However, this bodes well for the CPU upgrade market. Companies like Sonnett, Newer, Powerlogix and OWC have had a tough time with the IBM/Freescale market because of poor performance among other critical reasons.
And it will still bode poorly for these companies because now that the Mac is all off-the-shelf components, so are the CPU upgrades.
McNamara wonders if video games are stigmatized because they are a mostly commercial venture.
The stigma doesn't come from being mostly a commercial venture. Look at movies. They're mostly commercial ventures too. However some are considered more artistic than others. I think one aspect is that games are interactive. Most art is, for the most part, passive in that the viewer sits there and looks. That's not to say that games aren't art. I would argue that they are. We just need to better encompass our definition of art to include such things. 100 years ago, would a crowd of nude people be considered art?
I can see the point of being more careful with older customers - for a cell phone contract for instance you want to make sure they understand ALL the monthly billing costs (taxes, regulatory fees yada yada) and the contracts cancellation or change of plan terms, and then make sure they can actually use the phone. Take a highlighter to the necessary sections on the contract - that helps.
Hell, I'm in my 20s and I'd like for them to help me understand what all of those monthly costs are because they certainly don't tell you up front.
Radio Shack has been in real trouble for years, since shortly before I left. The article mentions RSH stock price closing just over $18, down from around $80 before this all began. I can't say that I am surprised that they chose email as the way to go on the firings.
What exactly does the stock price have anything to do with this. That $80/share you quote was back in 2000 when practically every company was overpriced. Hell, AOL bought Time-Warner and MS was worth almost $0.5 trillion back then. Comparing stock prices back then to what they are now doesn't really make any sense. About the only tech-related company of significance that's worth more now versus back then is Apple.
That brings up an interesting dilemma. The only way that would happen is if we have the computational capability to simulate real-world environments down to molecular and atomic interactions. In such a case, how would an exact simulation of an embryo be any different than in the real-world? If such a hypothetical embryo simulation were to continue, it too could potentially develop into a simulated person.
So if you're a mouse, we have so many cures for you. We even have cures for most cancers. Wake me up when scientists figure out how to do this with human cells.
The problem with Africa is more an issue with distribution rather than lack of food. Take all the food produced in the world, and there's more than enough to feed all 6 billion of us. Getting the food to where it needs to go is another matter entirely.
Indeed. Can I interest you in some human meat grown on my human farm?
This would seem to be safer than regular beef
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And more ethical. No need to slaughter all those cows now (not that we really need to for our abundant food supply anyway). And there won't be the risk of getting CJD since there should be no neural tissue.
1) a video card does not contain a general purpose processor and is not capable of running an operating system. It contains a GPU, which is very fast for certain subsets of mathematical calculations, but that is all. It can't effectively branch, doesn't offer memory protection, etc. There are the biggest parts of a modern general-purpose CPU
You know, I was kind of wondering about that. The current crop of GPUs is now considered Turing complete. So doesn't that mean that someone could theoretically write and run an operating system on the video card?
You're right. I guess I missed that somehow. On the other hand, how much faster is the "slower" Nvidia version compared to the pure CPU version? Unless it's slower (or even if it is), I don't see why they wouldn't make that version available too. But, first things first I guess: finish the faster one and then work on the slower one.
I don't get it. Run Windows/Linux on Nvidia hardware? What general purpose CPUs does Nvidia make? Besides, if they're really so adamant about supporting other architectures, how come the only non-x86 drivers they make publicly available are for Itanium?
There aren't much details on the ATI version. I'm guessing there's no Nvidia version yet because of the lack of IEEE 854 compliance in viedo cards, so they'd have to create a special version for each video card. But it's pretty neat what you can do with video cards these days besides play video games.
Depends on the usage I guess. I can pick up a 1ghz duron at my local university surplus for next to nothing, and it will run MS Word and Mozilla just as well as the latest octa-core processors.
These laws were eventually preceded with a zeroth law during on the of the robot books. The situation occurred when some anti-Earth conspiracist starts a nuclear chain reaction such that the Earth would be uninhabitable in 150 years, just about enough time for all 9 trillion Earth humans to leave. Anyways, two of the robots that were awair of this plot come to the realization that there needs to be a zeroth law to supercede the first three law, with the zeroth law mandating the preservation of humanity.
So given the situation you presented the robot would kill that one person either way. However depending on which robot you're talking about, the robot may be fine after killing that one person (is aware of zeroth law) or may functionally deteriorate after killing that one person (not aware of zeroth law).
Yes, that's why Apple's first generation products have so many reported problems before they get it right in subsequent generations. Personally, I think that you're paying to be a beta tester if you buy a generation 1 product from Apple.
In terms of what? Exposure to a unix-like system? The only thing they mention that would seem to be remotely beginner friendly is the installation of new software. Some screen shots would help in clarifying this.
Nowadays, does it really matter what type of unix-like system is being run for home use? Once a desktop management environment (KDE, GNOME, etc.) is installed there's really no difference to the casual user. Hell, with that pretty KDE interface, I can't tell the difference between Linux, BSD, Darwin, Solaris, etc until I open a terminal and type "uname -a"
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And it will still bode poorly for these companies because now that the Mac is all off-the-shelf components, so are the CPU upgrades.
They also didn't test it with povray, which would have been great since 3.7beta supports multithreading.
Apparently the "soul" of HP left and now wants to be called "Agilent"
So we're back to buying audio CDs? At least I get mine used, so take that RIAA.
Hell, I'm in my 20s and I'd like for them to help me understand what all of those monthly costs are because they certainly don't tell you up front.
What exactly does the stock price have anything to do with this. That $80/share you quote was back in 2000 when practically every company was overpriced. Hell, AOL bought Time-Warner and MS was worth almost $0.5 trillion back then. Comparing stock prices back then to what they are now doesn't really make any sense. About the only tech-related company of significance that's worth more now versus back then is Apple.
That brings up an interesting dilemma. The only way that would happen is if we have the computational capability to simulate real-world environments down to molecular and atomic interactions. In such a case, how would an exact simulation of an embryo be any different than in the real-world? If such a hypothetical embryo simulation were to continue, it too could potentially develop into a simulated person.
So if you're a mouse, we have so many cures for you. We even have cures for most cancers. Wake me up when scientists figure out how to do this with human cells.
Honey, I think it's about time we give him the "talk."
The problem with Africa is more an issue with distribution rather than lack of food. Take all the food produced in the world, and there's more than enough to feed all 6 billion of us. Getting the food to where it needs to go is another matter entirely.
Indeed. Can I interest you in some human meat grown on my human farm?
And more ethical. No need to slaughter all those cows now (not that we really need to for our abundant food supply anyway). And there won't be the risk of getting CJD since there should be no neural tissue.
Not to mention that the Dell DJ Ditty sounds rather immature/stupid. Reminds me of P. Diddy. What the hell was he thinking?!?
You know, I was kind of wondering about that. The current crop of GPUs is now considered Turing complete. So doesn't that mean that someone could theoretically write and run an operating system on the video card?
You're right. I guess I missed that somehow. On the other hand, how much faster is the "slower" Nvidia version compared to the pure CPU version? Unless it's slower (or even if it is), I don't see why they wouldn't make that version available too. But, first things first I guess: finish the faster one and then work on the slower one.
I don't get it. Run Windows/Linux on Nvidia hardware? What general purpose CPUs does Nvidia make? Besides, if they're really so adamant about supporting other architectures, how come the only non-x86 drivers they make publicly available are for Itanium?
There aren't much details on the ATI version. I'm guessing there's no Nvidia version yet because of the lack of IEEE 854 compliance in viedo cards, so they'd have to create a special version for each video card. But it's pretty neat what you can do with video cards these days besides play video games.
... but I want a car that can break the sound barrier. That way I can visit the fiance in 4 hours instead of 8.
Depends on the usage I guess. I can pick up a 1ghz duron at my local university surplus for next to nothing, and it will run MS Word and Mozilla just as well as the latest octa-core processors.
... the average medical resident, especially the surgical residents. On the other hand, we aren't supposed to be working more than 80 hours a week.
These laws were eventually preceded with a zeroth law during on the of the robot books. The situation occurred when some anti-Earth conspiracist starts a nuclear chain reaction such that the Earth would be uninhabitable in 150 years, just about enough time for all 9 trillion Earth humans to leave. Anyways, two of the robots that were awair of this plot come to the realization that there needs to be a zeroth law to supercede the first three law, with the zeroth law mandating the preservation of humanity.
So given the situation you presented the robot would kill that one person either way. However depending on which robot you're talking about, the robot may be fine after killing that one person (is aware of zeroth law) or may functionally deteriorate after killing that one person (not aware of zeroth law).
Yes, that's why Apple's first generation products have so many reported problems before they get it right in subsequent generations. Personally, I think that you're paying to be a beta tester if you buy a generation 1 product from Apple.
In terms of what? Exposure to a unix-like system? The only thing they mention that would seem to be remotely beginner friendly is the installation of new software. Some screen shots would help in clarifying this.
Nowadays, does it really matter what type of unix-like system is being run for home use? Once a desktop management environment (KDE, GNOME, etc.) is installed there's really no difference to the casual user. Hell, with that pretty KDE interface, I can't tell the difference between Linux, BSD, Darwin, Solaris, etc until I open a terminal and type "uname -a"
Yes, cat. The other white meat.