With apologies to The Beatles, click on the picture!
Technorati Tags: F2C, Satire, OpenAccess, Telco
Thursday, April 20, 2006
Saturday, April 15, 2006
New SciTech Watch Column Published
My new SciTech Watch column is up over at Blogcritics. Its a short piece introducing Nanotechnology.
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Friday, April 14, 2006
Unintended Consequences: Seven Years under the DMCA
Updated document from the Electronic Frontier Foundation on the unintended consequences of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act.
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I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when you looked at it in the right way, did not become still more complicated. - Poul Anderson
Thursday, April 13, 2006
Dembski v. Shermer at UK
Here's Jeff Prewitt's review of the formal debate between Dr. William Dembski of the Discovery Institute and Dr. Michael Shermer of the Skeptics Society as published in the Skeptics Newsletter.
Random Thoughts
Dembski v. Shermer
by Jeff Prewitt
On Thursday, March 23, I had the pleasure of attending a formal debate between Dr. Michael Shermer of the Skeptics Society and Dr. William Dembski of the Discovery Institute on the campus of the University of Kentucky. It’s been two days, but the events are still quite vivid.
After several minutes, seats began filling. Though the hall wasn’t packed until a few minutes before the debate began, it was noticeably more populated at 30 minutes till. It was very interesting just listening to the conversations of the people around me while we waited for the night’s action. I’m sure there were many firm creationists that came to pull for Dembski, but everyone within earshot seemed to be of a more skeptical bend. Despite never having been in a congregation (!) of skeptics before, I quickly felt that these were my kind of people. I listened to men my father’s and grandfather’s age discussing the South Park episode of the night before (Chef’s Farewell — a hot topic!), a man presented another with a Flying Spaghetti Monster emblem, and there was talk of the JREF and the health of Mr. James Randi. Eventually, Dr. Shermer entered the room. He had come from a dinner with KASES members that I was unable to attend. A combination of backwardness and not wanting to disturb the man right before his debate kept me from approaching him, but just being in the same room was enough for me.
A few minutes after 8 local time, the debate began. Dr. Dembski showed examples of very
Dr. Shermer was given 25 minutes to speak next, and I feel he made the very most of it. Shermer rebutted that complexity can come through natural selection, and presented examples of earlier forms of flagella that were steps up the evolutionary staircase to those mentioned by Dembski. He argued that we simply don’t know what the probabilities are in the formation of life, so any attempts to quantify the improbability of our being here are only guesswork. Shermer noted that many systems in the body show more evidence of a bottom-up tinkerer than a top-down designer. In other words, we seem like we came to our present form more from trial-and-error than from the necessarily perfect design of a perfect creator. Why do I have an appendix and nipples, when I don’t need either to function?
The homerun of the night, in my opinion, came when Dr. Shermer put up a quote by Isaac Newton. In that quote, Newton pointed out that the planets in our solar system lie roughly in a nice, level plane. This, he argued, was proof positive of design by a benevolent (and somewhat artistic) creator. Why don’t Intelligent Design proponents use this argument now? In the centuries since Newton said this, science has shown that this is completely a natural phenomenon. No one, not even IDers will argue that point. Because we didn’t know how it was done, we attributed it to God. The more we learn happens naturally, the less there is for God to do. Our species has gone from our cave-dwelling ancestors attributing everything to a Deity to now, only putting Him in charge of a few, ever-decreasing number of things. What do we think of now as so impossible it must have been done by God? By Dembski’s own words, he feels that evolution is one such thing.
In the question and answer session that followed, I was surprised by the fact that every question asked seemed to come from the skeptic side. I had fully expected the churches to mobilize against the “Darwinists” and to quote scripture to Shermer. This was absolutely not the case. Dembski was called upon to defend his work. Was it peer-reviewed? What theories have Intelligent Design contributed to science? Did he support the “Wedge Document” that the Discovery Institute formulated as their plan to bring religion back to education?
Finally, it was time for closing remarks. Here, Dembski took a cheap shot that seemed somewhat unbecoming of him. He took issue with Shermer’s remarks that a Christian can believe in evolution, and that it doesn’t require losing your faith to accept the theory. He said that Shermer did not, in fact, remain an evangelical Christian — seeming to suggest that evolution was the sole cause of this. Unfortunately, that remark was probably enough to stop some honest, open-minded religious type from searching out the truth for him/herself. There’s nothing like the fear of eternal damnation to stop someone from thinking for themselves and resume following the clergy blindly.
The point of it all for me, is that science takes what we see and makes conclusions and finds answers (more like tentative solutions) based on the evidence. ID starts with the answer that they want, and tries to make the evidence fit that answer. That is simply not science.
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There is a an audio file of the debate and the eSkeptic newsletter can be found here when the web site gets updated. Back issues are also available.
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Monday, April 10, 2006
Public Knowledge: Broadcast Flag Facts & DRM Primer
A couple of items from Public Knowledge’s Issues page:
Seven Facts about the Broadcast Flag
* Public Knowledge Opposes Government Technology Mandates, Not All DRM: Public Knowledge is not against content protection — but we are against government mandated content protection that puts the FCC in the role of gatekeeper for new technologies. There are other options for protecting content, and the marketplace should sort them out.
* The Broadcast Flag is not Narrow: There is no “narrow” way to implement the broadcast flag scheme because it necessarily puts the FCC in the role of gatekeeper, having to approve and certify every technology that might carry DTV — computers, cellphones, gameboys, etc. As proof of the broad scope of the flag, when petitioned to exempt lawful uses of digital television, the FCC declined saying “practical and legal difficulties of determining which types of broadcast content merit protection from indiscriminate redistribution and which do not.”
* The Broadcast Flag will Cause Consumer Confusion and Slow the DTV Transition: At a time when Congress is concerned about making television sets obsolete at the end of the DTV transition, the flag would similarly render obsolete much consumer equipment because commonly used devices will not work together unless all use the same copy protection technology. The flag will not help the transition to DTV, and indeed might harm it because it makes consumers’ TVs less functional than before.
* The Broadcast Flag Limits Fair Use: As the May 11, 2005 Congressional Research Service report noted, the flag will prevent important fair uses, like the ability of teachers to engage in distance learning and the ability of individuals to email fair use portions of works to themselves and others.
* The Broadcast Flag is Not about P2P: The infringement associated with Revenge of the Sith and other movies that have appeared online has absolutely nothing to do with the flag. Rather, the flag is about protecting supposedly “free” over the air digital television. MPAA has provided no evidence that this content was being pirated nor would it be anytime in the near future.
* Digital Broadcast Content is Already Being Shown in HD with No Protection: In contrast to the argument that broadcasters won’t put on “high value” content, we note that most prime time television is already broadcast in HDTV, without protection. Viacom threatened in 2002 to withhold programming, but did not do so and is now one of the leading producers of HDTV.
* The Court Spoke to the Merits of the Broadcast Flag: The D.C. Circuit’s broadcast flag decision was not merely “procedural.” In ruling that the FCC did not have the authority to impose a broadcast flag scheme, the Court was ruling on the scheme’s merits — namely, that it is so far reaching in its scope that it would permit the FCC, in the words of one judge at oral argument, to regulate “washing machines.”
* To view a formatted version of these points in PDF, click here.
DRM Primer
Here’s the Table of Contents of What Every Citizen Should Know About DRM, written by Public Knowledge Legal Director Mike Godwin.
I. A Brief Introduction To DRM and its Relationship to Copyright Law
What is “DRM,” and How Did It Get Here?
How Copyright Is Different From Other Rights
Why Copying Used To Matter, and Why It Still Does
When Printing Presses Became Commonplace
The Growth and Expansion of Copyright Law
Technological Changes Challenge Copyright Law
The Ways of Adapting to Cheap Copying
How Copying Enriches Our Culture
II. What Does DRM Look Like?
A. Encrypting or Scrambling Content
B. Marking
C. Other Approaches
III. Should DRM Be Imposed By the Government?
A Brief History of Software Copy Protection
The Advantages of Selling Software Rather Than Content
How The Content Producers Have Responded
IV. The “Threat Model” of Universal Infringement,and the Potential Threats Posed By DRM
A. Can “Peer to Peer” Be Stopped On the Internet Itself?
B. Who’s a Host On Today’s Internet?
V. Conclusion: Can There Be a “Humane” DRM?
Freedom to Connect 2: Fat Pipe, Always...
Get it?
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Parental Letter
Dear President and Mrs. Bush:
I hope this letter finds you well. I note that you are both busy doing things to keep yourselves active in your "empty nest" years. But, while it is touching to see former President Bush travel the globe, raising money and awareness for disaster relief, and Mrs. Bush making sure the victims of Katrina are happy and resettled in Houston, I write about a matter which may, alas, have a somewhat negative impact on those admirable pursuits.
I know over the past several years we have spoken, sometimes at length, about your son, George, and the problems he's been facing since his move to Washington. And I know that your avowals and promises that his behavior would improve were every bit as sincere as my own belief in their accuracy. Unfortunately, however, his actions and deportment have, if anything, grown worse over time. The list of his transgressions is extensive and makes for painful reading:
His inability to accept, willingly and sincerely, any responsibility for things he has done remains unchanged; when caught in an egregious bit of recklessness (whether by commission or omission), his response is a token, empty expression of culpability, followed by a complete lack of remediation or, indeed, any change whatsoever in his behavior.
His lying, too, proceeds apace. From his categorical assertions about Saddam Hussein's possession of weapons of mass destruction, to his repeated claims that there were Al Qaeda terror cells in pre-invasion Iraq, to his recent proclamations that all is going well in that country, he continues to display a rather dismaying indifference to the distinctions between fact, opinion, and wishful thinking. (I will pass over his oft-repeated claim that he speaks to God -- Who, in turn, he implies, speaks to him; such a matter is best left to you, your son, and your respective clergy.)
I find myself particularly chagrined at several especially juvenile aspects of George's personality, including cheating (e.g., his shameful withholding from Congress the true cost of his Medicare program), bullying (cf. his "gang's" plot to betray the identity of Valerie Plame, his firing of Gen. Shinseki, and his traducing and dismissing of anyone who disagrees with him), his "playing hooky" (must he go on so many, and such extended, vacations?), and his penchant for blaming others, such as the poor, bereft residents of New Orleans -- who, he suggested, were responsible for their own inability to leave that city when cataclysmic danger threatened.
His lack of participation is also of concern: that he could be present at a briefing concerning the impending Gulf Coast hurricane without taking notes, asking a single question, or in any way contributing to the discussion, was as vexing as it was disappointing. He looked like nothing so much as a person who couldn't wait for the session to end and for recess to begin.
As for his habitual inability -- or mere unwillingness -- to do his homework, that, too, has not improved. He had no exit strategy when he "led" our troops into Iraq. Despite ample resources and forewarning, he took no steps to prevent the wholesale looting of that country; and indeed his entire indifference to matters of science, history, geography, meteorology, and diplomacy mark him as one of the least diligent and "prepared" presidents of all time. Of his sympathy, expressed or implied, for creationism and so-called "intelligent design," the less said, the better.
You had both promised me, when I raised these issues during his first term, that this behavior on his part was anomalous, and stemmed from the fact that he "was new at all this" and "had fallen in with the wrong crowd." You insisted that as soon as he escaped their influence, his record would improve. I must tell you, however, that he is still associating with these people, and there is no sign we'll see much of a difference in his performance between now and the end of his second term.
It is, therefore, with heavy heart that I must ask you to come and take your son home.
In addition, as any parent whose child has borrowed the family car for a "joy ride" and gotten into an accident knows, it is the adult caregiver of record who is held financially responsible for any and all damages the child incurs. I think I may state without fear of contradiction that we have bent over backwards and "looked the other way" with regards to the (sometimes shocking) expenses run up by your son. However, our accountants and attorneys have now informed us that we are to insist that you make reparation for all of George's mistakes. (Please see itemized bill, attached. You may, if you wish, round the sum off to the nearest hundred billion. Kindly make the check payable to "U.S. Treasury.")
I hate to see anyone go so far astray, and I'm especially saddened that it's your son. I remember thinking, during his early days among us, that he was a late bloomer, and that he could really turn his life around and make you -- and us -- proud. We are deeply sorry we were not able to help him realize that hope. And we're even sorrier that his record will severely inhibit the chances of his brother who, as you have said, has wanted to follow in his footsteps.
We will, out of respect for you, try to keep these offenses and criticisms off of George's permanent record, but with the speed and ubiquity of today's Internet, that plan seems highly unrealistic.
Please let me know when you will be arriving to pick him up and we'll make the appropriate arrangements. And as soon as you can pay off his debts, the sooner we can put this all behind us.
With sincerest regrets,
John Q. Public
Headmaster
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Technorati Tags : Iraq, Intelligent+Design, Indictments, Valerie+Plame, Saddam+Hussein, Hurricane, Hurricane+Katrina, George+W.+Bush
Friday, April 07, 2006
New SciTech Watch
My new Guess what its about ;-)
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Thursday, April 06, 2006
SciTech Watch Columns
I've been remiss in pointing to my SciTech Watch columns over at Blogcritics.
Watch for this week's column on Email Spam. Coming soon.....
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Pet Pix
Since I've inherited my son's camera phone I snapped a couple of pictures of my dog and my rats.
Angel is our 10 year old toy poodle.These are my two pet rats. Rattie sisters, Dot and Dash.
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The fundamental principle of science, the definition almost, is this:
the sole test of the validity of any idea is experiment. - Richard P. Feynman
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Wolves in Sheep's Clothing
The next time you see an ad on TV for freedom of choice in cable TV, look closely and see if one of these astroturfing organizations is footing the bill:
Telecom Front Groups & Astroturf
Progress and Freedom Foundation
American Legislative Exchange Council
New Millennium Research Council
Here's the original post from Common Cause. Here's the entire article as a PDF file.
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Nothing will dispel enthusiasm like a small admission fee.
Monday, March 27, 2006
Good News: NASA's DAWN Mission Reinstated
NASA has reinstated the DAWN mission to explore the Vesta and Ceres asteroids. Here's the press release and the formal reinstatement letter.
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Groebe's Law: The more complex the problem, the sooner the deadline.
Technorati Tags : NASA, DAWN, Asteroid, unmanned+probe, space+science
I Wish I'd Said That: Pro Choice
If abortion were the issue, laws would drastically curtail mercury emissions from coal plants, because mercury is known to cause miscarriages, still births and birth defects. The only thing missing from Bush Administration policy permitting mercury emissions is choice -- the mother gets no choice on environmental mercury-induced abortions.
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Words must be weighed, not counted.
Technorati Tags: Mercury, Powerplant, Emissions ,Abortion
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
The New New Gore
I sure hope he runs in 2008!!
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We now return you to your regularly scheduled program.
Monday, March 20, 2006
AARP, others throw their weight behind network neutrality
Seems the AARP is believes that Network Neutrality is in their members b
est interest according to this article from Ars Technica.
est interest according to this article from Ars Technica.AARP, others throw their weight behind network neutrality
3/17/2006 3:30:26 PM, by Eric Bangeman
Sometimes the Internet makes for unlikely bedfellows. The ongoing debate over network neutrality and the possibility of a tiered Internet provides a perfect illustration of this. In the continuation of a push on Capitol Hill for legislation that would make network neutrality a matter of law, the American Association of Retired Persons has joined companies including Adobe, Sony, and the Business Software Alliance in the fight against a tiered Internet.
Over the past couple of months, telecom executives have floated the idea that there should be tiers of traffic on their networks, with preferred content (e.g., their paying partners and their own) getting priority over traffic from the rest of the Internet. AT&T CEO Ed Whitacre even went so far as to make the ludicrous claim that customers aren't paying for Internet access, just access to the Internet "cloud."
A sorely needed rewrite of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 originally included a provision guaranteeing network neutrality, but subsequent versions of the legislation have seen that provision disappear from the bill. That is due in no small part from the lobbying of the biggest proponent of the tiered Internet, the increasingly massive AT&T and Verizon, along with Cisco, which stands to make millions of dollars selling new routers and other equipment to direct the flow of traffic through a tiered network. Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK), Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, is on record as saying that while he favors network neutrality in principle, he's not convinced of the need to enshrine it in legislation.
Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced separate network neutrality legislation earlier this month, and the AARP and other companies appear to be throwing their marketing weight behind the bill. The AARP is regularly near the top of the list of most influential and highest-spending special interest groups, so the fact that the organization has taken an interest in the issue may catch the attention of US lawmakers.
An AARP spokesperson said that maintaining network neutrality is essential for its constituency of Americans over age 50.
"We're not traditionally someone who would be involved in technology legislation and things of that nature, but this has a direct impact on our members and their lifestyles," said AARP spokesman Mark Kitchens.
Indeed, the possibility of a tiered Internet poses a threat to surfers of all ages, not to mention companies that find themselves on the outside looking in at the ISP's top tier.
It looks as though the battle lines are being drawn. On one side is a handful of ISPs and Cisco with just about everybody else on the other. Hopefully the lobbying might of groups such as the AARP will help ensure that the principle of network neutrality will win the day.
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Death: To stop sinning suddenly.
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Death: To stop sinning suddenly.
Friday, March 17, 2006
American Taliban IV: FCC Indecency Fine on CBS Show...
The FCC is the enforcer arm for the American Taliban....
FCC Levies Record Indecency Fine on CBS Show
'Without a Trace' Episode Draws $3.6 Million Penalty For Network and Affiliates
By AMY SCHATZ
March 16, 2006; Page B13
WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators proposed a record $3.6 million fine against a single TV show, penalizing CBS and its affiliates for an episode of "Without a Trace" that suggested a teenage sexual orgy, in the first batch of indecency fines proposed in more than a year.
In total, the Federal Communications Commission addressed about 60 outstanding complaints against television broadcasts, finding violations against 11 shows. Of those, seven received fines.
Overall, the FCC's action didn't provide a broad sweeping vision for broadcasters about what is appropriate for television despite suggestions from new Chairman Kevin Martin that such guidance was forthcoming. Nor were the fines as harsh as some broadcasters had feared, given Mr. Martin's previous comments about fining stations every time a dirty word was spoken, instead of once an episode.
Notably, the FCC backed away from an effort to impose higher fines by holding all network affiliates responsible for a broadcast, instead of just the stations that had been flagged by a viewer in a complaint.
Overall, the complaints affirmed the FCC's stance that common four-letter expletives aren't suitable for broadcast and would draw fines, except in "rare cases" that such language was "demonstrably essential to the nature of an artistic or educational work," such as the war film "Saving Private Ryan," which the FCC had previously found was permissible to broadcast.
FCC officials said yesterday's fines against the seven shows were designed to provide broadcasters guidelines on acceptable use of dirty words and sexual innuendo, but many of the offenses deemed to violate FCC guidelines were somewhat routine. For example, the FCC assessed a $27,500 fine for a "Pool Party" episode of the WB Television Network's "The Surreal Life 2" in 2004, which the FCC said went over the line by featuring 20 nude female friends of porn actor Ron Jeremy. Although the network used pixilation to obscure the women's bodies, the FCC ruled it was "unmistakable" that partygoers were exposing themselves and "participating in sexual activities."
CBS's "Without a Trace" drew the $3.6 million fine against 111 stations for an episode that showed no nudity, but featured scenes suggesting a teen orgy. The FCC also rejected an appeal by CBS Corp. and upheld a $550,000 fine for Janet Jackson's breast-flashing Super Bowl halftime show two years ago, finding that the network didn't do enough to protect viewers from the flash of skin.
In a statement, CBS said it disagrees with the FCC about its fines on the Super Bowl broadcast and "Without a Trace" and suggested it would take the FCC to court over the matter, noting the network would "pursue all remedies necessary to affirm our legal rights."
In total, the FCC proposed fines of about $4 million, including the $3.6 million "Without a Trace" fine but not including the Super Bowl fine, which had been previously levied. A further four shows were found to be indecent, but didn't have fines levied against them. Complaints against dozens of shows were rejected, including one about an episode of Oprah Winfrey's talk show that featured graphic language about teen sex.
Broadly, the FCC also stepped back from its effort to impose indecency fines against any station that broadcast a show found to be lewd. In several cases it fined only network affiliates that actually had a complaint lodged against them. That's in contrast to the FCC's $1.2 million fine two years ago against Fox Television and affiliates that broadcast an episode of "Married by America," even though the complaint didn't list those affiliates.
Democratic FCC commissioner Jonathan Adelstein said it was "patently arbitrary to hold some stations but not others accountable for the same broadcast."
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Technorati Tags: Without a Trace, FCC, Indecency Fines, CBS
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
The Wrong Greenhouse Gas
He believes the initiating event of the current global warming behavior is not the accumlation of Carbon Dioxide from Human activities, but was set in motion by the air-burst explosion of the Tungus on June 30th, 1908. This force of this explosion is now estimated to have had a force equal to fifteen million tons of TNT. The force of this explosion forced water vapor into the upper atmosphere where a stable layer of water vapor and ice crystals formed. This layer acts in the classic greenhouse fashion reflecting infrared energy back to the surface of the earth gradually raising the earth’s temperature.
From the Leicester press release: As such, Shaidurov has concluded that only an enormous natural phenomenon, such as an asteroid or comet impact or airburst, could seriously disturb atmospheric water levels, destroying persistent so-called 'silver', or noctilucent, clouds composed of ice crystals in the high altitude mesosphere (50 to 85km). The Tunguska Event was just such an event, and coincides with the period of time during which global temperatures appear to have been rising the most steadily - the twentieth century. There are many hypothetical mechanisms of how this mesosphere catastrophe might have occurred, and future research is needed to provide a definitive answer.
Eurekalert.org has the text of the press release from University of Leicester.UPDATE: This post is also available as my weekly SciTech Watch column over at Blogcritics.
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Recipe: Aussie Bites
On a recent shopping trip to Sam’s Club I discovered Aussie Bites. These are small cakes (mini-muffin size actually) made with whole wheat flour, coconut, sunflower kernels, dried cranberries and raisins. The whole family liked them and She Who Must Be Obeyed remembered she had seen a recipe for something similar called Anzac Biscuits. Using the Anzac recipe and the ingredient list from the Aussie Bites I have worked up a recipe that is reported to be better that the original Aussie Bites.
Here ya go:
Aussie Bites
Ingredients:
2 cups Regular or Toasted Oats2 cups Whole Wheat Flour
2/3 cup Brown sugar
1 3½oz can of coconut (unsweetened)
½ cup sunflower kernels
1 cup dried fruit (raisins, dates, figs, cranberries, etc)
¼ cup honey
2 sticks unsalted butter
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 tablespoon hot water
Method:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Mix first six ingredients in a bowl.
3. Melt honey and butter together in microwave.
4. Mix baking soda with hot water and add to butter mixture.
5. Pour butter mixture into dry ingredients and mix well.
6. Place tablespoons of mixture into non-stick mini-muffin cupcake pans (greasing pans not required) and flatten mixture slightly. Bake 10 minutes at 350 degrees or until golden. Cool on wire racks. Makes around 30 biscuits.
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Rule of Acquisition #101: Never do something you can make someone do for you.
Monday, March 13, 2006
Tyan Typhoon Personal Super Computer: 16 Cores Under Your Desk
Must... Have.... More power..... Scotty.... Warp Factor 16 ;-)
Tyan has created a monster supercomputer that harnesses all that power into a box that fits under your desk. Aimed at researchers and scientists, the Typhoon Personal Super Computer (PSC) is available with either Opteron or Pentium processors inside, and consists of four dual-socket blades in a box equipped with cooling fans that are so quiet you could actually live with it in the same room. Each one of its four blades is hooked up to a SATA drive, and all of those are linked together via gigabit Ethernet. The Opteron handles 64GB of memory, while the Pentium settles for “just” 32GB.
With 16 cores at full speed, imagine how well it could play Quake. Sure, it's for scientists today, but so were PCs not long ago—this just might be the beginning of a new category of personal computers, the PSC.
Tyan brings supercomputing to the desktop [The Inquirer]
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