I find it Ironic personally that the linux device can easily hijack packets from a windows stack but the driver to hijack the traffic from the mac or linux boxes are still not ready.
The true question at this point is who can't steal hijack packets from a windows box.
While people often refer to these as cores on a chip why not chip on a chip ?
For instance why does c have to be addressable to p0 p1 p2 p3 p4 p5 p6 p7 ? if p0 is working on c why does p1 need to be able to reach it ? Why not isolate each core and push c to an addressable cache strictly for the core interconnect ? Wouldn't this make for an easier way of parellel programming ?
p0c could be shared by all procs as a location in the cache , like say 0x00000001. Why not have 1 proc "supervise" the rest ? I really have never understood that. Have proc0 doling out work to all the other procs and have it scan for the other procs jobs already done. At this point the supervisor could be made super efficient and all the other procs could be say crypto/math while the others could be general purpose. Wouldn't this be more suitable for parallel computing ?
I have not had to program in years and I never really understood multi processors well enough to completely understand how they actually interconnect.
It's actually a very good way to encourage reverse engineering, which actually helps you to become a better engineer. I wonder if they passed this along to help develop stronger methods of content protection.
I do too. I wonder if we will ever see that in the good old US of Corporations... Damn there i go again being forward thinking like our , dvd decrypting european overlords, and I for one welcome them.
Well now it seams like they are starting to move into Microsofts style of software writing. To bad too I really liked firefox and it wasn't to bad on my solaris box.
I don't have enough bookmarks to need a db to track them.
Consider it a feature. They want to test all the memory in the machine for you ! Now that is what I call good folks.
All joking aside , isn't it on the bug tracker a lot ? I thought that the whole reason for this write was to fix the various memory issues before they moved on ?
It was explained to me by some one I know who is a developer inside the MS XBOX division.
They do so because in Europe there is such a huge sector of languages. The games are usually rushed to market anyway and the time it takes them to translate every portion of text is very time consuming. Also the majority of games are written in English , Chinese , or Japanese. Not many in other languages.
He also went on to say that if they were to produce the volume of discs needed to fill that demand for a global launch it could be a disaster if it launched with a critical bug.
Personally I agree we should see global launches. They should be developed and translated in the same pass , however I feel they may never be able to meet global demand for a true blockbuster game.
The Wii is hot and very hard to get right now. And they are pushing the manufacturer for more. I don't think anything could have prepared them for the response they are getting with the wii itself either.
That would be the worst example I could have ever seen ! Who will go out and spend that money knowing that it is possible they could never see games or movies on blu-ray ever again !
It won't matter to much for awhile and doesn't mean the end of blu-ray, since we don't know if it's all discs or just specific disc's made in a certain factory or what.
If Sony is the actual company who says , XXXXXX compounds must be used for our discs and here is the mix ratios , then you may see an end to the blu-ray disc. I would just buy a dual format player and enjoy the best of both worlds.
"I swear your honor , I won't kill another person if you just let me off this one time. By the way your honor here's a $50 go buy yourself something nice."
Well off to Ameritrade to sell the rest of my HP stock.
Because they are a corporate entity they should follow all the rules.
What would happen if I failed to file my taxes ! I get in deep trouble and would probably be hung from the state building by the IRS workers , via Lord of the Fly like hordes , but yet these guys just feel like they shouldn't have to report even the little things.
As an Hp stock holder this affects me. This is a major reason why most americans are starting to see investing in US companies a waste. They are not being "nice neighbors" any more.
"It stinks And I don't like it" - Surly Truck Driver from Spiderman movie.
Well considering there these things are going to be used , it may interfere with my buddy Mitembo Dunabo. He may have issues getting me my $80,000,000 us after I sent him that $10,000 check.
Open source is only cheaper when you have technical people using it. The lack of quality support is why it is next to free or free. As more people get familiar with linux costs will drop.
Example : Sun they provide solaris for free. Yet they charge for support, and they are still turning profits.
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Odd or ironic ?
I find it Ironic personally that the linux device can easily hijack packets from a windows stack but the driver to hijack the traffic from the mac or linux boxes are still not ready.
The true question at this point is who can't steal hijack packets from a windows box.
More importantly , does it run Linux ?
While people often refer to these as cores on a chip why not chip on a chip ?
For instance why does c have to be addressable to p0 p1 p2 p3 p4 p5 p6 p7 ? if p0 is working on c why does p1 need to be able to reach it ? Why not isolate each core and push c to an addressable cache strictly for the core interconnect ? Wouldn't this make for an easier way of parellel programming ?
p0c could be shared by all procs as a location in the cache , like say 0x00000001. Why not have 1 proc "supervise" the rest ? I really have never understood that. Have proc0 doling out work to all the other procs and have it scan for the other procs jobs already done. At this point the supervisor could be made super efficient and all the other procs could be say crypto/math while the others could be general purpose. Wouldn't this be more suitable for parallel computing ?
I have not had to program in years and I never really understood multi processors well enough to completely understand how they actually interconnect.
It's actually a very good way to encourage reverse engineering, which actually helps you to become a better engineer. I wonder if they passed this along to help develop stronger methods of content protection.
You work for Sony don't you ?
I do too. I wonder if we will ever see that in the good old US of Corporations... Damn there i go again being forward thinking like our , dvd decrypting european overlords, and I for one welcome them.
Not really , think civil disobedience.
I took from it that if it's widely hacked and in use then it's deemed useless.
Sort of like when everyone started decrypting dv... oh my bad.
Well now it seams like they are starting to move into Microsofts style of software writing. To bad too I really liked firefox and it wasn't to bad on my solaris box.
I don't have enough bookmarks to need a db to track them.
Consider it a feature. They want to test all the memory in the machine for you ! Now that is what I call good folks.
All joking aside , isn't it on the bug tracker a lot ? I thought that the whole reason for this write was to fix the various memory issues before they moved on ?
It was explained to me by some one I know who is a developer inside the MS XBOX division.
They do so because in Europe there is such a huge sector of languages. The games are usually rushed to market anyway and the time it takes them to translate every portion of text is very time consuming. Also the majority of games are written in English , Chinese , or Japanese. Not many in other languages.
He also went on to say that if they were to produce the volume of discs needed to fill that demand for a global launch it could be a disaster if it launched with a critical bug.
Personally I agree we should see global launches. They should be developed and translated in the same pass , however I feel they may never be able to meet global demand for a true blockbuster game.
The Wii is hot and very hard to get right now. And they are pushing the manufacturer for more. I don't think anything could have prepared them for the response they are getting with the wii itself either.
Wear a tinfoil hat much ?
That would be the worst example I could have ever seen ! Who will go out and spend that money knowing that it is possible they could never see games or movies on blu-ray ever again !
It won't matter to much for awhile and doesn't mean the end of blu-ray, since we don't know if it's all discs or just specific disc's made in a certain factory or what.
If Sony is the actual company who says , XXXXXX compounds must be used for our discs and here is the mix ratios , then you may see an end to the blu-ray disc. I would just buy a dual format player and enjoy the best of both worlds.
Must have been Corona.
This is quite obviously a assisination attempt of Jobs.
Ballmer will jump out ninja style and keep slinging chairs at jobs until one comes out victorious. Long live Ninja Steve !
Book marks are so 90's , I use Post-it notes, oddly enough I feel the need to listen to repetative music and jump over barrels. http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/04/14/ 2347229/ Admittedly I do a lot of web research.
"I swear your honor , I won't kill another person if you just let me off this one time. By the way your honor here's a $50 go buy yourself something nice."
Well off to Ameritrade to sell the rest of my HP stock.
Because they are a corporate entity they should follow all the rules.
What would happen if I failed to file my taxes ! I get in deep trouble and would probably be hung from the state building by the IRS workers , via Lord of the Fly like hordes , but yet these guys just feel like they shouldn't have to report even the little things.
As an Hp stock holder this affects me. This is a major reason why most americans are starting to see investing in US companies a waste. They are not being "nice neighbors" any more.
"It stinks And I don't like it" - Surly Truck Driver from Spiderman movie.
Yeah only 1 problem, you forgot step 5b write a check for each one of the people you need to buy to make these "issues" go away.
No they skated away on the remanents of the grease they paid these guys to let them get off.
Why don't we hold corporate america to high standards any more ? This countries reputation is being bought and sold by these companies everyday.
Nothing like greasing the goons to let you go.
Well considering there these things are going to be used , it may interfere with my buddy Mitembo Dunabo. He may have issues getting me my $80,000,000 us after I sent him that $10,000 check.
Think of it more as , Carl Lewis running a race at the special olympics !
What is this USB thing they speak of ? Where can I get one ?
I bet aliens left it there for us to find !
I for one welcome our USB using, alien overlords !
So every slashdotter can be used as kryptonite ?
Does this mean we can tag it "destined to fail" ?
Open source is only cheaper when you have technical people using it. The lack of quality support is why it is next to free or free. As more people get familiar with linux costs will drop.
Example : Sun they provide solaris for free. Yet they charge for support, and they are still turning profits.