I dont agree. 'Capitalism' only means unregulated (free) market. And if you have a truly free market you'll eventually end up with a mafia state (i.e the strong rules).
Dont get me wrong, I'm all for regulated capitalism, like most western countries has today. I guess my argument is that a truly free (unregulated) market leads to anarchy (which is nothing new).
And lots of slashdoters who hate the monopoly called Microsoft, should realise that monopolies are what often happens when you have a too free market.
Most people dont want a free market, they want a regulated market.
So what? Lots of people on/. seem to think that russia is still communist... Well they aren't!
Russia today is as ultra capitalist as you can get (i.e the rich/powerful are in complete control). Russia today is a weird maffia-hybrid country. Their government is so corrupt they'd make Al Capone proud and the various mafia organizations does whatever they want while the people suffer (as usual). Russia today is worse than italy was at its worst mafia heydays a generation ago.
So maybe they'll make a good spaceship but it wont be because they're communists, it'll be because they have little resources and have to make it as cheap as possible (i.e proven, reliable and of-the-shelf technology)
What makes a cpu xx-bits?
Answer: how big numbers it can deal with in a single instruction. So a 64-bit cpu can handle 64-bit floats natively without splitting the operations into 32-bit chunks.
I have no idea if the Sony emotion engine or whatever it's called can handle 128-bit floats/longlonglongs natively (Quad precision?) but I doubt it since it's utterly unnecesary for the software it uses. If it's able to utilize it's 128-bit registers fully with some kind of 4-unit-SIMD instructions, it still isn't a real 128-bit processor, just a vectorproc.
I had the same problem about a month ago. I had to reinstall XP and was stupid enough to enable my internet connection before turning on XP's software firewall (I didnt have a real firewall... was going to download ZA but to do that I needed the internet:-)
It took no more than 30 seconds before I had Blaster on my comp.
I said "become republics like the rest of the civilized world" which logically means "the countries I count as the civilized world are republics", not "every republic is civilized"
to be clear (using simple logic):
A = civilized country
B = republic
"every civilized country is a republic" (what I said) then becomes: A->B which is not equal to B->A
but thats ok, I forgive you:-) (and I admit I could have been clearer)
Hopefully all the goddamned monarchies left in the world, like the UK and many others, will finaly see the light and get rid of their ridiculous 'royal families' and become republics like the rest of the civilized world.
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Parent is obviously trolling but just in case not:
the only thing that would happen if the US decided to shut down 'their' internet is that the rest of the world would lose access to US sites (when we've reconfigured some routers).
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Hasn't this already happened? Parts of europe too i think. US was like no. 10 on the broadband access list last time I checked... still pretty good on total internet access though.
(I read one of the articles but the other one is/.ed at the moment) I didnt find any hard numbers on performance... did anyone see any? Like isp and T/W-ratio and so on. IIRC the old NERVA-style nuclear rockets only managed to get isps of around 1000, so it didnt really seem worth the risk. Are these babies any better?
We (swedes and other scandinavians) dont really like to admit it:-), but the vikings where pretty much pacified by the spread of christianity through scandinavia. And while their longships and armour/weapons where very good at the height of their power (pre 1000 A.D) they where eventually out-teched by the newer ships and armours coming from continental europe.
Seriously, they are both good aircrafts but my amateur impression from reading lots of articles and generally trying to stay up-to-date on the aerospace industry is that Gripen is newer and more technicaly advanced.
To be fair I should probably have said "Gripen and maybe Rafale"
Well, maybe it looks a bit like an f16 because it's single-engine.
It's supposed to be able to do all 3 traditional airplane roles (Fighter, Attack, Reconnaissance), but the emphasis is on air superiority. It's light, quick and very modern (actualy the most advanced aircraft in service anywhere in the world right now, since the F-22 and EF2000 are not in service yet).
sometimes i regret having chosen CS for my degree... sure it's great fun and you can do lots of cool things with computers but man... standing beside one of those monster bridges or buildings or planes or boats or telescopes and knowing that you built it must be awesome:-)
That statement proves that you have absolutely no understatning of OOP
And your statement proves that you have absolutely no understanding of programming at all.
He clearly says that OOP is sometimes the best solution, but not all the time. Choosing the right tool for the job is one of the many things that separates a good programmer from a sloppy hacker. And how do you think the.asm generated by your OOP program compiler works? Think it's OOP? It's a helluva lot of mallocs and functionpointers.
And the sad thing was that it was canceled after it had already devoured lots of money (a billion or so IIRC) and the tunnel where it was supposed to be built had already been dug... probably used for dumping waste today.
however the President of the EU changes every 6 months and has very little power (at present, this might change). He's just a figurehead. The real power is held by the Comission and the minister council (which consists of the leaders of every member state (Blair, Scroeder, etc..))
Well, yea, that was the stated purpose. I suppose you would go against the flow of the Slashbots and join me in wishing Bechtel and Haliburton had Moon mining contracts by 1975?
Exactly. NASA went to the moon just to show they could, and then nothing. They didn't improve the technology to go there, they didn't do anything except some digging (which gave good info on the moon, but nothing really space-technology related).
If some serious lunar mining had been done over a longer period, NASA would be light-years ahead of the rest of the world today since they'd have had lots of opportunity to improve lunar access, but they didn't so they aren't (they spend more money on space research then anyone else but it doesn't get them anywhere).
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I dont agree. 'Capitalism' only means unregulated (free) market. And if you have a truly free market you'll eventually end up with a mafia state (i.e the strong rules).
Dont get me wrong, I'm all for regulated capitalism, like most western countries has today. I guess my argument is that a truly free (unregulated) market leads to anarchy (which is nothing new).
And lots of slashdoters who hate the monopoly called Microsoft, should realise that monopolies are what often happens when you have a too free market.
Most people dont want a free market, they want a regulated market.
ooh.. nice one!
Does 'russian friends' count?
Of course I cant prove this to you but I really dont care.
Because Putin didn't want them?
So what? Lots of people on /. seem to think that russia is still communist... Well they aren't!
Russia today is as ultra capitalist as you can get (i.e the rich/powerful are in complete control). Russia today is a weird maffia-hybrid country. Their government is so corrupt they'd make Al Capone proud and the various mafia organizations does whatever they want while the people suffer (as usual). Russia today is worse than italy was at its worst mafia heydays a generation ago.
So maybe they'll make a good spaceship but it wont be because they're communists, it'll be because they have little resources and have to make it as cheap as possible (i.e proven, reliable and of-the-shelf technology)
Really?
What makes a cpu xx-bits?
Answer: how big numbers it can deal with in a single instruction. So a 64-bit cpu can handle 64-bit floats natively without splitting the operations into 32-bit chunks.
I have no idea if the Sony emotion engine or whatever it's called can handle 128-bit floats/longlonglongs natively (Quad precision?) but I doubt it since it's utterly unnecesary for the software it uses. If it's able to utilize it's 128-bit registers fully with some kind of 4-unit-SIMD instructions, it still isn't a real 128-bit processor, just a vectorproc.
I had the same problem about a month ago. I had to reinstall XP and was stupid enough to enable my internet connection before turning on XP's software firewall (I didnt have a real firewall... was going to download ZA but to do that I needed the internet :-)
It took no more than 30 seconds before I had Blaster on my comp.
geez... what planet do you live on?
I have *never* in my life seen a corporation do *anything* motivated by ethics or responsibility.
Small companies with just a few employes yes, but a large corp... no.
ooh... ufo - enemy unknown reference!
now that was a wonderful game.
You *hate* the way i made it? Calm down.
:-) (and I admit I could have been clearer)
I said "become republics like the rest of the civilized world" which logically means "the countries I count as the civilized world are republics", not "every republic is civilized"
to be clear (using simple logic):
A = civilized country
B = republic
"every civilized country is a republic" (what I said) then becomes:
A->B which is not equal to B->A
but thats ok, I forgive you
Yup.
Hopefully all the goddamned monarchies left in the world, like the UK and many others, will finaly see the light and get rid of their ridiculous 'royal families' and become republics like the rest of the civilized world.
Parent is obviously trolling but just in case not:
the only thing that would happen if the US decided to shut down 'their' internet is that the rest of the world would lose access to US sites (when we've reconfigured some routers).
Hasn't this already happened? Parts of europe too i think. US was like no. 10 on the broadband access list last time I checked... still pretty good on total internet access though.
N*I*C*E :-)
I want one!
(I read one of the articles but the other one is /.ed at the moment) I didnt find any hard numbers on performance... did anyone see any? Like isp and T/W-ratio and so on. IIRC the old NERVA-style nuclear rockets only managed to get isps of around 1000, so it didnt really seem worth the risk. Are these babies any better?
We (swedes and other scandinavians) dont really like to admit it :-), but the vikings where pretty much pacified by the spread of christianity through scandinavia. And while their longships and armour/weapons where very good at the height of their power (pre 1000 A.D) they where eventually out-teched by the newer ships and armours coming from continental europe.
well... if you ask the French :-)
Seriously, they are both good aircrafts but my amateur impression from reading lots of articles and generally trying to stay up-to-date on the aerospace industry is that Gripen is newer and more technicaly advanced.
To be fair I should probably have said "Gripen and maybe Rafale"
Well, maybe it looks a bit like an f16 because it's single-engine.
It's supposed to be able to do all 3 traditional airplane roles (Fighter, Attack, Reconnaissance), but the emphasis is on air superiority.
It's light, quick and very modern (actualy the most advanced aircraft in service anywhere in the world right now, since the F-22 and EF2000 are not in service yet).
that 100-meter monster sure looks brutal.
:-)
sometimes i regret having chosen CS for my degree... sure it's great fun and you can do lots of cool things with computers but man... standing beside one of those monster bridges or buildings or planes or boats or telescopes and knowing that you built it must be awesome
That statement proves that you have absolutely no understatning of OOP
.asm generated by your OOP program compiler works? Think it's OOP? It's a helluva lot of mallocs and functionpointers.
And your statement proves that you have absolutely no understanding of programming at all.
He clearly says that OOP is sometimes the best solution, but not all the time. Choosing the right tool for the job is one of the many things that separates a good programmer from a sloppy hacker. And how do you think the
the UK? Well, I have full respect for the UK but the new plane they're talking about would be developed by EADS which is mostly french and german.
or maybe someone reads to much slashdot.
I, for one, welcome our new supercomputer overlords.
And the sad thing was that it was canceled after it had already devoured lots of money (a billion or so IIRC) and the tunnel where it was supposed to be built had already been dug... probably used for dumping waste today.
Correct,
however the President of the EU changes every 6 months and has very little power (at present, this might change). He's just a figurehead. The real power is held by the Comission and the minister council (which consists of the leaders of every member state (Blair, Scroeder, etc..))
Well, yea, that was the stated purpose. I suppose you would go against the flow of the Slashbots and join me in wishing Bechtel and Haliburton had Moon mining contracts by 1975?
Exactly. NASA went to the moon just to show they could, and then nothing. They didn't improve the technology to go there, they didn't do anything except some digging (which gave good info on the moon, but nothing really space-technology related).
If some serious lunar mining had been done over a longer period, NASA would be light-years ahead of the rest of the world today since they'd have had lots of opportunity to improve lunar access, but they didn't so they aren't (they spend more money on space research then anyone else but it doesn't get them anywhere).