Multiple wrongs do not make a right, and you can't undo history. Putting effective ICBMs in the hands of someone like Kim Jong Il is insanely irresponsible.
The childish "you do it, so can I can too" approach you're taking is precisely that: indicative of a severely socially maladjusted person with no grasp of the severity of this situation. Let me take a quote from your post and modify it to suite this situation: until you've got better than a third grade education in these matters, shut the fuck up.
A more or less fresh start with more modern assumptions isn't really a bad idea.
I feel your pain with regard to relying on so much seemingly antiquated technology in our current CPU architectures. That said, the "existing code" factor isn't just a big deal, it's the deal, and it isn't a problem easily solved by simple emulation.
Don't worry too much about the x86 legacy, though. Current architectures are actually a hell of a lot further from the early instruction sets than most people realize, and there's a huge amount of momentum in adding functionality in the short term. The CPU architectures of today are already largely designed by computers (with engineering "guidance" so to speak), and this trend will only accelerate with increasing density and magnitude of computing power.
Essentially, it's a problem that's going to solve itself as supercomputing systems take over more and more of the bulk work of designing the next few generations of CPU architectures and programming interfaces. Patience is a virtue:).
As if this regime needed to be any more creative to continue their quest to piss off the world. Yeah, U.N. sanctions don't really mean a whole lot these days (did they ever?), but this is ridiculous.
Honestly, if I thought for one moment that North Korea actually had peaceful space exploration motives in mind, about 50% of my objection to this would vanish instantly. As it stands, the regime is run by a madman with serious nuclear ambitions, something people tend to forget about.
Personally, I wish we'd dealt wish North Korea a long, long time ago... perhaps in place of Iraq. I'm certainly no foreign policy expert, but I have served in the military, and I've always considered North Korea a much larger looming threat to regional and global security than Iraq ever was (with the exception of the Gulf War, that is).
Ummm... that's not really saying a whole lot. Various TLAs are extensively involved in a heck of a lot of computer science research, for obvious reasons. You're right that it's common knowledge, but what's that supposed to prove?
The NSA must be using the ever-changing dynamics of PageRank behind the scenes to brute force crack all my encrypted emails...
You're right. Both approaches have their place. What you're observing is the manifestation of an overriding need to prove one's superior intellect. It's a sign of poor socialization.
I, for one, welcome multiple approaches to achieving multiple goals.
In any event, the end result is the same to visitors who conduct searches on Google. I've also seen no indication that they sell any of their privately held Internet databases. Do you have any supporting evidence?
It's undoubtedly a measure for filtering overtly malicious content. While this is something to watch carefully, I don't see people doing a whole lot of complaining over Google filtering search results and routinely removing sites from their index.
True, but it does depend on the circumstances. With the huge number of Adwords campaigns being created on a daily basis, I really can't blame Google for covering their rears. It would be nice if they added some functionality to help automate the process of verifying permission to use a trademark, although offhand I don't know where to start on such a framework. In fact, that kinda sounds like a good idea for a startup, developing a system that would interface between separate organizations for such a purpose.
I use Google Adwords for targeted marketing campaigns. Try using any well-known trademark in a new campaign; as of a month ago, they started getting much more aggressive about filtering these out. You can't save an ad unit if it contains trademarked phrases. I don't have any problem with this, aside from cases where you're using the trademark with permission. At some point I'm probably going to wind up emailing the Adwords team about cases like this, offering written verification of license to use such terms.
You're coming off sounding pretty pretentious. I made no assertion that modern medicine doesn't have its place; it's a critical part of maintaining a healthy life. I'm certainly not advocating ignoring medical issues, simply pointing out that you don't have to fix a problem if it doesn't happen in the first place.
A lot of people walk around with the attitude that they can ignore the needs of their bodies and depend on medicine to fix those mistakes. Those views need to change, as prevention is the best medicine.
In my view, there's nothing at all wrong with immunization, and I think parents who refuse to immunize for purely religious reasons are idiots at best, and should be potential cases for social services intervention at worst. What these people fail to understand is that they have a greater responsibility to society to avoid the spread of disease, unless of course they don't plan on ever going out in public. See: Wacky Fundamentalist Compounds(TM).
Healthcare "professionals" who tout these views need to be fired.
Why do people insist on putting words in my mouth? My point is simple: modern medicine is extremely valuable, but you don't have to fix what you don't suffer from in the first place. Taking appropriate care of your body is the biggest part of avoiding disease in the first place. Unfortunately, most people seem to treat their bodies like crap. No wonder healthcare is out of control.
Where in my original post did you see me claim that modern medicine is useless? Putting words in peoples' mouths can make you look like an idiot. Medicine is an extremely valuable part of modern life, but you don't have to treat what you don't suffer from in the first place. Hence, prevention is always the best medicine.
Incidentally, isnt it sort of in the FBI's realm to investigate large-scale fraud?
Yes. We won't have any idea what the truth is until someone gets a copy of the federal warrants used in the raid, or until we get information that charges are being filed.
The human body is pretty darn good at healing itself. There is absolutely no replacement for a decent diet, moderate exercise, and a positive attitude. The last factor alone has been repeatedly shown to boost immune system health over a variety of drug-based treatments.
Yep, if you're using a public roadway on any kind of vehicle while intoxicated, they'll get ya. I'm waiting to hear about someone getting a DUI on a Segway.
They still do, at least in Georgia. The sad thing is I know two people who have DUI convictions on their records due to riding a bicycle while intoxicated. One of those guys also managed to accrue additional charges from his incident, including being a minor in possession of alcohol, out past curfew [Gwinnett County], riding on the wrong side of the road, failure to wear reflective and safety gear, and possession of a minor amount of marijuana. That case was ten years ago, and while it wasn't funny at the time, it's pretty damned funny now.
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Multiple wrongs do not make a right, and you can't undo history. Putting effective ICBMs in the hands of someone like Kim Jong Il is insanely irresponsible.
The childish "you do it, so can I can too" approach you're taking is precisely that: indicative of a severely socially maladjusted person with no grasp of the severity of this situation. Let me take a quote from your post and modify it to suite this situation: until you've got better than a third grade education in these matters, shut the fuck up.
A more or less fresh start with more modern assumptions isn't really a bad idea.
I feel your pain with regard to relying on so much seemingly antiquated technology in our current CPU architectures. That said, the "existing code" factor isn't just a big deal, it's the deal, and it isn't a problem easily solved by simple emulation.
:).
Don't worry too much about the x86 legacy, though. Current architectures are actually a hell of a lot further from the early instruction sets than most people realize, and there's a huge amount of momentum in adding functionality in the short term. The CPU architectures of today are already largely designed by computers (with engineering "guidance" so to speak), and this trend will only accelerate with increasing density and magnitude of computing power.
Essentially, it's a problem that's going to solve itself as supercomputing systems take over more and more of the bulk work of designing the next few generations of CPU architectures and programming interfaces. Patience is a virtue
As if this regime needed to be any more creative to continue their quest to piss off the world. Yeah, U.N. sanctions don't really mean a whole lot these days (did they ever?), but this is ridiculous.
Honestly, if I thought for one moment that North Korea actually had peaceful space exploration motives in mind, about 50% of my objection to this would vanish instantly. As it stands, the regime is run by a madman with serious nuclear ambitions, something people tend to forget about.
Personally, I wish we'd dealt wish North Korea a long, long time ago... perhaps in place of Iraq. I'm certainly no foreign policy expert, but I have served in the military, and I've always considered North Korea a much larger looming threat to regional and global security than Iraq ever was (with the exception of the Gulf War, that is).
This is the best troll I've seen in a while. The AC part didn't give it away?
I don't have a monitor, I have an LCD panel you insensitive clod! Although I am running Ubuntu on this laptop...
Ummm... that's not really saying a whole lot. Various TLAs are extensively involved in a heck of a lot of computer science research, for obvious reasons. You're right that it's common knowledge, but what's that supposed to prove?
The NSA must be using the ever-changing dynamics of PageRank behind the scenes to brute force crack all my encrypted emails...
You're right. Both approaches have their place. What you're observing is the manifestation of an overriding need to prove one's superior intellect. It's a sign of poor socialization.
I, for one, welcome multiple approaches to achieving multiple goals.
In any event, the end result is the same to visitors who conduct searches on Google. I've also seen no indication that they sell any of their privately held Internet databases. Do you have any supporting evidence?
It's undoubtedly a measure for filtering overtly malicious content. While this is something to watch carefully, I don't see people doing a whole lot of complaining over Google filtering search results and routinely removing sites from their index.
True, but it does depend on the circumstances. With the huge number of Adwords campaigns being created on a daily basis, I really can't blame Google for covering their rears. It would be nice if they added some functionality to help automate the process of verifying permission to use a trademark, although offhand I don't know where to start on such a framework. In fact, that kinda sounds like a good idea for a startup, developing a system that would interface between separate organizations for such a purpose.
I use Google Adwords for targeted marketing campaigns. Try using any well-known trademark in a new campaign; as of a month ago, they started getting much more aggressive about filtering these out. You can't save an ad unit if it contains trademarked phrases. I don't have any problem with this, aside from cases where you're using the trademark with permission. At some point I'm probably going to wind up emailing the Adwords team about cases like this, offering written verification of license to use such terms.
You aren't by any chance related to Miss Cleo, are you? :)
You're coming off sounding pretty pretentious. I made no assertion that modern medicine doesn't have its place; it's a critical part of maintaining a healthy life. I'm certainly not advocating ignoring medical issues, simply pointing out that you don't have to fix a problem if it doesn't happen in the first place.
A lot of people walk around with the attitude that they can ignore the needs of their bodies and depend on medicine to fix those mistakes. Those views need to change, as prevention is the best medicine.
I'm a big fan of history, by the way.
Maybe they were there first... they were almost certainly "listening in" on a case like this, given their broad abilities in the field.
In my view, there's nothing at all wrong with immunization, and I think parents who refuse to immunize for purely religious reasons are idiots at best, and should be potential cases for social services intervention at worst. What these people fail to understand is that they have a greater responsibility to society to avoid the spread of disease, unless of course they don't plan on ever going out in public. See: Wacky Fundamentalist Compounds(TM).
Healthcare "professionals" who tout these views need to be fired.
Why do people insist on putting words in my mouth? My point is simple: modern medicine is extremely valuable, but you don't have to fix what you don't suffer from in the first place. Taking appropriate care of your body is the biggest part of avoiding disease in the first place. Unfortunately, most people seem to treat their bodies like crap. No wonder healthcare is out of control.
Where in my original post did you see me claim that modern medicine is useless? Putting words in peoples' mouths can make you look like an idiot. Medicine is an extremely valuable part of modern life, but you don't have to treat what you don't suffer from in the first place. Hence, prevention is always the best medicine.
Incidentally, isnt it sort of in the FBI's realm to investigate large-scale fraud?
Yes. We won't have any idea what the truth is until someone gets a copy of the federal warrants used in the raid, or until we get information that charges are being filed.
In that case, the NSA is probably on the way as well.
Yeah, I just got weird mental images of ISA cards jutting out of modern-day motherboards. It was disturbing.
The human body is pretty darn good at healing itself. There is absolutely no replacement for a decent diet, moderate exercise, and a positive attitude. The last factor alone has been repeatedly shown to boost immune system health over a variety of drug-based treatments.
We need compilers that are far better at taking advantage of parallel architectures anyhow.
The story title conjured up images of the boxes of ISA cards I've still got sitting around. Ah, the joys of setting IRQs... good times.
Yep, if you're using a public roadway on any kind of vehicle while intoxicated, they'll get ya. I'm waiting to hear about someone getting a DUI on a Segway.
They still do, at least in Georgia. The sad thing is I know two people who have DUI convictions on their records due to riding a bicycle while intoxicated. One of those guys also managed to accrue additional charges from his incident, including being a minor in possession of alcohol, out past curfew [Gwinnett County], riding on the wrong side of the road, failure to wear reflective and safety gear, and possession of a minor amount of marijuana. That case was ten years ago, and while it wasn't funny at the time, it's pretty damned funny now.