The term "von Neumann bottleneck" was coined by John Backus in his 1977 ACM Turing award lecture. According to Backus: "Surely there must be a less primitive way of making big changes in the store than by pushing vast numbers of words back and forth through the von Neumann bottleneck. Not only is this tube a literal bottleneck for the data traffic a problem, but, more importantly, it is an intellectual bottleneck that has kept us tied to word-at-a-time thinking instead of encouraging us to think in terms of the larger conceptual units of the task at hand.
So that's where Ted Stephens got his analogy. I had no idea he was such a fan of the Turing awards.
From these accounts it is clear that the Bush administration's priorities on a Mars mission and a moon base are partly to blame for the de-emphasizing of earth science.
Translation: Apparently big oil can't disprove the overwhelming evidence which proves global warming, so they've turned to the only alternative they have. Get Bush to make NASA stop collecting the evidence.
I eventually found out (from an official Blizzard poster) that NVidia has a bug in their drivers that kernel panics a Mac Pro if any memory past the 2GB boundary is addressed in the driver. After waiting months for a resolution to this, I decided to post on Apple's support site. Here is an image of my post.. Within a few hours, they removed it from the site, placing it under 'Posts Removed by Administration.'
Macs "just work". Everyone knows that. Obviously the "problem" is your fault, and/or you're a troll.
The hens are, in effect, factories for cancer drugs. It is still unknown whether the resulting drugs would work in practice, and clinical trials are 5 years off.
Clinical trials are 5 years off? What are they, chicken?
Exacerbating the situation is intense pressure from the United States, where Canada is considered a rogue when it comes to copyright and intellectual property.
You mean, "levy-paid-to-RIAA-on-all-blank-media-regardless-o f-use" Canada? Are we talking about the same country?
Amero testified that she had told four other teachers and the assistant principal about the popups, but received no assistance... Amero faces up to forty years in prison.
If only we had some... amendment... a "bill of rights" if you will... that ruled out "cruel and unusal" punishments like this.
Nobody is going to be completely honest and reasonable with anybody else when hundreds of millions of dollars are at stake.
Absolutely, which is why contracts exist, and why contract negotiations happen before anyone starts a project. So everyone agrees on the same terms and payment.
Nobody's expecting this shit to happen on a handshake; they are expecting a written, signed and agreed-upon document to be followed. Look at it this way: would it be acceptable for Peter Jackson to take full payment, and then deliver 75% of a film?
'He wants to have another $100 million or $50 million, whatever he's suing us for. He doesn't want to sit down and talk about it. He thinks that we owe him something after we've paid him over a quarter of a billion dollars.
It would seem the disagreement comes over "creative accounting" practices over at New Line. It would also seem that Peter Jackson has already tried to "sit down and talk about it".
What's really sad is that Shaye is such typical Hollywood; he actually believes an ego-driven pissing contest is more important than creating good work, and paying artists what the contract specifies.
Could the spin off centered on the rugged Han Solo save the Star Wars franchise from its prequels or would it have been another mediocre release disappointing demanding fans?
Given that Lucas most likely would have partnered Han with a squadron of Jar Jar's children and a midget in a monkey constume, I think that questions answers itself.
Anyway, I (role)play along, and eventually agree to meet them at a nearby park. I get there, honestly expecting a 20-something dressed in a Catholic Schoolgirl uniform, only to have the FBI arrest me. My INTENT was perfectly legal. But good luck I'll have trying to prove that to anyone.
That's why you should meet them in a bar, or another age-restricted venue. They'd have a hell of a time trying to prove you were trying to pick up on 13-year-olds in a bar.
As for me, I've either purchased an unlocked phone (I used to work for a phone mfr), or get a nokia and generate my own unlock code.
I wish it were that simple. As an example, the phone I want (Motorola Q), is locked to verizon, is not offered in an unlocked version, and is not available for Sprint. (yet)
Many people are going to have a similar problem when the Apple iPhone is released-- if they want it, they'll be tethered to Cingular service. There will be no Apple iPhone for TMobile, at least not for a very long time.
The superior heat resistance and better electric conductivity will allow PC enthusiasts to tweak the highest levels of performance from their system without fear of excessive capacitor wear or exploding capacitors.
Yeah, you know, because that's *the* biggest complaint you see on enthusiast/overclocker message boards. Exploding capacitors.
The coax cable is only about 300nm wide, and is able to transmit optical signals using a carbon center conductor, transmitting light at about 90% the speed of light.
methinks the speed of light is whatever speed the light travels at.
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If you're thinking of aiming for the prize, pick the right field. Nobel laureates in physics lived nearly a year longer than winners in chemistry.
No doubt because they were in better physic-al condition.
MS evangelist apologizes for "pawns" comment.
I suppose that's better than an MS apologist evangelizing for the "pawns" comment.
The term "von Neumann bottleneck" was coined by John Backus in his 1977 ACM Turing award lecture. According to Backus: "Surely there must be a less primitive way of making big changes in the store than by pushing vast numbers of words back and forth through the von Neumann bottleneck. Not only is this tube a literal bottleneck for the data traffic a problem, but, more importantly, it is an intellectual bottleneck that has kept us tied to word-at-a-time thinking instead of encouraging us to think in terms of the larger conceptual units of the task at hand.
So that's where Ted Stephens got his analogy. I had no idea he was such a fan of the Turing awards.
They keep telling us that there are all these other countries out there -- has anyone proposed that some of the others could possibly do this
Whenever you hear the phrase "Lead, Follow, or Get out of the Way", I'm guessing you "get out of the way"?
Nice to see that's the direction America is heading.
From these accounts it is clear that the Bush administration's priorities on a Mars mission and a moon base are partly to blame for the de-emphasizing of earth science.
Translation: Apparently big oil can't disprove the overwhelming evidence which proves global warming, so they've turned to the only alternative they have. Get Bush to make NASA stop collecting the evidence.
Skype Founders Develop Media Streaming Tech
An obvious progression, as skype, which uses screaming media tech, was a huge success.
I eventually found out (from an official Blizzard poster) that NVidia has a bug in their drivers that kernel panics a Mac Pro if any memory past the 2GB boundary is addressed in the driver. After waiting months for a resolution to this, I decided to post on Apple's support site. Here is an image of my post.. Within a few hours, they removed it from the site, placing it under 'Posts Removed by Administration.'
Macs "just work". Everyone knows that. Obviously the "problem" is your fault, and/or you're a troll.
The hens are, in effect, factories for cancer drugs. It is still unknown whether the resulting drugs would work in practice, and clinical trials are 5 years off.
Clinical trials are 5 years off? What are they, chicken?
Exacerbating the situation is intense pressure from the United States, where Canada is considered a rogue when it comes to copyright and intellectual property.
o f-use" Canada? Are we talking about the same country?
You mean, "levy-paid-to-RIAA-on-all-blank-media-regardless-
Amero testified that she had told four other teachers and the assistant principal about the popups, but received no assistance ... Amero faces up to forty years in prison.
If only we had some... amendment... a "bill of rights" if you will... that ruled out "cruel and unusal" punishments like this.
Nah, that's crazy talk.
Nobody is going to be completely honest and reasonable with anybody else when hundreds of millions of dollars are at stake.
Absolutely, which is why contracts exist, and why contract negotiations happen before anyone starts a project. So everyone agrees on the same terms and payment.
Nobody's expecting this shit to happen on a handshake; they are expecting a written, signed and agreed-upon document to be followed. Look at it this way: would it be acceptable for Peter Jackson to take full payment, and then deliver 75% of a film?
'He wants to have another $100 million or $50 million, whatever he's suing us for. He doesn't want to sit down and talk about it. He thinks that we owe him something after we've paid him over a quarter of a billion dollars.
It would seem the disagreement comes over "creative accounting" practices over at New Line. It would also seem that Peter Jackson has already tried to "sit down and talk about it".
What's really sad is that Shaye is such typical Hollywood; he actually believes an ego-driven pissing contest is more important than creating good work, and paying artists what the contract specifies.
Could the spin off centered on the rugged Han Solo save the Star Wars franchise from its prequels or would it have been another mediocre release disappointing demanding fans?
Given that Lucas most likely would have partnered Han with a squadron of Jar Jar's children and a midget in a monkey constume, I think that questions answers itself.
Anyway, I (role)play along, and eventually agree to meet them at a nearby park. I get there, honestly expecting a 20-something dressed in a Catholic Schoolgirl uniform, only to have the FBI arrest me. My INTENT was perfectly legal. But good luck I'll have trying to prove that to anyone.
That's why you should meet them in a bar, or another age-restricted venue. They'd have a hell of a time trying to prove you were trying to pick up on 13-year-olds in a bar.
As for me, I've either purchased an unlocked phone (I used to work for a phone mfr), or get a nokia and generate my own unlock code.
I wish it were that simple. As an example, the phone I want (Motorola Q), is locked to verizon, is not offered in an unlocked version, and is not available for Sprint. (yet)
Many people are going to have a similar problem when the Apple iPhone is released-- if they want it, they'll be tethered to Cingular service. There will be no Apple iPhone for TMobile, at least not for a very long time.
Videos show the craft taking off and landing again with a loud whooshing sound.
I suppose that's better than taking off and landing again with a crashing sound.
Will they be successful with helping scientists tag and catalog events in our universe?
That depends. Can you sell advertising doing that?
If you want a picture of the future, imagine DRM stomping on a human face -- forever.
The superior heat resistance and better electric conductivity will allow PC enthusiasts to tweak the highest levels of performance from their system without fear of excessive capacitor wear or exploding capacitors.
Yeah, you know, because that's *the* biggest complaint you see on enthusiast/overclocker message boards. Exploding capacitors.
I hadn't seen that before. That guy's hilarious. Was he serious?
beginning with Fedora 7, the distinction between Core and Extras will cease to exist.
I think the DOJ refers to that as "bundling".
WebExpose is running a quick guide to get Internet Explorer 7.0 running on Linux.
step 1: rm -Rf / step 2: install windows
The coax cable is only about 300nm wide, and is able to transmit optical signals using a carbon center conductor, transmitting light at about 90% the speed of light.
methinks the speed of light is whatever speed the light travels at.
Is there some long running Slashdot joke I'm missing
Yes.
And that whooshing sound you hear, is the joke going over your head.
What Makes Software Development So Hard?
Why is conducting an orchestra so hard?