ddrueding
Fixture
From what I understand, they are pretty powerful in the truly-ridiculous SMP machines, so long as the code is optimized.
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ddrueding
Fixture
Random tip.
If you buy the super-cheap Office Home and Student 2010 key card (no disk), the disk from an Office Home and Business 2010 will work fine, and give you 30-day trials of the rest of the software.
If you buy the super-cheap Office Home and Student 2010 key card (no disk), the disk from an Office Home and Business 2010 will work fine, and give you 30-day trials of the rest of the software.
Howell
Storage? I am Storage!
Pretty interesting.
http://blogs.computerworld.com/15562/ibm_power7_thumbs_nose_at_intel_itanium_9300_tukwila
In 2008 IBM gave Itanium 5 years max.
http://blogs.computerworld.com/15562/ibm_power7_thumbs_nose_at_intel_itanium_9300_tukwila
In 2008 IBM gave Itanium 5 years max.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
The Slashdot discussion I mentioned earlier is actually a surprisingly interesting discussion between programmers and engineers. It's like the good old days over there.
Chewy509
Wotty wot wot.
What I find interesting with Itanium, is that I can't find anyone selling Itanium based workstations? HP discontinued theirs in '04, Dell in '02, Supermicro (all Itanium based products) sometime in '06...
IMO Doesn't spell great news for the longevity of the platform... Mind you same could be said for SPARC as well, as Sun discontinued theirs approx 2 yr ago.
The only workstations that I can find to be easily purchased are i7, Xeon or Opteron based, no one appears to be doing non-x86 based workstations...
IMO Doesn't spell great news for the longevity of the platform... Mind you same could be said for SPARC as well, as Sun discontinued theirs approx 2 yr ago.
The only workstations that I can find to be easily purchased are i7, Xeon or Opteron based, no one appears to be doing non-x86 based workstations...
Pradeep
Storage? I am Storage!
Yep, HP is the only remaining OEM of Itanium based systems (perhaps SuperMicro is still also on-board?), in their Integrity line of enterprise servers.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/26/itanium_hp_last_standing/
On an IA64 machine / OS does it run x86 code as fast as an x64 machine, or at all? For some reason i remember the performance sucking or not working well at all for non native things.
Edit Read the slashdot thing, funny
Edit Read the slashdot thing, funny
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Fatwah on Western Digital
I don't think they run x86 code at all. They exist for computationally intense operations and apparently the architecture leans heavily on RAM and various levels of cache memory. Basically it's a chip one might use (in quantity) as the basis for a mainframe.
Stereodude
Not really a
Only through a software layer in the more recent chips. Earlier chips did it through hardware. Apparently it sucks.
Chewy509
Wotty wot wot.
From a HP document I once saw, on a 1GHz Itanium 2, you would roughly see performance akin to a Pentium MMX @ 233MHz. Recently models dropped hardware emulation in favour of software emulation, since the same 1GHz Itanium 2 could emulate quicker in software (closer to a P2@450MHz).
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Fatwah on Western Digital
OK photo people: I want cheap frames in weird sizes. The best deal I can find is usually from Adorama Camera, but their shipping is pretty bad, and some sizes they don't have at all (e.g. 10x15).
ddrueding
Fixture
Frames have always been the more expensive option. I find having pictures printed on canvas stretched on frames to be cheaper.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
I have prints from Deviantart and a bunch of stuff I got at comic book conventions. Unfortunately, not much of it is 8x12.
ddrueding
Fixture
The cheapest if you have time and need more than a few is to get a small miter box and some long frame stock. Taking it to the next level and cutting some glass yourself isn't as challenging as it sounds.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
I am not handy and do not have those sorts of tools. I just want some cheap frames.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
No cheap frames? Dammit. Given the 9000 post photo threads I thought one of you would know something.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
I've never taken a photo I'd want to print, but I still like the idea of having stuff on my walls.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
I thought these guys did good work. I suspect that they're making the pieces to order.
It's annoying that I can find $4 frames but then the shipping on one turns out to be $30 or something.
It's annoying that I can find $4 frames but then the shipping on one turns out to be $30 or something.
Will Rickards
Storage Is My Life
Why not go to the local craft store? Most of them have framing services.
Bozo
Storage? I am Storage!
I saw that the Science channel is going to start showing Firefly starting March 6, 8PM
ddrueding
Fixture
Wow. Congrats! I'm in for ~$240k on the house and $30k on my car. At least I got one car killed off.
Sol
Storage is cool
Could you just get the next normal size up and use some paper of an appropriate colour as a background?
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Fatwah on Western Digital
I looked into this about eight months ago for some PA art I got but I really didn't find framing stuff either. Thing is for a cartoon or something you need a whole series of frames and for one or two the price isn't bad but for ten things start looking rather unfriendly. Came up with two or three sites, will see if I can dig them up tonight.
I'll probably be looking at a house and other things in the next year which might put me back into debt, but for now I'll just save.
Stereodude
Not really a
My wife and I only owe on our house. All the cars have been paid of for years and years.
:rotfl: I see plenty of really nice frames. Is your budget limited?
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Fatwah on Western Digital
I have lots of wall space and many of my items are weird, different sizes. Like, I have a 9x13 item sitting here. It's just lame to have a choice between a $12 frame at retail or a $4 frame from the internet that has $11 worth of shipping attached. Where's the $6 frame with $3 worth of shipping?
Oh, and congratulations on debt-free status. Personally, I'm allergic to interest payments, but it's a wonderful sense of freedom to know that all the money you have is actually yours.
Wasn't that cancelled long ago or is it being reincarnated?
Stereodude
Not really a
More UPS brilliance... A package shipped UPS 3 Day Select from California to Michigan.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
Oh my. I was thinking of the custom framing that is a tad more costly.
I did say lots of cheap frames, didn't I? By my count I have 37 items I'd like to put up and even at $12 - $15 a pop that's going to add up, even setting aside the $250 I already spent for stuff I already put on my walls.
Stereodude
Not really a
Yeah, well this is what I got for free from Newegg.
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
With the kind of pictures you store on your computers, I thought that's what you'd be looking for. A tight ass picture in as ass frame. Perfect fit.