Pardon? The US T1 consumes the same power as a Core 2 Duo (70W). Also, don't want a Sun SPARC, roll your own, the source for the T1 is GPL'd. I've made my own SPARC CPU's in FPGA before, that it's a standard makes it rather easy.
While invariably the comparisons will bemade between this and AMD, let us not forget that Intel is getting stiff competition from left field as well. The arrival of the SPARC Niagra II processor is about to make the realm of high-end computing a lot more competitive than it has been in years. I, for one, can't wait to see a real head-to-head-to-head, AMD and Intel quads vs the 8-core monstrosty that is SPARC.
This is a panic piece, trying to rile upfeelings, almost trolling. Relax guys, Sun hasnt shown the steps that is being worried about here. When it does, then let us begin discussing. Till then, it is useless speculation and little better than FUD.
I see huge potential. Imagine the day when the internet itself is just referred to as Second Life, replacing the ubiquous web browser with an SL client, or that SL-only machines are sold...
Or even a way to directly interface with the human mind....
You dropped your Linux support, now you're complaining that Linux is beating you? Would that not be akin to trading your ticket from a steam transport for a luxury suite on the Titanic?
The only difference between a "server" build and a "desktop" build, kernel-wise, is in which components/modules you compile. Functionally, there is no difference. Same goes for Windows, the "desktop" and "server" kernels are fundimentally the same, it is only what you put on top of them that differentiates the two.
Someone here does not understand the difference between a kernel and an OS.
With multiple vendors each supporting the same document format, it becomes a real fight for marketplace dominance. Microsoft Office better than Open Office, well there's Lotus Symphony, Sun Office and KOffice as well. I'm downloading Symphony right now to see if my editor that hates Open Office would find it more appealing. And, by being interchangeable, it does infact become a free-market economy, everyone on the same level playing field.
No 1 suite will do everything for everyone, so these variety of options only helps the overall marketplace.
DeCSS, iPhone/iPod hacking... when will media companies realize that limiting customer access will hurt their bottom line. When one must be a pirate to play, then all will be pirates, and why not just eliminate the middle-men?
The loss of information is a step in the direction of cultural collapse. If you constantly treat your citizens as children, you either a) stop being productive or b) get a bunch of very angry citizens.
Iran, you might have a culture that demands things, but if you force them onto your population, you will create resentment, resentment becomes anger, and anger begets revolution. Remember the Shah? The current government is running along the same path, and will meet with the same end.
The problem is, you raise the fines, you only truely hurt the small guy. Finland went with a "fine is a percentage of yearly earnings" and it helped them a lot. But, money is also only money to some people. What about restrictions, such as putting a flow-control valve. "Sorry Mr. Smith, you only are allowed 12 gallons per day, so use them wisely" for those who are chronic violators, similar to what is done with drivers licenses.
I knew a guy who was well off. He'd water his lawn during droughts, and pay the fine every time. It was nothing to him, as he carelessly wasted water that other people needed to drink. Our areas reservoir dropped by a record 12 feet that year. Did he care about the hundreds of fines he recieved? Not a bit.
Fining Microsoft is much the same case, it means nothing. Barely a blip on their radar. You want to really penalize them, start trustbusting. "Oh, I'm sorry Microsoft, you cannot sell your OS within our territory with Media Player, you must bundle it with this other player. Oh, it costs you $25 per copy to bundle it? Too bad, oh, and you now are under price-restrictions as well, and you have to drop the price of Windows to boot. I figure $5 OEM cost. What was that, you'd be loosing $20 for every machine that ships with Windows? Well, it is your choice weither you sell it to OEM's now, isn't it? Now let's talk about Internet Explorer, shall we?"
Hrm? Who was criticizing israel? Heck, I criticize Israel for a lot of their narrow-minded policies. You have no concept of what you speak of, and those with small minds should not try for such large words.
You, my dear sir, have been brainwashed by those above you. They sick you like an attack dog, making you revile a group while they steal your money, resources and livlihoods, leaving you with nothing but your hatred. You poor pitiful fool. So long as you hate blindly, you are a slave. Break free of the bonds within your own mind, embrace your true friends, those that your masters wish to have you hate, rise up, free yourself before it is too late...
The "Dont Tread on Me" flag, aka the Gadsden flag, was a flag bourne in the American Revolution, not the Civil War. The Rattlesake, before the Bald Eagle, was the symbol of the United States itself.
How can we take your anti-semitic comments in any kind of serious manner when you do not even know the history of the very symbol of the American Revolution, no, the core values of the United States itself?
First computers and cell phones, then cars which run off of batteries, but use solar panels while sitting at the mall or work parking lot, and finishng up with solar farms running all of our electrical needs through smart reduction of power demands...
Ok everyone, I feel a hearty round of kumbaya coming on.... **ducks the vegetables**
The last update they did was stealthy enough that I didn't realize it was happening, and my XP system lost power during the middle. End result, XP is now acting erratically, proclaiming update is invalid at bootup, sometimes not booting at all. Forced me to re-evaluate Linux for my 1 game machine, and trying out Cedega to get my last real Windows game (City of Heroes) to run.
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Pardon? The US T1 consumes the same power as a Core 2 Duo (70W). Also, don't want a Sun SPARC, roll your own, the source for the T1 is GPL'd. I've made my own SPARC CPU's in FPGA before, that it's a standard makes it rather easy.
here is a listing of various units, starting at $4k for a 6-core setup.
While invariably the comparisons will bemade between this and AMD, let us not forget that Intel is getting stiff competition from left field as well. The arrival of the SPARC Niagra II processor is about to make the realm of high-end computing a lot more competitive than it has been in years. I, for one, can't wait to see a real head-to-head-to-head, AMD and Intel quads vs the 8-core monstrosty that is SPARC.
This is a panic piece, trying to rile upfeelings, almost trolling. Relax guys, Sun hasnt shown the steps that is being worried about here. When it does, then let us begin discussing. Till then, it is useless speculation and little better than FUD.
I see huge potential. Imagine the day when the internet itself is just referred to as Second Life, replacing the ubiquous web browser with an SL client, or that SL-only machines are sold...
Or even a way to directly interface with the human mind....
Gibson, you were right.
You dropped your Linux support, now you're complaining that Linux is beating you? Would that not be akin to trading your ticket from a steam transport for a luxury suite on the Titanic?
The irony of this of course being that by making the claim, he just verified it....
If the dead start rising, I'm getting outa dodge....
As I was talking about compiling, it's really easy.
Grab the patch for the scheduler you'd like, apply it, compile. Run and enjoy! I happen to run this one:
http://people.redhat.com/mingo/cfs-scheduler/
The only difference between a "server" build and a "desktop" build, kernel-wise, is in which components/modules you compile. Functionally, there is no difference. Same goes for Windows, the "desktop" and "server" kernels are fundimentally the same, it is only what you put on top of them that differentiates the two.
Someone here does not understand the difference between a kernel and an OS.
With multiple vendors each supporting the same document format, it becomes a real fight for marketplace dominance. Microsoft Office better than Open Office, well there's Lotus Symphony, Sun Office and KOffice as well. I'm downloading Symphony right now to see if my editor that hates Open Office would find it more appealing. And, by being interchangeable, it does infact become a free-market economy, everyone on the same level playing field.
No 1 suite will do everything for everyone, so these variety of options only helps the overall marketplace.
I'd have never....
RUN ALEX! They're onto us!!
DeCSS, iPhone/iPod hacking... when will media companies realize that limiting customer access will hurt their bottom line. When one must be a pirate to play, then all will be pirates, and why not just eliminate the middle-men?
The loss of information is a step in the direction of cultural collapse. If you constantly treat your citizens as children, you either a) stop being productive or b) get a bunch of very angry citizens.
Iran, you might have a culture that demands things, but if you force them onto your population, you will create resentment, resentment becomes anger, and anger begets revolution. Remember the Shah? The current government is running along the same path, and will meet with the same end.
The problem is, you raise the fines, you only truely hurt the small guy. Finland went with a "fine is a percentage of yearly earnings" and it helped them a lot. But, money is also only money to some people. What about restrictions, such as putting a flow-control valve. "Sorry Mr. Smith, you only are allowed 12 gallons per day, so use them wisely" for those who are chronic violators, similar to what is done with drivers licenses.
I knew a guy who was well off. He'd water his lawn during droughts, and pay the fine every time. It was nothing to him, as he carelessly wasted water that other people needed to drink. Our areas reservoir dropped by a record 12 feet that year. Did he care about the hundreds of fines he recieved? Not a bit.
Fining Microsoft is much the same case, it means nothing. Barely a blip on their radar. You want to really penalize them, start trustbusting. "Oh, I'm sorry Microsoft, you cannot sell your OS within our territory with Media Player, you must bundle it with this other player. Oh, it costs you $25 per copy to bundle it? Too bad, oh, and you now are under price-restrictions as well, and you have to drop the price of Windows to boot. I figure $5 OEM cost. What was that, you'd be loosing $20 for every machine that ships with Windows? Well, it is your choice weither you sell it to OEM's now, isn't it? Now let's talk about Internet Explorer, shall we?"
Hrm? Who was criticizing israel? Heck, I criticize Israel for a lot of their narrow-minded policies. You have no concept of what you speak of, and those with small minds should not try for such large words.
You, my dear sir, have been brainwashed by those above you. They sick you like an attack dog, making you revile a group while they steal your money, resources and livlihoods, leaving you with nothing but your hatred. You poor pitiful fool. So long as you hate blindly, you are a slave. Break free of the bonds within your own mind, embrace your true friends, those that your masters wish to have you hate, rise up, free yourself before it is too late...
Ahem, you really need to learn your history.
The "Dont Tread on Me" flag, aka the Gadsden flag, was a flag bourne in the American Revolution, not the Civil War. The Rattlesake, before the Bald Eagle, was the symbol of the United States itself.
How can we take your anti-semitic comments in any kind of serious manner when you do not even know the history of the very symbol of the American Revolution, no, the core values of the United States itself?
Bully I say, Bully!
Too true. There comes a time when a government turns on the very people it was designed to nurture, and the results can be disasterous.
Does anyone recall the French Revolution?
People that trade freedom for security shall recieve neither.
First computers and cell phones, then cars which run off of batteries, but use solar panels while sitting at the mall or work parking lot, and finishng up with solar farms running all of our electrical needs through smart reduction of power demands...
Ok everyone, I feel a hearty round of kumbaya coming on.... **ducks the vegetables**
that prime waterfront property in Kansas....
The last update they did was stealthy enough that I didn't realize it was happening, and my XP system lost power during the middle. End result, XP is now acting erratically, proclaiming update is invalid at bootup, sometimes not booting at all. Forced me to re-evaluate Linux for my 1 game machine, and trying out Cedega to get my last real Windows game (City of Heroes) to run.
Oh good, so do I take that as a "yes" on this petition to replace that "theory of gravity" with "Intelligent Falling" in schools, hmm?
you can say that again. I've used MS products since... 1978