Odd, I chose Mercedes for exactly the same reason. Mercedes service information is available for all post 1994 models at www.startekinfo.com. The complete Electronic Parts Catalog ( EPC ) is free to residents of the US. Full DVD service manuals are available for models that are out of warrranty. Of course the techs won't tell you this, they would lose business. I do most of my own work on my CL500 and AMG.
Baran developed the concept of packet switching during his research at the RAND Corporation for the US Air Force into survivable communications networks, first presented to the Air Force in the summer of 1961 as briefing B-265 [1] then published as RAND Paper P-2626 in 1962 [1], and then including and expanding somewhat within a series of eleven papers titled On Distributed Communications in 1964 [2]. Baran's P-2626 paper described a general architecture for a large-scale, distributed, survivable communications network. The paper focuses on three key ideas: first, use of a decentralized network with multiple paths between any two points; and second, dividing complete user messages into what he called message blocks (later called packets); then third, delivery of these messages by store and forward switching.
They used to make quality products, not so much anymore. My latest experience is the last straw. Last year, I purchased a Sony navigation unit. I soon found that the maps were outdated, and missing major landmarks, and even an Interstate highway that had opened the year before. Support assured me that the next update would solve these problems. Well, after many months, an update has finally been released for the mere price of $99. So, in other words, Sony wants me to pay another $99 to fix what was broken from the time they built the unit. I consider it a lesson learned, and will not longer purchase Sony products.
Telephone switches have had specific features to support this type of activity since at least the 1980's. The only difference, now, is that these practices are seeing the light of day.
Yes, some problems lend themselves very well to multicore designs. Many others do not. Just because they are building multicore ships does not mean that multicore is the right answer. Current multicore designs have too small cache, and too slow memory bandwidth. If my problem is CPU bound, multicore can be a solution. If my problem is memory access bound, multicore is only going to make it worse.
The Ooops-Leon, which was "discovered" due to an error in reading the data. It was going to be called the upsilon. Nobel Prize winner Leon Lederman was the lead on the experiment.
ACP/MAPS: One of the pioneers in the use of massively parallel computers in science. Built and designed at Fermilab, was once the top of the super computer list.
IBM Farms: Inspired IBM's SP1, which has then lead to the Blue Gene series of computers. The Farms, both IBM and SGI, at Fermilab also pioneered the use of computer farms. It may be where the term "farm" originated.
Fermilab was a very early adopter of Linux. Bob Young, one of the founders of RedHat, credits that adoption with the early success of Linux.
I am getting so sick of the Smoot-Harley comments whenever the topic of tariffs comes up. There are issues with protectionist tariffs, but the reason Smoot-Harley was such a disaster is that the tariffs were fixed in dollar per item rather than a percentage of price. During the deflationary spiral of the 1930's, this resulted in the tariff's being as high as 60% of the cost of a tariffed item. Personally, I think we need to have some tariffs so that imported goods carry the same load in our society as domestically produced goods to level the playing field. It does not make sense that domestically produced goods carry a significantly higher tax burden than those produced abroad.
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Odd, I chose Mercedes for exactly the same reason. Mercedes service information is available for all post 1994 models at www.startekinfo.com. The complete Electronic Parts Catalog ( EPC ) is free to residents of the US. Full DVD service manuals are available for models that are out of warrranty. Of course the techs won't tell you this, they would lose business. I do most of my own work on my CL500 and AMG.
by Paul Baran in the early 1960's.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packet_switching
Baran developed the concept of packet switching during his research at the RAND Corporation for the US Air Force into survivable communications networks, first presented to the Air Force in the summer of 1961 as briefing B-265 [1] then published as RAND Paper P-2626 in 1962 [1], and then including and expanding somewhat within a series of eleven papers titled On Distributed Communications in 1964 [2]. Baran's P-2626 paper described a general architecture for a large-scale, distributed, survivable communications network. The paper focuses on three key ideas: first, use of a decentralized network with multiple paths between any two points; and second, dividing complete user messages into what he called message blocks (later called packets); then third, delivery of these messages by store and forward switching.
They used to make quality products, not so much anymore. My latest experience is the last straw. Last year, I purchased a Sony navigation unit. I soon found that the maps were outdated, and missing major landmarks, and even an Interstate highway that had opened the year before. Support assured me that the next update would solve these problems. Well, after many months, an update has finally been released for the mere price of $99. So, in other words, Sony wants me to pay another $99 to fix what was broken from the time they built the unit. I consider it a lesson learned, and will not longer purchase Sony products.
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Even scarier, the term was coined by someone working on nuclear weapons as Los Alamos.
It is not a trade secret anymore.
Telephone switches have had specific features to support this type of activity since at least the 1980's. The only difference, now, is that these practices are seeing the light of day.
Blogger arrested for allowing facts to get in the way of a perfectly good argument.
I have a black car with a black interior and a black car with a light gray interior. The gray one is far cooler in the summer.
On a clear disk you can seek forever.
Illinois has a similar law.
We may be stealthy, but an enormous amount of tech comes out of the Chicago area.
Yes, some problems lend themselves very well to multicore designs. Many others do not. Just because they are building multicore ships does not mean that multicore is the right answer. Current multicore designs have too small cache, and too slow memory bandwidth. If my problem is CPU bound, multicore can be a solution. If my problem is memory access bound, multicore is only going to make it worse.
The Ooops-Leon, which was "discovered" due to an error in reading the data. It was going to be called the upsilon. Nobel Prize winner Leon Lederman was the lead on the experiment.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oops-Leon
P1 is middle aged now, no longer an adolescent.
I really liked that line.
As a zombie, he must be starving in Utah.
Somebody needs to keep those folks over at CDF in check. ;->
Just a few examples from Fermilab:
ACP/MAPS: One of the pioneers in the use of massively parallel computers in science. Built and designed at Fermilab, was once the top of the super computer list.
IBM Farms: Inspired IBM's SP1, which has then lead to the Blue Gene series of computers. The Farms, both IBM and SGI, at Fermilab also pioneered the use of computer farms. It may be where the term "farm" originated.
Fermilab was a very early adopter of Linux. Bob Young, one of the founders of RedHat, credits that adoption with the early success of Linux.
Exactly why Microsoft is suing them. They figure that the community will not come to Tom Tom's defense. I think they will find out they are mistaken.
I'll bet Volt isn't taking a cut on their obscene margin.
Domestically good producers have to pay their half of the worker's FICA taxes. Imported goods do not.
Heard on Wall Street:
I lost half my money, but I still have my wife.
I am getting so sick of the Smoot-Harley comments whenever the topic of tariffs comes up. There are issues with protectionist tariffs, but the reason Smoot-Harley was such a disaster is that the tariffs were fixed in dollar per item rather than a percentage of price. During the deflationary spiral of the 1930's, this resulted in the tariff's being as high as 60% of the cost of a tariffed item. Personally, I think we need to have some tariffs so that imported goods carry the same load in our society as domestically produced goods to level the playing field. It does not make sense that domestically produced goods carry a significantly higher tax burden than those produced abroad.
2 million more MCSE's.