But in EE, our first programing assignments were in binary. That's right. Ones and zeros. Then, as favor to us, they started letting us use an assembler. Wow, how thoughtful:)
Seriously, though, I know of a lot of CS departments that don't teach memory management at all until third year. Up to that point, they use languages with garbage collection and say 'and then, when you are done, your memory just disappears. Magic.' That's not even the least helpful part. Most of the those languages have classes for just about any ADT you can think of, so no one has to write one themselves (which leads to questions in embedded programming/operating systems classes like "How do you create a hash table object in C?")...
MySQL has transactions. It has for QUITE awhile. In fact, I write code that uses MySQL transactions everyday. Stored procedures are availible (will be availible?) in version 5.
And of course, address translation doesn't cost anything in terms of die size, performance or power consumption. It didn't contribute to unnecessarily complicated code and operating systems. Obviously, the engineers at AMD agree with you, otherwise why would they have dumped the segmented memory model for x86-64... Oh wait.
The problem with keeping the x86 architecture and the ISA are that it is carrying around legacy burdens from the 286. Even the p4 still boots into real address mode at boot up, and has to be PUT into protected mode. There are hundreds and hundreds of instructions, over 100 registers (but still only 8 GPRs), many of which overlap in purpose or are used for entirely non-intuitive purposes (CMPX EAX, EAX). x86 is ready, at the least, for a real version 2, that isn't afraid to break compatibility in order to add major architectural advances (I wouldn't mind a register ring:).
I have a professor who told me to a) buy a new copy of the textbook and b) write the answers to the assignment directly in the book. I thought the idea was absolutly insane until I went down to the coop and bought the book... Turns out that good old Dr. Roth wrote the book himself:/
It works well if you already know what the thing you're looking for is called. For example, if you want class foo, just search for class foo and it'll find it through the whole mess. It has been my experience however, that search for how to do something (how do I convert this byte array into an int array, for example) on msdn is useless, as is searching for 'a class that does bar.'
Lost heads during the resistance?
Surely, you are thinking about the revolution. Which is something completely different.
And the difference between throwing tea overboard and blowing up a building is that no one can reasonably expected to get hurt by some tea thrown overboard. Acts of property distruction are just that (or maybe even lumped in with vandalism-- not terrorism). Explosions are messy, and in a populated area (i.e. in a house) an explosion can reasonably be expected to hurt someone.
Exactly. Knowing SCO, they'll probably drag up all of these "lolol SCO == pwned" comments and use it as evidence that the open source community really are a bunch of computer criminals. Personally, I find it a little disappointing that someone (hmm, a linux user?) would sink this low instead of waiting patiently for SCO to disappear. Assuming this isn't self inflicted. Then again, bad types in every bunch.
Which is what I thought when I read the writeup. It is actually a minimal media-distro designed to boot quickly. To do windows stuff, you still have to wait for windows start time.
Eh, actually my parents cut me loose long before college. The people in question are actually some of my parent's friends and the parents of various people I went to school with. So it isn't really a personal issue for me. I just think it is kind of unhealthy:)
puretracks won't let me in the door. Apparently, I got IDed as an american with a mac. Getting 1/2 isn't bad (american on linux)... I wanted to at least browse though...
I just want to say that this is one of the better posts attached to this story. It is also, however, a wildly unpopular opinion in puritan america. Most people honestly believe that they should control every bit of their kid's life until the "child" graduates from college. The worst part is, they seem to block out the fact that they hated it when their parents did the same to them. Somehow, people who hated it when pops asked "Where are you going?" think that a TRACKING DEVICE is less envasive.
I know many people who keep their fingers on the tuition-kill switch, so that if their kid steps "out of line" (get bf/gf the parental units don't like, listen to the wrong music, don't come home every weekend to mow the grass) the student gets to take out loans. Say what you will about parents paying tuition, but I think it should be one or the other, pay or don't, or at least tie it to academic performance, not lifestyle choices.
The majority of small children don't have cellphones. Older highschool students and college students do. THAT is the parental potential of this device.
He didn't say major problems, he didn't say "we're bankrupt" and he didn't say that the SEC just showed up and carted off their files.
In fact, I revise my previous statement. Every company has problems all the time.
That said, you will not be able to change the minds of your higher ups, especially by asking for more money. However, if you are good at playing IT psychic, drop some predictions. Let them know that such and such will probably be the big thing next year, we could use it now to get an edge or that such and such is going to bomb, maybe we ought to look for an alternative.
They won't listen, but if you make enough of an impression, they'll remember you as the guy who predicted it, possibly.
Err... good point. I was getting my early morning/. fix, so it is no wonder the connections failed:/ I should point out, by the way, that running it at 65536 the voltage would be impractical. You would have to run the bottom one towards the bottom of its speced voltage and the more significant towards the high end. Obviously, the whole thing would need to be pretty sensitive to small changes in voltage...
Impossible? Impossible why? I don't see why this would be the case. In fact, I imagine that with minimum wiring you could run two 16bit DACs in parallel, one handling the top 16 bits at twice the voltage, the other handling the low 16.
Did they just design the thing before the new 4gb mini drives came out, or could they not get a deal on them? I mean, with a 4gb drive, they could at least compete with an ipodmini on capacity. Right now they are in that awkward place between memory based and drive based players-- too heavy to jog with, but too little to store your whole collection.
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But in EE, our first programing assignments were in binary. That's right. Ones and zeros. Then, as favor to us, they started letting us use an assembler. Wow, how thoughtful :)
Seriously, though, I know of a lot of CS departments that don't teach memory management at all until third year. Up to that point, they use languages with garbage collection and say 'and then, when you are done, your memory just disappears. Magic.' That's not even the least helpful part. Most of the those languages have classes for just about any ADT you can think of, so no one has to write one themselves (which leads to questions in embedded programming/operating systems classes like "How do you create a hash table object in C?")...
That's a low ID? Youngins'
MySQL has transactions. It has for QUITE awhile. In fact, I write code that uses MySQL transactions everyday. Stored procedures are availible (will be availible?) in version 5.
apache@localhost' (Using password: NO)
We can always hope that the apache mysql account doesn't have full permissions...but I bet it does...
And of course, address translation doesn't cost anything in terms of die size, performance or power consumption. It didn't contribute to unnecessarily complicated code and operating systems. Obviously, the engineers at AMD agree with you, otherwise why would they have dumped the segmented memory model for x86-64... Oh wait.
The problem with keeping the x86 architecture and the ISA are that it is carrying around legacy burdens from the 286. Even the p4 still boots into real address mode at boot up, and has to be PUT into protected mode. There are hundreds and hundreds of instructions, over 100 registers (but still only 8 GPRs), many of which overlap in purpose or are used for entirely non-intuitive purposes (CMPX EAX, EAX). x86 is ready, at the least, for a real version 2, that isn't afraid to break compatibility in order to add major architectural advances (I wouldn't mind a register ring :).
I have a professor who told me to a) buy a new copy of the textbook and b) write the answers to the assignment directly in the book. I thought the idea was absolutly insane until I went down to the coop and bought the book... Turns out that good old Dr. Roth wrote the book himself :/
because the the same quote has come up in just about every thread about orkut...
It works well if you already know what the thing you're looking for is called. For example, if you want class foo, just search for class foo and it'll find it through the whole mess. It has been my experience however, that search for how to do something (how do I convert this byte array into an int array, for example) on msdn is useless, as is searching for 'a class that does bar.'
Stored Procedures in MySQL 5
$9.50 an hour and all of the ice I can eat.
Of course, as an indentured servant for the University of Texas, so it is to be expected...
Lost heads during the resistance?
Surely, you are thinking about the revolution. Which is something completely different.
And the difference between throwing tea overboard and blowing up a building is that no one can reasonably expected to get hurt by some tea thrown overboard. Acts of property distruction are just that (or maybe even lumped in with vandalism-- not terrorism). Explosions are messy, and in a populated area (i.e. in a house) an explosion can reasonably be expected to hurt someone.
Exactly. Knowing SCO, they'll probably drag up all of these "lolol SCO == pwned" comments and use it as evidence that the open source community really are a bunch of computer criminals. Personally, I find it a little disappointing that someone (hmm, a linux user?) would sink this low instead of waiting patiently for SCO to disappear. Assuming this isn't self inflicted. Then again, bad types in every bunch.
this software is more complete, more standard, more complex but as more ambitious as SOSSE, the first available OS of this type."
You are called editors for a reason. EDIT!
Please, for the children.
Which is what I thought when I read the writeup. It is actually a minimal media-distro designed to boot quickly. To do windows stuff, you still have to wait for windows start time.
Eh, actually my parents cut me loose long before college. The people in question are actually some of my parent's friends and the parents of various people I went to school with. So it isn't really a personal issue for me. I just think it is kind of unhealthy :)
Thanks for the concern though.
Oh, sounds like someone just learned C. *pity clap*
Well, if it is fast, who cares if it works? :/
puretracks won't let me in the door. Apparently, I got IDed as an american with a mac. Getting 1/2 isn't bad (american on linux)... I wanted to at least browse though...
I just want to say that this is one of the better posts attached to this story. It is also, however, a wildly unpopular opinion in puritan america. Most people honestly believe that they should control every bit of their kid's life until the "child" graduates from college. The worst part is, they seem to block out the fact that they hated it when their parents did the same to them. Somehow, people who hated it when pops asked "Where are you going?" think that a TRACKING DEVICE is less envasive.
I know many people who keep their fingers on the tuition-kill switch, so that if their kid steps "out of line" (get bf/gf the parental units don't like, listen to the wrong music, don't come home every weekend to mow the grass) the student gets to take out loans. Say what you will about parents paying tuition, but I think it should be one or the other, pay or don't, or at least tie it to academic performance, not lifestyle choices.
The majority of small children don't have cellphones. Older highschool students and college students do. THAT is the parental potential of this device.
You know, companies have problems all the time.
He didn't say major problems, he didn't say "we're bankrupt" and he didn't say that the SEC just showed up and carted off their files.
In fact, I revise my previous statement. Every company has problems all the time.
That said, you will not be able to change the minds of your higher ups, especially by asking for more money. However, if you are good at playing IT psychic, drop some predictions. Let them know that such and such will probably be the big thing next year, we could use it now to get an edge or that such and such is going to bomb, maybe we ought to look for an alternative.
They won't listen, but if you make enough of an impression, they'll remember you as the guy who predicted it, possibly.
Not only can you play Doom on it, but you can also play the doom soundtrack on it. So THERE.
Err... good point. I was getting my early morning /. fix, so it is no wonder the connections failed :/ I should point out, by the way, that running it at 65536 the voltage would be impractical. You would have to run the bottom one towards the bottom of its speced voltage and the more significant towards the high end. Obviously, the whole thing would need to be pretty sensitive to small changes in voltage...
Impossible? Impossible why? I don't see why this would be the case. In fact, I imagine that with minimum wiring you could run two 16bit DACs in parallel, one handling the top 16 bits at twice the voltage, the other handling the low 16.
Did they just design the thing before the new 4gb mini drives came out, or could they not get a deal on them? I mean, with a 4gb drive, they could at least compete with an ipodmini on capacity. Right now they are in that awkward place between memory based and drive based players-- too heavy to jog with, but too little to store your whole collection.