Of all the places on Mars to explore, it seems like the Face would be a better target than others. Maybe they are just afraid of something happening like in "Mission to mars".:)
Chris
Since java reference counts objects, I always assumed it has to protect the count with a mutex for thread safety. Can anyone confirm this? If this is true, Java will never beat a well designed C/C++ application because of the locking overhead.
Doing tests on numeric calculations is useless, because a JIT can generate the same code that the C/C++ application is using. I would like to see tests where the application had many threads, the computer had multiple processors and objects were continually being created/destroyed. I am pretty sure that Java would be 50% of the speed of a C/C++ application in this kind of test (which is certainly more real world than "life"). Chris Hafey
Come on, no experienced technical writer would agree to use Word for anything that large. Although MS Word is buggy, you need to take responsibility for agreeing to something that isn't practical. If I agree to deliver a web search engine running on an Apple IIe, it wouldn't make any sense to blame the hardware when I fail...
I have been watching DVD's on my home computer for a few months now. It works really well, except the screen is too small. I was considering upgrading to a 24" CRT, but they are very expensive and probably too big for normal use. Anyway, this display seems like the perfect answer. I wonder when it will be released and the cost? Also - SGI is selling refurbished flat panel displays for cheap (~$1200).
If I was in your position, I would spend some time looking around for some projects that could really use the money. Enjoy the process, see what the needs are and choose something that will actually make a difference. Rather than throwing 20k at a project, see exactly what they need and do it for them. I bet some developers would love to have a brand new 5k workstation (dual processor, 21" monitor, etc). If you are looking for ideas, go to sourceforge or sourcexchange. As a side note, I have been thinking about different ways of getting funding for my project. I am writing an open source UML Case tool (similar to Rational Rose) and would be very happy to open source the code in exchange for a brand new high end workstation. I wonder if some of the big open source companies like RedHat, VA, etc would be willing to donate a machine or some cash in exchange for opensourceing the code? Chris Hafey
So your going to spend 2+ hours trying to rig up this *IDE* RAID controller to save $40? Sounds like a story for www.overclockerlamerz.com, not slashdot.
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Of all the places on Mars to explore, it seems like the Face would be a better target than others. Maybe they are just afraid of something happening like in "Mission to mars". :)
Chris
Doing tests on numeric calculations is useless, because a JIT can generate the same code that the C/C++ application is using. I would like to see tests where the application had many threads, the computer had multiple processors and objects were continually being created/destroyed. I am pretty sure that Java would be 50% of the speed of a C/C++ application in this kind of test (which is certainly more real world than "life"). Chris Hafey
Hmm, I wonder if they would upgrade 1 gig of DIMMs to 1 gig of RAMBUS. If so, it would be worth buying an i820 just for this purpose :) Chris
Come on, no experienced technical writer would agree to use Word for anything that large. Although MS Word is buggy, you need to take responsibility for agreeing to something that isn't practical. If I agree to deliver a web search engine running on an Apple IIe, it wouldn't make any sense to blame the hardware when I fail...
I have been watching DVD's on my home computer for a few months now. It works really well, except the screen is too small. I was considering upgrading to a 24" CRT, but they are very expensive and probably too big for normal use. Anyway, this display seems like the perfect answer. I wonder when it will be released and the cost? Also - SGI is selling refurbished flat panel displays for cheap (~$1200).
If I was in your position, I would spend some time looking around for some projects that could really use the money. Enjoy the process, see what the needs are and choose something that will actually make a difference. Rather than throwing 20k at a project, see exactly what they need and do it for them. I bet some developers would love to have a brand new 5k workstation (dual processor, 21" monitor, etc). If you are looking for ideas, go to sourceforge or sourcexchange. As a side note, I have been thinking about different ways of getting funding for my project. I am writing an open source UML Case tool (similar to Rational Rose) and would be very happy to open source the code in exchange for a brand new high end workstation. I wonder if some of the big open source companies like RedHat, VA, etc would be willing to donate a machine or some cash in exchange for opensourceing the code? Chris Hafey
So your going to spend 2+ hours trying to rig up this *IDE* RAID controller to save $40? Sounds like a story for www.overclockerlamerz.com, not slashdot.