According to Intel anyway who, if they did patch it, would own the responsibility for any more problems and/or bricked CPUs resulting from that. Since it affects almost every CPU they've made in the last 20 years, better for them to punt with "fixed in the next release".
This was said over and over on slashdot: not everyone has your use-case.
Ya, I get that. But I'll note that I'm a system programmer and system administrator and have administered Windows, Unix and Linux on just about everything from PCs to Crays over my 30+ years, so I have a lot of varied use-cases under my belt. I have Intel and AMD systems at home running a mix of Windows, Linux, BSD and vSphere - with a mix on that.
linux dominates the server market. it's installed on all the world's supercomputers. if these have a 5% performance hit because of the intel meltdown bug, you bet your ass it's a big deal (as in very expensive). also all enterprises run linux on servers to a degree.
Sure and many of those system use Intel processors. Sure, they could switch to other architectures or they could just add 5% more Intel CPUs. Perhaps Intel could cut the price by an appropriate amount to compensate.
Or is Intel basically saying 'we are committed to selling you shit forever and ever, and never fixing anything'?" he asked. "Because if that's the case, maybe we should start looking towards the ARM64 people more."
Not sure how much Intel really cares about threats from the free Linux community - vs Microsoft, etc... To quote Rick Sanchez, "What -- What's this supposed to accomplish? We have infinite grand-kids. You're trying to use Disney bucks at a Caesar's Palace here."
When/. posts ads and press releases for stuff as stories. Any bets as to if the "anonymous reader" that submitted this is actually Laurie Voss, co-founder and COO of npm - citing herself?/cynical
Perhaps it really depends on what you're trying to do. I've actually done some of the most creative problem solving with a deadline looming because it forced me to -- and I hate myself for saying this -- think outside the box. This type of thing is usually different than "develop[ing] an amazing new idea", but not always. In any case, to state what should be obvious, deadlines can be a help or hindrance depending on the task and person.
... it's trying to make those jobs easier by developing a suit with Ekso Bionics that takes the stress out of working long hours on a car assembly floor.
Sure, but they could also hire more employees, instead of making the remaining - I mean current - ones work longer and harder - I mean easier.
[the suits are] nothing like what you see in movies, as it simply uses hydraulics to redistribute weight so that workers can comfortably raise their arms above their heads for extended periods of time.
Sounds like bunches of fun. (Is it still a torture stress position with the suits?)
What do you expect when you appoint someone to a job for which they have zero relevant experience? It's like making the trash collector your new company CEO.
I'm much more surprised this can't be fixed in microcode, the entire CPU is run by its own "OS"...
Perhaps it actually can, but then Intel would assume the responsibility for that fix -- across all the many, many CPU families and versions -- and the responsible for any bricked CPUs if/when something goes wrong. Better for them to say, "Fixed in the next release."
AT&T and DirecTV gave layoff notices to a large number of landline, legacy service, and home installers spanning the country...
the company was giving $1,000 bonuses to 200,000 employees in commemoration of the tax overhaul...
Apparently those bonuses will be in lieu of paychecks. Sounds like a win-win for corporations and politicians.
The post office operates in the black. It is the pension rules, or maybe somebody's misinterpretation of them, that fuck things up.
They may technically operate in the black if they decide to screw over the entire workforce by abandoning previous pension contracts (how you can ethically separate that I really do not know),
It's not that the USPS is abandoning anyone, but the law passed by Congress requires the USPS to "pre-fund" the benefit obligations rather than the previous pay-as-you-go model so they're chunking away a huge amount of money up-front every year - which reduces their available funds on hand. From the article link above:
US Postal Service workers have a retiree health care benefit in addition to their pension. Before Congress passed the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006, the USPS operated under a pay-as-you-go model for retiree health care funding. The new law requires the Postal Service to pre-fund its benefit obligations.
Members of the postal workers union say the pre-funding requirement has created a fiscal mess. Some people have even claimed that law has the effect of requiring the postal service to fund retirement obligations for people who are not yet employed by the USPS--potential future employees.
You know, the really sad part is that since his mother is a known American citizen, none of that "where was he born" nonsense ever mattered in the slightest; yet, socially, we allowed the mass media to convince us that it did.
True and I imagine the whole "he was born in Kenya" thing was/is actually code for "he's black" - which, if so, is, quite frankly, stupid - but let's not overestimate people...
Survey results released by YouGov Friday show that 51 percent of Republicans said they think former President Barack Obama was born in Kenya, compared to just 14 percent of Democrats. Perhaps unsurprisingly, respondents who voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 election were especially convinced of Obama's African origins: Fully 57 percent said it was "definitely true" or "probably true" that the 44th president came from Kenya.
If we're seeking to have an informed electorate, then this poses a bit of a problem.
Some people may want an informed electorate, but it's definitely not politicians, the political parties or their high-dollar supporters. They have a vested interested in keeping the masses ignorant, partisan, riled up and easily swayed by slogans and rhetoric.
Examples: Look at the masses of people at Trump rallies chanting "Lock her up!" about someone who has not been convicted of any crimes*. Or that, even as of December 2017, people still believe Obama was born in Kenya
Survey results released by YouGov Friday show that 51 percent of Republicans said they think former President Barack Obama was born in Kenya, compared to just 14 percent of Democrats. Perhaps unsurprisingly, respondents who voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 election were especially convinced of Obama's African origins: Fully 57 percent said it was "definitely true" or "probably true" that the 44th president came from Kenya.
[ * deferring any debate about whether she should be convicted ]
You can see this a lot on every post that President Trump posts. There will be five or 6 posts from the same bot posting pre-formatted replies against him before anyone else has had a chance to post anything.
It's kind of entertaining.
They're actually from people on his staff, trying to moderate the crazy stuff he says before he's had his coffee - I mean his first 3 Diet Cokes.
Slashdot Mirror
NASA Tests a Drone To Explore Jupiter's Moon in Antarctica
They seem to mess Bender up a bit.
... as well as new driving experiences that come from the highly-targeted and relevant offers delivered based on information coming from the vehicle."
What a HUGE pile of crap. Someone has been smoking too much crack and, quite frankly, not drinking enough Kool-Aid.
Most CPU defects can be patched. This one cannot.
According to Intel anyway who, if they did patch it, would own the responsibility for any more problems and/or bricked CPUs resulting from that. Since it affects almost every CPU they've made in the last 20 years, better for them to punt with "fixed in the next release".
This was said over and over on slashdot: not everyone has your use-case.
Ya, I get that. But I'll note that I'm a system programmer and system administrator and have administered Windows, Unix and Linux on just about everything from PCs to Crays over my 30+ years, so I have a lot of varied use-cases under my belt. I have Intel and AMD systems at home running a mix of Windows, Linux, BSD and vSphere - with a mix on that.
linux dominates the server market. it's installed on all the world's supercomputers. if these have a 5% performance hit because of the intel meltdown bug, you bet your ass it's a big deal (as in very expensive). also all enterprises run linux on servers to a degree.
Sure and many of those system use Intel processors. Sure, they could switch to other architectures or they could just add 5% more Intel CPUs. Perhaps Intel could cut the price by an appropriate amount to compensate.
Or is Intel basically saying 'we are committed to selling you shit forever and ever, and never fixing anything'?" he asked. "Because if that's the case, maybe we should start looking towards the ARM64 people more."
Not sure how much Intel really cares about threats from the free Linux community - vs Microsoft, etc... To quote Rick Sanchez, "What -- What's this supposed to accomplish? We have infinite grand-kids. You're trying to use Disney bucks at a Caesar's Palace here."
When /. posts ads and press releases for stuff as stories. Any bets as to if the "anonymous reader" that submitted this is actually Laurie Voss, co-founder and COO of npm - citing herself? /cynical
Arbitrary Deadlines Are the Enemy of Creativity
So are no deadlines.
Perhaps it really depends on what you're trying to do. I've actually done some of the most creative problem solving with a deadline looming because it forced me to -- and I hate myself for saying this -- think outside the box. This type of thing is usually different than "develop[ing] an amazing new idea", but not always. In any case, to state what should be obvious, deadlines can be a help or hindrance depending on the task and person.
... it's trying to make those jobs easier by developing a suit with Ekso Bionics that takes the stress out of working long hours on a car assembly floor.
Sure, but they could also hire more employees, instead of making the remaining - I mean current - ones work longer and harder - I mean easier.
[the suits are] nothing like what you see in movies, as it simply uses hydraulics to redistribute weight so that workers can comfortably raise their arms above their heads for extended periods of time.
Sounds like bunches of fun. (Is it still a torture stress position with the suits?)
What do you expect when you appoint someone to a job for which they have zero relevant experience? It's like making the trash collector your new company CEO.
Or "elect" ...
... any negative performance outcomes "will be mitigated over time."
Meaning, when you buy a new CPU or computer - i.e. "fixed in the next release".
I'm much more surprised this can't be fixed in microcode, the entire CPU is run by its own "OS" ...
Perhaps it actually can, but then Intel would assume the responsibility for that fix -- across all the many, many CPU families and versions -- and the responsible for any bricked CPUs if/when something goes wrong. Better for them to say, "Fixed in the next release."
Getting rid of questionable voting machines is a good step. But it's only half of the problem.
The other two-thirds is questionable politicians.
So I can use them instead of drywall or paneling for the walls inside my house.
if you and everyone else on the road kept an equal distance between the cars ahead and behind, traffic would move twice as quickly.
Yes, because no one would be merging into traffic anymore.
Or braking for no... fucking... reason.
AT&T and DirecTV gave layoff notices to a large number of landline, legacy service, and home installers spanning the country ... ...
the company was giving $1,000 bonuses to 200,000 employees in commemoration of the tax overhaul
Apparently those bonuses will be in lieu of paychecks. Sounds like a win-win for corporations and politicians.
The post office operates in the black. It is the pension rules, or maybe somebody's misinterpretation of them, that fuck things up.
They may technically operate in the black if they decide to screw over the entire workforce by abandoning previous pension contracts (how you can ethically separate that I really do not know),
It's not that the USPS is abandoning anyone, but the law passed by Congress requires the USPS to "pre-fund" the benefit obligations rather than the previous pay-as-you-go model so they're chunking away a huge amount of money up-front every year - which reduces their available funds on hand. From the article link above:
US Postal Service workers have a retiree health care benefit in addition to their pension. Before Congress passed the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006, the USPS operated under a pay-as-you-go model for retiree health care funding. The new law requires the Postal Service to pre-fund its benefit obligations.
Members of the postal workers union say the pre-funding requirement has created a fiscal mess. Some people have even claimed that law has the effect of requiring the postal service to fund retirement obligations for people who are not yet employed by the USPS--potential future employees.
—Donald Trump (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBqB_3j4Qts)
The key to understanding Trump is that whenever he says, "believe me" or "trust me" - don't. It's that simple.
Noting that (sigh), even as of December 2017, people still believe Obama was born in Kenya
You know, the really sad part is that since his mother is a known American citizen, none of that "where was he born" nonsense ever mattered in the slightest; yet, socially, we allowed the mass media to convince us that it did.
True and I imagine the whole "he was born in Kenya" thing was/is actually code for "he's black" - which, if so, is, quite frankly, stupid - but let's not overestimate people...
There is lots of evidence he was born in HI, and no evidence he wasn't.
Noting that (sigh), even as of December 2017, people still believe Obama was born in Kenya
Survey results released by YouGov Friday show that 51 percent of Republicans said they think former President Barack Obama was born in Kenya, compared to just 14 percent of Democrats. Perhaps unsurprisingly, respondents who voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 election were especially convinced of Obama's African origins: Fully 57 percent said it was "definitely true" or "probably true" that the 44th president came from Kenya.
If we're seeking to have an informed electorate, then this poses a bit of a problem.
Some people may want an informed electorate, but it's definitely not politicians, the political parties or their high-dollar supporters. They have a vested interested in keeping the masses ignorant, partisan, riled up and easily swayed by slogans and rhetoric.
Examples: Look at the masses of people at Trump rallies chanting "Lock her up!" about someone who has not been convicted of any crimes*. Or that, even as of December 2017, people still believe Obama was born in Kenya
Survey results released by YouGov Friday show that 51 percent of Republicans said they think former President Barack Obama was born in Kenya, compared to just 14 percent of Democrats. Perhaps unsurprisingly, respondents who voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 election were especially convinced of Obama's African origins: Fully 57 percent said it was "definitely true" or "probably true" that the 44th president came from Kenya.
[ * deferring any debate about whether she should be convicted ]
"Constant Masturbation linked carpal tunnel syndrome."
You're holding it wrong.
Nice red herring.
Coincidentally, the name of Putin's Twitter account.
You can see this a lot on every post that President Trump posts. There will be five or 6 posts from the same bot posting pre-formatted replies against him before anyone else has had a chance to post anything.
It's kind of entertaining.
They're actually from people on his staff, trying to moderate the crazy stuff he says before he's had his coffee - I mean his first 3 Diet Cokes.
Bots don't tend to try and entice people into supporting and defending white nationalism.
But I hear they're very much into Blackjack and hookers, so they're problematic either way.