Well, at it's good to know we don't have a monopoly on mindless, nationalistic arrogance here in the USA. I was starting to worry. Thanks for making me feel better.
And this, people, is why we don't put HUDs in cars.
Darkness404, you will be missed, after your untimely demise in a car accident. If only you hadn't been distracted by slashdot on your HUD, you might be here today with us...
"You know that those things have been done before, probably better," says Gerkey, who hopes to one day see a robot "app store" where a person could download a program for their robot and have it work as easily as an iPhone app."
So, you want an iRobot so you can have access to the AppStore
The line to kill me for the bad pun starts at the door, people.
sorry for the reply to my own post, in the GPU section, I stated the units taking 2 billion instructions instead of 1, it should read 2 million instructions instead of 1.
Lets say you have an O(n) algorithm, and a quad core CPU that can handle 4 billion instructions per second per core (16 billion IPS total for the CPU), on average, and the algorithm is highly scaleable.
Now, lets say the number of instructions per input is 1 million. That means 16 thousand inputs takes 1 seconds.
Now, with a GPU, you might have 128 effective cores, each of which can handle 500 million instructions per second, and each unit requires 2 billion instructions instead of one (assuming a smaller/less efficient instruction set for the task).
sixteen thousand inputs will take 32 billion instructions, you have 64 billion instructions per second, so it will take 1/2 of a second to calculate.
Which means, you have 1/2 of a second to transfer the data up and down, which means, in this case, if the dataset is under a couple gigabytes for those 16,000 entries using PCI Express.
It's not as simple as calculation order (actually that is probably the least important issue here), it's (1) How much can be done in the algorithm in parallel (2) How large is the data set (3) What is your CPUGPU transfer speed (4) What is the relative power of your CPU vs. GPU.
Actually, I'm surprised at how mild it is. The link is a link to a web board, and someone does a pretty good job of defending/justifying the higher price of Macs, and another is very pro-linux as an alternative to Windows/Mac.
"Why does vista", gets only one suggestion "Why does vista suck".
Bloat doesn't magically appear when you put an Apple logo on something.
Have you ever used Apple produced software (iTunes, Quicktime, etc.) on Windows? Or noticed their memory requirements on their own OS?
Not that MS is necessarily any better, but, yeah, Apple is one of the Triumvirate of Bloat for consumer software, in my not-so-humble opinion. The sit in their little triangular table with MS and Adobe.
?? My last notebook got 3.5 hours on the 6 cell battery (could have gotten a 9 cell, but didn't want too) with Windows XP or FreeBSD.
Dunno what my new notebook will do yet, it came pre-raped with Windows Vista, and I have to clean to goo off the drive and install XP (slipstream the ICH9 drivers anyone?) and FreeBSD (7.2 doesn't have a functional NIC driver, 8.0Beta driver fails at something, not sure what), or KUbuntu (faster than Vista off of the CD, WTF, but also lacking a NIC driver) to test.
So, basically it comes down to who's definition of open you want to allow.
I am simply allowing for both definitions, and not assuming that I am always right.
Try it some time, accepting that other people can have valid opinions, it makes the world easier to deal with. Admittedly you have to deflate your ego a bit, and that does hurt initially, but trust me, it's worth it.
yeah, so many people don't get to start at the top.
I got my degree (3.0, Computer Science + a hard science), I applied at a whole slew of places with nice jobs that I wanted. Took me two years to get a job.
I also went to McDonalds, gas stations, grocery stores, Burger King, temp agencies. The point is, if I had a remote chance of doing the task, I didn't count myself out for the position, that's the hiring manager's job. If the salary was higher than I thought I was worth (i.e. $75k/year), I'd still apply (surprise, I didn't get any of those!), or lower (i.e $15k/year, or $5.75/hr), I applied too. That is a lesson this lady needs, don't cherry pick the jobs, try for everything. Eventually you'll move up, but it takes time and effort.
When you are looking for a job, you need INCOME, even if it isn't what you want, something is better than nothing. Why can't people see that?
well, normally I would say a 2.7 is a pretty bad GPA and agree with you, but this is business, and I think they are more GPA flexible because many business people seem to look down on higher education institutes.
That being said, three months is absurd to be mad about, took me 2 damn years, I only know two people who got full time jobs after college - one started working for her mom, the other went from part time to full time in the research lab she worked in.
almost everyone else I know in my age range took 1-2 years.
yeah, except her field was IT management, or some crap like that. The MAFIAA groups think that computers exist only for piracy, and wouldn't want her services.
Yep. It's 2009, in Open Office 3.0, I didn't say that the margins bounce around, I just said it didn't handle them well, and by that, I mean it doesn't seem to accept margin info from a saved file in word.
As for Excel, where did I mention anything about any kind of programming in spreadsheets? I talked about tool tips. No formulas in them yet, not defiled with VBA, just tooltips. You know, cell annotations? Simple stuff.
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No, they'll probably have Office Texas 2009, which is like Office 2007, except that it has the XML stuff cut out, and a new language code added: en_TX
Yes, but that's just an ancillary to it's new ability to break the three laws.
Well, at it's good to know we don't have a monopoly on mindless, nationalistic arrogance here in the USA. I was starting to worry. Thanks for making me feel better.
And this, people, is why we don't put HUDs in cars.
Darkness404, you will be missed, after your untimely demise in a car accident. If only you hadn't been distracted by slashdot on your HUD, you might be here today with us...
I apologize. I have a lot of typos and slips of the finger. If that offends you, you might want to get off the internet and go outside for a while.
So, you want an iRobot so you can have access to the AppStore
The line to kill me for the bad pun starts at the door, people.
sorry for the reply to my own post, in the GPU section, I stated the units taking 2 billion instructions instead of 1, it should read 2 million instructions instead of 1.
I'd argue it is absurd, it's way too simplistic.
Lets say you have an O(n) algorithm, and a quad core CPU that can handle 4 billion instructions per second per core (16 billion IPS total for the CPU), on average, and the algorithm is highly scaleable.
Now, lets say the number of instructions per input is 1 million. That means 16 thousand inputs takes 1 seconds.
Now, with a GPU, you might have 128 effective cores, each of which can handle 500 million instructions per second, and each unit requires 2 billion instructions instead of one (assuming a smaller/less efficient instruction set for the task).
sixteen thousand inputs will take 32 billion instructions, you have 64 billion instructions per second, so it will take 1/2 of a second to calculate.
Which means, you have 1/2 of a second to transfer the data up and down, which means, in this case, if the dataset is under a couple gigabytes for those 16,000 entries using PCI Express.
It's not as simple as calculation order (actually that is probably the least important issue here), it's
(1) How much can be done in the algorithm in parallel
(2) How large is the data set
(3) What is your CPUGPU transfer speed
(4) What is the relative power of your CPU vs. GPU.
Yeah, it's amazing how things that can generate executables on multiple platforms, things like C, are so amazingly slow.
Man, why did we ever stop using assembly?
So, you store the data the GPU is working on in the card's memory, and the data the CPU is working on in system memory.
yes, it is relatively slow to move between the two, but not so much that the one time latency incurred will eliminate the benefits.
I'm talking about *JUST* the memory used by those applications, not the entire OS. That has nothing to do with Microsoft's programming.
Nope, twit. Twat shares less letters with twitter, and can be construed as unnecessarily vulgar. Twit gets the point across quite nicely.
That, and correcting them for using "tweeters", people who use twitter are called "twits", I thought everyone knew that.
Actually, I'm surprised at how mild it is. The link is a link to a web board, and someone does a pretty good job of defending/justifying the higher price of Macs, and another is very pro-linux as an alternative to Windows/Mac.
"Why does vista", gets only one suggestion
"Why does vista suck".
That seems to work fine.
You are right, I did. But now it's not a triumvirate anymore.
Have you ever used Apple produced software (iTunes, Quicktime, etc.) on Windows? Or noticed their memory requirements on their own OS?
Not that MS is necessarily any better, but, yeah, Apple is one of the Triumvirate of Bloat for consumer software, in my not-so-humble opinion. The sit in their little triangular table with MS and Adobe.
?? My last notebook got 3.5 hours on the 6 cell battery (could have gotten a 9 cell, but didn't want too) with Windows XP or FreeBSD.
Dunno what my new notebook will do yet, it came pre-raped with Windows Vista, and I have to clean to goo off the drive and install XP (slipstream the ICH9 drivers anyone?) and FreeBSD (7.2 doesn't have a functional NIC driver, 8.0Beta driver fails at something, not sure what), or KUbuntu (faster than Vista off of the CD, WTF, but also lacking a NIC driver) to test.
after two days of vista, my butt hurts.
and don't forget that each will be a near clone of an expansion of the same name (or near the same name) of the previous Sims games!
So, basically it comes down to who's definition of open you want to allow.
I am simply allowing for both definitions, and not assuming that I am always right.
Try it some time, accepting that other people can have valid opinions, it makes the world easier to deal with. Admittedly you have to deflate your ego a bit, and that does hurt initially, but trust me, it's worth it.
yeah, so many people don't get to start at the top.
I got my degree (3.0, Computer Science + a hard science), I applied at a whole slew of places with nice jobs that I wanted. Took me two years to get a job.
I also went to McDonalds, gas stations, grocery stores, Burger King, temp agencies. The point is, if I had a remote chance of doing the task, I didn't count myself out for the position, that's the hiring manager's job. If the salary was higher than I thought I was worth (i.e. $75k/year), I'd still apply (surprise, I didn't get any of those!), or lower (i.e $15k/year, or $5.75/hr), I applied too. That is a lesson this lady needs, don't cherry pick the jobs, try for everything. Eventually you'll move up, but it takes time and effort.
When you are looking for a job, you need INCOME, even if it isn't what you want, something is better than nothing. Why can't people see that?
well, normally I would say a 2.7 is a pretty bad GPA and agree with you, but this is business, and I think they are more GPA flexible because many business people seem to look down on higher education institutes.
That being said, three months is absurd to be mad about, took me 2 damn years, I only know two people who got full time jobs after college - one started working for her mom, the other went from part time to full time in the research lab she worked in.
almost everyone else I know in my age range took 1-2 years.
yeah, except her field was IT management, or some crap like that. The MAFIAA groups think that computers exist only for piracy, and wouldn't want her services.
Yep. It's 2009, in Open Office 3.0, I didn't say that the margins bounce around, I just said it didn't handle them well, and by that, I mean it doesn't seem to accept margin info from a saved file in word.
As for Excel, where did I mention anything about any kind of programming in spreadsheets? I talked about tool tips. No formulas in them yet, not defiled with VBA, just tooltips. You know, cell annotations? Simple stuff.
typoe 'unfortunately not all' instead of 'all'
typoe 'not all' instead of 'all'