Seriously. How pointless. Posts are cheap. Posts are free. Posts are a dime a dozen. Posts are [insert cliched metaphor about overwhelming abundance here]. What a waste of time.
Wow. Just wow. At first I thought there was gonna be a 'geek' joke in there somewhere. But after reading it several times I realized that maybe, just maybe, there was something wrong with that guy. Wow.
That's sure to take your mind of 500 geeks talking *simultaneously*.
efficient. I mean if you consider any unit of computation vs energy expended. I bet my current desktop computer would compare from a computation point of view to a super computer from the late 80's. (GFLOP to GFLOP) However my current computer pulls about 300W, I'm pretty sure that's alot better than any super computer from the 80's that would compare to it.
300W? I'm pretty sure a coffee maker from the 80's was even that efficient.
I spent years working with PowerPC... and then took it in the backside when Apple switched camps to Intel x86. With the resurgence of RISC in the mobile market I may be able to use some of my RISC experience.
I still think RISC is the better all around architecture approach. We used to play around with 'chip simulators' by using the plentiful registers in the RISC chips to hold the registers of the smaller RISC chips we were simulating. Great for VM's, too. Ahh, those were the days.
I've always been a big fan of RISC. I even have a copy of ARM System Architecture (c) 1996 by one Mr Steve Furber I pulled out of the basement of Strand Books quite a while ago.
BTW, this restricts independents from contracting work from brokers who are suppling talent to a client. It does not affect an independent who contracts with the client directly.
An interesting point. In this day and age, if we landed on a planet that had pigs and cows, we might "study their culture", or "bring them democracy", but we damn sure wouldn't be allowed to kill and eat them.
Didn't South Park already bring democracy to the cows with a giant cow clock?
I would argue Independence Day still has the most absurd hack of all time.
I concur. Like any alien race would be using anything less than a 256 bit instruction set architecture. When's Apple gonna come out with one of those, huh? I thought so. I'm still waiting for a 256 bit FSB!
If/When humans first encounter extraterrestrial life forms they'll be so blown away that everything goes out the window. And if they even think they smell a hint of danger they'll kill anything and everything... and if it's anything like in Twilight Zone, they'll kill each other, too.
Are you saying that there are guys who's job it is to walk around with hammers and check the serial numbers on toilet seats? What level of government clearance would I need to be able to apply for that job?
I can see it now...
Penn: Hi, I'm an iPad...
Teller:::crickets::
Penn: Don't mind him, he's a slate device. They don't have much to crow about.
Teller: (makes sour face)
Penn: He looks like some guy who bought a slate device... at least he does impressions... but not of the iPad...
You do realize that the plans were unworkable, the designs flawed...
If I had a nickel for every time I heard that from a client I'd be able to make a sizable enough donation to NASA that they could get their Constellation program back on the books.
I don't think it is bad design that is in question, but content.
Duly noted. Though most content isn't much better than the sites themselves.
I wonder why they aren't trying to get Facebook, MySpace, et al, to permanently archive everything ever posted there for historical purposes... what am I saying? They already do. Those places are like pictures documenting the nights of bad drinking... and they're primed to be blackmail fodder 'til the end of time.
Does the UK really want to be remembered for their craptacular websites? Not that theirs are any worse than anybody else's, but please... most websites are like a night of bad drinking. Let's move on already and let time take care of the rest.
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If you're running the fourth most powerful supercomputer in the world you are not saving energy. Period.
Get this type of 'efficiency' running on mobile & portable devices and laptops first. Then you can claim some sort of energy related victory.
Seriously. How pointless. Posts are cheap. Posts are free. Posts are a dime a dozen. Posts are [insert cliched metaphor about overwhelming abundance here]. What a waste of time.
You get the idea.
Wow. Just wow. At first I thought there was gonna be a 'geek' joke in there somewhere. But after reading it several times I realized that maybe, just maybe, there was something wrong with that guy. Wow.
That's sure to take your mind of 500 geeks talking *simultaneously*.
efficient. I mean if you consider any unit of computation vs energy expended. I bet my current desktop computer would compare from a computation point of view to a super computer from the late 80's. (GFLOP to GFLOP) However my current computer pulls about 300W, I'm pretty sure that's alot better than any super computer from the 80's that would compare to it.
300W? I'm pretty sure a coffee maker from the 80's was even that efficient.
I spent years working with PowerPC ... and then took it in the backside when Apple switched camps to Intel x86. With the resurgence of RISC in the mobile market I may be able to use some of my RISC experience.
I still think RISC is the better all around architecture approach. We used to play around with 'chip simulators' by using the plentiful registers in the RISC chips to hold the registers of the smaller RISC chips we were simulating. Great for VM's, too. Ahh, those were the days.
When did uptime become 'geek gas mileage'? I really have to read more articles on /.
I've always been a big fan of RISC. I even have a copy of ARM System Architecture (c) 1996 by one Mr Steve Furber I pulled out of the basement of Strand Books quite a while ago.
ARM = Anonymous Rude Moron ... at least your case ;-)
BTW, this restricts independents from contracting work from brokers who are suppling talent to a client. It does not affect an independent who contracts with the client directly.
I'm willing to take my chances being an independent. I do it every day of the year.
An interesting point. In this day and age, if we landed on a planet that had pigs and cows, we might "study their culture", or "bring them democracy", but we damn sure wouldn't be allowed to kill and eat them.
Didn't South Park already bring democracy to the cows with a giant cow clock?
I would argue Independence Day still has the most absurd hack of all time.
I concur. Like any alien race would be using anything less than a 256 bit instruction set architecture. When's Apple gonna come out with one of those, huh? I thought so. I'm still waiting for a 256 bit FSB!
If/When humans first encounter extraterrestrial life forms they'll be so blown away that everything goes out the window. And if they even think they smell a hint of danger they'll kill anything and everything ... and if it's anything like in Twilight Zone, they'll kill each other, too.
IMost people in any profession, if they can't let go of their insistence on reality, dislike or down right hate movie portrayals of what they do.
I'm waiting for the movie about 'Slashdot Karma Whores'. I'm positive I won't like the way those guys are portrayed. Stupid writers.
Hollywood takes creative license ... produces more entertaining product.
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Nothing to see here. Move along
The victory condition I hope for is not the destruction of Microsoft, but rather, Microsoft opening their source code.
I think there's a better chance of Bill Gates actually killing someone than MS opening their source.
I guess magic has more power when you're dumb and rich.
I hate to be the one to tell you, but everything is better when you're dumb and rich. Unfortunately, I wouldn't know because I'm not rich.
Are you saying that there are guys who's job it is to walk around with hammers and check the serial numbers on toilet seats? What level of government clearance would I need to be able to apply for that job?
People said the same thing about the iPhone, and we all know haow that turned out...
My iPhone magically drops calls and freezes. I'm not impressed by magic so much anymore.
Maybe they could get Penn & Teller?
I can see it now ... ... ::crickets:: ... at least he does impressions ... but not of the iPad ...
Penn: Hi, I'm an iPad
Teller:
Penn: Don't mind him, he's a slate device. They don't have much to crow about.
Teller: (makes sour face)
Penn: He looks like some guy who bought a slate device
Apple has finally made the 'magic' API public. Using non-public API's was a big issue for developers but now it's gonna be all better. Really.
You do realize, of course, that we spend more on toilet seats in the federal government than on NASA, yes?
Well, to be fair, there are enough significant asses in Washington DC to warrant that kind of infrastructure investment there.
You do realize that the plans were unworkable, the designs flawed ...
If I had a nickel for every time I heard that from a client I'd be able to make a sizable enough donation to NASA that they could get their Constellation program back on the books.
I don't think it is bad design that is in question, but content.
Duly noted. Though most content isn't much better than the sites themselves.
... what am I saying? They already do. Those places are like pictures documenting the nights of bad drinking ... and they're primed to be blackmail fodder 'til the end of time.
I wonder why they aren't trying to get Facebook, MySpace, et al, to permanently archive everything ever posted there for historical purposes
Does the UK really want to be remembered for their craptacular websites? Not that theirs are any worse than anybody else's, but please ... most websites are like a night of bad drinking. Let's move on already and let time take care of the rest.