However if more and more people actually take computing seriously, the availability of multiple cores to do parallel computing on your own desktops would be a dream come true for most people involved in computationally intensive research disciplines. If I had the ability to use 8 cores at 2GHz, at all times, I'd have finished my analysis in less than a week. But with no such luxury (back in 2005) I had to queue my process on a shared cluster and wait until morning to see the results.
Blah. Do you know how much CPU it took to fucking land someone on the moon? Why does it take 200 times that just to browse the web?
I know some people need raw computation, but c'mon. The average boot time is still ~60 seconds on the desktop. Why?
And it doesn't even matter, which OS. Why do we need more calculations to get ready to so something than it took to get someone up there? Seriously.
Modern software is bloat. Let's do something about that, first.
That used to be true for the last 20 years. The only problem today is that no one really cares anymore about CPU speed. 32nm technology will allow Intel to put more cores on a die. They'll get marginal, if any, frequency improvements. We just need to wait for the applications to follow and learn to use 16 cores and more. I know my workload could use 16 cores, but the average consumer PC? Not so sure. That's why I'd like to see prices starting to fall, instead of having same prices, more power PCs.
We don't need more cores. Someone should have realized it by now. Raw CPU output isn't what the market needs anymore (even on Gentoo, which is kinda hard to accept).
* app-editors/vim
Latest version available: 7.2.021
Latest version installed: 7.2
Size of files: 9,077 kB
Homepage: http://www.vim.org/
Description: Vim, an improved vi-style text editor
License: vim
Because only in the Russian language are there enough curse words to accurately describe yum breaking X.org, the video drivers, and itself after downloading 450 MB of updates because you didn't update in two weeks.
"Any Hungarian word can also be used to substitute for the english word Fuck as it can in Polish, Russian, Canadian and Martian. The Hungarian language is exceptional, having the most swear-words of them all. An average, well-mannered hungarian is able to curse for more than 3 minutes without repeating a single phrase. Not to mention the agressive idiots, who can twist and turn these wonderful words for hours, which has become an art-form in this small country."
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The closest example I can think of is buying a Harry Potter book and reading it to your kids.
I wonder if they'd sue you for torture as well.
I'm not saying that Flash is or isn't bloated.
No, I was. If you can play other videos on a machine without problems but not flash, then flash is slow, not the computer.
L1, L2, and L3 are all semi-unstable points. You'd be better off in L4 or L5.
And solar wind at L1 is a bitch. At least the magnetosphere would protect some at L2.
I have to agree with that. It does not lessen my point about having a space station first, then expanding further, though.
If we had worked on cheaper access to space first, we could have both.
Agreed. we should have a space station at L1 before we do any more exploring.
But you can't watch a Flash video on a PII, can you?
Can you watch any other video? If so, Flash is bloated.
'Nuff said.
This is just the uses (that I know of) that more raw power can help out in Mechanical Engineering.
I see your point. Raw power is needed when you do things that need raw power.
But for the average desktop? Why would even watching a video on youtube need a 16-core processor?
People got along just fine on Pentium II's.
Landing on the moon was simple newtonian physics. Not a hard problem to solve at all.
Yeah, browsing the web should take up at least 10000x that.
However if more and more people actually take computing seriously, the availability of multiple cores to do parallel computing on your own desktops would be a dream come true for most people involved in computationally intensive research disciplines. If I had the ability to use 8 cores at 2GHz, at all times, I'd have finished my analysis in less than a week. But with no such luxury (back in 2005) I had to queue my process on a shared cluster and wait until morning to see the results.
Blah. Do you know how much CPU it took to fucking land someone on the moon? Why does it take 200 times that just to browse the web?
I know some people need raw computation, but c'mon. The average boot time is still ~60 seconds on the desktop. Why?
And it doesn't even matter, which OS. Why do we need more calculations to get ready to so something than it took to get someone up there? Seriously.
Modern software is bloat. Let's do something about that, first.
If this means AMD gets 45nm before Intel gets 32nm, doesn't that give AMD a performance window?
You mean being only one step behind instead of two?
That used to be true for the last 20 years. The only problem today is that no one really cares anymore about CPU speed. 32nm technology will allow Intel to put more cores on a die. They'll get marginal, if any, frequency improvements. We just need to wait for the applications to follow and learn to use 16 cores and more. I know my workload could use 16 cores, but the average consumer PC? Not so sure. That's why I'd like to see prices starting to fall, instead of having same prices, more power PCs.
We don't need more cores. Someone should have realized it by now. Raw CPU output isn't what the market needs anymore (even on Gentoo, which is kinda hard to accept).
We need the same CPU with less power usage.
Am I crazy - or has vim 7.2 been out for a while?
* app-editors/vim
Latest version available: 7.2.021
Latest version installed: 7.2
Size of files: 9,077 kB
Homepage: http://www.vim.org/
Description: Vim, an improved vi-style text editor
License: vim
:q!
I've found the firefox clone Opera to be lacking in features. If they're going to copy Mozilla they could at least do it properly.
1. it's not a clone. It's been longer around than firefox.
2. the only features it's missing are adblock and noscript. Which are not firefox defaults.
[citation needed]
It's time to make firefox fork.
so those that care about speed, can avoid the bloat
Hopeless. Just stick with Opera.
wikipedia (which we all know is the end-all source of infinite, accurate information on all things worth knowing.)
Nah, there are too many deletionists.
Fedora != unstable.
Unless you plan to update.
Because only in the Russian language are there enough curse words to accurately describe yum breaking X.org, the video drivers, and itself after downloading 450 MB of updates because you didn't update in two weeks.
"Any Hungarian word can also be used to substitute for the english word Fuck as it can in Polish, Russian, Canadian and Martian. The Hungarian language is exceptional, having the most swear-words of them all. An average, well-mannered hungarian is able to curse for more than 3 minutes without repeating a single phrase. Not to mention the agressive idiots, who can twist and turn these wonderful words for hours, which has become an art-form in this small country."
http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Hungarian
I know it's meant as a joke, but it's actually accurate...
Although most users use webmail, many still use POP and IMAP mail because they don't know better.
Bullshit. I use POP because it's orders of magnitude lighter on my bandwidth, and I like offline copies.
In theory is not true, but in practice it usually is?
Yep, but it's out of convenience. Tell me a faster way for "mplayer -aspect 2.35:1 film.avi". You get to choose any media player you want.
100% usable until you replace/reformat your computer.
Umm.. for me, that happens more often than companies go bankrupt.
but iTunes still has DRM. so what is your point about this? Any company with DRM is a time-bomb.
Exactly. I didn't say iTunes was better.
I think it was far more notable for that fact that it gave away almost half the size of the itunes catalog for free.
Now that they're closing down, how long can the customers use those tracks?
Abstract algebra is beyond the capabilities of most adults.
True. We're talking about children though. All you need is a good teacher to fire up their imagination, and they can learn anything.
That's all it takes. But you better make sure it's a good teacher.
The U.S. government is extremely corrupt.
The bad thing is, it's all legal.