Just got a SK41G yesterday (from mwave.com, BTW). Very impressive. I installed a Athlon XP 2400+ and 512 MB RAM and a Radeon 9000 in the AGP slot, and it's fast, quiet, and cool. I've left Distributed Folding running for several hours, and the fan will occasionally speed up, but it almost always runs at the lowest speed.
My favorite part: In very few cases, there may be a noise, like a "pop" and maybe a small amount of "smoke." I really like the quotes around "pop" and "smoke." Cracks me up.
Here's some information about the jet-powered M-497, tested in 1966 by New York Central. There's an interesting article about it in the Fall 1999 issue of Invention & Technology, if you have access to a copy.
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2054 looks to be a terribly advanced age, except for one thing: sneaker-net. Cruise's character uses the large interface to view and interpret the precogs' visions, but he must first upload the data from the small terminal on the other side of the room, using what must be a mid-21st-century floppy disk. And I thought we would have made progress in networking by that time. Maybe we run out of IPv6 addresses too, and decide to drop the idea altogether.
Solaris 8 has very minimal support for graphics cards. You'll almost certianly want to replace Xsun with XFree86. Do a search on Google for "solaris xfree86" and you'll find several useful HOWTO-type documents.
Sharp has a product called Voquette that connects to a MiniDisc player and allows playback of various sound formats, including MP3. It also includes software for sending files to/from your MD player.
1) The stated value of measuring accuracy is bogus. For one thing, if he did it with a micrometer you are getting thickness of the plate, not flatness of the plate.
He used a dial micrometer, not a caliper micrometer. This accuracy is quite reasonable, especially using proper techniques (granite surface plate, etc.).
2) After lapping the processor, then letting it run to operating temperatures, I bet the processor warps some due to differential coefficients of expansion...
I bet not. If the processor is expanding and contracting enough to flex a reasonably thick aluminum plate, you've got another bag of problems anyway.
If you change the distance between the heat sink and processor only a little tiny bit, you only change the heat flow a little tiny bit.
Agreed. I found the article interesting and credible, although such methods are not necessary for 99% of average users/overclockers.
Am I the only one who prefers CD audio to MP3s? MP3 is a great compression scheme, but it's still lossy and I can still hear the difference. I'll stick with my CD changer for now.
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Just got a SK41G yesterday (from mwave.com, BTW). Very impressive. I installed a Athlon XP 2400+ and 512 MB RAM and a Radeon 9000 in the AGP slot, and it's fast, quiet, and cool. I've left Distributed Folding running for several hours, and the fan will occasionally speed up, but it almost always runs at the lowest speed.
Plus, it looks really cool.
Our university has had hundreds of Sun Ray 1s replaced because of a bad capacitor in the power supply. Here's Sun's FAQ on the subject:
http://www.sun.com/service/support/products/deskto ps/sunray_faq.html
My favorite part: In very few cases, there may be a noise, like a "pop" and maybe a small amount of "smoke." I really like the quotes around "pop" and "smoke." Cracks me up.
Here's some information about the jet-powered M-497, tested in 1966 by New York Central. There's an interesting article about it in the Fall 1999 issue of Invention & Technology, if you have access to a copy.
Anyway, you've got to check out the pictures:
http://www.trainweb.org/railpix/ampix/nyc-m497s1.j pg 1 .jpg
http://www.trainweb.org/railpix/ampix/nyc-m497run
2054 looks to be a terribly advanced age, except for one thing: sneaker-net. Cruise's character uses the large interface to view and interpret the precogs' visions, but he must first upload the data from the small terminal on the other side of the room, using what must be a mid-21st-century floppy disk. And I thought we would have made progress in networking by that time. Maybe we run out of IPv6 addresses too, and decide to drop the idea altogether.
Actually, the Sun install guide says that it's -net instead of /net. I'm not sure whether it makes a difference, though.
Solaris 8 has very minimal support for graphics cards. You'll almost certianly want to replace Xsun with XFree86. Do a search on Google for "solaris xfree86" and you'll find several useful HOWTO-type documents.
Some interesting software behind this thing, too.
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Sharp has a product called Voquette that connects to a MiniDisc player and allows playback of various sound formats, including MP3. It also includes software for sending files to/from your MD player.
Here are the relevant links:
1) The stated value of measuring accuracy is bogus. For one thing, if he did it with a micrometer you are getting thickness of the plate, not flatness of the plate.
He used a dial micrometer, not a caliper micrometer. This accuracy is quite reasonable, especially using proper techniques (granite surface plate, etc.).
2) After lapping the processor, then letting it run to operating temperatures, I bet the processor warps some due to differential coefficients of expansion...
I bet not. If the processor is expanding and contracting enough to flex a reasonably thick aluminum plate, you've got another bag of problems anyway.
If you change the distance between the heat sink and processor only a little tiny bit, you only change the heat flow a little tiny bit.
Agreed. I found the article interesting and credible, although such methods are not necessary for 99% of average users/overclockers.
Obsolesence nears for my 200-disk CD changers ...
Am I the only one who prefers CD audio to MP3s? MP3 is a great compression scheme, but it's still lossy and I can still hear the difference. I'll stick with my CD changer for now.
Or http://partners .nytimes.com/aponline/i/AP-Japan-Compact-Copter.ht ml
The replace-"www"-with-"partners" trick should let you bypass registration for any article.