What if I'm not confused, and I was instead wondering if a virtual server could be easily parallelized, then I decided that although different components could be turned into seperate execution threads, you couldn't likely separate the most time-consuming tasks enough to justify running a single 8x box, let alone a Beowulf cluster with a latency between nodes far greater than the communication buses the separate components would physically have access to with physical hardware, thus destroying any speed gains from emulating such subsystems on a dedicated CPU?
Japanese people mangle English even worse than English people mangle Japanese. Since I'm not actually literate in their language, I had to guess at what the equivalent for 'Windows XP' would be.
I'll admit it, I COULD have left it at 'Doesn't that mean you're just as insecure, user unfriendly, and hardware incompatible as you say I am?', but I just had to go the extra mile. It's not that I've got anything against Macs or Mac OSX. I've just got something against stretching the truth, and those commercials do just that.
Probably because in the end the little details don't change the truth of the situation: If a Mac is running Windows XP then it's just like a PC , and regardless of where Samsung or Sony or whoever you want to use in your example is based, consumer electronics meant to be used with a computer are designed for Windows XP, because that's what 95% of the computing world that would use toys like that use.
Anyway, who says I'm trolling? I just felt like stating the truth for once, since those commercials, while smug, play so hard and loose with the facts.
" Mac: I'm a Mac. PC: And I'm a PC. Mac: And I'm a PC. PC: What? Mac: Oh, I can run the latest version of Windows XP just like you! PC: But wouldn't that make me more secure than you, since I've got an Nforce4 Ultra motherboard, so I get Nvidia ActiveArmour installed from the moment my network card starts to function? Mac: But I AM very pretty."
" Mac: I'm a Mac. PC: And I'm a PC. I'm just trying to talk to the latest peripherals. Mac: I can do that too.. PC: What? Mac: Oh, I can talk to that sexy little camera from Japan! Japanese Girl: Ohaiou Gozaimashda! Mac: Domo! PC: Hey Samsung-san, what operating system were the people who created you using? Japanese Girl: windosu ecksupee-san! PC: Ah, arigatou. Mac: But I AM very pretty."
>"How many divisions does the Supreme Court have?"
That's a terrible, horrible, and plainly stupid thing to say the president is thinking. It's ignorant of facts, contrary to any known interpretation of the facts, and requires a completely perverted world-view to work.
Do you HONESTLY think that G. W. knows enough about the military to know what a division is?
As long as the US government has 9 trillion dollars in debt, the American people can NEVER be over-taxed. Every dollar of debt spent is a dollar stolen from an unwilling future generation who will have to pay the excesses of today back with their own blood, sweat, and tears.
I'm curious: Do you have the foggiest idea how the Canadian government works? Are you at all aware of the implications of the minority government situation at the moment?
I ask because it sounds to me like you saw a party with a C in front of it's name and you're making assumptions from there about how they govern. From what I've seen of the Conservatives in Canada under the minority government, they've slowly been doing exactly the things they said they were going to do: Reducing costs, reducing taxes, and governing a nation.
They claim they're going to have us debt neutral within a decade. If that's the case, we're not looking at a Reagan or a Bush or a Bush II. That being the case, it's irresponsible to compare the two governments on the basis of one dirty 'c' word.
Google Video allows uploading longer videos at higher quality, and includes storefront features. Google is moving the storefront features to Youtube and turning Google Video into a search-only product, so soon you'll be able to distribute preview content through the main part of youtube, and distribute and sell your full-length product through youtube.
The recent acquisition by Google is adding storefront features to YouTube. Simply follow the same path followed by the hit movie Borat, and release preview material onto youtube, and if it is popular, a certain number of people will want to see the whole movie. Bam. Profit.
And the profitability of youtube has nothing to do with the profitability of people using their services. Why not even pretend to know how businesses operate? If I own a profitable pizza company, and I contract pizza delivery, it doesn't matter to me if they're profitable, because I am.
I beg to differ. I'm participating massively in the market, but I'm spending money on hard drives and fast internet access. The difference is small, but important.
That said, I don't pirate movies and music. It's against my principles. I don't want to let those grandmother suing bastards into my head.
You know, I work in industry, and I'll often use Wikipedia for getting generic information. Thing is, it's generic information, and it's not always right, so after getting the generic information, I'll go talk to an engineer or someone else who can to find out what's really going on. Once in a while, the passing statement on wikipedia is exactly what I was looking for. Other times, it's a wild goose chase. The use of the site is in having a website that is already mostly right, so I can get the overview of the knowledge I need so I can go ask the right questions to verify and complete my understanding, and nothing more. Even existing in that capacity, however, it's super-useful, because without the first 10%, you can't ask the right questions to understand the other 90%.
It's ironic, because while Canadians DO have more social programs than Americans, Americans more than make up for it in corporate welfare, such as having military spending higher than the next 20 countries combined.
Also, far more like soviet-style socialist nations, the Americans are running themselves into massive debt, while Canadians have spent the past 10 years paying back their debts using massive budget surpluses which are the result of frugality in the budget.
Yeah, I find it absolutely HILARIOUS that I hadn't been threatened by the FBI until recently, when my family got together and rented some DVDs.
Think about it: When you download a movie, you get a movie. When you rent or buy a movie, you get threatened by the FBI and Interpol. The irony is so thick you could cut it with a knife and sell it to dumb tourists.
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What if I'm not confused, and I was instead wondering if a virtual server could be easily parallelized, then I decided that although different components could be turned into seperate execution threads, you couldn't likely separate the most time-consuming tasks enough to justify running a single 8x box, let alone a Beowulf cluster with a latency between nodes far greater than the communication buses the separate components would physically have access to with physical hardware, thus destroying any speed gains from emulating such subsystems on a dedicated CPU?
I'm worried. Please answer.
Japanese people mangle English even worse than English people mangle Japanese. Since I'm not actually literate in their language, I had to guess at what the equivalent for 'Windows XP' would be.
I'll admit it, I COULD have left it at 'Doesn't that mean you're just as insecure, user unfriendly, and hardware incompatible as you say I am?', but I just had to go the extra mile. It's not that I've got anything against Macs or Mac OSX. I've just got something against stretching the truth, and those commercials do just that.
Probably because in the end the little details don't change the truth of the situation: If a Mac is running Windows XP then it's just like a PC , and regardless of where Samsung or Sony or whoever you want to use in your example is based, consumer electronics meant to be used with a computer are designed for Windows XP, because that's what 95% of the computing world that would use toys like that use.
Anyway, who says I'm trolling? I just felt like stating the truth for once, since those commercials, while smug, play so hard and loose with the facts.
ITT: The truth about Mac vs. PC.
"
Mac: I'm a Mac.
PC: And I'm a PC.
Mac: And I'm a PC.
PC: What?
Mac: Oh, I can run the latest version of Windows XP just like you!
PC: But wouldn't that make me more secure than you, since I've got an Nforce4 Ultra motherboard, so I get Nvidia ActiveArmour installed from the moment my network card starts to function?
Mac: But I AM very pretty."
"
Mac: I'm a Mac.
PC: And I'm a PC. I'm just trying to talk to the latest peripherals.
Mac: I can do that too..
PC: What?
Mac: Oh, I can talk to that sexy little camera from Japan!
Japanese Girl: Ohaiou Gozaimashda!
Mac: Domo!
PC: Hey Samsung-san, what operating system were the people who created you using?
Japanese Girl: windosu ecksupee-san!
PC: Ah, arigatou.
Mac: But I AM very pretty."
>"How many divisions does the Supreme Court have?"
That's a terrible, horrible, and plainly stupid thing to say the president is thinking. It's ignorant of facts, contrary to any known interpretation of the facts, and requires a completely perverted world-view to work.
Do you HONESTLY think that G. W. knows enough about the military to know what a division is?
As long as the US government has 9 trillion dollars in debt, the American people can NEVER be over-taxed. Every dollar of debt spent is a dollar stolen from an unwilling future generation who will have to pay the excesses of today back with their own blood, sweat, and tears.
What a great opportunity they have, then! Now they can drive their new car to go get a job to pay for their new car!
Deducting the money from your taxes for the next fiscal year doesn't help you move right now, does it?
So what you're saying is, he should just hire a competent accountant?
They gets thier milk from the store!
Oh, their milk! It is my precious!
I'm curious: Do you have the foggiest idea how the Canadian government works? Are you at all aware of the implications of the minority government situation at the moment?
I ask because it sounds to me like you saw a party with a C in front of it's name and you're making assumptions from there about how they govern. From what I've seen of the Conservatives in Canada under the minority government, they've slowly been doing exactly the things they said they were going to do: Reducing costs, reducing taxes, and governing a nation.
They claim they're going to have us debt neutral within a decade. If that's the case, we're not looking at a Reagan or a Bush or a Bush II. That being the case, it's irresponsible to compare the two governments on the basis of one dirty 'c' word.
The fact that you think either party represents either of those ideologies tells me you need to LURK MOAR.
You'll have to explain to me, slowly, why exactly organized criminals would rip videos from the film and post them on the internet for free.
Google Video allows uploading longer videos at higher quality, and includes storefront features. Google is moving the storefront features to Youtube and turning Google Video into a search-only product, so soon you'll be able to distribute preview content through the main part of youtube, and distribute and sell your full-length product through youtube.
The recent acquisition by Google is adding storefront features to YouTube. Simply follow the same path followed by the hit movie Borat, and release preview material onto youtube, and if it is popular, a certain number of people will want to see the whole movie. Bam. Profit.
And the profitability of youtube has nothing to do with the profitability of people using their services. Why not even pretend to know how businesses operate? If I own a profitable pizza company, and I contract pizza delivery, it doesn't matter to me if they're profitable, because I am.
Aquafina, Dasani, and others seem to be doing a grand job of competing with free.
I beg to differ. I'm participating massively in the market, but I'm spending money on hard drives and fast internet access. The difference is small, but important.
That said, I don't pirate movies and music. It's against my principles. I don't want to let those grandmother suing bastards into my head.
Rhetoric and logic aren't even marginally related. You fail.
You know, I work in industry, and I'll often use Wikipedia for getting generic information. Thing is, it's generic information, and it's not always right, so after getting the generic information, I'll go talk to an engineer or someone else who can to find out what's really going on. Once in a while, the passing statement on wikipedia is exactly what I was looking for. Other times, it's a wild goose chase. The use of the site is in having a website that is already mostly right, so I can get the overview of the knowledge I need so I can go ask the right questions to verify and complete my understanding, and nothing more. Even existing in that capacity, however, it's super-useful, because without the first 10%, you can't ask the right questions to understand the other 90%.
It's ironic, because while Canadians DO have more social programs than Americans, Americans more than make up for it in corporate welfare, such as having military spending higher than the next 20 countries combined.
Also, far more like soviet-style socialist nations, the Americans are running themselves into massive debt, while Canadians have spent the past 10 years paying back their debts using massive budget surpluses which are the result of frugality in the budget.
Funny how you never hear testimonials from all the people who prayed for miracles that never came...
In grade 9, I prayed for a miracle that would let me pass all my courses.
I didn't pass one.
These days I grab my own destiny with both hands and leave God to the people who don't want to.
Other than tape swapping, digital distribution is the ONLY way to get ahold of the entire run of Mystery Science Theatre 3000.
Yeah, I find it absolutely HILARIOUS that I hadn't been threatened by the FBI until recently, when my family got together and rented some DVDs.
Think about it: When you download a movie, you get a movie. When you rent or buy a movie, you get threatened by the FBI and Interpol. The irony is so thick you could cut it with a knife and sell it to dumb tourists.
When I went to college, we had to do our graphs by hand. How sad.