4 GHz will always be faster than 2 CPUs at 2 GHz except for 100% paralizable problems
You're making a crucial assumption - that your workload is CPU-bound. Throw 2 2GHz CPUs at a desktop machine vs. 1 4 GHz CPU, and watch the duallie outperform the 4GHz in user experience. The typical desktop workload is disk or network bound, so the CPU is nearly never pinned anyway. Having that 2nd CPU around though, keeps the GUI responsive, the apps moving smoothly, even when one goes nuts.
Who died and made you everyone's Windows support bitch? I can imagine how there's a perceived coolness factor of being able to whip out a copy of AVG or Firefox and install it on someone's PC for them, but... why?
über-secure does not mean bug free. Remember when the Shuttle fired its laser into space, instead of at a ground target, because someone calculated altitude wrong? No system is bug-free.
So now he's ranting about something else? Remember how he told the MS recruiter that "when I piss on Microsoft's grave in the near future, I hope it doesn't splash on you" ? ESR, Perens, hell even Eugenia, ignore them all, and they'll lose their supposed influence.
Wireless is a convenience, in almost every case I've seen. Once you hit 11 Mb/s or double that at 22 Mb/s, what more do you need? How much bandwidth does reading email, surfing CNN, or running SSH require?
The problem is that CmdrTaco wrote the headline containing the word 'dangerous'. I challenge the assumption that he's qualified to do much more than write bad Perl. Secondly, you write "..someone knowledgeable about power adapters..." - again another assumption. Any gifted high school student could have written the article. Peer review is the key - if some jackhole writes about how "unstable" WinXP is, nobody pays that any attention, for the same reason(s).
Another standard that the whole 'Information wants to be free' crowd will gladly embrace, since it allows them to play ExtremeFooDeathFPS9000. This same crowd will then rail against the MS monopoly and how they installed Gentoo using the tweaks at funroll-loops.org, and then line up outside Best Buy to buy the new XBox. The final screams of futility will be when they swap stories about how great SGI was and wouldn't it be wicked cool if they still made machines.
DirectX is MS koolaid nothing more. As such, it will be updated from time to time. It will probably get better. Eventually there will be 3d effects in the Window Manager (or is that called "Explorer.exe"?). Big whoop. Next up, MS updates 'Solitaire', lets discuss.
From: sballmer@microsoft.com To: accounting@microsoft.com
Attached find my receipts for the recent meetings I had with the French Ministry of Defense:
First class plane ticket to Paris: 2100 USD Swank hotel in Paris: 1800 USD Dinner for 2 at a spiffy restaurant: 800 USD Hookers and blow for MoD officials: 5000 USD
Business Justification For Expense: I believe that we will sell ONE MILLION copies of Office to the French MoD.
--Steve
PS If you get a bill from the hotel about a broken chair, it was like that when I got the room, so I don't think we should pay it. Bill said it would be OK.
So a guy writes an article on his personal website, and its data? Geesh, what's next, people using the # of Slashdot posts about a topic to judge its validity?
All businesses try and keep the buildings as warm as possible in the summer, and as cool as possible in the winter. Its simple thermodynamics. All datacenters do things like remove CRTs in place of LCDs, SHUT THE DAMN LIGHTS OFF, and virtualize/consolidate whenever possible. This whole article could be summed up as: "Economic reality catches up to NSA, NSA adapts, film at 11"
Or are we all excited because its something to do with both the Gubmint and computers?
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Heinlein sucks, and so do you.
Wouldn't that be :
The plural of anecdote ARE data ?
Why are you being so gay with use of the italics markup tag?
4 GHz will always be faster than 2 CPUs at 2 GHz except for 100% paralizable problems
You're making a crucial assumption - that your workload is CPU-bound. Throw 2 2GHz CPUs at a desktop machine vs. 1 4 GHz CPU, and watch the duallie outperform the 4GHz in user experience. The typical desktop workload is disk or network bound, so the CPU is nearly never pinned anyway. Having that 2nd CPU around though, keeps the GUI responsive, the apps moving smoothly, even when one goes nuts.
Why would you back up to a RAID 0 array? RAID0 is LESS reliable than a single drive.
Hell, its still possible to create one yourself. If you know enough about swap to use a file, surely you can use the 'mkswap' command.
Who died and made you everyone's Windows support bitch? I can imagine how there's a perceived coolness factor of being able to whip out a copy of AVG or Firefox and install it on someone's PC for them, but ... why?
über-secure does not mean bug free. Remember when the Shuttle fired its laser into space, instead of at a ground target, because someone calculated altitude wrong? No system is bug-free.
Dude, that joke is old, even on Fark, where cliches can live forever. What's your next post going to be, the HaHa Guy, or the Buttsecks Owl ?
Both seem intent on collecting as much personal data about you as possible to generate targetted ads.
That's how Google makes its money, hippy.
Gamers don't. I don't. My workstation at work doesn't stay up for more than 9 hours or so.
So now he's ranting about something else? Remember how he told the MS recruiter that "when I piss on Microsoft's grave in the near future, I hope it doesn't splash on you" ? ESR, Perens, hell even Eugenia, ignore them all, and they'll lose their supposed influence.
Wireless is a convenience, in almost every case I've seen. Once you hit 11 Mb/s or double that at 22 Mb/s, what more do you need? How much bandwidth does reading email, surfing CNN, or running SSH require?
Isn't this better than some blog article by some jackhole who took an Apple PS apart?
The problem is that CmdrTaco wrote the headline containing the word 'dangerous'. I challenge the assumption that he's qualified to do much more than write bad Perl. Secondly, you write "..someone knowledgeable about power adapters..." - again another assumption. Any gifted high school student could have written the article. Peer review is the key - if some jackhole writes about how "unstable" WinXP is, nobody pays that any attention, for the same reason(s).
Another standard that the whole 'Information wants to be free' crowd will gladly embrace, since it allows them to play ExtremeFooDeathFPS9000. This same crowd will then rail against the MS monopoly and how they installed Gentoo using the tweaks at funroll-loops.org, and then line up outside Best Buy to buy the new XBox. The final screams of futility will be when they swap stories about how great SGI was and wouldn't it be wicked cool if they still made machines.
DirectX is MS koolaid nothing more. As such, it will be updated from time to time. It will probably get better. Eventually there will be 3d effects in the Window Manager (or is that called "Explorer.exe"?). Big whoop. Next up, MS updates 'Solitaire', lets discuss.
From: sballmer@microsoft.com
To: accounting@microsoft.com
Attached find my receipts for the recent meetings I had with the French Ministry of Defense:
First class plane ticket to Paris: 2100 USD
Swank hotel in Paris: 1800 USD
Dinner for 2 at a spiffy restaurant: 800 USD
Hookers and blow for MoD officials: 5000 USD
Business Justification For Expense: I believe that we will sell ONE MILLION copies of Office to the French MoD.
--Steve
PS If you get a bill from the hotel about a broken chair, it was like that when I got the room, so I don't think we should pay it. Bill said it would be OK.
A PC is by definition a Personal Computer.
So a guy writes an article on his personal website, and its data? Geesh, what's next, people using the # of Slashdot posts about a topic to judge its validity?
Well if thats not a reliable source of information, I don't know what is. Next up, Slashdot referencing itself in an orgy of navel-gazing.
Folks, there is more out there than MySpace.
This year's Perseid shower is a dud, due to a nearly full moon.
More importantly, who gives a shit?
Information doesn't want anything. YOU don't want to pay for it, hippy.
Anyone care to test this in a court of law? Thought not.
Anyone care to be an asinine troll? Oh wait, you already are.
All businesses try and keep the buildings as warm as possible in the summer, and as cool as possible in the winter. Its simple thermodynamics. All datacenters do things like remove CRTs in place of LCDs, SHUT THE DAMN LIGHTS OFF, and virtualize/consolidate whenever possible. This whole article could be summed up as:
"Economic reality catches up to NSA, NSA adapts, film at 11"
Or are we all excited because its something to do with both the Gubmint and computers?