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  • For those of you not up to speed on the mechanics, every battery can be described as having two things inside it: a fuel cell, and a fuel reservoir. Most over the counter batteries have the cell & the reservoir tightly coiled and use corrosives…
    in Toshiba has really small fuel cell Comment by nevyn June 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by Messiahtosh It was the sources choice to leak this to someone, who leaked it to me. That was their flaw, not mine. I exposed it, so be it. "My wife's in the CIA, yeah, hey, everyone knows that, no one knows her mai…
    in Inside Info...no seriously, it is. Comment by nevyn April 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by sCreeD non-backlit displays with 200+dpi resolution 8" to 12" (nope) It doesn't need that resolution. Particularly if a couple of good apps are 'tweaked' with tablet use in mind. 16dpi for the 'pen' resolution an…
    in Tablet Review: Why Not? Comment by nevyn April 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by Moogs Hmmm. So you're suggesting the people in the [Press Secretary's office] did not know they were making something up when they called CNN with the allegation that the tape was bogus? Either they *knew* it to be bog…
    in Letterman vs Bush vs CNN Comment by nevyn April 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by Moogs What possible motivation does CNN have for claiming factual retractions after running that clip? The ONLY possible source for the double-retraction (on a filler story), is someone in the administration.... …
    in Letterman vs Bush vs CNN Comment by nevyn April 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by Yevgeny Why are multi core CPUs better? Because making the programmer create multithreaded software is better than making the chip or the compiler smarter. And yet the _next_ step is both multi-core _and_ hyperthr…
    in Vmx 2 Comment by nevyn August 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by Yevgeny 4 FPU's? You can reach a point of dimminishing returns where you have all this extra silicon on the CPU and some of it is infrequently used. 4 FPU's is ALOT of FPUs. It is very hard for the CPU to keep 4 FPU…
    in Vmx 2 Comment by nevyn August 2003
  • I'm in the "let's just go to 4x real 64-bit FPUs" camp too. On another note entirely, one key point of the Altivec unit is dealing with piles of streaming data. What about a FPGA unit in addition, instead of a change to the Altivec units them…
    in Vmx 2 Comment by nevyn August 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by wizard69 Given that you have a circle of approximate diameter of 1 meter, you certainly would use all of the resolution of PI that you have available to calculate circumference. [/B] Of course it is daft to use ju…
    in Vmx 2 Comment by nevyn August 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by wizard69 Besides there are even applications outside of science that can make use of large floats, just look at the national budget. ??? If you're running out of bits in double precision floating point math doing a…
    in Vmx 2 Comment by nevyn August 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by smalM Effective this effective that - it doesn't matter what they call it. It is a 500MHz bus running with a 1:4 ratio! Double-pumping gives you doubled bandwidth and not doubled speed. It does matter. Because th…
    in Rumor: 1.8GHz DP G5 for $2549 Comment by nevyn August 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by Amorph It came out in the quarter ending last January that the average selling price of the MDD PowerMacs was exactly $100 over the entry price for the line. The Dual 867 at $1600 was the model, and the 'ASP' was $1…
    in Rumor: 1.8GHz DP G5 for $2549 Comment by nevyn August 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by dfiler I think he meant: ≠ == == != Aha! (I was going to ask how, but there it is in the reply Yes, I meant "the real not equal" ≠ , you know, the one used in the obscure language "Math" …
    in 32-bit lifespan Comment by nevyn August 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by CubeDude Um, I was being sarcastic. You mean I can stop banging my head on my desk? Really? (Looks around with a dazed look). Just to make sure, one more time: Doubling exponents (as in CPU-bitness) Doubling …
    in 32-bit lifespan Comment by nevyn August 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by Matsu About bus speeds. IT IS NOT written in stone that the memory system has to function at 1:2 processor speed. In fact, IBM is quoted as saying 1:2, 1:3, and 1:6 FSB's were supported by the 970.
    in Rumor: 1.8GHz DP G5 for $2549 Comment by nevyn August 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by Matsu PS, it's obvious that ATM Apple is doing a little "demand control" by making the top end, and most expensive machine, appear to be the best value. Things should change by the time the G5 supply improves, after a …
    in Rumor: 1.8GHz DP G5 for $2549 Comment by nevyn August 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by AirSluf Still an implausible size for a desktop computer. Not implausible for Future Hardware.
    in 32-bit lifespan Comment by nevyn August 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by hmurchison Note however as is Matsu's Friend. Smaller Businesses cannot always recoup alot of taxes and so buying new Hardware may not be as beneficial. I'm actually in there too. "Gosh, hard to recoup losses thro…
    in Rumor: 1.8GHz DP G5 for $2549 Comment by nevyn August 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by Matsu Easy ther on option 3. Ok. How about just _really_ obsess? Picturing "Matsu and his overloaded Dual 2.0 G5" sent me over the edge though. This limitation can be considered a flaw, sure. But it's not a …
    in Rumor: 1.8GHz DP G5 for $2549 Comment by nevyn August 2003
  • The interesting thing is that for this to be true, "going dual" on a 1.8Ghz 970 has to cost Apple less than $150. What about dual _1.6's_ for $2549? Then you have two options for the middle-of-the-road speed area. People who like SMP get SMP. Peo…
    in Rumor: 1.8GHz DP G5 for $2549 Comment by nevyn August 2003