Well, of course if you are afraid of someone, then if you can do it, you make them afraid of you, just to be sure they don't harm you out of their own self-interest. After all, the whole cold war was built on that concept.
This simply isn't true. Unless you're transcoding lots of videos all day, nearly all the time you sit waiting for your computer to do something--anything--your HD light is on. I guar-an-tee it.
Actually not. Most of the time I'm waiting for something, the CPU is at 100% and the disk sits idle. That's either because of some calculation, or because of some heavy JavaScript like Slashdot's. If the waiting isn't because of the CPU, it's almost always waiting for the network.
But then, even when the disk is the bottleneck, it's usually not virtual memory swapping in and out, but specifically programs reading/writing many or large files. I keep my statement: If your bottleneck is swapping, the fix is to use more memory or possibly less bloated apps. If your bottleneck is other disk I/O, then an SSD may help, of course.
Well, maybe that would make a nice new laptop test. How long does it survive a washing machine's spin cycle? For ruggedized laptops, put them into the drum:-)
Plenty of quotes, and sucks to be him right now. Maybe, just maybe he can work to get us better food supplies and get rid of Monsanto et al, and improve the world a little bit with all this attention?
It's been my experience that Java is an overbloated resource hog, and that "efficiency" is the LAST consideration when anyone programs with Java.
Well, there are different types of efficiency. One is time efficiency, which is probably what the GP meant. I can imagine that (apart from startup time) a JIT engine can get quite close to a natively compiled program (but I doubt that it will get faster, except for specially crafted benchmarks).
The other type is memory (or more generally, ressource) efficienty, which seems to be what you are referring to. And yes, Java is a ressource hog, and I strongly doubt that this can be changed, because Java relies on GC, and GC in most situations massively increases memory usage.
Infinity. There's no lower limit for throwing a chair in vacuum (the thrown chair can be arbitrary slow). Therefore one Ballmer is an infinitesimal energy, making any finite energy to be infinitely many Ballmers.
Alternatively, a CEO will die in vacuum, so he'll not be able to throw a chair, therefore the chair's energy is zero.
BTW, does "CEO" mean "Chair-throwing Enraged Officer"?
I'm definitively not computer illiterate, and I do a lot of reading on the screen, but that's basically to save paper. Reading on paper is just so much more comfortable. Maybe an affordable e-paper device in A4 size with sufficient resolution would be practical enough, but then, will it also be reasonably lightweight? If I can't hold it up in one hand for prolonged time without my arm getting tired, it's no suitable paper replacement. And even then it would have the disadvantage that I cannot just roll it to get it to a more handleable size when I'm finished reading or making a pause.
Unlike the other tablets, the iPad is designed with an interface done correctly for a tablet. It's not trying to be a full OS because the interface wouldn't work correctly.
Why are people constantly confusing the OS with the UI? And what's wrong with a "full" OS? What's a "non-full" OS, after all?
Bet that'll be fun when the system goes down for whatever reason. It's enough of a fustercluck when ONE major government system goes on the fritz... here, they'd all go down together!
I'm sure when this goes online, someone will post it on Slashdot...
Slashdot Mirror
I think there's a 32 missing between the 116 and the 112. Also instead of 102 you should have used 70.
Well, of course if you are afraid of someone, then if you can do it, you make them afraid of you, just to be sure they don't harm you out of their own self-interest.
After all, the whole cold war was built on that concept.
Why, they will just steal the IP they want and sell it back to us at 30% of the price. They do it with everything else so why not search engines ?
You mean, their search engine will only have 30% as much advertising?
Actually not. Most of the time I'm waiting for something, the CPU is at 100% and the disk sits idle. That's either because of some calculation, or because of some heavy JavaScript like Slashdot's. If the waiting isn't because of the CPU, it's almost always waiting for the network.
But then, even when the disk is the bottleneck, it's usually not virtual memory swapping in and out, but specifically programs reading/writing many or large files. I keep my statement: If your bottleneck is swapping, the fix is to use more memory or possibly less bloated apps. If your bottleneck is other disk I/O, then an SSD may help, of course.
Well, maybe that would make a nice new laptop test. How long does it survive a washing machine's spin cycle? :-)
For ruggedized laptops, put them into the drum
From: http://www.share-international.org/magazine/old_issues/2010/2010-03.htm (linked from their home page)
Maitreya, we know, will never say Who He is until the Day of Declaration.
Bad luck, saying you're not him will not help ...
Well, the best thing he can do probably is to read the prophecies and then violate as many of them as he can.
Not the All-American Alliteration Addicts' Association?
Plenty of quotes, and sucks to be him right now. Maybe, just maybe he can work to get us better food supplies and get rid of Monsanto et al, and improve the world a little bit with all this attention?
Hope limited.
I guess he can consider himself lucky that he was identified as Messiah, not as Buddha ...
But they seem to have pulled their own Roman Joke Names clip. A shame-- I liked Incontinentia Buttocks...
You mean this one?
Here's one:
Well, there are different types of efficiency. One is time efficiency, which is probably what the GP meant. I can imagine that (apart from startup time) a JIT engine can get quite close to a natively compiled program (but I doubt that it will get faster, except for specially crafted benchmarks).
The other type is memory (or more generally, ressource) efficienty, which seems to be what you are referring to. And yes, Java is a ressource hog, and I strongly doubt that this can be changed, because Java relies on GC, and GC in most situations massively increases memory usage.
If the bottleneck is virtual memory swapping in and out, either you have too little memory, or horrible bloatware (or both).
The solution to excessive swapping isn't faster disks, it's more memory and/or more memory efficient applications.
Infinity. There's no lower limit for throwing a chair in vacuum (the thrown chair can be arbitrary slow). Therefore one Ballmer is an infinitesimal energy, making any finite energy to be infinitely many Ballmers.
Alternatively, a CEO will die in vacuum, so he'll not be able to throw a chair, therefore the chair's energy is zero.
BTW, does "CEO" mean "Chair-throwing Enraged Officer"?
I'm definitively not computer illiterate, and I do a lot of reading on the screen, but that's basically to save paper. Reading on paper is just so much more comfortable. Maybe an affordable e-paper device in A4 size with sufficient resolution would be practical enough, but then, will it also be reasonably lightweight? If I can't hold it up in one hand for prolonged time without my arm getting tired, it's no suitable paper replacement. And even then it would have the disadvantage that I cannot just roll it to get it to a more handleable size when I'm finished reading or making a pause.
What article?
"The" - is there another?
And I always thought being brave meant not to be scared ...
Three reasons to ignore your post:
1. It's enumerative.
2. ???
3. Profit!
SCNR :-)
Why are people constantly confusing the OS with the UI? And what's wrong with a "full" OS? What's a "non-full" OS, after all?
No. It just needs a different user interface. The underlying OS can be exactly the same.
Bet that'll be fun when the system goes down for whatever reason. It's enough of a fustercluck when ONE major government system goes on the fritz... here, they'd all go down together!
I'm sure when this goes online, someone will post it on Slashdot ...
Well, I for one wouldn't have any use for that, because I'm not on facebook & co. anyway.
I thought that was Gentoo?
Of course the "free" in "free software" doesn't refer to the price.