Could someone explain me why a serial interface is faster than a parallel one?
I thought that sending bits in parellel would be faster since you can send a bunch of them in one pack, instead of getting them one by one.
Of course, if you process the bits at each end of the wire one bit at a time, there is no gain, but then, shouldn't you work on the controller so that it works fully in parallel too?
Excellent rebuttal. I'm amazed at how Americans believe the whole world belongs to them, and the "God bless America, fuck everyone else" attitude.
Some time in the past I understand that there were reasons to be proud to live in the United States, as it was the Land of the Free, it was a democracy where people starting from nothing could get a confortable place in the society if they worked hard enough, etc.
*RANT*
Nowadays, you can kiss freedom goodbye in the USA with laws like the DMCA. The 'democracy' consists of two political parties very similar which exchange power every couple of years, and the population opinion follows what the media dictates it should be.
The goverment is using aggressively it's military advantage to make sure it's economical interest in poor contries prevail (Irak, petrol). America doesn't really want to help poor countries with institution like the IMF, as they depend on these countries cheap labor and ressources for it's own wealth (Nike and the other sweat shops).
The whole capitalist system got out of hand some years ago, with big corporations becoming way too powerful, and publicity creeping in everywhere, even in the schools, in toilets, in your mailbox. The almighty $Money$ value is getting a terribly disproportionate importance. Just after the 11 th sept. event the president showed up to say 'The economy is still strong'. Sheesh. Who care about the bloody money when human lives are involved?
Now what is the most infuriating thing is that americans (only some of them; I'm not saying all american approve their goverment/peer/nation actions and attitude) act as if
1) They were the most important and best people in the world. (Someone will need to find a better way of doing things first before the US significantly changes their foreign policy.)
2) They are the World Freedom Fighters who show the Right Path to other country. (Infinite Justice)
3) They have the right to set rules for the world. (Especially in the computer area. Carnivore and such. ICANN. Encryption)
4) They deserve to be richer than most of other country's people. (I have lots of stuff, high-speed internet access...)
With this attitude it's extremely understandable that some people fell compelled to teach a humility lesson to the USA. Nobody likes the big guy pushing you around and feeling strongly pleased with himself.
*END-RANT*
Now you're probably telling yourself "another frustrated idiot from the Middle-East". I'm Canadian, in fact. The USA doesn't really bully my country alot, except occasionally for things like taxing wood imported from Canada (so much for free market). I'm getting increasingly annoyed at America's arrogance however.
Yeah I know, America ain't as bad as I depict. It feels better now though. Somewhat sorry for the offended ones.
Slackware is the cleanest distribution I've found.
There is no config tools for everything in the system, you edit your config files yourself. Some stuff is already configured, but always in a clean fashion.
The/etc/rc.d/* startup scripts are a pleasure to work with. You get to control easily what is started when your system boots.
Slackware doesn't start by default a lot a useless services.
And of course, you don't need to install with those damned package managers with circular dependencies../configure; make; make install is great!
With slackware, you learn how to configure your system properly, instead of fighting with limited GUI tools.
>it's my God-given right to have free Internet >content!
Yup, in the beginning of the NET it was supposed to be free of publicity (according to the hackers who were working to develop it). I remember when SPAM first became an issue.. Community reaction was to send 10 e-mails for each SPAM received.
It was effective for a short while, the server
couldn't resist the load.
>seriously, grow up.
I don't agree with you, you're stupid!!
Duhhhhhhhhhh
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Thanks for the reply!
It's been helpful.
Could someone explain me why a serial interface is faster than a parallel one?
I thought that sending bits in parellel would be faster since you can send a bunch of them in one pack, instead of getting them one by one.
Of course, if you process the bits at each end of the wire one bit at a time, there is no gain, but then, shouldn't you work on the controller so that it works fully in parallel too?
Some time in the past I understand that there were reasons to be proud to live in the United States, as it was the Land of the Free, it was a democracy where people starting from nothing could get a confortable place in the society if they worked hard enough, etc.
*RANT*
Nowadays, you can kiss freedom goodbye in the USA with laws like the DMCA. The 'democracy' consists of two political parties very similar which exchange power every couple of years, and the population opinion follows what the media dictates it should be.
The goverment is using aggressively it's military advantage to make sure it's economical interest in poor contries prevail (Irak, petrol). America doesn't really want to help poor countries with institution like the IMF, as they depend on these countries cheap labor and ressources for it's own wealth (Nike and the other sweat shops).
The whole capitalist system got out of hand some years ago, with big corporations becoming way too powerful, and publicity creeping in everywhere, even in the schools, in toilets, in your mailbox. The almighty $Money$ value is getting a terribly disproportionate importance. Just after the 11 th sept. event the president showed up to say 'The economy is still strong'. Sheesh. Who care about the bloody money when human lives are involved?
Now what is the most infuriating thing is that americans (only some of them; I'm not saying all american approve their goverment/peer/nation actions and attitude) act as if
1) They were the most important and best people in the world. (Someone will need to find a better way of doing things first before the US significantly changes their foreign policy.)
2) They are the World Freedom Fighters who show the Right Path to other country. (Infinite Justice)
3) They have the right to set rules for the world. (Especially in the computer area. Carnivore and such. ICANN. Encryption)
4) They deserve to be richer than most of other country's people. (I have lots of stuff, high-speed internet access...)
With this attitude it's extremely understandable that some people fell compelled to teach a humility lesson to the USA. Nobody likes the big guy pushing you around and feeling strongly pleased with himself.
*END-RANT*
Now you're probably telling yourself "another frustrated idiot from the Middle-East". I'm Canadian, in fact. The USA doesn't really bully my country alot, except occasionally for things like taxing wood imported from Canada (so much for free market). I'm getting increasingly annoyed at America's arrogance however.
Yeah I know, America ain't as bad as I depict. It feels better now though. Somewhat sorry for the offended ones.
Slackware is the cleanest distribution I've found. There is no config tools for everything in the system, you edit your config files yourself. Some stuff is already configured, but always in a clean fashion. The /etc/rc.d/* startup scripts are a pleasure to work with. You get to control easily what is started when your system boots.
Slackware doesn't start by default a lot a useless services.
And of course, you don't need to install with those damned package managers with circular dependencies. ./configure; make; make install is great!
With slackware, you learn how to configure your system properly, instead of fighting with limited GUI tools.
>it's my God-given right to have free Internet >content! Yup, in the beginning of the NET it was supposed to be free of publicity (according to the hackers who were working to develop it). I remember when SPAM first became an issue.. Community reaction was to send 10 e-mails for each SPAM received. It was effective for a short while, the server couldn't resist the load. >seriously, grow up. I don't agree with you, you're stupid!! Duhhhhhhhhhh