Update: Crusoe also has a 'deep-sleep' mode that draws 200 mw of power -- looks like they do deep evil power saving features like the palm pilots do...
For those who can't get the webcast, here's a quick summary of what I've seen sofar: The guy onscreen (don't know him, didn't catch the beginning) keeps promoting a 'software' solution for solving some cpu problems, including the ability to tune itself to the applications, for performance and power reasons. They also keep stressing low-power, and mobile applications Big announcement! The instruction set is entirely in software (his words) -- Yep boys and girls, we can run anyone's instructions -- VL instruction set, 128 bit instructions.... 3/4 functionality of the cpu is in software... more to come...
You must be one of the lucky ones then... I live in Lake Mary, and we have no DSL (from bellsouth or sprint), no cablemodem, and I have never, not one time EVER gotten above 26400 connection on 3(!!) different 56k modems to every friggen dial-up number my isp has... Yet here we are, the technological darling of florida... sigh.. What's worse is Heathrow (right next door) is supposed to be the up-and-coming tech center (Seagate software has a huge facility there and I've heard rumors of M$ opening a huge branch there too)
There is a severe gap between the haves and the have-nots in the Orlando area, at least as far as technology goes...
1) Records in a rdbms are the same size (within a table at least) -- that makes finding offsets within the physical file as easy as calculating size * offset 2) Who says they all store data in one file? Ever look at the sybase or oracle tuning guides? They recommmend splitting databases and tables across different devices all the time... if you use segments then you can split parts of a table itself across multiple devices / files 3) Even if you configure your DB to use only one file, there are usually some ancilliary files stored separatly.
Not meaning to flame, but wanted to make some points:)
Ah, but keep in mind: 1) Records in a rdbms are the same size (within a table at least) -- that makes finding offsets within the physical file as easy as calculating size * offset 2) Who says they all store data in one file? Ever look at the sybase or oracle tuning guides? They recommmend splitting databases and tables across different devices all the time... if you use segments then you can split parts of a table itself across multiple devices / files 3) Even if you configure your DB to use only one file, there are usually some ancilliary files stored separatly. Not meaning to flame, but wanted to make some points:)
Geez, they forgot to note how 'timely' and 'proactive' their admin staff was at pulling the plug on the site--- if my service had a hole so big that someone's blind grandmother could fly a 747 through it, that network cable would be disconnected so quick your head would spin... better to down the service for a few hours than to let everyone roam around freely... let the PR spin begin!!!!
I've got one of those shoulder-strap super-soakers (I think it's the 3000? or 2500?, whicheverone doesn't have the backpack) -- talk about portable cannon! Forget little squirt guns, you load up the chamber on that puppy and you can wash your fscking car with it! Takes a person from bone-dry to we-took-a-shower-with-our-clothes-on-again-didn't- we wet in 1 sec or so... Truly useful when annoyances come knocking at your front door... Amazingly, I don't get too many door-to-door annoyances anymore... I just open the door with that bastage in hand -- annoyances leave quickly, heheh....
Maybe this will end up working. I'd much rather have a cool GNU sticker than deal with the tongue-twisting GNU/Linux deal.
And something else I was musing on... The way I interpret things in the free software community, is that you write code that fills a niche that you see, and you get credit from your peers for doing it. Going by this, I really don't understand where RMS/GNU is coming from... After all, just about any competent admin is going to ditch the (usually crappy) tools that ship with their OS of choice and install the GNU tools... By doing so, they know about GNU, they now the quality of the tools they are choosing to use, why must we have the GNU name forced down our throats? It's not like there are many unix-types that don't know about the GNU tools... So, to me, since GNU already has the respect of its users / peers, who are they trying to get here with all this incessent cheerleading?
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Update: Crusoe also has a 'deep-sleep' mode that draws 200 mw of power -- looks like they do deep evil power saving features like the palm pilots do...
Specs:
Chip 1
700mhz
400k cache
1w power use (yes, *1* watt)
100% x86 compatible
chip 2
400mhz
100k cache
1w power use
For those who can't get the webcast, here's a quick summary of what I've seen sofar: The guy onscreen (don't know him, didn't catch the beginning) keeps promoting a 'software' solution for solving some cpu problems, including the ability to tune itself to the applications, for performance and power reasons. They also keep stressing low-power, and mobile applications Big announcement! The instruction set is entirely in software (his words) -- Yep boys and girls, we can run anyone's instructions -- VL instruction set, 128 bit instructions.... 3/4 functionality of the cpu is in software... more to come...
You must be one of the lucky ones then... I live in Lake Mary, and we have no DSL (from bellsouth or sprint), no cablemodem, and I have never, not one time EVER gotten above 26400 connection on 3(!!) different 56k modems to every friggen dial-up number my isp has... Yet here we are, the technological darling of florida... sigh.. What's worse is Heathrow (right next door) is supposed to be the up-and-coming tech center (Seagate software has a huge facility there and I've heard rumors of M$ opening a huge branch there too)
There is a severe gap between the haves and the have-nots in the Orlando area, at least as far as technology goes...
Ah, but keep in mind:
:)
1) Records in a rdbms are the same size (within a table at least) -- that makes finding offsets within the physical file as easy as calculating size * offset
2) Who says they all store data in one file? Ever look at the sybase or oracle tuning guides? They recommmend splitting databases and tables across different devices all the time... if you use segments then you can split parts of a table itself across multiple devices / files
3) Even if you configure your DB to use only one file, there are usually some ancilliary files stored separatly.
Not meaning to flame, but wanted to make some points
Ah, but keep in mind: 1) Records in a rdbms are the same size (within a table at least) -- that makes finding offsets within the physical file as easy as calculating size * offset 2) Who says they all store data in one file? Ever look at the sybase or oracle tuning guides? They recommmend splitting databases and tables across different devices all the time... if you use segments then you can split parts of a table itself across multiple devices / files 3) Even if you configure your DB to use only one file, there are usually some ancilliary files stored separatly. Not meaning to flame, but wanted to make some points :)
... and my .sig grows more and more popular :)
Geez, they forgot to note how 'timely' and 'proactive' their admin staff was at pulling the plug on the site--- if my service had a hole so big that someone's blind grandmother could fly a 747 through it, that network cable would be disconnected so quick your head would spin... better to down the service for a few hours than to let everyone roam around freely... let the PR spin begin!!!!
I've got one of those shoulder-strap super-soakers (I think it's the 3000? or 2500?, whicheverone doesn't have the backpack) -- talk about portable cannon! Forget little squirt guns, you load up the chamber on that puppy and you can wash your fscking car with it! Takes a person from bone-dry to we-took-a-shower-with-our-clothes-on-again-didn't- we wet in 1 sec or so... Truly useful when annoyances come knocking at your front door... Amazingly, I don't get too many door-to-door annoyances anymore... I just open the door with that bastage in hand -- annoyances leave quickly, heheh....
And something else I was musing on... The way I interpret things in the free software community, is that you write code that fills a niche that you see, and you get credit from your peers for doing it. Going by this, I really don't understand where RMS/GNU is coming from... After all, just about any competent admin is going to ditch the (usually crappy) tools that ship with their OS of choice and install the GNU tools... By doing so, they know about GNU, they now the quality of the tools they are choosing to use, why must we have the GNU name forced down our throats? It's not like there are many unix-types that don't know about the GNU tools... So, to me, since GNU already has the respect of its users / peers, who are they trying to get here with all this incessent cheerleading?
Anyway, long paragraph. Rant mode off.
50k line accounting package, windows though..
:)
Guess that puts me in the 20k+ group, heh...
Oh well, now I get to maintain that program, and write cool things in perl, c/c++ and java...
I like my job
My ass is an Immortal Portal!!
:)
Dirty Lanundry ??
Spelling errors in article text is one thing, but in a header?