The transmission *is* automatic. However, it still has a gear select lever. The arm is so that it can do things like select a gear and go into reverse.
I had a chance to see the Volkswagen / Stanford entry while getting my VW serviced. That cart is pretty cool. There's a rack and a half worth of gear in the back and the shift knob has been modified to allow a robot arm to be attached. The engine is a 5 cylinder TDI and the VIN says it's a factory prototype. I heard that when the challenge is over the car will have to be destroyed since it certainly isn't US legal. And in a parody of the "Drivers Wanted" slogan it says "No Driver Required" on the side.:-) Seeing it in person certainly made waiting for my oil change fun.
On a side note...I wish they'd let more diesel cars in the country. The chase car is another Touraeg but this one is a Canadian V10 TDI. It has something like 500 lb-ft of torque but gets about the same highway mileage as my small VW does.
The iPod rules the gym. No doubt. Being the gadget geek that I am I notice what people are using, and a lot have iPods. But I need a radio simply because my gym and many others use FM to distribute the audio from the TVs. I love watching TV with my cardio, so I am using an iRiver flash unit. I will still own an iPod, but if Jobs gave me an iPod with a radio I'd buy it even if it didn't add capacity just to use it at the gym.
I will say this - the harder a cert is to get, the more it is worth. The CCIE still gets a lot of respect. When looking for a contractor I specify it just to save time. The first few times I tried to hire a network contractor I got "qualified" applicants who couldn't answer simple questions. So call me lazy, but just knowing someone has a CCIE (and verifying it) tells me a lot. And judging by the rates they command, I'd say it's worth it to them too.
Well, in my case I think I made a bad researcher when it comes to my own health.:-) The doctor *did* listen to my heart and such, and explained to me when chest pain was heart or just regular muscle related. I think in my case, though, I read about possibilities and get so worked up and stressed about it that it's just simpler to say that if I feel sick I go see the doctor and don't worry about what it *could* be until he starts saying things. I was so worried about what it might be that I even put off going to the doctor for a bit. It works much better now to go to the doctor first, and then read about it on-line later.
I suppose people may be predisposed to things like this - I was having a numbness issue in my left leg and when my friend went in for surgery for a circulation issue I started to thing "Hrm...maybe that's my problem." Nope, wrong again. The doctor told me what it was, and then wrote it down (cuz it was hard to spell) and told me to google it. That worked much better than googling for symptoms and convincing myself I have the worst possible disease I can find.
I went to him thinking I had angina. At 28. The symptoms: chest pain and dizziness. He told me I had pulled a chest muscle and had a wicked inner ear infection. And he told me I wasn't allowed to go look up my symptoms on-line anymore. And I agreed with him...any time I'd look at a medical site I'd get more and more nervous. Now that I don't I feel much better.
They made them out of carbon fiber and titanium now? I know this sounds wierd - but does it look cool? I mean sure nothing can replace a leg, but if I needed one then having something that looked like a piece of Formula One gear vs. flesh colored plastic would be cool.
My point would be that I think folks *often* make the wrong decisions because of how "cool" linux is or because they hate MS, like the guy who tries to get his parents to use linux when all they want to do is check their mail. Often when talking to linux "consultants" and I say I need to do "X", which can be done easily in another OS, they will try to change X rather than admit that linux can't do it.
But of course, I should have realized that speaking out against linux and/or Linus on here would get me modded down as a troll...
The two main problems I have with dealing with linux in the real world are:
1) The "screaming teenager" factor where people feel linux is the answer to every question. (It's like on The Car Lounge where the answer to every "what should I buy" question is an E30.) They refuse to understand that in it's current form linux has flaws and limitations.
2) Worship of Linus. I'm sure the guys a stud and all, but if for some reason someone either doesn't patch this because Linus said they it's not necessary or if a patch has trouble being accepted for that reason, then that's just wrong.
This whole lack of a cult of personality thing is just one of the many reasons I run FreeBSD...
3 quarters of "basic" calc (Math 21A, B, C), Vector Calc (21D) and Diff Eqs (22B) was what I ended up taking. That's 5 quarters right there.
You must have missed the Computer *Science* thing. I did *not* study engineering (on purpose). Or, as Dr. Venkman said, "Back off man - I'm a scientist." I didn't take statics, or dynamics, or spend time buidling an elevator controller.
And other than research there are plenty of programming and other jobs that don't require CS either. The issue is, as others have pointed out, not too many people hire "computer scientists". A mechanical engineer can be hired to be a mechanical engineer. I suppose a computer engineer can be hired for hardware engineering, although most of those guys are usually EE. But I know plenty of software engineers that didn't study Computer Science. And at my school, Computer Science wasn't even in the College of Engineering. I suppose my job title has the word engineer in it right now, but eventually it will have architect in it which will be even better.
Either way, I don't build computers - I build networks. And so far I haven't needed Calculus for that.
If you feel that CS == programming, then yes I suppose you're right. But as many others have pointed out that is not always the case. I went to a Univ. of California school which didn't have any sort of "IT" degree. I was a CS major. I have now been in IT for 7 years and by IT I mean Information Technology, not programming or software engineering. (When I say IT I think of the IT organization in a business, not programming.) I have been a unix admin and now a network engineer (routers and switches). I haven't had to use Calculus ever. The linear algebra came in handy, as did the upper-level math, statistics, and other things, but after I finished my last physics class (and damn if I shouldn't have done chem/bio instead) I didn't do calc again.
I understand why it's part of the program, but I also suggest that not everyone will end up needing it. A lot of people took the networking elective classes that I did, but there was a lot of stuff in there that I know they don't use in their network programming or other things that I use every day.
I just wish I hadn't had to take 5+ quarters of Calc....
I'm not laughing at your MCSE as much as your CCNA and MCSE. I mean all of our basic helpdesk tier-1 people have CCNAs and I am almost afraid to let them set a vlan.
(In other words, I think that networking professionals have less respect for the CCNA than the general/. crowd does for the MCSE. I've interviewed too many CCNAs who insisted they were clued on networking and couldn't answer even the most simple questions.)
Where are these rights spelled out? I'm pretty sure that if you look at the contract you agree to in order to buy things from iTMS you will see that you give up some of your rights in order to purchase music on-line. It's more of a software license than the purchase of a physical item like a CD. I would be against the right to "re-sell" since the fact is if you keep a copy when you re-sell it then you're not really re-selling it are you?
Just curious...the MPAA sued the guy, but their "takeover" page implies that there was a court order ordering the shutdown. Had things progressed that far or is the MPAA just stretching the truth to make themsevles look good?
I have been a unix admin and currently am a network engineer. I don't "do windows" professionally. Still, my dad often calls for help. Once I pointed out that as a professor he has a university IT department he can call for help with their computers. His response?
"Listen, I didn't pay for 4 years of college to get lip outta you. Now shut up and answer the fucking question."
Yes, that's the cost for 512 for the mini...but it's just PC2700 right? My chagrin was based on the idea of getting 1GB for that price and doing it myself.
I kept debating on spending the $75 on the 512MB upgrade. I placed my order on the day of the annoucement (FedEx says it'll be here Friday) and couldn't decide. I spent the $75 because we didn't know how hard the box would be to get into or if it would be sealed. I'm glad I only blew $75 on the RAM but I still feel like a dork. I *knew* this would happen... *sigh*
This will be my new media box. My current media box is a full sized PowerMac 1GHZ sitting next to my 50" LCD RPTV and it's noisy and distracting. (And let's not forget the 250GB firewire drive with neon lights on top. Damn you Western Digital!) This will replace it easily and fit under the TV with the rest of the stereo gear. It lacks digital out, but I already have an M-Audio Sonica which works great. Now admittedly I'm not the target user (I mean you have to run SwitchRes X to get a good resolution on the TV) but this will look very nice next to the rest of the HT gear!
Basically reporting will be better, but it will mean a big change in the tech industry for talent. If the company's response to this is to stop issuing stock options then they need another way to incentivize (is that even a word?) their employees. If they decide not to then they will be basically creating a salary cut of some sort.
In other words give me options or give me money, but if it's just salary and the salary only grows by 2-3%/yr then I will change jobs more often than before since that will be the only way to increase my income.
The architecture wasn't dead-ended - SGI chose to stop developing it. The entire time that SGI was negotiating with Intel regarding Itanium they had a team ready to go to develop their next chip, the true sequel to the R10K. The fact is that just the threat of Itanium killed MIPS and PA-RISC. A 1GHZ R12K (or whatever they call it now) draws so little power compared to Itanium it's not even funny. If SGI had kept the team they had I'm sure they would have cranked out some amazing chips.
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The transmission *is* automatic. However, it still has a gear select lever. The arm is so that it can do things like select a gear and go into reverse.
I had a chance to see the Volkswagen / Stanford entry while getting my VW serviced. That cart is pretty cool. There's a rack and a half worth of gear in the back and the shift knob has been modified to allow a robot arm to be attached. The engine is a 5 cylinder TDI and the VIN says it's a factory prototype. I heard that when the challenge is over the car will have to be destroyed since it certainly isn't US legal. And in a parody of the "Drivers Wanted" slogan it says "No Driver Required" on the side. :-) Seeing it in person certainly made waiting for my oil change fun.
On a side note...I wish they'd let more diesel cars in the country. The chase car is another Touraeg but this one is a Canadian V10 TDI. It has something like 500 lb-ft of torque but gets about the same highway mileage as my small VW does.
The iPod rules the gym. No doubt. Being the gadget geek that I am I notice what people are using, and a lot have iPods. But I need a radio simply because my gym and many others use FM to distribute the audio from the TVs. I love watching TV with my cardio, so I am using an iRiver flash unit. I will still own an iPod, but if Jobs gave me an iPod with a radio I'd buy it even if it didn't add capacity just to use it at the gym.
I will say this - the harder a cert is to get, the more it is worth. The CCIE still gets a lot of respect. When looking for a contractor I specify it just to save time. The first few times I tried to hire a network contractor I got "qualified" applicants who couldn't answer simple questions. So call me lazy, but just knowing someone has a CCIE (and verifying it) tells me a lot. And judging by the rates they command, I'd say it's worth it to them too.
Well, in my case I think I made a bad researcher when it comes to my own health. :-) The doctor *did* listen to my heart and such, and explained to me when chest pain was heart or just regular muscle related. I think in my case, though, I read about possibilities and get so worked up and stressed about it that it's just simpler to say that if I feel sick I go see the doctor and don't worry about what it *could* be until he starts saying things. I was so worried about what it might be that I even put off going to the doctor for a bit. It works much better now to go to the doctor first, and then read about it on-line later.
I suppose people may be predisposed to things like this - I was having a numbness issue in my left leg and when my friend went in for surgery for a circulation issue I started to thing "Hrm...maybe that's my problem." Nope, wrong again. The doctor told me what it was, and then wrote it down (cuz it was hard to spell) and told me to google it. That worked much better than googling for symptoms and convincing myself I have the worst possible disease I can find.
...by my doctor, at least.
I went to him thinking I had angina. At 28. The symptoms: chest pain and dizziness. He told me I had pulled a chest muscle and had a wicked inner ear infection. And he told me I wasn't allowed to go look up my symptoms on-line anymore. And I agreed with him...any time I'd look at a medical site I'd get more and more nervous. Now that I don't I feel much better.
They made them out of carbon fiber and titanium now? I know this sounds wierd - but does it look cool? I mean sure nothing can replace a leg, but if I needed one then having something that looked like a piece of Formula One gear vs. flesh colored plastic would be cool.
My point would be that I think folks *often* make the wrong decisions because of how "cool" linux is or because they hate MS, like the guy who tries to get his parents to use linux when all they want to do is check their mail. Often when talking to linux "consultants" and I say I need to do "X", which can be done easily in another OS, they will try to change X rather than admit that linux can't do it.
But of course, I should have realized that speaking out against linux and/or Linus on here would get me modded down as a troll...
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The two main problems I have with dealing with linux in the real world are:
1) The "screaming teenager" factor where people feel linux is the answer to every question. (It's like on The Car Lounge where the answer to every "what should I buy" question is an E30.) They refuse to understand that in it's current form linux has flaws and limitations.
2) Worship of Linus. I'm sure the guys a stud and all, but if for some reason someone either doesn't patch this because Linus said they it's not necessary or if a patch has trouble being accepted for that reason, then that's just wrong.
This whole lack of a cult of personality thing is just one of the many reasons I run FreeBSD...
3 quarters of "basic" calc (Math 21A, B, C), Vector Calc (21D) and Diff Eqs (22B) was what I ended up taking. That's 5 quarters right there.
You must have missed the Computer *Science* thing. I did *not* study engineering (on purpose). Or, as Dr. Venkman said, "Back off man - I'm a scientist." I didn't take statics, or dynamics, or spend time buidling an elevator controller.
And other than research there are plenty of programming and other jobs that don't require CS either. The issue is, as others have pointed out, not too many people hire "computer scientists". A mechanical engineer can be hired to be a mechanical engineer. I suppose a computer engineer can be hired for hardware engineering, although most of those guys are usually EE. But I know plenty of software engineers that didn't study Computer Science. And at my school, Computer Science wasn't even in the College of Engineering. I suppose my job title has the word engineer in it right now, but eventually it will have architect in it which will be even better.
Either way, I don't build computers - I build networks. And so far I haven't needed Calculus for that.
If you feel that CS == programming, then yes I suppose you're right. But as many others have pointed out that is not always the case. I went to a Univ. of California school which didn't have any sort of "IT" degree. I was a CS major. I have now been in IT for 7 years and by IT I mean Information Technology, not programming or software engineering. (When I say IT I think of the IT organization in a business, not programming.) I have been a unix admin and now a network engineer (routers and switches). I haven't had to use Calculus ever. The linear algebra came in handy, as did the upper-level math, statistics, and other things, but after I finished my last physics class (and damn if I shouldn't have done chem/bio instead) I didn't do calc again.
I understand why it's part of the program, but I also suggest that not everyone will end up needing it. A lot of people took the networking elective classes that I did, but there was a lot of stuff in there that I know they don't use in their network programming or other things that I use every day.
I just wish I hadn't had to take 5+ quarters of Calc....
I'm not laughing at your MCSE as much as your CCNA and MCSE. I mean all of our basic helpdesk tier-1 people have CCNAs and I am almost afraid to let them set a vlan.
/. crowd does for the MCSE. I've interviewed too many CCNAs who insisted they were clued on networking and couldn't answer even the most simple questions.)
(In other words, I think that networking professionals have less respect for the CCNA than the general
Just be sure who ends up looking like the ass....
Where are these rights spelled out? I'm pretty sure that if you look at the contract you agree to in order to buy things from iTMS you will see that you give up some of your rights in order to purchase music on-line. It's more of a software license than the purchase of a physical item like a CD. I would be against the right to "re-sell" since the fact is if you keep a copy when you re-sell it then you're not really re-selling it are you?
I don't need capture hardware - I have a firewire enabled Moto box. So in theory my Mac Mini can do all my MythTV needs, right?
Just curious...the MPAA sued the guy, but their "takeover" page implies that there was a court order ordering the shutdown. Had things progressed that far or is the MPAA just stretching the truth to make themsevles look good?
I have been a unix admin and currently am a network engineer. I don't "do windows" professionally. Still, my dad often calls for help. Once I pointed out that as a professor he has a university IT department he can call for help with their computers. His response?
"Listen, I didn't pay for 4 years of college to get lip outta you. Now shut up and answer the fucking question."
Yeah, Dad, I love you too...
Yes, that's the cost for 512 for the mini...but it's just PC2700 right? My chagrin was based on the idea of getting 1GB for that price and doing it myself.
I kept debating on spending the $75 on the 512MB upgrade. I placed my order on the day of the annoucement (FedEx says it'll be here Friday) and couldn't decide. I spent the $75 because we didn't know how hard the box would be to get into or if it would be sealed. I'm glad I only blew $75 on the RAM but I still feel like a dork. I *knew* this would happen... *sigh*
Stoners and/or jobless people up before 10am? What planet are you from?
This will be my new media box. My current media box is a full sized PowerMac 1GHZ sitting next to my 50" LCD RPTV and it's noisy and distracting. (And let's not forget the 250GB firewire drive with neon lights on top. Damn you Western Digital!) This will replace it easily and fit under the TV with the rest of the stereo gear. It lacks digital out, but I already have an M-Audio Sonica which works great. Now admittedly I'm not the target user (I mean you have to run SwitchRes X to get a good resolution on the TV) but this will look very nice next to the rest of the HT gear!
Thanks. I know it's funktacular.
Now it wants a password. Bah!
Basically reporting will be better, but it will mean a big change in the tech industry for talent. If the company's response to this is to stop issuing stock options then they need another way to incentivize (is that even a word?) their employees. If they decide not to then they will be basically creating a salary cut of some sort.
In other words give me options or give me money, but if it's just salary and the salary only grows by 2-3%/yr then I will change jobs more often than before since that will be the only way to increase my income.
The architecture wasn't dead-ended - SGI chose to stop developing it. The entire time that SGI was negotiating with Intel regarding Itanium they had a team ready to go to develop their next chip, the true sequel to the R10K. The fact is that just the threat of Itanium killed MIPS and PA-RISC. A 1GHZ R12K (or whatever they call it now) draws so little power compared to Itanium it's not even funny. If SGI had kept the team they had I'm sure they would have cranked out some amazing chips.