It's a matter of circumstance whether one is extraordinary or merely ordinary. Still, you'd expect they would have been on to me right away. It was pretty Obvious.
Alchemy's definitely got a good piece of hardware, but the demand we've seen for the platform has been pretty minimal.
The breakdown we've seen for platforms is something like 60% XScale, 35% x86, 4% Alchemy, 1% other (SHx, etc). The market for Alchemy just isn't big enough to make it worth our while to develop a solution for Alchemy. However, this does mean that an enterprising small company could fill that niche very nicely.
We've got these Lubbock reference boards sitting around the lab now. When we first fired them up we thought they were broken. One excuse I've heard is that the MS compilers are not good, but still you'd expect that the same ARMV4I (SA1100 and XScale) code would execute faster on the newer XScale chip than on the older SA.
I don't know if this is a dead end product for Intel, but they better start putting out some compilers that take advantage of the XScale improvements or there won't be many customers left. A lot of our customers are going with the platform because we've already got a kit for it that can get them up and running immediately, but there's a lot of complaints about speed regardless.
I work with the XScale processor platform every day and it is simply disappointingly slow. A cheaper and faster choice for a processor would be something like the x86 Geode from National Semi which runs rings around the XScale for a fraction of the cost. Too bad National Semi is selling off their Geode platform division now.
It's a very small step from branding kids with these tracking units to implanting tracking units in every citizen. Though such a move would no doubt improve the ability of the police to track down criminals, I worry that it could be used in such a way to discriminate against certain groups.
Why can't they see fit to distribute the SDK free of charge without any strings attached? Why must they either charge you an arm and a leg for the kit or make you sign up to some sort of "approved" list of developers?
If there's anything of Microsoft's that ought to be emulated, it's their SDK distribution policy.
Sounds like they are ready to start charging for upgrades right away!
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In the future, when people will look back on this era of computing, RMS will be a footnote and Bill Gates will be the computing hero. Not only because RMS is a complete non-entity outside of the geek world, but also because Microsoft will be writing the encyclopedia.
I live in an apartment built 30 years ago and there is no insulation, the walls are paper thin, all windows and glass doors are single paned, and the appearance is hideous from the outside. From what I've been told, the main focus in Japanese architecture is to keep the construction as light as possible to prevent overheating in the summer. What this amounts to is sub zero temperatures inside during the winter and barely tolerable temperatures during the summer.
Likewise, the "puzzle" construction that the Japanese use to create joints is impossible to deconstruct and replace rotted wooden beams. In Western housing that uses metal joints, it is a matter of removing the beam and replacing it. In Japan, it requires a full rebuild or at the least an ugly patch. The wife's parents just went through this last year when they remodeled their home. Several beams were rotting and the cost-benefit analysis showed that simply tearing the room down and starting from scratch would be cheaper than trying to keep the older architecture intact.
Under the particle board, a Japanese house is a lesson in how not to build a house to last the centuries.
I didn't mean to aim that criticism directly at you, but in general at the attitude that I'm seeing here in this thread.
There is a lot to learn in school, and I haven't said that studying computer science is unnecessary. In fact, I explicitly said that it was necessary in order to have a firm background in the subject.
But in the end, it boils down to what is satisfying for the person. A degree in Art or History or English won't get you a job in the industry, but coupled with a major or minor in CS it will make you a more rounded person and one that is likely to find enjoyment in other activities. Enjoyment of a topic comes from growing your expertise in it. You can enjoy music, but really studying it can bring you a deeper appreciation of its initricacies. So too with CS, of course.
The difference is that if you were to pursue a career as a professional musician or artist you will always be working on those intricacies that you studied. Not so with CS. A metaphor: a neurosurgeon will not get the full satisfaction out of his practice if his only patients were suffering from the common cold. You can fill in the analogy to programmers.
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Better wear a helmet and knee and elbow pads.
It's a matter of circumstance whether one is extraordinary or merely ordinary. Still, you'd expect they would have been on to me right away. It was pretty Obvious.
And I've been influenced to take an axe to my neighbor's head and turn myself in when the mania wore off.
Yes, books can really put a spell on you.
Alchemy's definitely got a good piece of hardware, but the demand we've seen for the platform has been pretty minimal.
The breakdown we've seen for platforms is something like 60% XScale, 35% x86, 4% Alchemy, 1% other (SHx, etc). The market for Alchemy just isn't big enough to make it worth our while to develop a solution for Alchemy. However, this does mean that an enterprising small company could fill that niche very nicely.
We've got these Lubbock reference boards sitting around the lab now. When we first fired them up we thought they were broken. One excuse I've heard is that the MS compilers are not good, but still you'd expect that the same ARMV4I (SA1100 and XScale) code would execute faster on the newer XScale chip than on the older SA.
I don't know if this is a dead end product for Intel, but they better start putting out some compilers that take advantage of the XScale improvements or there won't be many customers left. A lot of our customers are going with the platform because we've already got a kit for it that can get them up and running immediately, but there's a lot of complaints about speed regardless.
I work with the XScale processor platform every day and it is simply disappointingly slow. A cheaper and faster choice for a processor would be something like the x86 Geode from National Semi which runs rings around the XScale for a fraction of the cost. Too bad National Semi is selling off their Geode platform division now.
It's a very small step from branding kids with these tracking units to implanting tracking units in every citizen. Though such a move would no doubt improve the ability of the police to track down criminals, I worry that it could be used in such a way to discriminate against certain groups.
This is a bad usage of this kind of technology.
More like your prior art ass is too slow on the pickup and can't see a genuine opportunity when it beats you about the face and neck.
If you think you're so smart, why aren't you the one getting all these patents?
Yes, their development products are expensive, but the SDK itself is free and can be compiled against using any compiler from VC to Borland to gcc.
Why can't they see fit to distribute the SDK free of charge without any strings attached? Why must they either charge you an arm and a leg for the kit or make you sign up to some sort of "approved" list of developers?
If there's anything of Microsoft's that ought to be emulated, it's their SDK distribution policy.
And since it is night time in the United States, I will just presume that this box wasn't found JUST NOW.
So take your day-old news and shove it. We've got a war to debate.
Sounds like they are ready to start charging for upgrades right away!
In the future, when people will look back on this era of computing, RMS will be a footnote and Bill Gates will be the computing hero. Not only because RMS is a complete non-entity outside of the geek world, but also because Microsoft will be writing the encyclopedia.
1) So what?
2) Yeah, whatever.
Bah. You're just picky.
Just keep using it until a dull gray sheen covers the keys.
One speck of dust is easily spotted. Multiply that by a million and it just looks like the natural color of the keyboard.
Also applicable to cars and geeks.
I've heard that some laptops are buggy.
*commence rotten tomato barrage*
Suck the air out of the exhibits and you'd probably be able to preserve those exhibits a little bit longer.
And if all else fails, take a picture and put it up when the original machine has fallen to pieces.
As an American, I'm furious with this comment.
I'm only laughing on the outside.
Also, the power savings on a newer water heater is going to be pretty significant over one that is over a decade old.
What are you going to do about it? Pour the 15-foot thick concrete bunker around it yourself?
I have to agree with just about all of this.
I live in an apartment built 30 years ago and there is no insulation, the walls are paper thin, all windows and glass doors are single paned, and the appearance is hideous from the outside. From what I've been told, the main focus in Japanese architecture is to keep the construction as light as possible to prevent overheating in the summer. What this amounts to is sub zero temperatures inside during the winter and barely tolerable temperatures during the summer.
Likewise, the "puzzle" construction that the Japanese use to create joints is impossible to deconstruct and replace rotted wooden beams. In Western housing that uses metal joints, it is a matter of removing the beam and replacing it. In Japan, it requires a full rebuild or at the least an ugly patch. The wife's parents just went through this last year when they remodeled their home. Several beams were rotting and the cost-benefit analysis showed that simply tearing the room down and starting from scratch would be cheaper than trying to keep the older architecture intact.
Under the particle board, a Japanese house is a lesson in how not to build a house to last the centuries.
I didn't really like Kanadahar but I think you could infer from that movie how one could be caught up in fighting for the Taliban.
As for joining Al Queda, which is a separate but closely associated militia to the Taliban, that's something completely different.
That was pretty nice for a change.
I can't say it made me happy, though.
Don't worry about the formatting. :-)
I didn't mean to aim that criticism directly at you, but in general at the attitude that I'm seeing here in this thread.
There is a lot to learn in school, and I haven't said that studying computer science is unnecessary. In fact, I explicitly said that it was necessary in order to have a firm background in the subject.
But in the end, it boils down to what is satisfying for the person. A degree in Art or History or English won't get you a job in the industry, but coupled with a major or minor in CS it will make you a more rounded person and one that is likely to find enjoyment in other activities. Enjoyment of a topic comes from growing your expertise in it. You can enjoy music, but really studying it can bring you a deeper appreciation of its initricacies. So too with CS, of course.
The difference is that if you were to pursue a career as a professional musician or artist you will always be working on those intricacies that you studied. Not so with CS. A metaphor: a neurosurgeon will not get the full satisfaction out of his practice if his only patients were suffering from the common cold. You can fill in the analogy to programmers.
They have a pretty wide selection of international music imports.
Or are you talking about sending the artist a quarter for each track you downloaded off the Web?