And a nice OS? What are you comparing it to? Windows 3.1? Please tell me what is so "nice" about Windows CE compared to the wealth of other mobile OSes?
Better tools, better real-time support, better hardware support. You may want to read on the subject. For example,
here or here
Unit information is a bit, unit of computation is the rate at which the information changes. 1+1 is somewhat complicated example. Let's say you wanted to invert 1 bit. You need a piece of physical matter to encode 1 bit and then being able to measure when the state of that matter changes its representation from 1 to 0. According to fundamental physics you cannot perform that operation faster than Bremermann's limit.
From Wikipedia: "a computer the size of the entire Earth, operating at the Bremermann's limit could perform approximately 10^75 mathematical computations per second. If we assume that a cryptographic key can be tested with only one operation, then a typical 128 bit key could be cracked in 10^37 seconds. However, a 256 bit key (which is already in use in some systems) would take about a minute to crack. Using a 512 bit key would increase the cracking time to 10^71 years, but only halve the speed of encryption."
You see - the system that threatens to reduce your lifespan is a much faster way to acquire that key.
Because we have thousands and thousands of computers, each running a hundred or more Apache processes, we end up with hundreds of thousands of TCP connections open to our memcached processes.
Why not just multiplex memcached requests on single connection at web host level?
Question One: Illegal where? The U.S.?
Question Two: these companies are registered in other countries - perhaps typosquatting is legal there?
Does not matter. They cannot operate in the countries where it is illegal.
If it is illegal in the US then courts can put a chokehold on their US operations (freeze accounts, assets, contracts with US-based companies, etc) . I am not sure how popular Dell is outside the US but, as far as typosquatters are concerned, shutting down US operatations is going to hurt.
Here is the clue: if the code *relies* on being *managed* then the design is not stable. Well-designed system will not need a garbage collector, and poorly-designed system will not be saved by the garbage collector.
First, the laws cannot be applied retroactively. Second, if you have a for-profit business on the side or plan to start one then consult with the lawyer. If not - you are wasting money in lawyer fees and potentially spoiling relashionships with you future employer over nothing.
... I am to disclose to the company anything that I create wether or not during company time, and wether or not it relates to the company
Don't worry about it. If you don't sign NDA they
probably won't hire you but the good news are that this clause in the contract cannot be legally enforced even if you sign it. There is nothing that prohibits you from working 2 jobs as long as there is no conflict of interest. Besides, the company cannot legally interfere with your personal life, so whatever you do in you personal time is your business as long as it does not hurt your employer interests. The worst thing they can do is to fire you. They cannot sue you for going to anti-war protest rally in you spare time and they cannot sue you for contributing to an open-source project unless they can prove you used their IP or the company resources while doing so.
The bottom line is that if laws always supercede any contract you sign and if the contract comes in conflict with the laws it cannot be enforced.
And, there is such pesky thing they call "Bill of Rights" which protects your right to free speech and privacy.
- Deallocation algorithms for manual memory management are often even more complicated than the allocation algorithms. They are nearly always slower. Plus, objects are deallocated one at a time. Deallocation algorithms for GC can be simpler, but most importantly, the GC can deallocate large numbers of objects at once. This is, of course, more efficient.
That is not necessarily so. For example, if you take a look at Apache memory management routines then you will see that everything is allocated from the pool which is dropped entirely once the request is processed so you don't have to bother deallocation memory at all. The point is that manual momory management will always be more efficient that GC because it can be tailored to the task at hand.
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...or you could buy a PC with linux and have the same thing for under $600
Do they come in pink?
And a nice OS? What are you comparing it to? Windows 3.1? Please tell me what is so "nice" about Windows CE compared to the wealth of other mobile OSes?
Better tools, better real-time support, better hardware support. You may want to read on the subject. For example, here or here
Nice troll but you are plain wrong. Windows CE is actually a capable OS and is ahead of anything that exists in that space: Nvidia Lauds Windows CE Over Android For Smartbooks
Unit information is a bit, unit of computation is the rate at which the information changes. 1+1 is somewhat complicated example. Let's say you wanted to invert 1 bit. You need a piece of physical matter to encode 1 bit and then being able to measure when the state of that matter changes its representation from 1 to 0. According to fundamental physics you cannot perform that operation faster than Bremermann's limit.
From Wikipedia: "a computer the size of the entire Earth, operating at the Bremermann's limit could perform approximately 10^75 mathematical computations per second. If we assume that a cryptographic key can be tested with only one operation, then a typical 128 bit key could be cracked in 10^37 seconds. However, a 256 bit key (which is already in use in some systems) would take about a minute to crack. Using a 512 bit key would increase the cracking time to 10^71 years, but only halve the speed of encryption."
You see - the system that threatens to reduce your lifespan is a much faster way to acquire that key.
2.56 × 10^47 bits per second per gram Ref: Bremermann's limit
It is called Bremermann's limit and it has been known for 50 years: 2.56 × 10^47 bits per second per gram
Correction: WinMo has had this since Smartphone 2002
The answer is obvious if you look at top campaign contributors for these 2 legislators.
Why not just multiplex memcached requests on single connection at web host level?
Motorola MPx200 released Oct 21st, 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2003/oct03/10-21smartphone.mspx
SD slot for expansion
Windows Media Player for mp3/view streaming over Internet
Pocket Internet Explorer
Pocket Outlook client
etc etc etc
Windows had this functionality since day one. Lookup AdjustTokenPrivileges() on MSDN
They took advantage of a dubious legal situation, to their own immense financial gain, using someone else's content.
So? This is how capitalism works. People get rich by screwing other people.
It certainly does. If he had the case he would have sued already. The letter is just a PR move to control the damage.
No, it is more like that they are reinventing BBS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bbs
Here is the clue: if the code *relies* on being *managed* then the design is not stable. Well-designed system will not need a garbage collector, and poorly-designed system will not be saved by the garbage collector.
Perhaps you need to take another look at at std::vector
Of course it is troll provided C/C++ was used in the development of most of the commercial software that exists today.
In my days the idea was to make software more intuitive for end-users, but I guess priorities change.
First, the laws cannot be applied retroactively. Second, if you have a for-profit business on the side or plan to start one then consult with the lawyer. If not - you are wasting money in lawyer fees and potentially spoiling relashionships with you future employer over nothing.
The bottom line is that if laws always supercede any contract you sign and if the contract comes in conflict with the laws it cannot be enforced. And, there is such pesky thing they call "Bill of Rights" which protects your right to free speech and privacy.
"... which was supposed to touch down on the distant planet on Christmas Day to begin its search for Martian life".
It is all big conspiracy. It was no crater. "Martian life" found it first...