2004-01-08

javasaurus: (Default)
2004-01-08 10:23 am

mood furniture?

mood furniture?

Tempting. Very, very tempting...
javasaurus: (Super Java!)
2004-01-08 10:32 am

Private college prices

*gulp*
Most private colleges these days are costing between $30k and $40k. Even with the skyrocketing cost of public school tuition, these private schools are a bit steep!

article with school prices and value rankings
javasaurus: (Default)
2004-01-08 05:08 pm

Playstation 3 will even make toast!

Okay, I'm exagerating a little. But only a little. Apparently, Sony's PS3 will incorporate a multiprocessor "cell" based on many small processors embedded in a bigger processor, able to achieve a total of more than a trillion floating point calculations per second (that's 1 Terahertz, or 1000 GHz, right?).

So what about the toaster? The idea is that in the future, many household appliances (e.g. toasters) will incorporate similar processors, and a PS3 can utilize (via modem) such memory, if it is all net-connected. Cool, eh?

So when is the PS3 coming out? Not for a couple more years, late 2005 at the earliest. Sigh.

If you want a better explanation of the technology, read this PS3 preview article.