At 4.15pm while parked waiting for Margie to finish shopping at Save on Foods in the open parking area, i was approached by Lisa. She was desperate for 17.50 cdn for hostel lodgeing. She was there with a female friend and her 8 year old daughter. Lisa eye pupils were as big as saucers and she was clasping her arms and showing a scary face of teeth and grimmice. ( i have seen the scourge of the 1965 Heroine addictions in Vancouver to the current Meth epidemic.) So this does not come as an unknown conditon to me..
Lisa, i think you need couseling " what me " yes perhaps at Willingdon Menonite Community Church, one of the best organized facility for a few young single mothers to renew their life.
A man came by in a car and said you owe me 30, who is he, he has been following me. Well small change is not going to assist your life. How had you gotten along with your parents ? " my mother is a drug user and i moved in with my daughters father after the pregnancy at age 16.. I left him last year for the physical abuse.
.Now my moral delima "as flawed as it is" : In the past while in Sanjose i have given hundres to Five Wounds Church to Father Leonel Noir who aids the sick with HIV and feeds the hungery that come to the door of his refrectory. In seattle Near first st. money is again given to the homeless people, with not knowing what the outcome will be. Am i just dumb ? Well i can build advanced communication systems for Police and fire to aid all citizens of crimes major and conspiratorial to the Government of the land.
But for young people that are addicted to drugs and alchol, abused sexually and beaten I am still at a moral loss as to the right and reason of it. Is a health society measured by the number of human derelicts we have per capita ? Are these manipulated people dumb and stupid beond our protection of developed society?
Or is a mass calamiy dare shame us into common sense. True self abuse and illness are the demise of any individual. So the moral delema was not that i was being conned, or alowing myself to be conned, or conning myself into thinking that I was being helpful. It was just being under the beam of sunlight that said right or reason, ( or no reason ) I will give . 20 cdn . Lisa was not that thankful, I had to reach out my hand for a finger touch, as i said i don't think i am going to meet you again. She reached out and gave me a full handshake. ( The game gambit accepted) life goes on, what harship or good fortune will come our way tomorrow
Saturday, August 26, 2006
Pluto: Where art Thou
Pluto
Pluto
Pluto
Pluto
Why have thou forsaken us ?
In the fact that my nephew 's great grandfather discovered thee.
long nignts looking through a slender telescope
and there you were
but not big enough to balance the solar system
where are the other bits?
and so, looking long and with patience
along comes ZENA
OH no that can not be Scientests say
we with telescopes discover what is and name it so
OH HAPPY DAY, OH HAPPY DAY
Riverbend Revisited
In days gone by the title of the song may of been " Stormy Weather ". However-one caststhe USA/IRAQ disagreement on how Arabians or Persians run the created Country for the good
of the World (USA); Do not discount the tole of Human Suffering. Old World History and Culture
is being replaced by New World History, the culture is living with suffering and dispair. To get a flavour of the author of the above title, visit:http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/
The Author of this web site points out his thanks here: FREE IRAQ
PS: As some of of the visitors to this site may recall, my site was initiated nearly two years ago upon the insistent encouragement of Riverbend, whom I still do not know in person, and whom I sincerely thank.Monday, August 21, 2006
Low Power and Energy-Efficient CPUs from Intel and AMD
Review by MS, August 20, 2006)
http://www.lostcircuits.com/cpu/low_e/14.shtml
Final Words
Since its launch - or even earlier than that - the Core2 Duo processors have been hailed to be the non-surplussed leaders in CPU performance. As the claim to fame usually goes, the glory rubs off on every single member of the family, so that by the end of the day it really doesn't matter whether it is an E6700 or an X6800 or maybe just an E6300. All of them deliver spectacular performance not only with respect to the instructions per clock cycle but also in terms of instructions per Watt. At least that's the storyline.
At the same time, AMD is back to some sort of wall flower existence, since only being Number One is what attracts the spotlights. However,the reality is a bit more convoluted; starting with the Venice core, AMD has delivered outstanding performance per Watt. With the introduction of the Dual Core Athlon 64's, the focus has shifted once again towards performance rather than efficiency but there was no doubt that at least the potential for the next big thing in power savings was there. Along with that necessarily goes the issue of thermal management of CPUs.
One thing that is quite amazing about the Core2 Duo / Extreme is its performance scaling with clock speed. The higher the clock is pushed, the better it'll perform. Keep in mind, though that every coin does have two sides, in other words, what goes around, comes around and by extension, that means a significant performance gap between the lower and the higher speed grades. Compared to the P4, this still positions even the Core2 Duo E6300 as Intel's sexiest silicon since implants but on the other hand, some claims about even the lowest Core2 Duo outperforming the fastest AMD processors more or less belong into the realm of urban legends.
When it comes to performance per W, one thing is absolute sure, the "ADD" series sets completely new standards. Granted that the overall performance is lower than that of AMD's high end CPUs but there is still enough horsepower for about anything and in terms of energy-efficiency they are nothing short of breathtaking.
Pricing is currently in a complete turmoil with both AMD and Intel chasing each other's tail and it is almost impossible to factor it in other than for a snapshot but at least at the low end, anything other than approximate price parity would be difficult to argue. By the end of the day, the E6300 was a bit of a disappointment, primarily in comparison to the higher speed grades' performance and also based on the power consumption but we still have to give it the benefit of the doubt for the simple reason that what we have is a preproduction sample and that the "real" thing may be more energy-efficient.
The "ADD" X2-3800+ does not get any benefit of the doubt when it comes to energy-efficiency, but fankly, it doesn't need any of this anyway. As it stands, both energy-efficient processor lines are setting new standards but despite its nominally lower performance, the "ADD" X2-3800+ is the better processor in the bunch.
Final Words
Since its launch - or even earlier than that - the Core2 Duo processors have been hailed to be the non-surplussed leaders in CPU performance. As the claim to fame usually goes, the glory rubs off on every single member of the family, so that by the end of the day it really doesn't matter whether it is an E6700 or an X6800 or maybe just an E6300. All of them deliver spectacular performance not only with respect to the instructions per clock cycle but also in terms of instructions per Watt. At least that's the storyline.
At the same time, AMD is back to some sort of wall flower existence, since only being Number One is what attracts the spotlights. However,the reality is a bit more convoluted; starting with the Venice core, AMD has delivered outstanding performance per Watt. With the introduction of the Dual Core Athlon 64's, the focus has shifted once again towards performance rather than efficiency but there was no doubt that at least the potential for the next big thing in power savings was there. Along with that necessarily goes the issue of thermal management of CPUs.
One thing that is quite amazing about the Core2 Duo / Extreme is its performance scaling with clock speed. The higher the clock is pushed, the better it'll perform. Keep in mind, though that every coin does have two sides, in other words, what goes around, comes around and by extension, that means a significant performance gap between the lower and the higher speed grades. Compared to the P4, this still positions even the Core2 Duo E6300 as Intel's sexiest silicon since implants but on the other hand, some claims about even the lowest Core2 Duo outperforming the fastest AMD processors more or less belong into the realm of urban legends.
When it comes to performance per W, one thing is absolute sure, the "ADD" series sets completely new standards. Granted that the overall performance is lower than that of AMD's high end CPUs but there is still enough horsepower for about anything and in terms of energy-efficiency they are nothing short of breathtaking.
Pricing is currently in a complete turmoil with both AMD and Intel chasing each other's tail and it is almost impossible to factor it in other than for a snapshot but at least at the low end, anything other than approximate price parity would be difficult to argue. By the end of the day, the E6300 was a bit of a disappointment, primarily in comparison to the higher speed grades' performance and also based on the power consumption but we still have to give it the benefit of the doubt for the simple reason that what we have is a preproduction sample and that the "real" thing may be more energy-efficient.
The "ADD" X2-3800+ does not get any benefit of the doubt when it comes to energy-efficiency, but fankly, it doesn't need any of this anyway. As it stands, both energy-efficient processor lines are setting new standards but despite its nominally lower performance, the "ADD" X2-3800+ is the better processor in the bunch.
Sunday, August 20, 2006
Another Birthday
A Hurrican Burger of Course
Open 24 Hours
Will you still need me, will you still feed me
When I am 62 !
Friday, August 18, 2006
The Double View
The Sun Dogs few people see
On a High Artic day the ice crystals falling creat some marvelous display
I have photographed the phenomina
Seeing a strong display can cause the loss of directions
The Pink Elephant
A day trip that I enjoy is from
Vancouver to Seattle.
Seattle's World fair gave the North West the Space Needle
as well as the elevated Mono Rail
The pink elephant ? Well take a guess !
photo shortly.
Vancouver to Seattle.
Seattle's World fair gave the North West the Space Needle
as well as the elevated Mono Rail
The pink elephant ? Well take a guess !
photo shortly.
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