Actually, it's been proven over and over that microkernel designs dont HAVE to be slow. Read the Liedtke paper on IPC in L3 from 1993 as one example.
The problem is the hardware is optimized for something else now. Also, modern programmers that only know Java can't code ASM and understand the hardware worth a damn. I should know, I have to try and teach them.
And yes, all people care about is speed, becasue you cannot benchmark securrity, and benchmarks are all marketing people understand, and gamers need something to brag about.
Not to point out the really obvious, but developers in those countries are may be too busy working to make money 16 hours a day, and just have no time to write open source. The conditions really are horrible.
You know, the developers we outsourced all the jobs to because they are cheaper, leaving plenty of free time for western developers to write Open Source.
India is starting to join the open source world in great numbers... because their jobs are being outsourced to China.
Yes, I expect this will be modded -1 Unpleasant Reality.
Here in Silicon Valley, the most often spoken line is now "We would fund your company, it's brilliant, but Google would just copy it, so no."
Google doesnt even have to do anything anymore... the fear of Google is killing the whole tech industry. They are the online version of Walmart, crushing every business within their grasp, and forcing everyone to play by their rules.
Just ask any online business not on page 1 of a search result, if you can find one that's still in business that is.
Anything Google even might possibly copy, isn't happening at all, just like Microsoft used to do - and did very well. Google will crush everyone just as effectively in the end.
You mean game developmers are humans? That by the time they are 30 wise up and aren't willing to slave away 12 hours a day for someone else?
Wow.
And you mean companies get rid of people once they aren't willing to work 12 hours a day because they have a life and don't like being treated like slaves anymore?
Amazing, really, it is.
Welcome to reality for the rest of the world. At least here in America you get to wise up and have a life at 30. 90% of the world will slave away until they drop dead.
Eventually, when enough of a population is not working, the society must either collapse (every other time in history) or create technology that's many orders of magnitude cheaper then a human to take care of all the non-working humans.
So, add up all the kids under 18 not allowed to work, people over 65 also not allowed, people in the 47 year windows between that cannot work for some reason physical, mental, or unemployment. That better be a small fraction of the ones that can work, or your going to get your economic ass kicked.
In the same fashion, botnets manage to apply the same basic technologies pioneered by Seti@home, distributed folding, and all of the other "beneficial" distributed computing projects
I'll assume you mean distributed.net and later by SETI@home;) But even those are built on technology pioneered in the late 1960's early 1970's, not the 1990's. Heck even when I did distributed.net the technology was already almost 30 years old, go read about DCS.
All the really cool stuff was done in the 1970's, then cool again in the 80's, 90's, and wow here we are it's cool again, this time for eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeevil.
This really is getting kinda boring the 3rd time around. Do you think it's because once you hit 30 in Computer Science they fire you, so noone actually does remember 10 years ago? Hmmm...
Why do all these "game machine" and "media center" how-to guides build such expensive computers? The day where the average gamer or home computer user spends $2000-2500 on a computer is a decade ago.
Because then companies send them expensive toys to write up.
Noone has any excuse to spend more then a Mac Mini on a home PC, and it's almost silent. It's not a game PC of course, but when you crank up a game PC, it's gonna be loud no matter what, that's alot of wattage to disipate.
The days of a sole inventor type being able to learn enough in their lifetime to make a major discovery are winding down. Ditto for a bunch of people in the same discipline, (no matter how cool what you do is, if you're in a room with 10 other people that do the same thing, you're pretty much bored to death). So no more Einstein or Tesla types.
The days of a group of people with different backgrounds in different fields inventing things together are in full swing however.
The lone inventor type can still easily _improve_ on an already existing discovery, but the patent system has ground that to a halt as well:(
Just becasue criminals will now be able to google for when people are away from home on vacation, and then use google maps to optimize each nights "traveling salesman" run to steal it all...
That's progress! The criminals save gas, and the police don't have to do any more work because the plans to the alarm systems are all googleable too, so noone has to set off any alarms and annoy them.
Of course you're totally screwed. But google is great, so it must be a good idea.
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Actually, it's been proven over and over that microkernel designs dont HAVE to be slow. Read the Liedtke paper on IPC in L3 from 1993 as one example.
The problem is the hardware is optimized for something else now. Also, modern programmers that only know Java can't code ASM and understand the hardware worth a damn. I should know, I have to try and teach them.
And yes, all people care about is speed, becasue you cannot benchmark securrity, and benchmarks are all marketing people understand, and gamers need something to brag about.
Yes. Lots more.
Why? Becasue it is CHEAP, very cheap. 10-100x cheaper then paying poeple do it.
Summer of Code pays a timy amount compared to just getting a job.
Welcome to the world of completely unrealistic Apple rumors.
E3 creates a complete media blackout for anything else.
At least it's better than the constant BS Cringely keeps spewing, and Slashdot keeps posting.
I think you mean 0.3 Million.
Everyone over 18 is on Facebook.
Clearly Bittorrent is their worst nightmare already... Yahoo is one step behind on this one.
VERY charitable.
Realisticly, more like 10 years.
Not to point out the really obvious, but developers in those countries are may be too busy working to make money 16 hours a day, and just have no time to write open source. The conditions really are horrible.
You know, the developers we outsourced all the jobs to because they are cheaper, leaving plenty of free time for western developers to write Open Source.
India is starting to join the open source world in great numbers... because their jobs are being outsourced to China.
Yes, I expect this will be modded -1 Unpleasant Reality.
Here in Silicon Valley, the most often spoken line is now "We would fund your company, it's brilliant, but Google would just copy it, so no."
Google doesnt even have to do anything anymore... the fear of Google is killing the whole tech industry. They are the online version of Walmart, crushing every business within their grasp, and forcing everyone to play by their rules.
Just ask any online business not on page 1 of a search result, if you can find one that's still in business that is.
Anything Google even might possibly copy, isn't happening at all, just like Microsoft used to do - and did very well. Google will crush everyone just as effectively in the end.
The default password to all your data is now "goole0wnsU"...
;)
I see ScuttleMonkey has a nasty infection, good luck with that
All MY records are on paper, cause my doctors are old.
"Dvorak ... is just insane rambling"
-1 redundant.
Don't forget about the electricity to run a 3-headed rig. These days it costs far more to run it for ~3 years then to buy it.
Now I can Google search for when people are at work or on vacation, and go steal all their stuff after I Google up their address!
Thanks Google! You Rock!
Finally, something better for criminals to do then send me spam.
Ever looked at a Mozilla version of "iCal" files? It's nothing even CLOSE to IETF calendar file compatible.
.ics files, just the second it writes one you're screwed.
.ics file support and that "Sunbird no longer stores its local data in .ics files but in a SQL database."
Apple's iCal and things like PHP iCalendar _are_ correct however. And Mozilla can read
I assume that's why they dumped the
You mean game developmers are humans? That by the time they are 30 wise up and aren't willing to slave away 12 hours a day for someone else?
Wow.
And you mean companies get rid of people once they aren't willing to work 12 hours a day because they have a life and don't like being treated like slaves anymore?
Amazing, really, it is.
Welcome to reality for the rest of the world. At least here in America you get to wise up and have a life at 30. 90% of the world will slave away until they drop dead.
Reality check...
Only corporations and people without a teenage relative pay for Windows.
Always has been that way, always will.
s/Japan/American/g
Just as accurate.
Eventually, when enough of a population is not working, the society must either collapse (every other time in history) or create technology that's many orders of magnitude cheaper then a human to take care of all the non-working humans.
So, add up all the kids under 18 not allowed to work, people over 65 also not allowed, people in the 47 year windows between that cannot work for some reason physical, mental, or unemployment. That better be a small fraction of the ones that can work, or your going to get your economic ass kicked.
Considering as a system Admin, I would have more time and a higher budget
*chuckles* No... you don't have either. And that's why.
In the same fashion, botnets manage to apply the same basic technologies pioneered by Seti@home, distributed folding, and all of the other "beneficial" distributed computing projects
;) But even those are built on technology pioneered in the late 1960's early 1970's, not the 1990's. Heck even when I did distributed.net the technology was already almost 30 years old, go read about DCS.
I'll assume you mean distributed.net and later by SETI@home
All the really cool stuff was done in the 1970's, then cool again in the 80's, 90's, and wow here we are it's cool again, this time for eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeevil.
This really is getting kinda boring the 3rd time around. Do you think it's because once you hit 30 in Computer Science they fire you, so noone actually does remember 10 years ago? Hmmm...
Why do all these "game machine" and "media center" how-to guides build such expensive computers? The day where the average gamer or home computer user spends $2000-2500 on a computer is a decade ago.
Because then companies send them expensive toys to write up.
Noone has any excuse to spend more then a Mac Mini on a home PC, and it's almost silent. It's not a game PC of course, but when you crank up a game PC, it's gonna be loud no matter what, that's alot of wattage to disipate.
Well... sorta...
:(
The days of a sole inventor type being able to learn enough in their lifetime to make a major discovery are winding down. Ditto for a bunch of people in the same discipline, (no matter how cool what you do is, if you're in a room with 10 other people that do the same thing, you're pretty much bored to death). So no more Einstein or Tesla types.
The days of a group of people with different backgrounds in different fields inventing things together are in full swing however.
The lone inventor type can still easily _improve_ on an already existing discovery, but the patent system has ground that to a halt as well
Not a dupe...
Actually useful...
First post wasn't about a Beowulf cluster or Soviet Russia...
What happened to Slashdot???
My faith will be restored if this article is duped within 24 hours.
Doesn't work anymore. They made it impossible to declare bankruptcy in the US, especially when it's due to medical bills, or a failed business.
So all that gets you is debt for life, so never take any risks.
China and India are very risk-friendly tho, starting a business there is still encouraged by their governments.
Funny then that what he created will zombify plenty of others.
Muhahahahahahahahaha
Why are you worried?
Just becasue criminals will now be able to google for when people are away from home on vacation, and then use google maps to optimize each nights "traveling salesman" run to steal it all...
That's progress! The criminals save gas, and the police don't have to do any more work because the plans to the alarm systems are all googleable too, so noone has to set off any alarms and annoy them.
Of course you're totally screwed. But google is great, so it must be a good idea.
6.5 billion people...
85 million barrels per day of oil alone...
One of these 2 numbers needs to come down drastically...
Nothing else will work. And it's probably too late to save either.