I love how marketers in North America continue to push the idea of "European". We've all seen the infomercials where they state "This is a best selling product in Europe..." or "In Europe this retails for $60 but..."
The way that it really works in Europe is that you pay for your phone over the course of your contract. For example, if you want a phone that is $600 and you are on a 3 year agreement, you pay $16.67 as a line item on your monthly bill to pay for the cost of the phone. That's much better than the hidden subsidy cost that most (if not all) North American carriers provide.
Did you read the article? I did. See I have that nifty little * beside my name which means that I pay a couple extra dollars so that I can read the articles before everyone else and leave informed comments.
So to quote from the FULL article "I do not believe that AMD wants to get back the performance crown at this time, namely because they do not have a design that is head and shoulders above what Intel currently has. So they are content to be 2nd best, and keep Intel in sight in terms of performance and features." -- even the person writing the article contends that AMD is not on par but wants to keep intel in sight. Further, if you read the article again, there is no mention of benchmarking or any real world comparison of the AMD chip and the intel chip as you have asserted.
So looks like you're the "fanboy retard" that could learn something from following your own advice.;)
You're quick to assert that the AMD processor will compete with Intel but then turn around and give a disclaimer about knowing GHz != Performance. So again, my point is that the overclocked speed does not imply AMD is back on Intel's level.
Did I even use the word speed anywhere in my original post? No. But thanks for restating something that just about everyone here already knows and frequency and speed. Also, reread the post and see that I'm infact agreeing that the frequency should not be an indication of performance.
This is far from impressive. Showing the overclocking results, especially on liquid nitrogen, is not a good indication of the day to day performance of the processor.
For example, here is a video from 2006 where a Pentium 4 processor is overclocked to 5 GHz.
So no, it doesn't look like "AMD's newest processor might finally once again compete with the best from Intel."
An opinionated an biased review
on
Google Lively Review
·
· Score: 4, Insightful
This is hardly an objective review. Then again the Slashdot submitter is also the author of the blog...
When you read comments like "if it wasn't for the logo at the top left you wouldn't even know it was owned and operated by Google. The page is blend with no much color or style" it really makes you wonder. Does it matter that Google didn't brand it everywhere they could like other companies? In classical Google fashion, they took a simplified approach, which itself is a form of Google branding (just look at google.com)
Then the reviewer goes on "It is 100% centered around the mouse, this for me is a horrible defect that must be solved immediately. I happen to know every keyboard shortcut known to man kind (sic) and I absolutely hate the mouse. I am sure there are many people like me out there. " Well good for you buddy. And great research you've done there in assuming that everyone else is just like you.
Finally he concludes with saying he found "several Sex oriented rooms". A quick glance through the room index shows maybe a dozen of the 1000+ rooms that are listed there have a sexual theme. Seems like a pretty good ratio considering the amount of porn to be found on the internet and people's computers in relationship to the rest of the content on the web.
But then again, remember this blog is from "The Random thoughts of a Christian IT Professional."
Then again, if you could have gone to MIT, you'd know that the equation is actually P=V^2/R and therefore we're looking at (1/0.3)^2 which is approximately a factor of 10.
In all fairness, his comments assume that all Windows Mobile 6 editions are created equally which isn't the case. On this phone, we're looking at Windows Mobile Classic, which is a phone only implementation (without touch screen/stylus interface). While I for one don't have the patience (and nor does the author of the article) to click through menu after menu on a cell phone, I have moved to an interface that I find pleasing to use -- Windows Mobile 6 Professional. Being able to directly interact with the screen on the phone is the same as adding a mouse to your desktop PC. Imagine if the author was given a copy of Windows XP and only a keyboard to navigate... can you imagine the complaints? So as sexy as he perceives the hardware to be, clearly it needs additional functionality to be the powerhouse that he's looking for.
Looking forward to him eating his words when he reviews the HP iPaq 910 with Windows Mobile 6 Professional.
"This is actually bad for the profits of Canadian corporations that sell their products to the US for US dollars (Canada sells far more to the US that the US sells to Canada); but it means us Canucks will get cheaper Macs as the Canadian prices get closer to US prices with every new release."
Somehow that seems like little comfort for us Canadians that realize the impact this has overall on our economy. Anyone that isn't into business or economics up here gets excited about the CDN dollar being stronger because it translates into better cross border shopping for a very small minority, cheaper vacations, and some discounted consumer items like Macs. But take a look at how this impacts the country as a whole and we don't have much to celebrate as an exporting nation.
Next up: Microsoft's Power bill - 10,000 PC's running at the same time, is Redmond driving global warming?
You're probably off by at least a factor of 10. Last I heard there was something like 3.4 computers per employee * ~70,000 employees would be roughly 230,000 computers.
You know this has been proven false by more than a few people more than a few times over? Do a search for yourself and save the embarrassment of spewing someone else's literary diarrhea.
For anyone that took the time to read the comment above, this theory is easily dismissed by the fact that electrons flowing TO the sun have NEVER been detected with the explanation from the believers of the electric model being "we're not looking hard enough"
Or you could just consider that market conditions change. Oh my god, you over paid for gas two years ago and now its way more expensive. Guess you were right at the time.
This generous act is intended (in classical MIT style) to make knowledge free
My tuition there was in the tens of thousands of dollars a few years ago. Not complaining. I loved course VI. But free, is not typical MIT style, because as we all know, you get what you pay for.
NT as in Windows NT has always stood for "New Technology". In fact, the operating system at one time was simply going to be branded "NT" except that Northern Telecom (Nortel) had something to say about it.
Haha poor Google. Who wouldn't want to have this problem!? I mean yeah, it sounds awful to be so damned successful that even the spin offs are going to be mega successes. Hope I can cross that bridge when I get to it.
I couldn't agree more. I would actually like to see a standard ID card issued in place of using arbitrary identification such as a driver's license, health card, school ID, etc. But at the same time, I would like to see the government, and namely the police, not ask for ID as the first words out of their mouths. Privacy and security, is it too much to ask to have it both ways?
End users have two types of authentication; 'This looks shiny' *click* and 'Oh I know this person' *click*.
So your end users in this case are pre-school children? or are you saying they just have that mental capacity.
I take the time to educate my clients about any software that we load onto their system, especially when vulnerabilities arise. And when in doubt, they contact me.
Slashdot Mirror
I love how marketers in North America continue to push the idea of "European". We've all seen the infomercials where they state "This is a best selling product in Europe..." or "In Europe this retails for $60 but..."
The way that it really works in Europe is that you pay for your phone over the course of your contract. For example, if you want a phone that is $600 and you are on a 3 year agreement, you pay $16.67 as a line item on your monthly bill to pay for the cost of the phone. That's much better than the hidden subsidy cost that most (if not all) North American carriers provide.
Did you read the article? I did. See I have that nifty little * beside my name which means that I pay a couple extra dollars so that I can read the articles before everyone else and leave informed comments.
;)
So to quote from the FULL article "I do not believe that AMD wants to get back the performance crown at this time, namely because they do not have a design that is head and shoulders above what Intel currently has. So they are content to be 2nd best, and keep Intel in sight in terms of performance and features." -- even the person writing the article contends that AMD is not on par but wants to keep intel in sight. Further, if you read the article again, there is no mention of benchmarking or any real world comparison of the AMD chip and the intel chip as you have asserted.
So looks like you're the "fanboy retard" that could learn something from following your own advice.
You're quick to assert that the AMD processor will compete with Intel but then turn around and give a disclaimer about knowing GHz != Performance. So again, my point is that the overclocked speed does not imply AMD is back on Intel's level.
Did I even use the word speed anywhere in my original post? No. But thanks for restating something that just about everyone here already knows and frequency and speed. Also, reread the post and see that I'm infact agreeing that the frequency should not be an indication of performance.
This is far from impressive. Showing the overclocking results, especially on liquid nitrogen, is not a good indication of the day to day performance of the processor.
For example, here is a video from 2006 where a Pentium 4 processor is overclocked to 5 GHz.
So no, it doesn't look like "AMD's newest processor might finally once again compete with the best from Intel."
www.hondanews.eu
This is hardly an objective review. Then again the Slashdot submitter is also the author of the blog...
When you read comments like "if it wasn't for the logo at the top left you wouldn't even know it was owned and operated by Google. The page is blend with no much color or style" it really makes you wonder. Does it matter that Google didn't brand it everywhere they could like other companies? In classical Google fashion, they took a simplified approach, which itself is a form of Google branding (just look at google.com)
Then the reviewer goes on "It is 100% centered around the mouse, this for me is a horrible defect that must be solved immediately. I happen to know every keyboard shortcut known to man kind (sic) and I absolutely hate the mouse. I am sure there are many people like me out there. " Well good for you buddy. And great research you've done there in assuming that everyone else is just like you.
Finally he concludes with saying he found "several Sex oriented rooms". A quick glance through the room index shows maybe a dozen of the 1000+ rooms that are listed there have a sexual theme. Seems like a pretty good ratio considering the amount of porn to be found on the internet and people's computers in relationship to the rest of the content on the web.
But then again, remember this blog is from "The Random thoughts of a Christian IT Professional."
So true. You are truly amazing.
Then again, if you could have gone to MIT, you'd know that the equation is actually P=V^2/R and therefore we're looking at (1/0.3)^2 which is approximately a factor of 10.
Haha, we considered him, but I'm going to do it myself instead.
Penny-Arcade has a great comic about the whole situation.
Link to PC Pro News
In all fairness, his comments assume that all Windows Mobile 6 editions are created equally which isn't the case. On this phone, we're looking at Windows Mobile Classic, which is a phone only implementation (without touch screen/stylus interface). While I for one don't have the patience (and nor does the author of the article) to click through menu after menu on a cell phone, I have moved to an interface that I find pleasing to use -- Windows Mobile 6 Professional. Being able to directly interact with the screen on the phone is the same as adding a mouse to your desktop PC. Imagine if the author was given a copy of Windows XP and only a keyboard to navigate... can you imagine the complaints? So as sexy as he perceives the hardware to be, clearly it needs additional functionality to be the powerhouse that he's looking for.
Looking forward to him eating his words when he reviews the HP iPaq 910 with Windows Mobile 6 Professional.
Somehow that seems like little comfort for us Canadians that realize the impact this has overall on our economy. Anyone that isn't into business or economics up here gets excited about the CDN dollar being stronger because it translates into better cross border shopping for a very small minority, cheaper vacations, and some discounted consumer items like Macs. But take a look at how this impacts the country as a whole and we don't have much to celebrate as an exporting nation.
You're probably off by at least a factor of 10. Last I heard there was something like 3.4 computers per employee * ~70,000 employees would be roughly 230,000 computers.
You know this has been proven false by more than a few people more than a few times over? Do a search for yourself and save the embarrassment of spewing someone else's literary diarrhea. For anyone that took the time to read the comment above, this theory is easily dismissed by the fact that electrons flowing TO the sun have NEVER been detected with the explanation from the believers of the electric model being "we're not looking hard enough"
Or you could just consider that market conditions change. Oh my god, you over paid for gas two years ago and now its way more expensive. Guess you were right at the time.
This generous act is intended (in classical MIT style) to make knowledge free
My tuition there was in the tens of thousands of dollars a few years ago. Not complaining. I loved course VI. But free, is not typical MIT style, because as we all know, you get what you pay for.
Here's the actual link:
Course 6.912
Were you on the team? Or did you simply read the misleading wikipedia article?
NT as in Windows NT has always stood for "New Technology". In fact, the operating system at one time was simply going to be branded "NT" except that Northern Telecom (Nortel) had something to say about it.
Windows Vista has been available to MSDN subscribers for a few weeks now. From Business Basic right up to Ultimate Edition, in both x86 and x64.
Haha poor Google. Who wouldn't want to have this problem!? I mean yeah, it sounds awful to be so damned successful that even the spin offs are going to be mega successes. Hope I can cross that bridge when I get to it.
I couldn't agree more. I would actually like to see a standard ID card issued in place of using arbitrary identification such as a driver's license, health card, school ID, etc. But at the same time, I would like to see the government, and namely the police, not ask for ID as the first words out of their mouths. Privacy and security, is it too much to ask to have it both ways?
End users have two types of authentication; 'This looks shiny' *click* and 'Oh I know this person' *click*.
So your end users in this case are pre-school children? or are you saying they just have that mental capacity.
I take the time to educate my clients about any software that we load onto their system, especially when vulnerabilities arise. And when in doubt, they contact me.