I'm REALLY looking forward to opencl adoption. I'm working on AI, and I have to do things as simple as getting the hamming distance between two bitstrings, or adding +1 into xi for all i in a large vector. These are trivial, but I have to do them on (at least) a million different vectors at each operation. I'm dreaming that opencl will make this thing smoother.
But then we get to the politics of the whole thing, and it's kind of depressing. Apple sends it to the Khronos group, which makes it a standard, but Microsoft, SURPRISE!, immediately announced a competing thing. So we run the risks of not having our stuff running in everybody's machines. Or we are stuck in the Apple arena.
Since I'm planning on spending USD$2000 for a video card if only we can get the code right, I'm most likely building a Hackintosh, because of Apple's heavy handed nickel-and-diming-in-every-component-for-your-bestest-experience.
I want to be cross-platform. So here's a question: Does anyone knows how opencl is supposed to work in windows or linux?
Listen, kid. I'm a professor of business and management science. My masters and PhD are in Computer Science. There is a hidden rule in academic life: you cannot swim upstream. It is easy for a mathematician or a physicist to become an engineer. It is easy for an engineer to become an economist or work in any business field. But it is close to impossible for a marketing type to become a physicist. After your mid-twenties, you can still have some room for maneuver if you don't have kids. After 35 (like I am), people have a very, very low probability of change. Doesn't happen. When it happens it's a miracle, like a disney movie.
You can always be a business type if you know math and logic and programming. Remember, information is power. Study, for example, data mining. Checkout project weka in your IDE and study the code, submit modifications, get an interesting thing done or two.
My advice to you? First, read freakonomics. The guy's an economist that works with data mining. He may very likely get the Nobel some day. Then you'll see how easy it is for a computer scientist to play business roles.
Finally, go to the most hardcore, most academically rigorous career first. Learn assembly language. Find a professor that's good and say these words to him/her: "I'm here because I want to do top-notch research during my undergraduate degree. Now go on and tell me what to do. I'm up for anything." At first, the professor will look you with some giant eyes. Months later, you will be on your way to writing REAL papers and understanding how real science is made. Fuck grades. Even if you graduate with loads of C's, one or two papers in academic journals will really set you apart. Tell your employers later on that you couldn't care less about grades because "they are made to be fair in a world that's not fair, and you wanted to do REAL work while on university, not the little clean academic assignments". That is hardcore maturity and courage. And if things go wrong and you want a change later on, all disciplines nowadays are needing data mining, from accounting to marketing to finance to operations management, etc. Weka is the new Excel.
So, isn't the government agency which compiles and distributes the blacklist guilty of collecting and distributing child pornography, by their same standard that a link to an unlawful site is as bad as hosting the unlawful material yourself?
you are one of those scary people who believe everything the gov't does = evil.
Until such time as the western governments stop being evil all the time, I think that's a perfectly reasonable position to take.
I have to disagree profoundly. I think the governments are here to help us out.
Respectfully, Dr. Linhares, Senior Vice President, AIG
doesn't need to be insider to get the right reason. This is just faulty logic. I had told anyone to buy Palm because I think they are still innovative and will come out with something promising pre-"pre", that would be the exact reason for the share price rise, while I would be still clueless.
Shut up you all; I got this machine today and already got two blowjobs!!!1! One by this petite blond girl and the other... I think it was also a woman.
I think it is a looker, but another pathetic machine, like the MBAir. I got a MBAir and sold it after a few months for another sucker. It's awesome, unless you need space to put your files like music or movies. Moved to the new macbook, swapped out the nickel-and-dimer HD from Apple and put a 500GB one in. Now I can have photos, music and videos. These are fantastic machines, if youre happy to hang out with a "concept machine" and not a real one. Also, for the dell, WINDOWS ONLY??!?!?! WHAT THE FUCK???
Right on. Brazilian Banana Catcher here (thanks for your sympathy). It's official policy to migrate to foss. I was pretty appalled at an official bank where they were using firefox.... only to be astounded that it was running under linux. Part of it comes from the stupidity of the government which sees itself as under constant threat from the yankees who are of course crazy to invade anytime now. But part of it is because it is more transparent. And finally because it is cheaper.
note that the mass media around here was strongly against it (some PR machine, perhaps?).
Sounds good? No, the real answer is that the lower costs will end up in the CEO's bonus checks while they continually farm out the admin work to third world countries. After all, Linux being free and all, third world countries can educate those folks for very little money and therefore, flood the market with really cheap tech workers.
We, in the developed World will be cursing the existence of Linux and the rest of F/OSS one day - mark my words.
Yeah, right.
Ballmer, you need to understand that Indians and Chinese can also study and work with windows. Cheers
My generation is afflicted entitlement mentalities and an aversion to actually doing anything to better themselves. It's sad.
Hmm, and this group constitutes Barack Obama's most ardent supporters.
We're doomed.
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Not if you're from Canada
my friend you are a fucking genius.
Now guess which part of a woman's brain is activated when they see a cute baby?
Just take your wildest guess and you'll understand the type of thing that might actually turn a woman on.
Thanks. You just made my day a little bit better.
It'll be about 20% off the Apple retail price and you get all the latest developer goodies.
I'm from the Federal Brazilian Banana Republic you insensitive clod. Even a macbook air costs more than USD4.300. Laugh it up, my friends!
0 Redundant? Well, that's expected after bashing Apple.
But then we get to the politics of the whole thing, and it's kind of depressing. Apple sends it to the Khronos group, which makes it a standard, but Microsoft, SURPRISE!, immediately announced a competing thing. So we run the risks of not having our stuff running in everybody's machines. Or we are stuck in the Apple arena.
Since I'm planning on spending USD$2000 for a video card if only we can get the code right, I'm most likely building a Hackintosh, because of Apple's heavy handed nickel-and-diming-in-every-component-for-your-bestest-experience.
I want to be cross-platform. So here's a question: Does anyone knows how opencl is supposed to work in windows or linux?
Bullshit on people not being able to change after 30. Utter bullshit.
Call me up when some middle-age sociologist with a wife and kids type turns into a quantum physicist, with absolutely no previous background.
Listen, kid. I'm a professor of business and management science. My masters and PhD are in Computer Science. There is a hidden rule in academic life: you cannot swim upstream. It is easy for a mathematician or a physicist to become an engineer. It is easy for an engineer to become an economist or work in any business field. But it is close to impossible for a marketing type to become a physicist. After your mid-twenties, you can still have some room for maneuver if you don't have kids. After 35 (like I am), people have a very, very low probability of change. Doesn't happen. When it happens it's a miracle, like a disney movie.
You can always be a business type if you know math and logic and programming. Remember, information is power. Study, for example, data mining. Checkout project weka in your IDE and study the code, submit modifications, get an interesting thing done or two.
My advice to you? First, read freakonomics. The guy's an economist that works with data mining. He may very likely get the Nobel some day. Then you'll see how easy it is for a computer scientist to play business roles.
Finally, go to the most hardcore, most academically rigorous career first. Learn assembly language. Find a professor that's good and say these words to him/her: "I'm here because I want to do top-notch research during my undergraduate degree. Now go on and tell me what to do. I'm up for anything." At first, the professor will look you with some giant eyes. Months later, you will be on your way to writing REAL papers and understanding how real science is made. Fuck grades. Even if you graduate with loads of C's, one or two papers in academic journals will really set you apart. Tell your employers later on that you couldn't care less about grades because "they are made to be fair in a world that's not fair, and you wanted to do REAL work while on university, not the little clean academic assignments". That is hardcore maturity and courage. And if things go wrong and you want a change later on, all disciplines nowadays are needing data mining, from accounting to marketing to finance to operations management, etc. Weka is the new Excel.
I wish you good luck, brother.
So, isn't the government agency which compiles and distributes the blacklist guilty of collecting and distributing child pornography, by their same standard that a link to an unlawful site is as bad as hosting the unlawful material yourself?
you must be new here
you are one of those scary people who believe everything the gov't does = evil. Until such time as the western governments stop being evil all the time, I think that's a perfectly reasonable position to take.
I have to disagree profoundly. I think the governments are here to help us out.
Respectfully, Dr. Linhares, Senior Vice President, AIG
That depends which version of English you speak.
When is v. 2.0 coming up?
doesn't need to be insider to get the right reason. This is just faulty logic. I had told anyone to buy Palm because I think they are still innovative and will come out with something promising pre-"pre", that would be the exact reason for the share price rise, while I would be still clueless.
Linux + GNOME + OpenOffice + Firefox sounds better to me :-)
VISTA + AERO + MSOFFICE + IE anyone? At least I'm getting my 0.65 check...
Don't worry. Feelings go away, as they become redundant.
Shut up you all; I got this machine today and already got two blowjobs!!!1! One by this petite blond girl and the other... I think it was also a woman.
and thank you Apple for making Dell think they can charge $2000 for it...
That will be fun to watch!
probably, if you want to send money to Ballmer.
a-dam-giva-damn?
I think it is a looker, but another pathetic machine, like the MBAir. I got a MBAir and sold it after a few months for another sucker. It's awesome, unless you need space to put your files like music or movies. Moved to the new macbook, swapped out the nickel-and-dimer HD from Apple and put a 500GB one in. Now I can have photos, music and videos. These are fantastic machines, if youre happy to hang out with a "concept machine" and not a real one. Also, for the dell, WINDOWS ONLY??!?!?! WHAT THE FUCK???
wat? you actually read the fucking article? God you must be new here.
note that the mass media around here was strongly against it (some PR machine, perhaps?).
Sounds good? No, the real answer is that the lower costs will end up in the CEO's bonus checks while they continually farm out the admin work to third world countries. After all, Linux being free and all, third world countries can educate those folks for very little money and therefore, flood the market with really cheap tech workers. We, in the developed World will be cursing the existence of Linux and the rest of F/OSS one day - mark my words.
Yeah, right.
Ballmer, you need to understand that Indians and Chinese can also study and work with windows. Cheers
Yes, yes!!! That's why it spreads so rapidly; it's free (as in gonorrhea)!
My generation is afflicted entitlement mentalities and an aversion to actually doing anything to better themselves. It's sad. Hmm, and this group constitutes Barack Obama's most ardent supporters. We're doomed.
WAT? "We are the ones we've been waiting for".