There is only so much power that you can push through a lower clocked processor before it becomes pointless.
*Sigh*.
Read the above statement carefully...does it even make sense? No.
Read my lips: clock speed has nothing to do with processor power. The exact auto engine analogy (which nobody seems to get right BTW) is RPM versus horsepower. Sure that little VW four-banger engine will rev to 8,000 RPM, but it still doesn't put out 300 horsepower like the V8 at 4,500 RPM. RPM is like computer clockspeed. Horsepower equates to physical work, while computing power equates to actually doing computing tasks.
Some of the extremely powerful explicitly parallel computers ran fairly slow processors, clockwise. However, by using thousands of them, they got a lot of work done. Modern microprocessors use parallelism hidden within the CPU (and normal instruction stream) to accomplish more per clock cycle. How effectively this is done, and how efficiently the processor interacts with memory are just as important to system throughput (computing horsepower) as clock speed.
The lower-clocked 64-bit offerings from AMD and the PPC 970 are both looking more interesting to me than the latest offerings from Intel.:-)
You should never exercise stock options unless you are going to sell them immediately. You don't exercise them to hold them. That's Stock Options 101, any advisor (except maybe somebody in your company) would tell you that. If you had enough options to make "real" money then you should have spent a few bucks and got some advice. (Note, the "you" here is the hypothetical "you", not an attack on glock.)
There are reasons to exercise them and hold, in the sense that the person may have left the company and been forced to use the options (obviously thinking the stock would have future value) while possibly not being able to sell the stock for a certain period.
None of this applies to me personally, I did read about such circumstances though. Some were millions of dollars in debt to the IRS.
Just ask the poor schmucks who exercised stock options before the bubble burst and didn't sell the stock before it crashed. They aren't happy people, since the IRS taxes on the value when the options are exercised, not what the stock is worth at tax-time.
95% all games released do absolutely nothing that requires a GeForce 3 or better, and the simple reason is that the vast majority of PCs sold come with lesser cards.
Nope. Most of the big games contain multiple code paths, each optimized for a certain level of hardware. The game auto-detects the card's capability, then uses the correct path.
It is a pain, but it works...and the folks with fancy new cards get fancy eye candy. That makes for good reviews, which makes for good game sales. Most folk might not have bleeding edge hardware, but the reviewers do.;-)
If they hadn't worried about western front They would have stationed close to 100% of their troops to the East instead of about 80% (about 70% after Overlord). I dont think that 20% would have made any huge difference.
Also don't forget about Allied bombing of strategic production facilities. Another factor that made the war in Russia even tougher for Germany.
Wrong. It was Soviets who defeated Germany. Anyone who claims otherwise doesn't know what they are talking about. Even after Normandy, about 70% of German troops were fighting the Soviets, and Soviets fought them ALOT longer than Americans did.
The original poster said it was an important "turning point". What do you think would have happened if Germany hadn't been so worried about the Western Front? Also don't forget about American aid to the Soviets, which was crucial.
Further, you're ignoring the important fact that America was the only power to have substantial forces involved on both fronts - and fighting the Japanese was every bit as tough (if not moreso) than fighting the Germans.
In short, your view that American participation in World War II wasn't central to an Allied victory is simply hogwash.:-)
This is what I don't get. The foam was not at a stand still when it hit. It was traveling at the same speed as the shuttle when it broke off and the difference in speed can be attributed to any change in acceleration, in this case negative, between the time it broke away and the time it hit. Obviously wind resistence is likely to be the primary cause of that deceleration but how much in the time/distance between breaking away and impact. That is why I think it was not as much an "aw shucks, we screwed up" kind of moment as others have been saying. There was reason to believe that the force would be low since the objects were both going at similar speeds. If anyone can explain where I am wrong I am happy to listen.
I believe NASA analyzed the video of the foam hitting the wing to arrive at the 500 MPH impact speed. The foam was indeed mainly decelerated by the wind shear (plus the shuttle was accelerating).
The point being, that NASA did in fact know the foam hit at high speed, early on in the process. The folks there just underestimated the potential for damage. It's not clear anything could have been done even if they had hit the panic button.
So imagine a Linux distribution with the future ReiserFS as the filesystem, and something like Haystack (rewritten in C) as the desktop, with a nice API...
Why re-write in C? Use gcj. If the current UI stuff is Swing, either use SWT, or re-write it using something like the Lightweight Java Game Library for fast graphics and cool special effects.:-)
Imagine how fast apps will start when they dont have to scour a half dozen directories for.dll files, but instead "SELECT location FROM files WHERE filename = 'msvcrt.dll' AND version = '7.8.29'"
Which will of course be slower than "\\\\c\\windows\\system32\\msvcrt-7.8.29.dll". Enjoy the pig-like characteristics of your new "filesystem".;-)
I'm pretty sure Apple or the Unix community will do a better job, long before Microsoft arrives at version 3 that actually works.
OK, that was my anti-MS rant for the day. Now I feel better!;-)
Honestly, I just have no respect for Microsoft "engineering". Just about anything would be better than the monstrosity that is Windows. Seriously.
Microsoft's business practices are just the icing on the cake.:-P
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eslo.core.jni.COMException: 0x80004005 E_FAIL [FACILITY_NULL "Unspecified error "] (Get records failed. talkProtocol.store_cards() failed with errorstate 2.) at eslo.core.bibliotek.IBibTalkPtr.GetCards(Native Method) at eslo.cell.utils.BibUtils.getCards(BibUtils.java:29 8) at eslo.cell.utils.BibUtils.getCard(BibUtils.java:387 ) at eslo.cell.content.ArticleInit.init(ArticleInit.jav a:31) at eslo.cell.site.WebPageInitBase.Process(WebPageInit Base.java:37) at eslo.core.pagetemplating.PTContentHandler.ProcessC omponent(PTContentHandler.java:1422) at eslo.core.pagetemplating.PTContentHandler.ProcessT ag(PTContentHandler.java:1064) at eslo.core.pagetemplating.PTContentHandler.endEleme nt(PTContentHandler.java:990) at org.brownell.xml.aelfred2.SAXDriver.endElement(SAX Driver.java:732) at org.brownell.xml.aelfred2.XmlParser.parseETag(XmlP arser.java:1122) at org.brownell.xml.aelfred2.XmlParser.parseContent(X mlParser.java:1200) at org.brownell.xml.aelfred2.XmlParser.parseElement(X mlParser.java:1026) at org.brownell.xml.aelfred2.XmlParser.parseContent(X mlParser.java:1205) at org.brownell.xml.aelfred2.XmlParser.parseElement(X mlParser.java:1026) at org.brownell.xml.aelfred2.XmlParser.parseContent(X mlParser.java:1205) at org.brownell.xml.aelfred2.XmlParser.parseElement(X mlParser.java:1026) at org.brownell.xml.aelfred2.XmlParser.parseDocument( XmlParser.java:499) at org.brownell.xml.aelfred2.XmlParser.doParse(XmlPar ser.java:151) at org.brownell.xml.aelfred2.SAXDriver.parse(SAXDrive r.java:309) at eslo.core.pagetemplating.PageTemplater.Process(Pag eTemplater.java:352) at eslo.core.pagetemplating.IAmPTComponentPtr.Process (Native Method) at eslo.core.pagetemplating.PTContentHandler.ProcessC omponent(PTContentHandler.java:1363) at eslo.core.pagetemplating.PTContentHandler.ProcessT ag(PTContentHandler.java:1064) at eslo.core.pagetemplating.PTContentHandler.endEleme nt(PTContentHandler.java:990) at org.brownell.xml.aelfred2.SAXDriver.endElement(SAX Driver.java:732) at org.brownell.xml.aelfred2.XmlParser.parseETag(XmlP arser.java:1122) at org.brownell.xml.aelfred2.XmlParser.parseContent(X mlParser.java:1200) at org.brownell.xml.aelfred2.XmlParser.parseElement(X mlParser.java:1026) at org.brownell.xml.aelfred2.XmlParser.parseContent(X mlParser.java:1205) at org.brownell.xml.aelfred2.XmlParser.parseElement(X mlParser.java:1026) at org.brownell.xml.aelfred2.XmlParser.parseContent(X mlParser.java:1205) at org.brownell.xml.aelfred2.XmlParser.parseElement(X mlParser.java:1026) at org.brownell.xml.aelfred2.XmlParser.parseDocument( XmlParser.java:499) at org.brownell.xml.aelfred2.XmlParser.doParse(XmlPar ser.java:151) at org.brownell.xml.aelfred2.SAXDriver.parse(SAXDrive r.java:309) at eslo.core.pagetemplating.PageTemplater.Process(Pag eTemplater.java:352) at eslo.core.pagetemplating.IAmPTComponentPtr.Process (Native Method) at eslo.common.site.SiteApp.Run(SiteApp.java:176)
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Buuuuzzzzzz! Wrong! Nu-uh!
That is impossible. Java has to do the same as the C code, plus the extra overhead of doing the JIT. There is no way Java can be "as fast".
Ah, the "impossible" word.;-)
You're presuming that the ahead-of-time compiler can "know" everything that the JITC can. That isn't true, in many common cases.
Another point regarding JITC compilation is that it can be for the exact target processor, something not typically the case for traditionally compiled programs.
All that said, current JVM performance certainly varies between 'better than C++' and 'worse than C++', with pathological cases in both directions.
The current 1.4 JVMs actually took a hit on some math operations, though that is supposed to be fixed in 1.5.
I hope gcj gets to the point where it supports the latest language spec. The libraries are tougher, and many of them aren't needed for interesting projects. For certain applications, an ahead-of-time compiler is nice.
By the way, for a good example of a 'fast' Java program, check out Eclipse from www.eclipse.org.
I forgot to multiply by 10, so the actual energy is 45MJ; however, I also recalled the actual energy of a ton of TNT incorrectly; it's on the order of 4GJ. So this idea of little moon rocks having potential energy of nuclear weapons is ridiculous. (And in fact, if it was true, it would have required the Apollo CM to use nuclear weapons to slow down to return to earth).
Thanks for the energy figures on TNT, however the 'rocks' thrown from the Moon in the story were steel-encased chunks on the order of 10 tons (10,000 kg.) IIRC. The magnetic catapults were originally used to transport grain back to Earth.
The only energy required to make the transit from the Moon to the Earth is that required to exit the lunar gravitational field, i.e. a little over a mile per second. A magnetic catapult there is MUCH easier than on the Earth. No atmosphere is a big advantage, as is the low escape velocity. As Heinlein pointed out, the Moon sits at the top of a big gravity well relative to the Earth.
The orbit of the catapulted rock could be calculated to directly intersect the Earth. Heinlien's setup used thrusters to perform the final entry maneuver for better control (again, this was a cargo delivery system originally). Thus you have approx. 10000 kg * (10000.0 m/s)**2 = 1.0e12 J, or 1,000 GJ. This is about 250 tons of TNT worth...not a nuclear blast by any means but significant. By the way, it was described pretty much as such in the story - Heinlein was good about getting his math/physics right.;-)
Space wars are too expensive compared to just moving to the next rock.
This is, of course, based on the precept of cheap, FTL star travel.
Bear in mind that one of Heinlein's other great novels, "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress", featured a near-term Earth-Moon hostility.
It was based on the freedom-loving Lunar people rebelling against an Orwellian "Authority" on Earth....a not unlikely scenario.;-) Um, that is unless the Chinese maintain an iron hand on the moon.:-/
I'd be surprised if the nextgen chip landed in a portable right off the line. Apple's Power Mac line has been, well, pretty stagnant lately; a new chip is the perfect way to boost this line.
I think it depends on when the 1.2 V. version of the chip comes out. It used a very small amount of power - 13 W. if I recall correctly.
I think the G4 will have a fairly lengthy run in the tiBook line, with the 970 at the high end.
Bush did not win the election. He remains the commander in chief
because his family and party connections illegally scuttled Gore's
contestation of the ballot-count.
I was with you up to this point - here you are just wrong.
I don't suppose you saw that after a complete recount...Bush would have won anyhow. You're also conveniently ignoring the various, very dubious, legal maneuvers that algore was gyrating through.
That illegal manoeuvering was effectively
cloaked in false legitimacy and hidden from public view, and amounts to a
successful coup de'tat against the legitimate government and sovereign
power of the United States of America.
How was it "cloaked"? Are you really clinging to a "hanging chad" argument? Look at it this way - if Gore had managed to win his home state he would have won the election outright. Obviously he was a very weak candidate.
I hate to break it to you, but the Democrats are even more into "big government" than the Republicans. TIA or something very like it would have been pushed by the Dems as well. Hell, they would probably have passed legislation requiring microchip implantation in every American, for easier tracking, er I mean increased safety.
The key thing with all of this will be for the people to scream loudly at every abuse, or even, perhaps, to act to protect their freedoms. What a concept.
its only completly evil if you have something to hide.
I have my privacy to "hide". Reveal every detail of your life if you choose - but respect my freedom to do otherwise. The U.S. is a free country, right?
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*Sigh*.
Read the above statement carefully...does it even make sense? No.
Read my lips: clock speed has nothing to do with processor power. The exact auto engine analogy (which nobody seems to get right BTW) is RPM versus horsepower. Sure that little VW four-banger engine will rev to 8,000 RPM, but it still doesn't put out 300 horsepower like the V8 at 4,500 RPM. RPM is like computer clockspeed. Horsepower equates to physical work, while computing power equates to actually doing computing tasks.
Some of the extremely powerful explicitly parallel computers ran fairly slow processors, clockwise. However, by using thousands of them, they got a lot of work done. Modern microprocessors use parallelism hidden within the CPU (and normal instruction stream) to accomplish more per clock cycle. How effectively this is done, and how efficiently the processor interacts with memory are just as important to system throughput (computing horsepower) as clock speed.
The lower-clocked 64-bit offerings from AMD and the PPC 970 are both looking more interesting to me than the latest offerings from Intel. :-)
There are reasons to exercise them and hold, in the sense that the person may have left the company and been forced to use the options (obviously thinking the stock would have future value) while possibly not being able to sell the stock for a certain period.
None of this applies to me personally, I did read about such circumstances though. Some were millions of dollars in debt to the IRS.
Just ask the poor schmucks who exercised stock options before the bubble burst and didn't sell the stock before it crashed. They aren't happy people, since the IRS taxes on the value when the options are exercised, not what the stock is worth at tax-time.
Great idea! ;-)
Nope. Most of the big games contain multiple code paths, each optimized for a certain level of hardware. The game auto-detects the card's capability, then uses the correct path.
It is a pain, but it works...and the folks with fancy new cards get fancy eye candy. That makes for good reviews, which makes for good game sales. Most folk might not have bleeding edge hardware, but the reviewers do. ;-)
Also don't forget about Allied bombing of strategic production facilities. Another factor that made the war in Russia even tougher for Germany.
The original poster said it was an important "turning point". What do you think would have happened if Germany hadn't been so worried about the Western Front? Also don't forget about American aid to the Soviets, which was crucial.
Further, you're ignoring the important fact that America was the only power to have substantial forces involved on both fronts - and fighting the Japanese was every bit as tough (if not moreso) than fighting the Germans.
In short, your view that American participation in World War II wasn't central to an Allied victory is simply hogwash. :-)
I believe NASA analyzed the video of the foam hitting the wing to arrive at the 500 MPH impact speed. The foam was indeed mainly decelerated by the wind shear (plus the shuttle was accelerating).
The point being, that NASA did in fact know the foam hit at high speed, early on in the process. The folks there just underestimated the potential for damage. It's not clear anything could have been done even if they had hit the panic button.
Why re-write in C? Use gcj. If the current UI stuff is Swing, either use SWT, or re-write it using something like the Lightweight Java Game Library for fast graphics and cool special effects. :-)
The JVM(s) on Linux are fine, so that's not it.
Sounds like a case of IE-dependence to me... :-/
Which will of course be slower than "\\\\c\\windows\\system32\\msvcrt-7.8.29.dll". Enjoy the pig-like characteristics of your new "filesystem". ;-)
I'm pretty sure Apple or the Unix community will do a better job, long before Microsoft arrives at version 3 that actually works.
OK, that was my anti-MS rant for the day. Now I feel better! ;-)
Honestly, I just have no respect for Microsoft "engineering". Just about anything would be better than the monstrosity that is Windows. Seriously.
Microsoft's business practices are just the icing on the cake. :-P
What I got instead of the "stem cell" article:
9 8) at eslo.cell.utils.BibUtils.getCard(BibUtils.java:387 ) at eslo.cell.content.ArticleInit.init(ArticleInit.jav a:31) at eslo.cell.site.WebPageInitBase.Process(WebPageInit Base.java:37) at eslo.core.pagetemplating.PTContentHandler.ProcessC omponent(PTContentHandler.java:1422) at eslo.core.pagetemplating.PTContentHandler.ProcessT ag(PTContentHandler.java:1064) at eslo.core.pagetemplating.PTContentHandler.endEleme nt(PTContentHandler.java:990) at org.brownell.xml.aelfred2.SAXDriver.endElement(SAX Driver.java:732) at org.brownell.xml.aelfred2.XmlParser.parseETag(XmlP arser.java:1122) at org.brownell.xml.aelfred2.XmlParser.parseContent(X mlParser.java:1200) at org.brownell.xml.aelfred2.XmlParser.parseElement(X mlParser.java:1026) at org.brownell.xml.aelfred2.XmlParser.parseContent(X mlParser.java:1205) at org.brownell.xml.aelfred2.XmlParser.parseElement(X mlParser.java:1026) at org.brownell.xml.aelfred2.XmlParser.parseContent(X mlParser.java:1205) at org.brownell.xml.aelfred2.XmlParser.parseElement(X mlParser.java:1026) at org.brownell.xml.aelfred2.XmlParser.parseDocument( XmlParser.java:499) at org.brownell.xml.aelfred2.XmlParser.doParse(XmlPar ser.java:151) at org.brownell.xml.aelfred2.SAXDriver.parse(SAXDrive r.java:309) at eslo.core.pagetemplating.PageTemplater.Process(Pag eTemplater.java:352) at eslo.core.pagetemplating.IAmPTComponentPtr.Process (Native Method) at eslo.core.pagetemplating.PTContentHandler.ProcessC omponent(PTContentHandler.java:1363) at eslo.core.pagetemplating.PTContentHandler.ProcessT ag(PTContentHandler.java:1064) at eslo.core.pagetemplating.PTContentHandler.endEleme nt(PTContentHandler.java:990) at org.brownell.xml.aelfred2.SAXDriver.endElement(SAX Driver.java:732) at org.brownell.xml.aelfred2.XmlParser.parseETag(XmlP arser.java:1122) at org.brownell.xml.aelfred2.XmlParser.parseContent(X mlParser.java:1200) at org.brownell.xml.aelfred2.XmlParser.parseElement(X mlParser.java:1026) at org.brownell.xml.aelfred2.XmlParser.parseContent(X mlParser.java:1205) at org.brownell.xml.aelfred2.XmlParser.parseElement(X mlParser.java:1026) at org.brownell.xml.aelfred2.XmlParser.parseContent(X mlParser.java:1205) at org.brownell.xml.aelfred2.XmlParser.parseElement(X mlParser.java:1026) at org.brownell.xml.aelfred2.XmlParser.parseDocument( XmlParser.java:499) at org.brownell.xml.aelfred2.XmlParser.doParse(XmlPar ser.java:151) at org.brownell.xml.aelfred2.SAXDriver.parse(SAXDrive r.java:309) at eslo.core.pagetemplating.PageTemplater.Process(Pag eTemplater.java:352) at eslo.core.pagetemplating.IAmPTComponentPtr.Process (Native Method) at eslo.common.site.SiteApp.Run(SiteApp.java:176)
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eslo.core.jni.COMException: 0x80004005 E_FAIL [FACILITY_NULL "Unspecified error "] (Get records failed. talkProtocol.store_cards() failed with errorstate 2.) at eslo.core.bibliotek.IBibTalkPtr.GetCards(Native Method) at eslo.cell.utils.BibUtils.getCards(BibUtils.java:2
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That is impossible. Java has to do the same as the C code, plus the extra overhead of doing the JIT. There is no way Java can be "as fast".
Ah, the "impossible" word. ;-)
You're presuming that the ahead-of-time compiler can "know" everything that the JITC can. That isn't true, in many common cases.
Another point regarding JITC compilation is that it can be for the exact target processor, something not typically the case for traditionally compiled programs.
All that said, current JVM performance certainly varies between 'better than C++' and 'worse than C++', with pathological cases in both directions.
The current 1.4 JVMs actually took a hit on some math operations, though that is supposed to be fixed in 1.5.
I hope gcj gets to the point where it supports the latest language spec. The libraries are tougher, and many of them aren't needed for interesting projects. For certain applications, an ahead-of-time compiler is nice.
By the way, for a good example of a 'fast' Java program, check out Eclipse from www.eclipse.org.
Privatization is what space needs...fast!
There may be problems, but there would be progress!
What the world needs now is a good space elevator... ;-)
Thanks for the energy figures on TNT, however the 'rocks' thrown from the Moon in the story were steel-encased chunks on the order of 10 tons (10,000 kg.) IIRC. The magnetic catapults were originally used to transport grain back to Earth.
The only energy required to make the transit from the Moon to the Earth is that required to exit the lunar gravitational field, i.e. a little over a mile per second. A magnetic catapult there is MUCH easier than on the Earth. No atmosphere is a big advantage, as is the low escape velocity. As Heinlein pointed out, the Moon sits at the top of a big gravity well relative to the Earth.
The orbit of the catapulted rock could be calculated to directly intersect the Earth. Heinlien's setup used thrusters to perform the final entry maneuver for better control (again, this was a cargo delivery system originally). Thus you have approx. 10000 kg * (10000.0 m/s)**2 = 1.0e12 J, or 1,000 GJ. This is about 250 tons of TNT worth...not a nuclear blast by any means but significant. By the way, it was described pretty much as such in the story - Heinlein was good about getting his math/physics right. ;-)
Have a good one...
This is, of course, based on the precept of cheap, FTL star travel.
Bear in mind that one of Heinlein's other great novels, "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress", featured a near-term Earth-Moon hostility.
It was based on the freedom-loving Lunar people rebelling against an Orwellian "Authority" on Earth....a not unlikely scenario. ;-) Um, that is unless the Chinese maintain an iron hand on the moon. :-/
I think it depends on when the 1.2 V. version of the chip comes out. It used a very small amount of power - 13 W. if I recall correctly.
I think the G4 will have a fairly lengthy run in the tiBook line, with the 970 at the high end.
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Hope that helped! :-)
Please provide an attribution.
Further, I seem to remember Gore conceding the point and the election. I wonder why?
A "mass of unrefuted evidence" that the Democrats in general, and Gore in particular, have simply ignored?!?
I think not.
I was with you up to this point - here you are just wrong.
I don't suppose you saw that after a complete recount...Bush would have won anyhow. You're also conveniently ignoring the various, very dubious, legal maneuvers that algore was gyrating through.
That illegal manoeuvering was effectively cloaked in false legitimacy and hidden from public view, and amounts to a successful coup de'tat against the legitimate government and sovereign power of the United States of America.
How was it "cloaked"? Are you really clinging to a "hanging chad" argument? Look at it this way - if Gore had managed to win his home state he would have won the election outright. Obviously he was a very weak candidate.
I hate to break it to you, but the Democrats are even more into "big government" than the Republicans. TIA or something very like it would have been pushed by the Dems as well. Hell, they would probably have passed legislation requiring microchip implantation in every American, for easier tracking, er I mean increased safety.
The key thing with all of this will be for the people to scream loudly at every abuse, or even, perhaps, to act to protect their freedoms. What a concept.
Certainly not. I "how I feel" publically available, much less the rest of it? No.
You don't have privacy, you have anonymity, and you have a right against unwarranted searches and seizure of your person and property. That's it.
These new government initiatives do not provide anonymity.
Further, the provision against "unwarranted searches" is synonymous with "privacy". Believe it or not.
I have my privacy to "hide". Reveal every detail of your life if you choose - but respect my freedom to do otherwise. The U.S. is a free country, right?
Or did the terrorists win?
I guess you haven't seen SCO's stock chart lately...
Of course, it may come down like a lead balloon any time now... ;-)
You should read the OSI response to SCO's claims.
Looks like an open-and-shut case against SCO regarding Linux, much less anything else.