Nice coincidence that at the same time they speak out against Imus, the Duke lacrosse team is found innocent. Sharpton defended her, and Jackson gave her a scholarship. There was no evidence to point to their guilt, and they obviously made their claims of guilt based on skin color.
P.S. Nice touch firing him on the day of his annual fund raiser for sick children. If you want to donate despite the cancellation of the radiothon, you can call 877-877-6464, or donate online here. This information was provided by the Opie and Anthony radio show, which I happened to catch that morning.
the MTTF is always much lower than the observed time to disk replacement
SATA is not necessarily less reliable than FC and SCSI disks
contrary to popular belief, hard drive replacement rates to not enter steady state after the first year of operation, and in fact steadily increase over time.
early onset of wear-out has a stronger impact on replacement than infant mortality.
they show that the common assumptions that the time between failure follows an exponential distribution, and that failures are independent, are not correct.
It was an interesting paper (won the best paper award) at this year's FAST (File and Storage Technologies) conference. Here is a link to the paper, and the summary from the conference.
Why is this a reason not to buy a Dell? If I want to be confident that I will be able to run Linux on my machine with no driver issues, I buy Dell. The servers are all Linux-friendly, because you can buy them with Linux loaded. Also I've never heard of any issues with laptops or desktops. You can even ask their sales people about Linux support, while other manufacturers won't talk to you about it. As a Linux user, I would go straight to Dell.
I was at the talk, and it was very interesting. CMU also had a paper (PDF) about disk failures in the same conference (in fact, they presented one after the other).
In his table, under "Research Lab", Google gets a "Not really". This guy has absolutely no idea about what he's talking about. Google has some of the most cutting-edge research in the industry. They almost always have research papers published at the conferences that I attend (so does MS, but Yahoo rarely does). Herearesomeexamples.
I think they give you a good foundation and good breadth, but not enough depth (since I don't think its possible in that amount of courses). I think a CS degree is definitely a plus, but I would look for other things as well. For example, if I was looking for a programmer, the resumes that would stick out in my mind are those that have worked on (possibly open-source) projects in their spare time. Also, a list of relevant courses in the resumes could help (some students may take only one or two programming courses, some may takes some extra ones).
But anyway, I believe that CS degrees alone are losing their value (or have already lost it).
That was exactly my point! Computer science is not programming. There are so many aspects to computer science, and programming is just one of them. Theory is a huge part of computer SCIENCE. I think the problem might be that the field is so broad that many students that graduate with a bachelors degree only get a taste of each part. I believe that no student (who isn't also self-taught) becomes an expert in any field after graduating with a bachelors degree. I took one database course as an undergrad - would you hire me to do database work? Or my one networking course? Or one graphics course? Or one architecture course? (Catching my drift here?)
then they might be failing because they are more math degrees than what I would consider "computer science". That is why I changed my major to web development here. I didn't want a math degree and that is exactly what I was getting. Or maybe you were getting a degree in computer science and wanted a degree in computer programming? Chances are if you took a math course and don't understand how it applied to computer science, you just don't know enough about computer science. I use probability and statistics frequently. Those who work in computer graphics and visualization use linear algebra and calculus daily. Give me a math course, and I'll show you how it applies to computer science.
In a widely anticipated move, Linux "headcase" Torvalds today announced the immediate availability of the most advanced Linux kernel to date, version 2.6.20.
Before downloading the actual new kernel, most avid kernel hackers have been involved in a 2-hour pre-kernel-compilation count-down, with some even spending the preceding week doing typing exercises and reciting PI to a thousand decimal places.
The half-time entertainment is provided by randomly inserted trivial syntax errors that nerds are expected to fix at home before completing the compile, but most people actually seem to mostly enjoy watching the compile warnings, sponsored by Anheuser-Busch, scroll past.
As ICD head analyst Walter Dickweed put it: "Releasing a new kernel on Superbowl Sunday means that the important 'pasty white nerd' constituency finally has something to do while the rest of the country sits comatose in front of their 65" plasma screens".
Walter was immediately attacked for his racist and insensitive remarks by Geeks without Borders representative Marilyn vos Savant, who pointed out that not all of their members are either pasty nor white. "Some of them even shower!" she added, claiming that the constant stereotyping hurts nerds' standing in society.
Geeks outside the US were just confused about the whole issue, and were heard wondering what the big hoopla was all about. Some of the more culturally aware of them were heard snickering about balls that weren't even round.
I agree with you, but want to point out that it is not necessary for anti-virus apps to read the entire file on open. Instead, they can keep state on what they have checked in the file so far (and what parts of what signatures have been matched), and check for viruses on read/write operations. I don't know of any real-world apps that do this, but I know of one research project.
I don't think it's about hiding things from the people - it's preventing people from accessing people's private data. Think about the person that works for the IRS that has your tax records on his laptop, or the person that works for the FBI that has information about ongoing criminal investigations. You get the idea.
I hope they end up doing this in hardware. I know people who have worked for companies that required software-based encryption, and turned it off because it was too slow. With hardware, you get less overhead, and the average worker won't be able to turn it off.
750GB HDD: A nice upgrade from the 500GB ones? Sure. An innovation? Well, the number is bigger than it was last year.
A 750GB hard disk sounds great...I can just see myself staring at the console for weeks waiting for fsck to finish! I'd personally rather see these disks get more reliable than bigger. I'd rather RAID0 some smaller disks for more storage, than RAID5 some larger ones for more reliability - exchanging bad disks is a pain.
They are not Israeli citizens, and they do not get to vote. Israel should butt out, once the PA is no longer a threat to its existence. Once again, this is a thread about Wikipedia and China, so if you want to talk about it in private, please do so.
It's not a separate state. Israel recognizes it exactly as what it is. If/When they do become a state, then they will be recognized as such. They are not Israeli citizens - they are citizens of the PA. Israelis living in the settlements can vote in Israeli elections because they are Israeli citizens. There are muslims who are Israeli citizens, and they get to vote in Israeli elections. Not that complicated. Now that we're way off-topic, you can message me in private if you want to continue this.
External borders, customs, immigration, army, air force, navy and a whole lot of issues are controlled by the central Israeli government.
That's true, because if the PA was given control of those issues, it would be detrimental to Israel's security. Are you suggesting that Israel should let a Hamas government who openly wants to destroy Israel do whatever they wanted with regard to these sensitive issues?
pay taxes to this government
Do they really pay taxes to Israel if they live and work in the PA? Link please.
Personally i feel the world is going the wrong way with the two state solution. We should instead be promoting one man one vote and an unified Israel and West Bank where Jews and Arabs can live together in mixed communities with no discrimination. I mean partitioning a state based on religion in the 21st century??? What will we do next have feudal lords???
It's way more complicated than that, and if you think everyone can just get along, you have no understanding of the situation there. We are already very much off topic, so if you want to continue this in private, I'm OK with that.
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Nice coincidence that at the same time they speak out against Imus, the Duke lacrosse team is found innocent. Sharpton defended her, and Jackson gave her a scholarship. There was no evidence to point to their guilt, and they obviously made their claims of guilt based on skin color.
P.S. Nice touch firing him on the day of his annual fund raiser for sick children. If you want to donate despite the cancellation of the radiothon, you can call 877-877-6464, or donate online here. This information was provided by the Opie and Anthony radio show, which I happened to catch that morning.
Why was this modded as troll? Netcraft has confirmed - BSD is dying!
Why would anyone want to debug a dead OS?
Here are a couple links about it.
- the MTTF is always much lower than the observed time to disk replacement
- SATA is not necessarily less reliable than FC and SCSI disks
- contrary to popular belief, hard drive replacement rates to not enter steady state after the first year of operation, and in fact steadily increase over time.
- early onset of wear-out has a stronger impact on replacement than infant mortality.
- they show that the common assumptions that the time between failure follows an exponential distribution, and that failures are independent, are not correct.
It was an interesting paper (won the best paper award) at this year's FAST (File and Storage Technologies) conference. Here is a link to the paper, and the summary from the conference.Why is this a reason not to buy a Dell? If I want to be confident that I will be able to run Linux on my machine with no driver issues, I buy Dell. The servers are all Linux-friendly, because you can buy them with Linux loaded. Also I've never heard of any issues with laptops or desktops. You can even ask their sales people about Linux support, while other manufacturers won't talk to you about it. As a Linux user, I would go straight to Dell.
I was at the talk, and it was very interesting. CMU also had a paper (PDF) about disk failures in the same conference (in fact, they presented one after the other).
In his table, under "Research Lab", Google gets a "Not really". This guy has absolutely no idea about what he's talking about. Google has some of the most cutting-edge research in the industry. They almost always have research papers published at the conferences that I attend (so does MS, but Yahoo rarely does). Here are some examples.
I think they give you a good foundation and good breadth, but not enough depth (since I don't think its possible in that amount of courses). I think a CS degree is definitely a plus, but I would look for other things as well. For example, if I was looking for a programmer, the resumes that would stick out in my mind are those that have worked on (possibly open-source) projects in their spare time. Also, a list of relevant courses in the resumes could help (some students may take only one or two programming courses, some may takes some extra ones).
But anyway, I believe that CS degrees alone are losing their value (or have already lost it).
That was exactly my point! Computer science is not programming. There are so many aspects to computer science, and programming is just one of them. Theory is a huge part of computer SCIENCE. I think the problem might be that the field is so broad that many students that graduate with a bachelors degree only get a taste of each part. I believe that no student (who isn't also self-taught) becomes an expert in any field after graduating with a bachelors degree. I took one database course as an undergrad - would you hire me to do database work? Or my one networking course? Or one graphics course? Or one architecture course? (Catching my drift here?)
In a widely anticipated move, Linux "headcase" Torvalds today announced
the immediate availability of the most advanced Linux kernel to date,
version 2.6.20.
Before downloading the actual new kernel, most avid kernel hackers have
been involved in a 2-hour pre-kernel-compilation count-down, with some
even spending the preceding week doing typing exercises and reciting PI
to a thousand decimal places.
The half-time entertainment is provided by randomly inserted trivial
syntax errors that nerds are expected to fix at home before completing
the compile, but most people actually seem to mostly enjoy watching the
compile warnings, sponsored by Anheuser-Busch, scroll past.
As ICD head analyst Walter Dickweed put it: "Releasing a new kernel on
Superbowl Sunday means that the important 'pasty white nerd'
constituency finally has something to do while the rest of the country
sits comatose in front of their 65" plasma screens".
Walter was immediately attacked for his racist and insensitive remarks
by Geeks without Borders representative Marilyn vos Savant, who pointed
out that not all of their members are either pasty nor white. "Some of
them even shower!" she added, claiming that the constant stereotyping
hurts nerds' standing in society.
Geeks outside the US were just confused about the whole issue, and were
heard wondering what the big hoopla was all about. Some of the more
culturally aware of them were heard snickering about balls that weren't
even round.
Linus
Mostly harmless
Not only not disruptive, but not new. What amazes me is how they wrote about virtualization without mentioning Xen or VMware.
Entire article on one page
I agree with you, but want to point out that it is not necessary for anti-virus apps to read the entire file on open. Instead, they can keep state on what they have checked in the file so far (and what parts of what signatures have been matched), and check for viruses on read/write operations. I don't know of any real-world apps that do this, but I know of one research project.
I don't think it's about hiding things from the people - it's preventing people from accessing people's private data. Think about the person that works for the IRS that has your tax records on his laptop, or the person that works for the FBI that has information about ongoing criminal investigations. You get the idea.
I hope they end up doing this in hardware. I know people who have worked for companies that required software-based encryption, and turned it off because it was too slow. With hardware, you get less overhead, and the average worker won't be able to turn it off.
Why get a civil rights activist who died in 1963?
Results from Google Israel - 10 pages.
They are not Israeli citizens, and they do not get to vote. Israel should butt out, once the PA is no longer a threat to its existence. Once again, this is a thread about Wikipedia and China, so if you want to talk about it in private, please do so.
It's technically not a state, it's an "authority". Israel recognizes it as such. The authority has a government with elections.
It's not a separate state. Israel recognizes it exactly as what it is. If/When they do become a state, then they will be recognized as such. They are not Israeli citizens - they are citizens of the PA. Israelis living in the settlements can vote in Israeli elections because they are Israeli citizens. There are muslims who are Israeli citizens, and they get to vote in Israeli elections. Not that complicated. Now that we're way off-topic, you can message me in private if you want to continue this.