Comment Sad day (Score 5, Insightful) 132
A sad day, that was the best movie of the series IMO. Too bad he didn't do more of them.
China's Official Newspaper Pans iPad — Too Locked Down 319
An anonymous reader writes "The People's Daily newspaper, which is the official news organ of the ruling Communist party in China, apparently recently posted a review of the iPad, where it complained about the locked down nature of the device, noting that 'There are many disadvantages. For example you cannot install pirate software on them, you cannot download [free] music, and you need to pay for movies you watch on them.' You would think a country that is in favor of locking down the internet so much would like a locked up device ..."
Comment Too big, too slow, too fragile (Score 2, Insightful) 95
Hundreds of nanometers is rather larger then the current tech 32nm. These are going to have to get quite a bit smaller, faster, and more durable before they stand a chance.
A two billion cycle limit is the worst part i think, my cpu did that in the last .66 seconds.
Comment Re:SuddenLink's new name (Score 1) 280
SeldomLink is what i call them. Service goes down constantly.
Comment Re:Great news (Score 1) 324
I personally have gotten an intel core i3 540 to 5798mhz. >5ghz is very easy on modern intel CPUs. Hell that cpu did 4.7 ghz on mid grade air cooling. There is no "3ghz wall", nor a "4ghz wall". So far the record for a retail cpu is 8199mhz.
Comment Re:Great news (Score 1) 324
Y'all do realize that overclockers have modern CPUs over 7ghz, right?
Comment Re:You are missing the SECRET AGENDA! (Score 1) 147
5ghz is absolutely nothing in the benchmarking world. 980x cpus can generally reach 6ghz cooled by liquid nitrogen, some are close to 7ghz. Single Stage Phase Change cooling (what is pictured) is used by many to rough in an overclock and get familiar with a given chip, but few people use it for their final results as it doesn't get nearly cold enough. Dry ice gets closer, but nothing beats LN2 for 980x cpus.
This is really not very impressive.
This is really not very impressive.
Comment Pledges eh? (Score 2, Interesting) 146
Every time they say pledges of financial support, i wonder how many people actually follow through and pay.
Startup's Submerged Servers Could Cut Cooling Costs 147
1sockchuck writes "Are data center operators ready to abandon hot and cold aisles and submerge their servers? An Austin startup says its liquid cooling enclosure can cool high-density server installations for a fraction of the cost of air cooling in traditional data centers. Submersion cooling using mineral oil isn't new, dating back to the use of Fluorinert in the Cray 2. The new startup, Green Revolution Cooling, says its first installation will be at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (also home to the Ranger supercomputer). The company launched at SC09 along with a competing liquid cooling play, the Iceotope cooling bags."
Comment Re:I'm sceptical (Score 1) 379
The efficiency of modern automobile internal combustion engines is around 30-33%. Obviously american cars still using pushrods are behind in this.
The energy that is lost goes into the cooling system and out the exhaust. Unless they are recapturing that heat they are claiming to get more energy out of burning gasoline then we currently get out of burning gasoline. BTUs are BTUs, and there are only so many of them in gasoline. You can't heat it and burn some of the BTUs to increase the number of BTUs it has when burnt.
The all time record is 50%, and that is a huge 103rpm diesel engine.
This concept has been done over and over again and made people a lot of money, while giving absolutely zero improvement. It's a fake.
The energy that is lost goes into the cooling system and out the exhaust. Unless they are recapturing that heat they are claiming to get more energy out of burning gasoline then we currently get out of burning gasoline. BTUs are BTUs, and there are only so many of them in gasoline. You can't heat it and burn some of the BTUs to increase the number of BTUs it has when burnt.
The all time record is 50%, and that is a huge 103rpm diesel engine.
This concept has been done over and over again and made people a lot of money, while giving absolutely zero improvement. It's a fake.
Comment Re:Didn't Produce Transistors? Oh Come On! (Score 1) 170
Silicon has been "about to reach it's limits" since the late 90's.
Using a Toy Train To Calibrate a Reactor 120
alfredos writes "Physicists and engineers at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory built tracks inside a fusion reactor and ran a toy train for three days to help them with their calibrations. From the article: 'The modified model of a diesel train engine was carrying a small chunk of californium-252, a radioactive element that spews neutrons as it falls apart. “We needed to refine the calibration technique to make sure we are measuring our neutrons as accurately as possible,” said Masa Ono, the project head of the National Spherical Torus Experiment.'"
Comment Re:Hopefully (Score 1) 391
Well yes, and he also said he wouldn't raise taxes on the poorer end of people, hence calling the money collected by the IRS if you don't buy his health insurance plan a "fine" or "penalty", rather then the tax that it is.
This just in: Presidents lie!
This just in: Presidents lie!
Comment Very cool (Score 1) 129
I want some, especially if they have a decent capacity.
Comment It's the new fad (Score 5, Insightful) 169
Lets see if they do a better job on intel then they did on microsoft.
