heh, these guys send me a couple of their "re-registration" notices every year around that time. slimy, but illegal? how are they any different from the "renew you automobile warranty" letters i still get every few months?
but that is still bios-dependent, which == still software dependent. which, according to the def presented by the original post, means it's not a "real" power switch, because if the computer software chooses to ignore your power-off command, it can.
I wonder how much smaller/lower-power an Intel CPU were that just offered x86-64. well, considering that the entire decoder for a core2 is maybe 2-3% of the transistors on the chip, i'd say at max 2-3%.
"single-accumulator" hasn't been true since the 286, IIRC. x86-64 has 16 general purpose registers, any of which can be used for accumulators. (not VLIW-ish in register count, but not shabby either) but even x86-32 could use multiple registers as accumulators, albeit with some operations requiring an extra micro-op.
> byzantine, non-orthagonal instruction set
it's my understanding that the instruction set *is* orthagonal, unless you're executing 8080 or 8086 instructions...
if you think the core2 (or any of the x86-64 implementations) aren't modern processor designs, you need to learn something about microprocessors. and what pray-tell is wrong w/ keeping x86 compatibility through hardware emulation? do you know how cheap decode operations are on modern transistor budgets?
you obviously haven't read many recent patent apps. not describing implementation details is the norm. (often the patent holder doesn't even bother coming up with an implementation...just hopes to piggy-back on the work of real engineers)
would you please link to said other theory? the only source i've ever seen referenced seems to be simply a collection of (largely unverifiable) stories. there is a history of people claiming verifiable predictions, but AFAIK the world still hasn't ended yet, so these can hardly be taken as support. it still surprises me the current draft made it through whatever peer review process the early catholic's had...but who am i to judge?
i don't ask for proof that god exists. *any* verifiable evidence i would consider a miracle at this point.
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if there was ever a time this tag really fit.... =P
note that this makes sense. more/better data would help ANY decent algorithm. they want a better one, and they're judging you on a baseline. so they'd naturally limit your input options.
yes, but the argument against is that if grey goo was really possible, it's almost certain that life (an uber-virus?) would have already figured out how, and we wouldn't be here to wonder about it. =P
i'm suddenly remembering those slap bracelets that went around in middle school. imagine your cell phone on your wrist, and then popping straight when you tug at it when it rings? =P
heck, that sounds like an awfully good patent to troll! (where's my laywer?)
what?!? an 8-core machine doesn't run single-threaded benchmarks any faster than a 1 core? that's crazy! what a revolution! what's next? we'll discover that 9 women can't create a baby in one month?!?
i spent 4 years in montgomery working as an AF contractor (programmer). and while i can attest that it's not as bad as i had heard (i grew up in NY), it's not as rosy as this guy is making it out to be. i certainly wouldn't want to settle down there.
do still have some good friends back in the gump however. and old cloverdale is definitely the coolest part of the state, with maybe the exception of auburn.
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heh, these guys send me a couple of their "re-registration" notices every year around that time. slimy, but illegal? how are they any different from the "renew you automobile warranty" letters i still get every few months?
woot! a lowest UID war! my favorite forgotten /. theme. =P
my crap smells like shit tho.
i just woke up w/ one after a car accident when i was 16. standing up wasn't anywhere near an option. =P
but to their credit, they're fine once they're in. the removal felt weird, but wasn't painful.
hey, don't knock it. those catheter's are convenient. (of course, i was unconscious when it was put in... *that* might be the true deciding factor ;)
but that is still bios-dependent, which == still software dependent. which, according to the def presented by the original post, means it's not a "real" power switch, because if the computer software chooses to ignore your power-off command, it can.
"Open source, he said, creates a license 'so that anybody can improve the software,"
there, fixed that for ya. =P
i believe instead they disable a not-quite-functional core from their quad-processor reject bin.
> single-accumulator, register-poor architecture
"single-accumulator" hasn't been true since the 286, IIRC. x86-64 has 16 general purpose registers, any of which can be used for accumulators. (not VLIW-ish in register count, but not shabby either) but even x86-32 could use multiple registers as accumulators, albeit with some operations requiring an extra micro-op.
> byzantine, non-orthagonal instruction set
it's my understanding that the instruction set *is* orthagonal, unless you're executing 8080 or 8086 instructions...
=P
if you think the core2 (or any of the x86-64 implementations) aren't modern processor designs, you need to learn something about microprocessors. and what pray-tell is wrong w/ keeping x86 compatibility through hardware emulation? do you know how cheap decode operations are on modern transistor budgets?
you obviously haven't read many recent patent apps. not describing implementation details is the norm. (often the patent holder doesn't even bother coming up with an implementation...just hopes to piggy-back on the work of real engineers)
he must be a skin-job. =P
would you please link to said other theory? the only source i've ever seen referenced seems to be simply a collection of (largely unverifiable) stories. there is a history of people claiming verifiable predictions, but AFAIK the world still hasn't ended yet, so these can hardly be taken as support. it still surprises me the current draft made it through whatever peer review process the early catholic's had...but who am i to judge?
i don't ask for proof that god exists. *any* verifiable evidence i would consider a miracle at this point.
if there was ever a time this tag really fit.... =P
but the netflix prize has 500,000 users, 20,000 movies and 10,000,000 ratings. that's 10,000,000,000 possible ratings, making the given 0.1%.
;)
but of course you're only asked to predict a subset of ~3,000,000. (still a lot for the given data, but hey, it's $1,000,000
yes this data is useful, but you can't use it in the contest:
http://www.netflix.com/TermsOfUse
see also:
http://www.netflixprize.com/community/viewtopic.php?id=98
http://www.netflixprize.com/community/viewtopic.php?id=20
http://www.netflixprize.com/community/viewtopic.php?id=14
note that this makes sense. more/better data would help ANY decent algorithm. they want a better one, and they're judging you on a baseline. so they'd naturally limit your input options.
which it is, since it lands where it launches...
now someone reply with "but you forgot the earth's rotation!" =P
and hits mach 2 at the top of the peak.
it may hit mach 2, but at the top of its peak it's travelling at mach 0. =P
yeah, that's what i do in vegas too. "visit my mom" =P
yes, but the argument against is that if grey goo was really possible, it's almost certain that life (an uber-virus?) would have already figured out how, and we wouldn't be here to wonder about it. =P
i'm suddenly remembering those slap bracelets that went around in middle school. imagine your cell phone on your wrist, and then popping straight when you tug at it when it rings? =P
heck, that sounds like an awfully good patent to troll! (where's my laywer?)
what?!? an 8-core machine doesn't run single-threaded benchmarks any faster than a 1 core? that's crazy! what a revolution! what's next? we'll discover that 9 women can't create a baby in one month?!?
shocked, i tell you! shocked!
nitpick: it's "i'm sorry dave, i'm afraid i can't do that"
yes, i'm a nerd. =P
i spent 4 years in montgomery working as an AF contractor (programmer). and while i can attest that it's not as bad as i had heard (i grew up in NY), it's not as rosy as this guy is making it out to be. i certainly wouldn't want to settle down there.
do still have some good friends back in the gump however. and old cloverdale is definitely the coolest part of the state, with maybe the exception of auburn.