"A harmless getter method for a private member variable allows you to replace that variable with anything of your choice" - can you explain more about this? I've never experienced it.
The "I'm too busy to care about personal hygiene and appearance" pose is usually a cover for deep seated feelings of self loathing, usually brought on by an overbearing mother and distant (or absent) father during childhood
Damn! I wish I'd read your post before I spent $3k on some excellent psychotherapy in Silicon Valley over the past couple of years. Your insight is acute!
Personally I remind myself how much I now love myself (and loathe my mother as she was) when I brush my teeth and shave every last hair from my head.
Yesterday I taught my mum to use SuSE Linux 10.0 on an old Vaio and she got the hang of it in just one hour. She now uses Firefox on Linux to access her Gmail to keep in touch while I'm out of the country.
So maybe Linux is for mums too? Hold the phone on that MacBook order!
PS My dad uses an Mac iBook - could it be a gender thing?;-)
The first lesson I'd like to give you is "what goes around comes around", so don't be surprised if your Stealth Sharks are hacked by hakz@warez.ru and cause you some grief in the long run.
Remember the Taliban? I believe Americans created that monster also? And didn't the USA sponsor Iraq in the Iran/Iraq war? Hmmm. Looks like those chickens sure do come home to roost, as we say over here in Blighty.
It is generally defined as "indifference to suffering", and I would postulate that the sharks suffer when electrodes are surgically implanted into their brains. I would also suggest that DARPA are indifferent to this suffering. Seems rather cruel to me?
I generally find that English people (such as myself) have a better grasp of English than our "new world" cousins. We plan one day to teach you the true meaning of irony, but we're waiting for you to stop being ironic first. That's off-topic...
It seem to me barbaric to let human (American?) warlust spill over to the manipulation of our beautiful natural world. Sticking transponders into the brains of sharks for nefarious ends? Sick.
This is mad. Analysts are upset because Google's profits only rose 80% instead of the predicted 100%? Now that's a problem I'd love to have!
Google had its own mini-bubble - it was over-bought by people who pushed it's P/E to 100. Now they've figured the PEG (growth) isn't so pretty as before, so the P/E is dropping to something a little more earthly.
The following factors mean Google is a long-term win:
Surely this is an excellent example of where a well-designed virtual machines (e.g. JVM) could optimize bytecode for the 8 cores? (So long as the app was written to use threads). Does anyone have any JVM benchmarks for Cell?
Similarly, a good Linux port will share processes over the 8 cores optimally - is Linux for Cell available yet? Benchmarks? I'm keen to see the Cell blade servers coming soon!
Don't forget the on-chip encryption - and now you're really flying! Dave Miller has got Ubuntu Linux running on this thing too.
Niagara version 2 has taped out and will have 8 floating point units (or so I hear). It should arrive in early 2007,
The later "Rock" processor offers true SMP capabilities, as a Sparc IV+ replacement for the really big boxes. (But expect a Fujitsu Sparc processor to fill in the gap while we wait for this).
So true! I worked at a place where our boss decided that every framework class was to be wrapped in a bespoke wrapper with a slightly polluted API, meaning all my skills were unportable and my pay check never rose too high (until I quit).
How Dilbert life was back then in the late 90's. Sure it was a long time ago, but I bet it's "good practice" someplace...
Apple benefits from lots of GNU open source code, then decides to keep the crown jewels (X86 kernel) a dark secret? Sounds like corporate hypocricy to me.
This is a plain example of why the GPL version 3 is such a good idea. Just as it would require a company like Tivo to remove its DRM (or provide a back door), so it would open up the Intel Apple machines (with their similar DRM chips). I'm sure there are many companies that have broken open source licenses - maybe Apple is one such and should be prosecuted to release all code connected to any GPL license? Who goes after license offenders?
Why don't they consider a scheme like Wikipedia whereby people can choose to donate if they want to? Personally I don't pay for a TV license, but I adore listening to Radio 4 via the internet. I'd be happy to donate a few quid to say thank you for their excellent programming.
Am I being naive to suggest we're entering a new age of philanthropy?
I've been offering a free service to China, Cuba and other closed states for many years whereby people can email www@web2mail.com including a URL as the subject of the email. My servers will automatically read and reply with the page. For example a subject of "bbcnews.com" would reply with today's BBC News front page.
The page links in the emailed page are automagically morphed into email links so the user can continue browsing in email-slow-motion.
I always feel that this kind of thing is best left to private business. There's a profit motive for providing good security, so most private businesses (banks, shops, etc) invest in security.
There's always a new initiative out there costing tax dollars/pounds with questionable results. Yes, it might make things a little better, but I doubt it will give value for money compared with buying a security audit from a reputable consultancy (Accenture?).
I get the feeling that governments are slowly trying to take control of the internet, bit by bit (no pun intended). Examples are P2P, Data Protection, DMCA, Patriot Act, etc. This looks like yet another example where the goverment should leave well alone (or outsource).
What makes the government(s) think their fake attack will be anything like a genuine attach? For example, the UK government has a long and famous history of botching every computer initiative (e.g. UK tax credit theft via gov web site).
I doubt the Department of Homeland Security has anything like a globally distributed botnet, or permission to run DDoS like a real attacker might. The virus attack on the Russian stock market is not something goverments can replicate.
The only winners will be the companies who sell the extra bandwidth!
I suggest you compile your C++ library interfaces as Ruby modules. (You could do the same in Perl but XS is harder). Then you'd get the benefit of your libraries with the resilience and faster development of Ruby. Ruby also has a wide range of test modules to help you with test-first development.
Since you plan to decouple your various processes, why not use a single "watchdog" process to oversee the others and restart if necessary? This is a commonly used technique in high availability environments. You can guarantee the watchdog is running by putting it in a cron job, whereby it continues running if it can't see itself in the process list.
Looks like Google aren't the only bear story on the exchange. Tomorrow, expect Amazon to fall by over 10% on poor profit numbers for the quarter. Only $199m - ouch!?
So who's next for a share price tumble? Those Oracle shares are looking a bit pricey in light of recent free DB2 from IBM?
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I believe you are referring to this from ARM. Nice tech, and you make a good point.
"A harmless getter method for a private member variable allows you to replace that variable with anything of your choice" - can you explain more about this? I've never experienced it.
Damn! I wish I'd read your post before I spent $3k on some excellent psychotherapy in Silicon Valley over the past couple of years. Your insight is acute!
Personally I remind myself how much I now love myself (and loathe my mother as she was) when I brush my teeth and shave every last hair from my head.
PS Ironically, my girlfriend calls me "Pelos"
Hell, there's even free porn on the internet - see thehun.com for example, or so i'm told - ahem. Damn my wrist is sore......
www.network.com cost Sun $3bn, but they got a company called StorageTek thrown into the deal for free ;-) See Jon Schwartz' blog for details...
I'm so impressed I just bought 500 NOVL shares ;-)
So maybe Linux is for mums too? Hold the phone on that MacBook order!
PS My dad uses an Mac iBook - could it be a gender thing? ;-)
Remember the Taliban? I believe Americans created that monster also? And didn't the USA sponsor Iraq in the Iran/Iraq war? Hmmm. Looks like those chickens sure do come home to roost, as we say over here in Blighty.
For an instruction manual on Empire Building, please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_empire. Good luck, sharks and all.
Imagine there's no heaven,
It's easy if you try,
No hell below us,
Above us only sky,
Imagine all the people
living for today...
Imagine there's no countries,
It isn't hard to do,
Nothing to kill or die for,
No religion too,
Imagine all the people
living life in peace...
Imagine no possesions,
I wonder if you can,
No need for greed or hunger,
A brotherhood of man,
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...
You may say I'm a dreamer,
but I'm not the only one,
I hope some day you'll join us,
And the world will live as one.
It is generally defined as "indifference to suffering", and I would postulate that the sharks suffer when electrodes are surgically implanted into their brains. I would also suggest that DARPA are indifferent to this suffering. Seems rather cruel to me?
I generally find that English people (such as myself) have a better grasp of English than our "new world" cousins. We plan one day to teach you the true meaning of irony, but we're waiting for you to stop being ironic first. That's off-topic...
It seem to me barbaric to let human (American?) warlust spill over to the manipulation of our beautiful natural world. Sticking transponders into the brains of sharks for nefarious ends? Sick.
Not only do they have a piss easy job, they even get it wrong most of the time. See this IDC Itanium analysis for example...
Google had its own mini-bubble - it was over-bought by people who pushed it's P/E to 100. Now they've figured the PEG (growth) isn't so pretty as before, so the P/E is dropping to something a little more earthly.
The following factors mean Google is a long-term win:
If I were an analyst I would sit back and enjoy the ride. Buy at $350 in March, then take a vacation.
Similarly, a good Linux port will share processes over the 8 cores optimally - is Linux for Cell available yet? Benchmarks? I'm keen to see the Cell blade servers coming soon!
Note that Sun Studio compilers were freely available before their new T1-powered servers were launched.
Without the right toolsets, hot tech is not so cool. Let's hope Cell and T1 are not burried in the Alpha/Itanium graveyard!
Niagara version 2 has taped out and will have 8 floating point units (or so I hear). It should arrive in early 2007,
The later "Rock" processor offers true SMP capabilities, as a Sparc IV+ replacement for the really big boxes. (But expect a Fujitsu Sparc processor to fill in the gap while we wait for this).
PS I hold a few SUNW shares
How Dilbert life was back then in the late 90's. Sure it was a long time ago, but I bet it's "good practice" someplace...
This is a plain example of why the GPL version 3 is such a good idea. Just as it would require a company like Tivo to remove its DRM (or provide a back door), so it would open up the Intel Apple machines (with their similar DRM chips). I'm sure there are many companies that have broken open source licenses - maybe Apple is one such and should be prosecuted to release all code connected to any GPL license? Who goes after license offenders?
At least the Sun commitment to Open Source is total - they are even GPL'ing their SPARC chips.
Am I being naive to suggest we're entering a new age of philanthropy?
The page links in the emailed page are automagically morphed into email links so the user can continue browsing in email-slow-motion.
There's always a new initiative out there costing tax dollars/pounds with questionable results. Yes, it might make things a little better, but I doubt it will give value for money compared with buying a security audit from a reputable consultancy (Accenture?).
I get the feeling that governments are slowly trying to take control of the internet, bit by bit (no pun intended). Examples are P2P, Data Protection, DMCA, Patriot Act, etc. This looks like yet another example where the goverment should leave well alone (or outsource).
I doubt the Department of Homeland Security has anything like a globally distributed botnet, or permission to run DDoS like a real attacker might. The virus attack on the Russian stock market is not something goverments can replicate.
The only winners will be the companies who sell the extra bandwidth!
Since you plan to decouple your various processes, why not use a single "watchdog" process to oversee the others and restart if necessary? This is a commonly used technique in high availability environments. You can guarantee the watchdog is running by putting it in a cron job, whereby it continues running if it can't see itself in the process list.
Hope this helps!
So who's next for a share price tumble? Those Oracle shares are looking a bit pricey in light of recent free DB2 from IBM?
map{$cand{$_}++}and print'winner:'.(sort{$cand{$a}<=>$cand{$b}}keys %cand)[-1];
Oops - forgot STDIN
map{$c{$_}++}and print'winner:'.(sort{$c{$a}<=>$c{$b}}keys %c)[-1];
:-)
Anyone for Perl golf?