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Cocktail Recipe
Dry Gin
*Recipe is per drink
Slice the Cucumbers, Limes and chiffonade the basil.
Put in a rocks glass with the honey and muddle together to get out all the juices.
Add ice and seltzer, stir and enjoy!
You can always mix up this recipe by substituting the cucumber with watermelon, strawberries or what ever you'd like.
Chocolate Mint and Honey Cocktail
We have been including chocolate mint, along with other herbs, in our last few CSA baskets and I wanted to give you all a different way to incorporate them in your kitchens. This cocktail is light and refreshing and includes our farm-made wildflower honey as the sweetner!
* recipe measurements are for a single cocktail*
1 oz of Dry Gin (your prefered brand)
2 slices of lime
5-7 sprigs of chocolate mint
1/2 tbsp of honey
splash of seltzer or tonic water
Take the lime slices, mint sprigs and honey and muddle in a "rocks" glass with a wooden spoon or muddle tool, if you have one. Make sure to get as much juice out of the limes as possible and "bruise" the mint leaves in order to release the flavor.
Once the ingredients are nicely incorporated, add in a good amount of ice cubes, the gin and top it off with the seltzer/tonic. Give it a stir so that all the goodness gets mixed throughout and take a sip!


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Sadly, their search has come to an end. The Richland County Sheriff's Department and the Charlotte- Mecklenburg Police Department tell AMW that Nikki's car was found around 5 p.m. on Friday, May 29, in a remote area of Fairfield County, S.C. Police say Nikki's body with ehr car.
A few hours later, Theodore Roosevelt Manning IV, 29, was arrested at his home in Richland County, SC. Police say Manning has been charged with Nikki's murder, but would not say how she died.
Police questioned Manning soon after Nikki went missing on May 6, but called him a witness at the time.
Nikki's friends and family told AMW that she had traveled to S.C. to meet up with a man she had been seeing.
Police would not elaborate on Manning's relationship with Nikki, but they have confirmed that the two were acquaintances.
Hours after Nikki went missing two men were captured on a bank's surveillance camera trying to withdraw money with her ATM card. Police have told AMW that Manning was one of them.
Police say they are not looking for anyone else connected to Nikki's murder at this time.
Nikki McPhatter was reported missing on May 6, 2009. Her sister told AMW that she spoke to her around noon that day, and made plans for her to visit that Friday.
She never showed.
Nikki was a U.S. Airlines employee for a year and half. She graduated from UNC Charlotte and later received her masters in financing.

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You did fine with it Honestly, the point of drawing from the imagination (IMO) is no really to create masterpieces but just to work out drawing from our mind. Because, just like we need practice in drawing from life, we need practice from drawing from our mind. Ive seen plenty of people that did nothing but draw what was in front of them and they could never be creative enough to do things from their head even if they wanted to.
So, keep at it and keep going You'll do great
Oh and arent we all nerds? C'mon, were artists The world would be much more boring without nerds!


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On Monday, the Town of Camp Verde's Building Safety Department will host a public work session geared toward the potential adoption of the 2012 International Building Codes.
Camp Verde could go to 4-day school week
The administration of Camp Verde Unified School District has long been tossing around the idea of shifting to a four-day school week.
Letter: Thanks for de-trashing Camp Verde
I would like to express "Thank you" to all those who made the effort to clean our roadways within the Town of Camp Verde, Hwy 260 and sections of I-17.
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By Tom Wright | Thursday, June 17th, 2010 at 11:58 pm
The Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge is three counties deep, and 80 miles into America — including portions that extend north of Tucson. Obama has, effectively, ceded the entire National Park to illegal aliens. And, to help ensure the park's transfer to illegal aliens, and according to Sheriff Paul Babeu of Pinal County, Obama suspended the fence construction on the park's border with Mexico.
The park is now a protected freeway for illegal aliens, whose numbers include many Mexican para-military units and potential terrorists from mid-Eastern countries. And, Obama refuses the use of America's military to help prevent the invasion, despite repeated requests by Arizonans, led by Governor Jan Brewer and Senator John McCain.
Instead of addressing the invasion, Obama has placed warning signs around the park to advise Americans not to enter this now-protected invasion trail. As Sheriff Paul Babeu explains,
"It's shameful that we, as the most powerful nation on earth, can win wars and liberate countries throughout our history, yet we cannot even secure our own border and protect our own families. And, this is why crime in Arizona literally is and has been among the highest in the nation. And we need help!"
Refusal to protect our border in times of military invasion, a Constitutional obligation of the President, is an impeachable offence. From Wikipedia — the definition of High Crimes and Misdemeanors:
The charge of high crimes and misdemeanors covers allegations of misconduct that do not fall under a more clearly defined impeachable offence; e.g., high treason. This charge occurs only in cases of parliamentary impeachment and is unrelated to any offence in criminal law.
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Chinookan languages
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Chinook | |
Tsinúk | |
Geographic distribution: |
Columbia River Valley |
Linguistic classification: | Penutian ?
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Ethnologue code: | 17-3849 |
Pre-contact distribution of Chinookan languages
Chinookan is a small family of languages spoken in Oregon and Washington along the Columbia River by Chinook peoples.
Family division[edit]
Chinookan languages consist of three languages with multiple varieties. There is some dispute over classification, and there are two ISO 639-3 codes assigned: chh (Chinook, Lower Chinook) and wac (Wasco-Wishram, Upper Chinook). For example, Ethnologue 15e classifies Kiksht as Lower Chinook, while others consider it instead Upper Chinook (discussion), and others a separate language.
- Lower Chinook (also known as Chinook-proper or Coastal Chinook), now extinct (†).[citation needed]
- Kathlamet (also known as Katlamat, Cathlamet), now extinct (†).
- Upper Chinook (also known as Kiksht, Columbia Chinook)
See also[edit]
Chinook Jargon – a pidgin based on Chinookan and with many words loaned from other languages, which was used in trade along the Pacific Northwest coast and adjoining areas inland.
- Mithun, Marianne. (1999). The languages of Native North America. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-23228-7 (hbk); ISBN 0-521-29875-X.
Further reading[edit]
- George Gibbs, Alphabetical Vocabulary of the Chinook Language, New York : Cramoisy Press, 1863.
External links[edit]
Chinookan languages test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator |
- Aaron Clark, "Tribes strive to save native tongues (Wasco tribe's Kiksht language)", Christian Science Monitor, 23 May 2008
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[Beowulf] OpenMP on AMD dual core processors
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Fortran isn't one of my better languages, but I did manage to tweak your code into something that I believe works the same and is openMP friendly. I put a copy at: http://cse.ucdavis.edu/bill/OMPdemo.f When I used the pathscale compiler on your code it said: "told.f", line 27: Warning: Referenced scalar variable OLD_V is SHARED by default "told.f", line 29: Warning: Referenced scalar variable DV is SHARED by default "told.f", line 31: Warning: Referenced scalar variable CONVERGED is SHARED by default I rewrote your code to get rid of those, I didn't know some of the constants you mentioned dy and Ly. So I just wrote my own initialization. I skipped the boundary conditions by just restricting the start and end of the loops. Your code seemed to be interpolating between the current iteration (i-1 and j-1) and the last iteration (i+1 and j+1). Not sure if that was intentional or not. In any case I just processed the array v into v2, then if it didn't converge I processed the v2 array back into v. To make each loop independent I made converge a 1D array which stored the sum of that row's error. Then after each array was processed I walked the 1-d array to see if we had converged. I exit when all pixels are below the convergence value. It scales rather well on a dual socket barcelona (amd quad core), my version iterates a 1000x1000 array with a range of values from 0-200 over 1214 iterations to within a convergence of 0.02. CPUs time Scaling ================= 1 54.51 2 27.75 1.96 faster 4 14.14 3.85 faster 8 7.75 7.03 faster Hopefully my code is doing what you intended. Alas, with gfortran (4.3.1 or 4.3.2), I get a segmentation fault as soon as I run. Same if I compile with -g and run it under the debugger. I'm probably doing something stupid.
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Nice work here, I like your Starwars characters, looking good!
All the best
Nice work here, I like your Starwars characters, looking good!
All the best
quality stuff yet again!
To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.
My Sketchbook-
nyje & Capital G - Thanks guys.
Neferinn & Moonrage - Thanks for pointing that out, I do really need to keep values in mind more. Something I hope to rectify with my next piece.
This is my rough block-in for the next Nuclear Dawn promo image I'm working on. I'm saving each stage along the way so I should be able to put together a 'step by step' once it's all finished:
I agree with the person said in post #29. I really like your environment thumbnails though. It inspires me to do some myself.
i like comp on this latest piece.
Wooo Love your image of the Huron Scout!! Super strong and imposing! Great anatomy also! Looking forward to seeing lots more from you!!!
Hey man. Props! that vehicle sketch is dope. The movie stills are dope. I also like how you said not becoming a slave to reference- we got like minds haha--
also, I like how you simplified the head study. Reminds me of my animation days... well, technically they haven't ended lol. But yeah, keep it up man. I see real talent in you.
God bless.
peace ma brotha!
Behind every great master is a great student...
Imagination is more important than knowledge- Albert Einstein...
NEW SKETCHBOOK -- http://www.conceptart.org/forums/sho...40#post3743640
OLD SKETCHBOOK: http://conceptart.org/forums/showthr...25#post2543225
Wow, I feel kinda dirty that I haven't posted in my Sketchbook since February this year. :/ It's been pretty busy and I've done a lot of work but still, you'd think I'd be able to keep up something as simple as posting my work into an online sketchbook.
Let's try again (and btw, thank to the last few people who posted in this thread):
First up, here's the progress that went into the last image I posted (I did finish it).
Some more Head/Face studies - one of my weakest areas (I think anyway).
Some bust studies looking at material and the way light interacts with each.
Next, a quick mess around painting of the Space Jockey because I'm really excited for Ridley Scott's Prometheus.
A personal character design (and also a study in anatomy, pose and balance and forcing myself to keep some areas 'lost' and unrefined).
And lastly, a personal enviro piece.
nice last two works
diana6echo & BlueHabit - Thank you.
This is a 2hr sketch of my Tywin Darkwater, my Dunmer character from Skyrim... in his Thieves Guild armor.
Started out as practice for faces and lighting using a photo of Christian Bale as reference and turned into this.
Hey NeecHMonkeY. your character sketches are very good and that last environment kicks ass. really good.
Nice job, NeecHMonkeY! Star Wars Universe combined with medieval armor is an interesting idea!
i love your stuff and thx for showing a process gif thats pretty awesome!
thedestroyer - Thank you very much.
Last Gen - I wish I could take credit but it was actually the film director's idea and I just had to visualize it.
dlincoln83 - Thank you, I checked out your sketchbook and love your figure/anatomy studies.
Last edited by NeecHMonkeY; January 3rd, 2012 at 12:28 AM.
hey man! awesome updates! really love the lighting in that last enviro! and the latest characters are looking nice too!
Some Sketchbooks you should check out! --->
(expect this list to change alot)
Hey Nicky, thanks a lot.
Crazy past 2 weeks but I've been keeping up with my sketches and studies as much as I can in-between work.
Some more gesture/pose practices:
Some anatomy studies, these focusing specifically on the front of the arm. Rather than just sketch them straight from the book, I wanted to take it a step further and paint them as I would normally and really try to understand how it all works, the form of each shape, etc, etc. I will continue to do these same kind of studies with the rest of the body as it has really helped me.
be careful on that arm anatomy bro, at the moment it looks like you raced through this one. the arms look very lumpy with odd lighting too. the bicep looks a bit too long, and the forearem muscles look way too defined. also it looks like the deltoids are sitting on top of another set of deltoids. i would take a big soft brush and soften up the entire middle length of the arms, where the light would hit first. then go back in and begin to softly build up some forms using a hard edged brush. try to compare your study to photos of arms, and see how they match up. sometimes that can make obvious mistakes jump out. but keep it up man, i love seeing your new stuff!
Some Sketchbooks you should check out! --->
(expect this list to change alot)
Thanks Nick, that's a really good comment. The more defined versions on the far right are a failed attempt at trying to go for a more exagerrated 'comic' look. I never liked my work on them but I like to keep my failures public to humble me and force me to try harder with the studies.
Now that you mentioned it and I've taken a look at some other reference, you're 100% right... those deltoids are messed up. I know I was trying to show the separate overlapping muscles in that area but I think it got out of hand. That area has always confused me.
If the Biceps, etc are also suffering, it will be best to start from scratch and post the new efforts.
Thanks again for the guiding words and keeping me honest.
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1hr warm-up sketch inspired by Whit Brachna's Outdoor Enviro video.
I like your sketchbook The way you paint is so nice
I love this work the most
Thanks Aurora. Yeah, the scout is a fav of mine too.
I really need to update my Sketchbook, I've just been so busy with work stuff, etc. Maybe I can post a few WiP's from that stuff in the next week or so.
It's a sad day when one of the people who has inspired and influenced you passes away.
Rest in Peace, Ralph McQuarrie.
Finally, an update.
First up, just a quick sketch of a random EVA suit dude - playing around with shapes on a blank canvas to see what came out.
Next up is another tribute to Ralph McQuarrie, trying to emulate his style based on his work on The Empire Strikes Back.
Last is something I did fairly quickly today. An idea that's been swimming in my head for a while now to revisit some of my work from a few years ago when I first started digital painting.
Lots of fun to see how far I've come in those 4 years.
I love progression shots like that, it really shows the evolving skill. I especially like that page of figures up the page a little and the Huron Indian on the last page.


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Obesity Linked to Lumbar Disc Degeneration |
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data show that obesity is associated with increased lumbar disc degeneration, according to a study published online January 30 in Arthritis & Rheumatism. Low back pain (LBP) is a widespread and important cause of lost work time, diminished quality of life, and psychological distress. Lumbar disc degeneration, which can be readily observed by MRI, is known to be associated with LBP. To address whether lumbar disc generation is associated with overweight and obesity, senior researcher Kenneth M.C. Cheung, MBBS, MD, from the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of Hong Kong, and colleagues conducted a population-based cross-sectional study in a southern Chinese population of 2599 individuals (1040 men, 1559 women; mean age, 41.9 years). Participants were assigned to Asian-modified body mass index (BMI) categories and assessed by using sagittal T2-weighed MRI examinations of the lumbar spine. MRI revealed disc degeneration in 1890 (72.7%) participants. Those with lumbar disc degeneration had significantly higher BMIs than those without degeneration (23.3 kg/m2 vs 21.7 kg/m2; P < .001). The researchers noted an increase in degeneration with elevated BMI. Degeneration scores were defined as: no signal changes (0), slight decrease in signal intensity of the nucleus pulposus (1), hypointense nucleus pulposus with normal disc height (2), and hypointense nucleus pulposus with disc space narrowing (3). Underweight individuals had an average score of 1.4, normal-weight individuals had an average score of 2.5, overweight individuals had an average score of 3.3, and obese individuals had an average score of 3.8. The differences between each group were statistically significant, with the exception of overweight-obese (underweight-normal weight, P < .001; normal weight-overweight, P < .001; and overweight-obese, P = .092). In each category, the mean number of vertebrae with end-stage disc degeneration and disc space narrowing of the lumbar spine were, for underweight patients, 0.2 (range, 0 - 2; standard deviation [SD], 0.5); normal-weight patients, 0.3 (range, 0 - 4; SD, 0.6); overweight patients, 0.4 (range, 0 - 4; SD, 0.7); and obese patients, 0.5 (range, 0 - 4; SD, 0.9). The difference was not statistically significant between underweight and normal (P = .322), but it was statistically significant for normal-overweight (P < .001) and overweight-obese (P = .012). In a multivariate logistic regression analysis, adjusted for age, workload, Schmorl's nodes, previous lumbar injury, and vertebral marrow changes, the researchers found a positive linear trend (r2=0.99) between BMI categories and disc degeneration (normal weight: reference; underweight: odds ratio [OR], 0.59 [95% confidence interval (CI), 0.41 - 0.84]; overweight: OR, 1.30 [95% CI, 1.03 - 1.62]; obese: OR, 1.79 [95% CI, 1.17 - 2.74]). Obese individuals were more likely to suffer from end-stage disc degeneration with disc space narrowing (normal weight, reference; adjusted odds ratio, 1.72; 95% CI, 1.23 - 2.41). Limitations to the study included that it was based on a southern Chinese population and may not be generalizable to other populations. The study was also cross-sectional, and further prospective studies will be needed to demonstrate that overweight and obesity cause disc degeneration. "[O]ur study is the first to the author's knowledge to note that elevated BMI values are significantly greater in individuals with disc degeneration compared to individuals with non-degenerated discs," conclude the authors. "[A]s this study is population-based, it is of tremendous public health importance." The authors have disclosed no relevant financial relationships. Arthritis Rheum. Published online January 30, 2012. Jim Kling Medscape Medical News © 2012 WebMD, LLC |


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This movement has gone, over the last weeks, from being a piece that I've long admired to something of an analytic enigma. Simply put, I am at odds to determine whether this "Rondo-Finale" is best considered as a rondo, a sonata-allegro or a fugue.
First, to the title, if that can be a clue for the analyst. Does "Rondo-Finale" suggest "rondo-as-finale" or "rondo-then-finale?" My hearing suggests that there is indeed a rondo here, and that it is followed by a lengthy coda, so that the second possibility seems stronger. In this case, the coda could perhaps begin in m. 581, at a key change to A-flat major, far-removed from the home key of D major. The melodic and motivic material is related to the rondo theme (mm. 24-55), but this late harmonic move away from the home key suggests a coda.
The music up to this point is highly suggestive of rondo technique, specifically of five-part rondo with its three statements of the rondo theme with interspersed refrains. The second refrain (beginning in m. 167, the "C" of "ABACA") is the longest, and is heavily reliant on developmental techniques, especially exploration of remote key areas and contrapuntal recombination of motivic material.
It is, however, the first refrain (beginning at m. 56, the "B" section) that is most striking. It suggests a four-part fugal exposition, first with a running eighth-note subject, then with various countersubjects introduced over the eighty bars of this section before the return of the rondo theme. The second refrain can then be cast as a continuation of the fugue. At m. 273, the original fugue subject appears in counterpoint with one of the countersubjects. This countersubject becomes the second subject of a double fugue that dominates much of the rest of the second refrain (development). Contrapuntal technique abounds, with the inversion of the second subject appearing in the violins at m. 457.
The final entrance of the rondo theme appears in a highly modified form at m. 497, leading not back to the beginning, then, but toward the "finale" section of the movement.
There are also intimations here of sonata-allegro, or at least something along the lines of a hybrid sonata-rondo, as found in another wonderfully contrapuntal work, the finale of Robert Schumann's Piano Quintet, Op. 44. The first rondo and first refrain would correspond to a sonata exposition, the second rondo and second refrain to the development, and the last refrain and "finale" to the recapitulation and coda.
It is a fascinating feature of this movement that it not only is a highly compelling piece of music, but that it also embodies these three formal procedures .
A final issue with this symphony is its harmonic plan. The home keys of the five movements are, in order, C-sharp minor, A minor, D major, F major and D major. Mahler uses this narrative tonality in other places. If Mahler had in mind a major-key finale to a minor-key symphony, in the manner of Beethoven's Fifth and Ninth Symphonies, perhaps he felt that the technical challenges involved in C-sharp major might be too much for his orchestra, given the already stiff demands of the music. At any rate, it is also simply possible that Mahler is moving away from the single-key concept of a symphony. The five movements appear appear to be held together from a motivic standpoint, rather than from harmonic consistency, but in a traditional sense, they are no more related than a suite of pieces extracted from an opera or ballet. It is a testament to Mahler's compositional technique that the piece feels completely unified without sharing a common key center.
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In electronics, a multiplexer (or mux) is a device that selects one of several analog or digital input signals and forwards the selected input into a single line.[1] A multiplexer of 2n inputs has n select lines, which are used to select which input line to send to the output.[2] Multiplexers are mainly used to increase the amount of data that can be sent over the network within a certain amount of time and bandwidth.[1] A multiplexer is also called a data selector.
An electronic multiplexer makes it possible for several signals to share one device or resource, for example one A/D converter or one communication line, instead of having one device per input signal.
Conversely, a demultiplexer (or demux) is a device taking a single input signal and selecting one of many data-output-lines, which is connected to the single input. A multiplexer is often used with a complementary demultiplexer on the receiving end.[1]
An electronic multiplexer can be considered as a multiple-input, single-output switch, and a demultiplexer as a single-input, multiple-output switch.[3] The schematic symbol for a multiplexer is an isosceles trapezoid with the longer parallel side containing the input pins and the short parallel side containing the output pin.[4] The schematic on the right shows a 2-to-1 multiplexer on the left and an equivalent switch on the right. The wire connects the desired input to the output.
In telecommunications, a multiplexer is a device that combines several input information signals into one output signal, which carries several communication channels, by means of some multiplex technique. A demultiplexer is, in this context, a device taking a single input signal that carries many channels and separates those over multiple output signals.
Multiplex techniques |
Analog modulation |
Circuit mode (constant bandwidth) |
Statistical multiplexing (variable bandwidth) |
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In telecommunications and signal processing, an analog time division multiplexer (TDM) may take several samples of separate analogue signals and combine them into one wide-band analog signal. Alternatively, a digital TDM may combine a limited number of constant bit rate digital data streams into one data stream of a higher data rate, by forming data frames consisting of one timeslot per channel.
In telecommunications, computer networks and digital video, a statistical multiplexer may combine several variable bit rate data streams into one constant bandwidth signal, for example by means of packet mode communication. An inverse multiplexer may utilize several communication channels for transferring one signal.Multipliexer has many inputs and limited outputs on the other hand demultipliexer has many outputs and limited inputs.
Cost savings[edit]
One use for multiplexers is cost savings by connecting a multiplexer and a demultiplexer (or demux) together over a single channel (by connecting the multiplexer's single output to the demultiplexer's single input). The image to the right demonstrates this. In this case, the cost of implementing separate channels for each data source is higher than the cost and inconvenience of providing the multiplexing/demultiplexing functions.
At the receiving end of the data link a complementary demultiplexer is normally required to break single data stream back down into the original streams. In some cases, the far end system may have more functionality than a simple demultiplexer and so, while the demultiplexing still exists logically, it may never actually happen physically. This would be typical where a multiplexer serves a number of IP network users and then feeds directly into a router which immediately reads the content of the entire link into its routing processor and then does the demultiplexing in memory from where it will be converted directly into IP sections.
Often, a multiplexer and demultiplexer are combined together into a single piece of equipment, which is usually referred to simply as a "multiplexer". Both pieces of equipment are needed at both ends of a transmission link because most communications systems transmit in both directions.
In analog circuit design, a multiplexer is a special type of analog switch that connects one signal selected from several inputs to a single output.
Digital multiplexers[edit]
In digital circuit design, the selector wires are of digital value. In the case of a 2-to-1 multiplexer, a logic value of 0 would connect to the output while a logic value of 1 would connect to the output. In larger multiplexers, the number of selector pins is equal to where is the number of inputs.
For example, 9 to 16 inputs would require no fewer than 4 selector pins and 17 to 32 inputs would require no fewer than 5 selector pins. The binary value expressed on these selector pins determines the selected input pin.
A 2-to-1 multiplexer has a boolean equation where and are the two inputs, is the selector input, and is the output:
Which can be expressed as a truth table:
0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
0 | 1 | ||
0 | 1 | 0 | |
0 | 0 | ||
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
0 | 0 | ||
0 | 1 | 1 | |
0 | 0 |
This truth table shows that when then but when then . A straightforward realization of this 2-to-1 multiplexer would need 2 AND gates, an OR gate, and a NOT gate.
Larger multiplexers are also common and, as stated above, require selector pins for inputs. Other common sizes are 4-to-1, 8-to-1, and 16-to-1. Since digital logic uses binary values, powers of 2 are used (4, 8, 16) to maximally control a number of inputs for the given number of selector inputs.
The boolean equation for a 4-to-1 multiplexer is:
The following 4-to-1 multiplexer is realized from 3-state buffers and AND gates (the AND gates are acting as the decoder):
Note that the subscripts on the inputs indicate the decimal value of the binary control inputs at which that input is let through.
Chaining multiplexers[edit]
Larger multiplexers can be constructed by using smaller multiplexers by chaining them together. For example, an 8-to-1 multiplexer can be made with two 4-to-1 and one 2-to-1 multiplexers. The two 4-to-1 multiplexer outputs are fed into the 2-to-1 with the selector pins on the 4-to-1's put in parallel giving a total number of selector inputs to 3, which is equivalent to an 8-to-1.
List of ICs which provide multiplexing[edit]
The 7400 series has several ICs that contain multiplexer(s):
S.No. | IC No. | Function | Output State |
1 | 74157 | Quad 2:1 mux. | Output same as input given |
2 | 74158 | Quad 2:1 mux. | Output is inverted input |
0 | 74153 | Dual 4:1 mux. | Output same as input |
5 | 74352 | Dual 4:1 mux. | Output is inverted input |
9 | 74151A | 16:1 mux. | Both outputs available (i.e., complementary outputs) |
6 | 74151 | 8:1 mux. | Output is inverted input |
7 | 74150 | 16:1 mux. | Output is inverted input |
Digital demultiplexers[edit]
Demultiplexers take one data input and a number of selection inputs, and they have several outputs. They forward the data input to one of the outputs depending on the values of the selection inputs. Demultiplexers are sometimes convenient for designing general purpose logic, because if the demultiplexer's input is always true, the demultiplexer acts as a decoder. This means that any function of the selection bits can be constructed by logically OR-ing the correct set of outputs.
If X is the input and S is the selector, and A and B are the outputs:
List of ICs which provide demultiplexing[edit]
The 7400 series has several ICs that contain demultiplexer(s):
S.No. | IC No. (7400) | IC No. (4000) | Function | Output State |
1 | 74139 | Dual 1:4 demux. | Output is inverted input | |
3 | 74156 | Dual 1:4 demux. | Output is open collector | |
4 | 74138 | 1:8 demux. | Output is inverted input | |
5 | 74238 | 1:8 demux. | ||
6 | 74154 | 1:16 demux. | Output is inverted input | |
7 | 74159 | CD4514/15 | 1:16 demux. | Output is open collector and same as input |
Multiplexers as PLDs[edit]
Multiplexers can also be used as components of programmable logic devices. By specifying the logic arrangement in the input signals, a custom logic circuit can be created. The selector inputs then act as the logic inputs. This is especially useful in situations when cost is a factor and for modularity.
See also[edit]
Look up multiplexer or demultiplexer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
- Priority encoder
- Inverse multiplexer
- Statistical multiplexer
- Digital subscriber line access multiplexer (DSLAM)
- Rule 184, a cellular automaton in which each cell acts as a multiplexer for the values from the two adjacent cells
- Multiplexing
- ^ a b c Dean, Tamara (2010). Network+ Guide to Networks. Delmar. pp. 82–85.
- ^ Debashis, De (2010). Basic Electronics. Dorling Kindersley. p. 557.
- ^ Lipták, Béla (2002). Instrument engineers' handbook: Process software and digital networks. CRC Press. p. 343.
- ^ Harris, David (2007). Digital Design and Computer Architecture. Penrose. p. 79.
Further reading[edit]
- M. Morris Mano; Charles R. Kime (2008). Logic and Computer Design Fundamentals (4 ed.). Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-198926-X.
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Courses On Campus 2013 Course Code Course Name and Credits Day Time/Dates BIOLOGY BI 108 A Topics in Organismal Biology: Human Nutrition - 4cr. M, T, TH & F 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. May 20 - June 14 ECONOMICS EC 101 Principles of Macroeconomics - 4cr. T, W & TH 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. May 21 - June 20 EC 103 Principles of Microeconomics - 4cr. M, T, TH & F 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. May 20 - June 21 ENGLISH EN 329 Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop - 4cr. M - F 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 p.m. May 20 - June 14 EN 403 Special Topics in Film: The Road Movie - 4cr. T, W & TH 6:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. May 21 - June 20 FINE ARTS AR 113A Western Calligraphy - 2cr. M - F 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. May 20 - June 7 AR 113B Western Calligraphy - 2cr. M - F 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. June 17 - July 5 AR 127 Ceramics I: Wheelworking - 4cr. M & W 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. May 20 - July 1 TH 351 Special Topics in Performance: Dance Theatre - 4cr. M,W & F 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. July 8 - August 2 HISTORY HI 107 Modern Europe - 4cr. M,T,W, & TH 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. May 20 - June 13 MATHEMATICS MA 120 Elementary Statistics - 4cr. M,T,W, & TH 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. June 17 - July 18 MEDIA STUDIES, JOURNALISM & DIGITAL ARTS MJD 210 Photojournalism in the Digital Age - 4cr. M,T,W, & TH 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. May 20 - June 13 MODERN LANGUAGES & LITERATURE SP 101 First Semester Spanish - 4cr. M - F 8:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. May 20 - June 21 SP 102 Second Semester Spanish - 4cr. M - F 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. June 24 - July 26 POLITICAL SCIENCE PO 245 International Relations - 4cr. M,T, & W 5:00 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. May 20 - June 14 PO 360 Film and Politics - 4cr. M,W, & F 12:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. May 20 - June 14 PSYCHOLOGY PS 270 Cognitive Psychology - 4cr. M,W, & F 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. May 20 - June 21 Campus Course Descriptions AR 113 Western Calligraphy Instructor: Geoffrey Burnham LSC: Artistic Experience Description: The theory and practice of writing and lettering as an art form. AR 127 Ceramics I: Wheelworking Instructor: Jeremy Ayers LSC: Artistic Experience Lab fee $145.00 Description: Will provide students with a comprehensive introduction to the practice of throwing on the potters wheel including clay preparation, centering, formation of vessels, trimming, glazing and firing. We will also look at the work of historical and contemporary ceramic artists. Misc. Notes: The course meets at Burlington City Arts Clay and Craft Studio. BI 108 Topics in Organismal Biology: Human Nutrition Instructor: James Willard LSC: Processes of Scientific Reasoning Lab fee $100.00 Description: An intensive lab science course for non-science majors that will consider the components of human diets, how such components are processed by the human body, and how nutrition affects human health throughout the life cycle. Topics include the physiological requirements for and chemistry of the main nutrients: carbohydrates, proteins, lipid, minerals and vitamins. Laboratories consisting of computer-assisted dietary analyses will complement material covered in lectures. Misc. Notes: Biology 106, 108, and 110 are laboratory courses designed for students who are not science majors. They may not be taken by biology majors or minors. EC 101 Principles of Macroeconomics Instructor: Reza Ramazani LSC: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior Description: This course is an introduction to the macroeconomic approach to economic analysis. Students learn how to measure and interpret: Gross Domestic Product (GDP), unemployment and price levels through a discussion of fundamental economic concepts and the role of markets. We examine macroeconomic instability through a study of causes and policy prescriptions from two major opposing schools of thought: Classical and Keynesian. We continue with a study of money, interest rates and the Federal Reserve. Current economic problems and policy debates including economic controversies on the role of international trade, monetary and fiscal policy, the deficit, economic growth, and productivity are also highlighted. EC 103 Principles of Microeconomics Instructor: Patrick Walsh LSC: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior Description: Introduction to how economists interpret the everyday decisions of consumers, businesses, and workers. Develops concepts and models that explain what is produced, how it is produced, and how output is distributed. Applies the insights of economic analysis to real-world questions such as minimum wage, business profits, taxes, outsourcing, and environmental policies. EN 329 Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop Instructor: Bridget Kerr LSC: Artistic Experience Description: Writing About Place - A small workshop in which students write one or two substantial pieces of creative nonfiction, present this material for discussion by their peers and the instructor, and revise and edit it for final presentation (20-30 pages of finished work). Discussions of contemporary and historical examples of creative nonfiction complement the workshops. EN 403 Special Topics in Film: The Road Movie Instructor: Robert Niemi LSC: Literary Studies Description: The course will explore the evolution, characteristics, and implications of the road movie genre. In fifteen screening/discussion sessions, we will view, study, discuss, and write about the best examples of the road movie from the United States and internationally. Tentative film selection: Grapes of Wrath (1940); Wages of Fear (1953); The Hitchhiker (1953); Bonnie & Clyde (1967); Easy Rider (1969); The Rain People (1969); Wanda (1970); Scarecrow (1973); Alice in the Cities (1974); Paris, Texas (1984); Drugstore Cowboy (1989); Thelma and Louise (1991); Smoke Signals (1998); The Straight Story (1999); Wendy and Lucy (2008). HI 107 Modern Europe Instructor: Timothy Blake LSC: Historical Studies Description: This course is a survey of political, economic, social and cultural forces that have changed the course of European and western civilization since the French Revolution. This course will investigate the people and events that shaped European landscapes, boundaries, and economics, as well as the European mindset over the period. MA 120 Elementary Statistics Instructor: Denise Mulry LSC: Quantitative Reasoning Description: Description of sample data; probability distributions including the Normal distribution; correlation and regression; sampling; hypothesis testing; statistical inference; other topics may include Chi-square tests, multiple regression, and ANOVA. Misc. Notes: Non-majors only. Credit will not be given for MA 120 if credit has already been given for BU 207, EC 205, or PS 216. MJD 210 Photojournalism in the Digital Age Instructor: Jerald Swope Description: This digital-based photography course introduces students to the skills, theory and ethics of newspaper, magazine and Web-based photojournalism. Through in-class discussions and hands-on demonstrations, students learn manual camera techniques, and image editing using Photoshop software. Analyses of historical and contemporary photographic work help students apply techniques and theory to create storytelling photographs suitable for publication. Prerequisites: MJD 110 PO 245 International Relations Instructor: Jeffrey Ayres LSC:Global Issues that Impact the Common Good Description: This course introduces students to the study of international relations, focusing especially on the interactions between states and non-state actors in the international environment. Emphasis is placed on understanding the major theoretical approaches to international relations, and applying them to consider enduring and contemporary issues and problems in international affairs. PO 360 Film and Politics Instructor: Michael Bosia LSC:Global Issues that Impact the Common Good Description: The cultural and political power of film is unique. Films reinforce or break stereotypes, rewrite history, encourage dissent, or enforce conformity. This course will focus on politically relevant and engaged films from China, India, France, Latin America, and the U.S. in order to understand the political context of each film and its contribution to ongoing debates, and to reveal national mythmaking in the social and political assumptions that inform storytelling in the movies. PS 270 Cognitive Psychology Instructor: David Boynton LSC: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior Description: A general introduction to the study of human cognition addressing basic questions about how people acquire, retain, and use information. Topics include perception; attention; memory; concept formation and categorization; language comprehension and production; emotion and cognition; problem solving; and decision making. SP 101 First Semester Spanish Instructor: Diego Mattos Vazualdo LSC:Second Language Description: A course designed to develop basic language skills and introduce students to the culture of the Spanish-speaking world. SP 102 Second Semester Spanish Instructor: Roxana Wortman LSC:Second Language Description: This course follows SP 101 and continues the development of students' basic language skills all areas. Some course material will be based on Spanish and Latino culture. Prerequisite: SP 101 or equivalent placement. TH 351 Special Topics in Performance Dance Theatre Instructor: Annette Urbschat LSC: Artistic Experience Description: "Dance Theatre blends theatrical elements of dance and creative movement with sound and spoken word. classes will begin with a thorough physical and vocal warm-up. Based on exercises from Ruth Zaporah's text: 'Action Theater, The Improvisation of Presence', students will imporvise alone, in pairs an d as a group. This course will develop the participants' imagination and spontaneity and help them build performance and ensemble work skills."
Hybrid Courses 2013 Spend three days on campus and take the rest of the course online. Housing is available at a reduced rate of $170.00 for on-campus meeting days. Due to the multimedia aspects of these courses, broadband Internet access is required for participation. Fee of $35.00 for eCollege. Open to Saint Michael's students and to all college students currently enrolled at another institution - credit may be transferable. BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND ACCOUNTING BU 205 Business Communications - 4cr. May 15-June 7, Online duration: 3 weeks On-Campus Meeting Days: May 15, 16, 17 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. BU 209 Legal Environment of Business - 4cr. May 15-June 14, Online duration: 4 weeks On-Campus Meeting Days: May 15, 16, 17 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. BU 215 Marketing - 4cr. May 15-June 14, Online duration: 4 weeks On-Campus Meeting Days: May 15, 16, 17 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. COMPUTER SCIENCE CS 101 Introduction to Multimedia Computing - 4cr. May 15-June 7, Online duration: 3 weeks On-Campus Meeting Days: May 15, 16, 17 8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. POLITICAL SCIENCE PO 101 Introduction to Politics - 4cr. May 15-June 7, Online duration: 3 weeks On-Campus Meeting Days: May 15, 16, 17 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. PSYCHOLOGY PS 101 General Psychology - 4cr. May 15-June 7, Online duration: 3 weeks On-Campus Meeting Days: May 15, 16, 17 12:00 p.m.- 3:00 p.m. PS 256 Abnormal Psychology - 4cr. May 15-June 21, Online duration: 5 weeks On-Campus Meeting Days: May 15, 16, 17 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Hybrid Course Descriptions BU 205 Business Communications Instructor: Erik Kaarla Description: This course enhance students' understanding of communication theory and capability in multiple communication channels and situations. Also develops critical thinking skills and ethical integrity in discerning credible information and responding appropriately. BU 209 Legal Environment of Business Instructor: William Wargo Description: This course will explore the nature of the law and the judicial system, their relationship to consumers, ethical behaviors, and the business enterprise. It will introduce students to basic legal concepts governing business transactions, as well as to the constraints imposed and protections offered by the law. Students will also acquire an appreciation for how the contemporary American legal system operates. BU 215 Marketing Instructor: Robert Letovsky Description: This course will provide a review of the fundamental topics in marketing management, and expose the student to various analytical and decision making tools currently used by marketing managers. The course will focus on how the various elements of the marketing mix, and on how the marketing manager must control and integrate each of these elements to achieve competitive advantage. Prerequisites: BU 113 or permission of instructor CS 101 Introduction to Multimedia Computing Instructor: Michael Battig LSC: Quantitative Reasoning Description: An introduction to the fundamental concepts and techniques of computer science through an examination of digital multimedia. Students will learn how pictures, music, and movies are represented in digital formats, as well as how to write programs that manipulate and transform digital media data. PO 101 Introduction to Politics Instructor: Jeffrey Ayres LSC: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior Description: An introduction to the basic concepts of politics and the tools of political analysis. PS 101 General Psychology Instructor: Rene Schmauder LSC: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior Description: An introduction to the field of psychology, its methods, major perspectives, theories, and area specialties, with emphasis on the normal adult human being. The course explores basic psychological areas such as biopsychology, perception, learning, motivation, developmental, personality, social, abnormal, and therapies. PS 256 Abnormal Psychology Instructor: Ronald Miller LSC: Social and Institutional Dimensions of Human Behavior Description: This course explores historical and contemporary ways of conceptualizing the origins, characteristics, and treatments of psychological/emotional difficulties and problems in living. Problems and disorders to be examined range from minor adjustment problems and common disorders such as depression to more rare, major mental illnesses such as schizophrenia. Through an in-depth examination of a variety of viewpoints on "abnormal" behavior, students are invited to think critically about their own and our society's conception of "mental illness."
Online Courses 2013 ID 498 Internship - 4cr. Mandatory informational meeting, May 2, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., May 20 - June 28 ID 499 Internship - 4cr. May 20 - August 9, dates will vary for individual internship applications MJD 413 Internship in Media Studies, Journalism and Digital Arts - 4cr. Mandatory informational meeting, March 22 at 12:00 p.m., May 20 - June 28 Online Course Descriptions ID 498 Internship Instructor: Paul Olsen or Joanne Muehlberger Description: The online Internship is designed to support the internship site experience and assist with the integration of learning from the theoretical to the practical by providing a means of reflection and learning. This course offers students the opportunity to share their internship experiences and concerns in a team setting and includes opportunities to develop personal and professional skills. Assignments and online discussions will be related to the internship experience. Prerequisite: 2.0 GPA/Juniors and Seniors only/Permission of Internship Director/Open only to students who have not previously completed or are not currently enrolled in BU 498 or ID 498. eCollege Fee: $90.00 ID 499 Internship Instructor: Staff Description: The online Internship is designed to support the internship site experience and assist with the integration of learning from the theoretical to the practical by providing a means of reflection and learning. This course offers students the opportunity to share their internship experiences and concerns in a team setting and includes opportunities to develop personal and professional skills. Assignments and online discussions will be related to the internship experience. Prerequisite: 2.0 GPA/Juniors and Seniors only/Permission of Internship Director eCollege Fee: $90.00 MJD 413 Internship in Media Studies, Journalism and Digital Arts Instructor: Allison Cleary Description: Working in collaboration with media professionals at media organizations and in corporate and non-profit media students put theory into practice by producing media in a professional work environment. Possible activities include producing and distributing media, i.e. websites, articles, films, brochures etc. planning and staging media events; researching and evaluating public relations campaigns; and optimization studies. The internship gives students a practical context in which to examine and interpret issues and concepts they have studied in their Media Studies classroom courses. Pre-requisite: Permission of Instructor required. eCollege Fee: $90.00
International Study Courses 2013 AR 280 Culture & Society in Medieval Burgundy - 4cr. **Study tour is full for listed term and will no longer accept applicants May 11 - May 29 JA 350 Study Trip to Japan - 2013 - 2cr. ** By permission of instructor only. Contact Prof. Hideko Furukawa, x2760 May 14 - May 26 International Study Course Descriptions AR 280 Culture & Society in Medieval Burgundy Instructor: Terryl Kinder and Peter Vantine LSC: Historical Studies or Study of Christian Tradition and Thoughts Description: An 18-day academic study-abroad course in Burgundy, France, focusing on the historical, political, artistic, religious, literary, cultural, and social developments of medieval Burgundy. Based in Pontigny, students travel every other day to cities, abbeys, castles, cathedrals, museums, and archaeological sites which are examined in preparatory classes. Optional Applied Language Component JA 350 Summer Study Trip to Japan Instructor: Hideko Furukawa and Joseph Kroger LSC: Global Issues Description: This is a half course extended from the course, JA 333, Japanese Culture. This short summer trip will be two weeks in duration including three days traveling to and from Japan. It starts with visiting the western part of Japan and then traveling to the east in the second half of the trip. The western part of the trip consists of visiting the traditional aspects of Japan; farming community, fishing community, a castle, temples, and shrines. It also includes visiting Hiroshima, Nara, and Wakayama. The second part of the trip includes visiting mainly the contemporary aspects of Japan including a Toyota factory, schools, the police stations, and the city of Tokyo. Each visit will have ties to the topic covered by the class. Along with visiting the places mentioned above, the participants will meet SMC alumni living in Japan to hear their personal impressions. The students will reciprocate the visits by the students of the Kokugakuin University in Tokyo.


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Juliette Barnes
Played by: Hayden Panettiere
Occupation: Country singer
Relationship status: Single
Get the hell out of her way, because Juliette Barnes is taking the country music world by storm and she doesn't care who she trods in with her cowboy boots in the process. The singer fled her home state of Alabama for Nashville, Tennessee only three years ago and has already become the #1 crossover artist in the country.
The ambitious ingenue certainly doesn't hold her tongue around country's reigning queen, Rayna James, and while there's not necessarily an excuse for her bitchy behavior, there just might be a reason behind it. While Juliette's adolescence was marked by her rise to fame and fortune, the young star all but raised herself, thanks to her absentee father and drug-abusing mom.
Nashville is heading into its midseason finale with Season 2, Episode 10: "Tomorrow Never Comes," and for one character, that title is literal. Based on the synopsis of the… more »
We've officially hit the road with Rayna Jaymes (Connie Britton) and Scarlett O'Connor (Clare Bowen) on Luke Wheeler's (Will Chase) tour during last night's episode of Nashville —… more »
Throughout the first season of Nashville, Rayna Jaymes (Connie Britton) and Juliette Barnes (Hayden Panettiere) were going head-to-head, exchanging epic comebacks and throwing… more »
After last week's game-changing episode of Nashville, you're going to want to lace up your boots and grab your cowboy hats because we're going on tour. Well, Rayna Jaymes (Connie… more »


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While many adults are familiar with the importance of community service, not all children are. In a world of materialism and gotta have it, the youth of America don't always recognize the fact that there are people who are in need of help. Developing a strong sense of community service in your children will provide them with a broader understanding of the world and their place in it.
Still, it is often difficult to determine just how to include community service in your child's life. There are several factors to consider.
- The child age
- The child's maturity level
- The child's abilities.
Taking these things in to account, you can begin to look for community service opportunities that may be ideal for your children.
One idea is to have children work in a soup kitchen. Younger children often find this to be both rewarding and a bit scary. It offers you the opportunity to demonstrate the differences in social classes and the real need for assistance in our country. Other ideas include helping out with local toy drives, visiting senior citizens, and even donating clothing.
Remember that in order for children to develop, we must first show them the way. Encourage your children to participate in community service opportunities and show them that it is not necessary to donate money to help those in need. Sometimes time and caring are all that is needed.
Introducing your child to community service is a lesson that will serve them well into adulthood.


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Baldwin 85305.ENTR Canterbury Single Cylinder Entryset
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Picked up a very clean, very nice, T60 yesterday from the original owner.. I had been looking for a T60p but when this regular T60 came available with the ATI Radeon x1300 option included I snapped it up. It's been very well cared for.. a good score... Owner was an IT professional.
I'd like to upgrade the processor and ram. Here are the specs in current state...
Motherboard .... Lenovo 2008EB8
cpu ... Intel T2300 @ 1.66
socket 479 mPGA
L2 cache .. 2mb
fsb 667mhz
I am open to suggestions... but I would specifically like to know if the T7500 at 2.2 ghz would work ...
it is 4mb cache and 800mhz.... the t7500s are for sale all over the place for $20 to $40 ... I m really trying to stay budget friendly here... I wont be spending $150 or even $100 on a cpu.. I can get a refurb AMD A6 3400 machine for $375 to $400 and I tend to buck paying more than half of what a more powerful Quad core would cost...
I paid $100 for my T60... a buget processor and some ram is likely all Im going to do.
I wouldn't call the amd e series "more powerful" then an Intel core2, but that's not the point here.
You cannot install a T7500 in a T60. You can install a T7600, T7400, T7200 core2duo or T2500, T2600, T2700 core duo.
Those are the top chips running at 2.33, 2.16 and 2.0ghz. I'd expect to pay anywhere from $20-100 depending on which chip you're after.
Thanks for the information guys ... I appreciate it.
Typed words don't convey tone or intent often.. unless you want to write a novel everytime you stroke the keyboard..and most of the time I don't .. I type "nice sneakers" and it could be a complement or sarcastic statement based on tone... I didn't come here to insult anyone. Ive got a great little laptop here.
My girlfriend has a R60 2.0 C2D which runs XP like an elephant slapping a small ball around a ring. .. whack, whack, whack.. It just smokes it through it's paces..and it runs Soooo cool.. never belching hot air. As much as I was leaning towards a new system I kept coming back to how well her Lenovo performed... and what a great value a used Lenovo represented. I consider the T60 I got to be an incredible deal. I consider the C2D a milemarker cpu. The T60 I have has nearly every option of a T60p workstation.. sans fingerprint reader. It's a hair over 3 years old.. I hit a major home run here.
That being said .... the AMD A6 3400M represents a great value
2999 Passmark score, top 300 in CPUs\Passmark rating with over 500 machines tested. I looked at half a dozen machines of various brands with this A6 3400m in it for $369 to $405 brand new. Graphics are almost always upgraded with this cpu with a decent ATI Radeon offering.
My biases are Performance, Price, and Graphics ... I am very good to my equipment whether its the best available or something really basic. Im not looking to change anyone elses biases.. just explain my own.
Hi everone,
I have a T60 with a T2400 CPU. If I upgrade it to T7600, what do I need to do? Do I have to change some setting in BIOS setup, or will the machine "recognize" the new CPU?
I hear you lead org ... and I think you make a good point.
I was looking mostly at Toshiba and Samsung as A6 3400M possibles. I found out recently that Toshiba places shock aborbing rubber or foam strategically inside many of their models to disapate the effects of any hard jars. I always thought the Pana/Toughbook line was cool but horribly overpriced so I was considering a foamed/rubbered Toshiba/A6 as a toned down play on a rugged pc. The Samsung 3 and 5 series both have A6 options if i remember correctly in some nice brushed steel cases... very sleek n sexy. Ive had good luck with Samsungs other products. Your accessment on many of the AMD budget priced cpu's being in basic chassis is spot on ... I agree with your assesment.
My t60 is a righteous little machine... the guy \i bought it from met me at a local Starbucks and whipped it out just dead nuts spotless... clean inside and out. He claimed to have ordered almost every option and im in the process of testing that currently .. it does have the ATI Radeon x1300 package. Battery is brand new.. just replaced and have the receipt and box he bought it in....Id just lost an auction on Flea Bay for a T60p when the T60 i have now came available locally.
Only issue is the fan being a little buzzy .. im going to dig in and get that sorted out and figgured why not bump my cpu while i had it apart.
I'd definitely upgrade your CPU while your in there. The T5500 is a very inexpensive chip, as my good friend Lead Org recommends. It's a core2 so has 64bit support, but since your limited to 3gb of ram by the chipset on a T60, there isn't much benefit to going 64bit, so you might do better getting a faster core duo, perhaps a T2500, 2600, or 2700. You can also upgrade your system board to ATI fireGL graphics.


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ArcheBlade is a unique blend of fighting and arena combat. You choose from a variety of characters, each with their own weapon, and unique style of gameplay. Swords play much differently than guns, or scythes, and you must adjust your play to match that. While the game is similar to a third person MOBA, it also focuses on fighting game elements such as combos, juggles, stuns, frame advantages, and EX- and super moves.
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