What an idea to acquire such a terminally dumb company.

Please don't confuse the SPUs (the eight coprocessors on the Cell die) with the PPU (the main CPU core). The PPU is also part of the Cell, so don't call the SPUs "Cell CPUs". There is also no MIPS core -- the PPU is a 3.2GHz PPC core with two hardware threads. The SPUs also run at 3.2GHz, but are not considered "real" CPUs since they can't bootstrap themselves, they have to be given tasks from the PPU. SPU programming forces a model on you as a developer -- modularize your tasks with as few synchronization points as possible and treat the SPUs like a thread pool. What's the problem here? This is a good model even if you're not limited to the SPUs. Developers who move more and more tasks to the SPUs will find themselves in a much better position next generation when parallelization is more massive, regardless of whether the Cell or something like it is involved.

They claim the porn sites they shut down featured "incest". How can you tell that from looking?

Oh, I get it... this is just something that sounds nice in sound-bite form.

The way I've seen this approached is that, if it's a good interview setup you are not the only one interviewing him and there is reasonable coverage with people who can interview on that level.

So interview him as you would someone on your level, this will atleast give coverage on deeper issues they may not get with 'higher ups'

Also you could think of an issue that you personally had trouble with and ask them about that. How they answer it should give you some idea of if they are in fact above your level.

No mention of the PS3 WT drums on RB compatibility issue? We have to make some noise if Rock Band is going to release the path Guitar Hero says is needed.

Please allow me to introduce you to the words "BEGIN TRANSACTION".

In a civil case, maybe. In a criminal case, very unlikely. People often confess to crimes and are found not guilty -- the burden of proof is pretty high. If the prosecution doesn't have a case without you revealing your password, your case will probably never see trial.

Sure, I can be compelled to provide the passphrase in court

Not in the US.

Did you read it? I wrote about the citizenship implying that Russia is also protecting the interests of its citizens.

So we had the party Saturday, and this afternoon, FedEx shows up with a package containing six T-shirts, all size XL. Clearly someone's on the ball out there. I'll be getting hold of those of you who were there to see if you want one and to arrange to get it to you.

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