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Now Nvidia comes back with a point for point response. I have to say this is quite entertaining for a geek like me. Intel only looked at the worst case numbers with the CPU and GPU drawing peak power continuously. Nvidia points this out and shows that under nominal conditions the ION platform that is more powerful only draws a half watt more. Then as a zinger Nvidia suggests that the ION platform can be accomplished just as well with a VIA processor in place of the Atom. Kapow! This is the "Days of our Lives" equivalent for tech nuts.
We've got an application for Ion right now... I wish they'd kiss and make up already."
Nonethless, Gartner advises businesses to keep trying. Virtual worlds can add value initially to training and simulation exercises, and suggests it will eventually provide a venue for more mundane collaboration.""Businesses have learned some hard lessons," Gartner analyst Steve Prentice said in a statement released Thursday. "They need to realize that virtual worlds mark the transition from Web pages to Web places and a successful virtual presence starts with people, not physics. Realistic graphics and physical behavior count for little unless the presence is valued by and engaging to a large audience."
Yes, we played Starcraft in our spare time, too. But credit goes to Orson Scott Card, who saw this coming over thirty years ago.""It is a weird extrapolation, the idea that war is becoming a scenario of `Your robots versus our robots,' Why not just fight it out on a video game instead?" said Mindsheet's Tribe. "But this is where things are moving."
Kleeneness is next to Godelness.