What garbage. You may disagree with the Bush administration's decision to push for the breakup of Micro$oft but to suggest that the decision exceeded the President's legal authority is just silly.
When Janet Reno repeatedly refused to investigate corruption within the the Clinton administration I didn't like it but she was well within her legal authority.
Its not that Bush is above the law but the President does has discretion pertaining to which cases to prosecute and to what extent.
Depleted Uranium. The US has used DU in its tank rounds for a number of years because of its density and armor penetration. Although the article doesn't mention it explicitly, I suspect that the whole DU discussion has driven the move toward green munitions in general.
NATO and most of the European countries have been extremely concerned about the environmental and health implications of its use. Training munitions don't contain DU but it was used in the Gulf War.
Science seems to come down on both sides of the issue at the moment. Very difficult to pinpoint specific health problems related to it but it continues to be a suspect in Gulf War illness.
It could really use a RAM upgrade, but old FPU SIMMs are really expensive
I know it can be a pain in the ass to just replace the MB but for just a few more dollars it becomes much more cost effective to do a more comprehensive upgrade.
Here's what the numbers look like from my favorite online PC vendor (Multiwave)
128M RAM (32MB SIMMS) = $128
Complete barebones system including the following:
I assumed your old case was AT and needed to be replaced as well. The Biostar motherboard is not the greatest but its cheap and includes crappy integrated video. If you can do without the case, you can do the whole upgrade for an extra $8
This "feature" is built into the bios of my new AMD Thunderbird motherboard, the Iwill KK-266 (nice MB by the way). Its not quite as evil as this article suggests. It is an attempt to get you to sign up with their ISP.
Unless you activate it within the bios "phoenixNet-enabled PC" and agree to their ISP partnery, you never hear a word from the program. It sits quitely on your bios and never contacts the mothership;-)
Also from my mother board manual:
1. User reads system information from graphic launch screen
2. User registers MS Windows and completes MS OOBE.
This will obviously be a major step for AMD into the server market (at least once they go into full production) but I certainly have my doubts about how well any given setup can dissipate the heat from two Athlon processors.
Even though the Palomino is supposed to generate much less heat, I would imagine that two Athlons will pump out a frightening amount.
Also, it would make sense that a 400W or greater power supply would be necessary. Priced one of those lately?
I could use my Thunderbird 900 as a space heater for my mother-in-law if all the CPU and case fans didn't keep her up at night. She knows better than to turn off my server though;-)
It's not a dangerous attitude, its a realistic one. Do you really think the black helicopters are circling your house trying to sniff your root password from your wireless keyboard? Get a life. No one cares that much.
As far as the credit card system goes, no one is saying you should transmit your credit card unencrypted over the Internet. But you can get it stolen just as easily from a clerk or the waiter at your favorite restaurant. The security of using a credit card and the protection it offers against unauthorized use is part of the service you pay through interest payments, annual fees, and vendor fees. Don't complain because this guy understands that.
If you're willing to work for a company that contracts with the federal government, you should have little trouble finding work in Europe. Particularly if the contract is for the Department of Defense, you may fall under the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). If so, the first $75K of your income is exempt from US taxes and it is possible not to be taxed by the host nation either.
The most critical issue for AMD is not CPU speed but power consumption. In addition to the increased speed, that is the real promise of the Palamino core.
The newly released Thunderbird chips at 1.3 GHz are great chips but I wonder if AMD can really increase their portion of the server market if they don't introduce cooler chips that work well in slim rack mounted configurations. Until then I will continue to use my Athlon 500 that is running at 700 but sounds like a jet engine with all the cooling;-)
After seeing a half dozen postings lambasting integrated chipsets, its important to remember just who the intended audience is for these things.
Computers based on an integrated chipset are for those consumers who are willing to sacrifice upgradability and performance for low cost. Most of the time, these consumers don't even know that's the tradeoff they're making but they're making it just the same.
They aren't targetted at power users, gamers, or nearly anyone who reads/.
For many business applications, integrated chipsets make real sense. At my last job, most computers were used for really only about 4 things: Web browsing, Email (MS Outlook), word processing, and Powerpoint. Rarely were computers ever upgraded except for adding RAM. They were used until they reached the end of their lifecycle and then discarded or sold off in bulk.
Especially today, when even low-end PC's are outstripping many average users demand for CPU cycles, integrated chipsets make more sense.
I wouldn't buy one but that really is beside the point. I'm not the intended audience.
mean, all the hardware in my computer seems to be manufactured outside the US anyway, and very little is even assembled here, let alone manufactured. If a malcontent really wanted the teraflops, would they really have to get it from the US?
Nope, they wouldn't. That's really why the administration is lifting the ban. If anyone could reasonably argue that the ban met any national security objective, it would still be in place.
Its similar to the arguments for lifting the restriction on crypto. If you can't put the genie back in the bottle, you may as well make sure that U.S. companies are not weakened by trade restrictions that only serve to restrict their ability to compete internationally.
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I think it is critical to rebuild the towers to send the message that America will not be dissuaded by terrorism.
Heck, I'd contribute to a "Rebuild the Towers" Fund just to send that message.
What garbage. You may disagree with the Bush administration's decision to push for the breakup of Micro$oft but to suggest that the decision exceeded the President's legal authority is just silly.
When Janet Reno repeatedly refused to investigate corruption within the the Clinton administration I didn't like it but she was well within her legal authority.
Its not that Bush is above the law but the President does has discretion pertaining to which cases to prosecute and to what extent.
Depleted Uranium. The US has used DU in its tank rounds for a number of years because of its density and armor penetration. Although the article doesn't mention it explicitly, I suspect that the whole DU discussion has driven the move toward green munitions in general.
NATO and most of the European countries have been extremely concerned about the environmental and health implications of its use. Training munitions don't contain DU but it was used in the Gulf War.
Science seems to come down on both sides of the issue at the moment. Very difficult to pinpoint specific health problems related to it but it continues to be a suspect in Gulf War illness.
It could really use a RAM upgrade, but old FPU SIMMs are really expensive
I know it can be a pain in the ass to just replace the MB but for just a few more dollars it becomes much more cost effective to do a more comprehensive upgrade.
Here's what the numbers look like from my favorite online PC vendor (Multiwave)
128M RAM (32MB SIMMS) = $128
Complete barebones system including the following:
Enlight Case - $70
256MB RAM - $27
AMD Duron 750 - $45
Biostar M7VKS - $62
Total: $206 + Shipping
I assumed your old case was AT and needed to be replaced as well. The Biostar motherboard is not the greatest but its cheap and includes crappy integrated video. If you can do without the case, you can do the whole upgrade for an extra $8
What makes KDE as good as it is ? Perhaps a KDE'r can shed some light that other projects would find helpful.
... German.
I always thought it was their choice of language
Now AMD has resorted to remarking their own chips. Imagine the confusion with the gray market overclockers.
One more reason to buy from Barnes and Noble.com.
/.'ers should be pretty good.
Contrary to popular belief there are other booksellers out there. Some of which may not have sold their soul to the devil.
Barnes and Noble also bought up Fatbrain.com so their selection for
Did he say help and torture newbies? No problem.
... never mind.
Wait
This "feature" is built into the bios of my new AMD Thunderbird motherboard, the Iwill KK-266 (nice MB by the way). Its not quite as evil as this article suggests. It is an attempt to get you to sign up with their ISP.
;-)
Unless you activate it within the bios "phoenixNet-enabled PC" and agree to their ISP partnery, you never hear a word from the program. It sits quitely on your bios and never contacts the mothership
Also from my mother board manual:
1. User reads system information from graphic launch screen
2. User registers MS Windows and completes MS OOBE.
3. User accepts/Rejects PhoenixNet service
4. User accepts/Rejects PhoenixNet ISP Partnery
5. PhoenixNet and ISP icon appear on desktop.
Your real achievement is that:
;-)
1. Your wife let you buy it.
2. She actually participated in the process.
My hat is off to you
Yup, its the same company.
They can now offer this service only because the US Department of Defense infused them with sufficient operating capital to keep going.
Here is their "reannouncement" on Yahoo News.
It does work successfully on Roxio 5 but it can also be done with Musicmatch Jukebox.
Both programs tend to be a bit finicky with which MP3's they work successfully with though.
This will obviously be a major step for AMD into the server market (at least once they go into full production) but I certainly have my doubts about how well any given setup can dissipate the heat from two Athlon processors.
;-)
Even though the Palomino is supposed to generate much less heat, I would imagine that two Athlons will pump out a frightening amount.
Also, it would make sense that a 400W or greater power supply would be necessary. Priced one of those lately?
I could use my Thunderbird 900 as a space heater for my mother-in-law if all the CPU and case fans didn't keep her up at night. She knows better than to turn off my server though
It's not a dangerous attitude, its a realistic one. Do you really think the black helicopters are circling your house trying to sniff your root password from your wireless keyboard? Get a life. No one cares that much.
As far as the credit card system goes, no one is saying you should transmit your credit card unencrypted over the Internet. But you can get it stolen just as easily from a clerk or the waiter at your favorite restaurant. The security of using a credit card and the protection it offers against unauthorized use is part of the service you pay through interest payments, annual fees, and vendor fees. Don't complain because this guy understands that.
If you're willing to work for a company that contracts with the federal government, you should have little trouble finding work in Europe. Particularly if the contract is for the Department of Defense, you may fall under the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). If so, the first $75K of your income is exempt from US taxes and it is possible not to be taxed by the host nation either.
Specific companies I know of include Logitech, Mitre, and SAIC.
Actually what they need is reliability, stability, and a more reasonable price to sell it to me.
What they need is value. Value Unused Features
Those NSA guys are really sneaky. I'm sure they'll just slip it unnoticed into the SOURCE CODE .
The most critical issue for AMD is not CPU speed but power consumption. In addition to the increased speed, that is the real promise of the Palamino core.
;-)
The newly released Thunderbird chips at 1.3 GHz are great chips but I wonder if AMD can really increase their portion of the server market if they don't introduce cooler chips that work well in slim rack mounted configurations. Until then I will continue to use my Athlon 500 that is running at 700 but sounds like a jet engine with all the cooling
Nice to see that the Pentagon's "Paperless Office" initiative is making such progress.
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Since "pro" is the opposite of "con", what does that make Congress.
How do you moderate an entire story down to flamebait?
Did anyone else think the title of this was a porn flick ;-)
I may have seen FreshMeat I, III, and IV but I seem to have missed II
A Palm device used to identify geeks pretty accurately. With over 3 million PDA's sold last year, this is a useful new tool.
;-)
Now we can just look for the IPAQ/Linux combination for a clearer identification
After seeing a half dozen postings lambasting integrated chipsets, its important to remember just who the intended audience is for these things.
/.
Computers based on an integrated chipset are for those consumers who are willing to sacrifice upgradability and performance for low cost. Most of the time, these consumers don't even know that's the tradeoff they're making but they're making it just the same.
They aren't targetted at power users, gamers, or nearly anyone who reads
For many business applications, integrated chipsets make real sense. At my last job, most computers were used for really only about 4 things: Web browsing, Email (MS Outlook), word processing, and Powerpoint. Rarely were computers ever upgraded except for adding RAM. They were used until they reached the end of their lifecycle and then discarded or sold off in bulk.
Especially today, when even low-end PC's are outstripping many average users demand for CPU cycles, integrated chipsets make more sense.
I wouldn't buy one but that really is beside the point. I'm not the intended audience.
If the merger means that my Roadrunner cable modem service makes me an AOL subscriber, I'm going to have to cancel it.
...
Damn I'm gonna miss those download speeds
mean, all the hardware in my computer seems to be manufactured outside the US anyway, and very little is even assembled here, let alone manufactured. If a malcontent really wanted the teraflops, would they really have to get it from the US?
Nope, they wouldn't. That's really why the administration is lifting the ban. If anyone could reasonably argue that the ban met any national security objective, it would still be in place.
Its similar to the arguments for lifting the restriction on crypto. If you can't put the genie back in the bottle, you may as well make sure that U.S. companies are not weakened by trade restrictions that only serve to restrict their ability to compete internationally.