Not to mention all that software that will have to be rewritten and, rebrought...boycott Intel 32 bit dual-core. Feel the lovin' that is AMD 64 bit dual-core!
i guess intel wants to plunge us down the 32 bit dual core path. on the other hand AMD has a mature 64 bit solution and is therefore more comfortable head us down the 64 bit dual core path. we are currently (slowly) transitioning to 64 bit (single core), and are about to transition to dual-core, so why cant the market behemoth make the mental leap of skipping 32 bit dual-core all together?...Me thinks its cos intel wants to slug us all with a second round of upgrades in 3 years time when they hail 64 bit dual-core as the...second coming...
"About 200 engineers from 10 countries for over 10 years, have worked on making this device better and $50 million has been invested in these efforts."...these are some ridiculous numbers, either the device has been tweeked to the BS, or the numbers are BS.
youve gotta see the video. its very funny yet amazing. the dinos would make great exhibition pieces. the fake tinny thudding sound made when the make a step is soo tacky:)
many many months now, and i have scanned it thoroughly for construction dates, and its closer to 2~3 years until the design is even finalised, so 1 year sounds pretty optimistic to me. "worlds largest solar tower"? its will also be the worlds first non-prototype solar tower, 1km tall. i'll be travelling down there from Sydney to monitor its progress.
-5 Troll modifier, well at least i got my opinion out:P
...well im sure you understand the potential.
instead, ive just been reading an article about the huge difficulties facing the viablity of fuel-cell vehicles. my green heart has been prepared to wait 10~15 to drive my first, but by what the article says, it will probably take longer (goverments and organisations can never be trusted to deliver on time), and even then, they'll be very expensive to buy AND refuel, not to mention lousy performers.
So do you know what im getting at?...many climate experts agree that we are only a matter of months (10~40) away from the point of no return for dramatic, long term climatic disaster and its consequences (numerous experts say we have even passed it).
given the 10~20 years until fuel cell transport is available, people must not be allowed to fall into the false sense of security that "fuel cells will save us". the most viable technology for now is the battery to power cars. most of us have read about or seen them, and they do the job exceptionally for 99% of vehicles; the electricity must be generated by renewable energy sources. if you know someone who is influential or have access to a motor corp. executive, please reason to them that 20 years will mean the life or death of much of what we enjoy today. we need solutions NOW, not in 2 decades. i hope Altairs claims are true as it would be another addition to the already compeling argument for battery driven vehicles.
P.S. i can't avoid being dramatic, i do not apologies because this is what i beleive to be the truth
i agree, but even if it was possible to find someone to prosecute, it would only put other illegit internet activities (P2P) under more pressure as the hyperactive-ninja-nazi-cyborg lawyers begin to prosecute anyone who has commited even the most trivial misdemeanor.
i also think that anti-pop up will face an arms race agains the ploppers;), however i think that there will actually be a point where all the exploits and counter-remedies have been used up (at least for the dominant browser anyway) that said browser is either A) so bloated that it destroys the possibility of having a positive experience whilst surfing, OR B) has arrived at a point where, no matter how hard the ploppers try, they have no more exploits to...erm, exploit, that popups are filed away in the history books as being the bain of an imature internet.
Anyway thats what i think, but on a final note, as most popup is advertising, and advertising is supposed to ATTRACT customers, why the HEll would anyone believe that pissing of someone is going to make said person what to visit your site, or buy your product!?! all it makes me what to do is respond with a counter-spam-attack or a denial-of-service attack.
today in firefox i was subject to a popup. the first one using firefox since installation 4 months ago. i understand that firefox is more secure than IE because it doesnt run ActiveX scripts, and for some other reasons. i currently enjoy surfing with firefox, but is it just a matter of time before exploits are found so virii, popups etc. make surfing the web a living hell once again, or are the benifits of firefox infalable?
GAWD HELP US IF POPUPS RETURN!!
i think MS is just kicking up a stink because they havent yet got thier media distribution service up (trust me, there thinking about it. napster were probably aware of this 'flaw' but decided that it would actually make the service more appealing. what really gets me into a cold, exited yet scared sweat, is the thought that "Fritz" DRM hardware may actually become a reality...i can sense the revolt already
what the big deal is about is basically that intels raman laser represents another step towards having cheap electron to photon interconnects (and cheap fiber optic amps, although funnily the said the efficiency was only around 5%, but i can still see its significance). i drool at the thought of having my CPU connected to my RAM via an optical bus!(and cheaply too i must add, as this is currently possible, but would be very costly)...or maybe even optical SATA, sweeet!
what i means is, hardware unpredictability is different to software unpredictability. i would feel much safer with software unpredictability (altho not ideal) as it is easier and more cost effective to fix. i would like to come up with a good analogy here like "theres a one in a billion chance that an asteroid would destroy earth, but when your on the smelly end of the luck stick...". it isnt exactly easy to make secure,reliable,consistant etc.software on/predictable/ hardware as it is, let alone on/upredictable/ hardware, however non-critical or buffered the app may be.
in conclusion, i would welcome a 'tru-random' co-processor which is physically seperate from the 'predictable' chip and is only used where random-ness is/required/.
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sorry...that should be rebought ;)
Not to mention all that software that will have to be rewritten and, rebrought...boycott Intel 32 bit dual-core. Feel the lovin' that is AMD 64 bit dual-core!
i guess intel wants to plunge us down the 32 bit dual core path. on the other hand AMD has a mature 64 bit solution and is therefore more comfortable head us down the 64 bit dual core path. we are currently (slowly) transitioning to 64 bit (single core), and are about to transition to dual-core, so why cant the market behemoth make the mental leap of skipping 32 bit dual-core all together?...Me thinks its cos intel wants to slug us all with a second round of upgrades in 3 years time when they hail 64 bit dual-core as the...second coming...
"About 200 engineers from 10 countries for over 10 years, have worked on making this device better and $50 million has been invested in these efforts."...these are some ridiculous numbers, either the device has been tweeked to the BS, or the numbers are BS.
"Restaurant Association of New Zealand"...rancid? ;)
youve gotta see the video. its very funny yet amazing. the dinos would make great exhibition pieces. the fake tinny thudding sound made when the make a step is soo tacky :)
many many months now, and i have scanned it thoroughly for construction dates, and its closer to 2~3 years until the design is even finalised, so 1 year sounds pretty optimistic to me. "worlds largest solar tower"? its will also be the worlds first non-prototype solar tower, 1km tall. i'll be travelling down there from Sydney to monitor its progress. -5 Troll modifier, well at least i got my opinion out :P
...well im sure you understand the potential. instead, ive just been reading an article about the huge difficulties facing the viablity of fuel-cell vehicles. my green heart has been prepared to wait 10~15 to drive my first, but by what the article says, it will probably take longer (goverments and organisations can never be trusted to deliver on time), and even then, they'll be very expensive to buy AND refuel, not to mention lousy performers. So do you know what im getting at? ...many climate experts agree that we are only a matter of months (10~40) away from the point of no return for dramatic, long term climatic disaster and its consequences (numerous experts say we have even passed it).
given the 10~20 years until fuel cell transport is available, people must not be allowed to fall into the false sense of security that "fuel cells will save us". the most viable technology for now is the battery to power cars. most of us have read about or seen them, and they do the job exceptionally for 99% of vehicles; the electricity must be generated by renewable energy sources. if you know someone who is influential or have access to a motor corp. executive, please reason to them that 20 years will mean the life or death of much of what we enjoy today. we need solutions NOW, not in 2 decades. i hope Altairs claims are true as it would be another addition to the already compeling argument for battery driven vehicles.
P.S. i can't avoid being dramatic, i do not apologies because this is what i beleive to be the truth
i agree, but even if it was possible to find someone to prosecute, it would only put other illegit internet activities (P2P) under more pressure as the hyperactive-ninja-nazi-cyborg lawyers begin to prosecute anyone who has commited even the most trivial misdemeanor.
sorry, thats supposed to be "in the end". PS, FBOFW = for better or for worst
i also think that anti-pop up will face an arms race agains the ploppers ;), however i think that there will actually be a point where all the exploits and counter-remedies have been used up (at least for the dominant browser anyway) that said browser is either A) so bloated that it destroys the possibility of having a positive experience whilst surfing, OR B) has arrived at a point where, no matter how hard the ploppers try, they have no more exploits to ...erm, exploit, that popups are filed away in the history books as being the bain of an imature internet.
Anyway thats what i think, but on a final note, as most popup is advertising, and advertising is supposed to ATTRACT customers, why the HEll would anyone believe that pissing of someone is going to make said person what to visit your site, or buy your product!?! all it makes me what to do is respond with a counter-spam-attack or a denial-of-service attack.
today in firefox i was subject to a popup. the first one using firefox since installation 4 months ago. i understand that firefox is more secure than IE because it doesnt run ActiveX scripts, and for some other reasons. i currently enjoy surfing with firefox, but is it just a matter of time before exploits are found so virii, popups etc. make surfing the web a living hell once again, or are the benifits of firefox infalable? GAWD HELP US IF POPUPS RETURN!!
i think MS is just kicking up a stink because they havent yet got thier media distribution service up (trust me, there thinking about it. napster were probably aware of this 'flaw' but decided that it would actually make the service more appealing. what really gets me into a cold, exited yet scared sweat, is the thought that "Fritz" DRM hardware may actually become a reality...i can sense the revolt already
what the big deal is about is basically that intels raman laser represents another step towards having cheap electron to photon interconnects (and cheap fiber optic amps, although funnily the said the efficiency was only around 5%, but i can still see its significance). i drool at the thought of having my CPU connected to my RAM via an optical bus!(and cheaply too i must add, as this is currently possible, but would be very costly)...or maybe even optical SATA, sweeet!
what i means is, hardware unpredictability is different to software unpredictability. i would feel much safer with software unpredictability (altho not ideal) as it is easier and more cost effective to fix. i would like to come up with a good analogy here like "theres a one in a billion chance that an asteroid would destroy earth, but when your on the smelly end of the luck stick...". it isnt exactly easy to make secure,reliable,consistant etc.software on /predictable/ hardware as it is, let alone on /upredictable/ hardware, however non-critical or buffered the app may be.
in conclusion, i would welcome a 'tru-random' co-processor which is physically seperate from the 'predictable' chip and is only used where random-ness is /required/.