Let me also add, that manufacturers are the ones who are MADE to change their products in order to sell in the US.
The Elise didn't make it here probably because it fails the US DOT bumper test. (European has a lower impact standard).
Sounds safe huh? Not so, my friend. SUV's are excempt from the bumper height regulation so your head can easily be chopped off even if your car's bumper can withstand a 1000 mph impact - a truly splendid testament of how US DOT bureaucracy "improves" our odds arriving alive.
Another example: E-code headlights. They have better beam pattern that concentrates the light on the road, not to the sky - US DOT requires 1/3 of the light to beam upwards so "drivers can see street signs". Well, the only thing that drivers can see when it is raining or snowing with a US DOT light is the raindrops/snow in front, not the road. LOL.
Just an example how conjured-up theories made its way to real regulations. I've been in E-code cars before, and the street signs are just as easy to read - but I couldn't believe how tremendously improved the lighting performance was.
Good thing I'm in Canada, although we get the same USDOT-spec cars it is legal to modify them to Euro spec headlights. I'm going to do it soon.
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Architecture-wise.
Making a distributed framework were easier on the Alphas than the Intels....but most the time you only do it once - you can say it is a one time overhead....and once somebody builds a cluster for the Intel, the "ideal" thing advantage is pretty much gone - if you choose to use a cheap Linux cluster framework (e.g. beowulf!) and don't insist on reinventing the wheel.
Alpha processors were more expensive, and suffers from most of the disadvantages a less popular product generally suffers (less support, less programmers, etc) compared to Intel and AMD.
That's why when the x86's finally catches up with parallelization, Alpha is destined to go away...
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Well, Be thought the same thing, and look what happened to them. Turned out one processor per person was enough after all, for the vast majority of users. Well, I think Be failed for some really different reasons. Just like you can't say, "hey, Mozart is a music genius and see what happened to him - he's dead!"
For PC, yes, one CPU per person is enough - I'd extend that further - one person doesn't even need one CPU. If you think this way, then it's pretty clear why we stack processors together - use 10 CPU configuration to serve 30 users on dumb terminals! Isn't that cheap? I think so...that's what a lot of people do when they're short of $$$.
I think you are confused between distributed computing and SMP. They are different design approaches to different problems. A task that executes well (quickly + cheaply) on one won't necessarily execute well on another, even if the CPUs on both are identical.
No, I'm not confused - just putting them together in order to avoid confusion for the people who read it;) - I've written programs for both. I can say, they're different designs for a similar problem - to use parallel processing power somehow. Writing apps using SMP is easy nowadays if you use a good OS - actually if you use threads a good OS would do the jobs for you although not as ideally as you would do on your own.
On the other hand, multiple CPU on a cluster let's say, is more difficult. There is, I think, 1 or 2 good OS that would help you do the job, but it's not trivial and require participation on your part. For example, LAM/MPI, a very common and 'easy' approach, is still requires pretty explicit communication code in your programs.
Looks like there is gonna be a war... on intellectual property and rights.. soon.
Well, there is a war, not between intellectual property per se, but the misappropriation thereof, and our rights.
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Distributed computing is going to be the trend...if I can stack together a few cheap chips to rival a single high performance chip, what would I do?
Given the exponential relationship of price to performance (i.e. a marginal performance increase will cost you a LOT more) associated with processors, I'll take the cheaper approach.
Granted, many apps don't fully use distributed processing power, but the ones that need most CPU probably do.
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C'mon. I bet the /. editors noticed this, but considering the word "used" might make the article more newsworthy than "counterfeit".
(I mean, duh, which one will generate more kneejerk response?)
So the choice is clear. "used" is the right word.
I've spent quite some time comparing news from AP and Reuters. The latter always score higher from all my perspectives.
e.g. How possibly can you put a sports story, ANY sports story (well, maybe except the olympics) as a "Top Story"?
In my opinion, these people are just plain stupid.
Duh. Does trade secret ring a bell? How about money?
I believe they have a better idea of what to reveal to competitors and what not to.
From the article, "He was chased by a girl, who wanted to marry him and have a lot of children".
I wonder if these are related somehow?
Also, megagram (Mg) is actually used, but more by the scientific community instead of Joe Blow.
Simply put: Complexity is the source of all unreliability.
One less feature, one less thing to go wrong. It applies to: cars, telephones, mice, OS, computers, clocks, almost anything.
I think companies should start thing about removing the bloats from their products.
Well after getting the lights I'll get the switch too that would allow me to turn EVERY light on/off individually :) :)
Exactly.
Let me also add, that manufacturers are the ones who are MADE to change their products in order to sell in the US.
The Elise didn't make it here probably because it fails the US DOT bumper test. (European has a lower impact standard).
Sounds safe huh? Not so, my friend. SUV's are excempt from the bumper height regulation so your head can easily be chopped off even if your car's bumper can withstand a 1000 mph impact - a truly splendid testament of how US DOT bureaucracy "improves" our odds arriving alive.
Another example: E-code headlights. They have better beam pattern that concentrates the light on the road, not to the sky - US DOT requires 1/3 of the light to beam upwards so "drivers can see street signs". Well, the only thing that drivers can see when it is raining or snowing with a US DOT light is the raindrops/snow in front, not the road. LOL.
Just an example how conjured-up theories made its way to real regulations. I've been in E-code cars before, and the street signs are just as easy to read - but I couldn't believe how tremendously improved the lighting performance was.
Good thing I'm in Canada, although we get the same USDOT-spec cars it is legal to modify them to Euro spec headlights. I'm going to do it soon.
Architecture-wise.
...and once somebody builds a cluster for the Intel, the "ideal" thing advantage is pretty much gone - if you choose to use a cheap Linux cluster framework (e.g. beowulf!) and don't insist on reinventing the wheel.
Making a distributed framework were easier on the Alphas than the Intels....but most the time you only do it once - you can say it is a one time overhead.
Alpha processors were more expensive, and suffers from most of the disadvantages a less popular product generally suffers (less support, less programmers, etc) compared to Intel and AMD.
That's why when the x86's finally catches up with parallelization, Alpha is destined to go away...
Well, I think Be failed for some really different reasons. Just like you can't say, "hey, Mozart is a music genius and see what happened to him - he's dead!"
For PC, yes, one CPU per person is enough - I'd extend that further - one person doesn't even need one CPU. If you think this way, then it's pretty clear why we stack processors together - use 10 CPU configuration to serve 30 users on dumb terminals! Isn't that cheap? I think so...that's what a lot of people do when they're short of $$$.
I think you are confused between distributed computing and SMP. They are different design approaches to different problems. A task that executes well (quickly + cheaply) on one won't necessarily execute well on another, even if the CPUs on both are identical.
No, I'm not confused - just putting them together in order to avoid confusion for the people who read it
On the other hand, multiple CPU on a cluster let's say, is more difficult. There is, I think, 1 or 2 good OS that would help you do the job, but it's not trivial and require participation on your part. For example, LAM/MPI, a very common and 'easy' approach, is still requires pretty explicit communication code in your programs.
Well, there is a war, not between intellectual property per se, but the misappropriation thereof, and our rights.
Distributed computing is going to be the trend...if I can stack together a few cheap chips to rival a single high performance chip, what would I do?
Given the exponential relationship of price to performance (i.e. a marginal performance increase will cost you a LOT more) associated with processors, I'll take the cheaper approach.
Granted, many apps don't fully use distributed processing power, but the ones that need most CPU probably do.
Or can we define it as "having the capability to scream"?
Sounds suspiciously like how id treated the Quakes to me...
Take a look at the Cybersource paper.
:-)
Windows itself might be cheap, but if you buy an office suite from Microsoft as well it has a HUGE effect on the TCO.
Developers, time to concentrate on OOO
The GPS server will only record a whole bunch of coordinates oscillating up and down, up and down...
USA
Average Adult Weight: 300 lb
Europe
Average Adult Weight: 150 lb
If you take body mass into account, they're about equal! Obesity should be a crime!!
Oops, it isn't using GPL. Never mind...
The most promising theory so far is the Great Green Arkleseizure theory (http://www.angelfire.com/la/catapult/arkle.html)
Most understandable to mere mortals as well.
The perfect gift is a job...
Well, at least they're both lightweight...