As a user of Linux, I have to say the Parallelism is the 'old thing', as Linux has supported parallel operations for over a decade. Compare this to closed source, proprietary operating systems, such as Windows, where this sort of thing is relatively new.
Windows is not the only closed-source proprietary operating system out there. AIX and Solaris have supported parallel functions for a number of years, and various IBM mainframe operating systems have had those functions since the '70's. There are architectures which had it in the '60's.
Proprietary closed-source operating systems had these functions FIRST before Linux was a twinkle in Linus Torvalds's shorts.
I know I'm being a little pedantic, but Silicon is NOT the most common element in the Earth. It is the most common element in the CRUST of the Earth. The most common element of the Earth is Iron. The Earth is an impure ball of iron oxides.
For me, it's the heat death of the universe. That ruins my day; I can't think of a way around it short of finding a way to make a hole to another universe -- if there are any.
The heat death of the universe would be a bad thing?
Not according to my book, but then I am a big fan of entropy.
I did a 8600GTS 320, an AMD 3800+, a case with PS and a gig of RAM for under $500 more than a year ago. I might be able to do it for half that now.
You aren't looking in the right places.
could potentially double this year This statement doesn't mean a whole lot. What could potentially happen and what's likely to happen have never exactly been the same thing. I, myself, do believe that this is likely to happen, but saying that it could potentially happen is a cop-out. I could say that an asteroid could potentially hit the Earth this year. I'd be right, but I wouldn't be saying much.
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I've not tried the Intel cards, but I've always had good luck with Matrox.
All of your applications probably still crashed.
Oracle and DB2 have done it for quite a long time. It wouldn't surprise me if PostgreSQL could do it too.
Seriously.
I've had a machine that could take that kind of memory size for almost ten years.
Windows is not the only closed-source proprietary operating system out there. AIX and Solaris have supported parallel functions for a number of years, and various IBM mainframe operating systems have had those functions since the '70's. There are architectures which had it in the '60's.
Proprietary closed-source operating systems had these functions FIRST before Linux was a twinkle in Linus Torvalds's shorts.
Silicone != Silicon
I know I'm being a little pedantic, but Silicon is NOT the most common element in the Earth. It is the most common element in the CRUST of the Earth. The most common element of the Earth is Iron. The Earth is an impure ball of iron oxides.
It would be the first step in spreading humanity off of Earth. It would lead to a great advantage in the survivability of mankind.
Except that if they make their protocol incompatible with the most popular trackers and clients, they will lose control of the protocol.
They'd be able to succeed if there weren't luddites like you cutting their budget.
The heat death of the universe would be a bad thing?
Not according to my book, but then I am a big fan of entropy.
You do know that Afghans aren't Arabs, right?
The latter.
I did a 8600GTS 320, an AMD 3800+, a case with PS and a gig of RAM for under $500 more than a year ago. I might be able to do it for half that now. You aren't looking in the right places.
The Laffer Curve? You've got to be kidding.
Wanting to pull that useless unproveable garbage into a logical argument probably means you're already losing.
Why don't we just get to the root of the problem and ban people? If you are a person, you are punishable by death.
All sorts of problems would just "go away".
The fact that you're choosing C++ as your example puts your taste into question.
This term is very much still in use. It just doesn't have anything to do with PCs.
(Hint: Mainframes)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_8051
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XScale
Point taken.
My definition of desktop is any machine I use regularly through its GUI console. Maybe too broad, but it works for me.
Indeed. Amps = current Watts = power
You don't have the right to run into a crowded theater and yell, "Fire!" You do have the right to know the theater you are in is on fire.
It's actually 17 separate 1GB zipfiles.