How soon until you can emulate an x86 instruction set on one of these? Sure, architectural differences make it an apples and oranges comparison, but I wonder how far such a project could go...
What I find interesting in this discussion is that everyone is obsessing over the technology aspects of the decision (which I suppose is natural for fans of this site), but nobody has speculated about the impact this might have on the existing highly corrupt process of textbook selection. For some background, see "Lies My Teacher Told Me" (ISBN 978-0743296281) and Richard Feynman's account of his aborted attempt to sit on a textbook selection committee for the state of California (http://www.textbookleague.org/103feyn.htm). The material may be a bit dated, but I'm not sure how much change has taken place since those anecdotes were written.
Actually, I think it's more likely that The Matrix films were more directly influenced by William Gibson's fiction, which refers to the fully-emersive VR global communications net as The Matrix. Though arguably, Doctor Who did it first. *shrug* I'm just saying that the idea is far from new, not that you were saying it was...
You really need to get a sense of humour, because you totally missed the punchline (which you conveniently left out of your response). He was making a subtle reference to the fact that Doctor Who in the 80s was produced and directed by John Nathan Turner.
I'm looking for a way to morph Big Gay Al into Big Gay Doctor, but I'm coming up blank. Colin Baker was "big" (so they say) and wore a flashy outfit...
Show a customer a computer with Windows pre-installed on it. Then show them the same computer with Linux pre-installed on it......for $100 to $200 less.
If they don't respond to that, then I'm afraid they won't respond to anything.
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We have it. It's called Thorium.
There, I fixed that for you.
Is someone from Usenix sneaking into the Sleep panels? Come-on, fess up... ;-)
Wikified certificates, anyone?
Let's not forget having to trust the Chinese government.
To which Chinese government do you refer? The PRC or the ROC?
So, the moon lied about its birthday?
It's an entirely different kind of flying...
Hey NetworkWorld, way to advertise that you're on the east coast of the US. Want to re-state that time-range in GMT now, so it actually makes sense?
How soon until you can emulate an x86 instruction set on one of these? Sure, architectural differences make it an apples and oranges comparison, but I wonder how far such a project could go...
http://wikilivres.info/wiki/Politics_and_the_English_Language
What about our new COUGAR overlords?
I welcome them too!
I, for one, welcome our CHEETAH overlords...
How about solving the real problem first: bufferbloat
oops: s/the Wikipedia/Wikipedia/
Perhaps they had the good fortune to find an edition of the Wikipedia that fell through a time warp from a thousand years in the future.
And yet there's the trademark dispute over the Apple brand, the Beatles owning Apple Corps, and Jobs having Apple Computer.
Apple Corps? So now they have an army? I guess now we know where Sgt. Pepper got his start...
They just fill your head with numbers and that can't be good for you.
Right, because the last thing this country needs is a populace with a better command of math.
I'm afraid to ask him his opinion on the state of math education.
Charles Widmore will not be happy to hear this news.
Nice to see Darl McBride landed on his feet and got a job working for Xerox. :-P
Seriously, is this the litmus test for tech companies that are circling the drain?
What I find interesting in this discussion is that everyone is obsessing over the technology aspects of the decision (which I suppose is natural for fans of this site), but nobody has speculated about the impact this might have on the existing highly corrupt process of textbook selection. For some background, see "Lies My Teacher Told Me" (ISBN 978-0743296281) and Richard Feynman's account of his aborted attempt to sit on a textbook selection committee for the state of California (http://www.textbookleague.org/103feyn.htm). The material may be a bit dated, but I'm not sure how much change has taken place since those anecdotes were written.
Actually, I think it's more likely that The Matrix films were more directly influenced by William Gibson's fiction, which refers to the fully-emersive VR global communications net as The Matrix. Though arguably, Doctor Who did it first. *shrug* I'm just saying that the idea is far from new, not that you were saying it was...
Well, I was never sure. But he sort-of fit the stereotype (yeah, shame on me). Still, that other commenter needs to loosen up.
You really need to get a sense of humour, because you totally missed the punchline (which you conveniently left out of your response). He was making a subtle reference to the fact that Doctor Who in the 80s was produced and directed by John Nathan Turner.
"Don't be gay K9. Don't be gay..."
I'm looking for a way to morph Big Gay Al into Big Gay Doctor, but I'm coming up blank. Colin Baker was "big" (so they say) and wore a flashy outfit...
"All these worlds are yours except Europa. Attempt no landing there..."
So, Galileo died of consumption?
How about this approach:
...for $100 to $200 less.
Show a customer a computer with Windows pre-installed on it. Then show them the same computer with Linux pre-installed on it...
If they don't respond to that, then I'm afraid they won't respond to anything.
Or am I grandly oversimplifying the issue?