" How do the comments of two people condemn an entire country?"
Who said anything about condemming an entire country? The whole point of the buildup there is for regime change, not to conquer/destroy the country.
'Seems like you just want an excuse..."
Seems like I want an excuse? You're accusing me of itching for a war with Iraq, and I'm the shithead? Heh. Sounds like you're the one looking for excuses to make me sound bad.
If you guys are going to misinterpret me that way, that's fine. I may not be communicating as clearly as I should. Just remember that you really don't know what I'm thinking until you ask questions.
"Still, it seems everyone, including Iraqis, see the potential invasion as practically a given, so some harsh statements don't shock me."
Iraq has some support from other countries (even people in USA, we got lotsa protesters about...) that could pressure the US into backing down. That's why I said that.
It wasn't smart to say what they did. They had an opportunity to gain some sympathy. Instead they pissed it away and made everybody roll their eyes.
"Will your country only be satisfied when the rest of the world has been shelled into liking you?"
I sound pathetic for saying that Iraq picked the wrong time to express their offensive views, but you don't sound pathetic for drawing ignorant conclusions about America?
"Especially when 'god's vengeance' is so damn pathetic, when it comes down to it. 7 people and one 100mil shuttle is the best he can do?"
Iraq would have gained a lot of American sympathy by mouring their loss. They're lucky that their comments aren't being over-sensationalized right now.
"I also read that out of the five shuttles, 2 have gone in the last twnety years. That is 40% out of 20 years. I don't really know what to think about this, but i must say, that this really hurst me, as well as a large number the the/. community."
That's a crappy way to use statistics.
I doubt that this will kill space exploration. If anything, it may boost interest in making sure that these things are made safe. Maybe I'm just an optimist, but there are a number of plans to making new generation reusable oribters drawn up that Nasa could, if funded well enough, build and use. I can see Nasa getting extra funding down the road.
Again, I may just be an optimist. I just don't think the US Gov't would want to let those people die for nothing.
Let me put it another way, I still trust Nasa far more than I trust the airline industry.
"NASA probably has a good idea whaat happened, but it's pretty safe to assume that they won't speculate until they know for sure."
Nasa probably has good working hypotheses right now, but they're reluctant to do anything but gather data right now. I believe it was Dittemore who was saying that they're strictly in a data gathering mode right now. To make assumptions about what happened would taint the investigation.
I can see what they're saying. They don't want to look for evidence to support their hypothesis, they want to objectively discover what happened.
To put it another way, they've said that the possibility exists that the damage to the wing during takeoff could have been a contributer to the tragedy. But they're not willing to commit to that until they have all their data gathered. They said that the sensors went out starting at the back of the wing and worked their way forward. The life-off damage happened to the front of the wing, so to start at the opposite side of the wing and to head forwards was wierd.
You can listen to 1190 KEX off the web. I've been listening to it today and have been getting far more interesting and updated info than on CNN or MSNBC.
"Let them watch cartoons. Do they really need to know about everything bad in the world right when it happens, live?"
I remember when the Challenger exploded. I was... man.. 4 or 5 I think. They covered it really heavily. Man that bothered me, and today I'm remembering that feeling.
"I do own a VB and about 6 games and it's really too bad that this project wasn't fully thought out."
It probably would have been a good idea for them to use yellow instead of red for the color. Even green might have been a better choice. Red was just hard for people to focus on. I'm not sure why their research landed them there.
There's a reason that monochrome monitors were never red.
The 3DO did have a pretty decent collection of games, despite what the author says. I don't think he ever actually had one. I did. I got one for $250 and never regretted it.
I can't believe they compared the 3DO to the 32X or the Virtual Boy. Niether the 32X nor the VB had a decent library or an interested customer base. The 3DO did have a following and had a respectable library of games. Further, the 3DO had a different style when it came to playing games that really ushered in the new generation of consoles like the Saturn or the Playstation.
I'm not convinced that the author of this article really researched what happened with the 3DO.
"I have never experienced the phenomenon you describe, and it goes against the grain of how I understand the scheduler works, at least in 2K."
I'm not going to go on record as an expert about it. It was observed behaviour. I'm not saying you're wrong or that I'm right, but that's just the way my machine appears to behave. You've got me interested in taking a more scientific stab at figuring that out.
"But you'd think that forcing an affinity would actually hinder process execution, since unless you told all the other processes to stay off of a given CPU, the affinitied task will get less work done as there will be fewer timeslots available to it."
I'm not using the dual for time-critical process, but rather for work-flow. My rendering may finish in 4 hours instead of 5, but if I'm not there when it's done then really I am the bottleneck, not my machine.
The renderings I do are in layers. Instead of rendering everything all at once (which would benefit from having both processors available like you suggest) then I have elements of a scene that render rather quickly. So what I do is I'll start one element rendering on one processor, then I move to the other processor and continue work on something else like another element or build a model or something. It may take 40 minutes as opposed to an hour to render with both processes, but that's an hour I'm still working as opposed to waiting for my machine to wrap up.
It's actually kind of neat working like that. One of the things I do is start my composite and watch it. I can tell part-way through a rendering if something is wrong, fix it, and restart it. It sure beats waiting for the whole thing to finish!
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" How do the comments of two people condemn an entire country?"
Who said anything about condemming an entire country? The whole point of the buildup there is for regime change, not to conquer/destroy the country.
'Seems like you just want an excuse..."
Seems like I want an excuse? You're accusing me of itching for a war with Iraq, and I'm the shithead? Heh. Sounds like you're the one looking for excuses to make me sound bad.
If you guys are going to misinterpret me that way, that's fine. I may not be communicating as clearly as I should. Just remember that you really don't know what I'm thinking until you ask questions.
"If only my toaster was powered by Itanium!"
What, your Athlon processor has disappointed you?
"Still, it seems everyone, including Iraqis, see the potential invasion as practically a given, so some harsh statements don't shock me."
Iraq has some support from other countries (even people in USA, we got lotsa protesters about...) that could pressure the US into backing down. That's why I said that.
It wasn't smart to say what they did. They had an opportunity to gain some sympathy. Instead they pissed it away and made everybody roll their eyes.
"temperatures yes, explosions...no."
It broke up, there wasn't an explosion. (That information is subject to change as more data comes in.)
"Will your country only be satisfied when the rest of the world has been shelled into liking you?"
I sound pathetic for saying that Iraq picked the wrong time to express their offensive views, but you don't sound pathetic for drawing ignorant conclusions about America?
"Err, you mean high altitude?"
I think 'high altitude' would have meant "vaccuum".
"Especially when 'god's vengeance' is so damn pathetic, when it comes down to it. 7 people and one 100mil shuttle is the best he can do?"
Iraq would have gained a lot of American sympathy by mouring their loss. They're lucky that their comments aren't being over-sensationalized right now.
"I also read that out of the five shuttles, 2 have gone in the last twnety years. That is 40% out of 20 years. I don't really know what to think about this, but i must say, that this really hurst me, as well as a large number the the /. community."
That's a crappy way to use statistics.
I doubt that this will kill space exploration. If anything, it may boost interest in making sure that these things are made safe. Maybe I'm just an optimist, but there are a number of plans to making new generation reusable oribters drawn up that Nasa could, if funded well enough, build and use. I can see Nasa getting extra funding down the road.
Again, I may just be an optimist. I just don't think the US Gov't would want to let those people die for nothing.
Let me put it another way, I still trust Nasa far more than I trust the airline industry.
"Wouldn't they have been vaporized in the atmosphere at that speed ?"
Completely? I doubt it. They were inside a structure designed to handle those temperatures.
"In other news [reuters.com], Iraqis welcomed the news as God's vengeance"
I wouldn't be so quick to say something like that with a massive American fleet off my coast.
"It was obviously those fundamentalist islamic raghead terrorists again"
Obviously? No.
It was obviously an accident.
"NASA probably has a good idea whaat happened, but it's pretty safe to assume that they won't speculate until they know for sure."
Nasa probably has good working hypotheses right now, but they're reluctant to do anything but gather data right now. I believe it was Dittemore who was saying that they're strictly in a data gathering mode right now. To make assumptions about what happened would taint the investigation.
I can see what they're saying. They don't want to look for evidence to support their hypothesis, they want to objectively discover what happened.
To put it another way, they've said that the possibility exists that the damage to the wing during takeoff could have been a contributer to the tragedy. But they're not willing to commit to that until they have all their data gathered. They said that the sensors went out starting at the back of the wing and worked their way forward. The life-off damage happened to the front of the wing, so to start at the opposite side of the wing and to head forwards was wierd.
So yes, I think your statement is correct.
...to pay much attention to the rest of the news on Slashdot today. I'm sorry I have nothing really insightful to say.
The best I can do is provide a link to learn more about what happened:
http://www.1190kex.com/listen_live/index.php
You can listen to 1190 KEX off the web. I've been listening to it today and have been getting far more interesting and updated info than on CNN or MSNBC.
"Let them watch cartoons. Do they really need to know about everything bad in the world right when it happens, live?"
I remember when the Challenger exploded. I was... man.. 4 or 5 I think. They covered it really heavily. Man that bothered me, and today I'm remembering that feeling.
"The problem is probably caused by not being able to spell very well, in combination not having much experience listening to English speakers."
You forgot to mention that one needs to vary their mall content.
"You do know the IQ of a crowd is min(IQ)/N right?"
No, but I do know they had to use floating point.
They used a row of red led's to generate horizontal pixels, and an oscillating/vibrating/or spinning mirror to create the vertical pixels.
They did do some research to land at red, but I question the quality of their research.
"I do own a VB and about 6 games and it's really too bad that this project wasn't fully thought out."
It probably would have been a good idea for them to use yellow instead of red for the color. Even green might have been a better choice. Red was just hard for people to focus on. I'm not sure why their research landed them there.
There's a reason that monochrome monitors were never red.
The 3DO did have a pretty decent collection of games, despite what the author says. I don't think he ever actually had one. I did. I got one for $250 and never regretted it.
I can't believe they compared the 3DO to the 32X or the Virtual Boy. Niether the 32X nor the VB had a decent library or an interested customer base. The 3DO did have a following and had a respectable library of games. Further, the 3DO had a different style when it came to playing games that really ushered in the new generation of consoles like the Saturn or the Playstation.
I'm not convinced that the author of this article really researched what happened with the 3DO.
"I don't get it. What's the connection between intelligence and the /. crowd???"
It's an inverse relationship. Think of intelligence as a vaccine for blowing stuff up.
"Other than for encryption, there are not many common desktop application that needs a 64 bit processor. Why this rush for 64 bit processor?"
If Newtek releases a 64-bit version of Lightwave, I'll probably rush to get a 64-bit machine. Otherwise, blah. I'd rather get a dual Athlon.
"i.e. 1112 years from now you have saved enough money."
Good job deciphering his joke. Now I know why engineering joke books always come with scratch paper.
"hat's they're and a lot less, pardon my sucky typing"
/. community.
I originally read that as 'sticky typing'. I assumed that you had the same reaction to the Operton as the rest of the
"At least now Apple has a better chance of releasing the first 64 consumer desktops."
Really? What color? I just got a new pair of shoes.
"I have never experienced the phenomenon you describe, and it goes against the grain of how I understand the scheduler works, at least in 2K."
I'm not going to go on record as an expert about it. It was observed behaviour. I'm not saying you're wrong or that I'm right, but that's just the way my machine appears to behave. You've got me interested in taking a more scientific stab at figuring that out.
"But you'd think that forcing an affinity would actually hinder process execution, since unless you told all the other processes to stay off of a given CPU, the affinitied task will get less work done as there will be fewer timeslots available to it."
I'm not using the dual for time-critical process, but rather for work-flow. My rendering may finish in 4 hours instead of 5, but if I'm not there when it's done then really I am the bottleneck, not my machine.
The renderings I do are in layers. Instead of rendering everything all at once (which would benefit from having both processors available like you suggest) then I have elements of a scene that render rather quickly. So what I do is I'll start one element rendering on one processor, then I move to the other processor and continue work on something else like another element or build a model or something. It may take 40 minutes as opposed to an hour to render with both processes, but that's an hour I'm still working as opposed to waiting for my machine to wrap up.
It's actually kind of neat working like that. One of the things I do is start my composite and watch it. I can tell part-way through a rendering if something is wrong, fix it, and restart it. It sure beats waiting for the whole thing to finish!