Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Monday, January 22, 2007
Hacker Sighting In The Press
An interesting article about a real hacker, kind of down on his luck: Captain Crunch!
Saturday, January 20, 2007
Show #57 Apologies
Well, not really apologies. I recorded this one on Thursday night. My list of podcast was much longer than I knew, and took much longer to record. There were also so many pauses and re-reads (yes, I'm actually writing these shows up before I do them, again) that I decided to wait until the next morning to do post-production and to post the show.
Well, the next morning became the next night. Unfortunately that allowed GeekBrief.TV to 'scoop' me on the online sales of Vista and Office. Editing took a long time, and when I uploaded the show it pushed me over my space limit on libsyn. Being over my limit locked me out of making changes to some changes I wanted to make on the almostliveradio web page template, so I had to delete the show, make the changes, and then re-upload the show. 3-4 more days and the Christmas show will have been up for a month, so it will be archived by libsyn, freeing up space and giving me some breathing room. Podshow is sounding better and better, though I do like the management features of libsyn.
Anyway, it's out there (without artwork, one problem that I do frequently run into with libsyn). Hopefully some will enjoy it.
Well, the next morning became the next night. Unfortunately that allowed GeekBrief.TV to 'scoop' me on the online sales of Vista and Office. Editing took a long time, and when I uploaded the show it pushed me over my space limit on libsyn. Being over my limit locked me out of making changes to some changes I wanted to make on the almostliveradio web page template, so I had to delete the show, make the changes, and then re-upload the show. 3-4 more days and the Christmas show will have been up for a month, so it will be archived by libsyn, freeing up space and giving me some breathing room. Podshow is sounding better and better, though I do like the management features of libsyn.
Anyway, it's out there (without artwork, one problem that I do frequently run into with libsyn). Hopefully some will enjoy it.
Friday, January 19, 2007
An Aussie Explains The Different Intel "Core" Chips (In A Way That Even I Can Understand)
From: mssmallbiz@yahoogroups.com [mailto:mssmallbiz@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Quark IT - Hilton Travis
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 6:53 PM
To: mssmallbiz@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [mssmallbiz] dual-core vs core duo vs...
Hi Ben,
I can't talk much aboot the AMD side as we almost exclusively use Intel
CPUs here.
But, as for the Intel side...
Once upon a time there was a processor called the Pentium-III. It got
outdated, so along came the Pentium 4 CPU which was based on the P-III,
but with "more modern" design ideas. Things went swimmingly for a
while, but 2 major issues were noted - 1. It ran so hot in a laptop
computer that it was impractical and 2. It wasn't really that fast.
So, Intel had another thunk aboot the P-III that was, relatively
speaking, a really good CPU. They decided to implement the now "even
more modern" design lessons they learned since designing the Pentium $
and called it the Pentium M (for Mobile). It ran at a much slower clock
speed, power usage and temperature but produced numbers as quickly as
the Pentium 4. "We are onto a good thing here" thought Intel, even
though the Pentium M was a 32-bit only CPU core.
Now, as the desktop CPU requirements were getting biggerer and biggerer,
Intel decided to gaffer tape another Pentium 4 core into the same
package, making the Pentium D. So, the Pentium D is basically 2 *
Pentium 4 CPU cores on individual pieces of silicon in a single package.
Old school. Power hungry. Damn hot.
Intel also needed to update the Pentium M and did so, making the Intel
Core Duo CPU which was 2 * modernized Pentium M cores in the one
package. It, too, was stupidly only 32-bit. It was basically a
stepping stone to a real CPU - the Core 2 Duo - which is a full 64-bit
version of the Core Duo CPU.
Now, Intel has managed to make the Core 2 Duo into a single piece of
silicon, so that there's one chunk of silicon in the CPU package, but it
has 2 * CPU cores. Nifty. Now, they realised that the next step - the
Core 2 Quad - can be initially released by gaffer taping 2 of these bits
of silicon on the one chip - so the current Core 2 Quad CPUs are
basically a pair of Core 2 Duo CPUs in a single package. The upcoming
Core 2 Quad will be a single piece of silicon containing the 4 * CPU
cores.
So, there you go - a basic overview of single and Dual Core Intel P4 (or
Xeon) CPUs and where they evolved. Hope that helps.
--
Regards,
Hilton Travis Phone: +61 (0)7 3344 3889
(Brisbane, Australia) Phone: +61 (0)419 792 394
Manager, Quark IT http://www.quarkit.com.au
Quark AudioVisual http://www.quarkav.net
Behalf Of Quark IT - Hilton Travis
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 6:53 PM
To: mssmallbiz@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [mssmallbiz] dual-core vs core duo vs...
Hi Ben,
I can't talk much aboot the AMD side as we almost exclusively use Intel
CPUs here.
But, as for the Intel side...
Once upon a time there was a processor called the Pentium-III. It got
outdated, so along came the Pentium 4 CPU which was based on the P-III,
but with "more modern" design ideas. Things went swimmingly for a
while, but 2 major issues were noted - 1. It ran so hot in a laptop
computer that it was impractical and 2. It wasn't really that fast.
So, Intel had another thunk aboot the P-III that was, relatively
speaking, a really good CPU. They decided to implement the now "even
more modern" design lessons they learned since designing the Pentium $
and called it the Pentium M (for Mobile). It ran at a much slower clock
speed, power usage and temperature but produced numbers as quickly as
the Pentium 4. "We are onto a good thing here" thought Intel, even
though the Pentium M was a 32-bit only CPU core.
Now, as the desktop CPU requirements were getting biggerer and biggerer,
Intel decided to gaffer tape another Pentium 4 core into the same
package, making the Pentium D. So, the Pentium D is basically 2 *
Pentium 4 CPU cores on individual pieces of silicon in a single package.
Old school. Power hungry. Damn hot.
Intel also needed to update the Pentium M and did so, making the Intel
Core Duo CPU which was 2 * modernized Pentium M cores in the one
package. It, too, was stupidly only 32-bit. It was basically a
stepping stone to a real CPU - the Core 2 Duo - which is a full 64-bit
version of the Core Duo CPU.
Now, Intel has managed to make the Core 2 Duo into a single piece of
silicon, so that there's one chunk of silicon in the CPU package, but it
has 2 * CPU cores. Nifty. Now, they realised that the next step - the
Core 2 Quad - can be initially released by gaffer taping 2 of these bits
of silicon on the one chip - so the current Core 2 Quad CPUs are
basically a pair of Core 2 Duo CPUs in a single package. The upcoming
Core 2 Quad will be a single piece of silicon containing the 4 * CPU
cores.
So, there you go - a basic overview of single and Dual Core Intel P4 (or
Xeon) CPUs and where they evolved. Hope that helps.
--
Regards,
Hilton Travis Phone: +61 (0)7 3344 3889
(Brisbane, Australia) Phone: +61 (0)419 792 394
Manager, Quark IT http://www.quarkit.com.au
Quark AudioVisual http://www.quarkav.net
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