fyi
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3807&page=0
Technology drives the forces of globalization. But when we replace our
computers and flat-screens with the newest in high-tech cool, what
happens to the hardware we throw away? Welcome to the digital dumping
ground, wh
http://agonist.org/darkgreenforest/20070521/the_u_s_civil_war_in_4_minutes
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Wow, looks like IBM will be taking names with the Power 6.. Some
benchmarks:
IBM System p570 1-core (4.7 GHz, 1 chip, 2 cores/chip,1 thread/core)
SPECint2006 result of 21.6
IBM System p570 1-core (4.7 GHz, 1 chip, 2 cores/chip,1 thread/core)
SPECfp2006 result of 22.3
vs.
3 Ghz Opteron SE
Googling "Connie Meskimen" shows her to have a sarcastic wit:
http://www.snopes.com/humor/letters/daylight.asp
-Steve
> -Original Message-
> From: Robert Holmes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 10:04 AM
> To: FRIAM
> Subject: [FRIAM] Global warming - the real story
At last, someone has had the courage to tell the real story behind global
warning.
Robert
From the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 16 April 2007, "Letters" section, page
6B:
"You may have noticed that March of this year was particularly hot. As a
matter of fact, I understand that it was the hottes
