> The "splice" system call seems to be an answer to one of Microsoft's bad ideas - serving web pages from the kernel.
Linux did this as well. See the Tux web server.
>"Zero copy" tends to be overrated.
no No NO! Zero-copy has been proven as a good thing several times over by top researchers in top conferences. Get your facts straight dude. Zero-copy is a Good Thing across several real-world workloads. Web servers using sendfile outperform those that use copies. Viewing the cache profiles from each explains why.
>The usual effect of adding "zero copy" to something is that the performance goes up a little, the complexity goes up a lot, and the number of crashes increases.
Performance goes up a lot. The number of crashes is a result of poor programming. The Linux version of SendFile is (was) very stable under massive send-heavy workloads. The number of crashes was not increased in the slightest.
Instead of probation, perhaps he would prefer to do jail time instead? Probation is a nicety given to crimimals. If they don't like the terms, back to prison.
I did read the article and then USPTO FAQ before complaining.
What is to stop companies from hiring people from submitting unruly amounts of prior art? They can still game the system by picking and choosing what art to send to the examiner.
> I also struggle to see why people should contribute (without being paid) to such a broken system.
The only people that will contribute to this system are those with a vested interest in particular patents. I can companies paying people to evaluate patents (either positively or negatively) to help the company. I can see a scenerio where say Microsoft hires a guy with 100 user ids to evaluate a patent positively and Amazon hires a guy with 100 user ids to evaluate the same patent negatively.
While I agree with the premise of your rant - people MUST take more responsibility for their children - in practice this is impossible.
You cannot "watch" a pre-teen/teen 24 hours a day. This will lead to an unhealthy relationship and resentment. Even with filters, etc. this child will see some bad stuff by accident. Yes, it is the parent's responsibility to educate and explain what is seen, but as a parent, I would prefer to have those chats with my children when we collectively are ready, not when some spammer sends something.
So you premise is good, but you go too far. Spamming young children with porn is a bad thing. Even for parents that try to do good, spamming children is just f-ing disgusting and disturbing and makes parenting that much harder. As you pointed out, most parents have trouble just maintaining the basics, so making parenting harder does not help.
The basics of anything can be described in a few pages for some level of "basic".
For my thesis I described the basics of TCP/IP in about 20 pages; however, when onse is making changes to the TCP stack itself, the basics just will NOT do. I have hit several of the in-dept chapters of the Steven's volumes multiple times. Some times I find those books lacking in the detail I need.
These are not "admin" style books. Most TCP/IP protocol suite implementations are very large and complex.
You don't watch a much tv do you? All this CRAP on tv is "guaranteed or your money back". All these infomercials peddle worthless junk that is guarenteed. I do not see how a guarantee on SW is any different.
Funny you say this. I read an article a while back that stated there were a lot more accidents because cars were "too easy" to drive. People who SHOULD be afraid of driving are not because cars have made it so "easy".
I say get rid of ABS, stability control. etc and get these timid drivers off the road.
Interesting commentary. One thing though: > Components for Music, Television, Desktop, and Video Game consoles will (in many cases wirelessly) interact with this server.
This sounds a lot like Network Stations that were tried around eight years ago. They were touted as the next big thing. The idea, though sound, just didn't take off as some thought it would. Perhaps the Network Stations were ahead of their time (i.e. like OS/2)?
"a big screen viewing effect" "sleek eyewear" "large-size video" "delivering crisp, full-color video" "thin cable" "up to five hours of video with three AAA batteries."
Clarinase has a knack for marketing speak. This was an AD, not a story. Is/. embedding ads in the context now?
> There is a "typeid" operator but no "typeof" operator.
According to "Effective C++" - Meyers, if you need to know the type of a class, you designed your classes wrong. Take advantage of abstract classes and coercion for this.
" while ignoring the real problem: poorly raised, intellectually stunted people with no sense of accountability. As long as people don't give a damn about the consequences of their actions, and as long as societies feel bad about holding the accountable, the only option is to pursue pointless little media-friendly exercises like taking tools away from people. "
YES. YES. YES! Damn, I blew my mod points too early today. This is the single most intelligent thing I have ever read on slashdot. Respect for fellow humans is at an all time low. Until that is reversed, there is no accountability to people.
sure, with enough money thrown at it, any problem is solvable. SMP machines having been fighting the cost v. cache coherency battle for years. Let's face it, a 1GB cache would be awesome, but...
While on the surface, your idea really does not work. The cache will thrash like mad, the IO bus will be clogged, and paging (may) be a bottleneck. What if all 17 threads make a system call at the exact same time. The locking will bring the system to a screaching halt.
What you propose (not a horrible idea, btw) requires much more than just some threads in the CPU.
According to a friend that is a fire/police man, calling 911 from a cell phone is not good because it takes a long time to get a precise location. I was thinking of cancelling my land line, and he said with kids in the house that was a bad idea because of the above reason.
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> The "splice" system call seems to be an answer to one of Microsoft's bad ideas - serving web pages from the kernel.
Linux did this as well. See the Tux web server.
>"Zero copy" tends to be overrated.
no No NO! Zero-copy has been proven as a good thing several times over by top researchers in top conferences. Get your facts straight dude. Zero-copy is a Good Thing across several real-world workloads. Web servers using sendfile outperform those that use copies. Viewing the cache profiles from each explains why.
>The usual effect of adding "zero copy" to something is that the performance goes up a little, the complexity goes up a lot, and the number of crashes increases.
Performance goes up a lot. The number of crashes is a result of poor programming. The Linux version of SendFile is (was) very stable under massive send-heavy workloads. The number of crashes was not increased in the slightest.
Pop-up video was on VH1.
uh, I mean, so I heard.
"Normally I am not recognized, people don't throw their panties at me."
Nice to know he thinks like the rest of us guys.
Instead of probation, perhaps he would prefer to do jail time instead? Probation is a nicety given to crimimals. If they don't like the terms, back to prison.
I did read the article and then USPTO FAQ before complaining.
What is to stop companies from hiring people from submitting unruly amounts of prior art? They can still game the system by picking and choosing what art to send to the examiner.
> I also struggle to see why people should contribute (without being paid) to such a broken system.
The only people that will contribute to this system are those with a vested interest in particular patents. I can companies paying people to evaluate patents (either positively or negatively) to help the company. I can see a scenerio where say Microsoft hires a guy with 100 user ids to evaluate a patent positively and Amazon hires a guy with 100 user ids to evaluate the same patent negatively.
Unless you do a lot of city driving, the benefits of a gas/electric hybrid are elusive. The benefit approaches zero with highway driving.
While I agree with the premise of your rant - people MUST take more responsibility for their children - in practice this is impossible.
You cannot "watch" a pre-teen/teen 24 hours a day. This will lead to an unhealthy relationship and resentment. Even with filters, etc. this child will see some bad stuff by accident. Yes, it is the parent's responsibility to educate and explain what is seen, but as a parent, I would prefer to have those chats with my children when we collectively are ready, not when some spammer sends something.
So you premise is good, but you go too far. Spamming young children with porn is a bad thing. Even for parents that try to do good, spamming children is just f-ing disgusting and disturbing and makes parenting that much harder. As you pointed out, most parents have trouble just maintaining the basics, so making parenting harder does not help.
The basics of anything can be described in a few pages for some level of "basic".
For my thesis I described the basics of TCP/IP in about 20 pages; however, when onse is making changes to the TCP stack itself, the basics just will NOT do. I have hit several of the in-dept chapters of the Steven's volumes multiple times. Some times I find those books lacking in the detail I need.
These are not "admin" style books. Most TCP/IP protocol suite implementations are very large and complex.
WTF are you talking about? "old-fashoined" news? News is news. News is what is important going on in YOUR world. Period.
I hate it when they work in who is sleeping with whom in Hollywood. That is not news. the latest movie review is not news.
You don't watch a much tv do you? All this CRAP on tv is "guaranteed or your money back". All these infomercials peddle worthless junk that is guarenteed. I do not see how a guarantee on SW is any different.
> cause a loss of skill in driving
Funny you say this. I read an article a while back that stated there were a lot more accidents because cars were "too easy" to drive. People who SHOULD be afraid of driving are not because cars have made it so "easy".
I say get rid of ABS, stability control. etc and get these timid drivers off the road.
Interesting commentary. One thing though:
> Components for Music, Television, Desktop, and Video Game consoles will (in many cases wirelessly) interact with this server.
This sounds a lot like Network Stations that were tried around eight years ago. They were touted as the next big thing. The idea, though sound, just didn't take off as some thought it would. Perhaps the Network Stations were ahead of their time (i.e. like OS/2)?
ehhhhh.
Homeowner. married. Nice try though. clever wit.
"a big screen viewing effect"
/. embedding ads in the context now?
"sleek eyewear"
"large-size video"
"delivering crisp, full-color video"
"thin cable"
"up to five hours of video with three AAA batteries."
Clarinase has a knack for marketing speak. This was an AD, not a story. Is
> There is a "typeid" operator but no "typeof" operator.
According to "Effective C++" - Meyers, if you need to know the type of a class, you designed your classes wrong. Take advantage of abstract classes and coercion for this.
" while ignoring the real problem: poorly raised, intellectually stunted people with no sense of accountability. As long as people don't give a damn about the consequences of their actions, and as long as societies feel bad about holding the accountable, the only option is to pursue pointless little media-friendly exercises like taking tools away from people. "
YES. YES. YES! Damn, I blew my mod points too early today. This is the single most intelligent thing I have ever read on slashdot. Respect for fellow humans is at an all time low. Until that is reversed, there is no accountability to people.
I don't live in a dorm.
thanks for playing. Let's tell him what he didn't win, Johnny.
>How about just outlawing something as arcane, ignorant, and hateful as religion?
I was with you on this point. (Look at many wars in the past).
>thus the slaughter in the Middle East
Laughable does not even begine to describe this. OH, I see. you were going for funny. Moderators: +5 FUNNY.
Ignore the problem and hope it goes away?
GREAT strategy. Reagen should have taken care of Iraq when he had the chance.
Invading Irag the worst thing to do? HA. Ask the thousands that were killed by Saddam?
"OF COURSE there's something which triggered the 9/11 attack."
It is widely agreed that it was likely the US involvement in the Middle East peach negotiations between Isreal and Palestine.
sure, with enough money thrown at it, any problem is solvable. SMP machines having been fighting the cost v. cache coherency battle for years. Let's face it, a 1GB cache would be awesome, but...
While on the surface, your idea really does not work. The cache will thrash like mad, the IO bus will be clogged, and paging (may) be a bottleneck. What if all 17 threads make a system call at the exact same time. The locking will bring the system to a screaching halt.
What you propose (not a horrible idea, btw) requires much more than just some threads in the CPU.
XM has two NASCAR channels until 2007. Two years is not what I would call "soon".
XM has Opie and Anthony. Think stern with more shock.
With that said, I will likely go to Sirius in '07 for the NASCAR channels.
According to a friend that is a fire/police man, calling 911 from a cell phone is not good because it takes a long time to get a precise location. I was thinking of cancelling my land line, and he said with kids in the house that was a bad idea because of the above reason.