Failure is generally a necessary part of the process of innovation. As long as we take valuable lessons away, we should not be afraid of or ashamed of failure. If we simply gave up every time we failed at something or didn't try unless we were 100% sure we wouldn't fail, we'd never get anywhere in science and technology.
I believe that hackerdom should commit itself to achieving the goal, before the next three decades are out, of landing a hacker on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth. We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in 2034 and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because we p0wn...
Strictfp gives you more repeatability but less performance and generally less accuracy.
strictfp can actually improve performance, depending on the CPU architecture and Java implementation. Think about it. If variables are stored in IEEE format and a different format is used for intermediate calculations, then there is converting going on and that takes time.
The difference in accuracy is not significant in any practical sense. The IEEE formats were designed so as to divy the bits up between the exponent and the significand in a way that works for nearly every application.
Its worth it for a Java developer to be aware of strictfp. We have all been sold on the slogan, "Write Once, Run Anywhere", but it really should be "Write Once, Run Anywhere...But Get Slightly Different Floating Point Results Unless You Use strictfp".
If you think that every language except Java implements IEEE-754 to the letter, you are sadly mistakenly. That fact is Java can be used just fine for floating point work in most applications.
Of course they should allow proofs. Proofs are useful and factual information and proofs alone don't really "teach" mathematics are far as I'm concerned. They should take care to properly separate proofs from higher level information, as not everyone is interested in them.
What exactly does it mean to donate a software development process? Wasn't the Eclipse Foundation already free to use RUP for the development of the Eclipse environment? And couldn't companies using RUP already use the Eclipse environment for their projects?
It should kick arse! If its going to be multiple stories it should have a lift. And they should give the construction workers some warm kecks but with a flap so they can baba. And there should be a lounge so the scientists can gas and have a fag. This base could be one heck of a gaff for those scientists! They should go the full monty and spend a few million quid.
My first professional coding job was to write financial reports in a mix of C and SQL. When I started learning SQL I was amazed how 10 lines of SQL could do what would take dozens of C code easily. I have since seen a number of highly successful projects use SQL-based databases. This article calls SQL a failure -- BS.
I think one of Von Neumann's most clever ideas (and most taken for granted today) is the idea of storing programs as numbers in memory. This was the EDVAC (Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer) design.
As an aside, some people think that the Von Neuman model was really the idea of Von Neuman Eckert, and Mauchly together and that Von Neuman wrongfully gets all the credit.
I've been running Shrike for almost a week now, and, maybe its just me, but it seems like startup goes _so_ much faster than 8.0. Anyone else notice this?
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Failure is generally a necessary part of the process of innovation. As long as we take valuable lessons away, we should not be afraid of or ashamed of failure. If we simply gave up every time we failed at something or didn't try unless we were 100% sure we wouldn't fail, we'd never get anywhere in science and technology.
The first test launch is actually just a few days away on May 20. You can watch it live at http://sail.planetary.org/miss....
I believe that hackerdom should commit itself to achieving the goal, before the next three decades are out, of landing a hacker on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth. We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in 2034 and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because we p0wn...
Strictfp gives you more repeatability but less performance and generally less accuracy.
strictfp can actually improve performance, depending on the CPU architecture and Java implementation. Think about it. If variables are stored in IEEE format and a different format is used for intermediate calculations, then there is converting going on and that takes time.
The difference in accuracy is not significant in any practical sense. The IEEE formats were designed so as to divy the bits up between the exponent and the significand in a way that works for nearly every application.
Its worth it for a Java developer to be aware of strictfp. We have all been sold on the slogan, "Write Once, Run Anywhere", but it really should be "Write Once, Run Anywhere...But Get Slightly Different Floating Point Results Unless You Use strictfp".
If you think that every language except Java implements IEEE-754 to the letter, you are sadly mistakenly. That fact is Java can be used just fine for floating point work in most applications.
This article should mention strictfp in the section on Java.
Do this mean I'm not going to get answer to this question on answers.com: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_you_know_when_its_time_to_poop
Go have a look at mono (http://mono-project.org).
What is the volume of a pizza of radius z and thickness a?
Answer: pi*z*z*a
Of course they should allow proofs. Proofs are useful and factual information and proofs alone don't really "teach" mathematics are far as I'm concerned. They should take care to properly separate proofs from higher level information, as not everyone is interested in them.
Greg, How's your brother, Ben, doing and whatever happened to his game show?
Wives had had this for their husbands for years now.
I guess the name "Freedom Wireless" is an ironic choice.
...we all start using IRC again.
What exactly does it mean to donate a software development process? Wasn't the Eclipse Foundation already free to use RUP for the development of the Eclipse environment? And couldn't companies using RUP already use the Eclipse environment for their projects?
It should kick arse! If its going to be multiple stories it should have a lift. And they should give the construction workers some warm kecks but with a flap so they can baba. And there should be a lounge so the scientists can gas and have a fag. This base could be one heck of a gaff for those scientists! They should go the full monty and spend a few million quid.
...how long it will be before you'll be able to buy one of those compressed air launchers at rest stops in South Carolina along route 95.
My first professional coding job was to write financial reports in a mix of C and SQL. When I started learning SQL I was amazed how 10 lines of SQL could do what would take dozens of C code easily. I have since seen a number of highly successful projects use SQL-based databases. This article calls SQL a failure -- BS.
I think one of Von Neumann's most clever ideas (and most taken for granted today) is the idea of storing programs as numbers in memory. This was the EDVAC (Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer) design. As an aside, some people think that the Von Neuman model was really the idea of Von Neuman Eckert, and Mauchly together and that Von Neuman wrongfully gets all the credit.
I seem to remember seeing some benchmark that said that native compiled code was actually slower than the Hotspot JRE.
Can any confirm this and/or explain how this is possible?
I've been running Shrike for almost a week now, and, maybe its just me, but it seems like startup goes _so_ much faster than 8.0. Anyone else notice this?