The reason processors are small is mostly due to yield.
Silicon wafers have more or less a constant amount of defects per unit of area.
What this means is that the larger your chip is, the lower the number of working processors you end up with.
The smaller the chip the more working processors you end up with per wafer.
That's all very true. But that's just people using the metric prefixes incorrectly.
I just wanted to point out that 1000 = k, since the OP I replied to said that the metric system replaced M with K.
It may not be completely logical to have kilo as one of only 3 multiples of ten that does not use a capital letter, but there is no ambiguity in the standard for which symbol stands for kilo.
I keep seeing that K is for 1000, but as far as I know that's simply not true.
It's just people using some broken version of metric prefixes.
k = kilo and K is Kelvin specifically to avoid confusion if you are using the metric system.
Having m for mili and meter is bad enough.
When I was doing Electrical Engineering we needed about 10 to 15 books per year on average I think.
Each book was between 100 and 200 Euros on average.
Of course there were the usual texts by the professor or whatever, but those weren't that expensive usually.
As you can imagine, by the second year most students didn't bother buying all the books anymore.
Usually all you needed was the slides and maybe a couple of pages of the book that you could copy from somewhere.
If during the classes you noticed that the book really would be useful, that's when you'd buy it.
Don't schools in the US get time off around X-mas and Easter?
If I remember correctly in Suriname we got around 3 weeks for X-mas, 3 weeks for Easter and 2 months for "summer".
This always confused me, because our school year was divided into quarters, but there were only three of them.
Sounds to me like people trying to get a better deal.
What's wrong with that? Why should only the NFL be allowed to get a good deal?
If they can't make money if the rule is removed they can just stop organizing games.
I am that AC, and I do use an old windows 7 phone.
I don't use e-bay and I'm not interested in using a second hand phone with who knows what done to it.
I've simply been putting off buying a new phone since it still did what I needed and I just haven't decided on what new phone to get.
So you start to cross the street and get a message on your phone.
Now you're distracted, you look at your phone, and it says: "congratz you're dead".
Instead of looking at the road, you are reading some message about the car that just hit you.
Ideally people would respond to the car rather than the phone.
But then again, ideally people wouldn't drive off a cliff just because gps said to turn right.
I think the interesting question is what do they expect to do if one of the persons (i.e either the texter or textee) is in a state where texting while driving is accepted?
Will I still be fined for sending a text to Bob who I know is driving, but he's in a state where it is legal to text while driving?
And what if I send text to Bob who is driving in NJ, but I'm in a state where it is legal?
Will they turn it into a federal case based on some perverted interpretation of interstate commerce?
I guess I see your point. Personally I just put my wallet in my right pocket and my phone in my left. Checking the time isn't really something I do often enough to justify carrying an extra device around just for that.
Why would I carry a separate device for telling time when I have my phone with me anyway? At this point, as far as I can tell, a wrist watch is mostly a fashion statement.
I agree. I think they could reduce IT spending even more. From my detailed analysis of his company I can say that they should reduce IT spending to 10. 10 what, you ask? Just 10.
I'm not saying humans would act randomly. If they notice that you are using a certain strategy they will change their own strategy. Whereas a computer program will react in exactly the same way every single time. (they could add in randomness, but just adding randomness might cause very bad decisions)
If humans always reacted exactly the same way from memorized patterns, each game would end exactly the same.
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The reason processors are small is mostly due to yield. Silicon wafers have more or less a constant amount of defects per unit of area. What this means is that the larger your chip is, the lower the number of working processors you end up with. The smaller the chip the more working processors you end up with per wafer.
That's all very true. But that's just people using the metric prefixes incorrectly. I just wanted to point out that 1000 = k, since the OP I replied to said that the metric system replaced M with K.
It may not be completely logical to have kilo as one of only 3 multiples of ten that does not use a capital letter, but there is no ambiguity in the standard for which symbol stands for kilo.
That's horrible. The grass needs time in between mowing to recuperate.
I think it might have more to do with you actually valuing the opinions of your friends and family over whatever some stranger on the internet says.
I keep seeing that K is for 1000, but as far as I know that's simply not true. It's just people using some broken version of metric prefixes. k = kilo and K is Kelvin specifically to avoid confusion if you are using the metric system. Having m for mili and meter is bad enough.
I don't know, I think the History channel (aka Conspiracy channel) might beat them for number 1.
Is there any syntax in C++ that you would want to change, or remove, if you didn't have to worry about compatibility with previous version?
When I was doing Electrical Engineering we needed about 10 to 15 books per year on average I think. Each book was between 100 and 200 Euros on average. Of course there were the usual texts by the professor or whatever, but those weren't that expensive usually. As you can imagine, by the second year most students didn't bother buying all the books anymore. Usually all you needed was the slides and maybe a couple of pages of the book that you could copy from somewhere. If during the classes you noticed that the book really would be useful, that's when you'd buy it.
That already exists. It's called a roller coaster. I've wanted my city to replace the trams and buses with roller coasters for years.
Don't schools in the US get time off around X-mas and Easter? If I remember correctly in Suriname we got around 3 weeks for X-mas, 3 weeks for Easter and 2 months for "summer". This always confused me, because our school year was divided into quarters, but there were only three of them.
Sounds to me like people trying to get a better deal. What's wrong with that? Why should only the NFL be allowed to get a good deal? If they can't make money if the rule is removed they can just stop organizing games.
No problem, I take no offense. Maybe my reply sounded angry when I wasn't.
I am that AC, and I do use an old windows 7 phone. I don't use e-bay and I'm not interested in using a second hand phone with who knows what done to it. I've simply been putting off buying a new phone since it still did what I needed and I just haven't decided on what new phone to get.
So you start to cross the street and get a message on your phone. Now you're distracted, you look at your phone, and it says: "congratz you're dead". Instead of looking at the road, you are reading some message about the car that just hit you. Ideally people would respond to the car rather than the phone. But then again, ideally people wouldn't drive off a cliff just because gps said to turn right.
And EA still doesn't understand why they are chosen as the worst company year after year.
I think the interesting question is what do they expect to do if one of the persons (i.e either the texter or textee) is in a state where texting while driving is accepted? Will I still be fined for sending a text to Bob who I know is driving, but he's in a state where it is legal to text while driving? And what if I send text to Bob who is driving in NJ, but I'm in a state where it is legal? Will they turn it into a federal case based on some perverted interpretation of interstate commerce?
If only she had complained about Balmer yelling at her. Then everyone would be up in arms about how he should be more professional.
The movies formerly known as star wars.
Wind power. (potentially)
I guess I see your point.
Personally I just put my wallet in my right pocket and my phone in my left.
Checking the time isn't really something I do often enough to justify carrying an extra device around just for that.
Why would I carry a separate device for telling time when I have my phone with me anyway?
At this point, as far as I can tell, a wrist watch is mostly a fashion statement.
They can't eject people if no one reports them.
Usually they have a number you can (ironically) text to report people being obnoxious on their phones.
I agree.
I think they could reduce IT spending even more.
From my detailed analysis of his company I can say that they should reduce IT spending to 10.
10 what, you ask? Just 10.
I'm not saying humans would act randomly.
If they notice that you are using a certain strategy they will change their own strategy.
Whereas a computer program will react in exactly the same way every single time.
(they could add in randomness, but just adding randomness might cause very bad decisions)
If humans always reacted exactly the same way from memorized patterns, each game would end exactly the same.