Right, but the major stumbling block to just throwing more execution units at a CPU and letting the CPU and/or compiler schedules them is that after about 4 units or so you run out of work you can schedule from a single thread (the old "every fifth instruction is a branch bugaboo").
So DEC's idea was, hell, grab some work from some other thread and do that.
While the case can be made that the federal government has no constitutional authority in the area of education (although, as far as I know, no court has agreed with this position to date), that does not impinge upon the state's rights to do so (and the federal contribution to education funding is well under 10%).
As for the rest of your assertions, you provide no evidence to support any of them.
Let us take them in order.
they are centers of indoctrination into all sorts of unsavory things that concerned parents
do not want their children exposed to (sex education, evolution, etc.)
First, I must say, I resent your implication that parents that are not opposed to the teaching of sex education and evolution, etc are not concerned about their children's education and that they are party to "indoctrination".
Second, I don't know about your child's school district, but my child's district has written policies on both the teaching of/about religion and controversial subjects -- in the unlikely event there was something I objected to my child being taught I would know how to handle the situation -- have you looked into your district's policies? If not, who are you to be calling me unconcerned?
If America's educational system is to be saved,...
As laywers like to say "assumes facts not in evidence" -- where is your evidence that it needs saving (and from what)?
Children are better served by sending them to parochial/religious schools or independent private schools run by competent education professionals.
Again, a statement without proof.
In fact, most reserach shows that, for example,
"the average private school student has large advantages in terms of family income and parental education" and "the composite measures of reading, mathematics and general knowledge do not show advantages from attending any of the three broad types of non-public kindergarten" (this study,
http://www.nd.edu/~iei/hoffer.pdf, was of kindergarteners).
The number 1 determinate for school success is parental involvement -- and private schools have much fewer "low involvement parents" (obviously, they went to the trouble of enrolling their children in private school).
Personally, I think most people would rather have the Board of Directors of their school answerable to the community rather than the stockholders.
Corporate America does nearly everything better than the federal government;...
In addition to being laughable on its face, this statement neglects that the federal government has a quite small impact on public education, most of the control is at the local school board level (with varying levels of interference from the state governments).
festering cesspools that our current "public" schools are.
I know that our son's public school is anything but a 'festering cesspool'.
I know this largely because I (and my wife) are regular volunteers in the classroom.
I also know this because the district routine has average scores around the 90%ile on national and state standardized assesments.
But, hey, feel free to ignore the facts if they don't fit into your frame outlook way of life and everything -- after all, I'm just another commie (school board member).
... it seems a new business opportunity (by reading this you agree to pay me 50% of your revenue for using it) is a site that links to these sites, then everyone else can link to you for a reduced fee -- I pay $50 and a 100 sites like/., Wired, CNN, etc. pay me $1 each to link to my page that redirects to the original page:)
You'll need either special glasses or telescope filters made especially for this purpose or you can use some welding goggles/helmets.
They will need to have a #14 or higher filter in them (unfortunately most welders goggles are only #5 and most welders helmets are only #10, so be careful).
There are probably thousands of algorythims and ideas on an average Linux distribution that have been used for years but have never appeared in formal literature. Given the wrong judge what could happen?
The problem is less the judge -- being in Linux would almost certainly be enough prior art to get a patent turned over if anyone was willing to go to the cost and expense of doing so -- the problem is getting really clueful patent examiners, ones who will say, "hmmm, this reminds me of how Linux handles <mumblefritz>, I better check that out..."
I don't think that is going to work.
(First of all, the lawyers aren't going to go quietly). Are we going to increase tyhe number of people in congress, or do only the the first 535 areas get represented? And if Alaska has elected a complexity-theory guy, does that mean New Jersey can't? Plus, how will the 1 guy who knows all about how many clicks it takes to sell something on the internet convince the tinker, the tailor, the shoemaker, etc...
No, I think the answer is for the patent office to get squared around, congress is beyond hope.
Regardless of whether they need
"super-duper-ultra-scsi7"
or not, you've still forgotten about
controllers, cabinets, power supplies,
cables, and stuff.
And my guess is, with something like this
you are talking hot-swappable RAID arrays,
and that stuff isn't quite at spitting-distance-from-free yet.
And while we're at it, lets settle on a memory format -- I mean having your Rio, eMap, Palm, Phone, Camera, etc, etc, etc, each taking something different is getting P.D. annoying!
I like real books as much as the next guy, but I've got to say that the storage space issue is the 'killer app' for E-books. Disk drives are cheaper than shelves and they hold a whole lot more:) Plus, I might need a bigger house soon!
But back to the topic at hand, as someone who volunteers as a reader in our neighborhood elementary school, this really, really, pisses me off!
Gamers are smart...
Gamers are story-tellers... ...etc...
Who you are is not defined by what you do for fun (or for work, for that matter).
Our 7 year old is smitten with realMyst this week, but that doesn't change who he is -- he's always been inquisitive -- this is just an outlet for him to express that part of himself.
That said, we do limit how long he can be at the computer because there is I think a danger that kids can get a little to involved in one thing and miss out on other important parts of childhood -- but games, sports, books, etc, etc, are all capable of this effect.
I've been doing e-commerce consulting for seven years now, and with many companies you just can't get them to use decent security -- one of the first ISPs I setup with CC processing is a good example, we got everything setup to deliver orders to the merchants via encrypted e-mail, but guess what: every single one of them refused, they wanted cleartext e-mail.
If you're just playing around, by all means use an old clunker, but personally, I don't want to waste time fiddling with some old CD-ROM-less P.O.S. for my firewall for basically what amounts to
'look, I did it with a floppy'
dick-waving rights.
Especially when it's probably going to end up costing me money when it goes toes-up!
There was a time when floppies were the best we could do for portable media, but that day is past, let's move on...
IMO, Theo was right here when he called it penny-wise/pound-foolish.
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So DEC's idea was, hell, grab some work from some other thread and do that.
Pretty cool, IMO.
You mean like Western Governors University?
As for the rest of your assertions, you provide no evidence to support any of them. Let us take them in order.
First, I must say, I resent your implication that parents that are not opposed to the teaching of sex education and evolution, etc are not concerned about their children's education and that they are party to "indoctrination".
Second, I don't know about your child's school district, but my child's district has written policies on both the teaching of/about religion and controversial subjects -- in the unlikely event there was something I objected to my child being taught I would know how to handle the situation -- have you looked into your district's policies? If not, who are you to be calling me unconcerned?
As laywers like to say "assumes facts not in evidence" -- where is your evidence that it needs saving (and from what)?
Again, a statement without proof. In fact, most reserach shows that, for example, "the average private school student has large advantages in terms of family income and parental education" and "the composite measures of reading, mathematics and general knowledge do not show advantages from attending any of the three broad types of non-public kindergarten" (this study, http://www.nd.edu/~iei/hoffer.pdf, was of kindergarteners).
The number 1 determinate for school success is parental involvement -- and private schools have much fewer "low involvement parents" (obviously, they went to the trouble of enrolling their children in private school).
Personally, I think most people would rather have the Board of Directors of their school answerable to the community rather than the stockholders.
In addition to being laughable on its face, this statement neglects that the federal government has a quite small impact on public education, most of the control is at the local school board level (with varying levels of interference from the state governments).
I know that our son's public school is anything but a 'festering cesspool'. I know this largely because I (and my wife) are regular volunteers in the classroom. I also know this because the district routine has average scores around the 90%ile on national and state standardized assesments.
But, hey, feel free to ignore the facts if they don't fit into your frame outlook way of life and everything -- after all, I'm just another commie (school board member).
Sorry, it had to be said :)
I get tired of saying this, but there are secure versions of Telnet and FTP...
The problem is less the judge -- being in Linux would almost certainly be enough prior art to get a patent turned over if anyone was willing to go to the cost and expense of doing so -- the problem is getting really clueful patent examiners, ones who will say, "hmmm, this reminds me of how Linux handles <mumblefritz>, I better check that out..."
I don't think that is going to work. (First of all, the lawyers aren't going to go quietly). Are we going to increase tyhe number of people in congress, or do only the the first 535 areas get represented? And if Alaska has elected a complexity-theory guy, does that mean New Jersey can't? Plus, how will the 1 guy who knows all about how many clicks it takes to sell something on the internet convince the tinker, the tailor, the shoemaker, etc...
No, I think the answer is for the patent office to get squared around, congress is beyond hope.
But back to the topic at hand, as someone who volunteers as a reader in our neighborhood elementary school, this really, really, pisses me off!
Well, anyway, philosophers have spent millenia arguing this, so I suppose we can just agree to disagree too :)
Gamers are story-tellers...
Who you are is not defined by what you do for fun (or for work, for that matter).
Our 7 year old is smitten with realMyst this week, but that doesn't change who he is -- he's always been inquisitive -- this is just an outlet for him to express that part of himself.
That said, we do limit how long he can be at the computer because there is I think a danger that kids can get a little to involved in one thing and miss out on other important parts of childhood -- but games, sports, books, etc, etc, are all capable of this effect.
I've been doing e-commerce consulting for seven years now, and with many companies you just can't get them to use decent security -- one of the first ISPs I setup with CC processing is a good example, we got everything setup to deliver orders to the merchants via encrypted e-mail, but guess what: every single one of them refused, they wanted cleartext e-mail.
Pretty darn depressing.
Indeed, time is money (4 hours in this case).
If you're just playing around, by all means use an old clunker, but personally, I don't want to waste time fiddling with some old CD-ROM-less P.O.S. for my firewall for basically what amounts to 'look, I did it with a floppy' dick-waving rights.
Especially when it's probably going to end up costing me money when it goes toes-up! There was a time when floppies were the best we could do for portable media, but that day is past, let's move on...
IMO, Theo was right here when he called it penny-wise/pound-foolish.