It's accurate enough at most realistic ranges of engagement, especially AK-74: you can reliably hit man-sized targets at 200-300m. E.g. Russian soldiers are most certainly not told to "spray and pray" at a distance, but rather drilled largely the same way as you see US troops with M16 - well-aimed single shots.
The difference is, its really, really hard to hit a target beyond 300m to maybe 400m with an AK-74 whereas with an M-16, its still shooting true out to 600+ (550m) yards. In Vietnam, the weapons were extremely well matched because of the extremely short engagement ranges. Whereas, on a more traditional, non-urban battlefield, the upper hand easily goes to the M-16.
As for reliability, assuming the US continues to stay with the M-16 (they are looking at options and have been for the last several years), expect the reliability of the M-16 (or whatever variant it turns into; assuming they stay) to go through the roof. Newer designs are easily as reliable as AK's while maintaining much tighter tolerances. Having said that, a properly maintained M-16 is an extremely reliable weapon.
I'm sure this design will eventually make it into military service as its proving to be far more reliable and less jam prone than what is currently issued. It may already be in sure - I'm actually not sure.
You always have to hope that an improvement like this actually does allow the soldiers to better target the real bad guys and not civilians as well as protect themselves
It may and then again, it may not. The weapon allows for target engagement where not all the targets are visible. Its very possible civilians may be within the kill radius of the munition on the other side of the way and the shooter would never know better until bodies are inspected.
I'm not impressed with the distance the bullet can travel, it's my understanding that in Iraq and cities of Afghanistan,
No, its a mix. Some targets are arms length away. Others are literally hundreds to thousands of yards away, depending on where they are engaging. City engagements, based on the ones I know about, range from very close (as above) to 2000 yards or more. More typical is out to 800-1000 yards or so. Whereas, in the mountains, new long distance sniper shots have recently set world records; in environments which are literally off the sniper reference tables.
The price sounds okay, an M16 can cost up to $28,000
Retail, you can get a better M16 than what the military issues for less than $2,000. But this is not a replacement for the M16. It is a squad support weapon. Other squad support weapons include automatic grenade launchers and M-249 SAWs. There are many others depending on service and mission. Needless to say, these weapons can cost considerably more than an M-16. I would guess this weapon costs roughly double that of a SAW. But likely had some advantages over that of a saw given that the life expectancy of a SAW operator is something like 30-90 seconds.
I guess the proposed scenario makes it sound like only select fighters will have this weapon in each unit.
Its a support weapon. Chances are you'll have a sidearm, not to mention the rest of your platoon with more conventional weapons. While the weapon is only 12lbs, the ammo is likely very heavy so I don't imagine they'll also issue a combat rifle plus yet more ammo. Besides, squad support weapons typically have at least one or two more people carry extra ammo in their pack. So once he runs out, there should still be another pack or two with more ammo.
And all that is completely ignoring the force multiplier this weapon provides. Literally, with this type of weapon, its like having a forward observed and motors ready to fire at any and all times. That literally is a game changer. What would traditionally require lots of covering fire and closing and/or calling in fire support, can now be handled in ten to twenty seconds. Ever better, it can be handled at those ranges before the enemy ever has a chance to effectively respond. Hell, at those ranges, most sniper rifles are seriously challenged. Remember, your typically sniper rifle (7.62) is intended to engage targets out to 1000 yards. 1200-1400 yards are possible but its really pushing the rifle, the round, and especially the sniper. Whereas, this rifle as a GRENADE as 1150 yards - so close enough is frequently going to good enough.
Again, that's assuming that you have the correct wall, the combatant hasn't fallen back into another building waiting to ambush you on the inside and also hoping they're not housed with women and children, as I've heard is often the case.
That's not typically how its done. Normally they'll continue with harassing fire. Typically of the pray and spray variety. They will typically continue this until forces are closed or a short duration has passed - so as to hopefully prevent motors from coming down on them. Then they move and repeat a couple of times and then disappear. This weapon allows them to engage a target the first or second time they are harassed. Remember, in some parts of the city, motors are not even an option, let alone artillery support.
That's an understatement! The US now has more brownouts and blackouts that it did during the 1980s. By in large, they ignore as much infrastructure as possible, despite the fact that they've been collecting fees which including maintaining and upgrading that very safe infrastructure. Despiting being paid to do so, there are literally some towns in the US who have power less reliably than major cities in Iraq and some third world countries. Its shameful!
So basically, they've charged us all to do what they've never done. Now that electric cars are coming, they are now starting their political moves by stating the infrastructure isn't ready to handle this. Soon, if not already, they will start lobbying to receive additional monies to allow them to expand and grow the infrastructure, for which we've all already paid. After all, seemingly, nothing is more American than screwing the American tax payer - twice!
In the US, some 70%+ of all bridges, according to structural engineers, are unsafe. Our power system is continuously failing and aging. There are massive projects which require lots of manpower all across the US - NOW! And yet you've not seen a single job program announced to employ the unemployed and fix what absolutely must be fixed. There is no escaping it - it MUST be fixed and soon.
Obviously the utilities need to have their feet held to the fire to make them start upgrading their infrastructure; to which they've already been paid. Likewise, serious fines need to be levied if they fail to comply by a specific date. And if they refuse to comply, their utilities need to be taken from them until they have fully complied. After all, there is already plenty of precedence exists to critical infrastructure which directly drives national security and our economy.
The point being, the economy can be completely hosed by a simple and completely legal trip to your local hardware store at the expense of a couple hundred dollars. Or a pawn shop for even less.
We made our darts by threading the thread over the pin. It requires pretty decent eyes to be able to do that. One of our friends that didn't have good vision used felt and some glue as you cited.
Can't say its universally true but the threaded darts always provided better distance than the felt darts to which we compared. It may have been a materials issue. Regardless, we always had really good performance out of those thread darts....don't get me started on match guns (launches and lights matches at the same time)....;)
The economy would take a hit, and UPS would make a mint, but we wouldn't be completely paralyzed.
Accidentally replied too quickly.
Actually, the bulk of transport in most industrialized nations takes place by rail. By a wide measure. Trucks are typically used to deliver from rail station to end point. Obviously there are exceptions. Many a truck delivers across country, but that's typically for timeliness more so than efficiency or cost. Which means, in the event the rail system becomes clogged, the nation is more or less paralyzed.
I seriously doubt there are enough trucks to quickly backfill everything trains move. Not to mention, as I originally stated, suddenly shifting the economy from very fuel efficient trains to very inefficient trucks and planes will dramatically affect consumer price. And this is completely ignoring all the goods which simply can not ship by truck and require rail. Few planes have the load capacity to carry some cargo.
Remember, what you can ship by rail on a single train can often require a fleet of trucks or planes, assuming it fits and/or can lift it.
When we want to derail them, we don't need to be on them
Exactly! All you need is a torch and a busy track near a school or government building. You'd be amazed what trains carry; especially non-passenger trains. Simply derail the wrong train near a city is enough to close down some cities for days or weeks. Not to mention, the associated death toll, both directly and indirectly.
And that's completely ignoring that the heart of the entire US economy travels on trains. It can take weeks to clear and verify a track after an accident. If you shutdown enough tracks, you've parallelized the entire economy at worst. At best the price of goods goes through the roof as goods are shifted to more expensive transport; truck and ship (sea and river).
Seriously, we are spending tons of money to do absolutely nothing and it doesn't even protect the largest, most important segment of our economy.
Bic pens make the perfect blow gun. The dart is created with nothing more than a sewing pin and thread. Use a dot of glue if you want the thread "features" to stay attached for multiple uses.
This works well enough to launch a dart roughly 15-20 feet, hard enough to stick in black boards. Obviously it can stick in people and poses a serious risk to eyes!
Erasers make the perfect place to stow those darts while not in use.
Extreme caution should be used when shooting ceiling tiles as a miss may result in the pointy end coming back toward your eyes as it falls back to earth.
Obviously, don't try this. You can shoot your eye out kid!
BTW, because of the monies involved with AKA certified animals, there is a lot of financial incentive to defraud the AKA certification process. Which is why, statistically, you're more likely to get an inbreed animal; albeit, still relatively small. Not to mention, many "pure" breeds have more health problems than your typical mutt.
Cats can make a LOT more sounds than dogs...if that is what you were referring to...
Vocabularies work both ways. That means they can both understand and attempt to communicate with you.
Disagree - you cannot compare the intelligence with any animal to that of a human. Humans are in an entirely different league...even baby ones.
You can disagree all you want, but that's what studies have consistently shown. Keep in mind this is not an exact parallel. Its simply a rough basis for comparison. So roughly speaking, a cat, on average, has the intelligence of a human two year old. Again, roughly speaking, a dog, on average, has the intelligence of a three year old. That is, so says several studies.
My 18 month old child is way more intelligent than any dog or cat. Show me a dog or cat that can truly think for itself, and piece together discoveries from today with things it learnt 3 weeks ago.
You need to take a long hard look around. People forget that if you treat your kid like an idiot, you'll have an idiot for a kid - and yet that's how most people treat their pet. In fact, most people don't even treat their pet like a pet. Rather, they treat it like an animal which they simply co-habitat. Treat your kid like that and you'll have an anti-social, idiot of a child.
Simply put, just because your animals are not able to fully reveal their IQ, does not define an entire species. Both dogs and cats CAN learn a non-trivially sized vocabulary. Regardless, its completely up to you to fill the available vocabulary space.
Dogs and cats don't really go beyond a confined set of abilities
Except we know for a fact that's completely wrong and is based completely on ignorance going back at least several decades. I encourage you to actually learn about the current state of animal study and their intelligence.
You'll find that if you learn more about your pets and what they can actually do, you'll be a much, much better owner. In exchange, you'll have a far, far richer experience with you pet.
Lastly, you need to keep in mind that many animals, especially dogs, have been crossbred. There are some real pathetic excuses of animals which really are retarded. This is especially true for AKA certified animals. That's not to say you can't get good dogs. You surely can. Just the same, an AKA seal actually means you're more likely to get a retarded animal; though statistically still somewhat small. And all this ignores the fact that because of breeding practices, some breeds are inherently smarter than others.
This is the correct answer - which has been recreated in tests. Which interestingly enough, also helps prove that the vast number of dog species have not existed all that long. In fact, the number of dog species is directly related to their domestication by man.
Why so many angry responses at me? I just reported what the study said. To date, I've never seen a reason to disagree with the study. Beyond that, I'm not really sure why it matters. I simply offered what I believed to be an interested counter point in what was more or less a passing comment.
Seriously, why does it matter? Its absolutely does not. Period. The fact that so many got so upset, mostly cowardly posting anonymous, seems to hint that something smacks of ego issues in Java developer land. Seriously. Think about it. Does it matter if its true? It doesn't say anything about its ability to develop cross platform solutions. Hell, it doesn't even say anything about the solution. It only says that by in large, the platform its developed on tends, by a wide measure, be the platform its deployed on. Aside from interesting, who cares - aside from a mass of Java developers who seemingly got their feelings hurt over absolutely nothing. WTF?
Cats are fairly trainable. The big disconnect comes from requiring a different approach than one uses with dogs. For whatever reason, many people seem unable to read a cat's body language; which is an absolutely must. While I do agree, in general, dogs are smarter than cats, both have fairly large vocabularies to which they can comprehend and attempt to emote.
Remember, on average, dog = three year old human. A cat = two year old human.
There was a study, which was previously reported here, which stated, the vast, vast majority of Java applications never run on any system other than like-systems to which they are developed on and for. So basically, Java's run anyways promise never matters in the real world.
So chances are, if you're developing for a Win system, it will run on a Win system. If you're developing on a Linux/Unix system, chances are it will run on a Linux/Unix system.
I clicked on the wrong article and noticed I boned the link in my reply. The link is for priority inversion. And that's just one sort of issue which can complicate playing around with priorities.
The planet doesn't have too high of population density, it has distrubtion of population problems
And is a growing problem. For the first time in recorded history, more than 50% of the population now lives in urban areas. Its expected to grow to > 75% within the next fifty years.
That's not how it works. The scheduler specifically prevents starvation; as should be. Which means you still wind up with 64 jobs all making a grab for CPU, albeit much less frequently, which is more than likely to saturate the limited number of available CPUs for "bursty peaks". Which surprisingly enough, is exactly what you get.
Now what you're saying would be accurate if we were talking a round robin scheduler. But that's not what most of the world uses on their desktop.
Process groups must be in the kernel. If the required kernel support is not compiled in (most use a monolithic kernel) then it won't work. IIRC, some ROMs (Cyanogen perhaps) do include such support.
The primary reason they went down that path is that they could no longer create a reliable transmission which could handle the torque of the ever more powerful engines. Once they realized they could achieve greater torque on low RPMs without the cost and weight of a transmission, the industry found a new direction.
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It's accurate enough at most realistic ranges of engagement, especially AK-74: you can reliably hit man-sized targets at 200-300m. E.g. Russian soldiers are most certainly not told to "spray and pray" at a distance, but rather drilled largely the same way as you see US troops with M16 - well-aimed single shots.
The difference is, its really, really hard to hit a target beyond 300m to maybe 400m with an AK-74 whereas with an M-16, its still shooting true out to 600+ (550m) yards. In Vietnam, the weapons were extremely well matched because of the extremely short engagement ranges. Whereas, on a more traditional, non-urban battlefield, the upper hand easily goes to the M-16.
As for reliability, assuming the US continues to stay with the M-16 (they are looking at options and have been for the last several years), expect the reliability of the M-16 (or whatever variant it turns into; assuming they stay) to go through the roof. Newer designs are easily as reliable as AK's while maintaining much tighter tolerances. Having said that, a properly maintained M-16 is an extremely reliable weapon.
Note that most other common military rifle families don't use this design. Why don't they? Because it's less reliable!
For what its worth, recent modifications to the rifle now use a piston-gas cycle which means the gas and carbon never touches the bolt. That's just a random video I quickly found. Unlike old designs which can easily cook off rounds after extended firing, the newer design allows one to hold the bolt in your hand after done firing. And its clean too...
I'm sure this design will eventually make it into military service as its proving to be far more reliable and less jam prone than what is currently issued. It may already be in sure - I'm actually not sure.
You always have to hope that an improvement like this actually does allow the soldiers to better target the real bad guys and not civilians as well as protect themselves
It may and then again, it may not. The weapon allows for target engagement where not all the targets are visible. Its very possible civilians may be within the kill radius of the munition on the other side of the way and the shooter would never know better until bodies are inspected.
I'm not impressed with the distance the bullet can travel, it's my understanding that in Iraq and cities of Afghanistan,
No, its a mix. Some targets are arms length away. Others are literally hundreds to thousands of yards away, depending on where they are engaging. City engagements, based on the ones I know about, range from very close (as above) to 2000 yards or more. More typical is out to 800-1000 yards or so. Whereas, in the mountains, new long distance sniper shots have recently set world records; in environments which are literally off the sniper reference tables.
The price sounds okay, an M16 can cost up to $28,000
Retail, you can get a better M16 than what the military issues for less than $2,000. But this is not a replacement for the M16. It is a squad support weapon. Other squad support weapons include automatic grenade launchers and M-249 SAWs. There are many others depending on service and mission. Needless to say, these weapons can cost considerably more than an M-16. I would guess this weapon costs roughly double that of a SAW. But likely had some advantages over that of a saw given that the life expectancy of a SAW operator is something like 30-90 seconds.
I guess the proposed scenario makes it sound like only select fighters will have this weapon in each unit.
Its a support weapon. Chances are you'll have a sidearm, not to mention the rest of your platoon with more conventional weapons. While the weapon is only 12lbs, the ammo is likely very heavy so I don't imagine they'll also issue a combat rifle plus yet more ammo. Besides, squad support weapons typically have at least one or two more people carry extra ammo in their pack. So once he runs out, there should still be another pack or two with more ammo.
And all that is completely ignoring the force multiplier this weapon provides. Literally, with this type of weapon, its like having a forward observed and motors ready to fire at any and all times. That literally is a game changer. What would traditionally require lots of covering fire and closing and/or calling in fire support, can now be handled in ten to twenty seconds. Ever better, it can be handled at those ranges before the enemy ever has a chance to effectively respond. Hell, at those ranges, most sniper rifles are seriously challenged. Remember, your typically sniper rifle (7.62) is intended to engage targets out to 1000 yards. 1200-1400 yards are possible but its really pushing the rifle, the round, and especially the sniper. Whereas, this rifle as a GRENADE as 1150 yards - so close enough is frequently going to good enough.
Again, that's assuming that you have the correct wall, the combatant hasn't fallen back into another building waiting to ambush you on the inside and also hoping they're not housed with women and children, as I've heard is often the case.
That's not typically how its done. Normally they'll continue with harassing fire. Typically of the pray and spray variety. They will typically continue this until forces are closed or a short duration has passed - so as to hopefully prevent motors from coming down on them. Then they move and repeat a couple of times and then disappear. This weapon allows them to engage a target the first or second time they are harassed. Remember, in some parts of the city, motors are not even an option, let alone artillery support.
Not all animals learn the same way - including humans.
That's an understatement! The US now has more brownouts and blackouts that it did during the 1980s. By in large, they ignore as much infrastructure as possible, despite the fact that they've been collecting fees which including maintaining and upgrading that very safe infrastructure. Despiting being paid to do so, there are literally some towns in the US who have power less reliably than major cities in Iraq and some third world countries. Its shameful!
So basically, they've charged us all to do what they've never done. Now that electric cars are coming, they are now starting their political moves by stating the infrastructure isn't ready to handle this. Soon, if not already, they will start lobbying to receive additional monies to allow them to expand and grow the infrastructure, for which we've all already paid. After all, seemingly, nothing is more American than screwing the American tax payer - twice!
In the US, some 70%+ of all bridges, according to structural engineers, are unsafe. Our power system is continuously failing and aging. There are massive projects which require lots of manpower all across the US - NOW! And yet you've not seen a single job program announced to employ the unemployed and fix what absolutely must be fixed. There is no escaping it - it MUST be fixed and soon.
Obviously the utilities need to have their feet held to the fire to make them start upgrading their infrastructure; to which they've already been paid. Likewise, serious fines need to be levied if they fail to comply by a specific date. And if they refuse to comply, their utilities need to be taken from them until they have fully complied. After all, there is already plenty of precedence exists to critical infrastructure which directly drives national security and our economy.
Or a fairly small quantity of explosive
The point being, the economy can be completely hosed by a simple and completely legal trip to your local hardware store at the expense of a couple hundred dollars. Or a pawn shop for even less.
We made our darts by threading the thread over the pin. It requires pretty decent eyes to be able to do that. One of our friends that didn't have good vision used felt and some glue as you cited.
Can't say its universally true but the threaded darts always provided better distance than the felt darts to which we compared. It may have been a materials issue. Regardless, we always had really good performance out of those thread darts. ...don't get me started on match guns (launches and lights matches at the same time).... ;)
The economy would take a hit, and UPS would make a mint, but we wouldn't be completely paralyzed.
Accidentally replied too quickly.
Actually, the bulk of transport in most industrialized nations takes place by rail. By a wide measure. Trucks are typically used to deliver from rail station to end point. Obviously there are exceptions. Many a truck delivers across country, but that's typically for timeliness more so than efficiency or cost. Which means, in the event the rail system becomes clogged, the nation is more or less paralyzed.
I seriously doubt there are enough trucks to quickly backfill everything trains move. Not to mention, as I originally stated, suddenly shifting the economy from very fuel efficient trains to very inefficient trucks and planes will dramatically affect consumer price. And this is completely ignoring all the goods which simply can not ship by truck and require rail. Few planes have the load capacity to carry some cargo.
Remember, what you can ship by rail on a single train can often require a fleet of trucks or planes, assuming it fits and/or can lift it.
Guess so...guess what I was working on...lol...
When we want to derail them, we don't need to be on them
Exactly! All you need is a torch and a busy track near a school or government building. You'd be amazed what trains carry; especially non-passenger trains. Simply derail the wrong train near a city is enough to close down some cities for days or weeks. Not to mention, the associated death toll, both directly and indirectly.
And that's completely ignoring that the heart of the entire US economy travels on trains. It can take weeks to clear and verify a track after an accident. If you shutdown enough tracks, you've parallelized the entire economy at worst. At best the price of goods goes through the roof as goods are shifted to more expensive transport; truck and ship (sea and river).
Seriously, we are spending tons of money to do absolutely nothing and it doesn't even protect the largest, most important segment of our economy.
Bic pens make the perfect blow gun. The dart is created with nothing more than a sewing pin and thread. Use a dot of glue if you want the thread "features" to stay attached for multiple uses.
This works well enough to launch a dart roughly 15-20 feet, hard enough to stick in black boards. Obviously it can stick in people and poses a serious risk to eyes!
Erasers make the perfect place to stow those darts while not in use.
Extreme caution should be used when shooting ceiling tiles as a miss may result in the pointy end coming back toward your eyes as it falls back to earth.
Obviously, don't try this. You can shoot your eye out kid!
have been crossbred
Errg...that should say, "have been inbreed."
BTW, because of the monies involved with AKA certified animals, there is a lot of financial incentive to defraud the AKA certification process. Which is why, statistically, you're more likely to get an inbreed animal; albeit, still relatively small. Not to mention, many "pure" breeds have more health problems than your typical mutt.
Cats can make a LOT more sounds than dogs...if that is what you were referring to...
Vocabularies work both ways. That means they can both understand and attempt to communicate with you.
Disagree - you cannot compare the intelligence with any animal to that of a human. Humans are in an entirely different league...even baby ones.
You can disagree all you want, but that's what studies have consistently shown. Keep in mind this is not an exact parallel. Its simply a rough basis for comparison. So roughly speaking, a cat, on average, has the intelligence of a human two year old. Again, roughly speaking, a dog, on average, has the intelligence of a three year old. That is, so says several studies.
My 18 month old child is way more intelligent than any dog or cat. Show me a dog or cat that can truly think for itself, and piece together discoveries from today with things it learnt 3 weeks ago.
You need to take a long hard look around. People forget that if you treat your kid like an idiot, you'll have an idiot for a kid - and yet that's how most people treat their pet. In fact, most people don't even treat their pet like a pet. Rather, they treat it like an animal which they simply co-habitat. Treat your kid like that and you'll have an anti-social, idiot of a child.
Simply put, just because your animals are not able to fully reveal their IQ, does not define an entire species. Both dogs and cats CAN learn a non-trivially sized vocabulary. Regardless, its completely up to you to fill the available vocabulary space.
Dogs and cats don't really go beyond a confined set of abilities
Except we know for a fact that's completely wrong and is based completely on ignorance going back at least several decades. I encourage you to actually learn about the current state of animal study and their intelligence.
You'll find that if you learn more about your pets and what they can actually do, you'll be a much, much better owner. In exchange, you'll have a far, far richer experience with you pet.
Lastly, you need to keep in mind that many animals, especially dogs, have been crossbred. There are some real pathetic excuses of animals which really are retarded. This is especially true for AKA certified animals. That's not to say you can't get good dogs. You surely can. Just the same, an AKA seal actually means you're more likely to get a retarded animal; though statistically still somewhat small. And all this ignores the fact that because of breeding practices, some breeds are inherently smarter than others.
This is the correct answer - which has been recreated in tests. Which interestingly enough, also helps prove that the vast number of dog species have not existed all that long. In fact, the number of dog species is directly related to their domestication by man.
Why so many angry responses at me? I just reported what the study said. To date, I've never seen a reason to disagree with the study. Beyond that, I'm not really sure why it matters. I simply offered what I believed to be an interested counter point in what was more or less a passing comment.
Seriously, why does it matter? Its absolutely does not. Period. The fact that so many got so upset, mostly cowardly posting anonymous, seems to hint that something smacks of ego issues in Java developer land. Seriously. Think about it. Does it matter if its true? It doesn't say anything about its ability to develop cross platform solutions. Hell, it doesn't even say anything about the solution. It only says that by in large, the platform its developed on tends, by a wide measure, be the platform its deployed on. Aside from interesting, who cares - aside from a mass of Java developers who seemingly got their feelings hurt over absolutely nothing. WTF?
...like a scared turtle!
Cats are fairly trainable. The big disconnect comes from requiring a different approach than one uses with dogs. For whatever reason, many people seem unable to read a cat's body language; which is an absolutely must. While I do agree, in general, dogs are smarter than cats, both have fairly large vocabularies to which they can comprehend and attempt to emote.
Remember, on average, dog = three year old human. A cat = two year old human.
There was a study, which was previously reported here, which stated, the vast, vast majority of Java applications never run on any system other than like-systems to which they are developed on and for. So basically, Java's run anyways promise never matters in the real world.
So chances are, if you're developing for a Win system, it will run on a Win system. If you're developing on a Linux/Unix system, chances are it will run on a Linux/Unix system.
I clicked on the wrong article and noticed I boned the link in my reply. The link is for priority inversion. And that's just one sort of issue which can complicate playing around with priorities.
The planet doesn't have too high of population density, it has distrubtion of population problems
And is a growing problem. For the first time in recorded history, more than 50% of the population now lives in urban areas. Its expected to grow to > 75% within the next fifty years.
That's not how it works. The scheduler specifically prevents starvation; as should be. Which means you still wind up with 64 jobs all making a grab for CPU, albeit much less frequently, which is more than likely to saturate the limited number of available CPUs for "bursty peaks". Which surprisingly enough, is exactly what you get.
Now what you're saying would be accurate if we were talking a round robin scheduler. But that's not what most of the world uses on their desktop.
Depends on who you're willing to believe.
Process groups must be in the kernel. If the required kernel support is not compiled in (most use a monolithic kernel) then it won't work. IIRC, some ROMs (Cyanogen perhaps) do include such support.
Yes, because assigning someone homework to cure your ignorance is always a good way to validate your ignorance. Brilliant!
The primary reason they went down that path is that they could no longer create a reliable transmission which could handle the torque of the ever more powerful engines. Once they realized they could achieve greater torque on low RPMs without the cost and weight of a transmission, the industry found a new direction.