The Battle in 64-bit Land, 2003 and Beyond

An anonymous reader writes "Paul DeMone has an excellent article up at Real World Technologies on the future of 64bit computing. Find out where MIPS, HP, Intel, AMD, Sun, Fujitsu, and IBM are headed."

Comments

Re:Offtopic, but needs to be said

[The Bungi]

Taco waxes poetic in his most recent journal entry about the changes he's planning for the site, but he manages to explain absolutely nothing. I can't see what was wrong with the moderation system, but I suppose he (they) need something to keep them busy and justify a budget. Or whatever.

Oh, and apparently, they don't have a spare $600 box to test, so they dick around on the live production servers. Yay!

Re:It amazes me...

[Jeremy Erwin]

Bloody priorities?
The authorities in Texas are telling people not to touch the wreckage. The administrators at NASA are telling reporters not to jump to conclusions. When a technical cause of the accident can be found, perhaps, Slashdotters can discuss changes to NASA policy.

In the meantime, I think we all have a grasp of the technical issues involved in 64 bit computing. Get your priorities straight..

What else do they have to be proud of?

[Ayanami Rei]

(hey, I was in Houston-what else do they have to be proud of?) ::indignant expression::

Well, I was born there for starters, in the NERV-5 installation just to the southwest off 59.

But then, you probably weren't supposed to know about that back then, so I guess the space program is a start.

Dear Mr. Pedantic

[NDPTAL85]

You have your right to free speech. You also have a right to be an utter asshole if you wish. But I don't think anyone cares if this tragedy "technically" qualifies as a textbook "worst incident" scenario for the US Space Program.

I don't know who said it first but I'll say it again, "While you may have the right to do something, that does not mean you are always right in doing it."

So next time just STFU.