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The great philosopher Watto Republic credits? Republic credits are no good out here. I need something more real.
Director of Transmogrification Services
Shinobi of Query Language
Master of Yoda Conditional
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Sure, but those are US billions, which are only a thousandth the size of real billions.
Them durned Yankee billionaires don't know what being rich really means.
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Today, Jeff Bezos unveiled the design of his spaceflight company’s lunar lander, the Blue Moon, which can take scientific payloads — and eventually humans — to the surface of the Moon. I always thought there would be a Starbucks up there first
Edit: updated with a story after the announcement
modified 9-May-19 17:15pm.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: I always thought there would be a Starbucks up there first
Or maybe a McDonalds. to ruin the ambiance.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Because we really want people like Bezos in charge of things like this.
So we can forget any and all creative and inventive work on space exploration, from now on.
It'll all be Bezos and his cronies financially and politically muscling things to be done his way.
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An accelerator unit improves both the performance and efficiency of a system by taking over one simple task Just add a GCPU!
Then we can add a dedicated processor for keyboard input, and something to manage all the processing units. Let's call that one a central processing unit?
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I would start the patent application process now if I were you.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Rick York wrote: I would start the patent application process now if I were you.
No kidding.
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It seems to me that this may benefit a class of applications, but as many parts of a system do not really use GC, a questionable thing to put in hardware. Maybe when Java Processors seemed likely to be a thing, but that never really took off.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Back in the 80s or 90s, Intel announced a 3-chip CPU that ran Java bytecode. As I recall, it was a commercial failure.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I remember reading about them at the time. Very few actual systems are entirely based in GC languages - maybe Chromebooks could benefit, but outside of that I can think of no O/S that would really benefit from this, just some apps.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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How does this handle L2 and L3 cache integrity?
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Here's an idea:
If we want computers to perform better, why don't we just force companies like ms, google, and adobe to get rid of 50% of the bloat that they fill our machines (and occupy our memory & processor time) with.
Don't defend yourself against the dog's tail when it's the other end that's doing all the damage.
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In response to a stunning op-ed from Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes published in The New York Times this morning, the company says it welcomes more accountability for its actions from lawmakers in Washington, but it says breaking up Facebook by decoupling Instagram and WhatsApp from its core service would be a step too far. That's...not how these things work, I think
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Kent Sharkey wrote: That's...not how these things work, I think
As my mother used to tell me: "that's what you get for thinking."
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Microsoft's Security Team publishes basic advice for securing corporate networks. Even better: one computer per app you use. They need more Win10 installs!
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I spotted a typo, quite early in the article:ZDNet said: Microsoft has shared some very insightful moron-level advice on how companies could reduce the risk of having a security breach.
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In a report published Thursday, researchers at the threat-research company Advanced Intelligence (AdvIntel) revealed that a collective of Russian and English-speaking hackers are actively marketing the spoils of data breaches at three US-based antivirus software vendors. I guess this is why they develop antivirus software, and not network security software?
Sadly, it doesn't list the companies (but I'm assuming Kaspersky is safe)
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Could it be that Kaspersky was involved in the hacking?
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Well of course!
Why bother going to the trouble of looking for new ways to attack people's computers on your own, when "security researchers" have teams of well-paid, magnificently-equipped people who will do it for you?
Hacking one security company could give you enough zero-day malware to become a billionaire (a real one, not a piddling little US one) in zero days.
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The change in focus of .NET Framework towards stability and new feature development moving to .NET Core means SQL Server needs to change in order to continue to provide the latest SQL features to .NET developers in the same timely manner that we have done in the past. Meet the new data connection, same as the old data connection
I've just read the article, the FAQ, and a few other articles, and my brain *just* registered the different namespace. I need a nap.
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Every few years, Microsoft creates a video that looks at the future of productivity. "Don't tell me about the future. Just the same old stuff in faster cars and smellier air."
Yes, I'm posting this entirely for my own amusement (at the reaction I'm expecting/hoping for)
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Quote: Microsoft’s vision for the future of Windows, Office, and work
Quantum cloud, all the way down, baby! And paid subscriptions to everything!Quote: Whereas in the past Microsoft may have attempted to modernize Windows, Office, and its other software and services, the company is increasingly looking to the web
So keep its current interface, and make everything reliant upon bandwidth and cloud uptime! Smart move! /s
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So no new icons? I'm heartbroken!
modified 8-May-19 20:01pm.
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So:
0. Total surveillance, so that employees will be afraid to move, speak, or touch anything.
1. Ridiculous voice/touch/movement contols everywhere and in every surface, so that employees will be afraid to move, speak, or touch anything.
The VWP (Victorian Workhouse Principle) is alive and well, in the hearts and minds of "UX designers" at ms.
These useless, uncreative "designers" have got their heads stuck so far up their own (or, more likely, each other's) arses that they'll never see sunshine or smell roses again.
And they want ms customers to have the same UX.
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