Not quite. While these server farms in a box are fault-tolerant they are not fault-tolerant in the same way as at least some mainframes where the calculations are duplicated. With mainframes you'd have wasted resources (doing every calculation twice) with lower latency. With server farms in a box you get, arguably, better resource utilization (route around something that is broken but wait till it breaks before doing so) but higher latency. The difference is incorporating the way the internet works into "mainframe" design.
"I just hope IBM keeps Java, Open Office and the rest as they are and doesn't start to try to make money off them."
You must not not be an IBM shareholder. The above is probably exactly what they are going to do and IBM probably has a plan for it already. We'll see how that goes.
Hrrrm, organized crime and terrorists want to have p2p stopped and the MPAA wants p2p stopped; thus the MPAA must be either a terrorist organization or organized crime or both.
This is hilarious. The far-right nutjobs are trying to appropriate the rhetoric of the far-left nutjobs and failing miserably. Lame. But funny. It should go right into the Onion.
Really? I wish the MBTA in Boston would start doing that. Technically (and conveniently) there is no posted schedule for the subway but the claim is a train comes every five minutes which is just a bold faced lie. The commuter rail does have a schedule but it's almost never on time. You are better off aiming for the train that precedes the one you think you should take.
"...he's either just plain smarter than you, or just plain works harder than you..."
or just plain will accept less pay. Obviously it's not always the case but it plays a part. For the most part it's more of an issue for so-called "unskilled" labor where cost is the only differentiation between employees.
I am surprised we aren't hearing about this being used in a porn as that's where "new" technology usually shows up first. Are they slipping or is it so gimmicky porn directors won't even touch it?
Since this is so naked and obvious I'd say she doesn't care. Why might that be? Oh, right, by appeasing one of the largest lobbies in California it might make her trip to Sacramento a little smoother.
Woz hasn't done anything interesting in the last thirty years. I recognize his contributions are significant but just because he joins some start-up nobody has ever heard of doesn't mean it's going to be the next Apple or something. I suppose techies need their celebrities too and/. is their tabloid.
I have heard similar stories about medical devices like the artificial heart but I was under the impression engineers were involved but I could be wrong.
Aww, it sounds like you are bitter that your right to be morally self-righteous has been taken away. Seriously America is damned as hydro-carbon chugging, global glutton on one hand and on the other is shit upon when it shows a modicum of success when weaning itself off of them. Admittedly it didn't need to be positioned as a competition, but in case you hadn't noticed Americans are motivated by competition.
All of the being said, it is only a modest success with a lot of work still to be done. There are still 105+ million households that still need energy from a "clean" source.
Uh, sorry, but the SAT and ACT are being dropped by most of the top colleges in the US. GPA is also being de-emphasized (which is really astonishing) but obviously not completely ignored. It turns out the best predictor of a child's success in college is how well they can write (regardless of their future major). Essays are taking on more and more weight.
"A lot of small schools for parents to choose among would mean a lot of schools that live and die by parental satisfaction."
Your solution would address the problem of poor performing teachers in relatively affluent school system, but wouldn't do much for poor, urban schools. Many parents of poorly performing students in urban schools do not want to be bothered with their children (e.g. checking that their child's home work is done, picking them up after school when they need to stay for extra help, etc). They basically want a baby-sitter. So, the measure of "satisfaction" would be how closely a school approximates a baby-sitter which not so co-incidentally describes exactly how most urban public schools act. I'm not trying to claim that your solution isn't legitimate but it addresses a different problem. There are no panaceas in education.
Solving the achievement gap *is* complicated but it is not insurmountable by any means. It is also an enormous task that will require a lot of effort and sustained political pressure. It's good to see Gates come out against one of the more simplistic solutions, smaller class size. This red herring gets offered up by the teacher's unions at every opportunity. Smaller class size provides negligible improvement but it does provides more teachers (that will be in the union) and more money for school districts to pay teachers more. How convenient...
In any case, in general the more effective solution is excellent classroom management skills, high expectations, a school culture built on mutual respect (not an indulgent one that thinks everyone's opinion is equally valid though), and excellent instruction. It also doesn't hurt when the teacher's are paid very well and the school can afford a longer school day and year.
While this invention may mitigate some of the nuclear waster there is still the issue of contaminating the environment while extracting fuel. I don't think this fact should stop anyone from building this reactor or any nuclear reactor. After all, global warming is, uh, global and any incidental contamination due to mining is merely local. It's just another problem that needs to be solved.
to get on television. He may be telling the truth but I don't think I'd ever believe him. His stories sound like delusions of grandeur to compensate for being fired. I guess that fills my arm-chair psycho-analysis quota for the day.
Yeah, I thought the same thing. Then I actually read the article. They aren't claiming the highest ranked pages are going to win a Nobel. In fact the author of the highest ranked paper has not received a Nobel. Instead they are suggesting that authors of higher ranked papers are likely candidates for a Nobel. If they had done what you suggest, it would have been more interesting.
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Not quite. While these server farms in a box are fault-tolerant they are not fault-tolerant in the same way as at least some mainframes where the calculations are duplicated. With mainframes you'd have wasted resources (doing every calculation twice) with lower latency. With server farms in a box you get, arguably, better resource utilization (route around something that is broken but wait till it breaks before doing so) but higher latency. The difference is incorporating the way the internet works into "mainframe" design.
All of us already knew electronic voting is easily hacked. The CIA probably knows this firsthand because they have done it.
Hrm, maybe Obama getting elected was payback for the neo-cons throwing the CIA under the bus for Iraq. I am kidding. Maybe.
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"I just hope IBM keeps Java, Open Office and the rest as they are and doesn't start to try to make money off them."
You must not not be an IBM shareholder. The above is probably exactly what they are going to do and IBM probably has a plan for it already. We'll see how that goes.
"Besides, his unit will appreciate him not flipping a mirror out for all to see whenever he wants to listen to music."
That's the first thing I thought of... The irony of a well intended present putting a bulls-eye on your brother's head is tragic.
Hrrrm, organized crime and terrorists want to have p2p stopped and the MPAA wants p2p stopped; thus the MPAA must be either a terrorist organization or organized crime or both.
This is hilarious. The far-right nutjobs are trying to appropriate the rhetoric of the far-left nutjobs and failing miserably. Lame. But funny. It should go right into the Onion.
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Nice explanation. It's already rated a 5, but I figured I'd mention it.
Really? I wish the MBTA in Boston would start doing that. Technically (and conveniently) there is no posted schedule for the subway but the claim is a train comes every five minutes which is just a bold faced lie. The commuter rail does have a schedule but it's almost never on time. You are better off aiming for the train that precedes the one you think you should take.
"...he's either just plain smarter than you, or just plain works harder than you..."
or just plain will accept less pay. Obviously it's not always the case but it plays a part. For the most part it's more of an issue for so-called "unskilled" labor where cost is the only differentiation between employees.
I hope the CIA wasn't required to use it! :-)
How? Who knows. Some lobby group somewhere will have an idea. Careful what you wish for...
It'll make them laugh at how naive you are... Now where was that link to the "You Are Not a Lawyer!" column?
I am surprised we aren't hearing about this being used in a porn as that's where "new" technology usually shows up first. Are they slipping or is it so gimmicky porn directors won't even touch it?
Since this is so naked and obvious I'd say she doesn't care. Why might that be? Oh, right, by appeasing one of the largest lobbies in California it might make her trip to Sacramento a little smoother.
According to wikipedia: "JWST is a NASA-led international collaboration between NASA, the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency. "
Glad to see Sony continues to make bad decisions.
Woz hasn't done anything interesting in the last thirty years. I recognize his contributions are significant but just because he joins some start-up nobody has ever heard of doesn't mean it's going to be the next Apple or something. I suppose techies need their celebrities too and /. is their tabloid.
I have heard similar stories about medical devices like the artificial heart but I was under the impression engineers were involved but I could be wrong.
Aww, it sounds like you are bitter that your right to be morally self-righteous has been taken away. Seriously America is damned as hydro-carbon chugging, global glutton on one hand and on the other is shit upon when it shows a modicum of success when weaning itself off of them. Admittedly it didn't need to be positioned as a competition, but in case you hadn't noticed Americans are motivated by competition.
All of the being said, it is only a modest success with a lot of work still to be done. There are still 105+ million households that still need energy from a "clean" source.
Uh, sorry, but the SAT and ACT are being dropped by most of the top colleges in the US. GPA is also being de-emphasized (which is really astonishing) but obviously not completely ignored. It turns out the best predictor of a child's success in college is how well they can write (regardless of their future major). Essays are taking on more and more weight.
"A lot of small schools for parents to choose among would mean a lot of schools that live and die by parental satisfaction."
Your solution would address the problem of poor performing teachers in relatively affluent school system, but wouldn't do much for poor, urban schools. Many parents of poorly performing students in urban schools do not want to be bothered with their children (e.g. checking that their child's home work is done, picking them up after school when they need to stay for extra help, etc). They basically want a baby-sitter. So, the measure of "satisfaction" would be how closely a school approximates a baby-sitter which not so co-incidentally describes exactly how most urban public schools act. I'm not trying to claim that your solution isn't legitimate but it addresses a different problem. There are no panaceas in education.
Solving the achievement gap *is* complicated but it is not insurmountable by any means. It is also an enormous task that will require a lot of effort and sustained political pressure. It's good to see Gates come out against one of the more simplistic solutions, smaller class size. This red herring gets offered up by the teacher's unions at every opportunity. Smaller class size provides negligible improvement but it does provides more teachers (that will be in the union) and more money for school districts to pay teachers more. How convenient...
In any case, in general the more effective solution is excellent classroom management skills, high expectations, a school culture built on mutual respect (not an indulgent one that thinks everyone's opinion is equally valid though), and excellent instruction. It also doesn't hurt when the teacher's are paid very well and the school can afford a longer school day and year.
While this invention may mitigate some of the nuclear waster there is still the issue of contaminating the environment while extracting fuel. I don't think this fact should stop anyone from building this reactor or any nuclear reactor. After all, global warming is, uh, global and any incidental contamination due to mining is merely local. It's just another problem that needs to be solved.
to get on television. He may be telling the truth but I don't think I'd ever believe him. His stories sound like delusions of grandeur to compensate for being fired. I guess that fills my arm-chair psycho-analysis quota for the day.
Yeah, I thought the same thing. Then I actually read the article. They aren't claiming the highest ranked pages are going to win a Nobel. In fact the author of the highest ranked paper has not received a Nobel. Instead they are suggesting that authors of higher ranked papers are likely candidates for a Nobel. If they had done what you suggest, it would have been more interesting.