This sounds like the latest incarnation of the dream of television executives who in the early '90s talked about the "information superhighway," before it was clear that the Internet was going to fill that role. What they envisioned was "interactive TV," i.e. buying stuff with your remote.
Well, the Apple TV does just that. You use iTunes to buy movies and songs with a remote control. In other words, it's not really a bad idea if they manage to figure out how to do this well.
Yes, think PS3 technology, developed jointly by Toshiba, Sony, and IBM.
Saying that the Cell BEA was developed for the PlayStation 3 is like saying the wheel was developed for razor scooters. The PlayStation 3 uses the Cell, but the Cell was not made solely for the PlayStation. The Cell was developed to be a floating point and vector arithmetic monster that would be at home in a supercomputer, which it is.
I think you're reading his/her words incorrectly. The way I see it, the author wrote that you get technology used in the PS3 in your computer. After all, the Cell is PS3 technology since it consists of one.
The article mentions that too little video memory can be a bottleneck. But wouldn't squeezing 2 gigs of memory on a graphics card simply move the limiting bottlenecks elsewhere?
I understand your question, but the whole point is that sometimes a game can be sluggish only because there is not enough memory and not even remotely close because of core performance. Today's games and the future brings us more games that utilize all the extreme amounts of memory, which ultimately results in greater textures and more variety.
But to answer your question: there's always going to be at least one bottleneck, but by adding more memory, at least they raised the bar a bit. Not that today's games are going to run much faster with this, but upcoming titles will.
Those of you who have read some about Intel's coming Larrabee GPU know that it consists of many Pentium cores. The thing is, these cores aren't as old as one may think.
When the Pentium core became obsolete, Intel gave the technology to the U.S. military, which in turn developed it further and added bug fixes. So it's not really technology from the 90's only, because it has been in development for quite some time.
Additionally, old technology has the advantage of being used so much that virtually everything is known about the chip, including bugs. Therefore, it is much safer to work with such a chip rather than going for the latest Core 2 Duo.
The Swedish government has kept curiously quiet about the new law's objectives but sources close to the intelligence community say that Russia is the prime target.
This new law is so strange that it makes me think that the Swedish government is under the influence of a larger power.. I wouldn't be surprised if the United States or some other country had something to do with this, but who knows..
Meanwhile, the major opposing party Socialdemokraterna (socialistic democratic party) has vowed to undo the law if it wins the next election.
It's fairly obvious that both Intel and AMD are heading this way. The transistors are shrinking, but we will soon create a transistor that cannot be shrunk further, and once this happens, we will have to think layers and cores and possibly more GHz.
So whether programmers find this move acceptable or not is irrelevant because this path is probably the only way to design faster CPU:s once we've hit the nanometer wall.
If you can't get rich by making a worthy product, then get rich by suing someone. (No, I didn't read the article, but we all know this is the new way of business for most companies - sue their way to wealth.) If you developed and spent money on a product that you felt was stolen, wouldn't you seek compensation for that loss? I'm not saying the $1B figure is reasonable, but regardless, if Google did what the accuser says, then at least they must make a fight for it.
Obviously, the product is interesting if Google supposedly wanted to steal it.
Microsoft had the luck to work in an exploding market while it was still in its infancy. True, but Microsoft was actually part of the catalyst that made it explode. Since Microsoft has had such a significant role in software development, it's not fair to say that they were just "lucky".
Just because something is on your property does not make it *yours*. If I am on your property, you cannot take my clothes and claim they are yours. If I drop my wallet you cannot take it. If I sing a song, you cannot record and sell it. You cannot take my picture and market your products with it. You took it a bit too far, almost as if you wanted to read my reply out of context. Obviously, it is illegal to steal. I was actually referring to the airwaves in my apartment.
Is it a good investment to revamp a notebook that's worth about $350? Not if you've been paying any attention lately. Nowadays, notebooks are so cheap that it's barely reasonable to upgrade them periodically.
I think the question is interesting, but really, to get an old laptop working again, you must still walk around with something that looks and feels aged, since the casing is torn, the monitor is far from what it used to be (LCD and TFT quality wears out after some time) and the keyboard is probably not what it used to be either.
Why not just spend $500 on a new computer, such as the Asus Eee or MSI Wind? You're definitely getting more performance out of it, plus the benefits of WiFi, Bluetooth, etc.
I hate the house analogy when used in these debates. What if someone sets up a WiFi zone that covers dozens of apartments? Are you basically saying that there is a house - that you may or may not enter - in my apartment? This is where that analogy fails, because a house is still property. My apartment is, however, my property and what's in it is rightfully mine.
The WiFi, if not secured, is simply private space because there is no sign that prohibits trespassing. Why the hell should I be a criminal if someone penetrates my apartment with WiFi signals that are not secured by password?
By breaking through the encryption, you're obviously doing something criminal. But that's something entirely different, too..
I once wrote a paper for a class about the importance of adopting nuclear power. If Obama is against this, I'm voting McCain. What an extremely narrow-minded thing to say. Regardless of who you give your support in the first place, it is idiotic to go either way because of one issue. You're not willing to consider their stance on abortion? The war? Economy packages? Education? Privatization? International agreements? Health?
Please reconsider. And also note that I am not asking you to vote on a particular candidate, but rather that you shouldn't base it entirely on an issue like this when there is so much else at stake.
So we found more oil? Not yet. First we must find some, look in some pits in the ground, shave and prosecute whatever we find in that hole, waste a few trillions and THEN import the oil.
Looks like NVIDIA went back to the vacuum cleaner solution. Blatantly taken from Tom's Hardware:
During Windows startup, the GT200 fan was quiet (running at 516 rpm, or 30% of its maximum rate). Then, once a game was started, it suddenly turned into a washing machine, reaching a noise level that was frankly unbearable - especially the GTX 280.
Frankly, reviews indicate that this card is too f*cking noisy and extremely expensive ($650).
Women and men do tend to think differently.
Not worse, nor better really, just... different You can't have it both ways. If it's different, it's either better or worse.
Having said that, I strongly disagree with you on your claims that women would perform better because of an uphill struggle. Maybe they would over-compensate for some time, but in the end, programming is about intelligence and co-operative measures. They would, however, get more attention since they are a minority in this business. We usually don't notice the typical programmer because the guy in the cubicle next to him is of the same breed. Women (in this case) aren't, which is why they get more attention. It exists both in the programming world as well as in gaming (World of WarCraft, Counter-Strike, etc).
Forget a male/female issue. I think she needs to hire better programmers period. You are correct, but what if you don't want an office with 99% men? I think the question is valid since men and women think very differently and since female programmers are as common as pink bananas, it gets even more intriguing.
Quite frankly, that sounds scary enough as it is, but why the heck did they have to name it Skynet? As if the UK started using the Skynet name now? It's been in use ever since the launch of Skynet 1 in 1969.
Sean Carroll explained that 'a universe could form inside this room and we'd never know. Unless you had eggs and beans. Then it's kind of hard to hide it from anyone.
Mobile: Windows XP Lives, Thanks to Linux I wouldn't say it's [..] thanks to Linux, but rather [..] due to Linux. It's fairly obvious that Microsoft wants people to use Vista rather than XP, so the fact that XP still lives is hardly something Microsoft would thank Linux for.
I also doubt that Microsoft didn't foresee this since companies like ASUS surely talk to Microsoft about their future. The only part I think they got wrong was to tout Vista as a serious operating system for ultra portables.
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I'm pretty sure they are talking about buying things other than music and movies.
My point was that the concept is good. I know they are talking about more than just music and movies.
This sounds like the latest incarnation of the dream of television executives who in the early '90s talked about the "information superhighway," before it was clear that the Internet was going to fill that role. What they envisioned was "interactive TV," i.e. buying stuff with your remote.
Well, the Apple TV does just that. You use iTunes to buy movies and songs with a remote control. In other words, it's not really a bad idea if they manage to figure out how to do this well.
Coming soon, the 5 MHz toilet paper.
Yes, think PS3 technology, developed jointly by Toshiba, Sony, and IBM.
Saying that the Cell BEA was developed for the PlayStation 3 is like saying the wheel was developed for razor scooters. The PlayStation 3 uses the Cell, but the Cell was not made solely for the PlayStation. The Cell was developed to be a floating point and vector arithmetic monster that would be at home in a supercomputer, which it is.
I think you're reading his/her words incorrectly. The way I see it, the author wrote that you get technology used in the PS3 in your computer. After all, the Cell is PS3 technology since it consists of one.
Quiet you, or the Russians might get ahead of us again!
I agree that the visuals look very strange, not to mention the strange cartoonish style on the main characters.
What bothered me even more was how far off they've gone from the dark atmosphere. And who the hell chose that song for the trailer?
Anyway, I was expecting the prince to talk in the trailer and reveal some of the plot instead of some silly centaur fights.
The article mentions that too little video memory can be a bottleneck. But wouldn't squeezing 2 gigs of memory on a graphics card simply move the limiting bottlenecks elsewhere?
I understand your question, but the whole point is that sometimes a game can be sluggish only because there is not enough memory and not even remotely close because of core performance. Today's games and the future brings us more games that utilize all the extreme amounts of memory, which ultimately results in greater textures and more variety.
But to answer your question: there's always going to be at least one bottleneck, but by adding more memory, at least they raised the bar a bit. Not that today's games are going to run much faster with this, but upcoming titles will.
Those of you who have read some about Intel's coming Larrabee GPU know that it consists of many Pentium cores. The thing is, these cores aren't as old as one may think.
When the Pentium core became obsolete, Intel gave the technology to the U.S. military, which in turn developed it further and added bug fixes. So it's not really technology from the 90's only, because it has been in development for quite some time.
Additionally, old technology has the advantage of being used so much that virtually everything is known about the chip, including bugs. Therefore, it is much safer to work with such a chip rather than going for the latest Core 2 Duo.
I'm gonna have one girlfriend there.
Maybe the compensation is set too high; it looks like you're kidding.
The Swedish government has kept curiously quiet about the new law's objectives but sources close to the intelligence community say that Russia is the prime target.
This new law is so strange that it makes me think that the Swedish government is under the influence of a larger power.. I wouldn't be surprised if the United States or some other country had something to do with this, but who knows..
Meanwhile, the major opposing party Socialdemokraterna (socialistic democratic party) has vowed to undo the law if it wins the next election.
It's fairly obvious that both Intel and AMD are heading this way. The transistors are shrinking, but we will soon create a transistor that cannot be shrunk further, and once this happens, we will have to think layers and cores and possibly more GHz.
So whether programmers find this move acceptable or not is irrelevant because this path is probably the only way to design faster CPU:s once we've hit the nanometer wall.
Obviously, the product is interesting if Google supposedly wanted to steal it.
I think the question is interesting, but really, to get an old laptop working again, you must still walk around with something that looks and feels aged, since the casing is torn, the monitor is far from what it used to be (LCD and TFT quality wears out after some time) and the keyboard is probably not what it used to be either.
Why not just spend $500 on a new computer, such as the Asus Eee or MSI Wind? You're definitely getting more performance out of it, plus the benefits of WiFi, Bluetooth, etc.
I hate the house analogy when used in these debates. What if someone sets up a WiFi zone that covers dozens of apartments? Are you basically saying that there is a house - that you may or may not enter - in my apartment? This is where that analogy fails, because a house is still property. My apartment is, however, my property and what's in it is rightfully mine.
The WiFi, if not secured, is simply private space because there is no sign that prohibits trespassing. Why the hell should I be a criminal if someone penetrates my apartment with WiFi signals that are not secured by password?
By breaking through the encryption, you're obviously doing something criminal. But that's something entirely different, too..
Please reconsider. And also note that I am not asking you to vote on a particular candidate, but rather that you shouldn't base it entirely on an issue like this when there is so much else at stake.
Not worse, nor better really, just
Having said that, I strongly disagree with you on your claims that women would perform better because of an uphill struggle. Maybe they would over-compensate for some time, but in the end, programming is about intelligence and co-operative measures. They would, however, get more attention since they are a minority in this business. We usually don't notice the typical programmer because the guy in the cubicle next to him is of the same breed. Women (in this case) aren't, which is why they get more attention. It exists both in the programming world as well as in gaming (World of WarCraft, Counter-Strike, etc).
I also doubt that Microsoft didn't foresee this since companies like ASUS surely talk to Microsoft about their future. The only part I think they got wrong was to tout Vista as a serious operating system for ultra portables.