Fortunately academic research plunders forward largely heedless of the ignorant mainstream media - only the unwashed masses take it seriously. Scientists, engineers, and even corporations who want to get ahead of their competitors all have an interest in the pursuit of truth. The subset of the media you refer to is largely an observer, a mere passenger along for the ride. The best researchers in the best universities and corporate R&D departments don't pick up tabloids to find out the latest in their fields, they critiquely study peer-reviewed papers published in professional journals, they do research of their own, they discuss their ideas with other experts, etc. I'm not sure if you've been to university, but it was certainly that way when I was there.
That would be the same Museum of Modern Art that proudly displays cans of shit in its collection? Gee, I'm not sure that says much. This is modern art you're talking about, which pretty much represents the purposeful antithesis of pleasing aesthetics (to the point that I'd say it supports the GP's position; ugly is ugly).
In this age of climate change hysteria, if you did research that ended up suggested otherwise would you like to have it out there with your name on it?
If the research is solid, then yes, of course, why not? If fear over climate change is just 'hysteria', then the scientific process will over time eventually push the truth to the service, and what scientific researcher wouldn't want his/her name associated with pioneering good research that revealed the truth? You think scientists would rather lie and be buried anonymously than reveal a truth that puts them ahead of everyone else?
It will be effectively impossible for anyone to debunk the research if it is genuinely good, because that's how science works.
Firstly, and most importantly, a bias is only a bias if it's unfair and not deserved. (For example, I think few would seriously assert that having a negative of, say, Hitler would constitute a "bias".)
Secondly, slashdot is a heterogenous community with diverse opinions and many are in fact pro-Microsoft (I have on quite a few occasions even been modded down for making even factual posts that were vaguely not favourable to Microsoft).
So whatever situation you're subjected to has absolutely no bearing, it's all internal? Nice, I'll throw you in solitary confinement for a while, then tell your other cellmates you're in for child rape... then come back and I'll remind you that "you control how frustrated you are".
Of course the software you have to use for work all day every day has an effect on your psyche. To suggest it wouldn't is absurd. Of course to *some degree* you control your frustration, but that's not 100% the case.
Well, I once had a completely straight-faced e-mail response to a tech support query from an ISP about *eighteen months* after I'd submitted it (I had already long since resolved the problem on my own and forgotten about it). Nonetheless, ten years may seem like a stretch.
The article doesn't seem critical of Microsoft to me. A possibility of one obviously unusual, highly out-of-the-ordinary mistake out of millions of support calls over a decade - so unusual it's apparently news - and an impartial summary. Gee, that's so critical, not. But I suppose you have to grab any chance you get, no matter how desparate, to poke fun at an alleged bias of the slashdot community.
Prejudices? Where did I display a prejudice? Explain, and back up that accusation with some evidence. I'm sorry if the facts are biased against whatever you seem to think is the case, but I actually live here, I know a little more about this than you. You do realise you are using COMPLETELY made up statistics? ("If only one-fifth", WTF)
Five years is not a long time, and what Intel will do with it will depend on market conditions at the time. They're not there to be nice to you; competition is what keeps them in check.
And yes, it was a nice troll, because pretty much all you did was insult, then insult again, instead of just arguing your position with rational, logical, decent arguments. That's trolling.
True, although most malware that people actually have to worry about doesn't delete your data. Most commonly, the intent is to deliver popup ads, or steal e.g. credit card info or logons when you order stuff or do banking online... I think these are probably the most common hazards. I guess to do that on a Mac, malware would probably have to at least modify Safari in some way, I'm not sure if an ordinary user logon can do that.
Just to be clear, that wasn't my number. Like I said though, transmission by sexual activity vastly outshadows all other transmission mechanisms, including by birth (odds of a HIV positive mom passing it onto unborn child are not that great, IIRC about 50%).
The teen pregnancy and abortion statistics in South Africa are off the friggin charts, this is not some secret or unknown or debatable question we're dealing with here, we're talking about pretty well-known facts via other stats. And that's just pregnancies and abortions, which represent only a very small fraction of overall risky sexual activity amongst children. (Then there's the rape / child rape / child abuse etc.)
The odds of getting HIV from a blood transfusion in South Africa is incredibly miniscule, all our blood is tested. The vast, vast majority of infections is via sexual activity. It's definitely safe to say that the majority of that 240,000 got HIV from some form of sexual activity, so I think the point stands.
Just kidding, seriously though, I presume they meant millions, but I'm pretty sure we're well past 10 million Mac users? Or do they mean new sales *per year*?
That's also beside the point, as the point is that both have been highly overpriced for a plain old consumer device for watching movies --- paying a small fortune, or paying slightly less than a small fortune, supply/demand has the same effect: A very very tiny uptake.
If you want your format to win in the market, you don't gouge customers for as long as you can get away with and then AFTER you lose try say "hey wait, come back"... horse is out the barn already. (I'm not saying the other side isn't overpriced either, but it's not a format "war" if neither side does any "attacking" i.e. aggressively lower prices to win customers over.
Nice troll, except you're wrong, TFA states almost directly that it's aimed at the mainstream market: "The 80-core prototype demonstrated by Intel is an indication that even the most mainstream segments of the computer industry are looking to enter the manycore realm. While most discussions of manycore tend to focus on software development challenges or memory bandwidth limitations, an even more fundamental issue is the economic model that will drive these products into the marketplace."
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Fortunately academic research plunders forward largely heedless of the ignorant mainstream media - only the unwashed masses take it seriously. Scientists, engineers, and even corporations who want to get ahead of their competitors all have an interest in the pursuit of truth. The subset of the media you refer to is largely an observer, a mere passenger along for the ride. The best researchers in the best universities and corporate R&D departments don't pick up tabloids to find out the latest in their fields, they critiquely study peer-reviewed papers published in professional journals, they do research of their own, they discuss their ideas with other experts, etc. I'm not sure if you've been to university, but it was certainly that way when I was there.
That would be the same Museum of Modern Art that proudly displays cans of shit in its collection? Gee, I'm not sure that says much. This is modern art you're talking about, which pretty much represents the purposeful antithesis of pleasing aesthetics (to the point that I'd say it supports the GP's position; ugly is ugly).
In this age of climate change hysteria, if you did research that ended up suggested otherwise would you like to have it out there with your name on it?
If the research is solid, then yes, of course, why not? If fear over climate change is just 'hysteria', then the scientific process will over time eventually push the truth to the service, and what scientific researcher wouldn't want his/her name associated with pioneering good research that revealed the truth? You think scientists would rather lie and be buried anonymously than reveal a truth that puts them ahead of everyone else?
It will be effectively impossible for anyone to debunk the research if it is genuinely good, because that's how science works.
How is that a troll? Astroturfer moderators. The metamoderation system clearly does not work at all anymore.
Turn off all that shit except for stuff you genuinely need, make sure you have adequate RAM for the OS you're running, and Windows boots plenty fast
Um, no, it doesn't.
Sorry, "having a negative of" should have read "having a negative opinion of" --- this dang Windows must've deleted it from the HTTP POST packet ;)
Yes.
Firstly, and most importantly, a bias is only a bias if it's unfair and not deserved. (For example, I think few would seriously assert that having a negative of, say, Hitler would constitute a "bias".)
Secondly, slashdot is a heterogenous community with diverse opinions and many are in fact pro-Microsoft (I have on quite a few occasions even been modded down for making even factual posts that were vaguely not favourable to Microsoft).
So whatever situation you're subjected to has absolutely no bearing, it's all internal? Nice, I'll throw you in solitary confinement for a while, then tell your other cellmates you're in for child rape ... then come back and I'll remind you that "you control how frustrated you are".
Of course the software you have to use for work all day every day has an effect on your psyche. To suggest it wouldn't is absurd. Of course to *some degree* you control your frustration, but that's not 100% the case.
Well, I once had a completely straight-faced e-mail response to a tech support query from an ISP about *eighteen months* after I'd submitted it (I had already long since resolved the problem on my own and forgotten about it). Nonetheless, ten years may seem like a stretch.
The article doesn't seem critical of Microsoft to me. A possibility of one obviously unusual, highly out-of-the-ordinary mistake out of millions of support calls over a decade - so unusual it's apparently news - and an impartial summary. Gee, that's so critical, not. But I suppose you have to grab any chance you get, no matter how desparate, to poke fun at an alleged bias of the slashdot community.
Here are a few ACTUAL statistics, so you can stop repeating your ignorant and prejudiced viewpoints:
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20050429103530387C962494
More than a fifth of South Africa children are having sex by age 14. Over a third by age 15, and nearly 50% by age 16.
http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2221933,00.html
http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,6119,2-7-1442_1304584,00.html
http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/Politics/0,,2-7-12_1899863,00.html
http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2227893,00.html
http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2228181,00.html
http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2102140,00.html
http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2173180,00.html
http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2078582,00.html
Keep in mind the population size when looking at absolute numbers (population is a small fraction of the US).
Prejudices? Where did I display a prejudice? Explain, and back up that accusation with some evidence. I'm sorry if the facts are biased against whatever you seem to think is the case, but I actually live here, I know a little more about this than you. You do realise you are using COMPLETELY made up statistics? ("If only one-fifth", WTF)
*Sigh* ... you are *completely* clueless, on so many levels, I cannot help you out of it, sorry.
Five years is not a long time, and what Intel will do with it will depend on market conditions at the time. They're not there to be nice to you; competition is what keeps them in check.
And yes, it was a nice troll, because pretty much all you did was insult, then insult again, instead of just arguing your position with rational, logical, decent arguments. That's trolling.
True, although most malware that people actually have to worry about doesn't delete your data. Most commonly, the intent is to deliver popup ads, or steal e.g. credit card info or logons when you order stuff or do banking online ... I think these are probably the most common hazards. I guess to do that on a Mac, malware would probably have to at least modify Safari in some way, I'm not sure if an ordinary user logon can do that.
That wasn't a troll, honestly, some people :/
Ah, that would make sense :) But is that percentage of computer sales per year, or total installed base? I presume the former. There are some interesting stats here for anyone interested: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/12/11/apples_leopard_to_boost_mac_sales_while_dell_hp_slump_report.html ... according to that, around 30% of new home computer sales in the US, that's not to be sneezed at.
Just to be clear, that wasn't my number. Like I said though, transmission by sexual activity vastly outshadows all other transmission mechanisms, including by birth (odds of a HIV positive mom passing it onto unborn child are not that great, IIRC about 50%).
The teen pregnancy and abortion statistics in South Africa are off the friggin charts, this is not some secret or unknown or debatable question we're dealing with here, we're talking about pretty well-known facts via other stats. And that's just pregnancies and abortions, which represent only a very small fraction of overall risky sexual activity amongst children. (Then there's the rape / child rape / child abuse etc.)
The odds of getting HIV from a blood transfusion in South Africa is incredibly miniscule, all our blood is tested. The vast, vast majority of infections is via sexual activity. It's definitely safe to say that the majority of that 240,000 got HIV from some form of sexual activity, so I think the point stands.
Just kidding, seriously though, I presume they meant millions, but I'm pretty sure we're well past 10 million Mac users? Or do they mean new sales *per year*?
There are now 10 or more Mac users?
That's also beside the point, as the point is that both have been highly overpriced for a plain old consumer device for watching movies --- paying a small fortune, or paying slightly less than a small fortune, supply/demand has the same effect: A very very tiny uptake.
Hard to tell, the pricing is rather opaque, considering the most common/cheapest (IIRC) way to get a Blu-Ray player is to get a PS3.
If you want your format to win in the market, you don't gouge customers for as long as you can get away with and then AFTER you lose try say "hey wait, come back" ... horse is out the barn already. (I'm not saying the other side isn't overpriced either, but it's not a format "war" if neither side does any "attacking" i.e. aggressively lower prices to win customers over.
Nice troll, except you're wrong, TFA states almost directly that it's aimed at the mainstream market: "The 80-core prototype demonstrated by Intel is an indication that even the most mainstream segments of the computer industry are looking to enter the manycore realm. While most discussions of manycore tend to focus on software development challenges or memory bandwidth limitations, an even more fundamental issue is the economic model that will drive these products into the marketplace."