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Bruce Mazlish received his BA from Columbia College (1944), and an MA (1947) and Ph.D from Columbia University (1955). His doctorate was in Modern European History, and he worked mainly under Professors Shepherd Clough and Jacques Barzun. Mazlish came to MIT in 1955, where, aside from some years abroad, he has remained until 2003, when he assumed emeritus status. Among the course he has taught, mention should be made of Marx, Darwin and Freud, Modernity, Post-modernity and Capitalism, and The New Global History. In the course of his career he has received a number of significant honors. In 1967 he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Earlier he had been a recipient of an SSRC Faculty Fellowship and made a Visiting Member of the Institute for Advanced Study (1972-73. In 1986-87 he was awarded the Toynbee Prize, an international award in social science (the next awardee was George Kennan, followed among others by Ralf Dahrendorf, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., and more recently Albert Hirschman).
Mazlish has also served on the boards of various journals. In addition to being a founding editor of History and Theory, helping to edit it for ten years, he was instrumental in the establishment of the Journal of Interdisciplinary History , helping to secure its financial and institutional footing, and has served on its Board of Advisors ever since. He has had the usual array of invited lectures, noteworthy being the Remsen Bird Honorary Lecture at Occidental College, the Presidential Lecture at Brown University, and innumerable others in this country and abroad (for example, in Argentina, India, Great Britain, and Russia).
Major articles and reviews by Mazlish have appeared in such journals as the AHA, Daedalus, J. of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, History of European Ideas, Comparative Studies in Society and History, Nation, Encounter, J. of Contemporary History, Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, New York Times Book Review, and many others.
The Western Intellectual Tradition (Harper Bros, 1960), his first book, written in collaboration with J. Bronowski, had the aim of bridging the two cultures (the book was enthusiastically reviewed by C.P. Snow, as well as by J. Plumb), and to do so by presenting an integrated history, fusing the insights of the humanities and the sciences. It has been translated into Italian and Spanish, as well as enjoying a British edition, and was made a Book Find Club Selection.
Mazlish's next book was The Riddle of History: The Great Speculators from Vico to Freud (Harper & Row, 1966). Here, pursuing his historiographic interests, furthered by his work on History & Theory, he sought to look at philosophy of history both in terms of analytic and speculative attempts, and to raise the question as to what effect the great thinkers in this regard had on ordinary historical pursuits and on efforts to construct the social sciences.
James and John Stuart Mill (Basic Books, 1975, 484 pp.) also appeared in a paperback edition (Transactions Press, 1988). The Mill book was onethough substantively the most important--of a number of works seeking to explore the new sub-field of psychohistory. In In Search of Nixon: A Psychohistorical Study (Basic Books, 1972; Penguin ed. 1973, followed by Japanese and Dutch translation), Mazlish attempted to see what could be done by relying simply on published existing records. In Kissinger. The European Mind in American Policy (Basic Books, 1976; followed by a French translation), he attempted to push his methodological inquiry by employing a much wider array of materials, including interviews and other oral history accounts.
In both the Nixon and Kissinger books, Mazlish's overriding interest was in exploring how psychology, and specifically psychoanalytic theory, could or could not be helpful in writing history. With The Revolutionary Ascetic (Basic Books, 1976, paperback ,1977), he sought to bring together his interest in revolutionary studies and the uses of psychology. Combining theories from both Freud and Max Weber, Mazlish inquired into the functions served by asceticism in regard to revolutionary leaders. He had been pursuing an interest in revolutions since his graduate school days, eventuating in the publication of various articles (for example, The French Revolution in Comparative Perspective ( PSQ , 1970); and American Revolutionary Leadership: The Psychological Dimension, delivered at Library of Congress Symposium and published in Leadership in the American Revolution (1974), and the co-editing of a reader: Revolution (Macmillan, 1971). Lastly, many of his essays in psychohistory were collected in The Leader, the Led, and the Psyche (Wesleyan U. Press, 1990), where he pushed on from individual psychology to collective psychology in historical studies.
His other books have all shared the fate of finding an enthusiastic readership more outside than inside his own discipline. This can be said, for example, of the work, edited by Mazlish, The Railroad and the Space Program: An Exploration in Historical Analogy (MIT, 1965), whose 52 page introduction by him has become a classic. (The operative part of the title is, of course, historical analogy, which he explores in depth.) In A New Science: The Breakdown of Connections and the Birth of Sociology (Oxford, 1989, paper Penn State U. Press,1993), he again sought to combine the perspective of the humanities and of social science. Welcomed by a number of distinguished sociologists as an original contribution, it is almost unknown to most historians. The same can be said in a different context for The Fourth Discontinuity: The Co-Evolution of Humans and Machines (Yale, 1993; paper 1995, and translated into Spanish, German, Japanese, Italian, and Korean; also co-winner of the Kayden National Book Award). Here, Mazlish brings an historical perspective to the troubled relationshopes and fearsbetween humans and their mechanical creations. Hailed by many in the fields of history of science and technology and AI, it is less known to other historians..
In his most recent book, The Uncertain Sciences (Yale, 1998; paper Transaction Press,2007), Mazlish undertakes to explore questions about what kind of knowledge the human sciences, including history, can claim to offer: is such knowledge scientific and what do we mean by scientific in this context? The range required to answer this big question is only possible because all of Mazlish's other books have been in one sense or another preparatory studies for this work.
Starting in the late 1980s, Mazlish began to explore present-day globalization from an historical and interdisciplinary perspective. Out of this endeavor has come, among other things, The New Global History initiative. This initiative has mounted, for example, a number of international conferences. The first was held in Bellagio , Italy , 1991 with one result being a volume Conceptualizing Global History , ed. by Bruce Mazlish & Ralph Buultjens; the Introduction was written by the lead editor. Published by Westview Press in 1993, the volume serves as the first in a series, subsequently published by The New Global History Press (with many of the following volumes co-ed. by Mazlish). For details on the first and subsequent conferences and volumes see the web site www.newglobalhistory.org.
Others of his writings on globalization are The Global History Reader (Routledge, 2005), ed. by Mazlish and Akira Iriye (this book resulted from a course co-taught at Harvard by the two editors), and The New Global History (Routledge, 2006). Related to these works is Civilization and Its Discontents (Stanford, 2004), as well as writings on world history, such as the chapter Terms in the Palgrave Advances in World Histories , ed. Marnie Hughes-Warrington (Palgrave 2005). His most recent article "The Joy of War and the Future of Humanity" in New Global Studies (2010) can be downloaded here.
In addition to his writing and teaching, Mazlish has served on the Board of Trustees of the Toynbee Prize Foundation, 1992-2007 (serving as President from 1997-2006), on the Scholars Council for the Kluge Prize of the Library of Congress, 2000-2003, and on the governing board of the Rockefeller Archives Center, 1999-2005.


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Her new regimen at the Cancer Treatment Centers of America is as follows.
Through IV - Zosran 5 days ever 28 days for 4 hrs., Leucovorin 5 days every 28 for 4 hrs., FUDR 1 hr 5 days every 28 and she drinks Allopurinol so chemo doesn't absorb into mouth causing sores.
Interarterial directly to liver - Cisplatin and Mitomycin-C 1 day for 5 hrs every 28 days.
Naturopathy - Milk thisle, sensitizes cisplatin and supports liver. Melatonin, reduces with loss and stimulates white cells. B6, helps nerves and prevents peeling of hand and feet. EPA max, Omega 3 and helps cell signaling. Green Tea Extract, tumor death associated with blood vessel formation. Ginger Max, anti-nausea and anti-inflamitory.
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My 8 year old girl is still afraid of going to the lu by herself. She always waits for Mum or asks her younger sister to go with her. I honestly dont know what to do. Is this just a phase? Will she outgrow it?
My 8 year old girl is still afraid of going to the lu by herself. She always waits for Mum or asks her younger sister to go with her. I honestly dont know what to do. Is this just a phase? Will she outgrow it?
Hi Mummy Joey,
Please could you give us a little more information on this so we can help to answer your question fully? What does your daughter do when she is at school or away from her family e.g. playing round at a friend's house? Do you think there is a particular aspect of going to the loo that she is frightened of? In the hearing clinic I came across many children who did not like loud noises in the bathrooms e.g. the chain flushing or a hand-dryer in a public toilet. Is it only going to the loo she is afraid of?
You could try leaving the bathroom door open and staying nearby (talking to her) and gradually move further away each time she needs the loo. You could also put some fun bathroom toys in there to try and encourage her that the bathroom is not a scary place and there are special toys in there.
Best wishes,
I like LJ's ideas. Do share more about what you think may be causing the problem (she had a bad experience once, or she saw something on TV or a movie that scared her) and more about when this problem occurs and how she handles it when she is not home.
She is 8, so if she's reading, you could put a good book in there that is only for her to use when she's in the bathroom. Usually I don't suggest reading while using the Lu, but in this case, it may be a good thing to take her mind off of where she is, and to help her relax.
I'd also suggest that you start by leaving the door open and standing outside the door. As soon as she's sitting down, you could say something like "I'm going to get something from my bedroom and I'll be right back." Then walk to your room, get something (a book, a shirt, anything) then come back to the door with that item in your hand so she knows you were telling the truth. This establishes trust.
Next time you can either move away from the door a little more, as LJ suggested, or go somewhere else in the house for a little longer, but always returning. Let her know that she can call you if she needs you, and if you hear her call, go to her right away. Again, establishing trust, that you will be there for her and there's nothing to be scared about.
Please post back and let us know your thoughts about these suggestions.
Warm regards,
My daughter is afraid of the dark. That I am fully aware of. At school, they are not allowed to go to the Lu by themselves. They go in pairs. I already tried that trick of opening the door wide and letting her see that I am outside. Other times I leave her and tell her that I am just a shout away. What she does is that she calls on her little sister to stay with her in the Lu.


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First Look: AM2 DDR2 vs. 939 DDR Performanceby Wesley Fink on 4/17/2006 12:05 AM EST
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phial - Thursday, July 05, 2007 - link"Comments are often made that any evaluation of AM2 should include overclocking. Those theorists argue that the faster processor clock will move AM2 to the higher "bus" speeds that make for better efficiencies of the DDR2 memory controller - or something along those lines."
OK who hired this guy? He knows NOT what he speaks of. Its apparent through the entire review. Reply
phial - Wednesday, July 04, 2007 - link"This will likely shift to patterns similar to those seen in bandwidth positioning as the AM2 memory controller is further refined and game patches make better use of AM2 capabilities."
Wow... and your posting hardware reviews on a high traffic website.. amazing... Reply
Zebo - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - linkI get everest of 42ns 2-2-2 @ 200 with FX60 speeds on DFI NF4. I get 36ns when cranking up to 250mhz 2-2-2. And that reminds me - I guess you did'nt want to embarres AMD's new chip too much by putting old, supported, DDR 550 @ 2-2-2 in there huh?
What a dog this change is. Reply
Wesley Fink - Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - linkActually our Beta motherboard and CPU were not 100% stable at 275. Also I don't have any memory that will do DDR550 (275 clock speed) at 2-2-2. Perhaps you mean another speed or other timings.
Our Crucial 2GB kit can do DDR500 at 3-2-3 timings, but our DDR2-800 memory is also capable of doing 3-2-3 at some speeds if the beta motherboard had supported those timings. That's the reason we compared 3-3-3 500, which should be very very close to each memory's top performance and a fair comparison.
Our latency testing was at a slower speed than your FX60, which is why you got lower latency numbers. We did, however, set both the DDR and DDR2 platforms to the exact same speed and ratios for all the benchmarking. The results comparison was as fair as we could make it. Reply
spinportal - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - linkLet's see.. the 1GB PC-4400 DDR-550 kit is roughly 200$US for 2.5-3-3 timing. The DDR2-667 PC-5300 1GB kit is ~180$US for 3-3-3 timing for use to OC to DDR2-833. Unless I'm missing something, I don't understand your beef about spending $20 more for equal performance and using more juice. Reply
puffpio - Monday, April 17, 2006 - linkI can see gaming benchmarks being VERY graphics and cpu calculation intensive...
but in terms of the bus between the cpu and main memory..i dont see it as that intentive
I wonder if a multitasking benchmark w/ lots of datasets would show off the increased bandwidth? (giant spreadsheets, databases, image processing, video encoding, etc etc) Reply
shady28 - Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - link
"Real world" single user and light multitasking apps aren't going to use up the bandwidth. A heavy duty multitasking environment is what's needed to really test the benefits of dual core + DDR2. The thing is, this doesn't really describe what most PCs spend 99% of their time doing.
That said, Conroe does look promising, and I'm interested to see what AMD can come up with to counter it. The initial performance advantages, according to *Intel* benchmarks, are pretty significant. Hopefully AM2 is just laying the groundwork for faster processors from AMD. Still, I can't help but think the performance boosts we've been getting since about 2001 (3.06Ghz P4 HT) are marginal, and that this is yet another marginal boost. Reply
NullSubroutine - Monday, April 17, 2006 - linkI am still convinced that the transition from DDR to DDR2 is primiarily because it unifies the memory production industry, lowers power for server and mobile areans, increases memory bandwidth for upcoming memory hog (ie vista), and servers as a platform of increased memory capability. As for the last point I think most of us believe that quad core CPU's may use more memory bandwidth and the original DDR may act as a bottleneck for the system. I also think it is clear that memory bandwidth is not a bottleneck for AMD, but I applaud them taking care of a potential bottleneck before it exists, unlike Intel who has continuelly bottlenecked their CPUs by insuffient memory bandwidth. Reply
NullSubroutine - Monday, April 17, 2006 - link
(ie vista), and servers
should say serves obviously. Reply
eRacer - Sunday, April 16, 2006 - linkWas the DDR2 using a 2T command rate and was the DDR-400 tested using 1T? Is there an option to change the command rate on the AM2 motherboards? I believe at least some Pentium DDR2 motherboards with NVIDIA chipsets have the option to use a 1T command rate.
I've seen some Sandra 2005 standard memory tests gain 500MB/s or more just by using 1T instead of 2T. A gain like that would allow DDR2-533 1T to score higher than DDR2-800 2T in the Sandra 2005 standard memory test. If DDR2-800 could use a 1T command rate the performance gain in the non-synthetic benchmarks might be a few percent higher on average. While that doesn't sound like much it would be roughly double the DDR2-800 performance advantage over DDR-400 in this review.
Ecmaster76 - Saturday, April 15, 2006 - linkWouldn't it be the best way to suck up bandwidth? We already knew a single core had enough bandwidth from the 754-939 transition.
I guess its not that big a deal now because the parts aren't even for sale. But as long as you do tsome multitasking articles on the final hardware I'll be happy. Reply
IntelUser2000 - Saturday, April 15, 2006 - linkSo... the conclusion is that DDR2-800 is needed to outperform DDR400. DDR2-667 is slower than DDR400. The Inquirer is correct, contrary to some other opinions. Reply
Wesley Fink - Saturday, April 15, 2006 - linkLatency and Bandwidth of DDR2-533 are about the same as DDR400, and DDR2-667 and DDR2-800 are both faster. Games and Applications SHOULD be faster on both DDR2-667 and DDR2-800. However, given current aopplications and the AM2 memory controller, the applications and games are about the same at DDR2-667 - and DDR2-800 is faster as you state.
This is likely the result of the late pre-release AM2 memory controller and applications/games themselves not being optimized for DDR2 on AM2. Both will likely be fixed very quickly, and actual performance of DDR2-533 should then be roughly on par with DDR400 - with 667 and 800 both faster. Reply
psychobriggsy - Saturday, April 15, 2006 - linkIf 2.5GHz was a 40% overclock, then the AM2 processor tested must have been running at 1.8GHz (9x200, i.e., it was also unlocked for you to get 10x250).
It's not surprising that a 1.8GHz K8 processor wouldn't benefit from DDR2 much - indeed I expect that most of the application improvements were just from the slightly reduced latency at DDR2-800 rather than actually having more bandwidth available.
I wonder what a stock 2.8GHz AM2 X2 with DDR2-800 would get against a stock 2.8GHz 939 X2 with DDR-400? No, I don't think it will be a miracle, but just possibly it will start actually needing the extra bandwidth available, which could lead to a greater gap between the two platforms.
I guess we'll find out in under 2 months. Reply
Wesley Fink - Saturday, April 15, 2006 - linkThe AM2 processor was NOT a 1.8GHz x2. I stated the CPU could overclock 40% at stock speeds, but the 10x250 is not that 40% overclcok. We chose that ratio because it is a clock speed our DDR2 memory could handle and it was also a speed doable on 939 for a reasonable comparison. We actually had two AM2 processors this round, a top-line AM2 and a more mainstream processor. We looked at performance from both, and it was the same at the same processor speed. The DDR2 memory controller reports as Rev. F.
As for the question about manufacture date, we are providing as little information about these pre-release processors and motherboards as possible to protect our sources. We have several sources who work with us to bring you the latest news before anyone else, and we don't want to compromise those relationships. Therefore we are not providing any information that might make it easier for AMD and others to trace our sources.
We can assure you these are the latest Rev. AM2 shipped to AMD partners in early April as we have evaluated 4 versions since mid-January. This is also the first rev. to fully support DDR2-800. Reply
Viditor - Saturday, April 15, 2006 - link
we are providing as little information about these pre-release processors and motherboards as possible to protect our sources
Fair enough...had to ask.
Viditor - Saturday, April 15, 2006 - linkMy concern is that while Anand is just receiving the part, if it's off of a recent production run then AMD will have some problems with the launch. Usually you need a full turn's worth of product in inventory for a launch...if they are just turning out final product now, then my guess is there will be shortages come July. Of course since they have doubled their capacity recently it will be much less, but still...it doesn't bode well.
Anand, could you confirm the manufacture date of the chip you tested for us please? Reply
Viditor - Saturday, April 15, 2006 - linkApologies...I should have addressed the previous question to Wesley (sorry mate).
I know that APM allows AMD to change anything (even down to individual dice on the wafer) at any point in the process, but my concern is inventory levels here. If you could please confirm the production date on the chip you used for testing, it would help me significantly with my analysis of the upcoming launch.
Cheers! Reply
Jynx980 - Saturday, April 15, 2006 - linkTypo on page 3, paragraph 5:
we DDR timings we have tested
Wesley Fink - Saturday, April 15, 2006 - linkThe extra "we" has been removed. Reply
peternelson - Saturday, April 15, 2006 - link
I notice all your tests were performed in 32 bit mode.
This cpu can handle 64 bit instructions.
While 64 bit registers (and more of them) allows faster data manipulations, that advantage is traditionally offset by the need for bigger wordsize of instructions.
So if the memory reading of the instructions is more memory-hungry that could be more use for this extra memory bandwidth.
Therefore I suspect IN 64 BIT MODE, there could be more advantage on a fast DDR2 than on a bandwidth-limited DDR system.
How to test this? Well you could run some 64 bit Windows and BENCHMARK FAR CRY in 64 bits version as it is available as 32 and 64 bit.
See if running in 64 bit with this new ddr2 memory negates the disadvantage of limited bandwidth for instruction feeding?
If so this would be increasingly an advantage in future as more people move to 64 bit OS, including at Vista-time. Reply
smitty3268 - Saturday, April 15, 2006 - linkThe larger instruction size is barely an issue. The real difference is that all pointers are doubles in size from 32 to 64 bits. This can lead to a significantly lower number of variables stored on the cache, which can lead to increased bandwidth usage. Reply
AnandThenMan - Saturday, April 15, 2006 - linkI agree with what you are saying. In 64 bit mode, that A64 *should* benefit from the increased DDR bandwidth.
The problem is, the 64 bit version of Farcry was basically a scam and offered no performance or visual increases solely because it was a 64 bit optimized game. If I remember correctly, the extra visual effects in the 64 bit version were basicially enabled if run in 64 bit mode, but had little or nothing to do with actually being optimized for the A64 in 64 bit mode. Reply
peternelson - Saturday, April 15, 2006 - link
I see your point too.
Yes some additional features could have been done on 32 bit version but were restricted to 64 bit platforms. But surely the compiled binary was actually a 64 bit binary even if not optimised much? In which case it would still be interesting to compare.
32 bit DDR versus 64 bit DDR and versus 32 bit DDR2 and versus 64 bit DDR2.
My hypothesis is that the speedup (even if small) from using the 64 bit binary over the 32 will be greater on AM2 DDR2 than the same test on 939 DDR.
I agree that Far Cry was not the best example, but you may know of other good benchmarks or games which are tuned for this.
eg the same four tests of PRIME95 (www.mersenneforum.org) which is available in 32 and 64 bit. The Trial factoring test benchmark shows a good speedup in 64 over 32 bit operations. But then that doesn't use main memory much as it is highly optimised to work inside the L1/L2 cache. There must be other suitable tests though to compare 32 and 64 bit on some memory intensive task with binaries optimised for each architecture. Reply
IntelUser2000 - Saturday, April 15, 2006 - link
My hypothesis is that the speedup (even if small) from using the 64 bit binary over the 32 will be greater on AM2 DDR2 than the same test on 939 DDR.
Right, the hypothesis for higher clock speed giving better increases were similar, however it gave less increases.
Wesley, there is another typo. On this page: http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?...">http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?...
DDR400 to DDR2-800 performance increase in CoD2 is said to be 10.6%. That is not correct. DDR400 to DDR2-533 is 10.6%, but DDR400 to DDR2-800 is only 6.7%. Check your calculation numbers please. Reply
Wesley Fink - Saturday, April 15, 2006 - linkThe calculation has been corrected. Thank you for catching this and bringing it to our attention. Reply
peternelson - Saturday, April 15, 2006 - linkYou should not claim AMD's on-processor memory controller is UNIQUE".
Unique means nobody else does it and it is a unique feature of AMD.
THAT is incorrect.
Although Intel don't do it, there are other chips that have on-chip DDR or DDR2 controllers including Clearspeed. I can even put a ddr or ddr2 controller (or several) into my own chip designs in a Xilinx FPGA because Xilinx license the design free for use in their chips. Reply
Griswold - Saturday, April 15, 2006 - linkPretty unique in the x86 world, isnt it? Reply
peternelson - Saturday, April 15, 2006 - link
No, actually it isn't. That was precisely my point.
Transmeta Efficeon and VIA C7 can both have on die memory controllers too.
They run x86 instructions quite happily.
Don't get me wrong, it's a good idea, it's just not UNIQUE any more. Reply
Wesley Fink - Saturday, April 15, 2006 - linkTransmeta and the VIA C7 aren't really AM2 and Conroe competitors in most situations. However, I can conceive some applications where they might be. To be more precise I will try to use another word to describe the on-processor memory controller in the future.
Do you work for VIA or Transmeta? Reply
peternelson - Saturday, April 15, 2006 - linkNo I don't work for VIA or Transmeta but I do work in the IT Industry ;-)
Efficeon chips were used in Orion Multisystems DT-12 and DS-96 cluster in a box computers and some notebooks.
Whilst they have low power, they do lack performance for some applications compared to the latest chips. But using VLIW based code-morphing they do indeed run x86 code.
Just call it a "good idea" rather than "unique" ;-) Reply
Bladen - Friday, April 14, 2006 - linkAlthough DDR2 667 at 3-3-3 doesn't seem that common, all I can find is DDR2 667 4-4-4 or 5-5-5. Here in Australia anyway.
Maybe when AM2 is released a rehash article featuring the higher latencies is in order. Reply
Gary Key - Saturday, April 15, 2006 - link
Although DDR2 667 at 3-3-3 doesn't seem that common, all I can find is DDR2 667 4-4-4 or 5-5-5. Here in Australia anyway.
In our recent experiences with Infineon based DDR2-667 modules rated at 4-4-4, the majority of these modules will run at DDR2-667 with 3-3-3 settings with a voltage setting around 2.2V. Your mileage will vary based upon supplier but going with one of the more performance oriented providers will usually result in the better timings.
We fully expect a wave of higher performance DDR2 modules to be launched in conjunction with the AM2 product. The majority of these new modules settling in around the DDR2-667 and DDR2-800 levels or above as we recently witnessed in our DDR2-1000 article -http://www.anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=273...">DDR2-1000 goes Higher..... Reply
AnandThenMan - Friday, April 14, 2006 - link
This may change in the future, but for now the move to AM2 and DDR2 memory looks like it will yield far too little in performance improvements to keep AMD competitive in the upcoming marketplace.
It will be interesting to come back to this statement after AM2 and Conroe are out in the wild to see how accurate it was.
Interesting article, but nothing very surprising to me. The Athlon64 core is pretty much at its computational limit at a given clock, feeding it with more memory bandwidth does little. Which means that early adopters of the AM2 platform will get 939 performance with an updgrade path, which is not too shabby.
Conroe better live up to expectations though... Reply
Wesley Fink - Saturday, April 15, 2006 - linkIt would be a very pleasant surprise if AMD has us all in the dark and launches a Conroe competitive part or a Conroe-killer. Competition is good for buyers, especially when performance is very close. The close performance results in lower prices, as we are now seeing in the ATI/nVidia video cards from the most recent generation.
However, we have to evaluate things with the best information we have available on time to Fab, launch dates, and the available revs that have been provided to AMD partners to design their companion products for the AM2 launch. There is always room for an unexpected surprise, but it looks less likely the closer we get to 6/6/06. Reply
Viditor - Saturday, April 15, 2006 - linkI have no doubt that AM2 is a very weak upgrade...management at AMD said as much in their recent conference call.
The only critique I have would be of the line
the move to AM2 and DDR2 memory looks like it will yield far too little in performance improvements to keep AMD competitive in the upcoming marketplace
You should have added the word "desktop" before marketplace as the server marketplace should still be solidly AMD, and we have yet to see what will happen in the mobile space...JMHO Reply
Wesley Fink - Saturday, April 15, 2006 - linkA very fair comment. I added the "desktop" qualifier since it makes sense. Reply


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Universal blood donors are being asked to help fill a sudden shortfall in stocks because of the norovirus outbreak.
The NHS Blood and Transport Team revealed the number of appointments for donations from those with O negative type – known as the universal donor – had halved just before the New Year.
Although hospitals increased their stocks of blood to cover the extended holiday period, there has been a recent high demand for O negative blood to meet patient need, meaning stocks have fallen.
Jon Latham, from NHS Blood and Transplant, said: "We would like to urge all O-donors to walk into their most convenient donor session to give blood to help rebuild stock levels.
"We are always grateful to donors who respond to calls such as this and appreciate that in doing so they do give up some of their precious time."
Donors with blood group O negative are commonly known as the 'universal donor' as their blood can be given to patients with a different blood group.
Only about seven per cent of the population have this blood group.
Anyone aged between 17-65, weighing more than 50 kg (7st 12lbs) and in general good health can become a blood donor and there is no upper age limit for donors who have donated in the last two years.
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The teenager fatally stabbed in West Watford yesterday has been formally identified as Aqeel Khan.
The 18-year-old was found collapsed in Croxley View at around 4.20pm and rushed to Watford General Hospital in a critical state. He died shortly after from his wounds.
A 21-year-old man and two teenage boys, aged 15 and 16, have been arrested on suspicion of murder. The trio remain in police custody.
Detective Inspector Jon McAdam said: "Our investigations into this incident are continuing and further arrests have now been made.
"Aqeel's family are being supported by specialist family liaison officers at this difficult time and I extend my condolences to them.
"I would to like renew my appeal for information. If you believe you witnessed the events yesterday afternoon, or have information which could assist the investigation, please contact police."
Safer Neighbourhood Inspector for Watford, Nick Lillitou said: "This is an isolated incident for Watford, and it is not a common occurrence in the town and I'm sure the community of Watford will have concerns about what happened.
"We will have additional officers carrying out extra patrols in the area to provide reassurance to local people. If you do have any concerns or information you would like to share, please do speak to these officers."
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Celebrating 23 years in Homespun Hospitality, The Homespun Country Inn and owners, Dennis and Dianne, welcome you to Northern Indiana's Amish Country. Our Queen Anne style Inn invites you to "Embrace the Pace", where Amish life combine easily with small town America. Discover history and heritage, fascinating attractions, historic 19th century storefronts and eateries, antique shops and the beautiful countryside. Join us in our friendly community and enjoy pampered lodging at The Homespun Country Inn.
This century old clapboard Inn was built at the turn of the century and features antiques and family pieces to make your stay comfortable and relaxing. Stained glass and leaded glass windows give a prism effect on sunny mornings during breakfast. Our five non-smoking guest rooms have private baths and are tastefully decorated with antiques and photos of the original occupants. The parlors are the perfect place to read or work on our ongoing puzzle, or relax on the large front porch on the swing where you may catch a passing horse and buggy.
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Late Angels homers not enough in soggy finale loss
Morin allows game-winner in ninth; Freese, Hamilton HR to back Skaggs
CHICAGO -- A walk-off single past a five-man infield and into left field -- it happened twice against the Angels in this just-completed six-game road trip.
The first came Sunday, when Royals second baseman Omar Infante did it against Jason Grilli at Kauffman Stadium.
The second came Wednesday, on a rainy night at U.S. Cellular Field, when White Sox pinch-hitter Leury Garcia went with Mike Morin's outside-corner fastball and drove it the other way to hand the Angels a 3-2 loss that denied them a sweep.
Morin, 23, has been a revelation for the Angels this year, posting a 1.88 ERA, thriving against righties and lefties, oftentimes pitching multiple innings and being one of a select few Angels manager Mike Scioscia actually trusts to hold leads.
A walk-off loss is completely new to him.
"It stings a little more, when you give up runs and they [directly] affect the outcome of the game," Morin said. "That's individually based. I'm trying to throw up zeros every time out there, but when the run that scores affects the outcome of the game, it's tough to swallow."
The Angels (47-36) split their six-game road trip and failed to gain ground on the A's, instead staying 3 1/2 games back of first place in the American League West. But Wednesday's series finale provided a couple of important positives.
Josh Hamilton hit a homer and took away another. In the first inning, he leaped above the left-field fence to snag Gordon Beckham's deep fly ball. In the eighth, he belted a changeup from White Sox lefty John Danks to right field to tie the game at 2 -- his second homer in as many days, after going 23 games without one.
And Tyler Skaggs was as efficient as he was effective in his first start off the disabled list, giving up only two runs in 7 2/3 innings while throwing 70 of his 87 pitches for strikes.
Skaggs, making his first start since sustaining a strained right hamstring on June 5, was erratic during a simulated game, then gave up seven runs (two earned) and five walks in three innings during his only rehab start. But something clicked for him during his 45-pitch bullpen session at Kauffman Stadium on Sunday; something that helped the 22-year-old left-hander scatter just five hits, walk one, strike out six and lower his ERA to 4.16.
"It's just rhythm and tempo," Skaggs said. "Mechanics are fine. You can have the worst mechanics in the world, but if you know in your head that you're going to throw strikes and you go out there with confidence and you exude it, you go out there and you throw strikes. I was kind of embarrassed after my last rehab outing. Walking five guys and giving up that many runs in a Triple-A game, it wears on you a little bit. So I wanted to go out there and show everybody that I'm still the same pitcher that I was."
But Danks was just as effective, commanding his signature changeup to shut the Angels out through six, record a career-high-tying 10 strikeouts and give up only a couple of solo homers -- to David Freese in the seventh and to Hamilton in the eighth -- in 7 2/3 innings.
Skaggs was nearing 90 pitches when he got Adam Eaton to hit a harmless fly ball for the second out in the eighth, and next up was Beckham, who doubled and singled after Hamilton took away his homer. So Scioscia went to Morin, who got out of the inning unscathed despite putting a couple of runners on and came out for the bottom of the ninth.
With one out, pinch-hitter Alejandro De Aza hit a sharp single to left and Conor Gillaspie followed with a broken-bat grounder that snuck just past a diving Albert Pujols to put runners on the corners with one out, prompting Scioscia to sub in Kole Calhoun and play him on the right side as his fifth infielder.
Up came Garcia, the guy Morin retired in a big spot during the sixth inning of Tuesday's doubleheader finale.
That time, with runners on the corners, two outs and the Angels clinging to a one-run lead, Morin threw three offspeed pitches in a four-pitch at-bat to strike out the speedy left-handed hitter. But on Wednesday, he noticed the White Sox were cheating up in the box, trying to get a better read on his devastating changeup, so he attacked Garcia with fastballs.
And the fourth one ended the game.
"You can replay the game in your mind, but it doesn't do you any good," Morin said. "I made my pitches, and obviously that last one kind of stayed up."
Alden Gonzalez is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Gonzo and "The Show", and follow him on Twitter @Alden_Gonzalez. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder:
"The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is legislation that misses the point on the most important reforms needed in our health care system. In the meantime, it has been a detriment to the economic recovery of our country by causing massive uncertainty regarding medical costs which discourages job creation.
The greatest health care opportunity to our citizens is prevention in terms of both personal quality of life and societal costs. The Michigan Health and Wellness 4 x 4 Plan is a good starting point as it is aimed at reducing obesity and improving overall wellness in Michiganders by focusing on four healthy behaviors and four health measures.
In addition to addressing wellness, our nation needs to make a systematic review of the cost structures of our health care system. We have great people in our system, but we have built a system that focuses on spending more and more to solve acute care problems rather than a person-centered medical home model focused on the overall well-being of the individual.
While I may not agree with everything in the law, now that the Supreme Court has essentially upheld the Act, we must act quickly to avoid an undue burden on Michigan residents and job providers. Working with our legislative leaders to establish the MiHealth Marketplace will allow Michiganders to make decisions regarding what will be covered as opposed to Washington, D.C. making those decisions for us. It will also allow us to draw down federal dollars to assist with the costs of complying with the law.
Implementing this law will require an immense amount of coordination between the public and private sectors. We plan on working closely with Michigan consumers, businesses and health providers to ensure that the decisions we make have as much of a positive impact on Michigan as possible."
Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich.
"Today's Supreme Court ruling is an important step toward universal health care coverage, which is long overdue. It ensures that millions of Americans who have health insurance will be more able to depend on their coverage without fear of losing it to the whims of an insurance company. It ensures that millions more who do not have insurance today will not be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition. And it ensures that millions of parents will be able to keep their children covered to age 26. I have always believed in the law's ability to make a real and positive difference in peoples' lives, and I'm gratified that the court's decision protects the interests of American families who have so much to gain from health insurance reform.
We were right to rein in the power that insurance companies held over our health care. I believe Americans will broadly support today's decision, and that they will reject Republican attempts, already announced, to deprive Americans of the protections of the Affordable Care Act by repealing it."
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette
"I am deeply disappointed with this ruling by the United States Supreme Court. I am extremely concerned as well, about the impact of this decision on the personal liberties and basic Constitutional rights of Americans. Today's decision raises the stakes – does the reach of federal government have any limits at all? If the federal government can force you to purchase a product or pay a hefty fine, there is virtually no limit to what it can compel you to do. I will carefully review all aspects of this ruling. Today's opinion only strengthens my resolve to work with other national leaders to repeal ObamaCare and fight for and defend the Constitution."
Michigan Speaker of the House Jase Bolger, R-Marshall.
"I could not be more upset that the Supreme Court has upheld this massive attack on Michigan's working-class families and mandates for insurance coverage that citizens have repeatedly objected to. I am mad and disappointed, but we remain committed to fighting for Michigan's future. Healthcare does need to be reformed, but the federal government has gone in exactly the wrong direction. We will do everything we can in the Michigan House to fight for Michigan's hardworking taxpayers. I do not support Obamacare, its huge middle-class tax hike or its one-size-fits-all mandate on our citizens. We now have a responsibility to protect Michiganders as much as possible from these federal mandates on individual healthcare. We will fight to ensure that medical decisions are made where they should be made: between patients and doctors. We will work with Gov. Snyder and the state Senate to see that Michiganders have access to healthcare that is marketplace-driven and provides competition, transparency and common sense options. Having the state establish a healthcare exchange is not something we wish to do, but we cannot stand idly by and hand over our citizens' healthcare to an overreaching federal bureaucracy. We will focus on putting people first and protecting them from this massive tax increase on Michigan's working families."
Sen. Tupac Hunter, D- Detroit.
"It is unconscionable that the question to repeal the draconian Emergency Manager Law has still not been placed on the November ballot. The initiative has more than enough signatures from citizens around the state who know that this law is an over-reach and an affront to democracy. I stand with AFSCME Council 25 and their rally in Detroit demanding that the voice of the voters be heard. The courts have ordered that this measure be certified; there is no excuse for it not to be done immediately. Election officials across the state are trying to prepare their ballots, time is running to approve the measure. We cannot stand for the further disenfranchisement of our citizens."
House Judiciary Committee Member John Conyers, Jr. D-Mich.
"Today is a historic day. The Affordable Care Act can now takes its rightful place among this nation's other critical efforts to ensure that the basic human needs of all Americans are met. Just as our Social Security and Medicaid systems provide a critical safety net to older Americans, the Affordable Care Act will help make health care more affordable and accessible for all. This law ensures that health insurance bureaucrats can no longer deny a child health care because of a pre-existing condition and millions of young Americans can now receive coverage on their family plans until they are 26. And longstanding disparities and discrimination in health care for women and minorities will come to an end. I am also pleased that the Court upheld the law's provisions expanding Medicaid to 15 million additional Americans. The decision provides a strong incentive for states to comply with the law. I am heartened that the Court upheld the rule of law and adhered to long-standing legal precedent. I encourage individuals of all parties to seize this opportunity to set aside our differences and move forward together to implement this landmark achievement for the American people."
United Auto Workers
"Now that the false arguments against the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act have been put to rest, we will continue to advocate for quality, cost-effective health care for our members and all Americans," said UAW President Bob King. "The UAW strongly supports health care reform. It's morally unacceptable to leave tens of millions of Americans with no insurance coverage, and it's economically unsustainable to force working families and retirees to bear the burden of out-of-control costs," King added. "Even UAW members with excellent health insurance coverage worry about their children, many of whom are struggling to find work or working in jobs with no benefits," King said. "By allowing parents to keep children on their policy until age 26, the Affordable Care Act has already benefited thousands of our members. King added that by increasing the number of Americans with coverage through subsidies and the individual mandate, the Affordable Care Act will reduce the burden of expensive, uncompensated care that is now borne by our members and their employers. We call on Gov. Romney and Republicans in Congress to stop playing politics with the health care of the American people. Their continued pledge to repeal the law is a waste of time and would hurt millions of families. It's time to focus on the real business at hand -- strengthening our economy and putting Americans back to work."
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
"Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has clarified the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan will continue to lead Michigan's health insurers in implementing changes necessary to have a well-functioning health insurance market in place for Michigan consumers by October 1, 2013. That is when the health exchange is scheduled to be open for people to enroll in coverage.
"In many ways, Blue Cross serves as the model for the system created by the federal health reform law," said Daniel J. Loepp, BCBSM president and CEO. "Our long history of guaranteeing high-quality, community-rated coverage to all who apply, regardless of medical condition, gives the Blues a deserved reputation as a place of strength and stability for health care consumers. Our history also gives us a responsibility to ensure that Michigan's people, employers and health care providers are ready for the future. We will be redoubling our efforts to ensure that Michigan is informed and ready for a new health insurance marketplace with new rules and standards for coverage."
Since the day the federal health reform law went into effect, BCBSM has implemented changes to its business operations and benefit designs to comply with new federal guidelines, prepare for doing business on the state's health exchange and continue to improve business for stakeholders. BCBSM will continue working with state and federal policymakers, as well as the health care industry in Michigan, to prepare for a new marketplace.
"Blue Cross has been tireless in our efforts to ensure our business is ready for reform and our stakeholders are informed," said Kirk Roy, BCBSM vice president for its Office of National Health Reform. "Michigan has some work to do to construct its exchange and build a consistent regulatory framework underneath it to serve consumers. Blue Cross has advised on those efforts and will continue to offer our expertise to policymakers as we work together to construct a system that serves Michigan consumers with a choice of high-quality, affordable health insurance products to meet their unique needs."
BCBSM will take the following steps to promote affordable coverage:
Serve as a trusted advisor to consumers and stakeholders who have questions.
Modify and introduce innovative health plans that meet federal guidelines around essential benefits and actuarial value.
Explore ways to make health plans more affordable so that those without insurance can purchase coverage.
Help people without coverage understand the subsidies they may qualify for, how to use them on the exchange and how they may, in certain cases, be eligible for Medicaid under expanded federal income criteria."
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SEVERN Trent Water has announced a £400,000 investment in Rock to improve pipes and make the water supply more reliable.
Residents will be able to find out about the plans during a drop-in session on Tuesday at Heightington Village Hall from 4pm to 7pm.
Severn Trent Water programme engineer, Dave Kiernan, said: "We want to make sure our customers continue to receive a reliable water supply.
"Unfortunately, the water pipes in the area have grown old and are now prone to bursts, which can lead to an interruption in the water supply.
"To help prevent this from happening in the future, we're investing £400,000 to install nearly three and a half kilometres of new water pipes in the area.
"Before we start work, we'll be holding a drop-in session for local residents to find out more about our plans. We'll be there, together with our contract partners, Amey, to answer any questions about the work.
"These sessions are also a great way for us to find out how we can minimise the impact of any work on the local community. After all, residents are the experts on their community."
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"Game changer" is a term you hear often when people talk about how technology has changed their industry.
There's no arguing that technological advancements have enhanced business communication, increased productivity and provided a plethora of options for everything from sales meetings to product demonstrations to real-time training.
But are our capabilities outpacing our understanding of the impact these new ways of meeting have on overall accomplishment of objectives? It's a question that leaders of IMEX Group, a worldwide meetings and incentive travel advocate, wanted to learn more about.
More specifically, IMEX executives were curious about the answers to four questions:
1. Does interacting face-to-face improve the number of creative ideas you have over virtual meetings?
2. Does interacting face-to-face improve the quality of the ideas you have over virtual meetings?
3. Does interacting face-to-face improve the variety of ideas you have over virtual meetings?
4. Does interacting face-to-face improve the social experience of interaction over virtual meetings?
Quantity and quality
Given that most meetings involve some discussion of thoughts, ideas or creative solutions, IMEX and the Meetology Group decided it would be worthwhile to try to understand the factors that affect idea generation and creative problem-solving. Success in these areas is fundamental to healthy organizations.
IMEX worked with Meetology psychologists at IMEX 2012 in Frankfurt, Germany last July to run tests on three groups that mimicked the three key ways that people meet - face-to-face, via video conference and via phone. They report that the findings clearly demonstrate that working together face-to-face generates more ideas, plus a marginally higher quality and a greater variety of ideas compared to undertaking the same task either on the phone or via video link.
Speaking about the initial results, consultant psychologist Dr. Paul Redford, who was instrumental in planning and managing the research, stated, "Whenever you conduct a new experiment there's always a concern that you might not find anything of statistical significance. You hope for it, of course, but the results and the data are outside your control. So, I was genuinely surprised to find that our Meetology Laboratory experiments at IMEX produced clear, robust results. A face-to-face meeting between two people who do not know each other resulted in more creative ideas than the other two methods. The statistics show there is a significant difference in the number of creative ideas generated, a marginal but notable difference in the quality of those ideas and also a greater variety of ideas produced. These results were all the more notable given that the participants didn't always share the same language and did not necessarily know each other before the experiment."
A total of 104 participants took part in the study. They were all attendees at IMEX 2012, which took place over three days. Participants were selected in pairs — either known or unknown — to work together on a problem-solving exercise. Each pair of participants was scored on the number of ideas that were produced in three minutes, as well as the innovativeness of those ideas. There was no "right" or "wrong" answer.
The participants were randomly selected to adhere to one of three conditions: communicating with their partner through video only using headsets; communicating with their partner through telephone only; sitting with their partner and working together.
Participants were randomly allocated one of three creativity tasks chosen to cover a range of creative thinking types (see sidebar). Known as the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking, these tasks can be measured for quantity and quality, that is, the originality and creativity of each idea.
The results showed that, on average, the face-to-face pairs of participants generated 30 percent more ideas than the virtual pairs. Similar results were also apparent in the maximum numbers of ideas each pair generated. In face-to-face conditions, the highest number of ideas generated by any pair was 29, which was 50 percent more than the total generated under voice-only conditions and 70 percent more than were generated under video conditions.
Interestingly, measuring the positive interpersonal experience of each group revealed that the face-to-face pairs did not feel more satisfied or close than those in either of the virtual conditions. The researchers concluded that this indicates it is not the positive experience of the other that increases the idea generation in face-to-face meetings.
"These findings are very exciting for the whole industry and their implications are wide-ranging for meetings and event planners, and particularly those responsible for developing future direction and strategy," says IMEX CEO Carina Bauer.
"These results appear to suggest that if you are a company or organization that needs to generate a high quantity of fresh, new ideas, then getting a group of staff or other people — perhaps stakeholders or customers — together in the same room will produce measurably more than other methods," she adds.
"This is not to discredit the part that other methods can play, especially in this age of crowds-sourcing, for example. But it does suggest that if creativity or innovation is the aim, then face-to-face collaboration is more efficient and productive."
The Meetology Group CEO Jon Bradshaw says, "The meetings industry can learn so much from the world of psychology and behavioral science. How people behave is directly related to the outcome of the meeting."


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Some Google Nexus 4 orders are now on three week backorder
0. phoneArena posted on 15 Nov 2012, 15:48
Even though some orders for the Google Nexus 4 are being sent out as we noted, Google is sending some unlucky people an email telling them that their order will now ship within three weeks; Google is giving those whose device is on backorder credit for shipping and an option to back out of the purchase...
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1. XPERIA-KNIGHT (unregistered)
Its the "LG Nexus 4" although its mainly a google phone you still have to put their name in the title :)
8. XPERIA-KNIGHT (unregistered)
to the person that thumbed me down......sorry LG manufactured the phone so it is as much as LG's as it is googles! therefore it is THE LG NEXUS 4 not the Google nexus 4..........Give credit where credit is due
10. XPERIA-KNIGHT (unregistered)
...... :)
2. Mxyzptlk (unregistered)
Google just can not get their act together with these launches.
6. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
This is what you can call oversold beyond all expectations rather than just being "Sold Out" ... care to see the difference between the two?
14. Droiddoes (unregistered)
Yeah because the i5 didn't sell out immediat- oh wait. Do you even think before you post or just mash the keyboard and hope for the best? F*cking DURR.
3. beasteator (Posts: 7; Member since: 25 Oct 2012)
I got the same email right before PA posted that the Nexuses (Nexi?) are shipping out, and then got disappointed that I'm not getting mine soon. I am getting the Nexus then I was going to hand my Galaxy S 2 down to my sister and she was very excited, but now we both have to wait. Sadface :(
4. genomachino2002 (Posts: 3; Member since: 15 Nov 2012)
I called to check the status of my order, as I had just sold my old phone on GLYDE. I was told that I would receive a shipping confirmation number in a few hours and my phone would be here on monday. I then completed the GLYDE transaction. An HOUR later I received this email:
"Thank you for your recent purchase on Google Play. Due to overwhelming demand, your Nexus 4 is on backorder and is expected to ship within three weeks. We'll send you a notification when your order has shipped and will credit the shipping charges.
If you would prefer to cancel your order, please reply to this email and our team will assist you. Or you can cancel your order using our online tool. Please follow the instructions found here:
We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you again for your order.
The Google Play Team"
I then called again to say what the heck is going on here! They said they just got the news themselves they were sorry I sold my phone, and that I would receive no compensation. WHAT A JOKE. Google was disgusted by Verizon's bloatware and slow updates? google should be disgusted with themselves. this is a disaster and i will never look at google the same way again
17. parkwaydr (Posts: 572; Member since: 07 Sep 2011)
So its google's fault that you sold your phone before you had your nexus?
18. Doakie (Posts: 2227; Member since: 06 May 2009)
I agree selling before he had the replacement is no ones fault but his own. I buy and sell phones all the time but I never sell what I had until I've been able to test the phone I'm getting. What if he received a defective unit? Or the shipping company lost or damaged the order in shipment? Then he'd still be blaming everyone else.
31. genomachino2002 (Posts: 3; Member since: 15 Nov 2012)
No its googles fault their morons, ill survive having sold my phone (canceled the sale) but that doesnt excuse gross retardation on googles part you poor google apologist. I didnt know you were on googles payroll.
5. aquadust (Posts: 29; Member since: 13 Sep 2012)
Oh, at least you have an opportunity to actually order it. You are already on the list, so you just have to be patient. The only way I can get Nexus 4 is to buy it directly from LG for 599eur :'( or to ask some friends of mine to buy it for me from German Play Store if it will be available again. I guess I won't see it until january/february 2013. The issue is that many people are actually buying Nexus 4 just to make some profit of it, to sell it for much much higher price on the web. I already sow some offers on the web where people are selling nexus 4 for 400+ eur without any warranty of course...
7. klink77 (Posts: 2; Member since: 15 Nov 2012)
I got the message about the backorder this afternoon as well. I'm glad they are refunding shipping, I'm happy with that. I can wait.
My main gripe is why does Google collect tax from my purchase? I thought that this only happened if they had a physical presence in my state. I haven't seen any Google stores in Chicago. This city and state screw me enough with every tax imaginable, that's why I do most of my purchasing from places like Amazon.com
36. kaj102wiu (Posts: 3; Member since: 17 Nov 2012)
Agreed.. im confused on the sales tax as well.. what gives?
9. wiretable (Posts: 1; Member since: 15 Nov 2012)
I talked to a rep today and they said that they are hearing rumors of also including some sort of accessory along with the phone you ordered. Hopefully this is true!
11. Chugunn (Posts: 10; Member since: 13 Nov 2012)
This is horriable,i dont know what i want to do now cause like most people my old phone is on last leg and was really hoping to get that phone without paying iphone prices.
12. Aeires (unregistered)
I too received the email today. When I left work today, I placed my GNex in my car dock and got the popup message to update to 4.2. The GNex is still a really good phone so waiting a little won't kill me. I bought the N4 because it's so sexy looking and it'll be a phone I won't have to worry about for a couple of years, it'll be worth it when it finally arrives.
13. hzelaya (Posts: 5; Member since: 31 Oct 2012)
Yeah my order for the nexus 4 that I placed at like 5:30pm on Tuesday will be delayed. I'm Bummed but I did place the order way after everyone else. It sucks but at least the shipping is free!
15. jacobxtyler (Posts: 29; Member since: 02 Oct 2012)
NOOOOOO :( i didnt even GET an email yet...
16. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
Anyone crying about this just needs to shut up
1) its better that they put u in Que to recieve one when they get them, than force you to relive 11/13 all over again. That was the RIGHT thing to do. Quite honestly they should have had a preorder list fulfillment, a launch day order screen, and a backorder list fulfillment. At least they put you on the backorder list instead of saying "oops, were just gonna cancel the order... sorry bud".
2) they are giving you free shipping, which saves 14 bux. When's the last time Apple or any other company waved any costs just because they ran out of stock
Anyone that whines.. do you NEED a new phone right now, or are you just a baby crying because you cant have your new toy when you want it? Some of us actually NEED a new phone because ours our broke. How many of those people got put on the waiting list because someone that simply wants a new toy got to it first? You whine about having to deal with your old phone for a few more weeks while others have to find other methods of communication and temporary stop gaps.
I NEEDed a new phone, and thankfully I got an N4 within 2 minutes of them dropping.
Got the "arrival scan" just a bit ago, its on the truck for tomorrow. woop woop.
19. ahsbballa05 (Posts: 6; Member since: 15 Nov 2012)
No that's not how thw world works
1. This is like telling someone who just got beat up "oh well they only beat you up, at least they didn't kill you". The RIGHT thing to do would be to ship them normally and not put anyone on backorder at all.
2. That is the least they should do. Honestly everybody on backorder should at least get some play store credit or something.
So you NEED a $350 brand new smartphone? No, you WANT a $350 brand new smartphone just like everybody else. If you really needed a phone as desperatley as you imply, you would go up to walmarta nd get a $20 fliphone. It's easy for you to criticize those who have to wait since yours is shipping normally.
24. XPERIA-KNIGHT (unregistered)
naaa i think remixfa's right bro......and comparing someone that has to be "patient" for something they WANT (like remixfa said) to getting beat up is kind of exaggerated dude.........I get the feeling alot of these people already have phones and really dont need one.....but are being "tech hungry" and need to have the latest and greatest......when there are people who actually "need" a phone...
27. ahsbballa05 (Posts: 6; Member since: 15 Nov 2012)
Like I said, if you really "needed" a phone you would go to wal-mart and pick up a cheap phone right away instead of going online and ordering a brand new smartphone that you have to wait for. Face it, he's being just as "tech hungry" as everybody else.
28. XPERIA-KNIGHT (unregistered)
lol........well... cant argue with that haha
26. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
what world to you live on
1) no one got beat up. "the right thing to do..".. realy.. how do they SHIP THEM IF THEY DONT HAVE THEM GENIUS. The only 2 choices are "full refund and back into the line" or "we reserve you one and ship it when we get it".. which is what they did.
2) they are getting $15 off. They are not OWED anything. I dont remember seeing a garuntee saying "everyone that wants one will get one or we will give you free stuff". grow up.
3) $350 for a smartphone.. and yes I NEED a smartphone is dirt cheap. For my NEEDS which I use quite a bit of stuff on my phone, all other phones I was looking at was $500+. Tell me which one was a better deal genius.
29. ahsbballa05 (Posts: 6; Member since: 15 Nov 2012)
They should never have sold nore than they have in stock. That's called jerking your customers around, a business practice I don't appreciate. Since they cannot ship them, one way to make up for the false-pretenses offered to customers would be some sort of compensation or credit. No there is not a guarantee that everyone who wants one will get one but there should be a guarantee that if we tell you that you succesfully ordered one, we will get it to you on a reasonable timetable, not a week from christmas. Again if you "need" a smartphone (can't imagine why a regular phone wouldn't suffice for someone as caps-lockingly desperate as you) then get a $100 optimus one. Why do you "need" the latest-and-greatest? You don't, you just "want" it like everybody else, so why are you so much better than the rest of us?
25. barondebxl (Posts: 132; Member since: 04 Nov 2011)
You shut up you idiot.
1. Google failed this launched miserably. At this price point, unlocked and those specs, google should have anticipated this.
2.Nobody knew what time exactly was google gonna start selling the nexus 4, some people stayed up all night thinking it was going to be midnight EST then they thought it was 3 am EST which is midnight pacific time. Then they woke up to learn that the launch was for 12 pm but google started to sell it by 11:30 am.
What you dont seem to understand is that google did a very poor job with this launch, even to this point, they are a bunch of people in limbo, dont know were their order is , when its shipping cause they didnt receive any shipping info nor backorder emails.
Next time you trying to sound smart go to xda and learn a couple of things you d**khead.
32. genomachino2002 (Posts: 3; Member since: 15 Nov 2012)
Finally, someone on this post that doesnt get a paycheck from google. They really F'd this up and everyone is giving them a huge pass. F Google and F the trolls that are hating on the well deserved criticism google is getting.
37. kaj102wiu (Posts: 3; Member since: 17 Nov 2012)
Agreed..... But you also got your new toy phone so your comment doesn't hold as much weight.. just sayin..
38. kaj102wiu (Posts: 3; Member since: 17 Nov 2012)
Agreed..... But you also got your new toy phone so your comment doesn't hold as much weight.. just sayin..


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Apple Announces new AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule with 802.11ac WiFiby Brian Klug on 6/10/2013 5:27 PM EST
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Zok - Monday, June 10, 2013 - linkIs this for real? Those things look HUGE! Reply
Spoony - Monday, June 10, 2013 - linkIt is smaller than it looks. The prior model (A1408) has a footprint of around 40in2, and is 1.3in tall. The prior model Time Capsule (A1409) has a footprint of around 58in2, and is 1.4in tall. The power transformer for the Airport Extreme was external, whereas the Time Capsule transformer was internal. (Note: in favour of simplicity, I did the area calculations and then subtracted a small but arbitrary amount for the edge chamfers, it won't be accurate, but should be ballpark).
It seems that the new Airport Extreme and Time Capsule have identical measurements to each other, with the Time Capsule weighing more. Both devices now have the transformer inboard and right at the base of the device. The upper antenna area should be mostly empty, so neither unit should be especially prone to tipping (bottom weighted). I'm not sure how high mounted the Time Capsule's HDD is, but that could change the stability dynamics a bit if it is high-middle mounted.
The big difference here is that the footprint is down to 14in2, and the height is now 6.6in. So the new Extreme/Time Capsule are now exactly the same footprint as the current Airport Express (A1392). The new models have somewhat more volume than any of the previous units, so they are a bit larger. They aren't, as appearances would first imply, simply a 6.5x6.5in Airport Extreme extruded up to be taller. Reply
tipoo - Tuesday, June 11, 2013 - linkIt looks like a photoshopped concept spoof. Reply
HilbertSpace - Monday, June 10, 2013 - linkTypo: $199 for Airport EXTREME not Express. Reply
Brian Klug - Monday, June 10, 2013 - linkDerp, fixed! Reply
twistedgamez - Monday, June 10, 2013 - linki am also curious to find out if there is empty space in the express, if not what is in the hdd's place? Reply
Brian Klug - Monday, June 10, 2013 - linkI seriously hope there's a slot, but until I get an FCC ID(s) with internal shots or a look at the boxes it seems hard to tell.
-Brian Reply
twistedgamez - Wednesday, June 12, 2013 - linkhttp://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/AirPort+Extreme+A15... Reply
nerdstalker - Saturday, June 15, 2013 - linkBrian, looking forward to your detailed review. Your review of the previous gen was simply awesome: http://www.anandtech.com/show/4577/airport-extreme... Reply
SignalPST - Tuesday, June 11, 2013 - linkDarn...
I was hoping they would've included built-in video AirPlay via HDMI, much like how the current AirPort Express has built-in audio AirPlay.
It would be so awesome to carry only my Macbook Pro and an AirPort Extreme to do Powerpoint presentations wherever I end up traveling to, instead of having to lug AirPort+AppleTV+Macbook. Reply
fteoath64 - Tuesday, June 11, 2013 - linkDisappointed that Apple did not widen this product to include a range of offerings that is very much wanted by home users and small businesses. What I meant was a 8-port GigE model with 4 USB ports for shared disks. Another with a 3-disk bay unit like a small NAS/TM box that does RAID0 and jobd configs. The present use of single drive USB disk to backup the TM and provide online sharing is getting very messy and restrictive. Few would want to plonk $600 for a 4Bay NAS so sticking with 3-4 two teradrives for cycling backups.
Yes, a small media audio airplay would be useful, plus iCloud cache. That will do tablet users a lot of good in places where the broadband is not real high bandwidth or people using the occasional Mifi device. Such areas are "sure wins" with rather high margins. These things are simple to make as well, so waiting for a new TM seems like Apple roll-out planning is not good at all!. Reply
SIRKGM14vg - Tuesday, July 02, 2013 - linkSignalPST - You describe the AppleTV, which does that exactly, play video over HDMI. If really what you are doing in your second statement is using it for presentation, you can simply connect the two together using ad-hoc networking; or even just a network cable. Simply create a network on your Macbook and then connect your AppleTV to it. Reply
Bkord123 - Tuesday, June 11, 2013 - linkI have a general question. Will this upgrade make my wireless home Internet any faster or will it only speed up data transfers like Time Machine backups? Reply
DanNeely - Tuesday, June 11, 2013 - link802.11ac will speed up networking to any devices that support it. Your older hardware with 802.11n/g won't see any significant performance change. Reply
SIRKGM14vg - Tuesday, July 02, 2013 - linkCouple of things to clarify on "speed up". I'm not a huge fan of wireless, simply because of how it's used, and how many issues it creates. If Ethernet is not possible you need to consider three things for home. Coverage, number of devices and content.
To answer your question, yes. You will see a significant increase and data transfer speeds for network traffic to and from the Airport Extreme. Your AE then becomes the gateway to the internet. However, your internet speeds will not change.
To describe it in detail, your Internet connection from your ISP, will transfer (Tx) traffic at whichever speed you currently pay for. Your internet speed will always be limited in that factor. But if you have coverage issues, too many devices or using heavy bandwidth content (streaming, gaming, etc.), you may experience degraded wireless throughput or speed. Reply
ngautam - Tuesday, June 11, 2013 - linkI have a 2 year old macbook pro and mac air and a 5 year old AEBS.
Just switched to Uverse.
Will i see significant improvement over 802.11n compared to my 5 year old AEBS?
I have been waiting for this upgrade for a long time? please say YES, you techies. Reply
DanNeely - Tuesday, June 11, 2013 - linkYour 2 year old MBP only supports 802.11n, sorry.
If you replace it with a new one that does ac your internal network will be much faster. But unless your wifi signal is extremely poor now it's still faster than Uverse; so you won't see any speedup over the internet. Reply
scbond - Tuesday, June 11, 2013 - linkWorth pointing out that the MBP and MBA support 802.11n?! To experience the 802.11ac speeds you're hoping for you'd need 802.11ac communicating with other 802.11ac devices, which won't happen for another year at the soonest. Until then, these AirPort Extreme Base Stations will just be like over-priced 802.11n devices...which was already the case before anyway. Reply
heffeque - Tuesday, June 11, 2013 - linkJust wanted to say that the new MBA and MP already have wifi-ac on them. Reply
name99 - Tuesday, June 11, 2013 - linkWhat strikes me as disappointing here is the USB2 port.
The USB performance on these devices has ALWAYS been so crappy, and Apple seems determined to maintain that tradition. I was hoping to upgrade from my four year or so old Extreme, but with lousy USB it seems to make more sense to wait for the next rev which, finally maybe, will have USB3. Reply
androticus - Wednesday, June 12, 2013 - linkVERY disappointed only includes USB 2.0 -- those frankly suck for external hard drives, especially with all the gee whiz wireless speed and 1G ethernet! Reply
Tegeril - Friday, June 14, 2013 - linkWell considering that only under ideal 802.11ac circumstances will you eclipse the bandwidth of USB 2, I don't see the biggest pressing need… Real throughput will be hard-pressed to top ~500Mbps… http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/wi-fi-802.11ac... and gigabit doesn't exactly clamor for USB3 class performance. If only there were something in between to help Apple get nudged in the right direction. Reply
name99 - Wednesday, June 19, 2013 - linkYou do realize that gigE can sustain 3x USB2 disk performance? You may think a factor of 3x is trivial, but most people do not.
It also pretty much matches current HD performance --- which is still relevant for the kinds of large storage pools one wants to share. Reply
Wolfpup - Thursday, June 13, 2013 - linkI still wish Time Capsule supported NTFS, allowed 2+ drives in (some sort of) RAID-ish setup that was automatic, and the drives were user replaceable.
I really like my Airport Extreme (two gens old now), but I don't want a dinky, overheating notebook hard drive in a sealed case with those Time Machines... Reply
Oh Blah Dee Blah Dah - Sunday, June 16, 2013 - linkRE: "…I don't want a dinky, overheating notebook hard drive in a sealed case with those Time Machines…
REPLY: Neither do I. Because of that, a few minutes ago, I just replaced my 5th generation Airport Extreme with this 6th? generation model. The new Airport Extreme has extended the Wi-Fi signal to all parts of my home, upstairs, downstairs, and across the main floor.
As for Time Machine, I am, at this moment, initializing a LaCie Rugged 250 GB SSD to be used with my MacBook Pro Retina via a Thunderbolt cable. It's waaaaay faster than Wi-Fi for a Time Machine backup. The LaCie Rugged SSD draws power from the Thunderbolt port, and it's portable! The Rugged SSD is little larger than a deck of cards. It can be carried in a briefcase or a backpack.
When the LaCie 250 GB SSD is filled, I will just let it drop earlier backups or I will do a completely new Time Machine backup. It's that fast. Reply
name99 - Wednesday, June 19, 2013 - linkIf you're such a tech stud that you want all this, why not build it yourself?
- Buy two HDs, connect them to a Mac,
- RAID them using Apple RAID,
- run NTFS on top using whatever solution you choose (you'll get one for free if you buy Seagate drives),
- mount them using AFP on the machine you want to backup
- point Time Machine at it.
But I have to suspect that you are all (incoherent) talk, complaining for the sake of complaining.
In particular, WTF do you want to run Time Machine network backups to an NTFS drive? The remote backup will use an HFS+ disk image anyway. Reply


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