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Henry Spencer wrote:
In article , George William Herbert wrote: That's why cache design and size are such a big deal. Indeed, it's starting to seriously affect software design as well. It's now worth spending many CPU cycles to avoid a cache miss, and that changes algorithms. With Sun, you also have the issue that their cache is not what it should be and they have to have to do a lot of cache checking. They made a design decision that cache errors will halt the Solaris OS rather than propagate out possibly corrupt cache data. The cache checking really affects performance. |
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"Christopher M. Jones" wrote:
"Derek Lyons" wrote: "Christopher M. Jones" wrote: Not entirely. Compare Star Trek's computers with today's, for example. Or even just their satellite phones. Neither of which were predictions. Sure they were. They were supposed to be some 300 years in the future were they not? And? Not all science fiction is predictive. Thats emphatically the case with science fiction designed for mass consumption and media rather than aimed at a more thoughtful audience. (Sadly almost all SF today falls into the former category.) And they were a fairly important part of the show, so you can't just write it off as something they passed over without serious thought. I never did or said any such thing. Don't confuse plot devices with serious prediction. (And almost all treknology is in the form of plot devices. The Great Bird was interested in people and society, not hardware.) D. -- The STS-107 Columbia Loss FAQ can be found at the following URLs: Text-Only Version: http://www.io.com/~o_m/columbia_loss_faq.html Enhanced HTML Version: http://www.io.com/~o_m/columbia_loss_faq_x.html Corrections, comments, and additions should be e-mailed to , as well as posted to sci.space.history and sci.space.shuttle for discussion. |
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