I prefer PSPad myself... but I'm a network engineer, not a programmer...
I needed something that could handle both large log files and UNIX formatting. Even with this fix, Notepad still wouldn't work for me because of it's file size limits.
Why a developer, developing for AMD-64 on top of AMD Hardware (think Athlon, Buldozer, Ryzen/Epyc et al) would be using an "INTEL's" Docs?
Shouldn't said developer be using AMD's documentation? If so, then, how said developer was also afected?
I don't know the answer. But I believe that the AMD design is, in part, based on the early reverse engineering of one of the early Intel CPUs. It's quite possible that this issue is present in both because the instruction design is the same for both.
Because, its the way we were taught to write. Right or wrong, it is what it is. Why the fight to put an end to the evil double space?
NOONE is taught this anymore. Heck if you read the practical typography breakdown and read the graphs in the original article they tested people who habitually double space and people who don't. The only group that showed improvement is people who habitually double space. Thus the entire article isn't that interesting. People who double space read faster when double spaced. That's not useful and it doesn't do anything.
That's like saying that new design change to the aerodynamics of a car gets better gas mileage but it's not worth anything because no other car on the road is built this way....
What it tells us is that once you get used to writing and reading text with two spaces at the end of the sentence your reading speed increases. In other words, it's a more efficient method of communicating and it's a simple change to teach. The problem, as others have pointed out, is that the web ruins this because of the way browsers display white space (more than one space is automatically displayed as a single space).
Lets talk about how the DNC hack was an inside job. Hmm, I wonder if anyone remembers that part where file metadata showed the mail dump was copied from the server to a USB drive.
No? Don't remember who Seth Rich is?
Ok, lets circle jerk to the left's favorite conspiracy theory instead.
For those not up to speed on the latest conspiracy theories, it's been alleged that the DNC hack was an inside job. One of the "facts" supporting this theory is that the files were being transferred at 22.7 MB/s (based on file timestamps) faster than what could reasonably be expected over a standard internet connection at the time. However, it completely ignores the possibilities that there was fast internet available at the time, the ability to download multiple files to multiple computers (i.e. like a botnet), and the possibility that the files were downloaded to one computer, copied to a USB, then copied to another computer for upload. In other words, this "fact" doesn't prove anything.
In fact, since the release of this theory, a number of the original "authors" (which include former NSA experts) have since backtracked...
"Comcast gives new speed boost only to Internet users who also buy TV service"
Or "Comcast boosts Internet speed for TV service customers"
The thing about these versions, though is that they sound more reasonable. The double-negative version focuses on how Comcast is screwing Internet-only subscribers, while the positive versions focus on how Comcast is giving a benefit to TV subscribers. Gotta rouse the rabble, y'know.
Comcast Denies Internet Speed Boost for Internet Only Customers
See, you can still make the headline easily readable but also express the problem/outrage.....
The Windows Phone was really well done. (We'll ignore Windows Phone 6 and before as if they never existed!) Much more coherent interface than either the iPhone or Android. And the battery life was way better. The problem with it was timing and apps. If it had come out before the iPhone, they would have ruled the market, and Apple would probably be suffering. But coming out after the iPhone and Android, they were continually playing catch up. They never got the app base, and without that it was chicken and egg...nobody bought it because it didn't have apps and no apps because nobody bought it.
It's also why the Windows RT version of the Microsoft Surface failed. Microsoft tried to make an iPad but they just can't seem to get traction with mobile App developers.
I can see this being useful in specific circumstances like places without street signs. Around here there are numerous streets that seem to be without street signs for some reason (either stolen, fallen down and not replaced, or so faded they're illegible) so when the directions say "Turn left on West St." but the sign for West St. hasn't existed in 5 years, that's a problem. Of course the odds that something like a Burger King is going to be there forever are pretty slim, so maybe they'll have to update it to "Turn left at the thing that used to be a Burger King but is now a Coney Island" or something like that.
On my in-car GPS it shows the streets and the turns on the dash. I hardly ever look at road signs, just the cross streets when I come to an intersection to make sure that I am following the highlighter route. In other words, as long as the GPS is accurate, you can navigate using it without road signs.
"After you leave the pavement, you go down the road a bit 'till you see three big rocks. You can ignore them, they just let you know you're on the right road. If you get to the base of a mountain without seeing the three big rocks, you're on the wrong road... So, a ways after the three big rock you'll get to the place where Billy Bob's trailer used to be parked, make a left there. If you hit a pothole so big you think you may have damaged something, that's the road you want. In awhile you'll get to a motor home that looks and smells like a meth lab, don't slow down, it's a meth lab. A bit after that you will see a fence with some cows behind it, we are on the other side of that field but you have to drive around it 'cause there's a bull in there and he's not friendly. Just follow the fence 'till the road dead ends and follow the ruts going down the side of the fence, Look back and make sure no one from the meth lab is following you, those folks are a bit twitchy... When you get to the end of the ruts you'll be in our back yard. Park anywhere but stay away from all the old cars 'cause of snakes. Just knock on the back door or holler, the dogs don't bite but they might knock you down..."
Yeah. Directions where I grew up always seem to reference at least one landmark that hasn't existed for decades. For example, "take the road up the hill behind the old Zellers building". Never mind that Zellers closed over 20 years ago and it's had several other department stores in it since....
The Powerwall costs extra money, but you will already have your car battery, so there is no additional capital cost other than an inverter.
Not quite. You also have to factor in the cost of the additional cycles on the battery pack, the additional warranty and maintenance costs that may result, the depreciation on the vehicle from this additional use, and perhaps a few others I'm not thinking of before I've had my morning caffeine. Doesn't make using the car battery a bad idea but one should have a full accounting of all the costs. I think depreciation likely would be the biggest cost since inverters probably wouldn't be super expensive once they are produced at scale. I could easily see the added depreciation being a few thousand dollars though you obviously wouldn't be hit with that until you sell the vehicle.
Personally I see car batteries as more of an emergency standby solution than a routine use. Not much use for powering the home if you have to take the car to work. Could be a nice little extra layer of security for power outages or to manage energy costs and usage though.
Exactly! As I understand it, even the most advanced of the batteries that we have today are limited by the number of power-cycles. Using a car for this on a continual basis would quickly reduce the battery lifetime, range, etc. As a car owner, why would you do this unless there is some reward to offset the value loss?
The owner/user is responsible for any liability resulting from issues when charging the battery pack as part of their insurance. Who accepts liability for any battery failures when the car is providing power to the grid?
A lot of these things sound good on paper but the reality usually ends up being much messier.
Some total fuckwit posts anonymously that they shut down an entire corporate email system just to 'unsend' an email, then accuses other people of being incompetent?
Thanks, I needed the laugh.
On the other hand, if an Exec sent a poorly worded email or email to the wrong group, there could be situations where the result would be horribly bad for the company. In those specific instances it just might be better to shut down access to the email system, preventing people from accessing the email, vs the alternative.
I'm not saying that the correct procedure was followed. Just that there are situations where more drastic measures might be called for.
Or replace the replaceable batteries, like you are SUPPOSED TO DO.
Sigh.
Yep. That's what I do every 3 years. Replace the batteries with higher Ah batteries, if possible. I then re-use the old batteries by hooking them up to solar panels at the camp to run 12v items like led lights. I put them in parallel to increase the amperage and, when the voltage drops to 7V or so, put those batteries in series to provide 12-14v.
Bingo!! Anyone who commuted into Boston before the Big Dig and then after would say it was well worth it. I had to work in Cambridge last week and while there were backups, they only lasted 15 to 20 minutes. Before the Big Dig you could easily spend upwards of 60 minutes sitting in traffic. People who live directly in Boston may not see the benefits but the 80% of the population that commutes into Boston it's a huge difference.
...and the victims of "The Big Dig", we feel your pain.
I feel for those who had to suffer through the construction.... but as one of the tens of thousands of beneficiaries of the Big Dig,... It was worth it!!!
That's easily solved. Most people never run out of fuel, because there's a gauge to tell them that they need to fill it up. If cars had an idiot light that says "Refill wiper fluid now" that goes on when it is at the 25% mark, nobody would run out of wiper fluid, either. Car companies don't add that sensor that because wiper fluid isn't a critical safety feature. If it becomes one, they presumably will do so.
They can develop warnings all they want, but unless the sensors can operate when they are dirty, they aren't going to be much use in the winter in New England or Eastern Canada. We salt and sand the roads here and the car gets covered with wet muddy water 5 minutes after you get on any major highway. The muddy wet conditions last for about a week after every snow fall.
Driving after the first snow fall is bad enough as, for some strange reason, people forget how to drive in the snow over the summer. And these are people who routinely drive their cars. I can just imagine what it would be like being on the road with people who are used to their self-driving cars and who have to drive manually because their sensors are obscured...
When the voices in my head starts yelling at me it sounds like everyone is yelling and they don't stop until I put down the baseball bat.
If you are a professional baseball player at bat, it's normal.... Otherwise, If you're Facebook friends with Harley Quinn and have a bat man after you, you need professional help.... (grin)
Someone who just watched Indiana Jones told me that it was insensitive for Indie Jones to pull out a gun and shoot the "Kung Fu" swordsmen.
I said, "what what what?". Regardless of what, the scene delivers a hard cruel truth to the young me, and strongly influenced how I view Kung Fu. It was high humor, and effective.
We are both too old for this generation of reality-hating snowflakes.
I loved that scene in Indiana Jones. It worked on many different levels. It was funny (from a childish perspective), unfair (based on movie rules), and had a dose of reality at the same time. I think, though, that you have to be at a certain age for it to have it's full effect. As a child you would just find it funny, as an adult you wouldn't get the same sense of humor or feel just how unfair it is (based on movie rules). You have to be in your early teens to get the full effect.
I'm thinking that this is true for superhero movies as well, especially Marvell. They are being developed to appeal to teens and young adults, not the older adults that first grew up on comics. In my opinion, the only superhero movies that are geared towards adults is the Batman Dark Knight trilogy.
Maybe that's why a lot of original comic fans are being turned off by CGI, simple story lines, etc. Because they have matured and realize that all the CGI in the world can't make up for poor acting and bad scripts....
I don't have friends that use Windows, I've left those that could not leave Windows. Family members still use Windows and I can't abandon family. I can only support them as best I can until they see daylight.
True friends do not let an OS choice affect their friendship unless one of them is in a cult... (grin)
We are still listening to music which was written hundreds of years ago, there's plenty of music which was written in the 50's and 60's which still gets played daily.
How much from the last 25 years do you think will be played daily in 50-100 years? I can't think of anything worth it.
According to the movie "Demolition Man" people will be listening to commercial jingles.... and every restaurant will be Taco Bell.... (grin)
Even better OnStar, uconnect and all others operate on cell phones. Cell phones that don't function if you don't pay the monthly subscription fee. So after a year or so that gets disconnected and that data no longer gets uploaded.
If you buy used odds are that it is disconnected after the bill stops bieng paid.
Don't pay for the service and they can't upload data.
You would think... But Uconnect has moved to over-the-air updates for their Entertainment systems. This means that the cell service would have to still be active even if the customer isn't paying for the add-on services.
While it's true that Moore's law is, essentially, dead this doesn't mean that computation can't get more powerful. There are lots of well known ways that would work. Most of them, however, require redesigning the algorithms. There's already been a lot of push into parallelizing things, but there could be a **LOT** more. There hasn't been because it was cheaper to rely on Moore's law.
FWIW, I think that the push into complex processor designs was a mistake. It lead to a local optimum that is quite far from the global optimum. What should be done is LOTS of simple processors, each with a SMALL cache of fast memory, and a much larger cache of persistent memory (so that it doesn't consume power and dissipate heat). The different CPUs should communicate via message passing and be programmed in a language that is adapted to this kind of computing. I'm thinking of something like the Erlang virtual machine implemented in hardware. If my guesses are correct, this design should be low enough in heat dissipation that 3D circuits are feasible without excessive work on head dissipation. It probably wouldn't even need water cooling.
This design is "sort of" like the ideas being floated for neural computers that keep showing up on the front pages, but I can't tell whether it's the same or not, because the descriptions are always so vague. They usually talk about "memristor" or some such, but that's just a particular technology that can be used to give non-volatile memory. IIUC any other non-volatile approach would work as well...though core memory would take up too much space, and that would slow things down.
The PS3 was built using this type of "cell processor" technology and they ran into performance problems. Granted, most were due to the underlying design, but some were due to the fact that scaling and the increase in delay as you get further away from the center is an issue. I'm not pretending to be an expert on CPU design, but the point is that there probably are fundamental issues with this type of processor that needs to be overcome.
This is one of those situations where you have to recognise you can't win the argument because every time you say something the reply is something that doesn't make any sense causing the argument to increase in mass.
Resulting in a black hole of "my politics is better than yours" arguments.....
The point is that no matter what party is in power, none of them are interested in actually saving money or cutting the budget. They all have their pet projects and it's just a matter of shifting the funding around to look like they are doing something.
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he indicated that this was confirmation that time travel was not possible.
All that would prove is that time travelers didn't come to the party.
everyone knows that Time Travelers only attend the good parties...
Yeah, but then.. Notepad++
I prefer PSPad myself... but I'm a network engineer, not a programmer...
I needed something that could handle both large log files and UNIX formatting. Even with this fix, Notepad still wouldn't work for me because of it's file size limits.
AMD is affected too...
So, my question is:
Why a developer, developing for AMD-64 on top of AMD Hardware (think Athlon, Buldozer, Ryzen/Epyc et al) would be using an "INTEL's" Docs?
Shouldn't said developer be using AMD's documentation? If so, then, how said developer was also afected?
I don't know the answer. But I believe that the AMD design is, in part, based on the early reverse engineering of one of the early Intel CPUs. It's quite possible that this issue is present in both because the instruction design is the same for both.
Because, its the way we were taught to write. Right or wrong, it is what it is. Why the fight to put an end to the evil double space?
NOONE is taught this anymore. Heck if you read the practical typography breakdown and read the graphs in the original article they tested people who habitually double space and people who don't. The only group that showed improvement is people who habitually double space. Thus the entire article isn't that interesting. People who double space read faster when double spaced. That's not useful and it doesn't do anything.
That's like saying that new design change to the aerodynamics of a car gets better gas mileage but it's not worth anything because no other car on the road is built this way....
What it tells us is that once you get used to writing and reading text with two spaces at the end of the sentence your reading speed increases. In other words, it's a more efficient method of communicating and it's a simple change to teach. The problem, as others have pointed out, is that the web ruins this because of the way browsers display white space (more than one space is automatically displayed as a single space).
Lets talk about how the DNC hack was an inside job. Hmm, I wonder if anyone remembers that part where file metadata showed the mail dump was copied from the server to a USB drive.
No? Don't remember who Seth Rich is?
Ok, lets circle jerk to the left's favorite conspiracy theory instead.
For those not up to speed on the latest conspiracy theories, it's been alleged that the DNC hack was an inside job. One of the "facts" supporting this theory is that the files were being transferred at 22.7 MB/s (based on file timestamps) faster than what could reasonably be expected over a standard internet connection at the time. However, it completely ignores the possibilities that there was fast internet available at the time, the ability to download multiple files to multiple computers (i.e. like a botnet), and the possibility that the files were downloaded to one computer, copied to a USB, then copied to another computer for upload. In other words, this "fact" doesn't prove anything.
In fact, since the release of this theory, a number of the original "authors" (which include former NSA experts) have since backtracked...
http://thehill.com/policy/cybe...
https://www.washingtonpost.com...
"Comcast gives new speed boost only to Internet users who also buy TV service"
Or "Comcast boosts Internet speed for TV service customers"
The thing about these versions, though is that they sound more reasonable. The double-negative version focuses on how Comcast is screwing Internet-only subscribers, while the positive versions focus on how Comcast is giving a benefit to TV subscribers. Gotta rouse the rabble, y'know.
Comcast Denies Internet Speed Boost for Internet Only Customers
See, you can still make the headline easily readable but also express the problem/outrage.....
The Windows Phone was really well done. (We'll ignore Windows Phone 6 and before as if they never existed!) Much more coherent interface than either the iPhone or Android. And the battery life was way better. The problem with it was timing and apps. If it had come out before the iPhone, they would have ruled the market, and Apple would probably be suffering. But coming out after the iPhone and Android, they were continually playing catch up. They never got the app base, and without that it was chicken and egg...nobody bought it because it didn't have apps and no apps because nobody bought it.
It's also why the Windows RT version of the Microsoft Surface failed. Microsoft tried to make an iPad but they just can't seem to get traction with mobile App developers.
I can see this being useful in specific circumstances like places without street signs. Around here there are numerous streets that seem to be without street signs for some reason (either stolen, fallen down and not replaced, or so faded they're illegible) so when the directions say "Turn left on West St." but the sign for West St. hasn't existed in 5 years, that's a problem. Of course the odds that something like a Burger King is going to be there forever are pretty slim, so maybe they'll have to update it to "Turn left at the thing that used to be a Burger King but is now a Coney Island" or something like that.
On my in-car GPS it shows the streets and the turns on the dash. I hardly ever look at road signs, just the cross streets when I come to an intersection to make sure that I am following the highlighter route. In other words, as long as the GPS is accurate, you can navigate using it without road signs.
Oh sure, but where's the adventure in that?
"After you leave the pavement, you go down the road a bit 'till you see three big rocks. You can ignore them, they just let you know you're on the right road. If you get to the base of a mountain without seeing the three big rocks, you're on the wrong road... So, a ways after the three big rock you'll get to the place where Billy Bob's trailer used to be parked, make a left there. If you hit a pothole so big you think you may have damaged something, that's the road you want. In awhile you'll get to a motor home that looks and smells like a meth lab, don't slow down, it's a meth lab. A bit after that you will see a fence with some cows behind it, we are on the other side of that field but you have to drive around it 'cause there's a bull in there and he's not friendly. Just follow the fence 'till the road dead ends and follow the ruts going down the side of the fence, Look back and make sure no one from the meth lab is following you, those folks are a bit twitchy... When you get to the end of the ruts you'll be in our back yard. Park anywhere but stay away from all the old cars 'cause of snakes. Just knock on the back door or holler, the dogs don't bite but they might knock you down..."
Yeah. Directions where I grew up always seem to reference at least one landmark that hasn't existed for decades. For example, "take the road up the hill behind the old Zellers building". Never mind that Zellers closed over 20 years ago and it's had several other department stores in it since....
The Powerwall costs extra money, but you will already have your car battery, so there is no additional capital cost other than an inverter.
Not quite. You also have to factor in the cost of the additional cycles on the battery pack, the additional warranty and maintenance costs that may result, the depreciation on the vehicle from this additional use, and perhaps a few others I'm not thinking of before I've had my morning caffeine. Doesn't make using the car battery a bad idea but one should have a full accounting of all the costs. I think depreciation likely would be the biggest cost since inverters probably wouldn't be super expensive once they are produced at scale. I could easily see the added depreciation being a few thousand dollars though you obviously wouldn't be hit with that until you sell the vehicle.
Personally I see car batteries as more of an emergency standby solution than a routine use. Not much use for powering the home if you have to take the car to work. Could be a nice little extra layer of security for power outages or to manage energy costs and usage though.
Exactly! As I understand it, even the most advanced of the batteries that we have today are limited by the number of power-cycles. Using a car for this on a continual basis would quickly reduce the battery lifetime, range, etc. As a car owner, why would you do this unless there is some reward to offset the value loss?
The owner/user is responsible for any liability resulting from issues when charging the battery pack as part of their insurance. Who accepts liability for any battery failures when the car is providing power to the grid?
A lot of these things sound good on paper but the reality usually ends up being much messier.
Some total fuckwit posts anonymously that they shut down an entire corporate email system just to 'unsend' an email, then accuses other people of being incompetent?
Thanks, I needed the laugh.
On the other hand, if an Exec sent a poorly worded email or email to the wrong group, there could be situations where the result would be horribly bad for the company. In those specific instances it just might be better to shut down access to the email system, preventing people from accessing the email, vs the alternative.
I'm not saying that the correct procedure was followed. Just that there are situations where more drastic measures might be called for.
Or replace the replaceable batteries, like you are SUPPOSED TO DO.
Sigh.
Yep. That's what I do every 3 years. Replace the batteries with higher Ah batteries, if possible. I then re-use the old batteries by hooking them up to solar panels at the camp to run 12v items like led lights. I put them in parallel to increase the amperage and, when the voltage drops to 7V or so, put those batteries in series to provide 12-14v.
Bingo!! Anyone who commuted into Boston before the Big Dig and then after would say it was well worth it. I had to work in Cambridge last week and while there were backups, they only lasted 15 to 20 minutes. Before the Big Dig you could easily spend upwards of 60 minutes sitting in traffic. People who live directly in Boston may not see the benefits but the 80% of the population that commutes into Boston it's a huge difference.
...and the victims of "The Big Dig", we feel your pain.
I feel for those who had to suffer through the construction.... but as one of the tens of thousands of beneficiaries of the Big Dig,... It was worth it!!!
A functional fusion reactor that's commercially viable seems to be perpetually 15-20 years in the future.
Next......
Kinda like real AI (vs. AI lite)... which one will come first, true AI, Nuclear fusion, flying cars, or hover-boards....
That's easily solved. Most people never run out of fuel, because there's a gauge to tell them that they need to fill it up. If cars had an idiot light that says "Refill wiper fluid now" that goes on when it is at the 25% mark, nobody would run out of wiper fluid, either. Car companies don't add that sensor that because wiper fluid isn't a critical safety feature. If it becomes one, they presumably will do so.
They can develop warnings all they want, but unless the sensors can operate when they are dirty, they aren't going to be much use in the winter in New England or Eastern Canada. We salt and sand the roads here and the car gets covered with wet muddy water 5 minutes after you get on any major highway. The muddy wet conditions last for about a week after every snow fall.
Driving after the first snow fall is bad enough as, for some strange reason, people forget how to drive in the snow over the summer. And these are people who routinely drive their cars. I can just imagine what it would be like being on the road with people who are used to their self-driving cars and who have to drive manually because their sensors are obscured...
When the voices in my head starts yelling at me it sounds like everyone is yelling and they don't stop until I put down the baseball bat.
If you are a professional baseball player at bat, it's normal.... Otherwise, If you're Facebook friends with Harley Quinn and have a bat man after you, you need professional help.... (grin)
Someone who just watched Indiana Jones told me that it was insensitive for Indie Jones to pull out a gun and shoot the "Kung Fu" swordsmen.
I said, "what what what?". Regardless of what, the scene delivers a hard cruel truth to the young me, and strongly influenced how I view Kung Fu. It was high humor, and effective.
We are both too old for this generation of reality-hating snowflakes.
I loved that scene in Indiana Jones. It worked on many different levels. It was funny (from a childish perspective), unfair (based on movie rules), and had a dose of reality at the same time. I think, though, that you have to be at a certain age for it to have it's full effect. As a child you would just find it funny, as an adult you wouldn't get the same sense of humor or feel just how unfair it is (based on movie rules). You have to be in your early teens to get the full effect.
I'm thinking that this is true for superhero movies as well, especially Marvell. They are being developed to appeal to teens and young adults, not the older adults that first grew up on comics. In my opinion, the only superhero movies that are geared towards adults is the Batman Dark Knight trilogy.
Maybe that's why a lot of original comic fans are being turned off by CGI, simple story lines, etc. Because they have matured and realize that all the CGI in the world can't make up for poor acting and bad scripts....
Friends don't let friends use Windows.
I don't have friends that use Windows, I've left those that could not leave Windows. Family members still use Windows and I can't abandon family. I can only support them as best I can until they see daylight.
True friends do not let an OS choice affect their friendship unless one of them is in a cult... (grin)
We are still listening to music which was written hundreds of years ago, there's plenty of music which was written in the 50's and 60's which still gets played daily.
How much from the last 25 years do you think will be played daily in 50-100 years? I can't think of anything worth it.
According to the movie "Demolition Man" people will be listening to commercial jingles.... and every restaurant will be Taco Bell.... (grin)
...and she said everything was okay, that nobody was tracking anything.
I just asked Alexa what my address was and she said: "That's not supported..... yet..."
So, give her time....
Even better OnStar, uconnect and all others operate on cell phones. Cell phones that don't function if you don't pay the monthly subscription fee. So after a year or so that gets disconnected and that data no longer gets uploaded.
If you buy used odds are that it is disconnected after the bill stops bieng paid.
Don't pay for the service and they can't upload data.
You would think... But Uconnect has moved to over-the-air updates for their Entertainment systems. This means that the cell service would have to still be active even if the customer isn't paying for the add-on services.
While it's true that Moore's law is, essentially, dead this doesn't mean that computation can't get more powerful. There are lots of well known ways that would work. Most of them, however, require redesigning the algorithms. There's already been a lot of push into parallelizing things, but there could be a **LOT** more. There hasn't been because it was cheaper to rely on Moore's law.
FWIW, I think that the push into complex processor designs was a mistake. It lead to a local optimum that is quite far from the global optimum. What should be done is LOTS of simple processors, each with a SMALL cache of fast memory, and a much larger cache of persistent memory (so that it doesn't consume power and dissipate heat). The different CPUs should communicate via message passing and be programmed in a language that is adapted to this kind of computing. I'm thinking of something like the Erlang virtual machine implemented in hardware. If my guesses are correct, this design should be low enough in heat dissipation that 3D circuits are feasible without excessive work on head dissipation. It probably wouldn't even need water cooling.
This design is "sort of" like the ideas being floated for neural computers that keep showing up on the front pages, but I can't tell whether it's the same or not, because the descriptions are always so vague. They usually talk about "memristor" or some such, but that's just a particular technology that can be used to give non-volatile memory. IIUC any other non-volatile approach would work as well...though core memory would take up too much space, and that would slow things down.
The PS3 was built using this type of "cell processor" technology and they ran into performance problems. Granted, most were due to the underlying design, but some were due to the fact that scaling and the increase in delay as you get further away from the center is an issue. I'm not pretending to be an expert on CPU design, but the point is that there probably are fundamental issues with this type of processor that needs to be overcome.
http://www.redgamingtech.com/s...
My bet is that quantum processors or some combination of a traditional CPU with quantum components would be the next step.
Yes it is, if you like your steak well done.
Can I get that with fries and a Nuka Cola..... (grin)
This is one of those situations where you have to recognise you can't win the argument because every time you say something the reply is something that doesn't make any sense causing the argument to increase in mass.
Resulting in a black hole of "my politics is better than yours" arguments.....
The point is that no matter what party is in power, none of them are interested in actually saving money or cutting the budget. They all have their pet projects and it's just a matter of shifting the funding around to look like they are doing something.