But wouldn't you notice it skipping back a few bars?
such slipups are very rare in a long-running professional production.
When I went to see "Phantom", the phantom entered at the top of the large staircase, stood on his cape, slipped down the entire length of stairs, recovered, stood up and started his singing - whilst the orchestra just repeated the baseline before his "song" - it worked really well.
Also, I'd say that it's one of the skills of an actor to get through the show without the audiences realizing just how many mistakes are made - you'd be surprised!
I kinda know what you were saying here, but it's just plain wrong.
When you listen to a wood instrument from the orchestra, it's amplified and mixed on the sound desk, digitally...
The sound quality will prolly be the same, or better from the computer...
I was just about to bring up the hypothetical situation that the music has to be adaptable to any hiccups that occur on the stage - i.e. an actor forgets a cue so the orchestra plays an extra intro bar.
However, I was working in the theatre when the first automated lighting desks appeared and a skillfull operator could always adapt or delay when changing to the next "scene".
Having said that, lighting is secondary to the performance compared with the music - jumping around the place would be kind of stupid. How do they cope with non-scripted events?
I'm also of the opinion that we pay pretty high ticket prices to see a "live" performance - both for the actors and the musicians - I think I'd feel ripped off knowing that it was a computer orchestra..
True, but then you have to consider that the configuration RAM only has finite reloads before it is rendered unusable - granted, it's in the millions, so for most applications, this isn't an issue, but for the kind of mission we are talking about here (to Mars) with a reload rate of 1 second, you're only going to last a couple of weeks. With an ECC algorithm running constantly in the configuration space you can correct only when necessary.
I wonder why they didn't use any redundancy is stuff like the flash RAMS? Wouldn't that be an obvious thing to do in a mission critical system (especially when you have no way of changing the parts).
Also, don't they use ChipKill? (Chipkill can identify a bad chip on the SIM card and bypass that particular chip, keeping the rest of the SIM operational)
Quote: "Put another way, the switchover will result in roughly 5,000 addresses for every square micrometer of the Earth's surface. There are so many IPv6 addresses that humanity will never run out of them--never, ever."
The problem (and the cause of the slump) isn't so much to do with the architecture or technologies available, but more to do with the "pricing" aspect.
Supply Demand
People always need to communicate, and want that communication to happen instantly (in most cases). So the demand for a faster communications structure is always there. Forget the "Killer App" theory - it's already here - we want high quality video conferencing, and the ability to get information ASAP - i.e. download large files, such as video and documents almost instantly.
However, due to infrastructure costs, the net price (excuse the pun) was/is too high to charge the average user. The Telecom boom happened because the Telco's etc. tried to undercut each other, as did their suppliers, and the result was unsustainable. More users jumped on the bandwagon, but the cost of upgrading the infrastructure was too high.
Eventually, the telco's couldn't afford to buy new equipment to satisfy demand, so the suppliers decided to "loan" them equipment until their revenues went higher - however, this didn't happen and everyone suddenly realised that they were in debt up their eyeballs and the bubble burst...
The industry needs to adopt a better cost model. End Users, in general, are probably able to handle $30/month for the leading edge technologies, but that must be $30/month ALL INCLUSIVE - i.e. Broadband Internet, Video Phones and telephone/mobile services, if possible...
ATM QoS aren't duds - QoS isn't a technology, per se, but a methodology - your POTS line has a QoS contract...
You're correct in that Ethernet wasn't designed as a WAN protocol, but the WAN Interface Sublayer (WIS) of 10GbE is pretty darn good. However, I'm an ATM advocate - it's a simple and very effective transport mechanism with lots of good features for relatively low overhead...
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But wouldn't you notice it skipping back a few bars?
such slipups are very rare in a long-running professional production.
When I went to see "Phantom", the phantom entered at the top of the large staircase, stood on his cape, slipped down the entire length of stairs, recovered, stood up and started his singing - whilst the orchestra just repeated the baseline before his "song" - it worked really well.
Also, I'd say that it's one of the skills of an actor to get through the show without the audiences realizing just how many mistakes are made - you'd be surprised!
I kinda know what you were saying here, but it's just plain wrong.
When you listen to a wood instrument from the orchestra, it's amplified and mixed on the sound desk, digitally...
The sound quality will prolly be the same, or better from the computer...
I was just about to bring up the hypothetical situation that the music has to be adaptable to any hiccups that occur on the stage - i.e. an actor forgets a cue so the orchestra plays an extra intro bar.
However, I was working in the theatre when the first automated lighting desks appeared and a skillfull operator could always adapt or delay when changing to the next "scene".
Having said that, lighting is secondary to the performance compared with the music - jumping around the place would be kind of stupid. How do they cope with non-scripted events?
I'm also of the opinion that we pay pretty high ticket prices to see a "live" performance - both for the actors and the musicians - I think I'd feel ripped off knowing that it was a computer orchestra..
5.85 billion? You sure? 300 Million...
No Homers...
True, but then you have to consider that the configuration RAM only has finite reloads before it is rendered unusable - granted, it's in the millions, so for most applications, this isn't an issue, but for the kind of mission we are talking about here (to Mars) with a reload rate of 1 second, you're only going to last a couple of weeks. With an ECC algorithm running constantly in the configuration space you can correct only when necessary.
Or design FPGA's with ECC built in to the configuration RAM.
ASIC's aren't too practical because they can't be re-programmed if anything goes wrong - FPGA's can get a new bitstream from earth...
Yes, Alpha radiation can be blocked very easily, but Alpha particles exist in the packaging and the substrates of the chips.
Hence the (perceived) problems with Soft Errors on 90nm and smaller technologies.
But the reason I doubted it was because there aren't many (any?) 0.13um flash RAMs out there...
Doubt it
I'd hope that the RAM is in a shielded box given the amount of radiation it's getting from the sun and the rest of space.
Could be Soft Errors caused by Alpha particles though - depends on the technology used in the flash - unlikely, but possible...
I wonder why they didn't use any redundancy is stuff like the flash RAMS? Wouldn't that be an obvious thing to do in a mission critical system (especially when you have no way of changing the parts).
Also, don't they use ChipKill? (Chipkill can identify a bad chip on the SIM card and bypass that particular chip, keeping the rest of the SIM operational)
How many kids with ADD does it take to change a lightbulb?
(I don't know)
You wanna go ride bikes?
Good grief man, you insult the English Language...
It's a GAGGLE of Moosen, not a flock....
Quote: "Put another way, the switchover will result in roughly 5,000 addresses for every square micrometer of the Earth's surface. There are so many IPv6 addresses that humanity will never run out of them--never, ever."
I bet they said that when IPv4 was invented.
How many LED's does it take to produce the same output as a 100W lamp?
/.'ers does it take to change an LED?
Is it really a saving?
tis very cool tho...
How many
I don't understand, yet alone agree....
Yep - I'm an idiot! lol 23:35?? hehe
They are more "Edge" protocols, and not suited for "Transport".
The problem (and the cause of the slump) isn't so much to do with the architecture or technologies available, but more to do with the "pricing" aspect.
Supply Demand
People always need to communicate, and want that communication to happen instantly (in most cases). So the demand for a faster communications structure is always there. Forget the "Killer App" theory - it's already here - we want high quality video conferencing, and the ability to get information ASAP - i.e. download large files, such as video and documents almost instantly.
However, due to infrastructure costs, the net price (excuse the pun) was/is too high to charge the average user. The Telecom boom happened because the Telco's etc. tried to undercut each other, as did their suppliers, and the result was unsustainable. More users jumped on the bandwagon, but the cost of upgrading the infrastructure was too high.
Eventually, the telco's couldn't afford to buy new equipment to satisfy demand, so the suppliers decided to "loan" them equipment until their revenues went higher - however, this didn't happen and everyone suddenly realised that they were in debt up their eyeballs and the bubble burst...
The industry needs to adopt a better cost model. End Users, in general, are probably able to handle $30/month for the leading edge technologies, but that must be $30/month ALL INCLUSIVE - i.e. Broadband Internet, Video Phones and telephone/mobile services, if possible...
ATM QoS aren't duds - QoS isn't a technology, per se, but a methodology - your POTS line has a QoS contract...
You're correct in that Ethernet wasn't designed as a WAN protocol, but the WAN Interface Sublayer (WIS) of 10GbE is pretty darn good. However, I'm an ATM advocate - it's a simple and very effective transport mechanism with lots of good features for relatively low overhead...
Can you think of a more efficient transport protocol?
ATM is great for this purpose...
Yep - 04:35 GMT is 20:35 PST and 11:35 EST.
For most ./'s sex is only a result of alcohol...
Or it's a MASSIVE DoS mechanism...
What? A Knighthood is different from becomng a Knight? I beg to differ, sir... Wikipedia has it....
Slowing down, I meant Slowing Down!!! D'oh!