Can't tell for sure if you're joking, but the average commercial programmer only generates something like 10 SLOCS per day (can't remember the exact number). Hopefully companies are paying their developers more than $40 per day:).
I initially read the headline as "First Look at Mexico's New Space Terminal" and I immediately thought of the South Park episode where they send the whale to the moon. God, what a great episode./Si, fly.
I had Dr. Jacobson as a professor for multiple courses (including "how to hack computers") and as a Senior Design advisor. He's a really nice guy and a good teacher as well. His stance on P2P surprises me a little bit. I would have figured he'd be on the side of less strict regulations on this stuff.
I don't think this will happen. Running a large foundation like this can be a very lucrative business. Whoever is running it after the Gateses die has a very large monetary incentive to never let the money run dry. Why give away all the money when you know it will force you to find another job?
I know what you mean. I bought my wife a Dell laptop for Christmas. I fire it up, get virus check installed, etc. I finally connect it to the Internet and -boom-, everytime I click on something it takes literally over a minute to register on the screen. I finally had to wipe the hard drive clean and reinstall because I had no way of uninstalling Dell's crap. Now the clean system works beautifully. Forget 1 hour of configuration, I probably wasted 10 hours trying to get a clean, stable system running.
Does anyone have any more information on RedHawk Linux? I went to their website and it appears they modified the stock Linux kernel to make it hard realtime. I'm a little skeptical after following kernel developments over the years. Even with the preemptible kernel patch, Linux is still nowhere close to being able to claim hard realtime response. Any ideas on how RedHawk is able to make these claims?
I find this story very interesting, because back when I was in college I interned at Intel. Very first day we went through antitrust training because Intel had been burned a couple of times on antitrust issues. One of the big points they made was don't ever claim that some technology is an "AMD-killer" or that we're going to "kill" a certain company. Statements like that can be used in antitrust proceedings as proof that you were actively trying to force a competitor out of the marketplace. Not sure if it applies here, but there are definitely some similarities.
I think what frustrated me most about the first two movies is that there were parts that were really, really good and I enjoyed them a lot. The problem is the bad parts were so painful to watch that they just overwhelmed the rest of the movie. Here's hoping that Lucas got rid of those bad parts for this movie.
I think the big realization here is that OSS and Open Standards have already won the "battle" with Microsoft. Linux doesn't have to a majority share in any market and Microsoft doesn't have to go bankrupt for this to be true. OSS has forced Microsoft to change its business practices because of the competition, and it makes life better for consumers and developers in the process. And at the end of the day, that's all that really matters.
I'm surprised I haven't seen anyone mention Goldeneye yet. Not very revolutionary (1st person shooters were pretty common fare when it came out), but damn was it fun. It has my vote for best movie to game translation.
An apple a day..... makes you fat?
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Props to all those who have tried Atkins and lost weight. However, I can't understand how a diet that tells you not to eat pears, apples, etc. can be healthy for you. It will be interesting to see 10 years down the road what the long term effects of Atkins are.
Why does every/. story need to have some little cynical tagline at the end of the intro. Why can't people just post the story, let other's read it, and formulate their own opinions? Arrgh, it's been starting to drive me nuts./. is starting to sound more and more like a bad TV news program every day. "Everything is quiet and safe in our little suburb. OR IS IT?!"
Yeah, let me tell you about hacking the speak-n-spell. This one time, after I lured an alien into my house with Reeses Pieces, he showed me how to turn one of those things into an intergalactic communicator! But not until after we got drunk on a few beers and made out with a Baywatch star.
This reminds me of when Elizabeth Dole was thinking of running for president in the 2000 election. She spoke at my college, and kept going on about how great America was in the 50's and how we need to return to its ideals. I wanted to stand up and say "Hey moron! Do you think you'd be able to even conceive of running for president if we had the same ideals as in the 50's?" Ah yes, the 50's were great. Oppressed women, oppressed minorities, McCarthyism, etc. etc.
I know what you mean. When I first started playing Myst, it was really unnverving. After playing Wolfenstein 3D for a long time, I was always expecting something to jump out and try to kill me. It took quite a while to get used to the calm nature of the game.
I guess I don't understand why you thought I was trolling. Anyway, what you said was my point exactly. Apple probably has one of the more valuable brand names in corporate America because of it's association with high-quality computers (whether you agree with that statement or not) and its rabidly loyal user base. If they decided to license out their name to be slapped on various pieces of electronics (kind of like how you can buy Microsoft mice and keyboards), they could probably make a ton of money. Of course, then you always run this risk of putting your name on a total POS and sullying your name.
My best friend from college interned for a summer with Microsoft. I went out to visit him, and I have to admit that it would be hard to turn down an offer. They set you up with an apartment, pay you well, give you lots of nice perks, etc. Not to mention that (no matter what your feelings about Microsoft) the campus and the buildings are absolutely gourgeous, both inside and out. Nobody in a cube, everyone gets an office (that you usually share, but still). Probably the most interesting part was walking through a parking ramp. I don't think I've ever seen so many Jaguars, BMWs, and Mercedes in one spot in my life. It looked like a luxury car dealership.
But alas, they expect the interns to work like dogs to earn all of these perks. My friend didn't end up going back full time because he decided life is too short to donate it to a large corporation.
The irony of this is way back in the day when Apple was just getting started, they were sued by Apple Records (I believe they're British) for basically the exact same thing. Apple Records was concerned that some of the computers Apple Computers was producing had the ability to record sound and that consumers would be confused as to which compnay was which. That's where the old Mac "sosumi" sound came from. Jobs was basically telling Apple Records where to stick it.
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It would be interesting to see some real-world speed results comparing an asynchronous and synchronous circuit with identical functionality, fab process, transistor size, transistor switching speed, etc.
If I was a corporation (or a government lab) I would be clamoring to hire this kid. He's smart, he's motivated, he has more ingenuity than 20 average people combined, and he obviously has great science skills. Put him in a lab with whatever supplies he needs, and just sit back and let him invents stuff.
However, I'm also willing to bet that statistics show people from lower-class neighborhoods much shorter distances, meaning less traffic in lower-class neighborhoods. Who commutes the farthest? People who can afford to live in the outer-ring upscale suburbs of a city.
In addition, the International Business Machines equipment won't use Advanced Micro Designs processors, but will be compatible with Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. No comment was made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration or Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing.
Here's a question. How do you go about doing fine grained measurements of these latencies? Every time I've tried doing timings with Linux I've had problems being able to get accurate, fine grained results.
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Can't tell for sure if you're joking, but the average commercial programmer only generates something like 10 SLOCS per day (can't remember the exact number). Hopefully companies are paying their developers more than $40 per day :).
I initially read the headline as "First Look at Mexico's New Space Terminal" and I immediately thought of the South Park episode where they send the whale to the moon. God, what a great episode. /Si, fly.
I had Dr. Jacobson as a professor for multiple courses (including "how to hack computers") and as a Senior Design advisor. He's a really nice guy and a good teacher as well. His stance on P2P surprises me a little bit. I would have figured he'd be on the side of less strict regulations on this stuff.
I don't think this will happen. Running a large foundation like this can be a very lucrative business. Whoever is running it after the Gateses die has a very large monetary incentive to never let the money run dry. Why give away all the money when you know it will force you to find another job?
I know what you mean. I bought my wife a Dell laptop for Christmas. I fire it up, get virus check installed, etc. I finally connect it to the Internet and -boom-, everytime I click on something it takes literally over a minute to register on the screen. I finally had to wipe the hard drive clean and reinstall because I had no way of uninstalling Dell's crap. Now the clean system works beautifully. Forget 1 hour of configuration, I probably wasted 10 hours trying to get a clean, stable system running.
Does anyone have any more information on RedHawk Linux? I went to their website and it appears they modified the stock Linux kernel to make it hard realtime. I'm a little skeptical after following kernel developments over the years. Even with the preemptible kernel patch, Linux is still nowhere close to being able to claim hard realtime response. Any ideas on how RedHawk is able to make these claims?
I find this story very interesting, because back when I was in college I interned at Intel. Very first day we went through antitrust training because Intel had been burned a couple of times on antitrust issues. One of the big points they made was don't ever claim that some technology is an "AMD-killer" or that we're going to "kill" a certain company. Statements like that can be used in antitrust proceedings as proof that you were actively trying to force a competitor out of the marketplace. Not sure if it applies here, but there are definitely some similarities.
I think what frustrated me most about the first two movies is that there were parts that were really, really good and I enjoyed them a lot. The problem is the bad parts were so painful to watch that they just overwhelmed the rest of the movie. Here's hoping that Lucas got rid of those bad parts for this movie.
I think the big realization here is that OSS and Open Standards have already won the "battle" with Microsoft. Linux doesn't have to a majority share in any market and Microsoft doesn't have to go bankrupt for this to be true. OSS has forced Microsoft to change its business practices because of the competition, and it makes life better for consumers and developers in the process. And at the end of the day, that's all that really matters.
I'm surprised I haven't seen anyone mention Goldeneye yet. Not very revolutionary (1st person shooters were pretty common fare when it came out), but damn was it fun. It has my vote for best movie to game translation.
Props to all those who have tried Atkins and lost weight. However, I can't understand how a diet that tells you not to eat pears, apples, etc. can be healthy for you. It will be interesting to see 10 years down the road what the long term effects of Atkins are.
Why does every /. story need to have some little cynical tagline at the end of the intro. Why can't people just post the story, let other's read it, and formulate their own opinions? Arrgh, it's been starting to drive me nuts. /. is starting to sound more and more like a bad TV news program every day. "Everything is quiet and safe in our little suburb. OR IS IT?!"
Yeah, let me tell you about hacking the speak-n-spell. This one time, after I lured an alien into my house with Reeses Pieces, he showed me how to turn one of those things into an intergalactic communicator! But not until after we got drunk on a few beers and made out with a Baywatch star.
This reminds me of when Elizabeth Dole was thinking of running for president in the 2000 election. She spoke at my college, and kept going on about how great America was in the 50's and how we need to return to its ideals. I wanted to stand up and say "Hey moron! Do you think you'd be able to even conceive of running for president if we had the same ideals as in the 50's?" Ah yes, the 50's were great. Oppressed women, oppressed minorities, McCarthyism, etc. etc.
Nostalgia can be way overrated sometimes.
I know what you mean. When I first started playing Myst, it was really unnverving. After playing Wolfenstein 3D for a long time, I was always expecting something to jump out and try to kill me. It took quite a while to get used to the calm nature of the game.
I guess I don't understand why you thought I was trolling. Anyway, what you said was my point exactly. Apple probably has one of the more valuable brand names in corporate America because of it's association with high-quality computers (whether you agree with that statement or not) and its rabidly loyal user base. If they decided to license out their name to be slapped on various pieces of electronics (kind of like how you can buy Microsoft mice and keyboards), they could probably make a ton of money. Of course, then you always run this risk of putting your name on a total POS and sullying your name.
Not to mention their brand name is worth god knows how much. The rainbow apple with the bite out of it is probably worth a billion by itself.
My best friend from college interned for a summer with Microsoft. I went out to visit him, and I have to admit that it would be hard to turn down an offer. They set you up with an apartment, pay you well, give you lots of nice perks, etc. Not to mention that (no matter what your feelings about Microsoft) the campus and the buildings are absolutely gourgeous, both inside and out. Nobody in a cube, everyone gets an office (that you usually share, but still). Probably the most interesting part was walking through a parking ramp. I don't think I've ever seen so many Jaguars, BMWs, and Mercedes in one spot in my life. It looked like a luxury car dealership.
But alas, they expect the interns to work like dogs to earn all of these perks. My friend didn't end up going back full time because he decided life is too short to donate it to a large corporation.
The irony of this is way back in the day when Apple was just getting started, they were sued by Apple Records (I believe they're British) for basically the exact same thing. Apple Records was concerned that some of the computers Apple Computers was producing had the ability to record sound and that consumers would be confused as to which compnay was which. That's where the old Mac "sosumi" sound came from. Jobs was basically telling Apple Records where to stick it.
It would be interesting to see some real-world speed results comparing an asynchronous and synchronous circuit with identical functionality, fab process, transistor size, transistor switching speed, etc.
If I was a corporation (or a government lab) I would be clamoring to hire this kid. He's smart, he's motivated, he has more ingenuity than 20 average people combined, and he obviously has great science skills. Put him in a lab with whatever supplies he needs, and just sit back and let him invents stuff.
However, I'm also willing to bet that statistics show people from lower-class neighborhoods much shorter distances, meaning less traffic in lower-class neighborhoods. Who commutes the farthest? People who can afford to live in the outer-ring upscale suburbs of a city.
In addition, the International Business Machines equipment won't use Advanced Micro Designs processors, but will be compatible with Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. No comment was made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration or Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing.
Here's a question. How do you go about doing fine grained measurements of these latencies? Every time I've tried doing timings with Linux I've had problems being able to get accurate, fine grained results.
I believe that's the first time I've ever seen the word "fetishistically" used. I will definitely have to work that into my everyday speech.