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From: jmfbahciv on 18 Feb 2007 06:58 In article <jhfet2979us6hamfa7h1g51684289ub18o(a)4ax.com>, MassiveProng <MassiveProng(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote: >On Sat, 17 Feb 07 12:13:32 GMT, jmfbahciv(a)aol.com Gave us: > >>In article <aaict21nu9t1faaiodh912qu7en2240379(a)4ax.com>, >> MassiveProng <MassiveProng(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote: >>>On Fri, 16 Feb 07 12:25:03 GMT, jmfbahciv(a)aol.com Gave us: >>> >>>> Other >>>>than instrumentation, there usually isn't any computing task that >>>>has to have the CPU pay attention to it *right now*. >>> >>> >>> A/V stream decoding does. Hell, even MP3 stream decoding does. >>> >>> When I watch Lost episodes on ABC.com, those streams get a LOT of >>>CPU time slices simply because the stream MUST be processed >>>continually. >> >>Son, it is time you learned about buffered mode I/O. >> > > You're an idiot. It doesn't stream directly to the video card. It >has to be processed first. The discussion isn't about how the stream >may or may not be being buffered, dipshit. It was about CPU time >slice priorities. Not really. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 18 Feb 2007 07:00 In article <p7get2tmg6rqtb22d56622j29nl0tt8891(a)4ax.com>, MassiveProng <MassiveProng(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote: >On 17 Feb 2007 15:15:20 +0200, Phil Carmody ><thefatphil_demunged(a)yahoo.co.uk> Gave us: > >>I'm currently running a 500MB LLL reduction on my G5 with 512MB RAM. >>I have 72 such reductions to perform. Care to tell me how I could run >>all 72 without any of them interfering with the other? Or even 2. > > > Run one on one CPU and one on the other. > > I used to with SETI at home all the time, and it most certainly DOES >double the number of units a day that machine churned out. > > If you only have a single CPU machine, however, you will not be able >to do this. > > I have been running dually machines (at the personal level) for over >6 years now. They are awesome! We were running tripe in the early 80s. One of our customers was running 5. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 18 Feb 2007 07:01 In article <87wt2gr3fq.fsf(a)nonospaz.fatphil.org>, Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >MassiveProng <MassiveProng(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> writes: >> On 17 Feb 2007 15:15:20 +0200, Phil Carmody >> <thefatphil_demunged(a)yahoo.co.uk> Gave us: >> >> >I'm currently running a 500MB LLL reduction on my G5 with 512MB RAM. >> >I have 72 such reductions to perform. Care to tell me how I could run >> >all 72 without any of them interfering with the other? Or even 2. >> >> >> Run one on one CPU and one on the other. >> >> I used to with SETI at home all the time, and it most certainly DOES >> double the number of units a day that machine churned out. >> >> If you only have a single CPU machine, however, you will not be able >> to do this. >> >> I have been running dually machines (at the personal level) for over >> 6 years now. They are awesome! > >You can't fit 2 500MB jobs into 512MB of RAM. Sure you can. All it takes is a small matter of programming in the OS. <snip> /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 18 Feb 2007 07:03 In article <MPG.20414665b9b9f85a989fac(a)news.individual.net>, krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote: >In article <87wt2gr3fq.fsf(a)nonospaz.fatphil.org>, >thefatphil_demunged(a)yahoo.co.uk says... >> MassiveProng <MassiveProng(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> writes: >> > On 17 Feb 2007 15:15:20 +0200, Phil Carmody >> > <thefatphil_demunged(a)yahoo.co.uk> Gave us: >> > >> > >I'm currently running a 500MB LLL reduction on my G5 with 512MB RAM. >> > >I have 72 such reductions to perform. Care to tell me how I could run >> > >all 72 without any of them interfering with the other? Or even 2. >> > >> > >> > Run one on one CPU and one on the other. >> > >> > I used to with SETI at home all the time, and it most certainly DOES >> > double the number of units a day that machine churned out. >> > >> > If you only have a single CPU machine, however, you will not be able >> > to do this. >> > >> > I have been running dually machines (at the personal level) for over >> > 6 years now. They are awesome! >> >> You can't fit 2 500MB jobs into 512MB of RAM. >> >> I am a big fan of the dual G5s too. > >Me too. The G5 program paid my mortgage for five years. ;-) Did it do windows? <GRIN> /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 18 Feb 2007 07:05
In article <87ire0susb.fsf(a)nonospaz.fatphil.org>, Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com writes: >> In article <8764a0ucl2.fsf(a)nonospaz.fatphil.org>, >> Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com writes: >> >> >I think that Linux has reached the point where it is good enough for all >> >> >practical purposes. >> >> >> >> Nope. It is not a product (in the sense that we called things >> >> a product). It is still a toy; it has a little bit more growing >> >> up to do. >> > >> >Odd. The *world's largest manufacturer* of the kit that >> >holds the internet together think that they want to run >> >linux on their kit, and have done for years. Your >> >perspective on the IT world is as skewed as your perspective >> >on pretty much everything else, it appears. >> >> I am not talking about the IT world. That's just a small niche >> of the computing biz. There is more to Real Life than IT. > >A small niche where one single linux-using company can make >nearly $6B net profit in a year. You really do need to learn more about the computer biz. IT is electronic paper pushing. There is, or rather there should be, more to the computing biz than this. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be many people who remember what real computers are supposed to do for people. /BAH |