Theoretical physicists and astronomers don't "know" anything by definition. They guess using the best mathematical and scientific models they have at their disposal.
Science used to "know" the world was flat. They used to "know" that the sun revolved around the earth, and that the human heart worked just like a furnace.
Then, one day, some guy sailed over the horizon and didnt fall off. A pump was invented, and the notion of a heart as a pump came to being.
Each time people had thought they'd reached the pinnacle of understanding, and had all the answers. Then paradigms shifted, and completely changed our ways of thinking, and all our previous answers and theories were null and void.
What makes you so sure that this isnt simply happening again?
One advantage of all the space is you dont have to worry about how much space is left when you take a shot.
Imagine, say, a sports photographer. "Gosh it sure looks like a great play, but I've only got 3 shots left and dont want to miss the shot-of-the-century because I'm switching cards. I better save them."
Not to mention that in the olden days, with film, you wound up having to pay to develop those crappy shots along with the good ones.
You can just shoot everything, throw out the crap later. Your chances of getting the "perfect shot" go up tremendously.
1) SDRAM was, and still would be, uber cheap if it was still in mass production. It's been relegated to the legacy and niche markets, so the price is climbing again. That's how memory prices work, they start out high, bottom out, get replaced by a newer tech, then rise again (look how much EDO costs these days).
2) RAM can actually saturate that 133MB/s, while no (consumer level) HDD even comes remotely close. Not to mention the fact that, compared to HDD, there is virtually no latency when you hit RAM.
But why the high costs and niche market? I envision a product that costs say 200 bucks and gives you a couple gigs of lower-performance high-latency RAM.
But now instead of 1 or 2 gigs of high-performance RAM, you only need 256 megs or so, so you wind up saving money in the long run, and having a much peppier, and more robust PC to show for it.
I just dont understand why this isnt happening. It seems like a sure-hit product that would sell like hotcakes.
How long until solid state technology replaces hard drives outright, or at least supplements them?
And, only slightly offtopic, why must PCs have pagefiles created on a hard drive? Why not have a bunch of SDRAM slots, even on a PCI card, and have 4 gigs of uber-cheap PC133, then create a 4 gig swap file in RAM (if not natively supported).
I hate having to swap to HDD, and my only option being super-pricey DDR or RDRAM upgrades.
A machine would do just fine with 256 Megs of Dual-DDR400, and 4 gigs or so of PC133. Then HDD as an absolute last resort. It plugs right in to the tiered-memory architecture, so why would this not work?
Rewind to the 60s, 70s, 80s. There are a handful of standout bands that were great. But 99% of pop music has always been crap.
Menudo? New Kids on the Block? Debbie Gibson? Tiffany? Sonny and Cher? The Osmonds? The Brady Bunch (they sold a multi platinum album)? The Monkees?
People dont remember how much crap there was in the 60s or 70s. It's all been forgotten, and most arent old enough anyways, I'm not.
But there were zillions upon zillions of Beatles clones and one-hit wonders. The term bubble gum pop dates back to the 50s. The industry was built on kyfe. Doowop and shalalabingbong.
Learn to read through goofy press releases from the marketing department.
It's no easier to fake than forging a signature. Its a pain in the ass and if you looked really close, you could probably tell the original from a reproduction. So what?
This would be great for corporate correspondence, and things like that. Digital signatures are much more stupid (by which I mean printing a bitmap of a guys signature out). Anyone could scan and reproduce it. A glossmarked signature type thing would be find a ton of use in the business world. It'd be tougher to fake - it'd actually require real forgery.
It's not like the nations security is going to depend on it. Maybe your monthly bank statement will have a glossmark on its letterhead.
Naw, look at my post in this thread. I had an english prof (fairly well esteemed by his peers) who believes exactly that, and had done a lot of research to back it up.
It can be argued that the King James Bible has had as large an effect on our language today as the work of Shakespeare.
I had an english lit prof who argues that the King James edition of the Bible, or at least portions of it, were written by Shakespeare (he also believes Shakespeare was more than one guy).
He cites simliar styles of prose, the fact that King James was Shakespeare's patron, and basically has a ton of research to back up his position.
At home, I have a database driven archiving app that I use MySQL on.
If I had spare cash to buy my own SQL Server license, I would in a heartbeat.
MySQL is "coming along", sure, but is really not much better than when I was first exposed to it over a half a decade ago.
Even forgiving its syntaxes and behavioral quirks, life sucks without Query Analyser and Enterprise Manager and other GUI based data manipulation tools.
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Theoretical physicists and astronomers don't "know" anything by definition. They guess using the best mathematical and scientific models they have at their disposal.
Science used to "know" the world was flat. They used to "know" that the sun revolved around the earth, and that the human heart worked just like a furnace.
Then, one day, some guy sailed over the horizon and didnt fall off. A pump was invented, and the notion of a heart as a pump came to being.
Each time people had thought they'd reached the pinnacle of understanding, and had all the answers. Then paradigms shifted, and completely changed our ways of thinking, and all our previous answers and theories were null and void.
What makes you so sure that this isnt simply happening again?
One advantage of all the space is you dont have to worry about how much space is left when you take a shot.
Imagine, say, a sports photographer. "Gosh it sure looks like a great play, but I've only got 3 shots left and dont want to miss the shot-of-the-century because I'm switching cards. I better save them."
Not to mention that in the olden days, with film, you wound up having to pay to develop those crappy shots along with the good ones.
You can just shoot everything, throw out the crap later. Your chances of getting the "perfect shot" go up tremendously.
And whats in the palm of your other hand?
But they accepted it, didn't they?
Duh.
PC133 runs at 133mhz, and has an 800MB/s maximum throughput.
1) SDRAM was, and still would be, uber cheap if it was still in mass production. It's been relegated to the legacy and niche markets, so the price is climbing again. That's how memory prices work, they start out high, bottom out, get replaced by a newer tech, then rise again (look how much EDO costs these days).
2) RAM can actually saturate that 133MB/s, while no (consumer level) HDD even comes remotely close. Not to mention the fact that, compared to HDD, there is virtually no latency when you hit RAM.
But why the high costs and niche market? I envision a product that costs say 200 bucks and gives you a couple gigs of lower-performance high-latency RAM.
But now instead of 1 or 2 gigs of high-performance RAM, you only need 256 megs or so, so you wind up saving money in the long run, and having a much peppier, and more robust PC to show for it.
I just dont understand why this isnt happening. It seems like a sure-hit product that would sell like hotcakes.
Slashdot editors make lots of spelling and grammar mistakes. Fine, they aren't english majors, that's forgivable.
But how can they call themselves a "news for nerds" technology site and not know the difference between a gigabit (Gb) and a gigabyte (GB)?
That's truly pathetic.
How long until solid state technology replaces hard drives outright, or at least supplements them?
And, only slightly offtopic, why must PCs have pagefiles created on a hard drive? Why not have a bunch of SDRAM slots, even on a PCI card, and have 4 gigs of uber-cheap PC133, then create a 4 gig swap file in RAM (if not natively supported).
I hate having to swap to HDD, and my only option being super-pricey DDR or RDRAM upgrades.
A machine would do just fine with 256 Megs of Dual-DDR400, and 4 gigs or so of PC133. Then HDD as an absolute last resort. It plugs right in to the tiered-memory architecture, so why would this not work?
No it hasnt.
Rewind to the 60s, 70s, 80s. There are a handful of standout bands that were great. But 99% of pop music has always been crap.
Menudo? New Kids on the Block? Debbie Gibson? Tiffany? Sonny and Cher? The Osmonds? The Brady Bunch (they sold a multi platinum album)? The Monkees?
People dont remember how much crap there was in the 60s or 70s. It's all been forgotten, and most arent old enough anyways, I'm not.
But there were zillions upon zillions of Beatles clones and one-hit wonders. The term bubble gum pop dates back to the 50s. The industry was built on kyfe. Doowop and shalalabingbong.
B) If pirated CDs are to blame, why aren't there FBI raiding Chinatown's over the U.S. everyday?
They are. Commercial pirates are busted all the time.
Just because it each individual case doesnt make a slashdot headline, doesnt mean it doesnt happen.
Learn to read through goofy press releases from the marketing department.
It's no easier to fake than forging a signature. Its a pain in the ass and if you looked really close, you could probably tell the original from a reproduction. So what?
This would be great for corporate correspondence, and things like that. Digital signatures are much more stupid (by which I mean printing a bitmap of a guys signature out). Anyone could scan and reproduce it. A glossmarked signature type thing would be find a ton of use in the business world. It'd be tougher to fake - it'd actually require real forgery.
It's not like the nations security is going to depend on it. Maybe your monthly bank statement will have a glossmark on its letterhead.
What'ya know, I thought CDs didnt hit retail stores until 86 for some reason.
Not to mention WAY better pyrotechnics!
And it was originally released on CD, huh?
Thats right up there with this hippy chick I know who's convinced she has a original and very rare Beatles CD from the 60s.
I will choose free will, thanks.
Todays tom sawyer gets high on you! Roll the bones!
I dont think Rush released any CDs in 1984, btw
Louder is better, btw. Slayer kicks the shit out of rush.
He ... says that the product mentality 'misses the entire point of Linux and the open-source development model.'
That's GNU/Linux, you insensitive clod!
And, it is a product, it's an actual thing that I can put on my computer and use. It's developed through a process.
Christ, every time some open source guy smokes a bong and gets all philosophical, do we really have to make note of it?
It's not flamebait, because I have absolutely no expectation that anyone will flame me in his defense.
/.'s goofy moderation/karma groupthink system.
It's not a troll or offtopic either. It's an opinion. If the mods dont like it, overrated is the only fair option.
Not that I really care about
I'm saying it's just yammering from a blowhard who has none of the technical, business, or legal expertise to pull it off.
He's an armchair quarterback, and he's watching a hockey game. He has nothing more to say than your average 13 year old slashbot.
That guys a pompous asshole with no real technical insight or anything interesting to say.
He's a fucking idiot, an expert in nothing. Just a blowhard who installed his own video card so he's given a gig as a tech writer.
He's such an idiot.
Naw, look at my post in this thread. I had an english prof (fairly well esteemed by his peers) who believes exactly that, and had done a lot of research to back it up.
It can be argued that the King James Bible has had as large an effect on our language today as the work of Shakespeare.
I had an english lit prof who argues that the King James edition of the Bible, or at least portions of it, were written by Shakespeare (he also believes Shakespeare was more than one guy).
He cites simliar styles of prose, the fact that King James was Shakespeare's patron, and basically has a ton of research to back up his position.
Harder than it would be to just buy a 2MP camera with no LCD for 20-30 bucks.
Hacking stuff is neat and all, but this would be like hacking xboxes for linux. You spend twice as much for a second rate result.
Professor Lawrence Lessig says "Most great things in the world are for girls. I'm happy to embrace as many as I can."
He's talking about penises and testicles and dildoes, etc, etc.
I use SQL Server all day at work.
At home, I have a database driven archiving app that I use MySQL on.
If I had spare cash to buy my own SQL Server license, I would in a heartbeat.
MySQL is "coming along", sure, but is really not much better than when I was first exposed to it over a half a decade ago.
Even forgiving its syntaxes and behavioral quirks, life sucks without Query Analyser and Enterprise Manager and other GUI based data manipulation tools.