The PS3 has 3 Cell processors. Each contains 1 PPU and 7 SPUs. There is an 8th SPU that isn't used for some non-public reason (possibly power or manufacturing yield).
If they stick to a Cell design, they could almost certainly do it. If they deviate (seems likely, IBM and Toshiba are pretty well out of the game, though a process shrunk Cell 2 may still provide some boost, but even that design is already years old) that's going to be nearly impossible. Cross-arch emulation around the same generation is nearly impossible to do right.
The one thing that makes Cell special is how parallel it is. The SPUs had fairly limited functionality (which usually translates to easier to simulate). Counting all SPUs and PPUs, the PS3 has 24 cores. A single 16-core processor (which realistically aren't that far off) with hyper-threading (32-threads total) should be able to match the PS3's parallelism without the same communication latency and limitations of the SPUs. The challenge would be to match the limited power of the SPUs (which is what defines a simulator vs an emulator).
If certain SPU jobs finished too quickly, do the enemies become smarter?
If Sony learned anything from the PS3, it's that exotic hardware architectures make it nearly impossible for developers to fully utilize the machine without excessive costs. My fear is that they didn't learn this lesson and that the PS4 will have 64 (or 128?) low-powered cores with not enough cache and no accelerated graphics hardware. And it'll be the size of a toaster oven.
We used to have a joyriding crime here in the US. however our politicians wanting more people in jail and fewer people qualified to get jobs. Decided joyriding should be reclassified as grand theft auto and be a felony.
I'm sorry but some high/drunk/stupid 22 year old who steals my car to drive all over the county, who may be driving recklessly (and might get into an accident) and who is depriving me of my property (which even without an accident is still damaged) deserves prison time. This isn't "oh no, someone parked in my parking spot." This is "some just took my way to get to work or my ability to get food."
You used to be able to shoot someone if they tried to steal your horse. I'm not advocating violence, but this isn't exactly a crime our ancestors took lightly.
Because the only crew with a dumb ass at the stick pulling up during a high-altitude stall was the one on 447. Once the captain found out, he is heard on the black box saying "no no no".
One thing that a flight simulator can't easily re-create is an in-experienced pilot who has been flying flat with the auto-pilot on for the last few hours.
Why did they build it in an earthquake zone and in a zone vulnerable to tsunamis?
It's Japan, the whole country is an earthquake zone. But yeah, there was no reason to build so close to the shore. The Onagawa nuclear power plant was 75 km closer to the epicenter, but it was built at 15 meters above sea level. It was fine.
There is a good reason (parts delivery by ship, water available for cooling in some cases), but it needs to be weighed with the risk associated with it.
Ok. But should taxes be used to capture the costs of externalities not accounted for otherwise?
For instance, the increase in the cost of healthcare caused by polution isn't reflected in the price of gas at the pump. That cost is passed along to society at large. Do you think it's appropriate for that cost to be captured by a tax?
Or the added cost of supporting our international presence required to maintain the oil supply.
I'm not thrilled with the security checkpoints at airports, but I do understand that an airplane can be turned into a giant guided missile that can take down a skyscraper. It may be that extreme measures are appropriate for security at an airport.
But how does it make sense to send a VIPR team to search people getting on or off a train? How do you justify that? Are they going to drive the train off the tracks and blow up a building?
It's for all those people who last year proudly said "Then don't fly!"
I don't watch pro sports because I can't relate to it. It's not interesting. Now college and lower are really interesting. There are huge differences in the athletes and you can see it. Mistakes happen so you can compare perfection to imperfection. Coaches matter too. And everyone is having fun. Pro just kills it. If they are going to go pro I'd like to see them go all the way and allow super modified cyborg humans compete.
I think some of these might make it worse (from your perspective). Frequent no-huddles mean more plays, more injuries and shorter careers (especially for Quarterbacks).
Other things that take the error out of refereeing would be a welcome arrival. But players on the field should be as unplugged as possible.
That's also a good way to ensure that you actually know what your money is doing. There are a lot of hare-brained NGO schemes out there, with people wanting to "save the world" in ways that often produce unintended consequences (like American food aid putting African farmers out of business). Like with the advice to "invest in what you know", imo it's better to donate to things that you understand.
Except we can all agree that there are more Africans without the food they need.
If in doubt, stick with organizations who have been doing their work for longer. The Red Cross was started to get medical supplies to the Spanish-American war and they primarily seek to help those in most need: victims of disaster (be it natural or man-made).
Disclaimer: I'm a volunteer at my local Red Cross chapter. Giving money is good but there is no replacement for giving time as well.
Well. Either you allow no one to make signs, commercials, hold rallys, or do anything that will cost some amount of money or you do.
The issue is not that some money buys you influence, it's that a small number of people can buy a disproportional amount of influence with lots of money. I don't think anyone would object to a reasonable amount of money for a member of the middle class to spend, which is the $2,500 limit (that I don't remember if citizens united overturned or not).
Compare that to one of the very few nuclear powered cargo ships, the NS Savannah. Truly beautiful ship; fast, clean, etc. Couldn't be run cost-effectively, some of which was due to a bit of overzealous streamlining and so forth, but in terms of propulsion costs, oil fueled cargo ships are simply less expensive.
From the link, that ship was built more than 40 years ago, had an overly-small cargo-hold and was done more as a proof of concept (which seems silly). Doing the same today (and doing it economically) would yield different results.
The money isn't worth it if you wind up kidnapped and looking at a video camera while they cut your head off.
Look at working in Europe or if you want to try the language China, even better Australia routinely hires for IT and they speak English (sort of).
Is the money worth it if you're killed in a car accident during rushhour traffic on your way to work in *insert city here* USA?
Life is a risk, death is always a risk, and the statistics about risk are often pretty far off what people estimate in their gut.
Comparing the risk of getting killed in a car accident with the risk of getting (most likely violently) killed in a war zone (in particular in a war zone where foreigners get kidnapped and forced to watch a video camera while their heads get brutishly sawed off with a butcher knife), that's pretty retarded to say the least.
Sorry but getting killed in a car accident is a rather brutal and painful event and can be slow. A beheading (even a crude one) is still relatively quick.
That said, the risk of going to work in Iraq and mostly staying in the green zone is probably as safe or safer than living in a higher-crime area in the U.S (NY or Chicago for example). If you doubt me (and you probably still do), take a look at the Top Gear Christmas Special from last year. They drove around the northern countryside in convertibles and eventually decided it was silly to wear their helmets and flak jackets. Yes there might have been some armed security with them off camera, but they were mixed in with the locals pretty well.
According to the link, it took 4 minutes before the bus was fully engulfed and that a big part of the problem was lack of emergency exits (since the front door was damaged). I think anyone can agree that given minutes a vehicle can be filled with fire, but not in seconds like Howard Roark suggests.
Never said anything about boarding them. I said get involved. I'm sure that, as a developer, you would love to have fighters buzzing your boat at all hours of the day and night...
Do I get to control one from the comfort of my desk?:-D
The US has the most retarded immigration policy. They make it too hard for highly educated/skilled people to legitimately immigrate, but they turn a blind eye to the MILLIONS of uneducated illegal immigrants. The US should be welcoming the highly educated/skilled people into their country, not turning them away, because they will most likely make a positive contribution to society. Instead, by turning them away, they go somewhere else and compete against the Americans.
The reason is that there are a lot of jobs that Americans simply won't do because it's hard physical work, such as harvest food manually in the fields (this is well documented). Unlike more skilled labor, these illegals aren't taking jobs away from anyone. When they don't show up, the crops die in the field.
The Free Market is a myth and always has been. Like the Laffer Curve and the trickle-down theory of wealth distribution.
Oh, there's a trickling sound alright.;-)
The Laffer Curve opens up some interesting economic ideas. The problem is that we're to the left of the peak so reducing taxes simply reduces revenues.
While I'm sure your tongue was firmly in cheek: "Curie died in 1934 of aplastic anemia brought on by her years of exposure to radiation."
However her husband fared better: "Pierre Curie died in a street accident in Paris on 19 April 1906. Crossing the busy Rue Dauphine in the rain at the Quai de Conti, he slipped and fell under a heavy horse drawn cart. He died instantly when one of the wheels ran over his head, fracturing his skull."
As morbid as it sounds, his death was probably less painful.
Since you posted AC I just wanted to echo what you said. I'm at a Computer Science graduate school where 90% of the students are Chinese. The other day in class homework was due, and I saw students copying homework in class, just passing it down the row. They all turned it in at the end of class. Best part is, the TAs are all Chinese grad students as well, and are friends with the students. The professor didn't even come to the exam, and the Chinese TAs were almost overtly helping their friends cheat on the exam. It was absolutely infuriating. I saw it in my undergrad too, but there it was Indians. It just seems like something that these people aren't taught.
Just based on raw percentage (I don't have statistics on this), it is very competitive amongst foreigners to get into an American university (especially without any on-shore academic experience). Perhaps a larger percentage of these students cheated to get to the top and come here?
I didn't witness much cheating when I was in school, but I have seen grad students who seem to barely be able to write a hello-world app.
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Could we maybe get a little less talking by the broadcaster and a little more of a look at the damn thing
It's a woman. Talking. Most people on here haven't sen that before.
The PS3 has 3 Cell processors. Each contains 1 PPU and 7 SPUs. There is an 8th SPU that isn't used for some non-public reason (possibly power or manufacturing yield).
I would add to that restore PS2 compatibility.
If they stick to a Cell design, they could almost certainly do it. If they deviate (seems likely, IBM and Toshiba are pretty well out of the game, though a process shrunk Cell 2 may still provide some boost, but even that design is already years old) that's going to be nearly impossible. Cross-arch emulation around the same generation is nearly impossible to do right.
The one thing that makes Cell special is how parallel it is. The SPUs had fairly limited functionality (which usually translates to easier to simulate). Counting all SPUs and PPUs, the PS3 has 24 cores. A single 16-core processor (which realistically aren't that far off) with hyper-threading (32-threads total) should be able to match the PS3's parallelism without the same communication latency and limitations of the SPUs. The challenge would be to match the limited power of the SPUs (which is what defines a simulator vs an emulator).
If certain SPU jobs finished too quickly, do the enemies become smarter?
If Sony learned anything from the PS3, it's that exotic hardware architectures make it nearly impossible for developers to fully utilize the machine without excessive costs. My fear is that they didn't learn this lesson and that the PS4 will have 64 (or 128?) low-powered cores with not enough cache and no accelerated graphics hardware. And it'll be the size of a toaster oven.
We used to have a joyriding crime here in the US. however our politicians wanting more people in jail and fewer people qualified to get jobs. Decided joyriding should be reclassified as grand theft auto and be a felony.
I'm sorry but some high/drunk/stupid 22 year old who steals my car to drive all over the county, who may be driving recklessly (and might get into an accident) and who is depriving me of my property (which even without an accident is still damaged) deserves prison time. This isn't "oh no, someone parked in my parking spot." This is "some just took my way to get to work or my ability to get food."
You used to be able to shoot someone if they tried to steal your horse. I'm not advocating violence, but this isn't exactly a crime our ancestors took lightly.
Every crew survived.
Because the only crew with a dumb ass at the stick pulling up during a high-altitude stall was the one on 447. Once the captain found out, he is heard on the black box saying "no no no".
One thing that a flight simulator can't easily re-create is an in-experienced pilot who has been flying flat with the auto-pilot on for the last few hours.
Why did they build it in an earthquake zone and in a zone vulnerable to tsunamis?
It's Japan, the whole country is an earthquake zone. But yeah, there was no reason to build so close to the shore. The Onagawa nuclear power plant was 75 km closer to the epicenter, but it was built at 15 meters above sea level. It was fine.
There is a good reason (parts delivery by ship, water available for cooling in some cases), but it needs to be weighed with the risk associated with it.
Ok. But should taxes be used to capture the costs of externalities not accounted for otherwise?
For instance, the increase in the cost of healthcare caused by polution isn't reflected in the price of gas at the pump. That cost is passed along to society at large. Do you think it's appropriate for that cost to be captured by a tax?
Or the added cost of supporting our international presence required to maintain the oil supply.
18th street gang in L.A. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_Street_Gang)\
Their wikipedia article says they violate copyright. Quick, someone should sick the MAFIAA on them!
I'm not thrilled with the security checkpoints at airports, but I do understand that an airplane can be turned into a giant guided missile that can take down a skyscraper. It may be that extreme measures are appropriate for security at an airport.
But how does it make sense to send a VIPR team to search people getting on or off a train? How do you justify that? Are they going to drive the train off the tracks and blow up a building?
It's for all those people who last year proudly said "Then don't fly!"
I don't watch pro sports because I can't relate to it. It's not interesting. Now college and lower are really interesting. There are huge differences in the athletes and you can see it. Mistakes happen so you can compare perfection to imperfection. Coaches matter too. And everyone is having fun. Pro just kills it. If they are going to go pro I'd like to see them go all the way and allow super modified cyborg humans compete.
I think some of these might make it worse (from your perspective). Frequent no-huddles mean more plays, more injuries and shorter careers (especially for Quarterbacks).
Other things that take the error out of refereeing would be a welcome arrival. But players on the field should be as unplugged as possible.
That's also a good way to ensure that you actually know what your money is doing. There are a lot of hare-brained NGO schemes out there, with people wanting to "save the world" in ways that often produce unintended consequences (like American food aid putting African farmers out of business). Like with the advice to "invest in what you know", imo it's better to donate to things that you understand.
Except we can all agree that there are more Africans without the food they need.
If in doubt, stick with organizations who have been doing their work for longer. The Red Cross was started to get medical supplies to the Spanish-American war and they primarily seek to help those in most need: victims of disaster (be it natural or man-made).
Disclaimer: I'm a volunteer at my local Red Cross chapter. Giving money is good but there is no replacement for giving time as well.
Well. Either you allow no one to make signs, commercials, hold rallys, or do anything that will cost some amount of money or you do.
The issue is not that some money buys you influence, it's that a small number of people can buy a disproportional amount of influence with lots of money. I don't think anyone would object to a reasonable amount of money for a member of the middle class to spend, which is the $2,500 limit (that I don't remember if citizens united overturned or not).
Compare that to one of the very few nuclear powered cargo ships, the NS Savannah. Truly beautiful ship; fast, clean, etc. Couldn't be run cost-effectively, some of which was due to a bit of overzealous streamlining and so forth, but in terms of propulsion costs, oil fueled cargo ships are simply less expensive.
From the link, that ship was built more than 40 years ago, had an overly-small cargo-hold and was done more as a proof of concept (which seems silly). Doing the same today (and doing it economically) would yield different results.
The money isn't worth it if you wind up kidnapped and looking at a video camera while they cut your head off.
Look at working in Europe or if you want to try the language China, even better Australia routinely hires for IT and they speak English (sort of).
Is the money worth it if you're killed in a car accident during rushhour traffic on your way to work in *insert city here* USA?
Life is a risk, death is always a risk, and the statistics about risk are often pretty far off what people estimate in their gut.
Comparing the risk of getting killed in a car accident with the risk of getting (most likely violently) killed in a war zone (in particular in a war zone where foreigners get kidnapped and forced to watch a video camera while their heads get brutishly sawed off with a butcher knife), that's pretty retarded to say the least.
Sorry but getting killed in a car accident is a rather brutal and painful event and can be slow. A beheading (even a crude one) is still relatively quick.
That said, the risk of going to work in Iraq and mostly staying in the green zone is probably as safe or safer than living in a higher-crime area in the U.S (NY or Chicago for example). If you doubt me (and you probably still do), take a look at the Top Gear Christmas Special from last year. They drove around the northern countryside in convertibles and eventually decided it was silly to wear their helmets and flak jackets. Yes there might have been some armed security with them off camera, but they were mixed in with the locals pretty well.
so you mean I can complain to Hyundai that a Ferrari is faster than my car?
Dammit!
No, apparently he's complaining that you can't buy 30 2x4s or fit ATVs in the back of a Hyundai Accent.
Nonetheless, giant fires do happen.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrollton,_Kentucky_bus_collision#NTSB_Summary
According to the link, it took 4 minutes before the bus was fully engulfed and that a big part of the problem was lack of emergency exits (since the front door was damaged). I think anyone can agree that given minutes a vehicle can be filled with fire, but not in seconds like Howard Roark suggests.
can you imagine full penetration of one of these battery packs?
We're getting pretty close to rule 34 territory with that statement.
Never said anything about boarding them. I said get involved. I'm sure that, as a developer, you would love to have fighters buzzing your boat at all hours of the day and night...
Do I get to control one from the comfort of my desk? :-D
The US has the most retarded immigration policy. They make it too hard for highly educated/skilled people to legitimately immigrate, but they turn a blind eye to the MILLIONS of uneducated illegal immigrants. The US should be welcoming the highly educated/skilled people into their country, not turning them away, because they will most likely make a positive contribution to society. Instead, by turning them away, they go somewhere else and compete against the Americans.
The reason is that there are a lot of jobs that Americans simply won't do because it's hard physical work, such as harvest food manually in the fields (this is well documented). Unlike more skilled labor, these illegals aren't taking jobs away from anyone. When they don't show up, the crops die in the field.
The real question is how they plan to get communications uplinks (phone, internet, etc.) that don't cost an arm and a leg.
They could probably put together a point to point solution with a tower on-shore.
So Trademark law isn't designed to take World War I into account? Ya know, it was kind of a big deal.
Neither is patent law. Bayer lost aspirin. The US Army stopped paying royalties to Mauser over the "infringing" M1903 Springfield rifle.
I recall Mauser had their patent-enforcers go and "confiscate" the offending knock-offs. I don't think that went very well.
I guess it all depends on what you pirate.
That's the rational approach, but it's not how it'll be perceived.
Americans have their head in the sand about driving deaths for years.
James Bond: You'll kill 60,000 people uselessly.
Auric Goldfinger: Hah. American motorists kill that many every two years.
The Free Market is a myth and always has been. Like the Laffer Curve and the trickle-down theory of wealth distribution.
Oh, there's a trickling sound alright. ;-)
The Laffer Curve opens up some interesting economic ideas. The problem is that we're to the left of the peak so reducing taxes simply reduces revenues.
While I'm sure your tongue was firmly in cheek: "Curie died in 1934 of aplastic anemia brought on by her years of exposure to radiation."
However her husband fared better: "Pierre Curie died in a street accident in Paris on 19 April 1906. Crossing the busy Rue Dauphine in the rain at the Quai de Conti, he slipped and fell under a heavy horse drawn cart. He died instantly when one of the wheels ran over his head, fracturing his skull."
As morbid as it sounds, his death was probably less painful.
Since you posted AC I just wanted to echo what you said. I'm at a Computer Science graduate school where 90% of the students are Chinese. The other day in class homework was due, and I saw students copying homework in class, just passing it down the row. They all turned it in at the end of class. Best part is, the TAs are all Chinese grad students as well, and are friends with the students. The professor didn't even come to the exam, and the Chinese TAs were almost overtly helping their friends cheat on the exam. It was absolutely infuriating. I saw it in my undergrad too, but there it was Indians. It just seems like something that these people aren't taught.
Just based on raw percentage (I don't have statistics on this), it is very competitive amongst foreigners to get into an American university (especially without any on-shore academic experience). Perhaps a larger percentage of these students cheated to get to the top and come here?
I didn't witness much cheating when I was in school, but I have seen grad students who seem to barely be able to write a hello-world app.