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From: jmfbahciv on 20 Feb 2007 06:42 In article <timpa4-d5l.ln1(a)sirius.tg00suus7038.net>, The Ghost In The Machine <ewill(a)sirius.tg00suus7038.net> wrote: >In sci.physics, Ken Smith ><kensmith(a)green.rahul.net> > wrote >on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 19:01:38 +0000 (UTC) ><ercs6i$dg2$3(a)blue.rahul.net>: >> In article <45D9BDD4.B68B994E(a)hotmail.com>, >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>> >>>> The Ghost In The Machine <ewill(a)sirius.tg00suus7038.net> wrote: >>>> > >>>> >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhd2lnCTWQM >>>> > >>>> >skipped horribly on initial load, but that looks to be >>>> >more of a bandwidth problem than a CPU one. CPU utilization was >>>> >slightly lower. >>>> > >>>> >SFW. Its main themes are apparently music, a school >>>> >bus, and dancing. Replay was possible without skipping. >>>> >Full screen utilized almost 90% of CPU, so that might be >>>> >an issue. >>>> > >>>> >FWIW. >>>> > >>>> If this becomes a common usage, it sounds like a dedicated >>>> processor will be installed. >>> >>>It's called the CPU. >> >> It could also be "a CPU". Multiprocessor systems may start to happen >> soon. > >Multiprocessor systems have been around for awhile. A long while. I was typing at one in 1972 when I volunteered my group to load test our first implementation. <snip> /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 20 Feb 2007 06:44 In article <45D9BE29.3BC9D991(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> MassiveProng <MassiveProng(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote: >> >On Sat, 17 Feb 07 14:08:30 GMT, jmfbahciv(a)aol.com Gave us: >> > >> >>Why real time? >> > >> > Because it is processed, compressed video data. >> >It has to be processed to be rendered by the video card. >> >> That's not real time. Real time implies that the image has >> to be display in the same instant that the image was first >> made. What you guys are talking about is a sequential process. >> It doesn't matter when the bits are created on your system as >> long as they are sequential. > >Real time involves doing it at the same *rate* as the material originated. No. That is not how the biz defines it. Real time implies acutal time, not sequence rates. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 20 Feb 2007 06:55 In article <e7fd9$45d9cb86$49ecf9e$20058(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>, "nonsense(a)unsettled.com" <nonsense(a)unsettled.com> wrote: >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> In article <era3bm$tvp$5(a)blue.rahul.net>, >> kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) wrote: >> >>>In article <er9hlt$8qk_004(a)s1005.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, >>><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote: >>> >>>>In article <er7av0$ijh$2(a)blue.rahul.net>, >>>> kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) wrote: >>>> >>>>>In article <er6s31$8ss_006(a)s994.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, >>>>><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote: >>>>>[.....] >>>>> >>>>>>When Linux can be installed and used with very little relearning >>>>>>by any computer owner, then it will cease to be a toy and become >>>>>>a general purpose tool. It hasn't reached that maturity..yet. >>>>>>It is getting there rapidly. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>That is the case today. The average computer owner sends email, recieves >>>>>spam, surfs the web and plays Minesweeper. >>>> >>>>Then you have not been keeping up with what is going on in the >>>>real world. Clear your windows and take another look. >>> >>>Go take a look at what all those PCs get used for. What I listed was most >>>of it. People have PCs in there home that only serve as a very limited >>>tool. >> >> >> Nope. I'm currently running a test so see just how much pressure >> people are getting to start doing on-line banking. The latest >> development is that any check you write is handled like a debit >> card. The requirement for a voucher for each payment is disappearing. > > >The audit trail model is changing. It is very close to disappearing. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 20 Feb 2007 06:57 In article <ercoj7$8qv$4(a)blue.rahul.net>, kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) wrote: >In article <ercbpb$8qk_009(a)s942.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, > <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote: >[.. surf web, get spam and play games ..] >>>Go take a look at what all those PCs get used for. What I listed was most >>>of it. People have PCs in there home that only serve as a very limited >>>tool. >> >>Nope. I'm currently running a test so see just how much pressure >>people are getting to start doing on-line banking. The latest >>development is that any check you write is handled like a debit >>card. The requirement for a voucher for each payment is disappearing. > >You are one person and certainly the minority. I'm about to look at what >my wife is doing on her computer..... > >She is "surfing the web" right now. Like many others. > >Just because a few people do more complex stuff, you can't assume that >everyone does. This isn't an assumption. There is enormous pressure to herd the general public into using electronic banking. Have you not read the messages that are printed on your bills lately? Read carefully, if you can, the notices that talk about electronic transfer permissions that writing a check gives the payees. <snip> /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 20 Feb 2007 06:59
In article <6803b$45d9d03d$49ecf9e$20203(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>, "nonsense(a)unsettled.com" <nonsense(a)unsettled.com> wrote: >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> In article <6baf5$45d8df82$49ecf3c$12829(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>, >> "nonsense(a)unsettled.com" <nonsense(a)unsettled.com> wrote: >> >>>Ken Smith wrote: >>> >>>>In article <5f310$45d8a544$4fe770f$11782(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>, >>>>nonsense(a)unsettled.com <nonsense(a)unsettled.com> wrote: >>>>BAH wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>>>Where's that supposed bright line between coding and using? >>>>> >>>>>><GRIN> Believe it or not, compilation. I guess I'd better >>>>>>define this one. Compilation is the computing service that >>>>>>changes your ASCII character directions into data blocks >>>>>>that a linker can use to produce an executable set of >>>>>>machine insructions. >>>>> >>>>>You mean like when I type a name and password in at >>>>>the appropriate prompts. :-) >>>> >>>> >>>>No, that is obviously an interpreter. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>I understand what you think you wrote, but that >>>>>doesn't define a bright line. When I set up a >>>>>crontab to repeat a computer process (perhaps back >>>>>up a set of files and put them on tape or a cd) at >>>>>a certain time every day am I coding or am I using? >>>> >>>> >>>>I'd say both in this case. It is an interpreter you are coding for, you >>>>are using, lets say, vi and likely bash to do it. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Same thing with a doze PC and "scheduled tasks." >>>> >>>> >>>>In that case you are neither programming not a user. You are a victim. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>There are libraries at all "higher levels." I view this >>>>>as a discussion well suited to fuzzy logic analysis. >>>> >>>> >>>>I disagree. Fuzzy logic is just a digital guy trying to do analog. >>> >>>Disagree all you want. Disagreement doesn't change the >>>facts or the scope. >> >> >> It does need discussion from my POV. That's the first time >> anybody asked the question and the first time I've tried to >> set it down in English ASCII. Thus, I'm still thinking >> about it because I surprised myself with that answer. > >Stumpers, even short term ones, are collectibles IMO. My fingers often produce sentences that astound me when I read them. /BAH |