Well, I've set up my rsync-based solution with incremental backups, using the link-dest functionality (just google for rsync and link-dest and you'll get to the same info I got).
Basically it allows me to have directories on my server which has complete snapshots of my data. But rsync works it out so that files that are the same (and have not moved) are really the same file, using hard links.
I always preferred the explanation put forward in the Dune Encyclopedia which, although not "canon", still rings more true to the spirit of Dune:
AIs were used to control in vitro fertilization systems. The AIs started to breed more controllable humans, and IIRC even killed off offspring that were likely to be a threat to the AIs. This quite nicely explains two Dune taboos in one go: AIs and IVF.
Consider Larrabee (yes, it is a GPU, but it runs the x86 instruction set, so it'll certainly not be long until it gets used by regular apps for other stuff as well), it is assumed that it will have 32 cores in its first version, and each will have four hardware threads. Presto, 128 hw threads! And this will likely be available in about a year! How long until this sort of tech goes into the general cpus? I'd say less than 3 years.
All developers worth their salt should start thinking about concurrency, and how they're going to make use of these multitudes of low-powered cores. I can recommend Herb Sutters course in "Effective Concurrency" for those who are interested.
I've lived in Adelaide. By the beach. In a house without insulation. And a 3cm gap in the door towards the ocean. And only an A/C to heat and cool the place. When it's 40 outside it is terrible inside. When it's 5 outside it is terrifying inside. And lets not mention what it is like when there's a storm as well...
Anyway, I agree. All the Australian houses that I've visited have virtually no insulation.
(This is not meant to be an insult to Aussies, I really loved Australia, and I would love to go back. But if/when I do I'd prefer to stay in a better built house.)
I guess that the dark side he is talking about is the fact that the parent was born after the child... I can almost hear banjos playing in the background too...
Or, perhaps the battery thing is only conjecture by the humans that have gotten out of the matrix. In fact the AIs need the human minds for inventing stuff that a "mere machine" could never come up with. This of course would imply that the human mind is still more powerful than an AI, but I can buy that. Or perhaps the AIs are in fact trying to find The One themselves, that the whole Matrix thing is just a breeding programme for Neos.
For you, both the QWERTY and the Dvorak keyboard makes sense, they're designed to type english words. English words?! I wonder how many percent of the QWERTY keyboards out there are being used for different languages (especially if you count computer ones...:) On my swedish keyboard the [;' keys are replaced with åöä (swedish vowels). First of all, that's not a very good place for commonly used vowels (at least not for my rather passive right pinkie), and secondly, to get the characters that are there on english keyboards, I have to do all sorts of strange stuff (alt-shift-8 for a '{'). As for unix hacking it's a mess. '/' is located on shift-7, and '' are next to the 'z' key.
Couldn't someone invent a good swedish keyboard?
or even better (rambling) invent a keyboard that had little LCD:s on each key, to display how it was currently mapped. This would let everyone use their favourite key-mapping anywhere (assuming of course that everyone in the whole world bought one of these "cheap" little buggers). Think of the number of annoying programs one could write! A program that analyzed how you typed and dynamically moved the characters around... hmm, perhaps I should stop rambling now.
But anyway, I think that the problem of foreign (meaning languages with only a few more characters) keyboards has been forgotten. And unfortunately I don't see this changing.
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Well, I've set up my rsync-based solution with incremental backups, using the link-dest functionality (just google for rsync and link-dest and you'll get to the same info I got).
Basically it allows me to have directories on my server which has complete snapshots of my data. But rsync works it out so that files that are the same (and have not moved) are really the same file, using hard links.
So it can be done with rsync.
Dominic Wilcox: That's not my name!
Interviewer: I'm sorry, Mr Throatwobbler Mangrove
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyQvjKqXA0Y
We had one where I grew up:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norsjo_aerial_tramway
It was pretty cool driving under the slowly moving carriages containing tons of iron ore.
- How can I help you, sir?
- I'd like one department of agriculture, please. And how much are the departments of foreign affairs?
- ???
Do you also use "sexadecimal", "hexadecadic" or "senidenary" instead of hexadecimal?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexadecimal#Etymology
I always preferred the explanation put forward in the Dune Encyclopedia which, although not "canon", still rings more true to the spirit of Dune:
AIs were used to control in vitro fertilization systems. The AIs started to breed more controllable humans, and IIRC even killed off offspring that were likely to be a threat to the AIs.
This quite nicely explains two Dune taboos in one go: AIs and IVF.
it's hilarious that you complain about that restaurant's food, when you're one of the owners
If you own a restaurant that serves bad food, tearing it down may not be the best solution. Either sell it, or start working on improving the food.
I think 16 or 32 is counting low.
Consider Larrabee (yes, it is a GPU, but it runs the x86 instruction set, so it'll certainly not be long until it gets used by regular apps for other stuff as well), it is assumed that it will have 32 cores in its first version, and each will have four hardware threads. Presto, 128 hw threads! And this will likely be available in about a year!
How long until this sort of tech goes into the general cpus? I'd say less than 3 years.
All developers worth their salt should start thinking about concurrency, and how they're going to make use of these multitudes of low-powered cores. I can recommend Herb Sutters course in "Effective Concurrency" for those who are interested.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larrabee_(GPU)
http://gotw.ca/
Wow: airing an idea about click-through EULAs on ./
Are you by any chance doing field trials for fireproof pants?
Well, that sounds cool.
But what I would really like is for someone to work out roughly how much energy this would take.
More or less than all nukes on earth, for example?
It runs in userspace, so it should never hit the kernel.
I'd be surprised if it wasn't in Ubuntu already.
I've lived in Adelaide.
By the beach.
In a house without insulation.
And a 3cm gap in the door towards the ocean.
And only an A/C to heat and cool the place.
When it's 40 outside it is terrible inside.
When it's 5 outside it is terrifying inside.
And lets not mention what it is like when there's a storm as well...
Anyway, I agree. All the Australian houses that I've visited have virtually no insulation.
(This is not meant to be an insult to Aussies, I really loved Australia, and I would love to go back. But if/when I do I'd prefer to stay in a better built house.)
No.
Your computer is now safe.
No infection whatsoever will affect it, except maybe rust...
I guess that the dark side he is talking about is the fact that the parent was born after the child...
I can almost hear banjos playing in the background too...
Surely she means that the calculated probability of impact will change, not necessarily decrease?
Or, perhaps the battery thing is only conjecture by the humans that have gotten out of the matrix. In fact the AIs need the human minds for inventing stuff that a "mere machine" could never come up with. This of course would imply that the human mind is still more powerful than an AI, but I can buy that.
Or perhaps the AIs are in fact trying to find The One themselves, that the whole Matrix thing is just a breeding programme for Neos.
We might have the answer in a year...
One word: Cache.
For you, both the QWERTY and the Dvorak keyboard makes sense, they're designed to type english words. :)
English words?! I wonder how many percent of the QWERTY keyboards out there are being used for different languages (especially if you count computer ones...
On my swedish keyboard the [;' keys are replaced with åöä (swedish vowels). First of all, that's not a very good place for commonly used vowels (at least not for my rather passive right pinkie), and secondly, to get the characters that are there on english keyboards, I have to do all sorts of strange stuff (alt-shift-8 for a '{'). As for unix hacking it's a mess. '/' is located on shift-7, and '' are next to the 'z' key.
Couldn't someone invent a good swedish keyboard?
or even better (rambling) invent a keyboard that had little LCD:s on each key, to display how it was currently mapped. This would let everyone use their favourite key-mapping anywhere (assuming of course that everyone in the whole world bought one of these "cheap" little buggers).
Think of the number of annoying programs one could write! A program that analyzed how you typed and dynamically moved the characters around... hmm, perhaps I should stop rambling now.
But anyway, I think that the problem of foreign (meaning languages with only a few more characters) keyboards has been forgotten. And unfortunately I don't see this changing.