The problem with using Posix is that NT is Posix-compliant (or at least claims to be, and I doubt if they're making it up). Sorry to rain on your parade.
I think the only things x86 chips share with RISC is pipelining, and raw speed. Otherwise (if I understand the different architectures correctly) they have nothing in common. One of the defining characteristics of RISC is a small(ish) instruction set (hence the name), and the other is a shitload of registers, neither of which x86 chips have.
Someone who builds these things for a living may care to correct me, my information is probably about 10 years out of date.
There's also at least a tip-of-the-hat to Sun Tsu, but I can't be bothered looking up the exact point at which this notion occurs in "The Art of War" (actually, I think my copy may well be taking a long holiday in Mt Gambier with my number 2 son - I haven't seen it in a while).
Ah! (sound of light going on) Allan fucking Jones. I despise the man.
Did you see that number Chopper Reed did on him a while ago on some chat show on the ABC? The compere was, was, tip of my tongue, some chick, and this night was particularly out-of-control. They'd got Chopper _really_ pissed in the Green Room, and AJ delivered some spray about how dare Chopper profit from his crimes by writing books about it. Chopper replied by reminding AJ about the time he'd got busted for attempting to produre an act of gross indecency in a gent's toilet in London, which shut him up quite effectively. I think Jones was probably glad Chopper was too drunk to get physical, and the chick running the show looked pretty nervous. Great television!
Yeah, it was stunning. I'll bet quids there'll be a lot of complaints about the number of times he said "fuck" in that 15 or so second rave on swearing.
Normally Denton irritates me, but I thought this week's show was one of his better efforts.
The sig, btw, is a quote from a Grateful Dead song, but yes, things are getting strange again.
When I was a lad, the British were polluting the shit out of our pristine desert (Maralinga) with some nucular bombs. While this was happening, I clearly remember my mum (a biochemist) talking about Strontium90 in both bovine and human milk (I must have been about 6 or 7, but I'm mildly autistic with a very good memory for trivia).
So... my mate Michael (best man at my wedding) and his family were living in Auburn at the time - his old man was the parish priest. Auburn was right in the drift path from Maralinga. His mother is dead (cervical cancer), his father is dead (lung cancer), his middle brother (Mike was the youngest of three) is dead (throat cancer). Only he and his oldest brother are still alive.
I reckon he'd have a pretty negative view of nuclear energy, and I can understand why.
Oh. My girlfriend's dad worked for the Weapons Research Establishment (now DSTO) at the time, and went to Maralinga. Guess what _he_ died of...
That said, I don't believe we have a choice - we need nuclear power as a short-term stopgap until we can get renewable energy sources up to speed.
Are you being deliberately stupid, or does it just come naturally? If I understand the gpp correctly (and I'm sure that, unlike you, I do), (s)he's pointing out that the Mayan and Easter Island civilisations used up all their resources in an unsustainable fashion and collapsed. It has nothing to do with atmospheric pollution, and everything to do with pissing your own and your great**10 grandchildrens' inheritance away.
Now that Australia's health system is more private, my costs are higher. You don't have experience of a decent public health system. I can't be bothered talking to people who have demonstrated they are idiots. Go away.
The statistics I have seen give the lie to your claims. I'm too lazy to google them (and, unlike you, I don't have anything to prove), but I don't doubt their accuracy.
As someone who has experienced an extremely good public health system and is now experiencing a less effective, partially private system (we've caught the American disease in Australia, much to my disgust), I know what I prefer, and it isn't private.
It's unfortunate that Americans are unable to see the flaws in private management of public infrastructure.
The thought of the people of India and China reaching the same living standard as the US terrifies me. As Ghandi said, when asked about this, they'd strip the Earth bare like a horde of locusts.
What needs to happen is for those of us in the first world to reduce our living standard considerably.
If health care really is best done in the private sector, how come the USA, the only first world nation to have an almost totally private health system also has the most expensive and least efficient (in terms of patient outcomes) health care system in the developed world?
I reckon you've missed the point completely. Good public health, like clean reticulated water, electrical power, sewers, telephone connections, etc is part of the basic infrastructure that enables a complex civil society to function.
I guess you must be a conservative, which is why you have a problem with the notion of a civil society.
In Australia those of us who hold contrarian views are called (by Mr Murdoch's newspapers particularly) "Howard-haters" and "the elites", generally with a snide reference to chardonnay and latte. It trivialises a natural distaste for one of the most dishonest leaders Australia (or, in your case, the US) has ever had. The only difference between them is that while Bush appears to be as dumb as shit (although he's run by some fairly bright people), Howard is actually reasonably intelligent (or at least has a _very_ impressive rat-cunning).
Yes, that's right. Globally and sustainably (I forgot to add that bit, but it was implied) we can't continue to consume more than we produce without running out of stuff. Has that clarified things for you?
> The upside is they won't have a lot of energy-hungry vehicles to cross that big moat called the Pacific Ocean when their 1 billion people decide to fight your 250 million for it.
Err... the Chinese used to build _really_ good sailing ships. I think you're hosed.
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The problem with using Posix is that NT is Posix-compliant (or at least claims to be, and I doubt if they're making it up). Sorry to rain on your parade.
I think the only things x86 chips share with RISC is pipelining, and raw speed. Otherwise (if I understand the different architectures correctly) they have nothing in common. One of the defining characteristics of RISC is a small(ish) instruction set (hence the name), and the other is a shitload of registers, neither of which x86 chips have.
Someone who builds these things for a living may care to correct me, my information is probably about 10 years out of date.
(puts cotton wool into cheeks) ... The horror ...
Yep.
There's also at least a tip-of-the-hat to Sun Tsu, but I can't be bothered looking up the exact point at which this notion occurs in "The Art of War" (actually, I think my copy may well be taking a long holiday in Mt Gambier with my number 2 son - I haven't seen it in a while).
I'm talking _total_ cost, dickhead. I mean proportion of tax devoted to health care as opposed to health fund plus gap payment.
Ah! (sound of light going on) Allan fucking Jones. I despise the man.
Did you see that number Chopper Reed did on him a while ago on some chat show on the ABC? The compere was, was, tip of my tongue, some chick, and this night was particularly out-of-control. They'd got Chopper _really_ pissed in the Green Room, and AJ delivered some spray about how dare Chopper profit from his crimes by writing books about it. Chopper replied by reminding AJ about the time he'd got busted for attempting to produre an act of gross indecency in a gent's toilet in London, which shut him up quite effectively. I think Jones was probably glad Chopper was too drunk to get physical, and the chick running the show looked pretty nervous. Great television!
Yeah, it was stunning. I'll bet quids there'll be a lot of complaints about the number of times he said "fuck" in that 15 or so second rave on swearing.
Normally Denton irritates me, but I thought this week's show was one of his better efforts.
The sig, btw, is a quote from a Grateful Dead song, but yes, things are getting strange again.
Not sure who AJ is, but probably.
I like your choice of sig. I used to know how to play it.
When I was a lad, the British were polluting the shit out of our pristine desert (Maralinga) with some nucular bombs. While this was happening, I clearly remember my mum (a biochemist) talking about Strontium90 in both bovine and human milk (I must have been about 6 or 7, but I'm mildly autistic with a very good memory for trivia).
... my mate Michael (best man at my wedding) and his family were living in Auburn at the time - his old man was the parish priest. Auburn was right in the drift path from Maralinga. His mother is dead (cervical cancer), his father is dead (lung cancer), his middle brother (Mike was the youngest of three) is dead (throat cancer). Only he and his oldest brother are still alive.
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So
I reckon he'd have a pretty negative view of nuclear energy, and I can understand why.
Oh. My girlfriend's dad worked for the Weapons Research Establishment (now DSTO) at the time, and went to Maralinga. Guess what _he_ died of
That said, I don't believe we have a choice - we need nuclear power as a short-term stopgap until we can get renewable energy sources up to speed.
Plonker.
Correct. I think the chick was Sarah Bernhardt or Isadora Duncan or some vapid actress.
Are you being deliberately stupid, or does it just come naturally? If I understand the gpp correctly (and I'm sure that, unlike you, I do), (s)he's pointing out that the Mayan and Easter Island civilisations used up all their resources in an unsustainable fashion and collapsed. It has nothing to do with atmospheric pollution, and everything to do with pissing your own and your great**10 grandchildrens' inheritance away.
If you can't say anything intelligent, just STFU.
Now that Australia's health system is more private, my costs are higher. You don't have experience of a decent public health system. I can't be bothered talking to people who have demonstrated they are idiots. Go away.
The statistics I have seen give the lie to your claims. I'm too lazy to google them (and, unlike you, I don't have anything to prove), but I don't doubt their accuracy.
As someone who has experienced an extremely good public health system and is now experiencing a less effective, partially private system (we've caught the American disease in Australia, much to my disgust), I know what I prefer, and it isn't private.
It's unfortunate that Americans are unable to see the flaws in private management of public infrastructure.
The thought of the people of India and China reaching the same living standard as the US terrifies me. As Ghandi said, when asked about this, they'd strip the Earth bare like a horde of locusts.
What needs to happen is for those of us in the first world to reduce our living standard considerably.
If health care really is best done in the private sector, how come the USA, the only first world nation to have an almost totally private health system also has the most expensive and least efficient (in terms of patient outcomes) health care system in the developed world?
I reckon you've missed the point completely. Good public health, like clean reticulated water, electrical power, sewers, telephone connections, etc is part of the basic infrastructure that enables a complex civil society to function.
I guess you must be a conservative, which is why you have a problem with the notion of a civil society.
I know.
In Australia those of us who hold contrarian views are called (by Mr Murdoch's newspapers particularly) "Howard-haters" and "the elites", generally with a snide reference to chardonnay and latte. It trivialises a natural distaste for one of the most dishonest leaders Australia (or, in your case, the US) has ever had. The only difference between them is that while Bush appears to be as dumb as shit (although he's run by some fairly bright people), Howard is actually reasonably intelligent (or at least has a _very_ impressive rat-cunning).
My point precisely.
I think most of us in the west have fallen for this elaborate Ponzi scheme that the Free Market (TM) boosters are pushing.
Yes, that's right. Globally and sustainably (I forgot to add that bit, but it was implied) we can't continue to consume more than we produce without running out of stuff. Has that clarified things for you?
A recent estimate puts the planet's _sustainable_ carrying capacity at about 2 billion.
This hasn't worked in Australia - unfortunately.
> The upside is they won't have a lot of energy-hungry vehicles to cross that big moat called the Pacific Ocean when their 1 billion people decide to fight your 250 million for it.
... the Chinese used to build _really_ good sailing ships. I think you're hosed.
Err