phill, not just any plumber).
Biggest advantages of a CNG car:
+ In California, even after the quota of 75000 (yellow) HOV access stickers for Hybrids has been exhausted, CNG cars will still get a (white) HOV access sticker, no questions asked.
+ If you buy or lease Phill, you do not have to pull up at a public refuelling station ever again, each and every morning your car is ready to go 180 miles.
Biggest disadvantages of a CNG car:
- Limited range, I average around 170 to 180 miles (everything beyond that becomes a nail biter).
- There is a limited number of public refuelling stations. Don't plan to own a CNG car as your only car - I use it only as the "commute" car and drive a (blush) Ford Expedition as the weekend/family car.
MSNBC has offered free video for a long time.
Preceded by a short commercial, granted, but free.
They also had a live video stream when the verdict in the Michael Jackson trial was announced.
...if they are coupled really tight (with Myrinet, for instance).
If my employer, a medium size hosting company, decided to get out of the hosting business and into the supercomputer business, we could make the list easily (OK, we'd need to upgrade the Ethernet switches to stacked Gigabit Ethernet switches in order to make the list).
This article http://www.theregister.com/2005/06/22/solarsail_si gnal_spotted/ details that a faint transponder signal of the spacecraft has been picked up, but officials speculate that the spacecraft may be in a wrong (read: low) orbit.
NORAD has been asked for help in locating the exact orbit of the spacecraft.
It http://www.jvc.com/product.jsp?productId=PRD120700 0&pathId=119 contains a 4 GByte microdrive and has, other than the zoom lens and the mechanics inside the microdrive itself, no moving parts.
The street price was less than $1000, I think around $900 last time I checked.
The additional advantage is, you can just plug the microdrive into a computer and have all your footage on the computer in an instant, without lengthy uploads.
...if you're willing to pay a little bit more, you can have Windows Server 2003 as well.
Here's how it breaks down:
One can rent a dedicated Linux server for as little as $45 per month http://hostingator.com/.
Microsoft has a pay-as-you-go licensing scheme for Windows Server 2003 (web server edition) that costs $20 per month.
Hence, one can have a Linux server for $45 per month and a Windows server for $65 per month.
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I understand these 500 notebook computers are merely a trial run, the actual quantity needed is probably around 5 million.
I see some problems, however.
The minimum wage in Thailand is just below $100 per month. That's right, $100.
What if the notebook computer gets damaged through fault of the kid?
What if the notebook computer gets damaged through no fault of the kid?
What if the notebook computer gets stolen?
What if the notebook computer gets sold by the kid / his [drug-addicted] [financially distressed] parent?
A family with one minimum wage earner could be pushed into financial ruin by any of these events.
...and Iran would abide by this "No Military Use" restriction.
4X4 sounds more like a marketing ploy to me than like a feasible solution for Joe Average or even Joe Gamer.
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Why?
Consider the cost of Athlon X2 processors:
http://www.pricewatch.com/cpu/442067-1.htm
The least expensive Athlon X2 costs a cool 300 bucks, while the mid-range Core 2 Duo (Conroe) E6600 costs $315 (projected wholesale price).
Now factor in a more expensive (because of 2 processor sockets) 4X4 motherboard, two Athlon X2 chips at $300, and you wind up with a $350 to $400 surcharge for being an AMD fanboy.
The situation gets worse if you want a high-end system:
Two FX-62 will set you back $1045 + $1045 = $2090
http://www.pricewatch.com/cpu/992212-1.htm
and while this combination is expected to outperform a single Core 2 Duo at $1057
http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=E6800&btnG=Se
factoring in the more expensive two-socket motherboard expect to pay a cool $1100 more than for the E6800 system.
Personally, I'll probably buy an E6600 ($315) or an E6400 ($240) as soon as they become available.
...on the average, one of the slave processors is non-functional./
Read more about the yield problems of the Cell chip here:
http://theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=32978
Fabrication yield is estimated at only 10% to 20%, which is very low for the industry.
The OP is talking about physical Ethernet ports, not about TCP or UDP ports.
From a 1985 paper http://www.npl.washington.edu/av/altvw08.html/ :
When advanced-wave light travels from point A to point B it arrives at point B earlier than the time it left point A. Shortly after World War II, when radar was still new, a pulsed radar beam was first bounced off the Moon and reflected back to Earth. Measuring the round trip time of the radar pulse (about 2.5 seconds) became a very precise way of determining the Earth-Moon distance. If the same measurement were done with advanced radar waves the reflection from the Moon's surface would arrive back at the Earth 2.5 seconds before the pulse was transmitted.
From there, it isn't much of a trick to lengthen the interval with automatic repeaters which bounce the advanced waves many times, lengthening the look-ahead time from seconds to minutes or hours or even days. A computer could be hooked up to broadcast ASCII-coded advance-wave messages to the past and to receive and decode them when received. Such messages could be used in any number of schemes for fun, profit, or military preparedness. The reader who is interested in possible applications is referred to Isaac Asimov's pseudo-science-fact articles in the Astounding SF's of the 1950's concerning "thiothimoline", a kind of soluble organic crystal with the unique property that it dissolved slightly before water was added.
Guess we are almost there now.
Just think of the applications:
Knowing any stock price swing several minutes (OK, just give me one minute!) in advance.
Ah, the possibilities...
The demo system Intel is showing at E3 features a Core 2 Extreme processor, which, judging from past pricing strategy, will cost slightly over $1000, as well as a Quad-SLI graphics card (i.e. probably two dual Nvidia graphics cards at around $1000 each).
Now, when you build such a high-end system you probably wouldn't skimp on the case ($200), motherboard ($200 & up), memory ($300 & up), power supply ($100 & up) and peripherals, either, so let's allow another grand for these things and you wind up with a $4000 PC.
Put in a Blue-Ray drive (expected to cost around $1000 initially) and you just hit 5 grand.
I'm not a Sony fanboy, not by a long shot, but comparing a 5 grand PC to a 1/2 grand PS/3 does seem a tad unfair, now doesn't it?
And yes, a quad-SLI system with a Core 2 Extreme *is* expected to blow the doors off a PS/3. No surprise here.
A recent comparative test pitted the Linksys SRX400 against four or five other "pre-N" routers (two Netgear routers, one Belkin, one DLink, if memory serves) and the Linksys one was the only one that worked in test scenario 4 at all, and not only did it work, it still had 30 MBit/s throughput.
The other ones would not even CONNECT in test scenario 4.
Upon reading that report, I bought SRX400 equipment just yesterday and set it up in my house.
Guess what: Where I previously had only marginal connectivity (router in the home office, notbook computer in the family room down the hallway and around the corner), with the SRX400 equipment I now get something like 80% signal strength.
In a nutshell: The Airgo chipset rocks. And the Airgo-based Linksys SRX400 equipment rocks, too.
Just my 2 cents.
...not Beta 2 (as in TWO).
Story here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12477036/
So, what's the truth? Beta 2 or Beta 3?
State-of-the-art computers are probably about 15 times as fast as Pentium II-based computers, and consume maybe twice as much electricity.
Or take Pentium M-based computers, they consume less electricity than Pentium II-based computers and are probably about 10 times as fast.
Just my 2 cents.
...as documented here http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/19/02 28214&tid=149&tid=129&tid=4, exploit that trend to your advantage.
Suggested dress code: Clip-on tie, pocket protector, white shirt, lab coat, horn-rimmed glasses.
Elementary, Watson.
Once a user logs on, a logon script mounts his own personal "network drive" from a central file server.
Just configure OpenOffice so that OpenOffice will read (and write) the OO configuration from that personal "network drive".
Yes, a user could still mess up his configuration, but that would only affect himself, not others.
When writing a parser (for a graphical or non-graphical data file) it is advisable to sanity check the input data at every step.
Consider ASN.1 data (used, for instance, for digital certificates, certificate revocation lists, certificate requests and so on).
Each and every ASN.1 data element and each and every sub-element contains a length field. The ASN.1 parser should check whether the length field of a sub-element goes beyond the length of the enclosing data element, and so on ad infinitum.
If the parser detects a violation, parsing stops.
Yonah is scheduled to arrive in January 2006, and will be followed in Q3/2006 by "Merom".
Most "Yonah" models are dual core, but a low-end model with only one core will be available. Apple will most likely opt to use the dual core "Yonah".
Merom will add 64 bits - yes, Yonah is 32 bits only.
No, Pentium-M based blade servers similar to the ones used in all the winning vehicles of the Darpa Grand Challenge - see http://www.intel.com/technology/techresearch/rese
Xeon-based blade servers produce to much heat density (about 15 Kilowatts per rack) and conventional data center cooling systems cannot remove 15 Kilowatts per rack, only about 4 to 6 Kilowatts per rack.
No.
>more than 80GB storage
Not immediately - what are your needs?
>Physical dedicated server or...
Physical dedicated server.
>port/network restrictions
No.
>prohibited besides what's listed
No, but the "prohibited" list is subject to change at any time.
In case an observed use violates the updated "prohibited" list, we simply will not renew the lease agreement once it comes up for renewal.
While the website still says "Suse 9.3", the customer has a choice of Fedora Core 4, Debian 3.1 as well as Suse 9.3 and Suse 10.0
Total time: 7 hours, 8 minutes for a distance of 132 miles, which amounts to an average of 18.5 mph.
Like a Hybrid, it costs about 5 grand more than the gasoline version.
Since recently, one can refuel it at home http://www.myphill.com/ (but the compressor is expensive, 3 or 4 grand, and installation isn't cheap either, you need a plumber who is certified to install Phill, not just any plumber).
Biggest advantages of a CNG car:
+ In California, even after the quota of 75000 (yellow) HOV access stickers for Hybrids has been exhausted, CNG cars will still get a (white) HOV access sticker, no questions asked.
+ If you buy or lease Phill, you do not have to pull up at a public refuelling station ever again, each and every morning your car is ready to go 180 miles.
Biggest disadvantages of a CNG car:
- Limited range, I average around 170 to 180 miles (everything beyond that becomes a nail biter).
- There is a limited number of public refuelling stations. Don't plan to own a CNG car as your only car - I use it only as the "commute" car and drive a (blush) Ford Expedition as the weekend/family car.
...like we do.
25 watts per CPU, 50 watts per system.
Period.
MSNBC has offered free video for a long time.
Preceded by a short commercial, granted, but free.
They also had a live video stream when the verdict in the Michael Jackson trial was announced.
...if they are coupled really tight (with Myrinet, for instance).
If my employer, a medium size hosting company, decided to get out of the hosting business and into the supercomputer business, we could make the list easily (OK, we'd need to upgrade the Ethernet switches to stacked Gigabit Ethernet switches in order to make the list).
This article http://www.theregister.com/2005/06/22/solarsail_si gnal_spotted/ details that a faint transponder signal of the spacecraft has been picked up, but officials speculate that the spacecraft may be in a wrong (read: low) orbit.
NORAD has been asked for help in locating the exact orbit of the spacecraft.
It http://www.jvc.com/product.jsp?productId=PRD120700 0&pathId=119 contains a 4 GByte microdrive and has, other than the zoom lens and the mechanics inside the microdrive itself, no moving parts.
The street price was less than $1000, I think around $900 last time I checked.
The additional advantage is, you can just plug the microdrive into a computer and have all your footage on the computer in an instant, without lengthy uploads.
Here's how it breaks down:
One can rent a dedicated Linux server for as little as $45 per month http://hostingator.com/.
Microsoft has a pay-as-you-go licensing scheme for Windows Server 2003 (web server edition) that costs $20 per month.
Hence, one can have a Linux server for $45 per month and a Windows server for $65 per month.