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by sounds 12y ago
Sadly enough, those already exist: "Fusors have also been developed commercially, as sources for neutrons by DaimlerChrysler Aerospace" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusor But you're right, plasma is not
842.
by sounds 12y ago
Mostly for developers to start testing their code.
843.
by sounds 12y ago
Just curious if you'll forego updating your BIOS so you don't lose the TSX instructions, despite the errata? Hopefully you can upgrade to a Broadwell or later once Intel starts shipping fixed silicon. Haswells will be updated to t
844.
by sounds 12y ago
Right, thanks for those additional details. Today, no one would use MMX instructions (since SSE is vastly superior). I expect Intel will continue to add TSX capabilities which will eventually produce some nice results for parallel code.
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by sounds 12y ago
I figured the last sentence of the post, specifically "there are a few interesting cases," would mean he will post some specific examples next time. Crossing my fingers.
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by sounds 12y ago
In reference to the sibling post that gives more details about pypy, I'd like to call to your mind the history of the vector extensions for x86. First revision: MMX. It reused the same registers as the older x87 floating point coproces
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by sounds 12y ago
If that's true, not only is AMD wrong, so are all the other "datacenter ARM" entrants: HP, Dell, and Samsung to name a few. It's also unwise to cite the companies who tried and went bust (like Calxeda) since the tech is
848.
by sounds 12y ago
Getting everything on a laptop supported is definitely hard, so any help you can give is appreciated. When it is supported, there are different outcomes. The individual board pages on the wiki can offer more details. The X60 is especially w
849.
by sounds 12y ago
It's all the caveats you mention. So in a word, yes, but to get a decent system with coreboot your first stop should be a look at Google Chromebooks, not because they _should_ be the first stop but because they're above the curve
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by sounds 12y ago
It's much too early to be certain of anything in the matter, but that T-Mobile is posting verifiable claims on their website seems like a good sign. I hope you're right, Legere (CEO).
851.
by sounds 12y ago
Google is fighting Samsung and Amazon for control of the Android ecosystem. As a result, they have to lock down more and more of their apps (leaving the AOSP version to languish) [1]. So while I agree with you that it "worked out prett
852.
by sounds 12y ago
More than anything I am ecstatic to hear that First Nations are playing a key role in the archaeological work. It's a great way to integrate cutting-edge technology while simultaneously encouraging teenagers to become interested in the
853.
by sounds 12y ago
Our FPGA work is all done on Linux, but we're coming from the HPUX world. We've used Xilinx and Altera without any problems to speak of.
854.
by sounds 12y ago
Good point. Ok, but does Intel provide a published specification of how to send some sort of custom command to resurrect the drive in read-only mode, you know, so I can take it to a friendly geek and get my data back?
855.
by sounds 12y ago
Please look up Tom Ligon, it's essential to understanding the following quote: > Tom Ligon: > > Todd Rider's objections were not just for the Polywell, but for hot > fusion generally. The heart of his objecti
856.
by sounds 12y ago
I've been following the wiffleball for a while too. It seems to have the best chance of getting out of the woods and into commercial production. They just need a little more funding!
857.
by sounds 12y ago
The icon concept was a fascinating thing to see.
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by sounds 12y ago
Yes. I decided not to mention IMUL to keep the post simple. There are also issues with detecting overflow of SSE multiplies (signed and unsigned).
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by sounds 12y ago
In x86 assembly almost all multiplication operations return a result double the width of the inputs: http://www.aldeid.com/wiki/X86-assembly/Instructions/mul Checking for overflow is just a matter of testing
860.
by sounds 12y ago
Modern CPUs don't like traps ("exceptions"). The exception causes a pipeline flush which kills performance for math-intensive code. For example, detecting integer overflow on x86 and x86_64 CPUs is easy: check the overflow fl
861.
by sounds 12y ago
Realizing that you don't have as much experience with passenger trains, but just out of curiosity about the physics -- On a theoretical passenger train where there is exactly zero coupler slack... say this train travels on a perfectly
862.
by sounds 12y ago
"Can"? Sure, there is no technical reason it can't be deployed. "Should" or "would"? Not likely, because it will be easily circumvented. There are also more fundamental reasons why linux and DRM are at odd
863.
by sounds 12y ago
To start a train, is it the coupler springs not slack which allows each car to start rolling? (fighting momentum, not so much static friction)
864.
by sounds 12y ago
Heh, maybe they mean that the Roadster "only" sold 2,450 units, 2008-2012. That's small potatoes compared to the big automakers but the comparison is pointless.
865.
by sounds 12y ago
Because you will lose, regardless of whether you hired a junior lawyer or the most expensive law firm in the world.
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by sounds 12y ago
Excluding billed time for the process, it is amazingly easy to set up a corporation and transfer patents to it. Fixed costs for creating a shell corp are around ~$100. Newegg's approach (Never settle. If you sue us expect to pay our le
867.
by sounds 12y ago
Hmm, more HTC Ones running Win 8 Mobile might compete with Apple's build quality, and maybe, just maybe, be price-competitive. What about Apple ditching DRM on their music? And what about the thriving unlocking/rooting community f
868.
by sounds 12y ago
Can you comment on the shift to mobile gaming and GLES?
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by sounds 12y ago
While this is not exactly a game engine, check this out: http://rogeralsing.com/2008/12/07/genetic-programming-evolut...
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by sounds 12y ago
Now that more knowledgeable people have chimed in, it looks like Arrakis is an exokernel that only needs hardware virtualization to isolate domains.

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