I am beginning to suspect that Intel does things like this simply to make x86's instruction set harder and harder to emulate well.
Kind of like to what I suspect Microsoft has been trying to do against Lindows for a while now, namely complicate their API more and more. And with IE and HTML.
Of course they're well within their rights to try. We'll just build a better idiot savant. Or let Steve Jobs keep making Apples that no one can really imitate in the first place.
which maybe the media would have realized had they bothered to look outside your borders for something other than the injustices of Iraq
Are you kidding me?!?! I WISH they would frikkin cover that...Rummy says they haven't been armoring our hummers because of physics...and the media doesn't care! They don't care about the war at ALL except to print some one-dimensional closeups of soldiers' faces.
They should have used Linux! It is more secure, due to all the eyes going over it! What's more, it's totally free for all, and sidesteps the issues of handing over control to a single company! And why are my tax dollars supporting Microsoft anyway, particularly with all of the antitrust judgements against it?!?
AS VEGAS, November 18, 2004 -- SolarPC today announced the availability of a $100 PC called the SolarLite. It is a solid-state computer targeted at organizations that require the efficiency of a maintenance free Internet PC. The SolarLite was also created to offer an ecologically and economically viable method to provide information to billions of disadvantaged people around the world. In addition, it serves as a response to last month's challenge by Microsoft's Steve Ballmer for the computer industry to build a $100 PC.
In conjunction with the SolarLite announcement, SolarPC circulated details regarding the Global Education Link (GEL) project, an initiative with the goal of giving away a million SolarLite computers to schools in poor countries around the world. The objective of the GEL project is to improve education in third world countries and thereby encourage self-sufficiency and promote world harmony.
According to K-12 education specialist Dr. James Johnson, "The Global Education Link project has the potential to break down the barriers that prevent people in the developing world from getting a good education. The recent release of the FireFox Internet browser makes the timing of this announcement extremely auspicious. The open source FireFox browser provides a solid foundation for the development of non-proprietary educational software. It will facilitate the creation of thousands of educational programs that can be distributed to millions of students at no cost. This is a fantastic opportunity to leverage technology that will make the world a better place."
"This is the twenty first century equivalent of teaching people how to fish," stated Gary Reynolds, spokesperson for SolarPC, "A standardized, well designed, easy to maintain, low cost PC is the key to unlocking the educational potential of the electronic age.
The SolarLite is a fully featured, book sized (9" x 7" x 1.75") machine that weighs approximately three pounds. It features a rugged no-moving-parts design that includes a Compact Flash drive loaded with dozens of software programs, plus links to free development software and educational programs.
The design and construction of the SolarLite is consistent with the goal of an environmentally friendly computer. It uses a lightweight, recyclable, aluminum case that has a 20-year warranty. Its VIA chipset based "long-life" motherboard is a "green" lead free product. Like all SolarPC computers, the SolarLite operates on 12 volt DC power and can be run from a solar panel, car battery, or human powered (with a bicycle-based generator). The cool and quiet SolarLite uses approximately 10 watts of energy, just a fraction of what a standard PC consumes.
The minimum order quantity for the SolarLite is 100,000 units. Photos and details relating to the SolarLite and the Global Education Link project can be found at www.solarlite.org. SolarLite software is provided by DS Linux, one of the top ten Linux distributions in the world. Additional data about DS Linux is located at: www.dslos.com. More information regarding VIA Technologies can be viewed at: www.via.com.tw.
Most of the criticisms folks sling against P2P these days are surprisingly similar to the ones they addressed against the Internet about ten years ago.
Then, it was "You can't trust anyone on the internet. You can't depend on a web server being there when you need it. And you can't really get people to buy anything from you!"
I think those criticisms answered themselves with time. The Net changed business and dating forever, and now seems to be leading the U.S.A. into a great standoff between the intelligent and the stupid. (You know what I'm talking about.)
And P2P is just for copyright pirates? Get real. It's a mass movement that's going to destroy copyright as we know it. Then what will you say it's for?
This is kind of embarassing, but I just got my Karma to 'Positive' for the first time ever! I'm wondering if this gets posted at 2 for that reason. Thanks everyone for the positive feedback! Oh and leave this message alone or it'll drop back to 'Neutral' again and I won't find out the answer to my question! Thanks!
Oh...oh my god people....LEXMARK is involved...OH! Ink EVERYWHERE!! Sweet mary moses O'malloy....I...this...just give me a minute. Just give me a...a minute. Wow. Okay, I think I'm ready to handle this. THOSE CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES!! WHYY!!!! Why...how could they do this...this day and age...oh, Slashdot, what does this mean....what does it mean....
oh no, no, no, no....i need a cup of coffee....mooannn..
I've seen it so many times before... at first you are compelled to hang around with the artists and bohemians, no matter what your parents say. This stage is followed by a sort of dull resentment or sometimes outright hostility towards their loose ways and apparent lack of motivation, culminating in a blow-up attempt to get their money, smash their guitars, whatever (that's the part we all saw in her, and hated). Possibly this stems from an inner feeling that she is plain not good enough to be part of that community.
But self-loathing cannot stand on its own, and eventually, it is re-directed in a healthy way -- "I LOVE the commons! What POSSIBILITY!" Yes, Hilary has come full circle at last. The healing has begun. The flame of art has travelled on!
1. Run a cool bath.
2. Strip, submerge. Make self depreciating Microsoft jokes now.
3. Make sure your hair gets wet. And not just a little!
4. Soap. Come on!
5. Towel off completely.
6. OK, get dressed! Mom made you cinnamon toast!
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I am beginning to suspect that Intel does things like this simply to make x86's instruction set harder and harder to emulate well.
Kind of like to what I suspect Microsoft has been trying to do against Lindows for a while now, namely complicate their API more and more. And with IE and HTML.
Of course they're well within their rights to try. We'll just build a better idiot savant. Or let Steve Jobs keep making Apples that no one can really imitate in the first place.
Are you kidding me?!?! I WISH they would frikkin cover that...Rummy says they haven't been armoring our hummers because of physics...and the media doesn't care! They don't care about the war at ALL except to print some one-dimensional closeups of soldiers' faces.
Actually, it was from millions of GFA gamers shooting up their prostitutes post coitus!
As soon as you find a woman willing to accept this fine recycled cardboard engagement ring.
face:
Your momma is so fat, she auditioned for a role in Indiana Jones as the big rolling ball!!
Snap.
NOW GIVE ME MY KARMA!!!!
AS VEGAS, November 18, 2004 -- SolarPC today announced the availability of a $100 PC called the SolarLite. It is a solid-state computer targeted at organizations that require the efficiency of a maintenance free Internet PC. The SolarLite was also created to offer an ecologically and economically viable method to provide information to billions of disadvantaged people around the world. In addition, it serves as a response to last month's challenge by Microsoft's Steve Ballmer for the computer industry to build a $100 PC.
In conjunction with the SolarLite announcement, SolarPC circulated details regarding the Global Education Link (GEL) project, an initiative with the goal of giving away a million SolarLite computers to schools in poor countries around the world. The objective of the GEL project is to improve education in third world countries and thereby encourage self-sufficiency and promote world harmony.
According to K-12 education specialist Dr. James Johnson, "The Global Education Link project has the potential to break down the barriers that prevent people in the developing world from getting a good education. The recent release of the FireFox Internet browser makes the timing of this announcement extremely auspicious. The open source FireFox browser provides a solid foundation for the development of non-proprietary educational software. It will facilitate the creation of thousands of educational programs that can be distributed to millions of students at no cost. This is a fantastic opportunity to leverage technology that will make the world a better place."
"This is the twenty first century equivalent of teaching people how to fish," stated Gary Reynolds, spokesperson for SolarPC, "A standardized, well designed, easy to maintain, low cost PC is the key to unlocking the educational potential of the electronic age.
The SolarLite is a fully featured, book sized (9" x 7" x 1.75") machine that weighs approximately three pounds. It features a rugged no-moving-parts design that includes a Compact Flash drive loaded with dozens of software programs, plus links to free development software and educational programs.
The design and construction of the SolarLite is consistent with the goal of an environmentally friendly computer. It uses a lightweight, recyclable, aluminum case that has a 20-year warranty. Its VIA chipset based "long-life" motherboard is a "green" lead free product. Like all SolarPC computers, the SolarLite operates on 12 volt DC power and can be run from a solar panel, car battery, or human powered (with a bicycle-based generator). The cool and quiet SolarLite uses approximately 10 watts of energy, just a fraction of what a standard PC consumes.
The minimum order quantity for the SolarLite is 100,000 units. Photos and details relating to the SolarLite and the Global Education Link project can be found at www.solarlite.org. SolarLite software is provided by DS Linux, one of the top ten Linux distributions in the world. Additional data about DS Linux is located at: www.dslos.com. More information regarding VIA Technologies can be viewed at: www.via.com.tw.
Stip siying spim!
You're fighting a Knob Goblin Assistant Chef. You failed to hit the monster.
Most of the criticisms folks sling against P2P these days are surprisingly similar to the ones they addressed against the Internet about ten years ago.
Then, it was "You can't trust anyone on the internet. You can't depend on a web server being there when you need it. And you can't really get people to buy anything from you!"
I think those criticisms answered themselves with time. The Net changed business and dating forever, and now seems to be leading the U.S.A. into a great standoff between the intelligent and the stupid. (You know what I'm talking about.)
And P2P is just for copyright pirates? Get real. It's a mass movement that's going to destroy copyright as we know it. Then what will you say it's for?
This is kind of embarassing, but I just got my Karma to 'Positive' for the first time ever! I'm wondering if this gets posted at 2 for that reason. Thanks everyone for the positive feedback! Oh and leave this message alone or it'll drop back to 'Neutral' again and I won't find out the answer to my question! Thanks!
Yes I would be surprised, and I don't even know what that is! Wow!
I strongly prefer my phrasing.
Oh...oh my god people....LEXMARK is involved...OH! Ink EVERYWHERE!! Sweet mary moses O'malloy....I...this...just give me a minute. Just give me a...a minute. Wow. Okay, I think I'm ready to handle this. THOSE CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES!! WHYY!!!! Why...how could they do this...this day and age...oh, Slashdot, what does this mean....what does it mean....
oh no, no, no, no....i need a cup of coffee....mooannn..
I've seen it so many times before ... at first you are compelled to hang around with the artists and bohemians, no matter what your parents say. This stage is followed by a sort of dull resentment or sometimes outright hostility towards their loose ways and apparent lack of motivation, culminating in a blow-up attempt to get their money, smash their guitars, whatever (that's the part we all saw in her, and hated). Possibly this stems from an inner feeling that she is plain not good enough to be part of that community.
:-)
But self-loathing cannot stand on its own, and eventually, it is re-directed in a healthy way -- "I LOVE the commons! What POSSIBILITY!" Yes, Hilary has come full circle at last. The healing has begun. The flame of art has travelled on!
Welcome, Hilary! You're on the good side now!
The sound of Cassini flying by Titan: :)
Developers free software content management system PostNuke security announcement vulnerability download management software attacker hacked PostNuke download. Version PostNuke download site Sunday GMT Tuesday GMT. Proprietary software zealots open source contain backdoors.
All I'm asking is can I get a Beowulf cluster of dat.
Are they biodegradable?
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of those!
1. Run a cool bath. 2. Strip, submerge. Make self depreciating Microsoft jokes now. 3. Make sure your hair gets wet. And not just a little! 4. Soap. Come on! 5. Towel off completely. 6. OK, get dressed! Mom made you cinnamon toast!
Wait a minute...how is that interesting?
Could this fix George W. Bush?
Just a bunch of hot air!
Now Slashdot can be slashdotted by geeks thinking they are going to get first post.
Are they gonna rerelease Zero Wing?