Well, it sort of is benchmarking assembly depending on how you look at it.
It's a test of how well each compiler gets their preferred language down to optimized assembly. The speed -- efficiency of any given pure assembly level program is really up to the author. So to benchmark that you'd have to benchmark the programmers.
This is of course, assuming a perfect world where TASM, NASM, etc all convert their source.ASM faithfully to binary.
I'd imagine most people trying to detect or repair this sort of thing have their cases off and their fingers on the drive to detect vibrations. Working at a data recovery firm we would take the drives out of the towers and attach them via some custom long cables to allow for detecting repairing these sorts of things. These drives really shouldn't make work any tougher.
Umm, I've been watching this from the sidelines for a while. DirecTV can't disable the method described in this article. Go to http://www.hackhu.com and read their FAQs.
Basically you can use a preprogrammed H or HU card (not sure which it is) from some shady dealer. There's a good chance your card will get diabled when the dealer gets busted. However there are methods to hack these cards to get them working to an extent.
The most sophisticated methods use a PC to emulate certain portions of the HU/H card which should go in your receiver. The emulation software can ignore kill commands sent down by DirecTV.. blah blah
Record TV was also around for a while providing a similar service. Heard about it through Slashdot unfortunately so I never actually got to use them as they were quickly swamped (then sued).
Ban the receiving units. Since they don't want the service to exist in Canada they should go ban the receiver's too. Then there'd be some room to fine/jail the pirates. Of course enforcement would be up to the Canadians who obviously don't care in this department:)
As for people killing eachother.. Cough: NRA. I'd say more, but I'd probably get shot next time I went to a baseball game.
Then there's DirecTV. If I had the money to fork over for a receiver, I'd be hooking up my emu in a second. Partially for the educational value and partially for the free movies. Everyone's an opportunist at heart. Who can honestly say they haven't downloaded an MP3? That's pretty shady...
I give 50/50 odds that he makes it into space. Thing is I don't think he has a chance in hell of turning the thing around or landing intact. Like the mantra of the article Bye Bye Steve
There's a good chance that the Alpha boys won't have the choice to leave Intel and join AMD. Many contracts have clauses where employees are not allowed to join "the competition" within X-months. I remember a certain department of a certain telco company which was spun off without the employees input. Basically anyone under that department was immediately barred from leaving the new spin-off and joining a competing company.
Depending on the partnership/selloff going on here, we might lose the Alpha guys to Intel.
-- Unrelated, Intel seems to have too much overhead to continue developing Alpha if they do gain control of it.
Yet another Carpal write-up at http://content.health.msn.com/content/article/1728.81330
"Office workers can 'breathe a sigh of relief,' according to a Mayo Clinic researcher. Contrary to popular belief, a new study shows that using a computer doesn't appear to increase the risk of developing carpal tunnel syndrome"
Just thought I'd share a little annecdote. Two years ago I was seriously injured up at my cottage. Now, the ambulance service in this area of Ontario is non-existant. Were it not for the quick acting and insane speeding of a dear friend, I would have died of internal bleeding long before making it to the hospital. Moral of the story here, speeding saved my life.
I'd be dead right now if that system was in place here, years ago.
If people are concerned that a comet could contain traces of alien life, why are they dropping Mir into the ocean? Seems like it just might have come into contain with alien bacteria if it is out there... Then we go and drop the thing in the middle of earths womb? Great idea guys... *shrug* Anyone else been thinking along these lines?
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Well, it sort of is benchmarking assembly depending on how you look at it.
It's a test of how well each compiler gets their preferred language down to optimized assembly. The speed -- efficiency of any given pure assembly level program is really up to the author. So to benchmark that you'd have to benchmark the programmers.
This is of course, assuming a perfect world where TASM, NASM, etc all convert their source .ASM faithfully to binary.
I'd imagine most people trying to detect or repair this sort of thing have their cases off and their fingers on the drive to detect vibrations. Working at a data recovery firm we would take the drives out of the towers and attach them via some custom long cables to allow for detecting repairing these sorts of things. These drives really shouldn't make work any tougher.
Basically you can use a preprogrammed H or HU card (not sure which it is) from some shady dealer. There's a good chance your card will get diabled when the dealer gets busted. However there are methods to hack these cards to get them working to an extent.
The most sophisticated methods use a PC to emulate certain portions of the HU/H card which should go in your receiver. The emulation software can ignore kill commands sent down by DirecTV.. blah blah
Record TV was also around for a while providing a similar service. Heard about it through Slashdot unfortunately so I never actually got to use them as they were quickly swamped (then sued).
Ban the receiving units. Since they don't want the service to exist in Canada they should go ban the receiver's too. Then there'd be some room to fine/jail the pirates. Of course enforcement would be up to the Canadians who obviously don't care in this department :)
As for people killing eachother.. Cough: NRA. I'd say more, but I'd probably get shot next time I went to a baseball game.
Then there's DirecTV. If I had the money to fork over for a receiver, I'd be hooking up my emu in a second. Partially for the educational value and partially for the free movies. Everyone's an opportunist at heart. Who can honestly say they haven't downloaded an MP3? That's pretty shady...
I give 50/50 odds that he makes it into space. Thing is I don't think he has a chance in hell of turning the thing around or landing intact. Like the mantra of the article Bye Bye Steve
Depressing yet true, IE5 ran faster and more reliably than Netscape on my Solaris machine.
I see no need to move beyond 5...
There's a good chance that the Alpha boys won't have the choice to leave Intel and join AMD. Many contracts have clauses where employees are not allowed to join "the competition" within X-months. I remember a certain department of a certain telco company which was spun off without the employees input. Basically anyone under that department was immediately barred from leaving the new spin-off and joining a competing company.
Depending on the partnership/selloff going on here, we might lose the Alpha guys to Intel.
-- Unrelated, Intel seems to have too much overhead to continue developing Alpha if they do gain control of it.
Just another nail in the coffin
Yet another Carpal write-up at http://content.health.msn.com/content/article/1728 .81330
"Office workers can 'breathe a sigh of relief,' according to a Mayo Clinic researcher. Contrary to popular belief, a new study shows that using a computer doesn't appear to increase the risk of developing carpal tunnel syndrome"
I'd be dead right now if that system was in place here, years ago.
Let's not forget alien autopsy. Although I think that most people already have.
... I think you all trust The Simpsons. They take Fox with a grain of salt; we should follow suit.
If people are concerned that a comet could contain traces of alien life, why are they dropping Mir into the ocean? Seems like it just might have come into contain with alien bacteria if it is out there... Then we go and drop the thing in the middle of earths womb? Great idea guys... *shrug* Anyone else been thinking along these lines?
Wow! ...
of all the people to dupe this story it had to be the CmdrTaco himself ?!
/. must have been cracked again...
Well.. Everyone around these parts would just overclock their home air-pumps anyways. I don't see a problem here.