Posted 03/19/2010 at 05:17:32pm

The killer point for these chips is possbile rumored pricing of $499-$599.  That's half the intel point.  If its true, then intel is gonna take a big hit.  Time will tell. 

Posted 03/18/2010 at 05:44:35pm

Time will tell, but he's bluffing...

Posted 03/18/2010 at 05:43:02pm

I really think nvidia is blowing smoke to everyone in this case.  ATI yields the with 40nm chips for both the 5870 and 5970 have not been stellar.  Nvidia is behind the curve in this matter because they are late in shrinking their chips.  Jen Hsu is stalling for time.  ATI bit the bullet 19 months ago and gave up the performance crown to nvidia on the caveat that they saw the power level and heat wall coming.  So instead of huge beefy hot chips they had to look at smaller chips for reasonable performance.  It was a gamble but it paid off.  Jen Hsu forgot his core audience in video card gaming in his quest to take on Intel.  Time will tell, but my gut tells me this will be a disaster for Nvidia.  They have to make money from this chip and the only way to do that is higher yields.  ATI is way ahead in this matter in their order placement to TSMC.   I just don't think Nvidia can catch up for the same power requirements and heat.

Posted 03/17/2010 at 12:52:49am

The spam filter is on overdrive, lol

Posted 03/16/2010 at 03:50:14pm

The only thing killing nexus one sales right now is the price.  Change that to sub $200 and you will see it crush the iphone.

Posted 03/16/2010 at 03:35:49pm

Airports- hmmm 6 of the last 10 have had baggage issues that i have been to.  The lines for screeners are a joke (god forbid hiring more or being to fire the ones that suck aka see unions/govt employee protected status).  Oh and good luck trying to expand a system that is long overdue for an overhaul.  As for the controllers, a lot a systems are still using systems from the 1970s.  Also that government your so in love with has decimated the private flyers (no not all of them are millionares jackass, a lot of the planes are co-owned by 3 or more middle class owners, the airports bring in revenue but the gov't doesn't give them squat, check the AOPA site sometime).  SO MUCH FOR GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY....

Roads-  Take a drive thru lousiana some time jackass, you haven't seen bad roads till you hit louisiana.  Edwin Edwards (the former governor) embellzed millions from the highway dept which is one of  the largest government organizations in that state.  Blago of Illinois is under pending investigation for kick backs for highway dept with record waste.  I don't even want to begin to talk about California.  Just try doing a control burn there to control forrest fires in california- every f*cking tree hugging liberal nut comes out of the wood work for 30 miles around, but then they complain when their house burns to the ground and it ends up on CNN.  SO MUCH FOR GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY........

Libraries- I cut a pass on the institutions themselves.  They truly fight the good fight in terms of serving the public, but why is it they are the first on the chopping block in a majority of states for cut backs.  They provide some of the most bang for the buck, but are the first to be killed.  SO MUCH FOR GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY........

Medicare- OMFG!!!! I work in health care.  Medicare and medicaid are unfunded as is.  News flash jackass, take out a phone book and pick a specialty (ENT, Gen Surg, Ortho, etc...) call around and compare the list that accepts medicaid and and medicare.  Let me know how that works out for ya, lol.  As for the surgeons themselves, i had one say to me reference Obama care coming- "bring it on. That means without financial incentives i can work less and actually have time for my family f*ck'em.  Ya, i'll get your gall bladder out..... in about six months..... Ya i maybe driving a nice car right now, but i'm driving it to work assholes.  :: in reference to the public:: Let me know how  that works out for ya..."  Oh, btw if that comment coming from a  Doc doesn't scare you for the future then your an idiot.  SO MUCH FOR GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY......

Water and Sewer: Last time i checked, 90% of my water bill was sewer disposal which is highly obscence (and i live in a recycling community to boot- last time I checked aluminum is valuable but there's no discount for it on my bill)  Oh and btw if you check the census data comparison of decades our water quality is going down.  This enterprise is run and ensured almost entirely thru the federal and state government.  SO MUCH FOR GOVERMENT EFFICIENCY......

Don't get me wrong, i'm no fan of the enron's or bernie madoff's of the world, but at least they were stopped and are serving time for their wrongs.  The federal government is still hard at work stealing and wasting your money at this very moment!   At least the private sector has some hope. For example Google is seeking to become its power purveyor, why because the the government run providers infrastructure isn't reliable enough and is stupid expensive.  Hmmm...... I think i'll take my chances with the private sector even with evil corps like enron or crooks like bernie.  At least in the private sector they are the miniority.   SO MUCH FOR GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY......

Posted 03/16/2010 at 11:26:49am

They would auction the spectrum, the money would be used to help pay the IOU's to social security (THAT ARE COMING DUE NOW!) and then we would all still end up getting the f*ck taxed out of us for the shitty goverment government broadband (oh btw name me one enterprise by the US government in the last 20 years that was run efficiently).  California right now is the goddamn f*cking poster child for what happens with too many social services, too much government bureacracy, and high taxation coupled with high waste- (hmm gotta love liberals..... not).  I left it for TX a while back (3 years ago) for austin and dallas, thank god for that.  I just checked with my relatives in So Cal (who coincidently didn't overspend on their house and make their mortage payements).  They just told me people are now clamoring for principal reduction (what a f*cking joke!).  This just helps to devalue their property even further (and they didn't do anything wrong btw.....).  No, more government intervention is the wrong answer.  Don't get me wrong i hate comcrap and AT&T failboat as much as anyone, but they are nothing compared to the godd*mn federal government right now.  If you let the government in as a major player in terms of regulation in this sector then we all need to prepare to get butt f*cked really hard...... epic fail!!

Posted 03/16/2010 at 10:16:32am

I actually like the raven 01 case.  I just wish it could have some of the polish and refinement of the corsair obsidian.  The top case exit for the motherboard makes complete sense.  It just needs a little better lay out for drives and cable management.  Also the plastic in the front feels cheap/flimsy. 

Posted 02/22/2010 at 07:42:48pm

WTF?!? is going on over there?????  This is too much good talent going out the door too soon.  Will's loss was huge, but this just adds insult to injury. Is the mag doing well?  IF SO WHY ARE YOU HEMMORAHGING TALENT??? Seriously WTF!!  Gordon is now the last of the mohicans,  its like a bad agatha christie novel: "and then there were none", the body count is getting high..  Norm soo long man, you'll be missed... Alas we hardly knew ye!

Posted 02/21/2010 at 03:55:42pm

First it was flash and  then it was the approval process and the nebulous criteria.  Now we have basic utter draconian/cronyism that is a hallmark of the apple franchise world with regard to market forces.  I mean these apps aren't necessarily porn but just some a "little" sexy whoopdee freakin dooo (Jobs can you be anymore uptight lol).  This is another bad press moment for everyone except the mac cultists (ie koolaid drinkers).  Contract is up on iphone in november this year and then i'm free.  Sooo long apple!!!