Ouch, I started planning a new computer build for the first time in a decade and knew where I wanted to get my reviews from. But then I discovered a distinct lack of reviews — now I know why.
Huh. I'll be in Holland for entirely unrelated reasons tomorrow but may have some free time. Is the address somewhere or "the end of James St by the lake" all it takes?
Seems like we should all pay for what we use. We already do that for utilities, so why not Gpbs? Because unlike power or gas, the resource isn't the individual bits, it's the size of the pipe. That argument would only make sense if the cost of putting up power lines was an order of magnitude higher...
I got onto the barefoot running scene and I don't think I will wear proper shoes for running ever again. My knees and muscles feel great. My calves are sore though, they need some buildup yet for any serious distance. Oh yeah, barefoot is the way to go. I'm hoping that after I build up some muscle ...
As a former cross-country runner, let me say this: marathoners are crazy. It's just sooo bad for most people. I'm excitedly converting to biking (after too long being lazy); my body is loving the no-impact exercise. I got patellar tendinitis the last year I ran and I think my knees really are shot i...
It mentions physical space constraints? What causes the constraint? Does L1 caches require more complex circuitry? And why is it so expensive? They don't use gold instead of silicon for cache :wink: Does it have more defects per area than say non cache? I keep thinking how we are coming up with 22n...
I read just a little bit about ERP on Wikipedia. It doesn't seem that bad. It sounds like your company is interfacing the wrong people with SAP, so that nobody involved in the actual process knows the measurements to be using and the material requirements involved?
Veeeery interesting. I'm still a few chapters away from the multi-threading chapter of the book, but your description makes sense to me already. Oh, you gavent done threading at all yet? I'm less familiar with Jaba's threading model than I should be/used to be, but you're hitting all kinds of issue...
The while loop creates what is known as a busy wait or spinwait. Since the empty while loop has nothing to complete, its execution finishes incredibly fast, so fast that it ends up starving all the other threads of CPU time the because scheduler has no opportunity to context switch it out, meaning ...
I know this is off topic, but aparantly the NY Times has been sucked into the RDF too as they claim at the end of the first paragraph that Apple is the most valuable technology company. Microsoft, Google and Cisco are all worth more than Apple. And Apple is only marginally ahead (practi ally neck a...
I've seen a few Mac antivirus programs but they all seem to be more trouble than they're worth. Because there really aren't enough Mac viruses to be interesting. I think there might be more for iOS, actually.
Check out the net book reviews here; there was one in particular that looked at gaming with an Atom/Ion combo. As I recall it played Far Cry pretty badly but anything older was fine.
1) Does the test need to run under Windows? If not, I suspect that the Linux kernel may come as close as you can get (though perhaps not, I'm no expert). Yeah, though I suspect the Linux kernel is far too big to be practical as a benchmark. It's been years since I've compiled one but I remember it ...
Since it's been a few days with no replies: 1) Does the test need to run under Windows? If not, I suspect that the Linux kernel may come as close as you can get (though perhaps not, I'm no expert). 2) Do such compile tests actually exist? My understanding is that IO-bound compile tests are generally...
Like I said, I have a MiFi with Verizon, and the MOST i've ever pulled is 1mbit. On average its around 750-800kbit. My iPhone, on 3G, will consistantly pull over 3 and sometimes over 4mbit. Thats a HUGE difference. It goes from 'i can eek by' to 'short of gaming and HD video, this could be my every...
Yeah, I did fast food one summer and although I managed to survive change-giving experiences...well, I'm smarter than most people and it was a struggle to wake up my brain that much. 6-hour shifts tend to involve shutting down the brain and being as stupid as possible.
I think he means that Sandy Bridge, by itself , guarantees a minimum level of hardware approximately equal to that in a console. Valve sells a lot of games to people running on ooooold hardware with craptastic GPUs; there's a reason their games have such low system requirements and scale as well as ...
Hmm, I thought ReadyBoost was read/write. In any case I'm sure any improvements are a result of having a low-latency durable storage device --some applications (I'm thinking FireFox, specifically) tend to use the FS as a database with a key-value store, and ReadyBoost shines here.
I'm still leaning towards their servers getting a pasting. I've changed nothing this end, and I'm with a premium ISP with no traffic policies - It used to work. I'm quite sure you're right. I remember their speeds dropping significantly during their last few sales, and while it wasn't as bad as you...
I'm not saying that these computers aren't good for the hardware they contain, I'm pointing out that they get pushed to people who have no buisness having them, for the flippin price you better use them to their fullest. That must be why nobody here has told him to buy a Mac Pro. Or the equivalent ...
I saw it with my company in a midnight showing and enjoyed it a lot. I'm not sure the 3D was a very big deal, though -- it was subtle and I enjoyed it but I don't think it really added to my immersion like it did in Avatar . I agree, though: Olivia Wilde looks really good in a jumpsuit and short hai...
The value of an extended warranty is entirely based on how much "peace of mind" you get from it and how you value that peace. I'm never buying one and my parents never have, because it's an incredible profit-maker for companies that provide them. It is, statistically, not worth the price. ...
Internet: $58.99/month. 10Mb/1Mb with "turbo". Phone: ~$98. AT&T iPhone plan, 2GB cap, plus tethering. TV: Do my Hulu Plus and Netflix subscricptions count? $28/month, streaming and 2 Blu-Ray discs. Total: ~$185/month, or $2220/year.
However conspiracy theories of this kind seem silly to me. There are far easier ways to compromise the security of internet network traffic (for an organisation with the resources of a major western government) than introducing back doors in software. I think you're missing the point here. If the F...