When I first read the headline, my gut instinct was that some places were using too much energy because they had switched to using XML. With all of the XML overhead these days, I wonder how much extra energy is being used by servers to parse the XML.
So stop using XML and save your building some energy!
# 3 MW power, double redundant with backups - UPS and diesel
* 1.5 MW reserved for the TCF
# 2+ million BTUs of cooling capacity using Liebert's extreme density cooling (rack mounted cooling via liquid refrigerant)
* traditional methods [fans] would have produced windspeeds of 60+ MPH
Seriously, what IS the point of MMORPGs? Ultimately, people are going to get bored of doing repetitive tasks to increase their hitpoints and get nifty new gadgets. After seeing my college roomate get totally sucked into Ultima Online, I haven't been able to touch any game in the genre. There's a whole lot more out there in life to do then sit down and get a monitor tan while playing Evercrack. It's like all these people have to live their lives through their game character instead of going out and actually experiencing life.
For the most part, writing a linux device driver is pretty much the same difficulty as writing a Windows device driver. The real question is, do you really want to make your driver GPL compliant? See, you'll be giving up some pretty important IP that you may not want to give up. Now somebody else could come along and make a device that behaves exactly like your company's device, just because you gave away interesting tidbits about how your hardware works. Initially you may gain some acceptance and increased revenue for doing this, but in the long run it may end up sabatoging the product you're trying to support. I know I'm probably gonna get flamed to high hell for this, but I'm personally not the biggest fan of the GPL. You may want to contact your HW engineers and lawyers before you dive to deep into doing this. They may have a much different take than you on supporting linux.
So technically speaking, writing a driver is going to be the same difficulty as far as programming, but much more complicated as far as the business decision involved.
What about using a wire mesh like they use in clothes dryer lint collectors? I think the big problem is that you need to be diligent about cleaning it otherwise you won't have any airflow and you'll start overheating. This probably isn't going to work to well with dust either, just cat fur.
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If you're having problems finding it in a brick and mortar, buy it on ebay. Trust me, if it exists you can find it on ebay eventually. I'm positive that something as common as a kaleidoscope will be available on ebay. Here are 544 listing on ebay right now... It shouldn't be a huge surprise that some things go out of fashion for a while.
In my experience, most people who come on site for interviews can handle basic programming tasks. The real thing that separates them from the ones who can really program is their underlying knowledge of the system. I program device drivers, so when I interview, I ask a lot about OS fundamentals. I like asking the interviewee how to protect shared data structures, what an ISR is, how to share resources in multiple threads, etc. If you're looking at C++, there is a plethora of stuff to nail somebody to the wall with. I really like to see if they understand real OOP, such as what would you use an abstract base class for?
I also like the interviewee to go through an example of a project that they have worked on, and show me the architecture. I then ask questions about their design and it lets me know how good of a communicator they are. Somebody may be a good coder, but they also have to be able to communicate their design in an efficient manner.
If somebody doesn't understand low level computer basics such as interrupts, semaphores, synchronization, etc. they don't make the grade for me!
What more do you need than hotwire and mapquest? Hotwire really does have the cheapest fares out there, so long as you don't care when you fly. You can even book hotels on hotwire. My girlfriend and I visited my parents for Christmas and paid $40 per night to stay in an executive suite that had free food and booze in the evenings. Mapquest can be a big help if you're planning a road trip. But it wouldn't hurt to get yourself a road atlas too.
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When I first read the headline, my gut instinct was that some places were using too much energy because they had switched to using XML. With all of the XML overhead these days, I wonder how much extra energy is being used by servers to parse the XML.
So stop using XML and save your building some energy!
Well, my guess is that slashdot is not the best cure for "laziness disorder".
# 3 MW power, double redundant with backups - UPS and diesel * 1.5 MW reserved for the TCF
# 2+ million BTUs of cooling capacity using Liebert's extreme density cooling (rack mounted cooling via liquid refrigerant) * traditional methods [fans] would have produced windspeeds of 60+ MPH
Seems that they did talk about both.
Seriously, what IS the point of MMORPGs? Ultimately, people are going to get bored of doing repetitive tasks to increase their hitpoints and get nifty new gadgets. After seeing my college roomate get totally sucked into Ultima Online, I haven't been able to touch any game in the genre. There's a whole lot more out there in life to do then sit down and get a monitor tan while playing Evercrack. It's like all these people have to live their lives through their game character instead of going out and actually experiencing life.
For the most part, writing a linux device driver is pretty much the same difficulty as writing a Windows device driver. The real question is, do you really want to make your driver GPL compliant? See, you'll be giving up some pretty important IP that you may not want to give up. Now somebody else could come along and make a device that behaves exactly like your company's device, just because you gave away interesting tidbits about how your hardware works. Initially you may gain some acceptance and increased revenue for doing this, but in the long run it may end up sabatoging the product you're trying to support. I know I'm probably gonna get flamed to high hell for this, but I'm personally not the biggest fan of the GPL. You may want to contact your HW engineers and lawyers before you dive to deep into doing this. They may have a much different take than you on supporting linux.
So technically speaking, writing a driver is going to be the same difficulty as far as programming, but much more complicated as far as the business decision involved.
What about using a wire mesh like they use in clothes dryer lint collectors? I think the big problem is that you need to be diligent about cleaning it otherwise you won't have any airflow and you'll start overheating. This probably isn't going to work to well with dust either, just cat fur.
If you're having problems finding it in a brick and mortar, buy it on ebay. Trust me, if it exists you can find it on ebay eventually. I'm positive that something as common as a kaleidoscope will be available on ebay. Here are 544 listing on ebay right now... It shouldn't be a huge surprise that some things go out of fashion for a while.
Wouldn't it be great if the spellchecker interfaced with your keyboard to produce a shock whenever you misspelled a word?
I also like the interviewee to go through an example of a project that they have worked on, and show me the architecture. I then ask questions about their design and it lets me know how good of a communicator they are. Somebody may be a good coder, but they also have to be able to communicate their design in an efficient manner.
If somebody doesn't understand low level computer basics such as interrupts, semaphores, synchronization, etc. they don't make the grade for me!
I can't wait until the Giant Squid episode of Iron Chef!
What more do you need than hotwire and mapquest? Hotwire really does have the cheapest fares out there, so long as you don't care when you fly. You can even book hotels on hotwire. My girlfriend and I visited my parents for Christmas and paid $40 per night to stay in an executive suite that had free food and booze in the evenings. Mapquest can be a big help if you're planning a road trip. But it wouldn't hurt to get yourself a road atlas too.