Um, did their lawyer (or anyone else) notice the nice (and apparently active) Visa card number on p. 43 of that PDF, complete with name, address, verification number, etc? Someone might want to point that out to them so they can, um, ya know, get it disabled/changed....
I also develop java apps, many of which run on XServes. However, in our case, the OS made a HUGE difference. So much, in fact, that we switched (wherever possible) the XServes to Linux.
Does anyone know if the x86 builds have addressed the thread creation problems mentioned here? It made a huge difference for our CPU/Thread bound java apps, even in simple benchmarks. I'd be curious to see someone run benchmarks on the new x86 Apple machines running OSX86 vs some version of Linux (if they can get it installed).
For example, in our case (identical Dual G4 1.42GHz xserves):
[Linux] SciMark 2.0a
Composite Score: 182.71861801546197 FFT (1024): 147.06919818652634 SOR (100x100): 221.18400271177688 Monte Carlo : 17.996476897927952 Sparse matmult (N=1000, nz=5000): 162.3786017210325 LU (100x100): 364.96481056004615 java.vendor: IBM Corporation java.version: 1.4.2 os.arch: ppc os.name: Linux os.version: 2.6.8-1.ydl.7smp
[OS X 10.4.2] SciMark 2.0a
Composite Score: 102.68623228630156 FFT (1024): 64.50593864434353 SOR (100x100): 211.84642346103976 Monte Carlo : 11.988007039210785 Sparse matmult (N=1000, nz=5000): 103.01163174770112 LU (100x100): 122.07916053921254 java.vendor: Apple Computer, Inc. java.version: 1.4.2_07 os.arch: ppc os.name: Mac OS X os.version: 10.4.2
Simpleton benchmarks, yes, but they reflected the real-world performance problems with surprising accuaracy.
Really? Where? I've worked here more than 10 years, and I have yet to see it. I know they replaced all the dual 40W flourescent tubes with single 32W 277V fixtures last year, but I haven't seen any solar lighting.
Surely you aren't refering to the fake decorative solar panels that point at the Nipple of Knowledge, are you?;)That "skylight" brings in about almost zero extra light into the building. In fact, they leave the four high-intensity mercury vapor lights that point into the nipple on 24x7 so it doesn't look so dismal during the day.
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Um, did their lawyer (or anyone else) notice the nice (and apparently active) Visa card number on p. 43 of that PDF, complete with name, address, verification number, etc? Someone might want to point that out to them so they can, um, ya know, get it disabled/changed....
Does anyone know if the x86 builds have addressed the thread creation problems mentioned here? It made a huge difference for our CPU/Thread bound java apps, even in simple benchmarks. I'd be curious to see someone run benchmarks on the new x86 Apple machines running OSX86 vs some version of Linux (if they can get it installed).
For example, in our case (identical Dual G4 1.42GHz xserves):
Simpleton benchmarks, yes, but they reflected the real-world performance problems with surprising accuaracy.
This will be my least contributory /. post, but since I have no mod points... Subject says it all.
Really? Where? I've worked here more than 10 years, and I have yet to see it. I know they replaced all the dual 40W flourescent tubes with single 32W 277V fixtures last year, but I haven't seen any solar lighting.
;)That "skylight" brings in about almost zero extra light into the building. In fact, they leave the four high-intensity mercury vapor lights that point into the nipple on 24x7 so it doesn't look so dismal during the day.
Surely you aren't refering to the fake decorative solar panels that point at the Nipple of Knowledge, are you?
But maybe I'm missing something...