Double the width gives double the insulation. However, it will also need more heat to to change its temperature. This is bad if you want to heat it quickly (as common insulation techniques makes the heating systems underpowered for quick heating). However, this is good if you use it as a heat sink (heating in the day and cooling in the night) - it will oppose temperature variations.
As for my opinion, you're better off with dedicated insulation materials (either expanded polystyrene or mineral fibers) and smaller walls. Thick masonry comes with the issue of windows (you need thick windows as well to prevent the condensation due to the cold wall near frames).
Windows outnumbers Linux in the server room - Linux outnumbers Windows in the data center.
The server room would be where the business infrastructure is - Active Directory, Exchange, MS SQL, IIS for internal projects and so on.
The 9400M has the same number of shaders as the 9400GT (the desktop graphic chip), so here there is somewhat parity (they have a bit faster core and shader clock, but use main memory).
Similar situation for AMD, the cheapest card (3450) has 40 cores, just as the HD4290 integrated graphic core from the 890GX chipset (8 times 5-way).
AMD has the performance lead in server market, but only barely and only in some very specific benchmarks. As for the rest, since they integrated the memory controller, Intel is king.
The same situation happened when AMD had the performance crown - they had the higher prices, and Intel competed on price. However, AMD didn't had enough production capacity to really profit from those times, and now they're again selling cheap.
"Graphics cards with performance comparable to the best integrated graphics aren't exactly expensive"
You can't find expansion graphic cards with performance comparable to the current integrated graphics - the integrated graphics are slower than anything else (less available memory bandwidth, fewer compute clusters,...).
"Funny, at this point, I thought the purpose of Intel graphics was to try and make sure that OpenCL never becomes a viable solution."
Why write your applications in OpenCL now, to run on cards available now, when you can write them the next year for a platform incompatible with anything else existing?
AMD is performance-competitive at any price point below $150 for the processor (even more so as the mainboards are a bit cheaper). Intel is better at performance per watt (at any performance point), and AMD can't reach the performance of Intel's top processors/platforms.
You probably did floating point work on double precision (in fact 80-bits precision) in the CPU and in 32-bits precision on the graphic card. If this "increased error" doesn't bother you, GPUs offer better computing performance and much higher memory bandwidth compared to any common CPU (triple channel DDR3 1600MHz has less than 40 GB/s, while a 5870 has over 150 GB/s and a Fermi has 177 GB/s)
This depends a lot by the graphic load - one has examples of linear performance increase with memory bandwidth, and in some cases the increase is hardly there. Some games benefit from more memory bandwidth, some don't (see http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/nvidiageforce/page10.asp, going from GeForce 256 to GeForce 256 DDR doubles bandwidth but do nothing for performance in Quake2 or Quake3)
Look at the post I've replied to: I've used refilled cartridges (refilled three or four times, then changed to a new genuine one). The bad printing head appeared only once with genuine cartridges, but three times in a row with refills (which made the printer non-operational for more than a couple of weeks)
For me too, until one of the printing heads died. And after changing it, another of the printing heads died. And after that, we've bought a laser printer and used the color inkjet only for color jobs, and only used original HP cartridges (no refills). Overall costs were halved, and no issues with bad print heads (for a printer which wasn't officially supported in my country, and for which printing heads came in a couple of weeks)
Also, I've had some issues with a C/C++ program using Fortran libraries and modules written in VBA (which the customer could modify). Trying to improve that was very very hard, and a port to more recent technologies was impossible (due to the customer needing to use the existing models/modules). So, in some cases, backward compatibility is quite difficult or impossible to do.
That RegEx matches an email address like alpha.123@0.333.999.0, so it isn't quite the perfect example (and I know almost nothing about regular expressions).
This regular expression stuff is for regular expression wizards:)
Using a RegEx could simultaneously decrease development time and reduce the number of bugs - everything the code do is located on a couple of lines of codes.
Conversely, this might make it very hard/impossible to understand and change by someone that isn't a wizard in regular expressions (or might contain hard to identify bugs). Also, moving from ASCII to Unicode might be difficult.
Regular expressions and pattern matching (see Erlang) are very powerful technologies, allowing for very interesting mistakes
The issue here is that in the first second of a rocket launch, the thrust of the rocket pushes the empty rocket and all the fuel, while in the middle of the flight the thrust of the rocket pushes the rocket and half the fuel. For the last 10% of the flight, the thrust pushes forward the rocket and 10% of the fuel.
Now, if we separate the last 10% of the fuel in a detachable rocket with only 10% of the mass of the total launch vehicle, we don't end up with 100% of the speed of the launch vehicle but with 90% of the speed and a new, small vehicle with full fuel (allowing maybe another 70% increase in speed).
Until the mass of the launch vehicle is a very small part of the mass of the fuel, SSTO won't be as efficient as multi-stage rockets.
I've bought a DVD with a magazine, and it had a non-skippable part in front (I've used the computer though, I don't own a DVD player). I've tried at least two times, as we've seen the movie in two sessions.
I haven't bought another DVD in a magazine since then.
If you want an inexpensive chip, you should carefully check Intel's support for virtualization - by example, some of the E7400 and E7500 had it, some didn't. Same for E5400 and E5300 (some have it, some don't).
I've used the trackpoint on an IBM Thinkpad - and I found it pretty much unusable (versus the trackpads which I've found usable, even if far from the usability of a mouse). The trackpoint has practically zero movement (for me), so it was either too slow or overshooting the intended target.
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Double the width gives double the insulation. However, it will also need more heat to to change its temperature. This is bad if you want to heat it quickly (as common insulation techniques makes the heating systems underpowered for quick heating). However, this is good if you use it as a heat sink (heating in the day and cooling in the night) - it will oppose temperature variations.
As for my opinion, you're better off with dedicated insulation materials (either expanded polystyrene or mineral fibers) and smaller walls. Thick masonry comes with the issue of windows (you need thick windows as well to prevent the condensation due to the cold wall near frames).
However, rust will increase the volume of the rebar (red rust specifically), and will lead to concrete chipping (if the rebar is near surface).
Windows outnumbers Linux in the server room - Linux outnumbers Windows in the data center.
The server room would be where the business infrastructure is - Active Directory, Exchange, MS SQL, IIS for internal projects and so on.
The 9400M has the same number of shaders as the 9400GT (the desktop graphic chip), so here there is somewhat parity (they have a bit faster core and shader clock, but use main memory).
Similar situation for AMD, the cheapest card (3450) has 40 cores, just as the HD4290 integrated graphic core from the 890GX chipset (8 times 5-way).
"Its ****** Passmark"
What the ******** is Passmark?
AMD has the performance lead in server market, but only barely and only in some very specific benchmarks. As for the rest, since they integrated the memory controller, Intel is king.
The same situation happened when AMD had the performance crown - they had the higher prices, and Intel competed on price. However, AMD didn't had enough production capacity to really profit from those times, and now they're again selling cheap.
"Graphics cards with performance comparable to the best integrated graphics aren't exactly expensive" ...).
You can't find expansion graphic cards with performance comparable to the current integrated graphics - the integrated graphics are slower than anything else (less available memory bandwidth, fewer compute clusters,
"Funny, at this point, I thought the purpose of Intel graphics was to try and make sure that OpenCL never becomes a viable solution."
Why write your applications in OpenCL now, to run on cards available now, when you can write them the next year for a platform incompatible with anything else existing?
I think AMD's Fusion in the first step will be the same as integrated graphics now, just cheaper. I hope to be wrong, though.
AMD is performance-competitive at any price point below $150 for the processor (even more so as the mainboards are a bit cheaper). Intel is better at performance per watt (at any performance point), and AMD can't reach the performance of Intel's top processors/platforms.
You probably did floating point work on double precision (in fact 80-bits precision) in the CPU and in 32-bits precision on the graphic card. If this "increased error" doesn't bother you, GPUs offer better computing performance and much higher memory bandwidth compared to any common CPU (triple channel DDR3 1600MHz has less than 40 GB/s, while a 5870 has over 150 GB/s and a Fermi has 177 GB/s)
This depends a lot by the graphic load - one has examples of linear performance increase with memory bandwidth, and in some cases the increase is hardly there. Some games benefit from more memory bandwidth, some don't (see http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/nvidiageforce/page10.asp, going from GeForce 256 to GeForce 256 DDR doubles bandwidth but do nothing for performance in Quake2 or Quake3)
Look at the post I've replied to: I've used refilled cartridges (refilled three or four times, then changed to a new genuine one). The bad printing head appeared only once with genuine cartridges, but three times in a row with refills (which made the printer non-operational for more than a couple of weeks)
For me too, until one of the printing heads died. And after changing it, another of the printing heads died. And after that, we've bought a laser printer and used the color inkjet only for color jobs, and only used original HP cartridges (no refills). Overall costs were halved, and no issues with bad print heads (for a printer which wasn't officially supported in my country, and for which printing heads came in a couple of weeks)
Some SSD already have a supercapacitor inside them (just like a battery, hopefully without the sudden drop in usable capacity when you most need it)
I don't think North Korea is safer than US of A - just that they will treat you less like a criminal.
Also, I've had some issues with a C/C++ program using Fortran libraries and modules written in VBA (which the customer could modify). Trying to improve that was very very hard, and a port to more recent technologies was impossible (due to the customer needing to use the existing models/modules). So, in some cases, backward compatibility is quite difficult or impossible to do.
That RegEx matches an email address like alpha.123@0.333.999.0, so it isn't quite the perfect example (and I know almost nothing about regular expressions). :)
This regular expression stuff is for regular expression wizards
Using a RegEx could simultaneously decrease development time and reduce the number of bugs - everything the code do is located on a couple of lines of codes.
Conversely, this might make it very hard/impossible to understand and change by someone that isn't a wizard in regular expressions (or might contain hard to identify bugs). Also, moving from ASCII to Unicode might be difficult.
Regular expressions and pattern matching (see Erlang) are very powerful technologies, allowing for very interesting mistakes
The issue here is that in the first second of a rocket launch, the thrust of the rocket pushes the empty rocket and all the fuel, while in the middle of the flight the thrust of the rocket pushes the rocket and half the fuel. For the last 10% of the flight, the thrust pushes forward the rocket and 10% of the fuel.
Now, if we separate the last 10% of the fuel in a detachable rocket with only 10% of the mass of the total launch vehicle, we don't end up with 100% of the speed of the launch vehicle but with 90% of the speed and a new, small vehicle with full fuel (allowing maybe another 70% increase in speed).
Until the mass of the launch vehicle is a very small part of the mass of the fuel, SSTO won't be as efficient as multi-stage rockets.
I've bought a DVD with a magazine, and it had a non-skippable part in front (I've used the computer though, I don't own a DVD player). I've tried at least two times, as we've seen the movie in two sessions.
I haven't bought another DVD in a magazine since then.
If you want an inexpensive chip, you should carefully check Intel's support for virtualization - by example, some of the E7400 and E7500 had it, some didn't. Same for E5400 and E5300 (some have it, some don't).
I've used the trackpoint on an IBM Thinkpad - and I found it pretty much unusable (versus the trackpads which I've found usable, even if far from the usability of a mouse). The trackpoint has practically zero movement (for me), so it was either too slow or overshooting the intended target.
No, it's a nine fives uptime :)