Gustav does sound Swedish to me too (I'm Finnish) but it's probably a more widely used Germanic name. Check out Gustav Mahler for example. I also know German people named Nils and Björn, even though I'd always regarded these as Swedish names. It's probably because Sweden is so close to us both culturally and geographically.
Conversely, me and many other Nordic people have been mistaken as German in some countries:)
but the extra programability larrabee have as its just a bunch of cpus with some gpu instructions
Agreed -- why stick to GPU applications, when you have a general purpose multicore machine? How about getting those new instructions into general usage -- remember how MMX was originally introduced for stuff we now run on GPUs.
As for traditional GPU applications, there's already an OpenGL driver for the Cell SPUs in development. A similar driver for a generic multicore machine would be nice, particularly if it's not limited to Larrabee and x86. Of course we already have software implementations of OpenGL, but I wonder how well those scale with dozens of CPUs.
5) Firewire has dedicated differential wire pairs for input and output. USB 1/2 only has one pair, so the total theoretical capacities are 480 vs. 400+400 Mbps. There's also some latency involved in negotiating the switch of direction.
From a link in the article it looks like USB 3 will have dedicated differential pairs. Great, just like Firewire and Ethernet have had for ages.
I'm also a member of Wippies, but there's nothing altruistic about this subscribers-only network. Then again, I'm wary of keeping a truly open AP, because of the illegal uses that might be traced back to me.
Seconded. I usually mention Fortran in those discussions where the difficulty of parallel programming is lamented, only to point out that F90+ handles parallel matrix calculations natively. On the other hand, it's not a perfect all-purpose language, but for computational oomph it beats pretty much everything.
Agreed. I also find that most people don't really know what they want. It's usually after a fairly long period of using something, when people start to understand what's specifically wrong with the application. By that time they're used to its idiosyncracies, and it won't help them to make the application easier for beginners.
What?
An Apple is more usable than Windows or Linux.
BeOS was superior to Windows and Linux.
AmigaOS was superior to Windows and Linux, as well.
That's your opinion. I personally find Mac OS harder to use than either Windows or Linux, simply because of what I'm used to. Which is exactly the point of the grandparent post.
Make the GUI simple to navigate so a 3 year old can handle it and powerful enough so a geek can enjoy it.
Good luck with that. It often happens that if something is easy for beginners, it's not so convenient in the long run for experienced users. For example training wheels in bicycles. A good UI lets you remove the extra wheels and tinker under the hood, though.
It takes resources to do fundamental science, and it rarely generates immediate profit. Look into the history of science for things that were once considered useless and whacky, and now an essential part of our society. For example electromagnetism.
No, their device is *NOT* a universal quantum computer. So far as I know, no reputable quantum physicist not in their employ has been allowed to examine what they actually do.
Duh, of course you can't examine what a quantum computer is doing. That would change the outcome.
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Gustav does sound Swedish to me too (I'm Finnish) but it's probably a more widely used Germanic name. Check out Gustav Mahler for example. I also know German people named Nils and Björn, even though I'd always regarded these as Swedish names. It's probably because Sweden is so close to us both culturally and geographically.
Conversely, me and many other Nordic people have been mistaken as German in some countries :)
The reason NASA didn't bother with AV is because there's no pressure on their IT department..... But in space, nobody can hear you scream.
Duh, the lack of pressure is the very reason nobody can hear you scream.
Huh huh, he said "semens"
but the extra programability larrabee have as its just a bunch of cpus with some gpu instructions
Agreed -- why stick to GPU applications, when you have a general purpose multicore machine? How about getting those new instructions into general usage -- remember how MMX was originally introduced for stuff we now run on GPUs.
As for traditional GPU applications, there's already an OpenGL driver for the Cell SPUs in development. A similar driver for a generic multicore machine would be nice, particularly if it's not limited to Larrabee and x86. Of course we already have software implementations of OpenGL, but I wonder how well those scale with dozens of CPUs.
Only on OS/2.
Medieval monks abbreviated the Latin word ad (at, toward, by, about) next to a numeral.
By the way, those of you who fantasize about your wife or girlfriend in a schoolgirl outfit are also pervs :)
My gf is a schoolgirl, you insensitive clod!
IPv6 has fixed-length headers, significantly lessening processing and making hardware routing much easier to implement.
Sounds like PPC vs. x86 instruction length :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX_687HwX9c
5) Firewire has dedicated differential wire pairs for input and output. USB 1/2 only has one pair, so the total theoretical capacities are 480 vs. 400+400 Mbps. There's also some latency involved in negotiating the switch of direction.
From a link in the article it looks like USB 3 will have dedicated differential pairs. Great, just like Firewire and Ethernet have had for ages.
You think that's scarry ?
No, but using one of the Busytown books as a password would be pretty scarry.
I think I'll use Sting's "Let Your Soul be Your Pilot", with slightly altered lyrics.
I'm also a member of Wippies, but there's nothing altruistic about this subscribers-only network. Then again, I'm wary of keeping a truly open AP, because of the illegal uses that might be traced back to me.
Seconded. I usually mention Fortran in those discussions where the difficulty of parallel programming is lamented, only to point out that F90+ handles parallel matrix calculations natively. On the other hand, it's not a perfect all-purpose language, but for computational oomph it beats pretty much everything.
What kind of a word is "gullible"? Have you checked the dictionary?
I can has BSD?
POST Windows era started when the system had finished booting.
In another version, "keep your enemies in a small .jar on your desk."
Agreed. I also find that most people don't really know what they want. It's usually after a fairly long period of using something, when people start to understand what's specifically wrong with the application. By that time they're used to its idiosyncracies, and it won't help them to make the application easier for beginners.
What? An Apple is more usable than Windows or Linux. BeOS was superior to Windows and Linux. AmigaOS was superior to Windows and Linux, as well.
That's your opinion. I personally find Mac OS harder to use than either Windows or Linux, simply because of what I'm used to. Which is exactly the point of the grandparent post.
Make the GUI simple to navigate so a 3 year old can handle it and powerful enough so a geek can enjoy it.
Good luck with that. It often happens that if something is easy for beginners, it's not so convenient in the long run for experienced users. For example training wheels in bicycles. A good UI lets you remove the extra wheels and tinker under the hood, though.
What about just 'cloud'? Can can trademark the sky!
I'm afraid Can can is already trademarked.
Well, Linux already has something called DRM in the kernel. I'm sure we can think of a new driver framework that abbreviates to RDF.
It takes resources to do fundamental science, and it rarely generates immediate profit. Look into the history of science for things that were once considered useless and whacky, and now an essential part of our society. For example electromagnetism.
No, their device is *NOT* a universal quantum computer. So far as I know, no reputable quantum physicist not in their employ has been allowed to examine what they actually do.
Duh, of course you can't examine what a quantum computer is doing. That would change the outcome.
I think I have a Slot 1 Mendocino somewhere in the junk drawer. Might as well overclock it to death and get experienced with the magic smoke...