Do you remember back in the day, every CD player maker competed with the "we have more bits than you" specifications. Well, that soon fizzled because it didn't matter when ultimately the format the disks were encoded in were fixed bit length. But Sony came out with the "1-bit Digital Analog Converter" which is analogous to serial I/O versus parallel I/O. A "simpler" but much faster 1-bit DAC could outcompete a more complex 16-, 24-, 32-bit DAC because it was clocked much higher. It was cheaper, and basically offered compatibility with multiple bit depths (although nobody ever came out with a "36-bit CD" or whatever). A one-pixel imager, if fast enough, could basically become any resolution you wanted. Want anamorphic? Just program the mirrors to scan in that pattern. Want portrait orientation? Same thing. It's a great idea and it will become important in the future. People thought TI was nuts when they invented the DLP. But we've since replaced our entire LCD projector line with DLPs, and there's no turning back...
As a copyright holder, it's YOUR responsibility to defend your rights. Once properly notified, an offender or facilitator (like YouTube) is obligated to take action, but "policing" is the (C) holder's problem.
After working in IT management, I like to come home and blast several hundred rounds into people. It helps me because I can use what I learn there IRL...
If they had access to personal firearms, there would be no such danger. A bit of blood and gore to clean up, perhaps, but that guy would be the dead guy on my lawn.
Shit hits our spacecraft all the time! This is why there are basically enough parts to build 1 or 2 new shuttles. They have to replace things all the time. Satellites go dead because of this.
My colleagues have bemoaned the efforts by others to "expose" their doings, with the very astute observation that "they could come to the wrong conclusions just exactly what we do." My argument has been that they ALREADY make judgements about you, based on what limited knowledge they can acquire. It's far better to "be transparent" and tell your story the way YOU want it to be understood. They may not buy it (see the other article about Scoble blogging;), but at least you have a chance to give "your side" of a "discussion" that's happening whether you want it to or not.
from 2000. Then again, it was totally worth it. We basically did the same as we did moving people to Mac OS X - hunt down groups of users and spend a lot of time migrating. But the increase in stability and capability it added really made up for a lot of this.
Now, this isn't to say I agree with the figures. I haven't seen them, yet. With 2000->XP and OS9->OSX, there typically weren't hardware upgrades required. It was mostly technician time. But there was a cost, and it's not inconsequential.
Honestly, we're quite happy with VI3, but we need 3.0.1, due in October. There are a few honestly quite stupid bugs in 3.0 that need to be attended to. The most aggravating part is the license server (based on flexlm, which is usually not so bad). Licensing is the one thing where VMware is going backwards on (although the COST of licensing is quite good now).
if the dibility is such that life is at risk after one hour, why isn't the child in a care facility where they receive more than one person's care? Sometimes you think you're doing what's best for your children, but you're not.
Don't want any risk of being sued? Don't use copyrighted materials. Don't like copyright? Use only materials with more desirable rights attached. Because you want to use something in a manner you have no right to doesn't change the fact that you have no such rights.
Unlike what the summary suggests, purchasing access ad hoc is a very poor way to get access at airports. It's expensive. Rather, people who frequent airports or travel often are better served by subscriptions, available from a number of providers (T-Mobile, for example, is pretty easy to find hotspots in major cities).
Another option for these people is a bluetooth-enabled phone with EVDO or some other 3G/4G wireless capability. I just got a Sprint PPC-6700 and love it. I have the unlimited data plan, and I can pair it with my MacBook Pro and get online with very respectable speed (better than the T-Mobile WiFi at DFW last month). It's exceptional. Plus, it's a decent smartphone. If you're going to pay $30 to T-Mobile every month to use their limited coverage hotspots, you should consider a wireless data plan instead and get one of these phones. It may cost you less (Sprint is $15/mo. unlimited EVDO).
After all, it takes a considerable amount of insight to pick a code analyzer (admittedly one as brilliant as dtrace) as important and newsworthy. Good job, guys! It shows you can look deeply at a topic and understand what makes computer systems valuable. A lesser effort would award something from Microsoft, Google or Apple, whose products are great, but lack the sophistication of many Sun innovations.
I'm not doing anything whatsoever. How is this news? Wikipedia is business as usual, yet somehow this is "standing up to the Chinese." Wales is a ridiculous narcissist.
GRIO is exactly the thing that most impressed me. Yes, the NUMA stuff was excellent, but that was mostly brought along from Cray. GRIO, however, allowed all of that high-speed processing to account for something - assuring that writes to disk can actually keep up with the thousand plus CPUs, for example. Lots of media companies use MIPS/IRIX systems specifically because the applications take advantage of GRIO. You can't afford to lose packets when dealing with high-dollar customers and their precious HD content, for example.
Doing anything equivalent to GRIO in Linux is downright impossible. The current way of thinking is to always assume that there is enough overcapcity in the hardware to manage. This isn't always a good assumption in demanding applications.
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Do you remember back in the day, every CD player maker competed with the "we have more bits than you" specifications. Well, that soon fizzled because it didn't matter when ultimately the format the disks were encoded in were fixed bit length. But Sony came out with the "1-bit Digital Analog Converter" which is analogous to serial I/O versus parallel I/O. A "simpler" but much faster 1-bit DAC could outcompete a more complex 16-, 24-, 32-bit DAC because it was clocked much higher. It was cheaper, and basically offered compatibility with multiple bit depths (although nobody ever came out with a "36-bit CD" or whatever). A one-pixel imager, if fast enough, could basically become any resolution you wanted. Want anamorphic? Just program the mirrors to scan in that pattern. Want portrait orientation? Same thing. It's a great idea and it will become important in the future. People thought TI was nuts when they invented the DLP. But we've since replaced our entire LCD projector line with DLPs, and there's no turning back...
As a copyright holder, it's YOUR responsibility to defend your rights. Once properly notified, an offender or facilitator (like YouTube) is obligated to take action, but "policing" is the (C) holder's problem.
After working in IT management, I like to come home and blast several hundred rounds into people. It helps me because I can use what I learn there IRL...
It's a Slashvertisement! There is a difference. Ask for it by name!
That would be cool. Of course, they will have to be destroyed, but only after they have played their part in the Golden Path.
If they had access to personal firearms, there would be no such danger. A bit of blood and gore to clean up, perhaps, but that guy would be the dead guy on my lawn.
It's called platelets. It was invented long ago. Thank goodness, or I would have died the first time my nose bled...
More likely it would be the "Rumble Plug." Need to keep some sanitizing gel around for that...
Shit hits our spacecraft all the time! This is why there are basically enough parts to build 1 or 2 new shuttles. They have to replace things all the time. Satellites go dead because of this.
can I run a dinosaur park on Linux. Or will it only run on Unix?
Those bondage sites were just research for the CIA's "rendition" program.
My colleagues have bemoaned the efforts by others to "expose" their doings, with the very astute observation that "they could come to the wrong conclusions just exactly what we do." My argument has been that they ALREADY make judgements about you, based on what limited knowledge they can acquire. It's far better to "be transparent" and tell your story the way YOU want it to be understood. They may not buy it (see the other article about Scoble blogging ;), but at least you have a chance to give "your side" of a "discussion" that's happening whether you want it to or not.
Privacy is an illusion.
from 2000. Then again, it was totally worth it. We basically did the same as we did moving people to Mac OS X - hunt down groups of users and spend a lot of time migrating. But the increase in stability and capability it added really made up for a lot of this.
Now, this isn't to say I agree with the figures. I haven't seen them, yet. With 2000->XP and OS9->OSX, there typically weren't hardware upgrades required. It was mostly technician time. But there was a cost, and it's not inconsequential.
Honestly, we're quite happy with VI3, but we need 3.0.1, due in October. There are a few honestly quite stupid bugs in 3.0 that need to be attended to. The most aggravating part is the license server (based on flexlm, which is usually not so bad). Licensing is the one thing where VMware is going backwards on (although the COST of licensing is quite good now).
if the dibility is such that life is at risk after one hour, why isn't the child in a care facility where they receive more than one person's care? Sometimes you think you're doing what's best for your children, but you're not.
to make it enlarge my pr0n really, really fast. Me likes me pr0n really, really big!
Don't want any risk of being sued? Don't use copyrighted materials. Don't like copyright? Use only materials with more desirable rights attached. Because you want to use something in a manner you have no right to doesn't change the fact that you have no such rights.
Have you ever seen Steve throw that bad boy? Take out an adamantium-clad evil robot in one swat!
Unlike what the summary suggests, purchasing access ad hoc is a very poor way to get access at airports. It's expensive. Rather, people who frequent airports or travel often are better served by subscriptions, available from a number of providers (T-Mobile, for example, is pretty easy to find hotspots in major cities).
Another option for these people is a bluetooth-enabled phone with EVDO or some other 3G/4G wireless capability. I just got a Sprint PPC-6700 and love it. I have the unlimited data plan, and I can pair it with my MacBook Pro and get online with very respectable speed (better than the T-Mobile WiFi at DFW last month). It's exceptional. Plus, it's a decent smartphone. If you're going to pay $30 to T-Mobile every month to use their limited coverage hotspots, you should consider a wireless data plan instead and get one of these phones. It may cost you less (Sprint is $15/mo. unlimited EVDO).
Those little sausages are pretty good. And potted meat. Mmmmm..... potted meat!
After all, it takes a considerable amount of insight to pick a code analyzer (admittedly one as brilliant as dtrace) as important and newsworthy. Good job, guys! It shows you can look deeply at a topic and understand what makes computer systems valuable. A lesser effort would award something from Microsoft, Google or Apple, whose products are great, but lack the sophistication of many Sun innovations.
I'm not doing anything whatsoever. How is this news? Wikipedia is business as usual, yet somehow this is "standing up to the Chinese." Wales is a ridiculous narcissist.
GRIO is exactly the thing that most impressed me. Yes, the NUMA stuff was excellent, but that was mostly brought along from Cray. GRIO, however, allowed all of that high-speed processing to account for something - assuring that writes to disk can actually keep up with the thousand plus CPUs, for example. Lots of media companies use MIPS/IRIX systems specifically because the applications take advantage of GRIO. You can't afford to lose packets when dealing with high-dollar customers and their precious HD content, for example.
Doing anything equivalent to GRIO in Linux is downright impossible. The current way of thinking is to always assume that there is enough overcapcity in the hardware to manage. This isn't always a good assumption in demanding applications.
Alan Smithee. That guy makes good films!
Virtual Valerie? I mean, come on, that was fun. Admit it. You know you liked it.