Psychopaths are very charming but still, girls, try not to marry one.
I would say "sociopath". There are female sociopaths, too.
The same comment applies to boys: try not to marry one. Especially you young, unsuspecting geeks out there. She is very charming, but don't ignore the red flags. Just see my.sig to know where it could lead you.:)
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
booger
2: dried nasal mucus
bogey
n 1: an evil spirit
2: (golf) a score of one stroke over par on a hole
3: an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: site
v : assign a location to; "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles" [syn: {locate}, {place}] cite
v 1: make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention" [syn: {mention}, {advert}, {bring up}, {name}, {refer}]
underlying mathematical/algebraic expressions (e.g. 1.0/3.0 == "1/3"), a la Matlab
I think you mean Mathmatica.
Matlab uses double precision floats for everything. In later versions, you can explicitly request other data types, but many of the old functions will only work on the default data type. There is a Symbolic Math Toolbox that probably lets you do this, but it is certainly not Matlab's standard method.
I did a double-take when I saw Andrew Tannenbaum on the list of legal representatives. Closer inspection showed that he is a Trial Attorney for the US DOJ -- not the same (very) geek-famous Andrew Tannenbaum. I need some of CowboyNeal's coffee.:)
It's that the protocol requires a lot of bandwidth for it to be successful. That's just not true. With BitTorrent, a single seeder (server) could deliver data to a single leecher (client), just like in the FTP protocol (among others). If you downloaded 10GB from an FTP server, it would also take days to download on your cable modem.
BitTorrent enables the transfer of much more data than any of the previous things ever imagined. The sharer doesn't have to pay the expense of fileSize*numDownloads, like FTP. Partial downloads aren't a problem -- they're expected.
BitTorrent is brilliant because it made the transfer of huge amount of data extremely robust and simple -- that's why it has become a "killer app".
Multiple seeders just makes it faster than the simple FTP-like model.
Was sizeof(char) really 2, or was it just that char was 16 bits? C54x bytes and words are equivalent (16 bits)." So sizeof (char) on a 16 bit DSP is 1, not 2.
I stand corrected -- sizeof(char) was 1, but a char was 16 bits. That's equally confounding, and exactly my point.:)
Analog Devices makes a family of DSP called the Blackfin that runs uClinux. We've been using a development board for well over a year. If this is TI's first linux offering, I'd say they're late to the party. Maybe it was hard to port Linux because sizeof(char) was 2. (If you've ever used a 16-bit TI DSP...:)
Power Computing is still around, though they sell x86 boxes now.
This is not the same Power Computing Corp -- they were powercc.com. They had a different logo, and were based near Austin, TX. (Read the About us) I think the old PowerCC is long dead.
PowerCC was in the old Wal-Mart building in Round Rock, across IH35 from the main Dell campus. That building had RPM Speedway in it for many years.
Before Steve pulled the plug, PowerCC was excitedly growing and moving to a larger campus about 15 miles north in Georgetown. The built a conspicuous concrete monolith with their logo, right on the side of the highway. In hindsight, I guess it was their gravestone -- it was around long after they were dead.
For quite some time, we've used PowerBooks as embedded platforms. They are typically cheaper, faster, lower power, and easier to get than similar VME solutions with a PowerPC. Packaging is a bit of an issue, but the benefits have outweighed the problems. There's a large market for embedded x86 PCs, why not PPC with AltiVec?
If you know why it rubs you the wrong way, what have you got to lose in improving the content?
Actually, I did just that. But that misses the OP's point -- the credibility is only as good as the writer, and anyone can be a writer. Wikipedia's own disclaimer sums it up very, very well.
Many people will argue things as true, even if it's just their opinion or something they heard. That's why we have and need research and peer review.
I think Wikipedia is a great idea, but it is not without problems.
I was looking for a table of AWG to diameter, which it has.
It was the first paragraph that rubbed me the wrong way:
American wire gauge (AWG) is a way of specifying wire sizes, where each gauge represents a different wire diameter. It was originally applied to non-ferrous, conducting wire, but lately is commonly used to specify body piercing jewelry sizes in the United States.
Maybe AWG is also used for body piercing sizes (which are wires), but the second sentence is basically off-topic and sounds like it was written by a tattoo shop owner.:)
That said, I think that the articles are generally of very high quality, and it is a very valuable resource.
I am very happy with NobleCom.com . Ever since my daughter was abducted, I have been making *lots* of calls to Mexico. Their rates are (still) cheaper than anything I've been able to find on VoIP, and the service and quality are very good.
Those that steal it now...probably wouldn't have bought it anyways.
Actually, my guess is that lots people want to download it because it's cool and they can. Many will still buy it when it's available so they can do the online stuff. It's funny that they hype it so hard and are then surprised when people want to get it ASAP.
I can remember downloading the 1993 Rush album (Counterparts) in 8KHz Sun.au format, just so I could hear it early. I still bought the album when it came out. This was before Napster or mp3s were around.
there are no Bush supporters - only people who hate Kerry are voting for Bush
You, sir, are a troll. You moderaters are whacked.
A whole lot of people have given a whole lot of money to support Bush. $260M in individual contributions by last count. Add this story today. I'm no great Bush supporter, but it is impossible to deny that are out there.
putting proprietary crap in a universal Human-Computer interface.... was a horrible idea when Macintosh did it....
The MOUSE was a revolutionary change to the Human-Computer interface when the Mac started using it. Lots of people complained about how it was a bad idea.
So I've got mod points, and was looking for the person that says "Why the f**k would you want a special Linux keyboard?" I was going to mod up your post, but then felt I had to respond.
putting proprietary crap in a universal Human-Computer interface.... It was a horrible idea when Macintosh did it....
I completely disagree here -- it was a GREAT idea when the Mac did it. The command key is one of the things that made the Mac so usable. The Mac was a completely new paradigm in the Human-Computer interface, and a new key gave outstanding access to it. The other keys already had other uses. Control-C is interrupt. Control-S is stop. Control-Q is resume. Other windowing systems also added keys (like the X meta key).
Control-C did NOT universally mean copy when the Mac was made. In early versions of Win, cut and paste were something like ctrl-shift-delete and ctrl-shift-insert. Eventually Win evolved to use the exact same key combinations as the Mac (ZXCV), but substituting the Control key in place of the Command key.
The problem was that MS added the Windows key long after people were using the Control key for that sort of thing. By then nobody cared about the Win key, and it was too late for it to be useful.
You could argue that NOW Apple should go back and take off the Command key since lots of people are using the Control key, but I'd disagree. I like the fact that in my terminal windows Command-C is copy, and Control-C is interrupt.
You're right -- I didn't read the parent. It was rightfully modded "-1 Offtopic", and I don't read at -1. My WTF should have been directed at him. I assumed we were talking about cooling the Shuttle, because I RTFA'd.
I apologize, and I would suggest that you quote the parent when you reply -- especially if it is OT.
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If you're a software manager who doesn't code, then I don't think it's any of your business what an application is coded in.
stability, portability, usability & good documentation.
You forgot maintainability. That's a really good reason to care what language it was written in.
Psychopaths are very charming but still, girls, try not to marry one.
I would say "sociopath". There are female sociopaths, too.
The same comment applies to boys: try not to marry one. Especially you young, unsuspecting geeks out there. She is very charming, but don't ignore the red flags. Just see my .sig to know where it could lead you. :)
You mean "booger".
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
booger
2: dried nasal mucus
bogey
n 1: an evil spirit
2: (golf) a score of one stroke over par on a hole
3: an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft
I'm assuming you mean Karnaugh maps. Although I'll be the first to admit that carnal maps sound pretty intriguing to the lonely engineer type. :)
He wrote the submission like it came from somewhere else, but the submitter wrote the article:
Author: Brian Boyko
Hey, look at the controversial article I wrote. Come visit my website!
It's mostly flame-bait, and now our friend boyko.at.netqos is trolling everyone who disagrees with him.
Buried as lame. Oh wait -- moderators, you can at least bury the troll.
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
site
v : assign a location to; "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles" [syn: {locate}, {place}]
cite
v 1: make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention" [syn: {mention}, {advert}, {bring up}, {name}, {refer}]
underlying mathematical/algebraic expressions (e.g. 1.0/3.0 == "1/3"), a la Matlab
I think you mean Mathmatica.
Matlab uses double precision floats for everything. In later versions, you can explicitly request other data types, but many of the old functions will only work on the default data type. There is a Symbolic Math Toolbox that probably lets you do this, but it is certainly not Matlab's standard method.
Sorry pal but for us the Mexicanos, the people from USA are called "Estadounidenses"
Make no mistake, "Americano" gets just as much use in Mexico.
You also forgot guero and bolillo.
Lo se porque he pasado mucho tiempo en Mexico, y soy "gringo Greg de Texas".
I did a double-take when I saw Andrew Tannenbaum on the list of legal representatives. Closer inspection showed that he is a Trial Attorney for the US DOJ -- not the same (very) geek-famous Andrew Tannenbaum. I need some of CowboyNeal's coffee. :)
It's that the protocol requires a lot of bandwidth for it to be successful.
That's just not true. With BitTorrent, a single seeder (server) could deliver data to a single leecher (client), just like in the FTP protocol (among others). If you downloaded 10GB from an FTP server, it would also take days to download on your cable modem.
BitTorrent enables the transfer of much more data than any of the previous things ever imagined. The sharer doesn't have to pay the expense of fileSize*numDownloads, like FTP. Partial downloads aren't a problem -- they're expected.
BitTorrent is brilliant because it made the transfer of huge amount of data extremely robust and simple -- that's why it has become a "killer app".
Multiple seeders just makes it faster than the simple FTP-like model.
Was sizeof(char) really 2, or was it just that char was 16 bits?
:)
C54x bytes and words are equivalent (16 bits)." So sizeof (char) on a 16 bit DSP is 1, not 2.
I stand corrected -- sizeof(char) was 1, but a char was 16 bits. That's equally confounding, and exactly my point.
Analog Devices makes a family of DSP called the Blackfin that runs uClinux. We've been using a development board for well over a year. If this is TI's first linux offering, I'd say they're late to the party. Maybe it was hard to port Linux because sizeof(char) was 2. (If you've ever used a 16-bit TI DSP... :)
There are no federal laws against kidnapping.
:)
Actually, there has been at least one for more than 10 years: International Parental Kidnapping
Check my sig to know why I know these things.
Power Computing is still around, though they sell x86 boxes now.
This is not the same Power Computing Corp -- they were powercc.com. They had a different logo, and were based near Austin, TX. (Read the About us) I think the old PowerCC is long dead.
PowerCC was in the old Wal-Mart building in Round Rock, across IH35 from the main Dell campus. That building had RPM Speedway in it for many years.
Before Steve pulled the plug, PowerCC was excitedly growing and moving to a larger campus about 15 miles north in Georgetown. The built a conspicuous concrete monolith with their logo, right on the side of the highway. In hindsight, I guess it was their gravestone -- it was around long after they were dead.
My old PowerTower 166 served me admirably.
For quite some time, we've used PowerBooks as embedded platforms. They are typically cheaper, faster, lower power, and easier to get than similar VME solutions with a PowerPC. Packaging is a bit of an issue, but the benefits have outweighed the problems. There's a large market for embedded x86 PCs, why not PPC with AltiVec?
If you know why it rubs you the wrong way, what have you got to lose in improving the content?
Actually, I did just that. But that misses the OP's point -- the credibility is only as good as the writer, and anyone can be a writer. Wikipedia's own disclaimer sums it up very, very well.
Many people will argue things as true, even if it's just their opinion or something they heard. That's why we have and need research and peer review.
I think Wikipedia is a great idea, but it is not without problems.
I was looking for a table of AWG to diameter, which it has.
It was the first paragraph that rubbed me the wrong way:
Maybe AWG is also used for body piercing sizes (which are wires), but the second sentence is basically off-topic and sounds like it was written by a tattoo shop owner.
That said, I think that the articles are generally of very high quality, and it is a very valuable resource.
My wife loves her iBook G4....
I am very happy with NobleCom.com . Ever since my daughter was abducted, I have been making *lots* of calls to Mexico. Their rates are (still) cheaper than anything I've been able to find on VoIP, and the service and quality are very good.
The funniest thing is the referral to the /. announcement of the iPod.
:)
With my 20/20 hindsight glasses, the comments are hysterical.
CmdrTaco editorialized "Lame." Many vehemently predicted a miserable failure: "I don't see many sales in the future of iPod."
At the time, I thought "Really cool, but really expensive." Who could have known it would be so popular!
Those that steal it now...probably wouldn't have bought it anyways.
.au format, just so I could hear it early. I still bought the album when it came out. This was before Napster or mp3s were around.
Actually, my guess is that lots people want to download it because it's cool and they can. Many will still buy it when it's available so they can do the online stuff. It's funny that they hype it so hard and are then surprised when people want to get it ASAP.
I can remember downloading the 1993 Rush album (Counterparts) in 8KHz Sun
there are no Bush supporters - only people who hate Kerry are voting for Bush
You, sir, are a troll. You moderaters are whacked.
A whole lot of people have given a whole lot of money to support Bush. $260M in individual contributions by last count. Add this story today. I'm no great Bush supporter, but it is impossible to deny that are out there.
putting proprietary crap in a universal Human-Computer interface .... was a horrible idea when Macintosh did it ....
:)
The MOUSE was a revolutionary change to the Human-Computer interface when the Mac started using it. Lots of people complained about how it was a bad idea.
Seems like a silly argument now.
So I've got mod points, and was looking for the person that says "Why the f**k would you want a special Linux keyboard?" I was going to mod up your post, but then felt I had to respond.
.... It was a horrible idea when Macintosh did it....
putting proprietary crap in a universal Human-Computer interface
I completely disagree here -- it was a GREAT idea when the Mac did it. The command key is one of the things that made the Mac so usable. The Mac was a completely new paradigm in the Human-Computer interface, and a new key gave outstanding access to it. The other keys already had other uses. Control-C is interrupt. Control-S is stop. Control-Q is resume. Other windowing systems also added keys (like the X meta key).
Control-C did NOT universally mean copy when the Mac was made. In early versions of Win, cut and paste were something like ctrl-shift-delete and ctrl-shift-insert. Eventually Win evolved to use the exact same key combinations as the Mac (ZXCV), but substituting the Control key in place of the Command key.
The problem was that MS added the Windows key long after people were using the Control key for that sort of thing. By then nobody cared about the Win key, and it was too late for it to be useful.
You could argue that NOW Apple should go back and take off the Command key since lots of people are using the Control key, but I'd disagree. I like the fact that in my terminal windows Command-C is copy, and Control-C is interrupt.
You're right -- I didn't read the parent. It was rightfully modded "-1 Offtopic", and I don't read at -1. My WTF should have been directed at him. I assumed we were talking about cooling the Shuttle, because I RTFA'd.
I apologize, and I would suggest that you quote the parent when you reply -- especially if it is OT.