At the DB tier, OK fine, what about the Application tier? There are many enerprise applications that can really benefit from having 8 core chips that can do 8 threads/core. There is some level of efficiency in being able to push 256 threads in a 4U chassis.
We've recently made the decision to purchase those boxes for use as weblogic servers. The performance sucks. We have had to allocate almost twice the planned hardware to handle our existing loads; and are actually looking to move right back off of that platform with the next tech refresh.
Unfortunately, this is pure anecdote - I don't have any numbers to back this up, I just know the gist of what's been happening since we "upgraded" to SPARC. I can't even tell you the machines that we migrated away from.
Unfortunately, every time I try to uncheck the 'ads disabled' checkbox, within two-three page hits I see something in Flash that is either blinking, flashing, or moving at me.
On my Flash-unsupported FreeBSD/amd64 box, it just shows as a blanked out rectangle for which a non-existent plug-in is missing. Sometimes, being unsupported by Adobe can be a bliss.
True, but not really the point - I mean, it's easy to turn them off in any case. But I'd much rather sites started to buy a clue and stop accepting that kind of content. Until they do, I keep blocking.
I am still allowing ads on slashdot to show though as it's not enough of them to cause too much harm.
I tried using slashdot without the ads - I use the web site daily and have no problem giving some mindshare to discrete textual ads at a place like this. Unfortunately, every time I try to uncheck the 'ads disabled' checkbox, within two-three page hits I see something in Flash that is either blinking, flashing, or moving at me. It seems that "discrete" simply isn't good enough any more.
Believe it or not, there is a vast world of non-linux developers out tehre - people who have no interest in developing for linux - who actually are interested in building and using oSS Windows tools. People will take them seriously, and they'll meet with a fairly large amount of success amongst windows-only developers.
I think not "Silly" but "Simplified". Sounds like he was trying to express a difficult concept as a relatively simply analogy -- likely not intended to be taken literally. Kind of like when you're a passenger and tell the driver to "turn left", you don't mean "at this precise instant" but rather "a few moments from now".
Okay, it's not like that at all, but I thought a car analogy would help. Or at least provide for several replies explaining how I got it wrong, and that the CORRECT car analogy is...
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Why has this been modded troll? It's a well thought-out and well-written post (and has actually convinced me to give the book a try).
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The thing about Covenant is that it's his very unlikeableness that makes it a more rewarding read, at least for me. Definitely harder to get through and slower than I usually read, but worth it for all that - and perhaps because of it.
Alternatively, just think of what would have happened if either of those giants had released a patch for something as fundamental as the TCP stack that introduced a new bug or worse hole; then automatically pushed it to millions of users. A year might be excessive, but considering the size of their userbases... I can understand it.
I love it when Microsoft self-sabotages. Windows 7 was already being called "Vista: Fixed"; now it's introducing fun new ways for "Vista" to fail. But let's be fair to Microsoft; they don't like introducing "new" things, so in tune with this philosophy, they're merely re-releasing an old problem and packaging it differently;)
This is actually introduced with Vista, and not Win7 -- making the title and summary just wrong. Something new and different for/....
Signed up for beta/testing FF updates. I get notified by FF that adobe is out of date. I click to install it. And lo! what installs? Not Flash... but some crappy Adobe Download Manager plugin whose sole purpose seems to be to download and install Adobe products. The Flash update did not ever download, even after FF restart.
Broke my own first rule on this one -- never download anything you're not 100% certain of - but it's still frustrating. If FF tells me it's taking me to install Flash, I think I should be able to trust that Flash is what I'm going to get.
Hopefully nobody. I've worked for companies that liked to fire people for making one mistake -- the air of paranoia was such that nobody was willing to do anything, for fear of screwing up and not being able to find someone else to blame. Companies that do that tend to stagnate until there's a culture shift or they go under (or get bought out, as with the place I worked).
I'm renting three VMs. One of those hosts a game server; the second hosts several web sites, and the third hosts several databases. I'm paying a very low flat rate for this; in return I don't have to worry about connectivity, security, hardware upgrades, purchase and upkeep of physical equipment. Equipment alone -- averaged over any given time span -- would cost me much more than I'm paying. The connection speed and performance is much better than if I went with shared hosting (also a form of cloud computing) or if I hosted out of my basement.
As usual Doctorow provides a narrow, overly-simplified view of the subject at hand - while it's not quite inaccurate, it's so limited that it's not really of any value. Cloud computing is much more than just amazon storage and gmail/gdocs type usage. It's a buzzword that encompasses a handful of new applications for existing technology; and a ton of existing applications for existing technology.
there is a finite time before changed data are permanently stored even on this new SSD menory. Furthermore that time can be quite large depending on the OS and file system design.
If you flush and sync the file in the thread that writes the file, you can be sure that "[t]he fsync() function does not return until the system has completed [writing data] or until an error is detected." By "that time", do you refer to the time that the program blocks on fsync()?
You can -- but that loses you all the advantages that a cache gives you. If you're going to flush/sync after every write, you might as well not have a write cache at all.
Fuck you sheep who refuse to take up arms and revolt to save this country.
That's hilarious, considering that the extent of your action is to post to slashdot, and maybe complain a bit amongst friends;) I mean, it's/possible/ you're going to be out there with whatever guns you've acquired, facing down a tank... but it's not very likely.
Are you suggesting it's my fault that I'm offended by that? I'm not arguing that we should limit their rights to do that but that doesn't mean I shouldn't be offended by it.
Bluntly, yes. They are obviously out there with intent to offend people -- however, you and only you are responsible for how you react in the face of that provocation. How much control will you give them over your reactions, that you permit them to offend you?
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At the DB tier, OK fine, what about the Application tier? There are many enerprise applications that can really benefit from having 8 core chips that can do 8 threads/core. There is some level of efficiency in being able to push 256 threads in a 4U chassis.
We've recently made the decision to purchase those boxes for use as weblogic servers. The performance sucks. We have had to allocate almost twice the planned hardware to handle our existing loads; and are actually looking to move right back off of that platform with the next tech refresh.
Unfortunately, this is pure anecdote - I don't have any numbers to back this up, I just know the gist of what's been happening since we "upgraded" to SPARC. I can't even tell you the machines that we migrated away from.
On my Flash-unsupported FreeBSD/amd64 box, it just shows as a blanked out rectangle for which a non-existent plug-in is missing. Sometimes, being unsupported by Adobe can be a bliss.
True, but not really the point - I mean, it's easy to turn them off in any case. But I'd much rather sites started to buy a clue and stop accepting that kind of content. Until they do, I keep blocking.
I am still allowing ads on slashdot to show though as it's not enough of them to cause too much harm.
I tried using slashdot without the ads - I use the web site daily and have no problem giving some mindshare to discrete textual ads at a place like this. Unfortunately, every time I try to uncheck the 'ads disabled' checkbox, within two-three page hits I see something in Flash that is either blinking, flashing, or moving at me. It seems that "discrete" simply isn't good enough any more.
Believe it or not, there is a vast world of non-linux developers out tehre - people who have no interest in developing for linux - who actually are interested in building and using oSS Windows tools. People will take them seriously, and they'll meet with a fairly large amount of success amongst windows-only developers.
FaceBook requires some semblance of security.
Mmm, it's a bit late for that, wouldn't you say?
"M$". I see what you did there. That was very clever. And original, too.
Okay, it's not like that at all, but I thought a car analogy would help. Or at least provide for several replies explaining how I got it wrong, and that the CORRECT car analogy is...
Why has this been modded troll? It's a well thought-out and well-written post (and has actually convinced me to give the book a try).
The thing about Covenant is that it's his very unlikeableness that makes it a more rewarding read, at least for me. Definitely harder to get through and slower than I usually read, but worth it for all that - and perhaps because of it.
Alternatively, just think of what would have happened if either of those giants had released a patch for something as fundamental as the TCP stack that introduced a new bug or worse hole; then automatically pushed it to millions of users. A year might be excessive, but considering the size of their userbases... I can understand it.
And the rest of the world foolishly believe that all Americans think that US law applies everywhere in the world... so what's your point?
Corporations should face jailtime for any crime or activity that would result in a person being incarcerated.
Yep, they should totally shove those articles of incorporation into an 8x8 cell and let them rot!
Ummm... well done and truly informative, the way you copied and pasted directly from the security bulletin linked to in TFS...
I love it when Microsoft self-sabotages. Windows 7 was already being called "Vista: Fixed"; now it's introducing fun new ways for "Vista" to fail. But let's be fair to Microsoft; they don't like introducing "new" things, so in tune with this philosophy, they're merely re-releasing an old problem and packaging it differently ;)
This is actually introduced with Vista, and not Win7 -- making the title and summary just wrong. Something new and different for /....
When are people going to grow up and look at the world with at least at attempt at objectivity?
Within mere moments of pausing to RTFA.
Broke my own first rule on this one -- never download anything you're not 100% certain of - but it's still frustrating. If FF tells me it's taking me to install Flash, I think I should be able to trust that Flash is what I'm going to get.
Who got fired?
Hopefully nobody. I've worked for companies that liked to fire people for making one mistake -- the air of paranoia was such that nobody was willing to do anything, for fear of screwing up and not being able to find someone else to blame. Companies that do that tend to stagnate until there's a culture shift or they go under (or get bought out, as with the place I worked).
Completely ridiculous.
Erm - meant to say "don't have to worry about... physical security...."
As usual Doctorow provides a narrow, overly-simplified view of the subject at hand - while it's not quite inaccurate, it's so limited that it's not really of any value. Cloud computing is much more than just amazon storage and gmail/gdocs type usage. It's a buzzword that encompasses a handful of new applications for existing technology; and a ton of existing applications for existing technology.
there is a finite time before changed data are permanently stored even on this new SSD menory. Furthermore that time can be quite large depending on the OS and file system design.
If you flush and sync the file in the thread that writes the file, you can be sure that "[t]he fsync() function does not return until the system has completed [writing data] or until an error is detected." By "that time", do you refer to the time that the program blocks on fsync()?
You can -- but that loses you all the advantages that a cache gives you. If you're going to flush/sync after every write, you might as well not have a write cache at all.
Fuck you sheep who refuse to take up arms and revolt to save this country.
That's hilarious, considering that the extent of your action is to post to slashdot, and maybe complain a bit amongst friends ;) I mean, it's /possible/ you're going to be out there with whatever guns you've acquired, facing down a tank... but it's not very likely.
They cannot close source MariaDB, Drizzle, etc.
Ah, the names. They sure do inspire confidence in the enterprise space, I gotta say.
Are you suggesting it's my fault that I'm offended by that? I'm not arguing that we should limit their rights to do that but that doesn't mean I shouldn't be offended by it.
Bluntly, yes. They are obviously out there with intent to offend people -- however, you and only you are responsible for how you react in the face of that provocation. How much control will you give them over your reactions, that you permit them to offend you?
+1XP for you in "restating the obvious" !