The best part about the PIII is that it drops right into a 440BX motherboard. Mine (ASUS-P2B-LS) can clock up to 6.5x and currently has a P2-350 in it. I'm waiting for the PIII-650 to drop into the $200 range for my upgrade. Kudos to Intel for maintaining compatibility between the P2 and PIII lines!!
Red hat loses 3.6m and gains 5.4m and is splitting two for one. This flashes that gets that little warning light in the back of my head blinking.
Just the same, I can't see why this would be bad, there just isn't really much of an obstacle to their growth. This is probably what REALLY freaks me out.
What I find odd is how consumers can stand using the crap they get from HP or Compaq or... I hand-built my P2-350 and it comes up (when I run windows - 95) faster by 30-40 seconds than newer P2-450+ machines from the named companies.
I think the "upgrade craze" will continue until the difference between this computer and that computer is not distinguishable except for the number of buttons on the front or how the case looks. Here at work I use a P200 and I'm happy as a clam, even with my 13" monitor (I have a fifteen sitting unplugged 3 feet away from me:)
Cassini (sp?) was the last "big budget" space project to be launched. All recent exploration has been under the "smaller, faster, cheaper" motto. Gallileo was cheap and gathered a lot of data for its cost, same with Deep Space 1, which included a new cheap and light propulsion system (less $$ to launch) and an autonomous navigation system (less ground controllers to pay.) The mars explorer (name forgotten) used low-mass landing gear - aerobraking, parachute, airbags - meaning less money to launch. There has even been a proposal to replace the Russian-built habitation module with an inflatable device. Cheap, cheap cheap has been what nasa is doing..
I have wondered just how to interpret this line from the constitution: (Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 1 & 12)
The Congress shall have Power To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;
and this: (Clauses 15 and 16)
To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;
To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;
and slightly unrelated (Section 10, Clause 3)
No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.
I have always thought that the nature of my selections were meant to say that the US wasn't supposed to have a standing army, but if it needed one, it would raise and outfit one as needed.
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The best part about the PIII is that it drops right into a 440BX motherboard. Mine (ASUS-P2B-LS) can clock up to 6.5x and currently has a P2-350 in it. I'm waiting for the PIII-650 to drop into the $200 range for my upgrade. Kudos to Intel for maintaining compatibility between the P2 and PIII lines!!
Do you see any positive aspects to censorship? Do you believe that censorship can, in any cases, be used to positive advantage?
Red hat loses 3.6m and gains 5.4m and is splitting two for one. This flashes that gets that little warning light in the back of my head blinking.
Just the same, I can't see why this would be bad, there just isn't really much of an obstacle to their growth. This is probably what REALLY freaks me out.
What I find odd is how consumers can stand using the crap they get from HP or Compaq or ... I hand-built my P2-350 and it comes up (when I run windows - 95) faster by 30-40 seconds than newer P2-450+ machines from the named companies.
I think the "upgrade craze" will continue until the difference between this computer and that computer is not distinguishable except for the number of buttons on the front or how the case looks. Here at work I use a P200 and I'm happy as a clam, even with my 13" monitor (I have a fifteen sitting unplugged 3 feet away from me :)
Cassini (sp?) was the last "big budget" space project to be launched. All recent exploration has been under the "smaller, faster, cheaper" motto. Gallileo was cheap and gathered a lot of data for its cost, same with Deep Space 1, which included a new cheap and light propulsion system (less $$ to launch) and an autonomous navigation system (less ground controllers to pay.) The mars explorer (name forgotten) used low-mass landing gear - aerobraking, parachute, airbags - meaning less money to launch. There has even been a proposal to replace the Russian-built habitation module with an inflatable device. Cheap, cheap cheap has been what nasa is doing..