The thing is that the more stuff you build into kernel space, the less context switching needs to occur, which helps performance.
In addition, it also helps prevent several deadlock situations. Picture this: You are running a "true" microkernel, where everything is a process... Then you page out the process which controls your HDD... whoops!;)
Being like alice is great, until you hit the wall. The wall being the subject, or as in my case several, you can't quite grasp at once.
I feel this is a problem with our education system. Too much emphasis is placed on passing the test, and thus you only know the test--and only long enough to be able to pass it. If public education was concerned with thought (i.e. less rote memorization), I think that the "alices" among us would be able to learn the same study skills that the "bobs" have. At the very least, schools should be more flexible with younger students (elementry levels).
Of course, this opinion is based purely on anecdotal evidence--I had a 3rd grade reading and math level in 1st grade, but had to "re-learn" all of that information for 2 years. I feel that this deprived me of the content necessary to keep me interested and doing work. There was still stuff that I didn't know, but nothing was provided in lieu of what I already knew. Needless to say (albeit I'm saying it anyway), I was very bored, and subsequently became incredibly lazy).
The argument "pro" was that we could trust the U.S. government not to misuse the key; the argument "con" was that it would inhibit exports of U.S. products, because while Americans might trust their government with keys to their back door, why would anyone else?
While many of my brethren may trust our government with copies of their keys, I sure as hell don't.
The market system is incredibly advanced. It is possible to make a living just by playing the market--and skills exist to allow you to do so. The basic skill is called "trade" and increases the amount of orders (buy and/or sell) you can place on the market. Additional skills exist to increase this even further. There are skills that allow you to modify your orders remotely, buy and sell remotely, and more.
Eve also sports an intricate system for creating items. To make an item you need to acquire a blueprint. Blueprints are sold in 1 of 2 varieties: blueprint originals (BPOs) and blueprint copies (BPCs). BPOs allow you to create an unlimited number of items, as well as BPCs. BPCs allow you to create a set number of items from them. After you have a BP, you have to get the materials. (The process by which you do this is outside the scope of this post.) After that, you rent a factory slot and build the item.
The caveat to all of this is that everything in EVE requires skills, and skills take a while to train. Getting to the point where manufacturing or trading will make you millions takes between 2 weeks and a month, depending on your strategy for making money.
The reason why there is such depth to the trading system is because there is no way to instantly transport materials from one place to another--the need to transport things creates disparities similar to that of the real world--creating a simulated economy which behaves relaistically.
Most if not all of the flaws in the PvP system have been removed at this time. With the release of Red Moon Rising, CCP finally got around to implementing a system for ore rats as well. If someone steals ore out of your can, you get kill rights.:)
Of course, the podkill zones are still infested by griefers... but that is the entire point of those areas. CCP engineered that mechanic into their game specifically to increase the risk of traversing those systems.
I find the political maneuverings between alliances and corporations to be one of the most satisfying elements of the game myself. So far, I've been 100% carebear (miner/refiner). However, my corp is finally beginning to move into 0.0, and so I am picking up some combat skills. I am looking forward to the change in gameplay:)
Socrates was not killed for impiety, that was a cop-out by the state. He was killed for making the senators of Greece look like fools, by exposing flaws in their rhetoric. (The Wikipedia article). Wikipedia does note that impiety was an official accusation, but if you read The Apology, you get an incredibly different picture of why he died. Also, Socrates willingly committed himself to his own demise, as he had an opportunity to escape. Crito, one of his "fans", tries to convince him to leave in the dialogue of the same name.
But you are right that corrupt politicians are ancient history. The real problem is that they are current history as well;)
None of the things that you mention are facts. They are observed phenomenon that may have alternate explanations. For instance, it might not be that our universe is getting larger, we may be getting smaller. For more information concerning why it is impossible to verify this, consult Descartes. The first meditation pretty much sums it up.
I would like to add to this that if you use desktop A (or a certain set of.so's) and want to use an application from another (that uses another set of.so's), the tradeoff is that you will have to wait longer for those libraries to be loaded into memory. I.e. if you use Enlightenment, don't moan when it takes forever to load KWrite--that is the tradeoff for not using KDE, but wanting some of their functionality.
The inevitable response will probably bemoan that the KDE/GTK libraries are bloaty... but we (the KDE or GNOME people) like it that way.;)
One visitor to the company's Googleplex in Silicon Valley felt as if I were in the company of missionaries. [...] Paul Saffo at Silicon Valley's Institute for the Future says that Google is a religion posing as a company. [...] If Google is a religion, what is its God? It would have to be The Algorithm. Faith in the possibility of an omniscient and omnipotent algorithm appears to be what Messrs Page and Brin have in common.
I never said that you should feel sorry for the man. However, expecting him to give away a larger percentage of his net worth may not be possible, given that it is not comprised solely of liquid assets. In other words, I'm asking you to be reasonable.
No, he didn't really have a choice in this. It was either give some of it back or look like a monster.
And yet, the vitriolic tone of your post (as well as several others) implies that he still is. Since he is damned if he does/damned if he doesn't, then I'd say it is a great thing that he chooses to give anything to charity.
Another thing that you (plural) seem to forget is that most of Bill's billions are not liquid--it's tied up in stock.
Just hope you can fit enough usefull stuff in 4G, what with modern software bloat.
Considering that my current usage on my desktop fits wholly in 1GB of RAM, I don't believe there will be much of an issue there;)
The same goes for my laptop (but w/ 512MB RAM). Caveat: These are both linux systems. Windows may use more (it's cache & page policies are rather different than linux), but I don't believe it is much worse than that.
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It's all a joke... one. big. joke.
GIMME!!
You had to expect this from someone... ;)
Done. (T~=4h 9m at the time of posting)
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You for got lawyers. Lawyers definitely aren't funny.
Except hire us. (And if not us, then I'll be happy with just me...) ;)
Same here. College is kicking my ass.
Being like alice is great, until you hit the wall. The wall being the subject, or as in my case several, you can't quite grasp at once.
I feel this is a problem with our education system. Too much emphasis is placed on passing the test, and thus you only know the test--and only long enough to be able to pass it. If public education was concerned with thought (i.e. less rote memorization), I think that the "alices" among us would be able to learn the same study skills that the "bobs" have. At the very least, schools should be more flexible with younger students (elementry levels).
Of course, this opinion is based purely on anecdotal evidence--I had a 3rd grade reading and math level in 1st grade, but had to "re-learn" all of that information for 2 years. I feel that this deprived me of the content necessary to keep me interested and doing work. There was still stuff that I didn't know, but nothing was provided in lieu of what I already knew. Needless to say (albeit I'm saying it anyway), I was very bored, and subsequently became incredibly lazy).
First violation post!!!!!
While many of my brethren may trust our government with copies of their keys, I sure as hell don't.
Eve also sports an intricate system for creating items. To make an item you need to acquire a blueprint. Blueprints are sold in 1 of 2 varieties: blueprint originals (BPOs) and blueprint copies (BPCs). BPOs allow you to create an unlimited number of items, as well as BPCs. BPCs allow you to create a set number of items from them. After you have a BP, you have to get the materials. (The process by which you do this is outside the scope of this post.) After that, you rent a factory slot and build the item.
The caveat to all of this is that everything in EVE requires skills, and skills take a while to train. Getting to the point where manufacturing or trading will make you millions takes between 2 weeks and a month, depending on your strategy for making money.
The reason why there is such depth to the trading system is because there is no way to instantly transport materials from one place to another--the need to transport things creates disparities similar to that of the real world--creating a simulated economy which behaves relaistically.
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Honestly, I am. I have more skill points in industry than in all of my combat skills combined... (I am in the middle of fixing that)
Of course, the podkill zones are still infested by griefers... but that is the entire point of those areas. CCP engineered that mechanic into their game specifically to increase the risk of traversing those systems.
I find the political maneuverings between alliances and corporations to be one of the most satisfying elements of the game myself. So far, I've been 100% carebear (miner/refiner). However, my corp is finally beginning to move into 0.0, and so I am picking up some combat skills. I am looking forward to the change in gameplay :)
Current history meaning now. Think of it as poetic license. ;)
But you are right that corrupt politicians are ancient history. The real problem is that they are current history as well ;)
None of the things that you mention are facts. They are observed phenomenon that may have alternate explanations. For instance, it might not be that our universe is getting larger, we may be getting smaller. For more information concerning why it is impossible to verify this, consult Descartes. The first meditation pretty much sums it up.
Actually, Galileo was placed under house arrest and Copernicus was not executed for his On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres. He (Copernicus) did, however, wait until the year of his death to publish.
The inevitable response will probably bemoan that the KDE/GTK libraries are bloaty... but we (the KDE or GNOME people) like it that way. ;)
Yeh, the Roman Empire exhibited the same behavior at its end... ;)
Larry Page: Father of the Cult of Skynet. It has a certain ring to it, neh? ;)
Seriously, though... I'd hit that koolaid.
(Granted, that may be too much for /.)
Good point. *Cracks knuckles* ;)
Another thing that you (plural) seem to forget is that most of Bill's billions are not liquid--it's tied up in stock.
Considering that my current usage on my desktop fits wholly in 1GB of RAM, I don't believe there will be much of an issue there ;)
The same goes for my laptop (but w/ 512MB RAM). Caveat: These are both linux systems. Windows may use more (it's cache & page policies are rather different than linux), but I don't believe it is much worse than that.