We're not talking civil engineering here. Pay attention to the topic; we're talking about Software Engineering. And being at a company where there's a large contingent of outsourced staff, it's been extremely difficult getting decent quality out of Chinese engineers. A ton of money was thrown at the problem, and the bottom line is most investment in hiring in China is just done so that companies can grease the wheels for doing business there (since locals will not (or are not allowed to) do business with comapnies that do not invest in China. It's ridiculous and sad, and I just wish people would stop justifying it by saying that it's cheaper or that the outsources was done because they have skills that couldn't be found locally, because both those arguments are bald-faced lies.
I sure wish my mod points hadn't expired, because the parent hit the nail on the head. I, too, know the absolutely horrible quality that comes from the countries to which we outsource. It's costing us more than just lost productivity; it's pissing off US emplyees who have to deal with the clueless outsourcees...
There is way too much FUD around people who "thought they wanted to try DTrace but it was just too hard to get Solaris running". That's a total cop-out. So it took you a few clicks to download Solaris Express-- big freakin' deal. If you're not willing to put in a little time to get Solaris running, you won't reap the reward. Solaris runs out of the box on tons of hardware, including VMware. Just grab a free copy of VMware, then load a free copy of Solaris and you're done. It'll take you an hour (after you download the images). If that's too long for you, then don't bitch about it-- just realize that you skipped the benefit because you were too damn lazy to put in some time up front.
People, this is a manufacturing advancement. This is good for the entire chip industry. Intel will either license or adapt a similar method, and Intel's investment in manufacturing will match this development in short order.
It's just too bad the Bells didn't use this argument, otherwise, there would still be a monopolistic AT&T taking 50% of every phone sex call ever made. Their argument is cry-baby material because they know that they only offer a bit-pump service. They have no investment in producing content. They should stick to their core competency-- moving bits. If they attempt to impose fees on customers, in markets where there is choice, Cable will wipe the floor with them.
...and it's even funnier that I can't rate that thread in the destination link because "permission denied". I guess they really don't want anyone's opinion;).
Because many network operators intentionally cripple their phones so you CAN'T do that. Cough*Verizon*Cough*Sprint*Cough. It's horrible. That's why I'm a Cingular customer -- GSM really opens the market up considerably.
Check out libumem -- much more powerful than this and has been around in Solaris for years (granted, the manpage should be better to reveal the powerful features -- but a quick look at the source at opensolaris.org reveals how to use the most advanced features).
PLEASE report the hyperthreaded isue to your contact at Sun. If we don't know about it, we cannot help. The problems with hyperthreaded CPU detection is usually a BIOS problem; it has nothing to do with "chipset support" -- the Potomac is just another CPU, and there is a standard way in which BIOSes describe hyperthreaded CPUs (in ACPI tables).
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We're not talking civil engineering here. Pay attention to the topic; we're talking about Software Engineering. And being at a company where there's a large contingent of outsourced staff, it's been extremely difficult getting decent quality out of Chinese engineers. A ton of money was thrown at the problem, and the bottom line is most investment in hiring in China is just done so that companies can grease the wheels for doing business there (since locals will not (or are not allowed to) do business with comapnies that do not invest in China. It's ridiculous and sad, and I just wish people would stop justifying it by saying that it's cheaper or that the outsources was done because they have skills that couldn't be found locally, because both those arguments are bald-faced lies.
I sure wish my mod points hadn't expired, because the parent hit the nail on the head. I, too, know the absolutely horrible quality that comes from the countries to which we outsource. It's costing us more than just lost productivity; it's pissing off US emplyees who have to deal with the clueless outsourcees...
There is way too much FUD around people who "thought they wanted to try DTrace but it was just too hard to get Solaris running". That's a total cop-out. So it took you a few clicks to download Solaris Express-- big freakin' deal. If you're not willing to put in a little time to get Solaris running, you won't reap the reward. Solaris runs out of the box on tons of hardware, including VMware. Just grab a free copy of VMware, then load a free copy of Solaris and you're done. It'll take you an hour (after you download the images). If that's too long for you, then don't bitch about it-- just realize that you skipped the benefit because you were too damn lazy to put in some time up front.
You have WAYYYYYY too much free time :).
He's "convinced" that they guy "may" be right. I've seen stronger positions in Jello.
People, this is a manufacturing advancement. This is good for the entire chip industry. Intel will either license or adapt a similar method, and Intel's investment in manufacturing will match this development in short order.
It's just too bad the Bells didn't use this argument, otherwise, there would still be a monopolistic AT&T taking 50% of every phone sex call ever made. Their argument is cry-baby material because they know that they only offer a bit-pump service. They have no investment in producing content. They should stick to their core competency-- moving bits. If they attempt to impose fees on customers, in markets where there is choice, Cable will wipe the floor with them.
...and it's even funnier that I can't rate that thread in the destination link because "permission denied". I guess they really don't want anyone's opinion ;).
Because many network operators intentionally cripple their phones so you CAN'T do that. Cough*Verizon*Cough*Sprint*Cough. It's horrible. That's why I'm a Cingular customer -- GSM really opens the market up considerably.
Check out libumem -- much more powerful than this and has been around in Solaris for years (granted, the manpage should be better to reveal the powerful features -- but a quick look at the source at opensolaris.org reveals how to use the most advanced features).
MOD PARENT UP!!!!
PLEASE report the hyperthreaded isue to your contact at Sun. If we don't know about it, we cannot help. The problems with hyperthreaded CPU detection is usually a BIOS problem; it has nothing to do with "chipset support" -- the Potomac is just another CPU, and there is a standard way in which BIOSes describe hyperthreaded CPUs (in ACPI tables).