That sounds great and all, and the AI that the article mentions really does sound interesting...but I am not clear on how a processing unit for extremely specialized tasks is going to translate into significant performance gains? Is the current generation of CPU not optimized for mathematic operations? This seems the most direct way to get the best all around performance, to me. Also, isn't it kind of sucky to make the processor only good at a few good things rather than fast in a diverse range of applications?
If anyone can give me any insight here...please speak up.
Mark this post as a troll if you wish, but we all know the real trolls here are the ones who are giving this issue so much attention. By discussing this article, we aren't really accomplishing anything positive..other than giving some clown free publicity and possibly some rabble-rousing. Bong hits 4 Jesus? Please forgive my lack of interest.
Today marks the announcement of NVIDIA's next generation GeForce 8800 series GPU technology code named "G80." We have two new hard-launched video cards from BFG Tech representing the 8800 products. Gameplay experience TWIMTBP?
I found their review to be of typical [H] quality, which I think is pretty decent (when compared to other H/W review sites, that is;)
Lets slow down for a second and ask ourselves who is going to encourage everyone else to get on the data portability bandwagon?"
Well, whoever stands to gain the most from having users which can come and go as they please. I should acknowledge that I realize this kind of portability would be beneficial to both Google and web users in general. However, I don't see this going over so well with the likes of Yahoo and Hotmail (I don't want to pay an annual fee to prevent my account from being deleted or deactivated, dagnabit!). One could make a fairly good argument that google has some of the best-in-class services on the web, and they know it.
It will be interesting to see if/how they follow through on this. I would be much more comfortable using some of their services if I knew I could do an XML or equivalent type data dump and leave if I felt the need.
While I am waiting for the site to load, I get to stare at ugly yellow on gray text at the bottom that says "Website Optimized for Microsoft(R) Windors(R) & Internet Explorer(R)".
I'm just taking a wild guess here..but something tells me this guy didn't use the gimp to stitch all these photographs togehter..
More bandwidth than fiber?..He points out that a bundle of 50 Cat 3 twisted-pair wires (the kind that might be used in the last segment of the phone network) has 10Gbps of available bandwidth to distribute to the fifty homes at the end of those wires. By contrast, fiber to the home has only 2.5Gbps to distribute to its homes.
Okay, this comparison seems rather slippery upon first glance. Let's break it down so we are clear on what they are attempting to communicate to us:
50 Cat-3 twisted-pair wires have an aggregate bandwidth of 10Gbps to distribute to the 50 homes, so that's really 0.5Gbps per home, apparently over cat3 cabling (cat3 sees like a plausible claim for what telcos would use for a homes telephone hookup I guess)
FTTH has 2.5Gbps to distribute to its homes (I am assuming the article is implying this is per 50 homes, otherwise why are they using 50 homes in the last computation?)
So again, I went to wikipedia to check the actual bandwidth of current optical fiber communications and learned that recently speeds of 14tbps (thats terabits-per-second) have been reached over distances of 140km. This leads me to the conclusiong that while the currently installed FTTH switches could be limited to doing 2.5gbps (per 50 homes apparently? regardless..it doesn't really matter), which is by no means the limit of fiber-optic communication. 2.5gbps was the limit of third-generation fiber-optic communications (during the 1980's).
Now lets take a moment to revisit the title of this article, "Copper Wire as Fast as Fiber?"; This article seems like a bunch of "FUD" to me.
Technology which relies on the effects of wind resistance to work have no future in the space shuttles, I would imagine. This seems like a 'new' device which is actually more primitive than what we have..
by the time it's made it to Slashdot, or any other major website for that matter..it is highly unlikely that it is actually "Zero-Day" (aka "0day"). Zero-Day would mean that the exploit was really fresh, as in very few people are aware of the exploit. Or, interpreted literally, it would mean that it had been less than 24-hours after it is first discovered.
Why are people trying to resurrect this old buzzword? It is starting to get old (re: 'TERRORIST' old..).
I'm not impressed. I thought this was supposed to be a tech-savvy website?
Like you, I am from Palo Alto. I graduated from PALY. I think facebook is a pretty cool website (most of the time). However, I would strongly encourage you to take the money and run. Facebook is definately not worth that much money. Consumers are fickle, and most the users of facebook hate you anyways (perhaps because they are ignorant, but the fact remains..). Why bust your chops and lose $1BN for people who generally don't appreciate you nearly as much as they should?
Where are they going to get all these expert scientists and researchers for this? IMO, you can't just instantly (4 years, for a country to change its entire economy is essentially instantaneous for that kind of thing) change your entire economy to become a bunch of super duper experts..
I went through the same thing a week ago and gave up when it wanted me to set each parameter for the kernel (the auto configure kernel failed)..there we like 500 options and I have no idea which ones my IBM T42 supports or not. It was hell. I think proceeded to run back to familiar Windows XP../me hides his head in shame
linux is great for servers, i wouldnt want anything else. however in general i think we still have a ways to go..
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And of course the winner goes to...
The Liger! What else?
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Wi-Fizzle Research, etc
That sounds great and all, and the AI that the article mentions really does sound interesting...but I am not clear on how a processing unit for extremely specialized tasks is going to translate into significant performance gains? Is the current generation of CPU not optimized for mathematic operations? This seems the most direct way to get the best all around performance, to me. Also, isn't it kind of sucky to make the processor only good at a few good things rather than fast in a diverse range of applications?
If anyone can give me any insight here...please speak up.
Thanks
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There are no 2.5 inch 10K rpm hard disk drives. You must be confused..
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In a word: YES. You hit this one on the head.
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Wi-Fizzle Research
Mark this post as a troll if you wish, but we all know the real trolls here are the ones who are giving this issue so much attention. By discussing this article, we aren't really accomplishing anything positive..other than giving some clown free publicity and possibly some rabble-rousing. Bong hits 4 Jesus? Please forgive my lack of interest.
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BFGTech GeForce 8800 GTX and 8800 GTS
I found their review to be of typical [H] quality, which I think is pretty decent (when compared to other H/W review sites, that is
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Wi-Fizzle Research
Lets slow down for a second and ask ourselves
who is going to encourage everyone else to get on the data portability bandwagon?"
Well, whoever stands to gain the most from having users which can come and go as they please. I should acknowledge that I realize this kind of portability would be beneficial to both Google and web users in general. However, I don't see this going over so well with the likes of Yahoo and Hotmail (I don't want to pay an annual fee to prevent my account from being deleted or deactivated, dagnabit!). One could make a fairly good argument that google has some of the best-in-class services on the web, and they know it.
It will be interesting to see if/how they follow through on this. I would be much more comfortable using some of their services if I knew I could do an XML or equivalent type data dump and leave if I felt the need.
- Wi-Fizzle Research
While I am waiting for the site to load, I get to stare at ugly yellow on gray text at the bottom that says "Website Optimized for Microsoft(R) Windors(R) & Internet Explorer(R)".
I'm just taking a wild guess here..but something tells me this guy didn't use the gimp to stitch all these photographs togehter..
Hah, thanks for catching that. I meant 5Gbps, but that doesn't really change anything
thanks
Okay, this comparison seems rather slippery upon first glance. Let's break it down so we are clear on what they are attempting to communicate to us:
So again, I went to wikipedia to check the actual bandwidth of current optical fiber communications and learned that recently speeds of 14tbps (thats terabits-per-second) have been reached over distances of 140km. This leads me to the conclusiong that while the currently installed FTTH switches could be limited to doing 2.5gbps (per 50 homes apparently? regardless..it doesn't really matter), which is by no means the limit of fiber-optic communication. 2.5gbps was the limit of third-generation fiber-optic communications (during the 1980's).
Now lets take a moment to revisit the title of this article, "Copper Wire as Fast as Fiber?"; This article seems like a bunch of "FUD" to me.
--Battlefield 2, anyone?
Anyone have a link to this teleportation video?
Technology which relies on the effects of wind resistance to work have no future in the space shuttles, I would imagine. This seems like a 'new' device which is actually more primitive than what we have..
You're joking right? I can hardly believe...
by the time it's made it to Slashdot, or any other major website for that matter..it is highly unlikely that it is actually "Zero-Day" (aka "0day"). Zero-Day would mean that the exploit was really fresh, as in very few people are aware of the exploit. Or, interpreted literally, it would mean that it had been less than 24-hours after it is first discovered.
Why are people trying to resurrect this old buzzword? It is starting to get old (re: 'TERRORIST' old..).
I'm not impressed. I thought this was supposed to be a tech-savvy website?
I highly recommend giving Dans "Enough already with the megapixels" article a read. He explains the situation more clearly than I ever could.
well who are they paying for those airwaves? it certaintly isn't me...
I graduated in `01 too. Hit me up dude, I wonder who y'are (email: outtatime^gmail) pz
I didn't know that. Thanks for the correction (:
Dear Mr. Zuckerberg,
Like you, I am from Palo Alto. I graduated from PALY. I think facebook is a pretty cool website (most of the time). However, I would strongly encourage you to take the money and run. Facebook is definately not worth that much money. Consumers are fickle, and most the users of facebook hate you anyways (perhaps because they are ignorant, but the fact remains..). Why bust your chops and lose $1BN for people who generally don't appreciate you nearly as much as they should?
Good luck,
Stinky
I meant 2 years, not 4
Where are they going to get all these expert scientists and researchers for this? IMO, you can't just instantly (4 years, for a country to change its entire economy is essentially instantaneous for that kind of thing) change your entire economy to become a bunch of super duper experts..
I went through the same thing a week ago and gave up when it wanted me to set each parameter for the kernel (the auto configure kernel failed)..there we like 500 options and I have no idea which ones my IBM T42 supports or not. It was hell. I think proceeded to run back to familiar Windows XP.. /me hides his head in shame
linux is great for servers, i wouldnt want anything else. however in general i think we still have a ways to go..
But how much oil did it take to make the solar cells?
The troll here is the grandparent: djrogers (153854) parent of this post makes a solid case against our friend djrogers..
Just an update, the "Students against Facebook News Feed (Official Petition to Facebook)" now has over 630,000 users and is still growing..