I know that BFS and HFS+ are different -- my point was that characterising the collection of files as a "list" is misleading -- it's a much more efficient data structure -- and characterising the affected part of that data structure as "the entire" is even worse.
It's true that the Catalog File is rather antiquated (and of course, Apple are moving towards a more modern file system, ZFS, for the future of OS X). But it's not true that HFS+ has to "rewrite the entire list of files to simply add or delete the actual focused target" -- the entire point of using an efficient data structure like a B*-tree is to avoid having to re-write the "whole list". If you don't understand the use of B*-trees in filesystems, may I recommend Dominic Giampaulo's book "Practical File System Design with the Be File System" (http://www.nobius.org/~dbg/practical-file-system-design.pdf).
He recently decided to record hours spent on his projects and then evaluate how much time the databases he writes save the employees. Then he translates that into a $ figure. He's asking me to do something similar but I'm kinda at a loss. It seems most of the stuff I do is preventative, IE care and feeding of servers and network infrastructure in addition to all the break fix stuff I do for the user base with their desktops.
Can you not do exactly the same as your boss did -- work out how much time the stuff you do saves the employees?
Think about how much time it would take your company's average employee to fix their own machine etc. Think about how many employees would be affected by a network outage, and multiply that by the time it would take them to fix it if you weren't there.
And Apple, as far as I know, has the only OS that, if you add or delete or even rename sa single file in a directory, will rewrite the entire list of files to simply add or delete the actual focused target.
I don't understand what you mean by this. Could you please elaborate?
Um... if you can write with your left hand or your right hand equally easily, you're ambidextrous. Not right-handed. Nor left-handed. So Obama isn't black. Like most people, he's of mixed descent.
(Now admittedly there are more shades of red hair than there are hands on the human body...)
I was really trying to make the same point as you: that the only message Morris Thorpe is sending by not voting is that both wings of the Grey Party can continue business as usual.
You seem to forget that anyone that is in a poor area with horrible schools, always has the right to get out of there and move somewhere that it is better.
You need to change the shape of the distribution of wealth, not move individual datapoints around.
Obama claims to be a Christian because he wants to stand a chance of getting elected. No presidential candidate has ever been brave (or stupid) enough to call the emperor on having no clothes.
Which is exactly why it should be taught in science class. It's more apparent how much hogwash it is when it's presented in the context of the scientific methodology.
The teaching of creationism is the least of America's education issues. We have a significant portion of high school graduates who are well behind their foreign counterparts in literacy and mathematics.
Mightn't that be because they're not encouraged to engage in critical thinking, in case that offends the bible belt?
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Yes, but being about humor and being humorous are not the same thing; this article is the former, not the latter.
Yes, but with what alternative?
Great! I patented checking his mailbox. We should work together again.
Want a party that promises all things to all people, and therefore whom you can't rely on to implement any particular promised policy? Vote Liberal.
Fixed that for you :)
Calling Bush or the Democrats socialists is pretty laughable from anywhere outside America.
Aye, fair enough.
If every inch of every border were realized in razor wire, you might have a point. As it is, you don't.
I know that BFS and HFS+ are different -- my point was that characterising the collection of files as a "list" is misleading -- it's a much more efficient data structure -- and characterising the affected part of that data structure as "the entire" is even worse.
Is razor wire drawn on maps? No? Well, then.
It's true that the Catalog File is rather antiquated (and of course, Apple are moving towards a more modern file system, ZFS, for the future of OS X). But it's not true that HFS+ has to "rewrite the entire list of files to simply add or delete the actual focused target" -- the entire point of using an efficient data structure like a B*-tree is to avoid having to re-write the "whole list". If you don't understand the use of B*-trees in filesystems, may I recommend Dominic Giampaulo's book "Practical File System Design with the Be File System" (http://www.nobius.org/~dbg/practical-file-system-design.pdf).
Seconded. I wrote something similar but considerably less comprehensive. If I'd seen Burning1's answer straight away I wouldn't have bothered!
He recently decided to record hours spent on his projects and then evaluate how much time the databases he writes save the employees. Then he translates that into a $ figure. He's asking me to do something similar but I'm kinda at a loss. It seems most of the stuff I do is preventative, IE care and feeding of servers and network infrastructure in addition to all the break fix stuff I do for the user base with their desktops.
Can you not do exactly the same as your boss did -- work out how much time the stuff you do saves the employees?
Think about how much time it would take your company's average employee to fix their own machine etc. Think about how many employees would be affected by a network outage, and multiply that by the time it would take them to fix it if you weren't there.
Translate these into dollar amounts. Voila!
All the controls would be native, if you used a sensible OS ;)
And Apple, as far as I know, has the only OS that, if you add or delete or even rename sa single file in a directory, will rewrite the entire list of files to simply add or delete the actual focused target.
I don't understand what you mean by this. Could you please elaborate?
A feature as basic as monitoring a folder and adding the latest music files to the library is unavailable in iTunes.
Luckily, though, it's built into the operating system!
Yeah: other than touch, i.e., other than the future, i.e., gimped.
Um... if you can write with your left hand or your right hand equally easily, you're ambidextrous. Not right-handed. Nor left-handed. So Obama isn't black. Like most people, he's of mixed descent.
(Now admittedly there are more shades of red hair than there are hands on the human body...)
I was really trying to make the same point as you: that the only message Morris Thorpe is sending by not voting is that both wings of the Grey Party can continue business as usual.
Its not the US governments job to distribute wealth.
Actually, it is. What do you think federal taxes are?
I might agree if you'd said "US foreign policy", but a specific war more important than the whole policy area of education? I don't think so.
You seem to forget that anyone that is in a poor area with horrible schools, always has the right to get out of there and move somewhere that it is better.
You need to change the shape of the distribution of wealth, not move individual datapoints around.
Obama claims to be a Christian because he wants to stand a chance of getting elected. No presidential candidate has ever been brave (or stupid) enough to call the emperor on having no clothes.
Which is exactly why it should be taught in science class. It's more apparent how much hogwash it is when it's presented in the context of the scientific methodology.
The teaching of creationism is the least of America's education issues. We have a significant portion of high school graduates who are well behind their foreign counterparts in literacy and mathematics.
Mightn't that be because they're not encouraged to engage in critical thinking, in case that offends the bible belt?
Religion has no place in a history lesson?
Sounds like your education has some holes in it.