Bah, what AMD needs to do is just keep doubling cores on the Phenom-line of chips. A 12-core Phenom III, in the next 12 months, could keep them going for another two years or so. Of course, then they'd think that it might impact their server offerings, but lets be honest, I've looked at their server offerings, and while I love the number of cores, I need at least 3 Ghz cores; the 2.1 Ghz cores make me question whether it's worth just buying multiple machines with Phenoms, as opposed to buying Magny-Cours (or whatever we're up to).
Do you hear me AMD? Fix the goddamn FX processors, I want full decoders & all the bling, I want more cores for the Phenoms, and I want faster server processors. Yes, yes, I know MS and the OSS community are trying to fix the FX kludge (which I upgraded to from a Phenom II X6; the FX's also appear to hate Opera, as it keeps freezing on my machine (as well as Explorer (File Explorer, not Internet Explorer)...keep getting cross-threading exceptions...IDFK, but it shouldn't be there).
"Streamlined justice." Just more confirmation of the horrors I heard years ago...
I think I'll take the next few decades from a private island somewhere in the South Pacific. I can already see where this is going, and I will admit that I am not clever enough to find a way to stop it.
And perhaps you would like to argue that things are getting better instead?
Processors have bumped up against Murphy's Law. Multiple cores only go so far.
Windows 8 is scaring a large number of IT implementers.
Apple is {comment redacted}.
Google has become the US Government's willing bitch; the search results it returns are pure trash.
A fair number of judges, everywhere, lacking any understanding about how technology or freedom of speech works, have opted for a (holds at arm's length, with a gloved hand) social policy that undermines both, with their horrible rulings on 'deep linking / linking to copyrighted works.'
For some odd reason, we need a cyber-army now. Haven't had one for the past two decades when technology was actually evolving, but now that the power is flowing away from tech, we suddenly need one. I could have sworn that all the IT out there was the cyber-army, seeing as they know how to secure devices better than most wanna-be security experts, but then, company policy has been a brake on that for years.
Indeed. We need a time machine, to send people with these dark tendencies back to the wonderful days of Stalin's reign. A decade of his rule, and I am certain that freedom will acquire a new ineffable quality that makes it positively attractive when compared to the other options.
Which reminds me, new rule: He who does not understand the subject material does not get to make policy, in whole or in part.
I hate the idea of having to resort to technocracy to keep the various fields from collapsing under the weight of stupidity (not everyone need hold a Philosophy degree to contribute to the field; most of its major contributors did not), but then I am running into the minor problem of finding a pattern that prevents corruption and stupidity from spreading elsewhere ("Dude, if we use the corn that the farmers have stored for planting next year, this year to feed starving children in {third-world country}, we can come out ahead! I've been to the hardware / gardening store, a packet of seeds costs like $5, and they always have a lot of them! This way, we can feed the children, and stimulate the economy! Double-win!"), and we seem to be running into far too many of these idiotic situations (if it isn't dangerous now, it will be soon enough).
The original manufacturers of software (operating systems and such) are experiencing some duress which is damaging to the field in general. In short, the Intelligence organs of the State are doing some terrible damage to the technology sector, and we cannot fathom why they have been told to f*ck off.
If the people are hell-bent on being happy as enslaved individuals, being told when and where to think, I prefer to stand on my own. To this degree, I am not alone.
I just find it very odd that the State is so interested in undermining itself. Distrust was spread because of their actions with capturing OBL and the vaccination program, and now they are interested in spreading distrust about machines (which is what happens when people are not sure they are their own; when you mandate backdoors; when you continuously use an iron fist inside a velvet glove to bend search engines to your pathetic wills). You take the good with the bad, or you only get the bad.
Most people have chosen security and stability. I prefer freedom and stability. If the machine is unwilling or cannot run the programs I create, I have no use for it (save it were an AI, but that's an entirely different situation); were I a carpenter, and my tools unsuited for carpentry, what use would they be to me?
And the higher ranks of law enforcement can play politics as well as a Vogon. They are amply aware of the unique circumstances surrounding this case, and can recognize this case as a political land-mine. It's the real life equivalent of "Officer Bob, why don't you take three of your men down to the old mill where people have been disappearing, and uh, do it without any of your weapons. Just walk around for a bit, make a little noise. That's a good chap." The fallout, in any case, may be on par with that of a badly designed Ukrainian power-plant; if they catch him, they get the equivalent of a donut and some coffee, a hand-shake from the powers, maybe some 'good' press; however, like all things of this design, the pendulum will swing the other way in 6 months, when he becomes a martyr; once heroes, they will be known as villains, and quietly asked to retire; on the other hand, if they don't catch him, the powers will beat them with the equivalent of a rolled newspaper, and possibly make some threats, which depending on 'how' they didn't catch them, will mean anything from nothing to 'new policies' for the department. Recognizing that this situation may be a 'damned if you do, damned if you don't' it's best to find a quick way of avoiding the entire thing.
Indeed. The question on everyone's mind is "Why are they acting so afraid of this guy?" The over-powered disproportionate responses we've seen are more in line with taking out a head of state, or at least leaking details that he / she has been cheating on their SO with the football of a foreign country.
Which leads me to believe that either he knows more than he's hinted at (unlikely, but what the hell), or the people in power are scared that more people may take up 'the cause' (and hope overwhelming brutality will force compliance, ala the Iron Curtain). I'd expect this from the Soviets, not from the Allies.
*looks up from a book* Why? What exactly has he published that wasn't already widely known by all but the most close-minded? Even the DoD said that not a single death could be attributed to the release of that information. Can't exactly punish him for what are, at best, open secrets.
We've had the calmer and more boring populace. They whine more, and you can really feel it in your eyes. It's like having the Monarch (Venture Brothers) screaming at you after a hangover; you want him to kill you, just to make it stop.
Are you implying that the Democrats, in any way, shape, or form, are any different from the Republicans? I see an immense division over trivial issues. It's like having a world war over 'what color barns should be painted, pink or orange?'
I have to give a round of applause *golf clap* to whoever orchestrated this little design here; I'd want to shake his / her / their hand, buy them a drink, and possibly have my photo taken with them, because it's a f*cking class act. Of all the things in this Universe two parties of a small country, on a tiny planet, orbiting an almost non-existent star could argue about, it's this. That's some top of the line social engineering; you fight over trivial battles that mean nothing, and the rest of the country continues on auto-pilot. Let's face it people, the Earth is the B-Ark.
I'm going back to drinking. I hate being sober during election years, it's too f*cking depressing.
*shrugs* The higher the degree, the greater the hubris. If you have a lot of power, money, and / or authority, you are well-insulated from the small bumps, but also somewhat deaf the need to change. This is why some offices are so badly run -> paper filing cabinets, calling someone as opposed to texting them, and visual basic 6 apps with access backends refuse to die, and also why a big change, even with plenty of notice, can wipe out a large company.
I imagine that if I had 3 PhDs, a JD, a MD, and a MBA, I'd be virtually immune to any change, save death itself.
He's thinking about the money that could be made if demand were to greatly outpace supply. He also thinks he isn't a hack.
In the long run, it'd be a huge mistake. Any number of great programmers started off as hacks, then through time and experience, became who they are today. Implementing something like this would only serve to help destroy the technology field faster (and where it goes, others will be sure to follow).
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Tell them to give us the Stargate tech they're hiding in Cheyenne Mountain, and we'll talk about cyber-weapons.
Bah, what AMD needs to do is just keep doubling cores on the Phenom-line of chips. A 12-core Phenom III, in the next 12 months, could keep them going for another two years or so. Of course, then they'd think that it might impact their server offerings, but lets be honest, I've looked at their server offerings, and while I love the number of cores, I need at least 3 Ghz cores; the 2.1 Ghz cores make me question whether it's worth just buying multiple machines with Phenoms, as opposed to buying Magny-Cours (or whatever we're up to).
Do you hear me AMD? Fix the goddamn FX processors, I want full decoders & all the bling, I want more cores for the Phenoms, and I want faster server processors. Yes, yes, I know MS and the OSS community are trying to fix the FX kludge (which I upgraded to from a Phenom II X6; the FX's also appear to hate Opera, as it keeps freezing on my machine (as well as Explorer (File Explorer, not Internet Explorer)...keep getting cross-threading exceptions...IDFK, but it shouldn't be there).
And look into optical chip components.
*Looks around* AAAAAAAnd, how does this AVX-256 compare to OpenCl transcoding of video?
Sadly, those are the style and substance of the arguments we are hearing today.
The power to print money, and give it to your friends, is the power to ensure you and your friends are always on top*.
* For all situations where this is applicable.
Reminds me of the 'Senator for a Day' trip in HS.
"Streamlined justice." Just more confirmation of the horrors I heard years ago...
I think I'll take the next few decades from a private island somewhere in the South Pacific. I can already see where this is going, and I will admit that I am not clever enough to find a way to stop it.
And perhaps you would like to argue that things are getting better instead?
Processors have bumped up against Murphy's Law. Multiple cores only go so far.
Windows 8 is scaring a large number of IT implementers.
Apple is {comment redacted}.
Google has become the US Government's willing bitch; the search results it returns are pure trash.
A fair number of judges, everywhere, lacking any understanding about how technology or freedom of speech works, have opted for a (holds at arm's length, with a gloved hand) social policy that undermines both, with their horrible rulings on 'deep linking / linking to copyrighted works.'
For some odd reason, we need a cyber-army now. Haven't had one for the past two decades when technology was actually evolving, but now that the power is flowing away from tech, we suddenly need one. I could have sworn that all the IT out there was the cyber-army, seeing as they know how to secure devices better than most wanna-be security experts, but then, company policy has been a brake on that for years.
Indeed. We need a time machine, to send people with these dark tendencies back to the wonderful days of Stalin's reign. A decade of his rule, and I am certain that freedom will acquire a new ineffable quality that makes it positively attractive when compared to the other options.
Which reminds me, new rule: He who does not understand the subject material does not get to make policy, in whole or in part.
I hate the idea of having to resort to technocracy to keep the various fields from collapsing under the weight of stupidity (not everyone need hold a Philosophy degree to contribute to the field; most of its major contributors did not), but then I am running into the minor problem of finding a pattern that prevents corruption and stupidity from spreading elsewhere ("Dude, if we use the corn that the farmers have stored for planting next year, this year to feed starving children in {third-world country}, we can come out ahead! I've been to the hardware / gardening store, a packet of seeds costs like $5, and they always have a lot of them! This way, we can feed the children, and stimulate the economy! Double-win!"), and we seem to be running into far too many of these idiotic situations (if it isn't dangerous now, it will be soon enough).
The original manufacturers of software (operating systems and such) are experiencing some duress which is damaging to the field in general. In short, the Intelligence organs of the State are doing some terrible damage to the technology sector, and we cannot fathom why they have been told to f*ck off.
If the people are hell-bent on being happy as enslaved individuals, being told when and where to think, I prefer to stand on my own. To this degree, I am not alone.
I just find it very odd that the State is so interested in undermining itself. Distrust was spread because of their actions with capturing OBL and the vaccination program, and now they are interested in spreading distrust about machines (which is what happens when people are not sure they are their own; when you mandate backdoors; when you continuously use an iron fist inside a velvet glove to bend search engines to your pathetic wills). You take the good with the bad, or you only get the bad.
Freedom, security, stability. Choose two.
Most people have chosen security and stability. I prefer freedom and stability. If the machine is unwilling or cannot run the programs I create, I have no use for it (save it were an AI, but that's an entirely different situation); were I a carpenter, and my tools unsuited for carpentry, what use would they be to me?
And the higher ranks of law enforcement can play politics as well as a Vogon. They are amply aware of the unique circumstances surrounding this case, and can recognize this case as a political land-mine. It's the real life equivalent of "Officer Bob, why don't you take three of your men down to the old mill where people have been disappearing, and uh, do it without any of your weapons. Just walk around for a bit, make a little noise. That's a good chap." The fallout, in any case, may be on par with that of a badly designed Ukrainian power-plant; if they catch him, they get the equivalent of a donut and some coffee, a hand-shake from the powers, maybe some 'good' press; however, like all things of this design, the pendulum will swing the other way in 6 months, when he becomes a martyr; once heroes, they will be known as villains, and quietly asked to retire; on the other hand, if they don't catch him, the powers will beat them with the equivalent of a rolled newspaper, and possibly make some threats, which depending on 'how' they didn't catch them, will mean anything from nothing to 'new policies' for the department. Recognizing that this situation may be a 'damned if you do, damned if you don't' it's best to find a quick way of avoiding the entire thing.
.And in doing so, create a martyr.
Indeed. The question on everyone's mind is "Why are they acting so afraid of this guy?" The over-powered disproportionate responses we've seen are more in line with taking out a head of state, or at least leaking details that he / she has been cheating on their SO with the football of a foreign country.
Which leads me to believe that either he knows more than he's hinted at (unlikely, but what the hell), or the people in power are scared that more people may take up 'the cause' (and hope overwhelming brutality will force compliance, ala the Iron Curtain). I'd expect this from the Soviets, not from the Allies.
*looks up from a book* Why? What exactly has he published that wasn't already widely known by all but the most close-minded? Even the DoD said that not a single death could be attributed to the release of that information. Can't exactly punish him for what are, at best, open secrets.
Because the options are Brawndo with bleeding eyeballs, or Brawndo with bleeding eyeballs. Prove me wrong.
Updated by whom? You're about to put those doctors out of a job.
We've had the calmer and more boring populace. They whine more, and you can really feel it in your eyes. It's like having the Monarch (Venture Brothers) screaming at you after a hangover; you want him to kill you, just to make it stop.
Are you implying that the Democrats, in any way, shape, or form, are any different from the Republicans? I see an immense division over trivial issues. It's like having a world war over 'what color barns should be painted, pink or orange?'
I have to give a round of applause *golf clap* to whoever orchestrated this little design here; I'd want to shake his / her / their hand, buy them a drink, and possibly have my photo taken with them, because it's a f*cking class act. Of all the things in this Universe two parties of a small country, on a tiny planet, orbiting an almost non-existent star could argue about, it's this. That's some top of the line social engineering; you fight over trivial battles that mean nothing, and the rest of the country continues on auto-pilot. Let's face it people, the Earth is the B-Ark.
I'm going back to drinking. I hate being sober during election years, it's too f*cking depressing.
And when that consent was withdrawn, they did not leave...
Only the simplest minds cannot tell the difference between healthy criticism and anti-patriotism.
Diseases evolve.
*shrugs* The higher the degree, the greater the hubris. If you have a lot of power, money, and / or authority, you are well-insulated from the small bumps, but also somewhat deaf the need to change. This is why some offices are so badly run -> paper filing cabinets, calling someone as opposed to texting them, and visual basic 6 apps with access backends refuse to die, and also why a big change, even with plenty of notice, can wipe out a large company.
I imagine that if I had 3 PhDs, a JD, a MD, and a MBA, I'd be virtually immune to any change, save death itself.
He's thinking about the money that could be made if demand were to greatly outpace supply. He also thinks he isn't a hack.
In the long run, it'd be a huge mistake. Any number of great programmers started off as hacks, then through time and experience, became who they are today. Implementing something like this would only serve to help destroy the technology field faster (and where it goes, others will be sure to follow).
As long as you don't mind paying a few thousand for a single copy of an office suite, okay.