I've coded applications with Qt and GTK and I prefer Qt because of its native C++ support. GTK has a C++ interface called GTKMM, but at the time I used it, it had serious issues dealing with third-party libraries.
I prefer C when I'm doing embedded/high-performance computing work. But for large, complex GUIs, I prefer C++. So that's why I go with Qt.
Satellites are great, but because of the ionosphere, it would be better to send terrestrial messages through the mantle. Can signals be reliably transmitted and received?
NVidia is one of the major voices in the Khronos Group, the organization that promised to release the OpenGL 3.0 API over six months ago. The delay is embarrassing, and many are turning to DirectX.
It occurs to me that NVidia may not want OpenGL to succeed. Maybe they're holding up OpenGL development to give CUDA a place in the sun. Does anyone else get the same impression?
Actually, Mercury Computer Systems was given the contract to build Cell-based devices on IBM's behalf. They came up with one of the first designs for a Cell blade server, but beyond that, I think they've dropped the ball.
Hopefully IBM will release actual specs for the Cell hardware. Then developers will have an idea of whether it's viable for embedded/supercomputing apps.
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Meanwhile, America is experimenting with Universal Basic Debt (UBD).
This will produce so many lawsuits (and possibly homicides) that I think it has to be a hoax.
Could it be more than coincidence that today (10/1) is exactly six months away from April Fools Day?
I've coded applications with Qt and GTK and I prefer Qt because of its native C++ support. GTK has a C++ interface called GTKMM, but at the time I used it, it had serious issues dealing with third-party libraries.
I prefer C when I'm doing embedded/high-performance computing work. But for large, complex GUIs, I prefer C++. So that's why I go with Qt.
Satellites are great, but because of the ionosphere, it would be better to send terrestrial messages through the mantle. Can signals be reliably transmitted and received?
The sad thing is that my ex-girlfriend looked at my face and made the same recommendation. The sadder thing is that she was a machine too.
Sigh.
It's not open source, but for $0.01, you can buy Robert X. Cringely's wonderful though dated Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition, and Still Can't Get a Date. Not only does Bob give you first-hand accounts of the people who pioneered computer hardware, software, and operating systems, he's also pretty damn funny. You could also point your students to his free sites: the current site or the old site.
He's not always right, but he's usually knows what he's talking about and he's frequently entertaining.
I liked to use MySQL because, as the name implies, it belongs to ME. But PostgreSQL belongs to Postgre, and I have no idea who the hell that is.
8-)
There are 8 SPUs on the Cell, but the PS3 dedicates one of them to hold the Game OS. Another one is blocked off because IBM was having yield problems.
So the poster is right. Despite the presence of 8 SPUs on a Cell, only 6 are available on the PS3.
And there's actually a book available on programming the Cell (particularly on the PS3). It's here.
If he was alive today, we'd call him a zombie...
Prime Obsession: A well-written history of the still-unproven Riemann Hypothesis. Maybe one of your students will solve it over summer break!
Actually, there are eight SPEs, but the PS3 only allows users to access six of them.
To answer the poster's question, the opencores.org site provides a wealth of free FPGA hardware designs.
You can find a full list of their projects here.
The article discusses the OpenGL licensing and legalities, but what about the released code? Where is it? What site? What repository?
NVidia is one of the major voices in the Khronos Group, the organization that promised to release the OpenGL 3.0 API over six months ago. The delay is embarrassing, and many are turning to DirectX.
It occurs to me that NVidia may not want OpenGL to succeed. Maybe they're holding up OpenGL development to give CUDA a place in the sun. Does anyone else get the same impression?
Actually, Mercury Computer Systems was given the contract to build Cell-based devices on IBM's behalf. They came up with one of the first designs for a Cell blade server, but beyond that, I think they've dropped the ball.
Hopefully IBM will release actual specs for the Cell hardware. Then developers will have an idea of whether it's viable for embedded/supercomputing apps.
This would be a great thing if they allow PS3/Linux users to access 7 of 8 SPUs instead of only six.
Otherwise, it's nice but not that big a deal...
...that for all of the quotes, none are from Mr. Eccleston himself.
Honestly, he was creepy in "28 Days Later," creepy in "The Others," and he seems like a very strange choice for the Doctor.
Has he ever been funny or even light-hearted in anything? I mean, there's a reason this guy specializes in movies involving murder and the undead...
"Many men would sooner die than think; most do"
Are there any projects out there geared toward DIY VoIP? I mean, from a technical standpoint, packets are packets, right?
It couldn't be that hard, could it? Where do I sign up?