I went through this same exercise on my laptop last year. I was thoroughly stumped until I finally noticed one day that I wasn't hearing a normal "whir" once it heated up. Sure enough, after downloading an Intel utility I found that the processor was heat-throttling itself down to 166MHz. Got the internal fan replaced and performance was back to normal.
Like what? The Nokia N95? The iPhone has beautiful industrial design, a great touchscreen, and an intuitive, polished OS (unlike Symbian). And I don't even own one! I have an Android G1 phone since I'm a T-mobile customer. Android is pretty nice, but it is not quite up to the polish of the iPhone.
If the world market was cornered with wonderful products, then you would see companies like Google and Apple developing Android and iPhones. They see opportunity. I agree.
2.6 is a lot better from a feature-standpoint, but is much heavier and isn't really suited to embedded systems anymore.
Lets see-- Android runs Linux 2.6.25. My Linksys NSLU2 is currently running OpenWRT with a Linux 2.6.26 kernel. Both are embedded devices with far less processing capability than an Atom-based device.
You don't need to convince me that CO2 could very well be a "follower" of climate change. There is an MIT climatologist (his name escapes me), who was on the UN committee for climate change, that steadfastly believes that higher levels of CO2 are a result of climate change and not the cause of it.
But the scientific majority disagrees and thus I believe we need to place our bets appropriately. The scientific majority as been wrong before. I'm a PhD and I know first-hand how an entire academic community can succumb to "group think".
Is global climate change a concern? YES!
Has it been shown that it is definitely happening? Not in my opinion!
Is it the fault of humanity? Quite frankly, we can't know becuase the models are so bad!
An even more important question: are the consequences dire enough to take preventative action even with lots of uncertainty? Should we buy an insurance policy?
I also believe there is a decent chance that climate change is not caused by humanity. But I also believe the consequences are so severe that we should at least devote 5-10% of the world's GDP towards preventative measures to hedge the risk.
I have no doubt that CS3 is multithreaded. However numerous benchmarking sites have shown the E8400 outperforming the Q6600 in Photoshop CS3. Obviously this will depend on what aspects of CS3 were exercised during the benchmark. All multithreaded codes have serial portions, and I suspect that a substantial portion of CS3 is still serialized.
CUDA filters will work the same regardless if you are dual- or quad-core (well, there is some CPU overhead for transferring data to/from the GPU, so maybe this would benefit from an additional thread).
The analysis is flawed in my opinion since it doesn't consider overall system cost. I just built a machine yesterday for use as my desktop. The Core i7 mainboards and DDR3 memory really push up the price right now. I considered the following configurations:
At 2x the price, Core i7 was not a consideration for me at this time.
The choice between the E8400 and the Q6600 was a tough one. I could have gone either way. Quad-core is great for threaded applications like media encoding. But the E8400 outperforms the Q6600 for the majority of what I do (including Photoshop CS3). I am not convinced that threading will be widespread enough during my 3-year upgrade cycle. A common argument on the forums is that the Q6600 can be overclocked to 3GHz such that single-threaded is the same as the E8400. While I do not overclock, the E8400 supposedly can easily get to 4GHz on air.
Embryonic stem cells were first isolated in humans by Dr. James Thomson of the University of Wisconsin in 1997. Last year, he also published a paper on getting adult stem cells to act like embryonic stem cells:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071120092709.htm
Wisconsin has and licenses most of the original embryonic stem cell lines that are approved for federal funding. Of course the popular press will cling to anything done by "Harvard".
Framemaker is essentially a deprecated product with little further development. All maintenance has been outsourced to India. The UNIX version has gone completely downhill with the most recent versions. The Windows version is still usable, but the GUI is stuck in the 80s with no replacement coming. That said, I think Framemaker is one of the best document creation tools I've ever used.
I'm amazed that no one mentioned it. Just get 16gb usb flash disks.
It has theoretically unlimited life for archiving. The only time it deteriorate is when you continuously write/erase it.
I'm amazed this got modded up. If you look at the data sheets of most flash parts, data integrity is typically rated at 10 years.
The top computing publishing venues, ranging from SIGGRAPH to ISCA, are conferences. The turnaround is far quicker than journals. The quality is very high due to strict peer reviews. And the conferences are a top-notch place to share ideas.
Academics in computing fields realized journals were obsolete years ago. Thats why conferences rule.
Woz thinks like an engineer. The majority of cellphone users don't know what 3G is and they don't care. What they do care about is a sexy, easy-to-use device that lets them easily play music, browse the web, make phone calls, and more. Other cellphones can also do this, but none is as sexy and easy-to-use as the iPhone.
I'm not claiming the U.S. saved Europe from Germany...yes, they would have lost anyways. But the iron curtain would have closed around must of western europe pretty quickly. Your beloved Churchhill agreed. I toured the museum in London and saw his dirty diapers and grade school report cards.
Please enlighten a poor uneducated U.S. citizen like myself (my PhD is in computers and not history). I realize Germany would have been defeated without U.S. involvement. What I'm referring to is the situation that WWII created-- a situation with two military superpowers for nearly 50 years. One was/is a flawed communist government, the other was/is a flawed democratic government. Which one would you choose to live under?
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I went through this same exercise on my laptop last year. I was thoroughly stumped until I finally noticed one day that I wasn't hearing a normal "whir" once it heated up. Sure enough, after downloading an Intel utility I found that the processor was heat-throttling itself down to 166MHz. Got the internal fan replaced and performance was back to normal.
In fact, in the time it takes to do a Google search, your own personal computer will use more energy than we will use to answer your query.
From http://www.google.com/corporate/datacenters/
Like what? The Nokia N95? The iPhone has beautiful industrial design, a great touchscreen, and an intuitive, polished OS (unlike Symbian). And I don't even own one! I have an Android G1 phone since I'm a T-mobile customer. Android is pretty nice, but it is not quite up to the polish of the iPhone.
If the world market was cornered with wonderful products, then you would see companies like Google and Apple developing Android and iPhones. They see opportunity. I agree.
I am OTA and have been the last decade. HD OTA is even better. I supplement my OTA TV with Netflix Instant.
Figure if I save $50/month, that has saved me at least $6000 over the past decade.
2.6 is a lot better from a feature-standpoint, but is much heavier and isn't really suited to embedded systems anymore.
Lets see-- Android runs Linux 2.6.25. My Linksys NSLU2 is currently running OpenWRT with a Linux 2.6.26 kernel. Both are embedded devices with far less processing capability than an Atom-based device.
Did you miss the part where I said "Can your XBMC stream movies from NetFlix"? Will your small XBMC stream movies from NetFlix?
Can your XBMC stream movies from NetFlix? Does it occupy about 4"x4"x2" of space and is completely silent?
You don't need to convince me that CO2 could very well be a "follower" of climate change. There is an MIT climatologist (his name escapes me), who was on the UN committee for climate change, that steadfastly believes that higher levels of CO2 are a result of climate change and not the cause of it.
But the scientific majority disagrees and thus I believe we need to place our bets appropriately. The scientific majority as been wrong before. I'm a PhD and I know first-hand how an entire academic community can succumb to "group think".
Is global climate change a concern? YES! Has it been shown that it is definitely happening? Not in my opinion! Is it the fault of humanity? Quite frankly, we can't know becuase the models are so bad!
An even more important question: are the consequences dire enough to take preventative action even with lots of uncertainty? Should we buy an insurance policy?
I also believe there is a decent chance that climate change is not caused by humanity. But I also believe the consequences are so severe that we should at least devote 5-10% of the world's GDP towards preventative measures to hedge the risk.
Get a Thinkpad
I have no doubt that CS3 is multithreaded. However numerous benchmarking sites have shown the E8400 outperforming the Q6600 in Photoshop CS3. Obviously this will depend on what aspects of CS3 were exercised during the benchmark. All multithreaded codes have serial portions, and I suspect that a substantial portion of CS3 is still serialized.
CUDA filters will work the same regardless if you are dual- or quad-core (well, there is some CPU overhead for transferring data to/from the GPU, so maybe this would benefit from an additional thread).
At 2x the price, Core i7 was not a consideration for me at this time.
The choice between the E8400 and the Q6600 was a tough one. I could have gone either way. Quad-core is great for threaded applications like media encoding. But the E8400 outperforms the Q6600 for the majority of what I do (including Photoshop CS3). I am not convinced that threading will be widespread enough during my 3-year upgrade cycle. A common argument on the forums is that the Q6600 can be overclocked to 3GHz such that single-threaded is the same as the E8400. While I do not overclock, the E8400 supposedly can easily get to 4GHz on air.
Embryonic stem cells were first isolated in humans by Dr. James Thomson of the University of Wisconsin in 1997. Last year, he also published a paper on getting adult stem cells to act like embryonic stem cells: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071120092709.htm
Wisconsin has and licenses most of the original embryonic stem cell lines that are approved for federal funding. Of course the popular press will cling to anything done by "Harvard".
But how does youtube define "Terrorists"
Enemies of the USA? (Banning Islamic military videos) Enemies of Islam?(Banning USA military videos)
While there are isolated exceptions and incidents, the USA military does not intentionally target unarmed civilians.
Framemaker is essentially a deprecated product with little further development. All maintenance has been outsourced to India. The UNIX version has gone completely downhill with the most recent versions. The Windows version is still usable, but the GUI is stuck in the 80s with no replacement coming. That said, I think Framemaker is one of the best document creation tools I've ever used.
Old terminal screens were green because of the technology. Not because they were concerned about eye strain back in the 60s.
I'm amazed that no one mentioned it. Just get 16gb usb flash disks. It has theoretically unlimited life for archiving. The only time it deteriorate is when you continuously write/erase it.
I'm amazed this got modded up. If you look at the data sheets of most flash parts, data integrity is typically rated at 10 years.I think you are wrong. It is a Category-5 twisted pair cable with RJ45 connectors.
The top computing publishing venues, ranging from SIGGRAPH to ISCA, are conferences. The turnaround is far quicker than journals. The quality is very high due to strict peer reviews. And the conferences are a top-notch place to share ideas.
Academics in computing fields realized journals were obsolete years ago. Thats why conferences rule.
The International Symposium of Computer Architecture is in China next month. This is more relevant to slashdotters than the Olympics.
What about the Thinkpad X61 I just purchased? It is not widescreen. Either is the X300 which just came out recently.
Woz thinks like an engineer. The majority of cellphone users don't know what 3G is and they don't care. What they do care about is a sexy, easy-to-use device that lets them easily play music, browse the web, make phone calls, and more. Other cellphones can also do this, but none is as sexy and easy-to-use as the iPhone.
My TomTom One has updateable maps, they seem recent, they are user-correctable, and I paid $125 for it brand new from Circuit City.
I'm not claiming the U.S. saved Europe from Germany...yes, they would have lost anyways. But the iron curtain would have closed around must of western europe pretty quickly. Your beloved Churchhill agreed. I toured the museum in London and saw his dirty diapers and grade school report cards.
Please enlighten a poor uneducated U.S. citizen like myself (my PhD is in computers and not history). I realize Germany would have been defeated without U.S. involvement. What I'm referring to is the situation that WWII created-- a situation with two military superpowers for nearly 50 years. One was/is a flawed communist government, the other was/is a flawed democratic government. Which one would you choose to live under?