Several errors in your post I would like to point out: I wonder how many of the top 10 supercomputers are in the USA, and how the Virginia Tech G4 cluster ranks.
It's a G5 cluster first of all, and it ranks third(IIRC the biology department wants to use it) Also, a side note. How much extra computing "power" is gained by adding an extra machine to a cluster? For example, I have about 7 or 8 pentiums (most are 166's, there is a 133 and a 200) sitting on the floor collecting dust. If I hooked them all up together, what would the usefulness be? Could I compile programs quicker? Would a cluster make a good web server, jps server? I know my PIII500 can drag with tomcat at times when crunching jsp.
That all depends on what you want to do, and what your communication speed is. If it takes more time to send the data off somewhere, have it computed by your slowest machine, then to have it sent back than it would just to compute it with your fastest machine, you lost time. For applications, you *could* compile faster(Apple has distributed builds with Rendezvous and XCode, they aren't the only ones who are doing it, but something to check out if you are interested). Also, certain applications distribute and scale well, other ones don't. That is probably why there will always be room for Cray and co. Look at what Japan did in the 1980's with manufacturing.
Read up a little on the subject here Japan's manufacturing revolution began well before the 80's..
What is even more interesting is that the interest on the debt is about 4.5 times what we spend on education, and about 18 times what we spend on NASA. Maybe we should reduce that number first, gives more money for everything else.
My offtopic 2 cents.
After posting this, I see that it may come of as slightly robopedophilliac, so let me rephrase it:
Damn you, you just shattered all my dreams of a robot family!
Or, take a look at everyone's laptop as it comes in. They can leave the card with you (like a coat check), or, if it has integrated wireless of some sort, let them use a spare desktop or laptop you've brought for the purpose.
That would be a lot of overhead. Are you going to check the specs of every system to ensure that it doesn't have a centrino processor(If someone were to cheat they would have no qualms about switching/removing stickers). I don't know how many powerbook/iBooks they get, but are you preparted to lift up the keyboard to look for an airport card on each one? Plus they could always sneak in wireless cards.
It's much more practical to find a way to disable the networks instead of the cards.
Certain places can't just go and blindly patch. If you are running anything critical, you have to throroughly test the patch befor you apply it. If the patch brings down your application/business, then it might not be much worse than a virus. I don't know about Linux, but Microsoft has released some bad patches in the past(that would slow certain functions down to a crawl).
For someone sitting at their pc, the risk of a patch is low, but some people cannot afford to risk their systems on haphazard patching.
in Japan. A lot of people there only have email/data access through their cell phones(the un-geek way to go I'm sure) Most of them have no money/desire to get a personal computer/internet connection, and if they need to go on the web they do it through internet cafes.
Interesting really. But then again, the cellphone technology in Japan is much more advanced(in general) than that in the US.
you've learnt how to do something through searching for answers on the net you almost certainly have huge gaps in your knowlege. The net is good for filling gaps, but you have to know where the gaps are first. An expert is where you learn that, and they don't give all their information away in a structured way in one place for free. They do it for money, they have to, it takes time. They do that in the form of books. Read one some time.
You assume that I haven't read any books on the subject. Thats a pretty hefty assumption there bucko, care to back it up with anything from the post? I have read books on the subject, and they really weren't much of a help for me. Honestly for most things, I just find trying something out and viewing the output to be most helpful. Then using the internet to help me out if I get stuck. But everyone learns differently, I'll admit that.
By doing it yourself. Take one part knoppix, another part google, and sprinkle in another computer if needed(ie something that can connect to the internet if you are having connection problems). The biggest fears I think most people have about switching to linux are: a) an irrational fear due to the image of *nix's being some arcane, command line driven OS for geeks and b)(This is probably the biggest fear about switching OS's in general) fear of change.
In my experience, most people hate having their computer systems changed because they have been hard wired to do everything a certain way, and don't think they will be able to learn another way. I have had some arguments with Windows fanboys(I was surprised such people even existed the first time I came across one) and basically it boiled down to those 2 fears(the 2nd also being an argument against switching to OS X)
Actually, I don't believe corporations pay taxes on profits. They pay taxes on employees (also use taxes and property taxes) and the shareholders pay taxes on dividends. I could be wrong but I think that's how it works out.
You are half right, corporations are supposed to pay taxes on income(up to 1/3 of it IIRC), but they also pay property taxes, and payroll taxes(your contribution to medicare/social security is matched by your employers, but what really sucks for people who are self employed is that they usually have the pay the full 15.4%). Bush removed all taxes on dividends(but not on capital gains, which anymore is the bigger part of the profit from stock)
But a study done recently showed that over 60% of corporations payed no taxes on their revenues(some even got paid by the government), usually by making their headquarters in Bermuda etc.
IIRC, the Simpsons is all digital now. Don't know if they still go to Korea, but one could argue if the Simpsons is even "animated" anymore.
Though I really don't like the digital look, it's too smooth. I miss the occasional jerkiness and washed out colors of the older Simpsons.
You forgot the noun version(which is not listed on dictionary.com). Maybe the tank is a sheet of paper with an army header on it(and a turret, even more fun!)
Apologies for the pointless post.
You do realize that it's illegal to do this, and if a single employee defecting(and lets face it, if they are malware creators, they will probably defect eventually) could result in arrests/massive fines.
They don't need to create viruses, there are enough people out there to do that allready.
Increase the replay value of your games!!! I know that it isn't possible with some RPG games but... If the games have replay value after a year, 2 years etc, then people will be a lot less willing to sell them used. I know that I will never sell my copy of monkey ball, mario kart, or mario party for the gamecube because those games have so much replay value. I get together with my friends and still have a blast every time we play them.
Game companies have no right to complain because their game gets boring after the first time through.
On a programming language, point her over to sourceforge to d/l an interesting program written in said language. Explain the whole FOSS concept to her, and get her to look at the code to look for style elements etc.
voting machines. Someone has to provide tech support in case something goes wrong, or barring being able to fix it, idemnity. And who better to do that than the people who made the code?
Just because something is OS doesn't mean that everyone is going to steal your trade secrets. If I were on a local voting comittee, I would almost certainly give the contract to the developer, because their people have the most experience with the machines.
Food for thought for Diebold, but who am I kidding. It will take a long time before people come to see open source as something more than just a bunch of punk kids who don't know how to make money.
I dunno, 4096 bit RSA encryption might be a bit much for my daily dose of 60 emails advertising gen3r_ic v1.a gR|a.
That would really bog down my poor iBook.
The only senator to vote against the PATRIOT act was Feingold, a democrat from (I think) Wisconsin.
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But they had Lisa Ling doing a fairly in-depth report on flat screen LCD's. Hot asian woman, nice technology, too bad we can't get a network to combine those two things 24/7. I'd never leave the house.
You underestimate the interest in escaping outrageous patents, patent fees and monopolies. China can set its own standards because it has enough consumers to force foreign companies to listen. Pundits saying China will isolate itself (e.g. suffer) are blowing industry smoke. What, are American corporations pulling themselves from Uncle Sam's tit long enough to cry that capitalism is unfair? Boo hoo.
2 things wrong with your argument:
a) What makes you think that China isn't going to patent the technology it develops and force the rest of the world to pay for IT'S patents?
b)Look at what they are trying to do to the 802.11 standards. As far as I know, the IEEE does not patent this standard, but China is trying to change it anway. If you would stop going for the knee-jerk anti-corprate reaction, maybe you could learn a thing or 2.
The bandwidth in the dorm is limited to 1.5 GB/wk and they have somehow found people who download music and taken them into disciplinary meetings, it's pretty hardcore.
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Several errors in your post I would like to point out:
I wonder how many of the top 10 supercomputers are in the USA, and how the Virginia Tech G4 cluster ranks.
It's a G5 cluster first of all, and it ranks third(IIRC the biology department wants to use it)
Also, a side note. How much extra computing "power" is gained by adding an extra machine to a cluster? For example, I have about 7 or 8 pentiums (most are 166's, there is a 133 and a 200) sitting on the floor collecting dust. If I hooked them all up together, what would the usefulness be? Could I compile programs quicker? Would a cluster make a good web server, jps server? I know my PIII500 can drag with tomcat at times when crunching jsp.
That all depends on what you want to do, and what your communication speed is. If it takes more time to send the data off somewhere, have it computed by your slowest machine, then to have it sent back than it would just to compute it with your fastest machine, you lost time. For applications, you *could* compile faster(Apple has distributed builds with Rendezvous and XCode, they aren't the only ones who are doing it, but something to check out if you are interested). Also, certain applications distribute and scale well, other ones don't. That is probably why there will always be room for Cray and co.
Look at what Japan did in the 1980's with manufacturing.
Read up a little on the subject here Japan's manufacturing revolution began well before the 80's..
What is even more interesting is that the interest on the debt is about 4.5 times what we spend on education, and about 18 times what we spend on NASA. Maybe we should reduce that number first, gives more money for everything else.
My offtopic 2 cents.
After posting this, I see that it may come of as slightly robopedophilliac, so let me rephrase it:
Damn you, you just shattered all my dreams of a robot family!
Or, think of it this way: a computer won't hug you tenderly the way a kid will.
Damn you, you just shattered all my dreams of a robot wife!
Or, take a look at everyone's laptop as it comes in. They can leave the card with you (like a coat check), or, if it has integrated wireless of some sort, let them use a spare desktop or laptop you've brought for the purpose.
That would be a lot of overhead. Are you going to check the specs of every system to ensure that it doesn't have a centrino processor(If someone were to cheat they would have no qualms about switching/removing stickers). I don't know how many powerbook/iBooks they get, but are you preparted to lift up the keyboard to look for an airport card on each one? Plus they could always sneak in wireless cards.
It's much more practical to find a way to disable the networks instead of the cards.
Certain places can't just go and blindly patch. If you are running anything critical, you have to throroughly test the patch befor you apply it. If the patch brings down your application/business, then it might not be much worse than a virus. I don't know about Linux, but Microsoft has released some bad patches in the past(that would slow certain functions down to a crawl).
For someone sitting at their pc, the risk of a patch is low, but some people cannot afford to risk their systems on haphazard patching.
in Japan. A lot of people there only have email/data access through their cell phones(the un-geek way to go I'm sure) Most of them have no money/desire to get a personal computer/internet connection, and if they need to go on the web they do it through internet cafes.
Interesting really. But then again, the cellphone technology in Japan is much more advanced(in general) than that in the US.
you've learnt how to do something through searching for answers on the net you almost certainly have huge gaps in your knowlege. The net is good for filling gaps, but you have to know where the gaps are first. An expert is where you learn that, and they don't give all their information away in a structured way in one place for free. They do it for money, they have to, it takes time. They do that in the form of books. Read one some time.
You assume that I haven't read any books on the subject. Thats a pretty hefty assumption there bucko, care to back it up with anything from the post? I have read books on the subject, and they really weren't much of a help for me. Honestly for most things, I just find trying something out and viewing the output to be most helpful. Then using the internet to help me out if I get stuck. But everyone learns differently, I'll admit that.
By doing it yourself. Take one part knoppix, another part google, and sprinkle in another computer if needed(ie something that can connect to the internet if you are having connection problems). The biggest fears I think most people have about switching to linux are: a) an irrational fear due to the image of *nix's being some arcane, command line driven OS for geeks and b)(This is probably the biggest fear about switching OS's in general) fear of change.
In my experience, most people hate having their computer systems changed because they have been hard wired to do everything a certain way, and don't think they will be able to learn another way. I have had some arguments with Windows fanboys(I was surprised such people even existed the first time I came across one) and basically it boiled down to those 2 fears(the 2nd also being an argument against switching to OS X)
The article states that the Fujifilm drive comes with a lifetime warranty. Probably plenty of fine print, but it is worth investigating.
Actually, I don't believe corporations pay taxes on profits. They pay taxes on employees (also use taxes and property taxes) and the shareholders pay taxes on dividends. I could be wrong but I think that's how it works out.
You are half right, corporations are supposed to pay taxes on income(up to 1/3 of it IIRC), but they also pay property taxes, and payroll taxes(your contribution to medicare/social security is matched by your employers, but what really sucks for people who are self employed is that they usually have the pay the full 15.4%). Bush removed all taxes on dividends(but not on capital gains, which anymore is the bigger part of the profit from stock)
But a study done recently showed that over 60% of corporations payed no taxes on their revenues(some even got paid by the government), usually by making their headquarters in Bermuda etc.
IIRC, the Simpsons is all digital now. Don't know if they still go to Korea, but one could argue if the Simpsons is even "animated" anymore.
Though I really don't like the digital look, it's too smooth. I miss the occasional jerkiness and washed out colors of the older Simpsons.
You forgot the noun version(which is not listed on dictionary.com). Maybe the tank is a sheet of paper with an army header on it(and a turret, even more fun!)
Apologies for the pointless post.
You do realize that it's illegal to do this, and if a single employee defecting(and lets face it, if they are malware creators, they will probably defect eventually) could result in arrests/massive fines.
They don't need to create viruses, there are enough people out there to do that allready.
Increase the replay value of your games!!! I know that it isn't possible with some RPG games but... If the games have replay value after a year, 2 years etc, then people will be a lot less willing to sell them used. I know that I will never sell my copy of monkey ball, mario kart, or mario party for the gamecube because those games have so much replay value. I get together with my friends and still have a blast every time we play them.
Game companies have no right to complain because their game gets boring after the first time through.
Which version of X does OS X use?
On a programming language, point her over to sourceforge to d/l an interesting program written in said language. Explain the whole FOSS concept to her, and get her to look at the code to look for style elements etc.
voting machines. Someone has to provide tech support in case something goes wrong, or barring being able to fix it, idemnity. And who better to do that than the people who made the code?
Just because something is OS doesn't mean that everyone is going to steal your trade secrets. If I were on a local voting comittee, I would almost certainly give the contract to the developer, because their people have the most experience with the machines.
Food for thought for Diebold, but who am I kidding. It will take a long time before people come to see open source as something more than just a bunch of punk kids who don't know how to make money.
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I dunno, 4096 bit RSA encryption might be a bit much for my daily dose of 60 emails advertising gen3r_ic v1.a gR|a.
That would really bog down my poor iBook.
The only senator to vote against the PATRIOT act was Feingold, a democrat from (I think) Wisconsin.
But they had Lisa Ling doing a fairly in-depth report on flat screen LCD's. Hot asian woman, nice technology, too bad we can't get a network to combine those two things 24/7. I'd never leave the house.
That I can now offshore my driving?
You underestimate the interest in escaping outrageous patents, patent fees and monopolies. China can set its own standards because it has enough consumers to force foreign companies to listen. Pundits saying China will isolate itself (e.g. suffer) are blowing industry smoke. What, are American corporations pulling themselves from Uncle Sam's tit long enough to cry that capitalism is unfair? Boo hoo.
2 things wrong with your argument:
a) What makes you think that China isn't going to patent the technology it develops and force the rest of the world to pay for IT'S patents?
b)Look at what they are trying to do to the 802.11 standards. As far as I know, the IEEE does not patent this standard, but China is trying to change it anway. If you would stop going for the knee-jerk anti-corprate reaction, maybe you could learn a thing or 2.
The bandwidth in the dorm is limited to 1.5 GB/wk and they have somehow found people who download music and taken them into disciplinary meetings, it's pretty hardcore.