I like the "Quick Fix" games that satisify the gaming needs without requiring a night-long commitment. Online, that means Quake4 FFA. Unlike team-based games, nobody is offended when I drop out of a frag-fest.
The article is right on the money about saving the game. I am far less likely to play a game that doesn't have the ability to save at any time. Metroid Prime comes to mind as a great game that frustrated me with it's save scheme.
The article could say ANYTHING vs. EJBs is faster. I love Java and have successfully built several websites, but I feel EJBs are the antichrist. I avoid EJBs like the plague.
Yes, Sun has entered the effiency game. We are weaning ourself off Solaris/Sparc. However, I would consider their AMD offerings: Sun AMD Opteron servers. The Sun Fire X4100 claims 56% less heat than the Xeon conterpart.
We just started switching from Intel to AMD hardware in our servers (HP DL385). Not that we pay per Kw/h, but I figure less power consumption means less heat and less fried hardware.
Well, let's be fair, when you get to advanced data structures, it's kind of up to you to really do all the imagining that makes them great. Don't dismiss CLR too quickly, as the book has a lot of great concepts that, if you're serious about algorithms and data structures, are quite useful as a starting toolbox.
Good point. While it doesn't cover everything, it is hardly an "Introduction". I've been programming for 20 years (including kernels). This book fits the 80/20 rule - covering 80% of what I've needed. The "Trie" structure is one omission that comes to mind.
Oh yeah! Well you haven't lived unless you have installed an OS from paper tape. Seriously - we used to load RSTS/E on a PDP11 using paper tape. Pbbbbbbtttt!!!
For fun, we wrote a program to convert text to paper tape "banners", like a giant label machine.:-)
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I couldn't have said it better.
The little gem in this story is the Athlon 64 X2 3800+ EE SFF 2.0GHz. At 35W, that sounds like a perfect CPU choice for a super-silent HTPC.
I like the "Quick Fix" games that satisify the gaming needs without requiring a night-long commitment. Online, that means Quake4 FFA. Unlike team-based games, nobody is offended when I drop out of a frag-fest.
The article is right on the money about saving the game. I am far less likely to play a game that doesn't have the ability to save at any time. Metroid Prime comes to mind as a great game that frustrated me with it's save scheme.
The article could say ANYTHING vs. EJBs is faster. I love Java and have successfully built several websites, but I feel EJBs are the antichrist. I avoid EJBs like the plague.
Yes, Sun has entered the effiency game. We are weaning ourself off Solaris/Sparc. However, I would consider their AMD offerings: Sun AMD Opteron servers. The Sun Fire X4100 claims 56% less heat than the Xeon conterpart.
We just started switching from Intel to AMD hardware in our servers (HP DL385). Not that we pay per Kw/h, but I figure less power consumption means less heat and less fried hardware.
AMD has a website on the topic: Real Efficiency in the Data Center
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How important is CSS support in IE?
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It was sarcasm. Back in the day, kernels mostly used fixed-size arrays. I guess I'm showing my age.
ROFL!
In the object-oriented, application world, if-then-else is the new GOTO. Most if's I see today could be replaced with inheritance.
I was being sarcastic.
"Algorithms and Data Structures in C++", by Leendert Ammeraal, Wiley, 1996. It is the only book I found that has good coverage of Tries.
To fully clarify my satire - I was feining shock that an "advanced" structure like linked-list exists in the kernel.
But it would be debatable if any true "kernel" development occurs in Redmond. Most kernels I know don't bind in MediaPlayer. :-)
I was implying that he would be using fixed-sized arrays. :-)
You use linked lists in your kernel?!?
Mark Twain said it best:
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
Can we have a group hug?
Oh yeah! Well you haven't lived unless you have installed an OS from paper tape. Seriously - we used to load RSTS/E on a PDP11 using paper tape. Pbbbbbbtttt!!!
:-)
For fun, we wrote a program to convert text to paper tape "banners", like a giant label machine.