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    Rajesh R Subramanian
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    Just received an email from Sun that they've a free e-book to offer on High Performance Computing. You could download it here. [Added] Don't bother, people here think it's pretty bad! [/Added] I haven't read the book myself and don't know how good it is. But it's free and may be good, so I thought I'll pass it on.

    “Follow your bliss.” – Joseph Campbell

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      Just received an email from Sun that they've a free e-book to offer on High Performance Computing. You could download it here. [Added] Don't bother, people here think it's pretty bad! [/Added] I haven't read the book myself and don't know how good it is. But it's free and may be good, so I thought I'll pass it on.

      “Follow your bliss.” – Joseph Campbell

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      You forgot the joke icon :)

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        You forgot the joke icon :)

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        Rajesh R Subramanian
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        OK, something that talks about "high performance" from Sun. But what the hell. I'll give it a read this weekend. :)

        “Follow your bliss.” – Joseph Campbell

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          OK, something that talks about "high performance" from Sun. But what the hell. I'll give it a read this weekend. :)

          “Follow your bliss.” – Joseph Campbell

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          Mine was a joke really :) I have no idea how slow Java is nowadays.

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            Just received an email from Sun that they've a free e-book to offer on High Performance Computing. You could download it here. [Added] Don't bother, people here think it's pretty bad! [/Added] I haven't read the book myself and don't know how good it is. But it's free and may be good, so I thought I'll pass it on.

            “Follow your bliss.” – Joseph Campbell

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            Rage
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            After looking at it, you do get what you paid for. But, thanks, I just learned that even I could publish an ebook if that is the required skill level.

            Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:

            don't know how good it is

            Glad I did not put my real credentials in the submit form...

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              Mine was a joke really :) I have no idea how slow Java is nowadays.

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              Nagy Vilmos
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              Good java is about 10x self taught hobbyist .net and good .net is 10x 1st year CS student java. As far as I'm concerned and without bothering to do any meaningful benchmarking, the jvm can be a bit of a dog to get going but nominally, .net and java give the same perfomance.


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                Just received an email from Sun that they've a free e-book to offer on High Performance Computing. You could download it here. [Added] Don't bother, people here think it's pretty bad! [/Added] I haven't read the book myself and don't know how good it is. But it's free and may be good, so I thought I'll pass it on.

                “Follow your bliss.” – Joseph Campbell

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                I want to complain! I downloaded my copy and there were NO TITS on page 3! Rest of the book is up to the Sun standard for "journalism" though.

                All those who believe in psycho kinesis, raise my hand.

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                  I want to complain! I downloaded my copy and there were NO TITS on page 3! Rest of the book is up to the Sun standard for "journalism" though.

                  All those who believe in psycho kinesis, raise my hand.

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                  OriginalGriff wrote:

                  there were NO TITS on page 3

                  I thought it was about computer systems, not ornithology. I bet there were no boobies, shags or cocks either.

                  ------------------------------------ No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Clare Boothe Luce

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                    Just received an email from Sun that they've a free e-book to offer on High Performance Computing. You could download it here. [Added] Don't bother, people here think it's pretty bad! [/Added] I haven't read the book myself and don't know how good it is. But it's free and may be good, so I thought I'll pass it on.

                    “Follow your bliss.” – Joseph Campbell

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                    Dan Neely
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                    Judging by the title, I assume it discusses things like using a paint shaker to reboot all the computers in your cluster at once...

                    3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18

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                      OriginalGriff wrote:

                      there were NO TITS on page 3

                      I thought it was about computer systems, not ornithology. I bet there were no boobies, shags or cocks either.

                      ------------------------------------ No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Clare Boothe Luce

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                      Oh, plenty of male chickens involved!

                      All those who believe in psycho kinesis, raise my hand.

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                      "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                        You forgot the joke icon :)

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                        He didn'y need a joke icon. :-\

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                          Just received an email from Sun that they've a free e-book to offer on High Performance Computing. You could download it here. [Added] Don't bother, people here think it's pretty bad! [/Added] I haven't read the book myself and don't know how good it is. But it's free and may be good, so I thought I'll pass it on.

                          “Follow your bliss.” – Joseph Campbell

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                          I read the first part; it's a multi-page advertisement for AMD and SUN masquerading as information. (BTW, at the start of one chapter, they talk about open software and say that it's "not free as in a free lunch" but "free as in free speech". Am I the only one who finds that after all these years, this statement still makes no sense?)

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                            I read the first part; it's a multi-page advertisement for AMD and SUN masquerading as information. (BTW, at the start of one chapter, they talk about open software and say that it's "not free as in a free lunch" but "free as in free speech". Am I the only one who finds that after all these years, this statement still makes no sense?)

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                            Rajesh R Subramanian
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                            Joe Woodbury wrote:

                            they talk about open software and say that it's "not free as in a free lunch" but "free as in free speech". Am I the only one who finds that after all these years, this statement still makes no sense?

                            No, you're not alone with that sentiment. And after all these comments, I think I'm not going to read that book after all. Sorry about the thread, I thought it were going to be something really good and so did I share it.

                            “Follow your bliss.” – Joseph Campbell

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                              I read the first part; it's a multi-page advertisement for AMD and SUN masquerading as information. (BTW, at the start of one chapter, they talk about open software and say that it's "not free as in a free lunch" but "free as in free speech". Am I the only one who finds that after all these years, this statement still makes no sense?)

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                              You clearly need to read more Heinlien. The full citation from The Moon is a Harsh Mistress is: "Oh, 'tanstaafl.' Means 'there ain't no such thing as a free lunch.' and isn't," I added, pointing to a FREE LUNCH sign across room," or these drinks wouldn't cost half as much. Was reminding her that anything free costs twice as much in the long turn or turns out worthless."

                              3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18

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