This video of a nuclear reactor needs to be watched and understood by those who think their Sinclair ZX80 could really control a nuclear reactor. Look at the computing complexity of what we're using NOW, and tell me how you think we'll be doing this with a microprocessor???
If they're contagious when they get off the plane, you're in a buttload of hurt. Now you have to find everyone else who was on the plane and monitor them for symptoms, because some are now infected too.
The only way this can possibly work is to prevent them from boarding the plane.
That I3 is only considered 'good enough' because most modern PC games are ports of console games with even worse CPUs than the new ones. And I don't think anyone in their right mind would say it had a 'mind numbing amount of CPU power'.
If there's one thing the new consoles have right is a mind numbing amount of CPU power.
Uh, no, they don't. These are low-clocked AMD cores, which have much lower performance than Intel cores at similar clock rates.
They're equivalent to a PC CPU from several years ago. They sure as heck ain't equivalent to a 3GHz, eight-core, sixteen-thread Xeon (or whatever Xeons are up to these days).
The funny part is that the Lefists whining about Thatcher closing down the coal mines will usually then go on to claim that we have to eliminate coal power because Global Warming. Many will also claim that allowing cops to ride bikes when they haven't passed their proficiency test is a Health and Safey violation, but sending men down coal mines where they'll die at forty from crippling lung disease is OK.
Sigh. Not the old 'Ford paid more so his workers could buy Ford cars!' claptrap again?
Ford paid high wages because it allowed him to hire the best workers, and reduced costs by reducing turnover. If I remember correctly, he had about 400% employee turnover the year before he dramatically raised wages, and about 0% the year after.
Then again, much of western Europe plays to a more labor friendly environment. Far more days off, no copays/deductibles/coinsurance plus premium healthcare...and even have paternity leave.
And that's why Western Europe is going bankrupt even faster than America is.
'It's All Thatcher's Fault' - the battle cry of the British left for decades now.
The nationalized industries of the 70s were a complete disaster zone, paying high wages to low skilled workers to produce things no-one wanted to buy because the quality was so low. But, yes, obviously it's Thatcher's fault for closing them down.
That's what happens when you're ruled by Regressives. Just like their Luddite ancestors, they want to smash the technology that threatens to bring an end to the centralised, industrial society that made them rich and powerful.
The humans are dumb nonsense comes from the fact that animals are smart enough to achieve equilibrium with their environment while humans pave a path of destruction anymore they go.
Heck, even Canada's tar sands have been labeled "not so dirty any more" because people want energy and it's easier to change a label than to actually fix a problem.
Of course the tar sands aren't so dirty any more, because they've been removing the tar from them. Why is it that the Greenists whine so much about Candians cleaning up one of Gaia's oil spills?
If you care about laptop boot performance, get an SSD. Mine boots in under ten seconds with the awful old init files. So systemd might shave a couple of seconds off that. Who cares?
And boot time is irrelevant for servers that spend five minutes in the BIOS before they even think about loading the OS.
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This video of a nuclear reactor needs to be watched and understood by those who think their Sinclair ZX80 could really control a nuclear reactor. Look at the computing complexity of what we're using NOW, and tell me how you think we'll be doing this with a microprocessor???
Treating someone known to have the disease and then touching your face with a glove that touched them is actually pretty outlandish behaviour.
If they're contagious when they get off the plane, you're in a buttload of hurt. Now you have to find everyone else who was on the plane and monitor them for symptoms, because some are now infected too.
The only way this can possibly work is to prevent them from boarding the plane.
No one said anything about max settings except you either.
Yes, exactly. If the game 'flies' on a GT640, he's playing with graphics settings that make it look like Doom.
Which was rather my point.
No modern graphics-intensive game is going to 'fly' on a GT640 at any decent resolution with graphics maxed out... regardless of the CPU.
Except, maybe, if you throw the PC out the window.
You're probably not terribly bothered, but Xeons are just about up to 18 cores now..
Wow. I had a feeling they were up to twelve now, but didn't realize they'd gone that far since we bought the eight cores last year.
Now that is getting toward mind numbing amounts of CPU power.
That I3 is only considered 'good enough' because most modern PC games are ports of console games with even worse CPUs than the new ones. And I don't think anyone in their right mind would say it had a 'mind numbing amount of CPU power'.
If there's one thing the new consoles have right is a mind numbing amount of CPU power.
Uh, no, they don't. These are low-clocked AMD cores, which have much lower performance than Intel cores at similar clock rates.
They're equivalent to a PC CPU from several years ago. They sure as heck ain't equivalent to a 3GHz, eight-core, sixteen-thread Xeon (or whatever Xeons are up to these days).
Actually, a better saying is that PCs are so fast these days that even JAVA can't slow them down....
You obviously don't run Eclipse.
But we're talking about modern games, not Doom.
The funny part is that the Lefists whining about Thatcher closing down the coal mines will usually then go on to claim that we have to eliminate coal power because Global Warming. Many will also claim that allowing cops to ride bikes when they haven't passed their proficiency test is a Health and Safey violation, but sending men down coal mines where they'll die at forty from crippling lung disease is OK.
Nobody has _ever_ mad lasting peace without a body count.
Well, yes. The easiest way to make peace is to kill everyone who disagrees with you.
That doesn't mean it's a good idea, though.
Sigh. Not the old 'Ford paid more so his workers could buy Ford cars!' claptrap again?
Ford paid high wages because it allowed him to hire the best workers, and reduced costs by reducing turnover. If I remember correctly, he had about 400% employee turnover the year before he dramatically raised wages, and about 0% the year after.
That's idiotic. Inflation is normal in a healthy economy.
Yes, that'll be why a tablet with the power of a million-dollar 1980s Cray now costs a couple of hundred dollars.
Deflation due to increased productivity is the norm in a healthy economy, but governments love printing money, and that causes inflation.
Then again, much of western Europe plays to a more labor friendly environment. Far more days off, no copays/deductibles/coinsurance plus premium healthcare...and even have paternity leave.
And that's why Western Europe is going bankrupt even faster than America is.
'It's All Thatcher's Fault' - the battle cry of the British left for decades now.
The nationalized industries of the 70s were a complete disaster zone, paying high wages to low skilled workers to produce things no-one wanted to buy because the quality was so low. But, yes, obviously it's Thatcher's fault for closing them down.
So, when a killer whale eats a dolphin, are you going to take it to court for violating their civil liberties?
So, when an ape kills another ape, will we be sending it to jail?
That's what happens when you're ruled by Regressives. Just like their Luddite ancestors, they want to smash the technology that threatens to bring an end to the centralised, industrial society that made them rich and powerful.
The humans are dumb nonsense comes from the fact that animals are smart enough to achieve equilibrium with their environment while humans pave a path of destruction anymore they go.
In other words, just more hippie nonsense.
Um, yes. That's because it's not been able to spread here until this man was allowed to fly across the Atlantic carrying it.
Heck, even Canada's tar sands have been labeled "not so dirty any more" because people want energy and it's easier to change a label than to actually fix a problem.
Of course the tar sands aren't so dirty any more, because they've been removing the tar from them. Why is it that the Greenists whine so much about Candians cleaning up one of Gaia's oil spills?
No, as you point out yourself, systemd is moving toward Windows, while the rest of the world is moving away from it.
This approach has it's merits but it's become clear that it's a thing ill suited for many of the challenges linux faces in 2014.
Like what?
The current init system is a clunky mess, but it works because it's been kludged up over decades. What single benefit does systemd actually bring me?
If you care about laptop boot performance, get an SSD. Mine boots in under ten seconds with the awful old init files. So systemd might shave a couple of seconds off that. Who cares?
And boot time is irrelevant for servers that spend five minutes in the BIOS before they even think about loading the OS.