I'm pretty sure that one of us has never done any actual scientific computing.
Wait, you're saying that floating point calculations aren't used in actual scientific computing? What are you defining as scientific computing? Does CFD count for you? I've never heard of any CFD code written using only fixed-point data.
He didn't work for the USPTO, but he did work for the Swiss Patent office before getting his landmark papers published in 1905. He didn't write patents, he was a patent examiner.
The lights in Walpole, MA used to go Red->Yellow->Green until about 10 years ago. I don't know the reason and those were the only lights in the area that did that.
This is not correct. The federal gov't is paying for at least 60% of the final cost, not the initial cost. After the jump in the price tag from $10 billion to $15 billion a few years ago, the feds capped their share of the cost, and said any future overruns would be have to be paid by the state. I think the final price tag for the feds is somewhere around $9 billion.
Although I live in the area and think this project is great for downtown Boston, I can understand the rest of the country being pissed.
Have you ever tried applying for a Asst Prof. job opening? At least in Math, one opening will typically get hundreds of applicants, and ALL the applicants will have PhD after their name.
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I'm pretty sure that one of us has never done any actual scientific computing.
Wait, you're saying that floating point calculations aren't used in actual scientific computing? What are you defining as scientific computing? Does CFD count for you? I've never heard of any CFD code written using only fixed-point data.
Have you seen this site,
http://bruscy.republika.pl/pages/przemek/java_not_really_faster_than_cpp.html
This guy made a few tweaks to the C++ code (and documents them) and finds that C++ is about 2 - 3 times as fast as Java.
The 30 second skip works on my Comcast DVR in MA.
He didn't work for the USPTO, but he did work for the Swiss Patent office before getting his landmark papers published in 1905. He didn't write patents, he was a patent examiner.
If you go to the web page,
i onDate=11/2/2004&Datamode=E
http://enight.dos.state.fl.us/StatusRpt.Asp?Elect
the total number of voters is listed as 7,623,603. Where's the problem?
The lights in Walpole, MA used to go Red->Yellow->Green until about 10 years ago. I don't know the reason and those were the only lights in the area that did that.
This is not correct. The federal gov't is paying for at least 60% of the final cost, not the initial cost. After the jump in the price tag from $10 billion to $15 billion a few years ago, the feds capped their share of the cost, and said any future overruns would be have to be paid by the state. I think the final price tag for the feds is somewhere around $9 billion.
Although I live in the area and think this project is great for downtown Boston, I can understand the rest of the country being pissed.
Have you ever tried applying for a Asst Prof. job opening? At least in Math, one opening will typically get hundreds of applicants, and ALL the applicants will have PhD after their name.