I must start out by thanking Carless and the O'Reilly publishing company for continuing in the effort to protect the real meaning of the words "hacker" and "hacking."
Anyone who would take time to expound on the definition of hacker clearly does not deserve any attention as a reviewer and is clearly an insecure dork.
Not to mention that the industry already thinks water cooling is too expensive over air cooling. Somehow I doubt these liquid metals are cheaper than water.
For a given level of package & bus limitations, dual-core must use an amount of bandwidth to main memory to feed two processing units rather than one.
Both dual-core SOC designs and external dual processor chipsets must share access to the memory bus. I'm not sure what your point is. Of course, dual-core systems handle the memory bandwidth with far greater efficiency as the memory controller is on the die, and designed specifically to handle the dual-core architecture. The result is that the memory controller can issue far more efficient DDR burst operations maximized the memory bus. In addition, with the on-die shared cache and TLC cache, the dual core system gets another major boost over the external dual processor approach. Memory efficiency in a dual-core architecure SOC design is most implementations is far better than in a external dual processor chipset approach.
Dual core should be more efficient as the system bus between the processor cores are much faster and wider than the external buses. Dual processor systems must leverage off-chip caches (if any) which are generally slower as they rely on the external system bus for cache coherency.
Bitchchecker has been maligned by the press and the mob here. It's clear that bitchchecker simply spared these computer neophytes from certain demise. Why? Because bitchchecker is too cool to waste his time on some fools.
Morton also criticised the Bugzilla tool used for tracking problems, saying that it encouraged one-to-one communication, a process which didn't help educate the wider community about potential problems. "Bugzilla is fine for tracking bugs, but as it's currently set up, it's not very good for resolving bugs."
Hmm... I'd be interested to understand what alternatives to a web-based system he has in mind. Any thoughts?
"This process, where individuals communicate via a Web site, is very bad for the kernel overall."
The best design doc in the world is not a file, but a blog/wiki/forum/mail thread/etc. Sure there is a heading file that explains it all, but docs are worth 10% of what a good, searchable discussion database can accomplish.
The people working on requirements and the design will through a series of meetings argue and debate over the design until a handful of key folks understands it. Usually the implementing team or individual understands it the best. As "discoveries" reveal flaws, that team meets and discusses the changes.
These people don't need the docs. The docs are really for the poor sucker that gets hired a year later - i.e. somebody new to the project. Those poor saps have to get up to speed. However, design docs (if up to date) don't show the whole picture. They just give a snapshot view of how things work. Having the thought process, the decision process, the proof (if you will) of how the project was pieced together with some kind of discussion database is the best tool these people can have. Plus, it eliminates stupid questions. As an original implementer, if somebody askes you a question on how or why you did something, you can refer them to the forum/mail thread/etc (like you remember).
Conserving energy is an absurd notion. We need to continue to grow the per capita energy allocation. People need more energy so we can do cool things like fly around in cars. Conservation is often confused with efficiency. I'm all for making systems more productive. But to actually curb energy "consumption" is outrageous. We need to find new, safe, and more plentiful ways to produce as much energy as possible. Perhaps (if you are one of these global warming nimrods) you could argue that we need to produce less CO2. However, that is not a conservation issue - it's a pollution issue.
The automobile has revolutionized our society - changed family life, geography, etc. The car's impact has been huge. While not everything the car has brought us has been good, on the whole, I'd say it's been worth it. While I doubt this "air-car" will take off any time soon, if it did, who knows what revolutionary impact it would have on mankind.
This "green religion" clamping down on progress reminds me of the Church crackdowns on science during the Reformation.
Don't forget memory bandwidth and disk I/O as bottlenecks for most desktop apps. Obviously network bottlenecks are the most obvious, but disk I/O is a big pain (think about boot time and launching apps). For games and such, increasing memory bandwidth and system bus speeds would greatly improve performance over adding additional cores.
Dual cores are great for servers and embedded systems, but not sure about typical desktops.
Do we need some new government work programs here? Do these people really have this much free time? One of those wack jobs actually was a professor, getting paid to be a nutbag off tax payers' and students' dime.
Is Zaphod's other head in his chest because of midichlorians, you bastard?
A better way to phrase this question:
Once you decided to rape Duglass Adam's by shitting on his original text with countless corruptions, perversions, and flat out misrepresentations such as the hiding of Zaphod's head in the chest, did you feel that a special circle in hell would be reserved for your eternal torment or that your punishment would take the form of some extreme bowel torture here on Earth?
All political bias aside (I'm a Bush supporter), but the most important planetary map to NASA is the Electoral College map, with the critical sites being California, Texas, and Florida. Those states must be considered in any Mars mission.
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Anyone who would take time to expound on the definition of hacker clearly does not deserve any attention as a reviewer and is clearly an insecure dork.
Not to mention that the industry already thinks water cooling is too expensive over air cooling. Somehow I doubt these liquid metals are cheaper than water.
They heated up the crystal to about 100 degrees celsius.
In the EULA section Corinthians 12:8 it clearly states that publishing screanshots is prohibited.
Must have hit him right on the mark to get him all rowled up like that.
I find that there is a trade rag website called Domain Works far more interesting news. What happens in the exciting world of URL names?
Once again, a Lego Mindstorm on steroids proves more interesting than the space shuttle.
Both dual-core SOC designs and external dual processor chipsets must share access to the memory bus. I'm not sure what your point is.
Of course, dual-core systems handle the memory bandwidth with far greater efficiency as the memory controller is on the die, and designed specifically to handle the dual-core architecture. The result is that the memory controller can issue far more efficient DDR burst operations maximized the memory bus. In addition, with the on-die shared cache and TLC cache, the dual core system gets another major boost over the external dual processor approach.
Memory efficiency in a dual-core architecure SOC design is most implementations is far better than in a external dual processor chipset approach.
Dual core should be more efficient as the system bus between the processor cores are much faster and wider than the external buses. Dual processor systems must leverage off-chip caches (if any) which are generally slower as they rely on the external system bus for cache coherency.
Look, it's not a question of where he grips it...
Bitchchecker has been maligned by the press and the mob here. It's clear that bitchchecker simply spared these computer neophytes from certain demise. Why? Because bitchchecker is too cool to waste his time on some fools.
Who gives a &%@$! what Stallman says. He's a total whackjob. Check out his politics if you don't believe me.
"Bugzilla is fine for tracking bugs, but as it's currently set up, it's not very good for resolving bugs."
Hmm... I'd be interested to understand what alternatives to a web-based system he has in mind. Any thoughts?
"This process, where individuals communicate via a Web site, is very bad for the kernel overall."
The people working on requirements and the design will through a series of meetings argue and debate over the design until a handful of key folks understands it. Usually the implementing team or individual understands it the best. As "discoveries" reveal flaws, that team meets and discusses the changes.
These people don't need the docs. The docs are really for the poor sucker that gets hired a year later - i.e. somebody new to the project. Those poor saps have to get up to speed. However, design docs (if up to date) don't show the whole picture. They just give a snapshot view of how things work. Having the thought process, the decision process, the proof (if you will) of how the project was pieced together with some kind of discussion database is the best tool these people can have. Plus, it eliminates stupid questions. As an original implementer, if somebody askes you a question on how or why you did something, you can refer them to the forum/mail thread/etc (like you remember).
What else is Wine for? The whole point of Wine was to run Dreamweaver on Linux.
Conserving energy is an absurd notion. We need to continue to grow the per capita energy allocation. People need more energy so we can do cool things like fly around in cars. Conservation is often confused with efficiency. I'm all for making systems more productive. But to actually curb energy "consumption" is outrageous. We need to find new, safe, and more plentiful ways to produce as much energy as possible. Perhaps (if you are one of these global warming nimrods) you could argue that we need to produce less CO2. However, that is not a conservation issue - it's a pollution issue.
The automobile has revolutionized our society - changed family life, geography, etc. The car's impact has been huge. While not everything the car has brought us has been good, on the whole, I'd say it's been worth it. While I doubt this "air-car" will take off any time soon, if it did, who knows what revolutionary impact it would have on mankind.
This "green religion" clamping down on progress reminds me of the Church crackdowns on science during the Reformation.
BBC is holding out for cash before distribution in the US. I'll reserve judgement on this new series until I see it.
Don't forget memory bandwidth and disk I/O as bottlenecks for most desktop apps. Obviously network bottlenecks are the most obvious, but disk I/O is a big pain (think about boot time and launching apps). For games and such, increasing memory bandwidth and system bus speeds would greatly improve performance over adding additional cores.
Dual cores are great for servers and embedded systems, but not sure about typical desktops.
hmm. I wonder how many years I've been writing that phrase incorrectly. Maybe eating these operating system install CDs is a bad idea...
I'm all for GPL enforcement, but I'd just assume eat a copy of Windows XP before I'll congratulate an attorney.
...in a special circle in Hell with George Lucas or do you think your circle will be private?
Too good.
Do we need some new government work programs here? Do these people really have this much free time? One of those wack jobs actually was a professor, getting paid to be a nutbag off tax payers' and students' dime.
A better way to phrase this question:
Once you decided to rape Duglass Adam's by shitting on his original text with countless corruptions, perversions, and flat out misrepresentations such as the hiding of Zaphod's head in the chest, did you feel that a special circle in hell would be reserved for your eternal torment or that your punishment would take the form of some extreme bowel torture here on Earth?
Might as well stop reading right there, so I can get my lips back on the government tit.
All political bias aside (I'm a Bush supporter), but the most important planetary map to NASA is the Electoral College map, with the critical sites being California, Texas, and Florida. Those states must be considered in any Mars mission.