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It's a full time job

On: You're (Probably) Not Going To Be a Pro Blogger

Having some talent is one thing. But running a good blogging site is also a time-consuming job. Think about how much time it takes to write a quality post that attract a lot of traffic. Another thing is promote that blog. It requires constant attention. Don't reply to comments for a few weeks and you'll see the traffic drops significantly. So I'd argue that people who spend a lot of time blogging and promoting it have a chance to earn some money.

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Link quality

On: Weather Balloons To Provide Broadband In Africa

I'd be interesting to know what's the quality of such a link: latency, throughput, how many retransmissions, etc.

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The next step is to turn cars into horses

On: Broke Counties Turn Failing Roads To Gravel

The next step would be to turn cars into horses.

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Using social sites to gather intelligence

On: CIA Officers Are Warming To Intellipedia

Think about how much information an intelligence agency (foreign or domestic) can get about a person by analyzing social sited like Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, Twitter: friends, activities, affiliations, even political views.

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Use universal language of prime numbers

On: How Do You Greet an Extraterrestrial?

I will use the universal language of prime numbers

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Putting DNS servers on a neutral territory

On: An Argument For Leaving DNS Control In US Hands

How about putting DNS servers on a neutral territory. Mars is a good candidate: there is a growing list of countries that launch their probes there. There will some web access delay, but it's another issue.

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An oxymoron

On: Hacker Jeff Moss Sworn Into Homeland Security Advisory Council

Isn't it an oxymoron: "hacker" and "Homeland Security Advisory Council" in one sentence. How about : A well known criminal John Doe joined the police force

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Formal definition of a software engineer

On: How Software Engineering Differs From Computer Science

Here is a formal definition of a Computer Software Engineer occupation, according to the US Department Of Labor:
"Research, design, develop, and test operating systems-level software, compilers, and network distribution software for medical, industrial, military, communications, aerospace, business, scientific, and general computing applications. Set operational specifications and formulate and analyze software requirements. Apply principles and techniques of computer science, engineering, and mathematical analysis."

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College ranking is meaninless

On: Clemson Staffer Outlines College Rankings Manipulation

College ranking is as meaningless as measuring an average temperature of patients in a hospital. You can rank swimmers, chess players, runners. But giving some abstract value to an educational institution ?!

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OS-less netbook

On: Google vs. Microsoft On the Desktop

Hypothetically speaking, if there is a powerful Java processor that runs Java Virtual Machine (JVM) in hardware, and a browser application written in Java, you'd get an OS-less netbook

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No surprise it was Russian who came up with this

On: Tetris Turns 25

It's no surprising it was Russian who came up with Tetris and Hungarian who came up with Rubik's Cube. Russian and Eastern European science education is well-known for its quality and rigor. Russian students usually take first places in ACM programming contests. Too bad so much resources were diverted into military in the Soviet era. Otherwise we'd see more gems like Tetris and Rubik's Cube.

Re:Lazy programmer

On: Triangular Buttons Make On-Screen Keyboards More Usable

...or invents a new set of coordinates

HexaBoard

On: Triangular Buttons Make On-Screen Keyboards More Usable

HexaBoard

Re:learn digital design, then learn syntax

On: VHDL or Verilog For Learning FPGAs?

Totally agree.
VHDL and Verilog differences are insubstantial as far as synthesizable code is concerned. As far as code readability I prefer Verilog because it's more concise.

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Re:Verilog in Silicon Valley

On: VHDL or Verilog For Learning FPGAs?

I agree. I've been in Silicon Valley for the last 9 years working in different companies doing FPGAs. It's all Verilog. I think Verilog rules not only in Silicon Valley, but the entire west coast

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Verilog is a programming language

On: VHDL or Verilog For Learning FPGAs?

Verilog is a programming language that describes hardware. You can program complex algorithms, protocol stacks, even simple operating systems. I've done it during my 9 years working with Verilog.

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Verilog has some Pascal elements

On: VHDL or Verilog For Learning FPGAs?

For those who remember Pascal programming language, Verilog has some Pascal elements.
For example "begin-end" blocks

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Re:FPGA SDK's for Student's to work on...

On: VHDL or Verilog For Learning FPGAs?

It all depends on the FPGA size you need. Check this out:
http://www.xilinx.com/products/devkits/HW-SPAR3A-SK-UNI-G.htm

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Xilinx software

On: VHDL or Verilog For Learning FPGAs?

How is this info relevant in 2009 ? I've been working with Xilinx in the last 9 years and can attest that their software has a decent quality. By "decent" I mean no better or worse that its competitor Altera. There are occasional bugs which are quickly fixed or tech support offers a work-around.

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Verilog is more concise

On: VHDL or Verilog For Learning FPGAs?

Verilog is more concise. Example: 16-bit LFSR counter in Verilog has 24 lines of code. The same in VHDL is 41. (I generated the LFSR counter using OutputLogic.com online tools)