I realize there are some significant differences between the P4 and Xeon test setups, but I still think if you take the ratio of L3 Xeon performance to the non-L3 and use it to calculate the performance of an L3 P4 based on the current non-L3 ones... you can have a very good idea of how well the L3 P4 will perform.
You are missing the point, by "start up instantly" we mean boot instantly. Of course applications will be subject to HD lag if MRAM is not used for mass storage.
No, you don't get it. Its the 1st generation having sex with the 2nd generation to produce the 3rd generation. Then the 2nd with the 3rd to produce the 4th, etc...
I don't know about patents, of more interest to me is the copyright.
Books and literature can feasibly be reproduced by anyone, but only the author/publisher has the legal right to do so.
Perhaps there should be a law that prohibits binary-only distribution of software?
If the source code all distributed software in the world was freely availeable then copyrights could still be enforced much like with books and literature.
OSS is interesting, but I don't think its the answer to everything. If people also distributed all proprietary software in source format (which could be modified for personal use if you had an ordinary license), I think that would be a Good Thing(tm).
Is there a possible way to advocate this change, or is the idea doomed to failure?
Who is going to bother doing that? That is right, no one. If the RIAA is able to MD5 a file, they are also able to listen to the file and tell what size it is. MD5 is just a way they can compare a large amount of files with perl scripts and get some idea of how many are pirated, instead of listening to them all one by one.
When you are asking $15000 or so per.mp3, you can afford to miss 60-70% of them and still have a workable case.
Under the story about the Linux GUI being standardized,/.ers were complaining about Win 3.1 --> Win 95 being too much of a change, and now you are complaining about Win 3.1 being a pile of crap?
Back to topic, I need a.NET component programming book about as much as I need a Satanic ritual manual.
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1) We'd have much more warning than 10 minutes' time.
2) Some people would appreciate the chance to say their prayers, or whatever.
3) Go watch Armageddon. Its not a perfect movie, but the notion is plausible.
Its just a joke, sheesh.
Well you could ask for everything at once. All you'd have to do is generate a text file 9238472093847 lines long saying:
...
...
Is bit 0 a 1?
Is bit 1 a 1?
Is bit 2 a 1?
Is bit 3 a 1?
Then gzip it and send it via some standard TCPIP protocol.
The server would then just generate a similar file saying:
Yes, bit 0 is a 1
Yes, bit 1 is a 1
No, bit 2 is not a 1
Yes, bit 3 is a 1
Any reason this is in the Apache section?
Yes, timothy's mouse wheel slipped
Canada's in Star Wars?
Yes, only they call it "Hoth"
> I know it got some coverage on a slow news day, but seriously, was anyone actually worried about this?
No one was worried, the astronomers were just sick of the myriads of reporters calling to ask for The Story.
I realize there are some significant differences between the P4 and Xeon test setups, but I still think if you take the ratio of L3 Xeon performance to the non-L3 and use it to calculate the performance of an L3 P4 based on the current non-L3 ones... you can have a very good idea of how well the L3 P4 will perform.
If it performs anything like this, then I'd say its useless and hardly worth the premium price its sure to cost.
With September 22nd drawing nigher, what the hell is Intel thinking?
I don't know if I am comfortable with the word "guessed" being used in that context.
You are missing the point, by "start up instantly" we mean boot instantly. Of course applications will be subject to HD lag if MRAM is not used for mass storage.
> I'd rather see it used as mass storage. Not like anyone says it can't be both.
Isn't it just going to be something analogous to Flash but operating full duplex at SDRAM speeds?
I doubt it will be cheap enough for mass storage anytime soon.
> why require this?
It is the legal version of good faith.
Pico is dead, GNU Nano would be the WTG
> Just think. Los Angeles to New York in 3 hours.
What!? I've been getting about 120ms average.
wow, I didn't know the phone company listed numbers like that...
That big blue marble is my home you insensitive clod!
No, you don't get it. Its the 1st generation having sex with the 2nd generation to produce the 3rd generation. Then the 2nd with the 3rd to produce the 4th, etc...
> but if a program is compiled, it's no longer writing. It becomes a tool, and patents are there specifically for that
If it is a tool, why do I need licenses?
I don't know about patents, of more interest to me is the copyright.
Books and literature can feasibly be reproduced by anyone, but only the author/publisher has the legal right to do so.
Perhaps there should be a law that prohibits binary-only distribution of software?
If the source code all distributed software in the world was freely availeable then copyrights could still be enforced much like with books and literature.
OSS is interesting, but I don't think its the answer to everything. If people also distributed all proprietary software in source format (which could be modified for personal use if you had an ordinary license), I think that would be a Good Thing(tm).
Is there a possible way to advocate this change, or is the idea doomed to failure?
Who is going to bother doing that? That is right, no one. If the RIAA is able to MD5 a file, they are also able to listen to the file and tell what size it is. MD5 is just a way they can compare a large amount of files with perl scripts and get some idea of how many are pirated, instead of listening to them all one by one.
.mp3, you can afford to miss 60-70% of them and still have a workable case.
When you are asking $15000 or so per
As proficient as I am in .NET programming, yes. Which is to say, not at all. And I hope it remains that way.
.NET is a step up from VB, if that is any consolation.
But at least
Win 3.1 was OK for its time.
/.ers were complaining about Win 3.1 --> Win 95 being too much of a change, and now you are complaining about Win 3.1 being a pile of crap?
.NET component programming book about as much as I need a Satanic ritual manual.
Under the story about the Linux GUI being standardized,
Back to topic, I need a
Wooohoo! Assembly-line music. Why didn't anyone think of this before?
> send the development to India
"Fight!"
Madhusudan Vishnu vs. Muhammad Amin, round two.
I am not suggesting anything about whether it is criminal or not.
Putting on shades is not a good analogy to MP3 files being off by a few bits.