Thanks for bringing facts instead of blog-post innuendo into the conversation.
First Interesting point in that thread: The first person to start dropping f-bombs on other people is none other than Sarah Sharp. Who is using the uncivil and threatening language exactly?
Second interesting point: She doesn't seem to have a problem with a posting a rant about communications that seem to have literally nothing to do with her whatsoever. Nothing in that thread was directed at her or was even being abusive towards some other woman either.
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Reminds me of the old phrase about being able to dish it out all day but not being able to take it for one second.
Kind of reminds me of the whole Ellen Pao debacle where she accused people who worked with -- at a VC firm -- of being complete assholes. And she was right about that part. However, she lost the case because the facts showed that she was one of the biggest assholes in the whole place so she might as well have sued herself.
Just saying, since according to the story immediately below this one, any controls of any type on the immigration of young fighting age men from Middle Eastern countries is apparently inherently racist*.
Consequently, any story about temporary work visas being bad must be racist x 1000.
* Unless of course the countries who don't let them in are also Middle Eastern countries. Iran, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Egypt, etc. etc. etc.? Won't let a single refugee in. That's OK though because it's only racist if white people do it.
BTW --> China? Not on China: Not only do they refuse to take a single refugee, but the state-run media calls the US racist for only taking in tens of thousands of refugees instead of millions. Truly the real leader of the world and a shining example to all of us.
"Was the whole point of this submission to take a shot at the U.S.?"
Yeah, pretty much.
Slashdot is a pretty provincial, chauvinistic and bigoted publication... as long as these qualities are directed in an anti-US manner.
Basically, if the Slashdot crowd looked at itself in the mirror, the the ugly bigoted and uninformed face it would see staring back at it would look surprisingly close to the stereotyped caricatures that it pretends only apply to those evil "Muricans".
What they are saying is: If you reprogram a computer, you can get it do to the wrong thing!
I could mess up any computer by going through the config files or even recompiling binaries to intentionally break stuff.
It gets more interesting if they could show how to do this remotely on a real battlefield instead of just taking a device and acting all shocked that it behaves differently when reprogrammed.
What the hell are you talking about? Broadwell support under Linux is just fine and Phoronix just ran a piece showing Broadwell beating the crap out of anything else on the market when it comes to integrated graphics: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.p...
Hell, there's already SKYLAKE support that's publicly released!
As for binary blobs, since you give off the smell of an AMD fanboy, why do you hate Intel so much for copying your beloved AMD? I hate to break it to you, but the requirements for binary blobs in the OPEN SOURCE AMD drivers (not just Catalyst kids) has been around for years. Intel is probably putting these (small) binary blobs in because of third-party IP restrictions anyway.
I recommend either an OpenVPN tunnel with appropriate routing (multi-OS capable) or just use the Linux machines already at the site as tunnel servers using SSH as a VPN (relatively recent versions of SSH required).
It's obviously physically impossible to ever improve the performance of anything more than 100%. That's why 60+ years of Moore's law means that modern computers have a maximum theoretical performance ceiling of 769 FLOPS since the Eniac churned out 385 FLOPS and it's physically impossible to be more than 100% faster.
A test chip made in a lab is not proof of being first to anything with the possible exception of being first to put out an advertising announcement. That goes double for IBM who recently paid GloFo $1.5Billion just to takeover its actual production fabs that make the real chips.
Anything that's politically incorrect will be blacklisted from being labeled as a result. No more gorrillas or any other of a million and one potentially offensive labels!
Although gorillas might be labeled as people, which would actually make some SJWs happy.
The big difference between the Church of Global Warming and whatever kook cult is predicting the Rapture for next Tuesday is this: When the Rapture doesn't actually happen, at least the kooks admit that it didn't happen. The warmists just say that it did happen by changing the past data to fit their conclusions.
Everytime AMD comes out with a new mobile part we see the usual requests for products revolving around a wish for the "cheap" AMD parts to be coupled with high-quality cases/displays/RAM/storage/cases/etc./etc. to get a premium product that's super cheap.
It never happens.
Instead, the OEMs look at AMD's advertising of "cheap cheap cheap!" and run with it for the rest of the components in the system.
It's not just a conspiracy either, because while AMD parts are cheaper than (some) Intel parts, when you factor in the overall cost of a system, it could turn a $1200 notebook into a $1000 notebook (maybe) but it ain't gonna turn a $1200 notebook into a $600 notebook.
"A senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies, Robert Alvarez served as senior policy adviser to the Energy Department's secretary and deputy assistant secretary for national security and the environment from 1993 to 1999. During this tenure, he led teams in North Korea to establish control of nuclear weapons materials. "
Yeah... bitter old man seeking payback over his failures so now he's on to this crusade since he knows the U.S. government won't do anything to him.
Well Asus is projecting 30 million sold this year. So if you expect Apple & Samsung to each sell more than 300 million of the iPhone 6 & S6, then you might be right.
Does the Zenfone have enough performance to get the job done in the real world? Sure. Does the Zenfone win every benchmark? Nope. Will the Zenfone be obsolete in 2 years? Yup. Will the S6 and the iPhone 6 ALSO be obsolete in 2 years while at the same time costing a buttload more upfront? Yup.
It's also $40 cheaper, which translates into a savings of > 25% of the device price.
You want Ubuntu on the "non-crippled" version? Good news: If you are willing to pay the additional $40, you ought to be able to install Ubuntu because the same hardware (minus some RAM/storage) has already been setup to run Ubuntu.
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Thanks for bringing facts instead of blog-post innuendo into the conversation.
First Interesting point in that thread: The first person to start dropping f-bombs on other people is none other than Sarah Sharp. Who is using the uncivil and threatening language exactly?
Second interesting point: She doesn't seem to have a problem with a posting a rant about communications that seem to have literally nothing to do with her whatsoever. Nothing in that thread was directed at her or was even being abusive towards some other woman either.
Reminds me of the old phrase about being able to dish it out all day but not being able to take it for one second.
Kind of reminds me of the whole Ellen Pao debacle where she accused people who worked with -- at a VC firm -- of being complete assholes. And she was right about that part. However, she lost the case because the facts showed that she was one of the biggest assholes in the whole place so she might as well have sued herself.
If you racists had just voted for Obama, we wouldn't have had two more terms of that Bush Administration and none of this would have ever happened!
Just saying, since according to the story immediately below this one, any controls of any type on the immigration of young fighting age men from Middle Eastern countries is apparently inherently racist*.
Consequently, any story about temporary work visas being bad must be racist x 1000.
* Unless of course the countries who don't let them in are also Middle Eastern countries. Iran, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Egypt, etc. etc. etc.? Won't let a single refugee in. That's OK though because it's only racist if white people do it.
BTW --> China? Not on China: Not only do they refuse to take a single refugee, but the state-run media calls the US racist for only taking in tens of thousands of refugees instead of millions. Truly the real leader of the world and a shining example to all of us.
"Was the whole point of this submission to take a shot at the U.S.?"
Yeah, pretty much.
Slashdot is a pretty provincial, chauvinistic and bigoted publication... as long as these qualities are directed in an anti-US manner.
Basically, if the Slashdot crowd looked at itself in the mirror, the the ugly bigoted and uninformed face it would see staring back at it would look surprisingly close to the stereotyped caricatures that it pretends only apply to those evil "Muricans".
What they are saying is: If you reprogram a computer, you can get it do to the wrong thing!
I could mess up any computer by going through the config files or even recompiling binaries to intentionally break stuff.
It gets more interesting if they could show how to do this remotely on a real battlefield instead of just taking a device and acting all shocked that it behaves differently when reprogrammed.
What the hell are you talking about? Broadwell support under Linux is just fine and Phoronix just ran a piece showing Broadwell beating the crap out of anything else on the market when it comes to integrated graphics: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.p...
Hell, there's already SKYLAKE support that's publicly released!
As for binary blobs, since you give off the smell of an AMD fanboy, why do you hate Intel so much for copying your beloved AMD? I hate to break it to you, but the requirements for binary blobs in the OPEN SOURCE AMD drivers (not just Catalyst kids) has been around for years. Intel is probably putting these (small) binary blobs in because of third-party IP restrictions anyway.
Put Autobahn on an infinite loop for your dead 1-dimensional strip Kraut homie!
OMG! The NSA might figure out what the weather in Australia is by reading the weather report!
Call Putin! I mean Snowden! We need to bust this unconstitutional weather reporting wide open!
You know, they've had a vaccine for MUMPS for a long time but those anti-vaxxers are apparently bringing it back!
I recommend either an OpenVPN tunnel with appropriate routing (multi-OS capable) or just use the Linux machines already at the site as tunnel servers using SSH as a VPN (relatively recent versions of SSH required).
No, it really is the Greeks (or at least their corrupt government). The banks left Greece a long time ago.
YOU ARE SO SMART!
It's obviously physically impossible to ever improve the performance of anything more than 100%. That's why 60+ years of Moore's law means that modern computers have a maximum theoretical performance ceiling of 769 FLOPS since the Eniac churned out 385 FLOPS and it's physically impossible to be more than 100% faster.
Where can I sign you up for the Turing Prize?
http://knology.net/johnfjarvis...
A test chip made in a lab is not proof of being first to anything with the possible exception of being first to put out an advertising announcement. That goes double for IBM who recently paid GloFo $1.5Billion just to takeover its actual production fabs that make the real chips.
Anything that's politically incorrect will be blacklisted from being labeled as a result. No more gorrillas or any other of a million and one potentially offensive labels!
Although gorillas might be labeled as people, which would actually make some SJWs happy.
Good one Microsoft! You blew up the spaceship!
The big difference between the Church of Global Warming and whatever kook cult is predicting the Rapture for next Tuesday is this: When the Rapture doesn't actually happen, at least the kooks admit that it didn't happen. The warmists just say that it did happen by changing the past data to fit their conclusions.
Everytime AMD comes out with a new mobile part we see the usual requests for products revolving around a wish for the "cheap" AMD parts to be coupled with high-quality cases/displays/RAM/storage/cases/etc./etc. to get a premium product that's super cheap.
It never happens.
Instead, the OEMs look at AMD's advertising of "cheap cheap cheap!" and run with it for the rest of the components in the system.
It's not just a conspiracy either, because while AMD parts are cheaper than (some) Intel parts, when you factor in the overall cost of a system, it could turn a $1200 notebook into a $1000 notebook (maybe) but it ain't gonna turn a $1200 notebook into a $600 notebook.
Stalin-- uh, I mean Putin -- would be proud of their efforts.
I hope she carries a portable geiger counter. Polonium 241 is nasty stuff.
"A senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies, Robert Alvarez served as senior policy adviser to the Energy Department's secretary and deputy assistant secretary for national security and the environment from 1993 to 1999. During this tenure, he led teams in North Korea to establish control of nuclear weapons materials. "
Yeah... bitter old man seeking payback over his failures so now he's on to this crusade since he knows the U.S. government won't do anything to him.
Well Asus is projecting 30 million sold this year.
So if you expect Apple & Samsung to each sell more than 300 million of the iPhone 6 & S6, then you might be right.
http://www.phonearena.com/news...
Does the Zenfone have enough performance to get the job done in the real world? Sure.
Does the Zenfone win every benchmark? Nope.
Will the Zenfone be obsolete in 2 years? Yup.
Will the S6 and the iPhone 6 ALSO be obsolete in 2 years while at the same time costing a buttload more upfront? Yup.
And that's why the Zenfone is the winner.
They were drawing such a lovely Obama apology when he ordered that drone strike.
So you're saying that old people like Snowden and Millenials hate his guts?
Your summary dismissal of facts based on the source not being politically correct enough shows that you are very enlightened and tolerant.
During WWII, did your grandpappie tell his bosses to not trust that E=mc^2 crap because the guy who thought it up wasn't an Aryan pure blood?
It's also $40 cheaper, which translates into a savings of > 25% of the device price.
You want Ubuntu on the "non-crippled" version? Good news: If you are willing to pay the additional $40, you ought to be able to install Ubuntu because the same hardware (minus some RAM/storage) has already been setup to run Ubuntu.