mosr's story is a backwards version of the REAL story. the register reported that connectix is bundling redhat with their virtual pc (or whatever it is) x86 emulator. for a good laugh, read mosr from time to time. when the 500mhz g4 bug was news, they claimed that all that had to be done was to run them at 499mhz instead. anyone with a clue knows that running it at 499.999999999999mhz is not going to make it run fine. mosr apparently didn't understand that 500mhz is an approximate value and thought that 500 was some sort of magical number that causes the bug, as soon as you hit 500. i nearly fell out of my chair, laughing, when i read that mosr story. mosr isn't exactly into fact checking.
if you knew anything about altivec at all, you wouldn't call it bull. it is simply the best simd/vector system out there (not counting crays and stuff). i suggest you go to moto's site and read up on it.
imho, more generic (ie, abstracted) code, while allowing the compiler more freedom, the code is less detailed, thereby giving the compiler less specifics. that is, a less detailed version of the program, which means the compiler has less of an idea of what you want to do. in other words, as you reduce the resolution of the code, you're making it less specific (more generic) and less optimized for the given task, and gives the compiler less hints about what you really want to do. the only advantage of even higher level languages is coding time. for simple programs, that's great, but for code where performance is more critical (and in the common case, i believe), it sucks.
apple doesn't own the PPC ISA any more than intel owns x86. afaik, the only thing apple has to do w/ ppc is that they use them. i don't think apple had very much to do with the ppc isa development.
banner ads are getting out of hand. all these sites have about 15k of sidebar links, 10k or so banner ad, then usually less than 1k of actual content. often it's just two paragraphs before you have to click "next". another cheat trick is to have a top 10 list split into 10pages + intro + conclusion. all these banner ads and blatant tricks make tv ads appear suttle(sp).
why don't they ever test it on anything but x86? one of the strengths of linux is that it runs on many different archs, so you can use decent archs and aren't stuck with x86 (as you pretty much are w/ windows). this seems like a huge oversight to me.
first of, nothing is stopping compilers from optiming risc ops. second, merced/itanium/whatever is yet another half assed implimentation by intel. sun's majc is true epic/vliw. intel has always done as little as they can. i can't stand it when intel is refered to as a "technology leader". they're definetly not a technology leader; finacial(sp) leader, yes, technology, hell no. dec, moto, and sun have always had better designed cpus (at least for as long as i can remember). if it weren't for intel, all most all microcoded cpus would have died off by now.
looks like i did jump the gun a little, about MS. i never said guns would stop "this kind of thing", i never even implied that. my point is, rights are being eroded away, both in australia and america.
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they've confiscated the citizens' guns (after first saying the required registration of arms would never be used against gun owners, fwih), they're restricting free speech on the internet, and now MS and friends have come in to profile and catalog every citizen's activities. hopefully, EFF and other groups will lobby and inform more.au citizens of what's going on. and don't think this couldn't happen in america; we're already on our way, in the same direction.
another poster mentioned this, but i'd like to elaborate.
i use a local cvs repository on my box for development. it'd be nice to have a pserver (why's it called pserver, anyway) so that other people can see the latest code or so i can when i'm not at home. the only problem is, i commit often and i don't want to have to have ppp up everytime i want to commit something.
possible solutions: 1. cvsup -- this is what freebsd uses extensively. only problem is, it's writting in modula-3. modula-3 compilers aren't available for every arch (eg, the ppc box i have at home) 2. rsync -- i've never used rsync before, but afaik, it should work fine for mirroring repositories.
let me get this straight. you want to change the license to stop evil contries from violating the license. if they're going to violate the current license, what makes you think they won't violate the second one? "oh, yeah? you're gonna violate our license? well, i'll just add another clause saying you can't use it! hey, i said you couldn't use it!"
JIT compiled bytecode is basically software based microcode. direct execution has less overhead, and i seriously question if all the JIT hacks in the world could compensate for the cpu time and cache footprint of JIT compilation (though, i admit i know little about JIT compiling). and i know someone out there is thinking: "so what? cache the compiled bytecode to a file, for faster execution later". now all you've done is turned bytecode into nothing more than than compressed logic/pre-parsed source. places where JIT compilation does have an advantage is when you don't know what could run the code (such as a browser, where speed isn't critical), don't want to execute native instructions for security reasons, and/or the platform that runs it doesn't have a place to store the code in its only native instructions.
go re-read what you replied to. he never said crossbar archs don't scale. he said their complexity increases faster, which is exactly what you just said. *sigh* i wish they taught more reading comprehensive in schools
what's wrong with it is that he doesn't care about the linux community or the GPL either, it seems. redhat and others have given back to the community (and i support them in return by buying cds). the reason i believe he isn't part of the community is the fact that i can't find one person who's ever heard of the guy before, and he doesn't seem interested in becoming part of the community or respecting the community by releasing source.
i never said he couldn't write apps for linux and i never said i wouldn't welcome him if he decided to play fair and release the source (in fact, i would welcome him).
um, no. there IS a linux community. developers know developers who know other developers. in fact, i think there's usually only a degree or two of seperation between most linux developers. this linuxone guy is some business man out for a buck, and it's VERY obvious. maybe he doesn't have bad intentions (note i said maybe) like running off with all the cash and never releasing any source, but he certainly isn't part of the community. *i've* never heard of him before and i doubt any one else i know has either.
personally, i don't want everyone to vote. do you really want every uninformed idiot to cast a vote? there's already enough of them (you can tell by how much charisma is a part of what gets people elected). more brainless, emotion driven, non-thinkers is not what we need for voters.
i can see the console on my pmac 7100/80 on channel 4. it only works if the rabbit ear antenna is at the correct angle, otherwise it just looks like high freq interference. just find an old 7100/80, hook up a monitor running at 60hz 640x480, boot up mklinux, run bitchx or just hit 'a' at the booter to get the bootstrap console. now tune to channel 4 (it might help if you use an old tv) and move the antenna around. you probably won't be able to make out the characters, but you'll at least be able to tell it's the console. btw, i know it's not the monitor or the vga cable leaking the signal cuz i've turned the monitor off and unplugged the video cable and the signal was just as strong. i guess apple didn't ground/shield the case well enough.
a friend of mine have a tempest sparc T-1+. 25mhz (iirc). till he took the mobo and the power supply out of the case and put them on a towel (he couldn't fit two 50pin ribbon scsi drives in the two SCA bays). since then you can't pick up any radio or tv stations in that room.
"fastest chip on the market"? hardly. some how, i SERIOUSLY doubt it has better fpu preformance than the highest clock rate 264 alpha, and a 450mhz g4 is probably faster as well.
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you're comparing software to hardware. that makes no sense. it's like saying cars are better than gasoline.
mosr's story is a backwards version of the REAL story. the register reported that connectix is bundling redhat with their virtual pc (or whatever it is) x86 emulator. for a good laugh, read mosr from time to time. when the 500mhz g4 bug was news, they claimed that all that had to be done was to run them at 499mhz instead. anyone with a clue knows that running it at 499.999999999999mhz is not going to make it run fine. mosr apparently didn't understand that 500mhz is an approximate value and thought that 500 was some sort of magical number that causes the bug, as soon as you hit 500. i nearly fell out of my chair, laughing, when i read that mosr story. mosr isn't exactly into fact checking.
if you knew anything about altivec at all, you wouldn't call it bull. it is simply the best simd/vector system out there (not counting crays and stuff). i suggest you go to moto's site and read up on it.
imho, more generic (ie, abstracted) code, while allowing the compiler more freedom, the code is less detailed, thereby giving the compiler less specifics. that is, a less detailed version of the program, which means the compiler has less of an idea of what you want to do. in other words, as you reduce the resolution of the code, you're making it less specific (more generic) and less optimized for the given task, and gives the compiler less hints about what you really want to do. the only advantage of even higher level languages is coding time. for simple programs, that's great, but for code where performance is more critical (and in the common case, i believe), it sucks.
apple doesn't own the PPC ISA any more than intel owns x86. afaik, the only thing apple has to do w/ ppc is that they use them. i don't think apple had very much to do with the ppc isa development.
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banner ads are getting out of hand. all these sites have about 15k of sidebar links, 10k or so banner ad, then usually less than 1k of actual content. often it's just two paragraphs before you have to click "next". another cheat trick is to have a top 10 list split into 10pages + intro + conclusion. all these banner ads and blatant tricks make tv ads appear suttle(sp).
why don't they ever test it on anything but x86? one of the strengths of linux is that it runs on many different archs, so you can use decent archs and aren't stuck with x86 (as you pretty much are w/ windows). this seems like a huge oversight to me.
first of, nothing is stopping compilers from optiming risc ops. second, merced/itanium/whatever is yet another half assed implimentation by intel. sun's majc is true epic/vliw. intel has always done as little as they can. i can't stand it when intel is refered to as a "technology leader". they're definetly not a technology leader; finacial(sp) leader, yes, technology, hell no. dec, moto, and sun have always had better designed cpus (at least for as long as i can remember). if it weren't for intel, all most all microcoded cpus would have died off by now.
looks like i did jump the gun a little, about MS. i never said guns would stop "this kind of thing", i never even implied that. my point is, rights are being eroded away, both in australia and america.
they've confiscated the citizens' guns (after first saying the required registration of arms would never be used against gun owners, fwih), they're restricting free speech on the internet, and now MS and friends have come in to profile and catalog every citizen's activities. hopefully, EFF and other groups will lobby and inform more .au citizens of what's going on. and don't think this couldn't happen in america; we're already on our way, in the same direction.
how did they pick who they sent letters to?
i use a local cvs repository on my box for development. it'd be nice to have a pserver (why's it called pserver, anyway) so that other people can see the latest code or so i can when i'm not at home. the only problem is, i commit often and i don't want to have to have ppp up everytime i want to commit something.
possible solutions:
1. cvsup -- this is what freebsd uses extensively. only problem is, it's writting in modula-3. modula-3 compilers aren't available for every arch (eg, the ppc box i have at home)
2. rsync -- i've never used rsync before, but afaik, it should work fine for mirroring repositories.
thoughts?
let me get this straight. you want to change the license to stop evil contries from violating the license. if they're going to violate the current license, what makes you think they won't violate the second one? "oh, yeah? you're gonna violate our license? well, i'll just add another clause saying you can't use it! hey, i said you couldn't use it!"
JIT compiled bytecode is basically software based microcode. direct execution has less overhead, and i seriously question if all the JIT hacks in the world could compensate for the cpu time and cache footprint of JIT compilation (though, i admit i know little about JIT compiling). and i know someone out there is thinking: "so what? cache the compiled bytecode to a file, for faster execution later". now all you've done is turned bytecode into nothing more than than compressed logic/pre-parsed source. places where JIT compilation does have an advantage is when you don't know what could run the code (such as a browser, where speed isn't critical), don't want to execute native instructions for security reasons, and/or the platform that runs it doesn't have a place to store the code in its only native instructions.
go re-read what you replied to. he never said crossbar archs don't scale. he said their complexity increases faster, which is exactly what you just said. *sigh* i wish they taught more reading comprehensive in schools
what's wrong with it is that he doesn't care about the linux community or the GPL either, it seems. redhat and others have given back to the community (and i support them in return by buying cds). the reason i believe he isn't part of the community is the fact that i can't find one person who's ever heard of the guy before, and he doesn't seem interested in becoming part of the community or respecting the community by releasing source.
i never said he couldn't write apps for linux and i never said i wouldn't welcome him if he decided to play fair and release the source (in fact, i would welcome him).
um, no. there IS a linux community. developers know developers who know other developers. in fact, i think there's usually only a degree or two of seperation between most linux developers. this linuxone guy is some business man out for a buck, and it's VERY obvious. maybe he doesn't have bad intentions (note i said maybe) like running off with all the cash and never releasing any source, but he certainly isn't part of the community. *i've* never heard of him before and i doubt any one else i know has either.
/me has dreams of every arch + source on one dvd
/me wakes up and realizes i don't have dvd drive and neither does just about any one else
personally, i don't want everyone to vote. do you really want every uninformed idiot to cast a vote? there's already enough of them (you can tell by how much charisma is a part of what gets people elected). more brainless, emotion driven, non-thinkers is not what we need for voters.
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that IDG is diluting their trademark by us of the work "Xeroxing"
i can see the console on my pmac 7100/80 on channel 4. it only works if the rabbit ear antenna is at the correct angle, otherwise it just looks like high freq interference. just find an old 7100/80, hook up a monitor running at 60hz 640x480, boot up mklinux, run bitchx or just hit 'a' at the booter to get the bootstrap console. now tune to channel 4 (it might help if you use an old tv) and move the antenna around. you probably won't be able to make out the characters, but you'll at least be able to tell it's the console. btw, i know it's not the monitor or the vga cable leaking the signal cuz i've turned the monitor off and unplugged the video cable and the signal was just as strong. i guess apple didn't ground/shield the case well enough.
a friend of mine have a tempest sparc T-1+. 25mhz (iirc). till he took the mobo and the power supply out of the case and put them on a towel (he couldn't fit two 50pin ribbon scsi drives in the two SCA bays). since then you can't pick up any radio or tv stations in that room.
"fastest chip on the market"? hardly. some how, i SERIOUSLY doubt it has better fpu preformance than the highest clock rate 264 alpha, and a 450mhz g4 is probably faster as well.