"Fair"? Huh? You compare products against each other based on performance and price. If one product is on a superior manufacturing process that is a differentiating advantage. Your post makes absolutely no sense.
Besides, some ARM implementations will be on 32nm soon if it isn't already. Really Medfield is a stop-gap. The really interesting time will be when/if Intel puts the Atom chips on first-class manufacturing capacity. Tri-gate 22nm Atom chips would be very competitive.
War... the goal of which is power or, you guessed it, "profit". Scientific inquiry - again largely driven by profit motives for the inventor/scientist.
Profit is the driver, war and scientific inquiry the means.
Yeah, that unavoidable reality, you know? It sure isn't very progressive!
When our (the US's) standard of living is so high above the rest of the worlds, I wonder what would happen? Oh, yeah - outsourcing for labor. Yep, that happened.
Then when the pendulum swings a little bit back we will start to get more local work. It's econ 101.
I, for one, would like to thank the citizens of Texas for subsidizing my semiconductor purchases!
Yeah, I'm sure Texas just gives those incentives because they're what, stupid? Altruistic? No - they and the rest of the world that gives these incentives understand that in the end it comes out as a big win for their local economy.
You're confusing "losing" with "not willing to go beyond a certain point." I would say my definition of "defeated" is different than yours.
You don't think we could just go in and kill every man, woman, and child in Afghanistan? Of course we could (a few might scurry away, but for the most part). But that's not our mission and would be an atrocity. The problem is the rules of engagement, not our military effectiveness. We have rules of engagement, and if the enemy doesn't they have a _huge_ advantage in asymmetrical warfare.
Because those decisions were made many years ago. It might have made sense back then, though I don't really think it did even then. It doesn't now. The only excuse now is backwards compatibility.
Or boys and girls? And Mathematics..or Arithmetic?
If the differences were biological wouldn't one want to wait until key biological differences between men and women had settled out more, say..I don't know..puberty?
I don't know if the differences are biological or not, but reading through the study it seems a rather flawed basis to back the statement "Men aren't better than women at math, biologically".
Sigh. Intel doesn't give a shit about hard drives directly, they don't use them. Intel sells parts to other companies, _those_ companies source hard drives and use them.
Imagine you sell 2x4's for construction and the global nail market goes to hell and nails cost 100x as much. Your 2x4 business is affected, even though you don't use or give a shit about nails directly.
Your entire way of thinking is idiotic. Theft is taking something from someone against their will. Profit is taking something from someone _with their consent_. Your failure to understand the distinction clouds anything you say under a pall of idiocy.
There definitely needs to be some sort of requirement for being useful to the community, I think, rather than something that only makes money but doesn't do anything useful for society.
No there doesn't. Down that path lies lunacy and various evils. We don't exist as cogs in society to provide benefit to society. It's antithetical to a free society to even think that way.
OMG, you mean they finally passed bill H.R. 2506, aka "The Retirees Must Live in Houses They Own or Be Executed" bill?! God damn it, I lobbied tirelessly against that bill. I mean I pointed out that retirees can live in inexpensive houses, in apartments, or somewhere anyone else can. And they _still_ passed it!?!?!!
He basically told you to piss off. That's because your mail was meaningless. There are close to 0% of people who don't have access to a Windows machine to login to the site. Your obscure choice of operating system shouldn't guide their decisions.
Personally I wouldn't use Silverlight for a site like that either, but probably the reason they did is it's easier to develop and support in Silverlight.
Most developers find something simple that works for them and never bother to look any further. Silverlight is one of the best options there is for line of business apps in the enterprise.
Not everything has to be out on the Internet on some trendy retail shop or Web 2.0 site to be successful in other scenarios.
Yeah, I just don't see it happening. I think we need a broad approach, where we phase out the less desirable power sources over time. The worst source of power right now is coal, let's get rid of it. Then natural gas and other old school sources.
In the meantime work on making safe nuclear power. The US has an advantage in terms of space that places like Japan don't. We could put a lot of nuclear power plants out in the middle of nowhere. So first you make them safe, but shit happens so if they do go tits up they're out in the desert somewhere and damage is minimal.
In 100 years maybe we'll be to the point where Solar (and/or some exotic other power source) is feasible to replace nuclear, and we can phase it out.
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"Fair"? Huh? You compare products against each other based on performance and price. If one product is on a superior manufacturing process that is a differentiating advantage. Your post makes absolutely no sense.
Besides, some ARM implementations will be on 32nm soon if it isn't already. Really Medfield is a stop-gap. The really interesting time will be when/if Intel puts the Atom chips on first-class manufacturing capacity. Tri-gate 22nm Atom chips would be very competitive.
War... the goal of which is power or, you guessed it, "profit". Scientific inquiry - again largely driven by profit motives for the inventor/scientist.
Profit is the driver, war and scientific inquiry the means.
There is no "tech" to license.
Yeah, I'm sure now that Apple has patented this we'll see fuel cell Macbooks in 2012, right? Don't hold your breath.
Samsung makes Apple's chips and Apple is suing the shit out of every Android maker including Samsung. They're well past that ritual.
I find it hilarious that you use "motivated by profit" pejoratively. The great vast bulk of human advancement has been motivated by profit.
Hmm.. Your subtle political banter is too high above me. GW Bush you say? Rick Perry? Texas? Your insights are way to unique for me to understand.
Yeah, that unavoidable reality, you know? It sure isn't very progressive!
When our (the US's) standard of living is so high above the rest of the worlds, I wonder what would happen? Oh, yeah - outsourcing for labor. Yep, that happened.
Then when the pendulum swings a little bit back we will start to get more local work. It's econ 101.
Yeah, I'm sure Texas just gives those incentives because they're what, stupid? Altruistic? No - they and the rest of the world that gives these incentives understand that in the end it comes out as a big win for their local economy.
You're confusing "losing" with "not willing to go beyond a certain point." I would say my definition of "defeated" is different than yours.
You don't think we could just go in and kill every man, woman, and child in Afghanistan? Of course we could (a few might scurry away, but for the most part). But that's not our mission and would be an atrocity. The problem is the rules of engagement, not our military effectiveness. We have rules of engagement, and if the enemy doesn't they have a _huge_ advantage in asymmetrical warfare.
Because those decisions were made many years ago. It might have made sense back then, though I don't really think it did even then. It doesn't now. The only excuse now is backwards compatibility.
Why, when it's inferior in very nearly every way at this point?
No, Power is dead and MS is insane if they use it again. They should either go many core ARM or even better just plain old x86.
They should do both. Include a ridiculously large hard drive (1TB or so, should be cheap again by 2013). Allow for multiple installation options.
Downloading, copying onto USB drive from a kiosk, installation to hard drive from optical media, or execution from optical media.
Or boys and girls? And Mathematics..or Arithmetic?
If the differences were biological wouldn't one want to wait until key biological differences between men and women had settled out more, say..I don't know..puberty?
I don't know if the differences are biological or not, but reading through the study it seems a rather flawed basis to back the statement "Men aren't better than women at math, biologically".
Oh snap! Score one for the little known but very vocal anti-3D Printing crowd!
Sigh. Intel doesn't give a shit about hard drives directly, they don't use them. Intel sells parts to other companies, _those_ companies source hard drives and use them.
Imagine you sell 2x4's for construction and the global nail market goes to hell and nails cost 100x as much. Your 2x4 business is affected, even though you don't use or give a shit about nails directly.
Your entire way of thinking is idiotic. Theft is taking something from someone against their will. Profit is taking something from someone _with their consent_. Your failure to understand the distinction clouds anything you say under a pall of idiocy.
There definitely needs to be some sort of requirement for being useful to the community, I think, rather than something that only makes money but doesn't do anything useful for society.
No there doesn't. Down that path lies lunacy and various evils. We don't exist as cogs in society to provide benefit to society. It's antithetical to a free society to even think that way.
OMG, you mean they finally passed bill H.R. 2506, aka "The Retirees Must Live in Houses They Own or Be Executed" bill?! God damn it, I lobbied tirelessly against that bill. I mean I pointed out that retirees can live in inexpensive houses, in apartments, or somewhere anyone else can. And they _still_ passed it!?!?!!
KHAAAAAAAAN!!!!
Yeah, it's called voluntary servitude. Note the "voluntary" part. Nobody forced you to buy shit you can't afford.
He basically told you to piss off. That's because your mail was meaningless. There are close to 0% of people who don't have access to a Windows machine to login to the site. Your obscure choice of operating system shouldn't guide their decisions.
Personally I wouldn't use Silverlight for a site like that either, but probably the reason they did is it's easier to develop and support in Silverlight.
Silverlight isn't the "future" per se, but if you're developing enterprise applications it can be one of the best solutions.
Most developers find something simple that works for them and never bother to look any further. Silverlight is one of the best options there is for line of business apps in the enterprise.
Not everything has to be out on the Internet on some trendy retail shop or Web 2.0 site to be successful in other scenarios.
Yeah, look at all those crazy Silverlight viruses, I mean come on! Oh...wait.
Yeah, I just don't see it happening. I think we need a broad approach, where we phase out the less desirable power sources over time. The worst source of power right now is coal, let's get rid of it. Then natural gas and other old school sources.
In the meantime work on making safe nuclear power. The US has an advantage in terms of space that places like Japan don't. We could put a lot of nuclear power plants out in the middle of nowhere. So first you make them safe, but shit happens so if they do go tits up they're out in the desert somewhere and damage is minimal.
In 100 years maybe we'll be to the point where Solar (and/or some exotic other power source) is feasible to replace nuclear, and we can phase it out.