I saw a presentation by Intel last year in which it pointed out that modern CPU's emit more heat per area than molten lava, and they expect that within a few years they will emit more heat per area than the sun.
Hrmm...I was going to buy a space heater, but I guess I'll just wait for the P5's to come out instead.
All kidding aside, I suspect that we're running into some physical barriers with respect to clock synchronized computing. Seems to me that we really need a paradigm shift such as asynchronous computing to take us to the next level.
Let's also consider the fact that INTEL is embracing the notion of DRM on the chip. Unless the market forces me to, I will never own a machine with a CPU which makes decisions about whether I should be able to perform an operation or not. Point being that in addition to the technical issues of whether or not Itanium falls on it's face, there are some political issues out there which will influence the market as well.
Yes, but wouldn't it be nice to have more scaling choices than large/medium/small? There's more to SVG than just scaling graphics anyhow. Serialization is another goal of svg, hence you may be seeing the beginnings of webservices dedicated to serving up icons, animations, etc... XML and it's cooperative technologies are evolving rapidly. SVG puts powerful non-proprietary (bye bye gif) graphics capabilities in the hands of the xml architect. It fills a necessary gap in the XML arsenal. As the other technologies evolve, it's benefits will become more readily apparent. Imagine an XSL transform capable of transforming an XML document containing data into a graphical representation of itself...
Programmable content can be embedded as well in the form of applets and XHTML objects. Apache's Batik project is a good example of what you can achieve. Batik can be found here.
Backup files, exporting a huge oracle database to a file. And, when I record divx quality video through my ATI card I can go through the GB like crazy.
A better question is, Who doesn't need largefile support?
As for the seek time...not everything is accessed like a random access file. I imagine that the backup data will be read in sequentially. The video file would mostly be handed sequentially other than when jumping to a chapter fast forwarding or reversing.
I thought CORBA was like teenage sex...everyone was talking about it but nobody's doing it. And those that are are doing it are doing it wrong.
But in truth I've done CORBA and XML-RPC. I far prefer the simplicity of XML-RPC over the complexity of the CORBA specification. I found XML-RPC to be more reliable as well, but I'm probably making the mistake of judging the technologies or CORBA and XML-RPC relative to the abilities of the implementations I had on hand.
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I discovered that XML was just a lot of hype about nothing. There is nothing self-describing about it.
That's a matter of opinion. XML on it's own isn't too impressive. It's the other technologies such as XSLT, Schema, XInclude, XPath, SOAP, RelaxNG, XML-RPC, SVGML which accompany XML which really make XML a big deal.
I wish they'd advance XInclude along. It fills a really needed function in the XML world. I'd like to see xml editors and such start honoring the XInclude specification in it's current state so that I could edit meta documents which span many files.
With the kids in the extra back seat the the way-way back of my Durango, you can barely hear them yelling at each other to "stop it" and calling each other names. With the radio turned up just a tad it's even better. That's a real advantage for parents looking to retain their sanity.
Another reason that SUV's sell is that you have the hauling power of a station wagon without having to drive one.
The planet will be fine. It's hubris to think that we have any real effect on the long term health of the planet. Sure, we can poison our atmosphere, melt the polar ice caps, irradiate large tracts of land with poorly managed nuclear facilities until we are at the point of our own extinction but I assure you that when we're gone, nature will pick up where it left off and try again. Who's to say that this isn't one of the ways that nature wipes out a species and starts over?
Perhaps only species capable of living in harmony with their environment are allowed to evolve to the next level.
Companies which lay people off, then let them code for the remaining 2 weeks are pretty naive. The last thing you want in your system is a pissed off coder.
I'd rather have a hacker in my system than an angry coder any day. They should get a clue.
Starting nmap V. 3.00 ( www.insecure.org/nmap/ ) Interesting ports on girl.in.corner.of.bar (192.168.1.23): (The 1596 ports scanned but not shown below are in state: closed) Port State Service 13/tcp open daytime 517/udb open talk
Muttering to myself...damn, port 79 is closed... Did I just post this? Gawd I'm a geek....
Glad to hear I am not alone. I'm sure the CGI will be much improved given the improvements in the field. However, good writing more than makes up for the eye candy. Case in point, I can still watch old episodes of the Twilight Zone because the superior story lines.
There's no way to get a book like Dune into a two hour movie without slaughtering it.
Amen to that. It takes longer to convey certain things without the use of voiceovers for the thoughts of the characters. One of the few things that I liked about the hollywood version was their use of voices such as when Kynes asks himself "Could he be the one?" when Paul demonstrates an implicit knowlege of how to configure his stillsuit desert style. It was pretty unobtrusive and the only way to convey some of what was going on since much of the series occurs within the heads of the participants.
This is even more true in the case of Leto-God-Emperor's case. It's hard to understand the magnitude of his sacrifice to achieve the "Golden Path".
Am I the only one who is more excited about the prospect of another Dune movie? The SCIFI version of Dune was so much better than the Hollywood rendition. So much so that it was ridiculous.
They're hitting the dryer portion of the series but it puts them a movie (2 books) closer to what I thought was the best parts of the Dune series; the latter post-God-Emperor-Leto books.
I just hope they cast the roles of young Leto and Ghola Duncan Idaho appropriately. Dune ruined me for other science fiction in that most stuff I have read since inhaling the series seems superficial in comparison. Dune's deep plotlines which take many books to unravel.
I'd also like to point out that the prequel novels undertaken by Frank's son Brian and sci-fi novelist Kevin J. Anderson really augmented my appreciation for how well thought out the Dune series really was. Much to my surprise, the Dune legacy is well represented by the collaboration of these two authors.
On a side note, I don't think the studios appreciate the fact that good science fiction movies/series might not bring in the immediate blockbuster bucks at the box office, but their shelf life is much greater than the latest Schwartzeneger film for example. Sci fi buffs will watch their favorite movies every time they come on, buy the DVD and other related items. The returns don't necessarily show up immediately, but the revenue is there. It's a sign of the stock market mentality ** MAKE MONEY NOW ** with little long term strategy...
Hrmmm...turn javascript off folks. It's the work of the devil. Occasionally a site won't work right, but overall you'll probably have a better internet experience.
It'd be nice to be able to define what Javascript is allowed to do within your browser. IE: Post data but not open a new screen...
I use my PDA religously, I'm lost without it. Grocery lists, to-do lists, minor project planning. There's a nice set of open source applications which include a nice database application.
Avantgo replaced my daily newspaper and it's much nicer to enter the bathroom at work with a PDA in my pocket than a newspaper in my hand if you know what I mean:-)
Once PDA's incorporate reliable voice interfaces in conjunction with wireless services they'll really become ubiquitous.
I can see the employment agreements now. Systems Administrators at the ACME corporation are required to install the internet monitor 3000 in the main living area of their home as well as a internet accessible alarm system.
YES!!! We do. Guys need gadgets, buttons, blinking lights which indicate things we don't understand and 5 remotes which must be operated in tandem to get anything done.
He probably shouldn't be using the value of an assignment operator as a conditional either but aren't we the sanctimonious assholes to point such trivial things out? Funny joke and I could see something like that happening.
Developer - Also a coder but has a complex about being referred to as a "mere coder"
Software Engineer - Coder who has read GOF and knows how to use visio, has a complex about being referred to as a "mere developer".
Architect - Coder who has read GOF, knows how to use visio and can talk buzzwords to management thus securing the promotion. Could code, but isn't allowed to, eventually loses all perspective on facets of actual implementation. Has a complex about being called a "mere software engineer".
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I saw a presentation by Intel last year in which it pointed out that modern CPU's emit more heat per area than molten lava, and they expect that within a few years they will emit more heat per area than the sun.
Hrmm...I was going to buy a space heater, but I guess I'll just wait for the P5's to come out instead.
All kidding aside, I suspect that we're running into some physical barriers with respect to clock synchronized computing. Seems to me that we really need a paradigm shift such as asynchronous computing to take us to the next level.
Let's also consider the fact that INTEL is embracing the notion of DRM on the chip. Unless the market forces me to, I will never own a machine with a CPU which makes decisions about whether I should be able to perform an operation or not. Point being that in addition to the technical issues of whether or not Itanium falls on it's face, there are some political issues out there which will influence the market as well.
Yes, but wouldn't it be nice to have more scaling choices than large/medium/small? There's more to SVG than just scaling graphics anyhow. Serialization is another goal of svg, hence you may be seeing the beginnings of webservices dedicated to serving up icons, animations, etc... XML and it's cooperative technologies are evolving rapidly.
SVG puts powerful non-proprietary (bye bye gif) graphics capabilities in the hands of the xml architect. It fills a necessary gap in the XML arsenal. As the other technologies evolve, it's benefits will become more readily apparent. Imagine an XSL transform capable of transforming an XML document containing data into a graphical representation of itself...
Programmable content can be embedded as well in the form of applets and XHTML objects. Apache's Batik project is a good example of what you can achieve. Batik can be found here.
A nonexecutable stack is no guarantee of safety. Solaris 2.6 demonstrated this here.
Backup files, exporting a huge oracle database to a file. And, when I record divx quality video through my ATI card I can go through the GB like crazy.
A better question is, Who doesn't need largefile support?
As for the seek time...not everything is accessed like a random access file. I imagine that the backup data will be read in sequentially. The video file would mostly be handed sequentially other than when jumping to a chapter fast forwarding or reversing.
I thought CORBA was like teenage sex...everyone was talking about it but nobody's doing it. And those that are are doing it are doing it wrong.
But in truth I've done CORBA and XML-RPC. I far prefer the simplicity of XML-RPC over the complexity of the CORBA specification. I found XML-RPC to be more reliable as well, but I'm probably making the mistake of judging the technologies or CORBA and XML-RPC relative to the abilities of the implementations I had on hand.
I discovered that XML was just a lot of hype about nothing. There is nothing self-describing about it.
That's a matter of opinion. XML on it's own isn't too impressive. It's the other technologies such as XSLT, Schema, XInclude, XPath, SOAP, RelaxNG, XML-RPC, SVGML which accompany XML which really make XML a big deal.
If
<PERSON>
<NAME>
<FIRST>BOB</FIRST>
<LAST>MARTIN</LAST>
</NAME>
</PERSON>
isn't descriptive, I don't know what is.
I wish they'd advance XInclude along. It fills a really needed function in the XML world. I'd like to see xml editors and such start honoring the XInclude specification in it's current state so that I could edit meta documents which span many files.
Where shall we allow YOU to go today?
And Clippy says... "I don't think so Tim..."
With the kids in the extra back seat the the way-way back of my Durango, you can barely hear them yelling at each other to "stop it" and calling each other names. With the radio turned up just a tad it's even better. That's a real advantage for parents looking to retain their sanity.
Another reason that SUV's sell is that you have the hauling power of a station wagon without having to drive one.
The planet will be fine. It's hubris to think that we have any real effect on the long term health of the planet. Sure, we can poison our atmosphere, melt the polar ice caps, irradiate large tracts of land with poorly managed nuclear facilities until we are at the point of our own extinction but I assure you that when we're gone, nature will pick up where it left off and try again. Who's to say that this isn't one of the ways that nature wipes out a species and starts over?
Perhaps only species capable of living in harmony with their environment are allowed to evolve to the next level.
Live long and prosper...
Hmm...wierd, IE displayed the site before I even thought to click on the link.
Companies which lay people off, then let them code for the remaining 2 weeks are pretty naive. The last thing you want in your system is a pissed off coder.
I'd rather have a hacker in my system than an angry coder any day. They should get a clue.
nmap girl.in.corner.of.bar
Muttering to myself...damn, port 79 is closed...
Did I just post this? Gawd I'm a geek....
Glad to hear I am not alone. I'm sure the CGI will be much improved given the improvements in the field. However, good writing more than makes up for the eye candy. Case in point, I can still watch old episodes of the Twilight Zone because the superior story lines.
There's no way to get a book like Dune into a two hour movie without slaughtering it.
Amen to that. It takes longer to convey certain things without the use of voiceovers for the thoughts of the characters. One of the few things that I liked about the hollywood version was their use of voices such as when Kynes asks himself "Could he be the one?" when Paul demonstrates an implicit knowlege of how to configure his stillsuit desert style. It was pretty unobtrusive and the only way to convey some of what was going on since much of the series occurs within the heads of the participants.
This is even more true in the case of Leto-God-Emperor's case. It's hard to understand the magnitude of his sacrifice to achieve the "Golden Path".
Am I the only one who is more excited about the prospect of another Dune movie? The SCIFI version of Dune was so much better than the Hollywood rendition. So much so that it was ridiculous.
They're hitting the dryer portion of the series but it puts them a movie (2 books) closer to what I thought was the best parts of the Dune series; the latter post-God-Emperor-Leto books.
I just hope they cast the roles of young Leto and Ghola Duncan Idaho appropriately. Dune ruined me for other science fiction in that most stuff I have read since inhaling the series seems superficial in comparison. Dune's deep plotlines which take many books to unravel.
I'd also like to point out that the prequel novels undertaken by Frank's son Brian and sci-fi novelist Kevin J. Anderson really augmented my appreciation for how well thought out the Dune series really was. Much to my surprise, the Dune legacy is well represented by the collaboration of these two authors.
On a side note, I don't think the studios appreciate the fact that good science fiction movies/series might not bring in the immediate blockbuster bucks at the box office, but their shelf life is much greater than the latest Schwartzeneger film for example. Sci fi buffs will watch their favorite movies every time they come on, buy the DVD and other related items. The returns don't necessarily show up immediately, but the revenue is there. It's a sign of the stock market mentality ** MAKE MONEY NOW ** with little long term strategy...
Hrmmm...turn javascript off folks. It's the work of the devil. Occasionally a site won't work right, but overall you'll probably have a better internet experience.
It'd be nice to be able to define what Javascript is allowed to do within your browser. IE: Post data but not open a new screen...
I use my PDA religously, I'm lost without it. Grocery lists, to-do lists, minor project planning. There's a nice set of open source applications which include a nice database application.
:-)
Avantgo replaced my daily newspaper and it's much nicer to enter the bathroom at work with a PDA in my pocket than a newspaper in my hand if you know what I mean
Once PDA's incorporate reliable voice interfaces in conjunction with wireless services they'll really become ubiquitous.
I can see the employment agreements now. Systems Administrators at the ACME corporation are required to install the internet monitor 3000 in the main living area of their home as well as a internet accessible alarm system.
Baby steps to big brother...
YES!!! We do. Guys need gadgets, buttons, blinking lights which indicate things we don't understand and 5 remotes which must be operated in tandem to get anything done.
Yeah...but just imagine how large our penises will
be....
He probably shouldn't be using the value of an
assignment operator as a conditional either but
aren't we the sanctimonious assholes to point such
trivial things out? Funny joke and I could see
something like that happening.
Coder - One who codes
Developer - Also a coder but has a complex about being referred to as a "mere coder"
Software Engineer - Coder who has read GOF and knows how to use visio, has a complex about being referred to as a "mere developer".
Architect - Coder who has read GOF, knows how to use visio and can talk buzzwords to management thus securing the promotion. Could code, but isn't allowed to, eventually loses all perspective on facets of actual implementation. Has a complex about being called a "mere software engineer".
I've often had similar ideas while running the cardboard box crusher at work.
You either have too much time on your hands or access to some very good drugs.
Evolution does indeed have a goal -- survival.
GA/GP applications tie survival rate with a rating system or fitness function which ensures that mostly promising candidates live to breed on.
- Pat