Personally, I'd take my Thinkpad X61s over either of those. Much cheaper, faster, and (the deciding factor for me) 10 hours of battery life. The small size increase of the X61s is trivial to me when I can get MUCH longer battery.
Stock OS does not matter to me either, as I use Gentoo on all of my machines.
There are numerous other ways to get the episodes, since DAP can be a pain to use. For those of you that use DC, www.crowtrobot.com is a great place to get the episodes.
I work part time for a production company, and with the high end equipment, you can tell right away if the music playing is from an mp3 or other compressed format. We get clients all the time who have their own tracks they want to play at an event and, despite our warnings, complain at how bad it sounds. What it boils down to is that the high end equipment can reproduce all of the irregularities of the compressed track, causing it to sound bad. Home equipment cannot provide the fidelity of the production class equipment and the irregularities get glossed over and are much harder to detect.
On my home equipment, the difference is negligible, but when playing mp3's on high end equipment, its very easily noticeable. I don't think this is a big deal, since most people don't have or need expensive audio setups. Perhaps one could view this article as a push for FLAC compression, something that I have been toying with recently.
No one will be able to stop it? If enough people refuse to cooperate with chip implants it can certainly be stopped. If companies try to mandate it but people refuse, they will lose talent to other companies and find hiring new people difficult. If the military tries to force it and enlistment drops significantly, they will reconsider the mandate. I do agree that the military might be one area that could require it, but I would hope that enough people would respond that they would have to drop it.
My guess is that most people would not want an implant of this kind, especially if someone tries to force it upon them. I, for one, will never willingly get such an implant for dozens of reasons. Besides my objection to unnecessary implants, the security on RFID tags is simply not strong enough to prevent someone from stealing information or my identity. Identity theft is a problem as it is, let alone placing our identity in a chip that anyone with a reader can read. There are encrypted RFID tags (Speedpass, EZ Pass, and now some credit cards), however like encryption on DVD's, it will only be a matter of time before it is cracked (Speedpass has been cracked).
Although I can see the potential efficiency increases, combining the GPU and CPU into one chip means that you will be forced to upgrade one when you only want to upgrade the other. To me, this seems like a bad idea in that AMD would have to make dozens of GPU/CPU combinations. Say I want one of AMD's chips in my headless server, am I going to have to buy a more expensive processor because it has a high powered GPU that I don't want or need? What if I want to build a system with a good processor to start, but due to budget reasons want to hold off on buying a good video card?
Combining the CPU and GPU may make sense for embedded systems or as a replacement for integrated graphics, but I cannot see it working for those who prefer to have specific components based on other factors.
I couldn't agree more. I still fire up Starcraft every few weeks and go at it with some friends. I really like how the tactics required for the 3 races are radically different, yet all of them are equal with skilled players. Its something that seems to be lacking in more modern games.
if you already use reflective vests and the strobe LED lights, it seems the problem is more with the attention span of the drivers than your visibility.
Sony doesn't seem to agree with you on the idea that you can still keep music if your CD was stolen. EFF has a breakdown of the EULA that comes with some Sony CD's: http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004145.php/
I've always loved the IBM Thinkpads but have had doubts about the ability of Lenovo to matain the same quality. I've been looking at getting another Thinkpad, and Lenovo offering a Linux distro may be a good enough reason to try them out. Its not my favorite distro, but its deinetly a great foot in the door for Linux, which is something I can definetly support.
Even if you didn't know the WEP key, you could crack that just as easily. Some people are able to do it in about 10 minutes, although an hour is a more realistic time.
This seems like a good idea, and I will definetly give it a try, however I don't know how profitable it will be. These tracks may be enjoyable, but they will never be the same as MST3K, especially without the other characters that made the show what it was. Mike Nelson did some audio commentaries for Legend Films which are quite funny, but definetly lacking the atmosphere that MST3K had.
I'm sure I'll prefer MST3K, and if anyone hasn't seen the show, I highly suggest getting a few episodes.
If you count deaths on the ground, the USSR would have far more fatalities. Here is just one such example. Apollo 1 is the most severe ground accident for the US, as far as I know.
In my nanoscience class I took last semister, we had to use Brownian Dynamics to model the diffusion movement of 2 particles (1nm in diameter, with some mass m) in 3 dimentions across a 25 nanometer gap. To do this, you need 6 differential equations for each particle (one for the velocity in x, one for the position in x, one for the velocity in y, one for the position in y, etc.). Each equation is in the form of a stochastic differential equation, usually developed from the Langevin equation. One of the main issues with modeling such systems is white noise, which adds a random factor into all differential equations and MUST be taken into account to produce accurate models. Developing the correct value for the white noise in the system can be very tricky, probabally one of the most difficult aspects.
We used MathCAD to model the 2-particle system, with a total of 12 differential equations (6 for each particle), and it would take several minutes to develop the resulting graphs (doing it by hand would literally take days). Of coarse MathCAD uses a numerical differential equation solver (ODE-45), so the result is by nature, a close approximation. I assume the program running on IBM's machine is using a more accurate method to solve the equations, thus requiring much more power than our FX-57 workstations. Combining this with the fact that they are modeling thousands of particles makes it a lot easier to see why they need insane computers to do such calculations.
The article seems to suggest they used a retail bought CPU, "The just-opened packaging for the Intel Pentium D 805, which we purchased.". I do agree, however, that overclocking is not the best solution for long term performance gains. In order to increase the stability, you must increase the voltage in the CPU. Increasing the voltage will shorten the life of the transistors (and thus the CPU).
Well obviously the system was different and will provide different performance, however the results of the tests are what is more important. The overclocked CPU was able to ouperform processors 4 times more expensive with everything else being the same (the key part is everything else being the same). He wanted data on the CPU, which this gives, as the other hardware remains the same. Thats the whole point of the benchmarks, to see how performance will vary as the CPU changes.
One of the conclusions that you can draw from the benchmarks is that if you build the $720 system and test different CPU's in the motherboard, the overclocked Pentium will outperform most other CPU's for that setup.
You need to be able to interpret what the data means and apply it to the setup in question, which you aparently did not do.
I've had my Thinkpad T30 for about 3 years now and I think it is the best laptop I have ever used. Before that, I used a Thinkad 765D (which I still have). At work, we used IBM hardware, so when I wanted my own laptop, I bought one direct from IBM. Sure it was more expensive, but I never regretted it. Linux driver support was always there so I never had any serious problem getting the hardware working. I really wish IBM didn't sell their laptop division, as I don't think anyone else could produce a product with the same support and durability of the Thinkpads that I own. I don't know about the R series you've dealt with, but the T series and the ones before it were excellent machines.
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I'll see your QWERTY and raise you a Dvorak: http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=aoeuaoeu+keygen&aq=f&aqi=&oq=&fp=b36c7832dbb01be6
maybe you should read up on what MTBF actually means. this provides a nice simple explanation: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/arch-storage/part2/section-151.html
Personally, I'd take my Thinkpad X61s over either of those. Much cheaper, faster, and (the deciding factor for me) 10 hours of battery life. The small size increase of the X61s is trivial to me when I can get MUCH longer battery. Stock OS does not matter to me either, as I use Gentoo on all of my machines.
There are numerous other ways to get the episodes, since DAP can be a pain to use. For those of you that use DC, www.crowtrobot.com is a great place to get the episodes.
I work part time for a production company, and with the high end equipment, you can tell right away if the music playing is from an mp3 or other compressed format. We get clients all the time who have their own tracks they want to play at an event and, despite our warnings, complain at how bad it sounds. What it boils down to is that the high end equipment can reproduce all of the irregularities of the compressed track, causing it to sound bad. Home equipment cannot provide the fidelity of the production class equipment and the irregularities get glossed over and are much harder to detect.
On my home equipment, the difference is negligible, but when playing mp3's on high end equipment, its very easily noticeable. I don't think this is a big deal, since most people don't have or need expensive audio setups. Perhaps one could view this article as a push for FLAC compression, something that I have been toying with recently.
No one will be able to stop it? If enough people refuse to cooperate with chip implants it can certainly be stopped. If companies try to mandate it but people refuse, they will lose talent to other companies and find hiring new people difficult. If the military tries to force it and enlistment drops significantly, they will reconsider the mandate. I do agree that the military might be one area that could require it, but I would hope that enough people would respond that they would have to drop it.
My guess is that most people would not want an implant of this kind, especially if someone tries to force it upon them. I, for one, will never willingly get such an implant for dozens of reasons. Besides my objection to unnecessary implants, the security on RFID tags is simply not strong enough to prevent someone from stealing information or my identity. Identity theft is a problem as it is, let alone placing our identity in a chip that anyone with a reader can read. There are encrypted RFID tags (Speedpass, EZ Pass, and now some credit cards), however like encryption on DVD's, it will only be a matter of time before it is cracked (Speedpass has been cracked).
Although I can see the potential efficiency increases, combining the GPU and CPU into one chip means that you will be forced to upgrade one when you only want to upgrade the other. To me, this seems like a bad idea in that AMD would have to make dozens of GPU/CPU combinations. Say I want one of AMD's chips in my headless server, am I going to have to buy a more expensive processor because it has a high powered GPU that I don't want or need? What if I want to build a system with a good processor to start, but due to budget reasons want to hold off on buying a good video card?
Combining the CPU and GPU may make sense for embedded systems or as a replacement for integrated graphics, but I cannot see it working for those who prefer to have specific components based on other factors.
Perhaps "democratic republic" is the term that we seem to be reaching for.
I couldn't agree more. I still fire up Starcraft every few weeks and go at it with some friends. I really like how the tactics required for the 3 races are radically different, yet all of them are equal with skilled players. Its something that seems to be lacking in more modern games.
It seems that the Zune will not be able to play "PlaysForSure" DRM'd music
I dont know about data destruction, but government strength data encryption is easy with TrueCrypt. Free, easy, and open source.
if you already use reflective vests and the strobe LED lights, it seems the problem is more with the attention span of the drivers than your visibility.
Sony doesn't seem to agree with you on the idea that you can still keep music if your CD was stolen. EFF has a breakdown of the EULA that comes with some Sony CD's: http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004145.php/
I've always loved the IBM Thinkpads but have had doubts about the ability of Lenovo to matain the same quality. I've been looking at getting another Thinkpad, and Lenovo offering a Linux distro may be a good enough reason to try them out. Its not my favorite distro, but its deinetly a great foot in the door for Linux, which is something I can definetly support.
Or not! Bam!
Even if you didn't know the WEP key, you could crack that just as easily. Some people are able to do it in about 10 minutes, although an hour is a more realistic time.
This seems like a good idea, and I will definetly give it a try, however I don't know how profitable it will be. These tracks may be enjoyable, but they will never be the same as MST3K, especially without the other characters that made the show what it was. Mike Nelson did some audio commentaries for Legend Films which are quite funny, but definetly lacking the atmosphere that MST3K had. I'm sure I'll prefer MST3K, and if anyone hasn't seen the show, I highly suggest getting a few episodes.
If you count deaths on the ground, the USSR would have far more fatalities. Here is just one such example. Apollo 1 is the most severe ground accident for the US, as far as I know.
I must be thinking of the wrong Ruby.
In my nanoscience class I took last semister, we had to use Brownian Dynamics to model the diffusion movement of 2 particles (1nm in diameter, with some mass m) in 3 dimentions across a 25 nanometer gap. To do this, you need 6 differential equations for each particle (one for the velocity in x, one for the position in x, one for the velocity in y, one for the position in y, etc.). Each equation is in the form of a stochastic differential equation, usually developed from the Langevin equation. One of the main issues with modeling such systems is white noise, which adds a random factor into all differential equations and MUST be taken into account to produce accurate models. Developing the correct value for the white noise in the system can be very tricky, probabally one of the most difficult aspects.
We used MathCAD to model the 2-particle system, with a total of 12 differential equations (6 for each particle), and it would take several minutes to develop the resulting graphs (doing it by hand would literally take days). Of coarse MathCAD uses a numerical differential equation solver (ODE-45), so the result is by nature, a close approximation. I assume the program running on IBM's machine is using a more accurate method to solve the equations, thus requiring much more power than our FX-57 workstations. Combining this with the fact that they are modeling thousands of particles makes it a lot easier to see why they need insane computers to do such calculations.
The article seems to suggest they used a retail bought CPU, "The just-opened packaging for the Intel Pentium D 805, which we purchased.". I do agree, however, that overclocking is not the best solution for long term performance gains. In order to increase the stability, you must increase the voltage in the CPU. Increasing the voltage will shorten the life of the transistors (and thus the CPU).
Well obviously the system was different and will provide different performance, however the results of the tests are what is more important. The overclocked CPU was able to ouperform processors 4 times more expensive with everything else being the same (the key part is everything else being the same). He wanted data on the CPU, which this gives, as the other hardware remains the same. Thats the whole point of the benchmarks, to see how performance will vary as the CPU changes.
One of the conclusions that you can draw from the benchmarks is that if you build the $720 system and test different CPU's in the motherboard, the overclocked Pentium will outperform most other CPU's for that setup.
You need to be able to interpret what the data means and apply it to the setup in question, which you aparently did not do.
Heres some hard data.
I guess that hearing loss in my right ear may actually come in handy.
I've had my Thinkpad T30 for about 3 years now and I think it is the best laptop I have ever used. Before that, I used a Thinkad 765D (which I still have). At work, we used IBM hardware, so when I wanted my own laptop, I bought one direct from IBM. Sure it was more expensive, but I never regretted it. Linux driver support was always there so I never had any serious problem getting the hardware working. I really wish IBM didn't sell their laptop division, as I don't think anyone else could produce a product with the same support and durability of the Thinkpads that I own. I don't know about the R series you've dealt with, but the T series and the ones before it were excellent machines.