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post #481 of 490
11/24/02 at 12:06pm
[quote]Originally posted by Bigc:
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Don't you mean 3.14159265 times</strong><hr></blockquote>

I run a Pentium.

Ok, I know, bad joke.
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post #482 of 490
11/24/02 at 3:23pm
Do any of you think the flat panel iMac will get a new processor in 2003, or will it keep the G4 with speedbump(s) for all of next year? Is all the talk about the new processor(s) to come for just the tower units in 2003? Thanks for the input....
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post #483 of 490
11/24/02 at 4:42pm
[quote]Originally posted by Transcendental Octothorpe:
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thicker wires actually reduces resistance, and thereby heat. What makes a circuit produced on a larger process slower is mostly the increased capacitance due to larger features, and to some extent, the greater distance between transistors.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Woops, my bad. And the higher capacitance means it takes more time to switch between states. I have no idea where the 'heat' comment came from.
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post #484 of 490
11/24/02 at 4:46pm
[quote]Originally posted by Slackula:
<strong>Do any of you think the flat panel iMac will get a new processor in 2003, or will it keep the G4 with speedbump(s) for all of next year? Is all the talk about the new processor(s) to come for just the tower units in 2003? Thanks for the input....</strong><hr></blockquote>

I would be extremely surprised if the flat panel iMac got the 970. My opinion on that is that Apple will keep a Moto chip in the FP iMac, the new 970 will go into the PowerMacs and later ... the PowerBooks. when the PowerBooks get the 970, I would expect the iBook to get a Moto chip. But that's just my opinion.
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post #485 of 490
11/26/02 at 8:08pm
IBM inks process development pact with Chartered
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IBM announced early this year that it would focus more closely on its foundry business, in part to fill out its fabrication facility in East Fishkill, N.Y., which is now moving into early production on 300-mm wafers.
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<a href="http://www.eetimes.com/semi/news/OEG20021126S0040" target="_blank">Much more tech goodness - Full Article</a>
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post #486 of 490
11/27/02 at 5:07am
[quote]Originally posted by Bigc:
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Don't you mean 3.14159265 times</strong><hr></blockquote>

That would account for the way the discussions go in circles.
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post #487 of 490
11/27/02 at 7:21am
Well, i'd say, more like a Moebius loop....
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post #488 of 490
11/27/02 at 9:42am
[quote]Originally posted by Bigc:
<strong>Well, i'd say, more like a Moebius loop....</strong><hr></blockquote>

<img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" /> <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" /> How true.

Although, in xype's defense (in regards to the 3.061 part of his post that prompted this), he's from Austria and the period is used in place of the coma to separate the thousands/ millions etc. So he just could've meant 3,061.

Still, "Moebius loop" gotta like it. Concise, and well said.

[ 11-27-2002: Message edited by: MacJedai ]</p>
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post #489 of 490
11/27/02 at 12:05pm
[quote]Originally posted by MacJedai:
<strong>Although, in xype's defense (in regards to the 3.061 part of his post that prompted this), he's from Austria and the period is used in place of the coma to separate the thousands/ millions etc. So he just could've meant 3,061.</strong><hr></blockquote>

I always mess those up. I know it's different here than in the US but still I alway choose the wrong one. Oh well.

And while I live in Austria, I am slovenian
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post #490 of 490
11/27/02 at 6:10pm
[quote]Originally posted by xype:
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I always mess those up. I know it's different here than in the US but still I alway choose the wrong one. Oh well.

And while I live in Austria, I am slovenian </strong><hr></blockquote>

Heh, I'm a mutt, but half slovenian. Don't worry about the differences. It provided some comedy for these boards (in the misinterpretation), and that is a good thing.
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