If you actually did your math you would realize AMD's Bulldozer 16-core has the same peak theoretical FP performance as a 16-core Sandy Bridge would if it existed. A Sandy Bridge 256-bit AVX instruction typically has 2 cycles latency while Bulldozer's 2x128-bit AVX has 1 cycle latency for the same math operation. At the same time Bulldozer should have twice the integer performance. My guess is there is some bottleneck, hardware bug, or lack of OS/compiler optimizations to enable it to perform adequately.
AFAIK Greenpeace had nothing to do with it, but "Green" movement activists hit the Superphénix experimental molten liquid sodium nuclear reactor with an RPG-7 rocket in 1982. So I would be little surprised if EDF spends some time screening these sorts of organizations for people with the correct profile to conduct attacks on their physical infrastructure.
Airbus also makes commercial airplanes. In the low end civilian jet segment companies like Embraer dominate sales.
In the military airplane segment it is basically a worldwide contest between the US and Russia. Perhaps in a decade China will also compete for these sales on a global, rather than regional, level.
I find myself listening a lot to Japanese music lately after being influenced by anime shows. Japanese culture also permeates a lot through the ASEAN countries more than one could think at first. Regarding movies the main issues are capital and funding. Other countries with a lot of capital will invest in movies eventually. Much of the "US" music and movie industry was bought by Japanese concerns in the 80s (Sony Pictures Entertainment) or European concerns (Vivendi, Bertelsmann) in the 90s. If the US government does force China into valuating the Yuan I have little doubt they would go on a US corporation shopping spree like the Japanese and the Europeans did before.
They have already launched a private satellite with Falcon 1. It is only a matter of time until Falcon 9 does the same. The Falcon 9 rocket has already flown two "perfect" flights. One with a dummy payload and another with a reentry vehicle which reentered and splashed down successfully.
It's the nature of the free market to constantly reinvent itself. Once technology or other factors reach some modicum of stability monopolies start to emerge naturally. Of course this is not in the best interest of the individual.
The US government had to break the strangleneck the Wright Brothers had on the industry with their patents during WWI. Curtiss aircraft was one of the manufacturers constantly being sued. The US government had to force the manufacturers into a patent pool in WWI otherwise there would be no competition, nor any proper products. In Europe, where there were no such concerns, aviation technology advanced very quickly during WWI.
The Russians have systems capable of intercepting an ICBM has well. They are expensive to they are mostly centered around Moscow. They also have mobile systems like the S-400 and the S-300 PMU which has been exported to several countries (including China). China has also developed some native interceptors.
Right. They invade France with Leopard 2's while France nukes them with a couple of SLBMs from their submarines off in the Atlantic. Nope. I don't think so.
I guess you never heard of the dam busting bombs of WWII. One of the stages of total war is to destroy the power grid. Heck, I remember them doing it in Yugoslavia a decade ago or so. It was just a couple of thermal power plants. I suppose doing it to a dam is a bit more devastating, so they would consider the decision some more.
Ever saw the Grapes of Wrath? The US had its own share of food shortages around the Great Depression as well. Many people left the country to get rich in the city, combined with several bad harvests, major food shortages happened.
Toto might have been "execrable" but the music in the movie was sheer awesome. All of it.
The problem with Dune is that it feels poorly edited. It is like someone made a series of episodes and glued them together. The story does not flow normally and there are random acts of WTF every now and then. Take Emperor Shaddam IV's speech with the Guild Navigator about Ix and Richese. It matters nothing to the plot and you don't understand squat about it because there was like no intro to that bit. You could cut that and the movie wouldn't suffer one iota. There are some really harsh transitions between scenes. It is almost like an old Marvel comic book.
Its portable and has good API facilities for building internet apps. It also has fairly decent threading support. Plus it is buzzword compliant. What else do you need?
How about LINQ, a standard UI API which is good enough to use on real applications, unsigned types, easier to use HTML/XML parsing, easier interfacing with C/C++, less leaky and buggy API, etc?
Sounds like a great way to impoverish the soil even further. The trash burning I can sort of understand because a lot of these things do not degrade as easily and they take up a lot of volume. Plus a concrete and asphalt city could care less about soil conditions.
Why not? He is getting paid for doing this service but is asking someone else to do his job for him for FREE. What he is asking for would otherwise require a consultation fee. This is like someone coming by comp.lang.c++ and asking for someone to make their homework.
Singapore is limited in land area. I bet office space is incredibly expensive. Another issue for a company like Google which prides itself in low latency while servicing user requests, is that you cannot funnel all the network traffic to Singapore. People with servers closer to the client will always win.
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If you actually did your math you would realize AMD's Bulldozer 16-core has the same peak theoretical FP performance as a 16-core Sandy Bridge would if it existed. A Sandy Bridge 256-bit AVX instruction typically has 2 cycles latency while Bulldozer's 2x128-bit AVX has 1 cycle latency for the same math operation. At the same time Bulldozer should have twice the integer performance. My guess is there is some bottleneck, hardware bug, or lack of OS/compiler optimizations to enable it to perform adequately.
AFAIK Greenpeace had nothing to do with it, but "Green" movement activists hit the Superphénix experimental molten liquid sodium nuclear reactor with an RPG-7 rocket in 1982. So I would be little surprised if EDF spends some time screening these sorts of organizations for people with the correct profile to conduct attacks on their physical infrastructure.
UMDH+N2O4? The US uses MMH+NTO which is hardly better... Thinks Space Shuttle RCS or the Apollo Landing Module engine.
You are more or less correct. But the Redstone military arsenal made the Mercury rocket AFAIK but still some work was subcontracted out.
Everything is in the "US Imperial" measurement system i.e. inches and stuff. Blech.
In the military airplane segment it is basically a worldwide contest between the US and Russia. Perhaps in a decade China will also compete for these sales on a global, rather than regional, level.
I find myself listening a lot to Japanese music lately after being influenced by anime shows. Japanese culture also permeates a lot through the ASEAN countries more than one could think at first. Regarding movies the main issues are capital and funding. Other countries with a lot of capital will invest in movies eventually. Much of the "US" music and movie industry was bought by Japanese concerns in the 80s (Sony Pictures Entertainment) or European concerns (Vivendi, Bertelsmann) in the 90s. If the US government does force China into valuating the Yuan I have little doubt they would go on a US corporation shopping spree like the Japanese and the Europeans did before.
They have already launched a private satellite with Falcon 1. It is only a matter of time until Falcon 9 does the same. The Falcon 9 rocket has already flown two "perfect" flights. One with a dummy payload and another with a reentry vehicle which reentered and splashed down successfully.
It's the nature of the free market to constantly reinvent itself. Once technology or other factors reach some modicum of stability monopolies start to emerge naturally. Of course this is not in the best interest of the individual.
The US government had to break the strangleneck the Wright Brothers had on the industry with their patents during WWI. Curtiss aircraft was one of the manufacturers constantly being sued. The US government had to force the manufacturers into a patent pool in WWI otherwise there would be no competition, nor any proper products. In Europe, where there were no such concerns, aviation technology advanced very quickly during WWI.
The Russians have systems capable of intercepting an ICBM has well. They are expensive to they are mostly centered around Moscow. They also have mobile systems like the S-400 and the S-300 PMU which has been exported to several countries (including China). China has also developed some native interceptors.
Right. They invade France with Leopard 2's while France nukes them with a couple of SLBMs from their submarines off in the Atlantic. Nope. I don't think so.
The mind boggles.
The US is next to Canada so they have cheap wood. It's not like in Europe where people use bricks and/or concrete for most housing.
I guess you never heard of the dam busting bombs of WWII. One of the stages of total war is to destroy the power grid. Heck, I remember them doing it in Yugoslavia a decade ago or so. It was just a couple of thermal power plants. I suppose doing it to a dam is a bit more devastating, so they would consider the decision some more.
Ever saw the Grapes of Wrath? The US had its own share of food shortages around the Great Depression as well. Many people left the country to get rich in the city, combined with several bad harvests, major food shortages happened.
Toto might have been "execrable" but the music in the movie was sheer awesome. All of it. The problem with Dune is that it feels poorly edited. It is like someone made a series of episodes and glued them together. The story does not flow normally and there are random acts of WTF every now and then. Take Emperor Shaddam IV's speech with the Guild Navigator about Ix and Richese. It matters nothing to the plot and you don't understand squat about it because there was like no intro to that bit. You could cut that and the movie wouldn't suffer one iota. There are some really harsh transitions between scenes. It is almost like an old Marvel comic book.
Since Oracle bought Sun Microsystems. Didn't you get the memo?
Its portable and has good API facilities for building internet apps. It also has fairly decent threading support. Plus it is buzzword compliant. What else do you need?
How about LINQ, a standard UI API which is good enough to use on real applications, unsigned types, easier to use HTML/XML parsing, easier interfacing with C/C++, less leaky and buggy API, etc?
Sounds like a great way to impoverish the soil even further. The trash burning I can sort of understand because a lot of these things do not degrade as easily and they take up a lot of volume. Plus a concrete and asphalt city could care less about soil conditions.
Ireland is more than Dublin.
Why not? He is getting paid for doing this service but is asking someone else to do his job for him for FREE. What he is asking for would otherwise require a consultation fee. This is like someone coming by comp.lang.c++ and asking for someone to make their homework.
Singapore is limited in land area. I bet office space is incredibly expensive. Another issue for a company like Google which prides itself in low latency while servicing user requests, is that you cannot funnel all the network traffic to Singapore. People with servers closer to the client will always win.
Intel actually manufactures things in Ireland. MS AFAIK basically has bunch of lawyers and accountants in Ireland.