The one thing about Engineering (at least at Rutgers) is that you are taught to think a certain way. You are taught to be a problem solver. It tends to be pretty practical in its applications. The given down side is that many engineers tend to be lacking in the social skills and also tend to know little outside of math and science.
I have to say that Feynman gets so very little credit in this field. He did not really create the concept of nanotech but he layed out a good theoretical framework around which others based their research. The article is worth a read.
I have several of his books and the collected physics lecture texts. I highly recommend them. I see them as setting a standard for physics texts to follow.
The BeBox cannot run MacOS as far as anyone has tried. It is a dual PPC config with a custom motherboard.
Their are DivX players for BeOS and there (sorta) are DVD players too. The DVD software is not as hooked into the OS (multithreaded) as the mp3 players but the playback is acceptable.
I'm in NJ too, but since many of my clients are in other states (NY, CA) I have been stiffed big time. It is cheaper sometimes to simply write off the non-payment as a loss rather than sue.
I am owed several thousand dollars for about a months work by a company in CA, but since the contract states that all disputes must be settled in CA, I procrastinated in suing their butts. Now they are gone. Not bankrupt, gone. The phone number is disconnected, the email does not work. I found out they owe several other contractors as much or more than they owe me.
I just got a box of RDRAM from Dell today to upgrade a bunch of my clients servers. How funny is it that not only are they using Rambus (blech), but that they are buying it from a company that is getting out of the business.
Thanks for the info. What I had not known was that DTV used VBR MPEG2. I thought it was CBR. I have just gotten used to the option of using lossy compression for shows like The Simpsons.
I'm nitpicking like it matters.:p
Since HDs are so cheap, I will probably just get a larger HD and hack the DirecTiVo when I get it.
I have often seen people make the comment about Linux companies not giving back, but by SELLING Linux, they are evangelizing. The are also legitmatizing (is that a word?) the use of Linux in the corporate world. One does not have to be a code monkey to give back to the community.
I tried documenting my experiences playing a game once for mini game guide I was writing. It was one of the most tedious things I have ever done. It is one thing to play a game, but it is entirely different to pause the game at every step to type up how you got past it in enough detail to be repeated by a mediocre player.
As far as being scared of the game, Q2 scared the crap out of me many nights while playing the actual campaign. My home office is in the basement and since I tend to only play games when I can't sleep it makes for some gaming fests. I remember jumping back from the keyboard more than a few times.
My wife knows that I stay up late spanking it in front of the coputer every once in a while, so why not let everyone else know?
Opera Software must know, since that is the only thing I use their browser for: faster loading pages = faster loading pr0n. IBM probably knows since I have one of those sweet 75GB drives to save all of my pr0n.
I just worry about the lawyers of the MPAA and pr0n companies coming after me for having divx pr0n DVD rips!
I waited on the 56k v.90 standard for a while and I can wait on this to get sorted out too. If it were something a little bit cheaper then I would not mind spending the money on this, but since they cost >$500 I will wait.
I worked a job where the electrician ran the Cat5 through PVC conduit. I literally wore through a bend by pulling RG6 through with a nylon cord. The friction of the nylon just ate away the PVC.
Several years ago, when I was working for Lucent, (when they had just spun off from ATT) some of the wireless guys told me that they were working on fixed wireless to replace phone wires. They wanted to setup cell towers in areas and slap pizza boxes (that's what they called them) on the side of the houses. They were looking at digital services so that some wire jockey would not have to come to climb the pole when you want a fax line.
That idea was my favorite until I saw the Sprint ION plan. I think they are both dead right now. I don't know if Lucent is developing anything for consumers like this.
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I imagine the SecureIT and @stake classes are a lot better too.;)
I teach MCSE classes (quit laughing) and I get asked about password crackers and other stuff all the time. It amazes me that many full time admins have little or no clue about security. Forget the tough stuff like encryption, firewalls, or VPNs, they don't even understand password complexity and dictionary attacks.
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I feel dirty just thinking about Dark Angel.
same thing with Engineering degrees
I was unusual because I took extra liberal arts (excluding math or science) electives and they still only accounted for 1/3 of my total credits.
The one thing about Engineering (at least at Rutgers) is that you are taught to think a certain way. You are taught to be a problem solver. It tends to be pretty practical in its applications. The given down side is that many engineers tend to be lacking in the social skills and also tend to know little outside of math and science.
I have to say that Feynman gets so very little credit in this field. He did not really create the concept of nanotech but he layed out a good theoretical framework around which others based their research. The article is worth a read.
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I have several of his books and the collected physics lecture texts. I highly recommend them. I see them as setting a standard for physics texts to follow.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/02015006
many business grade laptops are shipping with this standard or as a built-in option.
Toshiba and IBM (and of course Apple) are just a few that offer it today off the top of my head.
The BeBox cannot run MacOS as far as anyone has tried. It is a dual PPC config with a custom motherboard.
Their are DivX players for BeOS and there (sorta) are DVD players too. The DVD software is not as hooked into the OS (multithreaded) as the mp3 players but the playback is acceptable.
Quote: "Why not just call them "bibbity-bobbity-boo" bytes?"
Unfortunately Dragonball Z (Funimation) has already licensed the term "bibbity-bobbity-boo" from Disney for the naming of several bad guys.
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I'm in NJ too, but since many of my clients are in other states (NY, CA) I have been stiffed big time. It is cheaper sometimes to simply write off the non-payment as a loss rather than sue.
I am owed several thousand dollars for about a months work by a company in CA, but since the contract states that all disputes must be settled in CA, I procrastinated in suing their butts. Now they are gone. Not bankrupt, gone. The phone number is disconnected, the email does not work. I found out they owe several other contractors as much or more than they owe me.
I can only hope you are making an attempt at humor.
I just got a box of RDRAM from Dell today to upgrade a bunch of my clients servers. How funny is it that not only are they using Rambus (blech), but that they are buying it from a company that is getting out of the business.
Thanks for the info. What I had not known was that DTV used VBR MPEG2. I thought it was CBR. I have just gotten used to the option of using lossy compression for shows like The Simpsons.
:p
I'm nitpicking like it matters.
Since HDs are so cheap, I will probably just get a larger HD and hack the DirecTiVo when I get it.
I guess that was my point. why don't the satellite units have MPEG encoders?
I don't need 'Best' image quality when recording the Simpsons everyday. I do, however, want it when recording Buffy or Cowboy Bebop.
I will probably get a DirecTiVo system in a few months (once the Christmas credit card bills are paid) and I was hoping for that feature.
That's odd since TiVo has options for quality. I wish they would change this. It is one of the only drawbacks to the DirecTiVo systems.
I just hope they come back to the central NJ area. There are a ton of my clients that are itching to get better ISPs.
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I have often seen people make the comment about Linux companies not giving back, but by SELLING Linux, they are evangelizing. The are also legitmatizing (is that a word?) the use of Linux in the corporate world. One does not have to be a code monkey to give back to the community.
Now THAT is funny.
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I tried documenting my experiences playing a game once for mini game guide I was writing. It was one of the most tedious things I have ever done. It is one thing to play a game, but it is entirely different to pause the game at every step to type up how you got past it in enough detail to be repeated by a mediocre player.
As far as being scared of the game, Q2 scared the crap out of me many nights while playing the actual campaign. My home office is in the basement and since I tend to only play games when I can't sleep it makes for some gaming fests. I remember jumping back from the keyboard more than a few times.
My wife knows that I stay up late spanking it in front of the coputer every once in a while, so why not let everyone else know?
Opera Software must know, since that is the only thing I use their browser for: faster loading pages = faster loading pr0n. IBM probably knows since I have one of those sweet 75GB drives to save all of my pr0n.
I just worry about the lawyers of the MPAA and pr0n companies coming after me for having divx pr0n DVD rips!
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http://www©lionlamb©org/testimony©htm
You might want to read what they said to some members of the Senate©
"It is time to level the playing field© If you are serious about stopping the merchandising of violence to children, I implore you to appoint a blue-ribbon, non-industry-dominated commission to study the ways that violence is being marketed and cross-marketed to young children, and to find ways of *protecting children* from this cultural poison©" ¥my emphasis *
When the government "protects children" from something, it generally means laws and such© Several times during the testimony they compare toys to alcohol and tobacco© Does that seem a bit overboard to you?
Who decides which toys are "adult content"? Did you look at the recommened toys list?
http://www©lionlamb©org/Top_20_2001-2002©html
Not a single computer game© And the oldest age on the list is 9+ years ¥the Tricky Pix camera© What do you get a 12 year old? Tricky Pix? A hand puppet?
At least in the previous year's list they had Cranium for older kids©
I waited on the 56k v.90 standard for a while and I can wait on this to get sorted out too. If it were something a little bit cheaper then I would not mind spending the money on this, but since they cost >$500 I will wait.
I worked a job where the electrician ran the Cat5 through PVC conduit. I literally wore through a bend by pulling RG6 through with a nylon cord. The friction of the nylon just ate away the PVC.
Several years ago, when I was working for Lucent, (when they had just spun off from ATT) some of the wireless guys told me that they were working on fixed wireless to replace phone wires. They wanted to setup cell towers in areas and slap pizza boxes (that's what they called them) on the side of the houses. They were looking at digital services so that some wire jockey would not have to come to climb the pole when you want a fax line.
That idea was my favorite until I saw the Sprint ION plan. I think they are both dead right now. I don't know if Lucent is developing anything for consumers like this.
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I imagine the SecureIT and @stake classes are a lot better too. ;)
I teach MCSE classes (quit laughing) and I get asked about password crackers and other stuff all the time. It amazes me that many full time admins have little or no clue about security. Forget the tough stuff like encryption, firewalls, or VPNs, they don't even understand password complexity and dictionary attacks.