1) Bog-standard native Linux. It can run a full Ubuntu ARM install if you want. 2) Much more portable than netbooks. 3) 10+ hours battery life. 4) Gaming controls for those emulators. Were you planning on playing N64 games with your keyboard?
The whole point of cloud computing is to run your server apps on whatever is available to run it. These apps do not, should not, and typically CANNOT do any configuration or long-term storage on any individual instance they run on, so everything they do is compartmentalized through specialized IO and shared storage APIs, which can be reimplemented on pretty much anything.
Sure, on the desktop everybody supports Windows, because they've got the drivers, Office is popular, etc etc. But going to any from-scratch model like cloud computing, Microsoft carries absolutely zero advantage or momentum from their other market saturations.
Which is why server interoperability is so critical. If everybody can serve their own _piece_ of the world, and interconnect these, then unless you get the equivalent of Slashdotted, everything chugs right along.
This pressure to "do something" in this case is totally out of whack.
Kids have been bullying each other into rare cases of suicide ever since there have been clusters of kids. Because it happened ON TEH INTERNETS does not make it any different.
Imperative programming is still about telling the computer exactly what steps to perform. Especially when dealing with C and C++, your code is very explicit about memory moves, how to iterate loops, etc.
If we can communicate our programs to the machine at higher levels of abstraction (perhaps goal-oriented instead of "Here is a list of steps to run") then the machine wouldn't have to reverse engineer from these manual steps into faster equivalents, or frob around with optimization settings. It could simply drill down from the higher abstractions into more suitable target-specific code, using appropriate implementation strategies beyond just peephole-ish and register- or statement-level optimizations.
You don't put stuff in a HDD and store it on a shelf, you keep the data live as you migrate systems. 100GB of data is a mere 10% of a terabyte drive, and those are under $200 nowadays. Transferring old data to new systems always takes increasingly LESS space percentage-wise following the trend of larger drives, and thus is virtually free to drag along as you upgrade and keep integrated with your normal backups.
There's no reason to have burned optical storage, unless you need old-version archives or have enough data to dwarf your system's capacity (in which case just spend a few hundred more on HDDs).
...the weather patterns our crops depend on are heading into territory that may have no place for our technological civilization.
So, we get different crops and grow them in different places. Big deal. There will always be a time of change no matter what; this is a living ecosystem.
What "legacy" ports like RS232 offer is incredible simplicity for implementing silicon and power requirements at both ends of the link, versus things like USB or ethernet.
Idunno, I'm on a 1920x1200 LCD since it got into the $350 range, finally breaking my long-time chain of $300 2048x1536 CRTs and it feels pretty cramped vertically to me. Horizontal is fine, but things like 2-up.pdf's simply are not legible enough with the vertical scaling involved, and IDEs with 2 editor panes with a status pane below them are pretty tight; I generally have to nix the status panes to get well-commented context all onscreen.
I am very much looking forward to the laser projection systems coming out, since they have the potential to actually INCREASE common resolutions, as well as the potential for adjustable native resolution and aspect ratio. It's completely ridiculous that prices have gone up and resolution has plummeted compared to the CRT era, and are just now finally starting to catch up.
*crosses fingers and grumbles about the continuing lack of wallpaper displays*
As for filtering, modern home theater equipment is more computer than TV or stereo, and this stuff is VERY sensitive to low quality poewr. A surge protector is WORTHLESS! You need power filtration with real time voltage regulation. Monster does a good job providing very high quality filtering systems for as little as $200-300.
So, what you're saying is that the power supplies in your X-thousand-dollar units are insufficiently equipped to deal with normal power conditions?
The notion of centralized control is way off. Each car (as it is now with human drivers) needs to be aware of its surroundings and behave properly in an orderly swarm fashion. Any sort of centralized system should analyze traffic and offer broadcast hints back to the vehicles for upcoming road conditions and preferred alternate routes, instead of micromanaging everything from a single point of failure.
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1) Bog-standard native Linux. It can run a full Ubuntu ARM install if you want.
2) Much more portable than netbooks.
3) 10+ hours battery life.
4) Gaming controls for those emulators. Were you planning on playing N64 games with your keyboard?
The whole point of cloud computing is to run your server apps on whatever is available to run it. These apps do not, should not, and typically CANNOT do any configuration or long-term storage on any individual instance they run on, so everything they do is compartmentalized through specialized IO and shared storage APIs, which can be reimplemented on pretty much anything.
Sure, on the desktop everybody supports Windows, because they've got the drivers, Office is popular, etc etc. But going to any from-scratch model like cloud computing, Microsoft carries absolutely zero advantage or momentum from their other market saturations.
It does support USB host mode and SDIO for peripherals, though. (and Bluetooth, which is also on the N8xx series)
The N810 only has a Mini-SD slot (so no dangly bits even if there were mini SDIO cards) and AFAIR only acts as a USB client.
Wait a sec, how do you mine indestructible material?
Did you happen to forget about the moving and charged atmosphere? That comes into play well before a car would ever be attempted.
For $200 you could almost get two 1TB drives.
I've gotten a 175MB/sec sustained stream from a single eSATA 3Gb/s 1TB drive. That would easily saturate the slower eSATA.
If this wasn't designed by inter-galactic aliens, i'll eat my hat.
I don't think eating tin foil is that great an idea...
Various Dead Sea Scrolls date back to a few centuries BCE, though I don't think 4.
Which is why server interoperability is so critical. If everybody can serve their own _piece_ of the world, and interconnect these, then unless you get the equivalent of Slashdotted, everything chugs right along.
This pressure to "do something" in this case is totally out of whack.
Kids have been bullying each other into rare cases of suicide ever since there have been clusters of kids. Because it happened ON TEH INTERNETS does not make it any different.
Creating permanent law to address temporary or one-off social problems or self-destructionism is exactly why our legal system is so screwed up today.
Imperative programming is still about telling the computer exactly what steps to perform. Especially when dealing with C and C++, your code is very explicit about memory moves, how to iterate loops, etc.
If we can communicate our programs to the machine at higher levels of abstraction (perhaps goal-oriented instead of "Here is a list of steps to run") then the machine wouldn't have to reverse engineer from these manual steps into faster equivalents, or frob around with optimization settings. It could simply drill down from the higher abstractions into more suitable target-specific code, using appropriate implementation strategies beyond just peephole-ish and register- or statement-level optimizations.
You don't put stuff in a HDD and store it on a shelf, you keep the data live as you migrate systems. 100GB of data is a mere 10% of a terabyte drive, and those are under $200 nowadays. Transferring old data to new systems always takes increasingly LESS space percentage-wise following the trend of larger drives, and thus is virtually free to drag along as you upgrade and keep integrated with your normal backups.
There's no reason to have burned optical storage, unless you need old-version archives or have enough data to dwarf your system's capacity (in which case just spend a few hundred more on HDDs).
You mean KHAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNN?
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What "legacy" ports like RS232 offer is incredible simplicity for implementing silicon and power requirements at both ends of the link, versus things like USB or ethernet.
I don't know, but having multiple heatsinks and the fact that there's a fan on it doesn't bode too well.
"What? I'm a sickly person and don't want to catch anything!"
You misspelled "corrections". You're welcome.
Idunno, I'm on a 1920x1200 LCD since it got into the $350 range, finally breaking my long-time chain of $300 2048x1536 CRTs and it feels pretty cramped vertically to me. Horizontal is fine, but things like 2-up .pdf's simply are not legible enough with the vertical scaling involved, and IDEs with 2 editor panes with a status pane below them are pretty tight; I generally have to nix the status panes to get well-commented context all onscreen.
I am very much looking forward to the laser projection systems coming out, since they have the potential to actually INCREASE common resolutions, as well as the potential for adjustable native resolution and aspect ratio. It's completely ridiculous that prices have gone up and resolution has plummeted compared to the CRT era, and are just now finally starting to catch up.
*crosses fingers and grumbles about the continuing lack of wallpaper displays*
So, what you're saying is that the power supplies in your X-thousand-dollar units are insufficiently equipped to deal with normal power conditions?
The notion of centralized control is way off. Each car (as it is now with human drivers) needs to be aware of its surroundings and behave properly in an orderly swarm fashion. Any sort of centralized system should analyze traffic and offer broadcast hints back to the vehicles for upcoming road conditions and preferred alternate routes, instead of micromanaging everything from a single point of failure.
Since when is Canadian health care done right?