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Some programs certainly will make better use of multi-core cups than others. The RAW converter Bibble is certainly proud of the multithreading performance in their coming version 5. They have a video there showing efficient 16 core usage.That probably has quite a coding advantage, though: "I converted 116 RAW images from a Canon 1D Mark 2 dSLR from RAW to JPEG in about 1/12th the time of other software running on the same machine." - even if they haven't got the algorithms themselves multi-threaded, they can just launch 16 worker threads each processing a file at a time. (OK, disk I/O is still something you need to handle efficiently to avoid thrashing, but still...)
http://bibblelabs.co...s/bibble5/b5-16wide/-Lutz_ (July 30, 2008, 05:13 PM)
.. I was glad to see that InfoWorld got the answer for "What data type is best for representing figures in dollars and cents?" right.), #15 P/NP (yeah, my maths suck), #17 (Kernighan).Josh, did anybody ever tell you that's one evil avatar? Can't tell you how many times I've found myself reaching up to squash that little gnat thing you've got. But I guess that's the whole idea isn't it?I thought I was the only one!-40hz (July 28, 2008, 09:23 PM)
- gets me really paranoid sometimes, seeing stuff move at edge of my eyesight.If I'm working I'll typically have a bunch of hefty files open in CS3, flipping them between Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and AcrobatToo bad that Adobe claims that 64bit doesn't bring a lot of advantages - which means that their 32bit apps can only access ~2gig (or is it ~3gig? Dunno if they're linked with large-address-space-aware flag). Obviously the real reason is that they have a messy and not-so-64bit-clean codebase, but it's easier singing the consumers a "naw, 64bit is irrelevant" lullaby
as well as several MS-Office components and WordPerfect (both GUI and [gasp!] DOS versions, and some custom-written stuff that has to run (or think it's running) under DOS.Danger will robison! - 64bit/long mode doesn't support 16bit code. This means that 64bit windows versions can't run DOS and win3.x programs. You'll need dosbox or some other emulator.
Thanks to you I now know that essentially the same equipment lets me contact what you seem to call Earth (a Midzyinthyan crystal chip, a Golloidinan armpit flute, and three custard creams). And a lovely sight it is, from up here on the bridge!Pft, we all know that all it takes is a candelabra and a yellow and a blue crystal.
Isn't that why it would make sense to have HIPS active during an install?Yep, just don't get too caught up on the issue of whether there's outbound filtering or not, and whether the application can be auto-terminated or nto
. IMHO power-users shouldn't really need anything but a NATing router and windows built-in firewall (in case you have a friend visiting you with an infected computer), but for the less techy (and more click-bloody-anything naïve), and corporate certification-hungry needs, it's of course another scenario.A bitAt least NT has proper fine-grained permissions, unlike the owner/group/world crap from the *U*X mentality smileyHmmm....are you Tux baiting?
- the NT kernel is (mostly) a pretty fine piece of work, and it's ACL security model is nice and flexible. The problem lies with the non-kernel part of the system Perhaps, but I've got a linux server running 24/7... and it draws considerately less power than my windows workstationI almost exclusively use rtorrent now-f0dder (July 28, 2008, 10:27 AM)
How geeky-Lashiec (July 28, 2008, 05:24 PM)
