I am sure that the dislike of the NYC region bby the upstate residents plays a big part in this. Upstate NY per se has plenty of cheap hydroelectric power, much of which gets shipped to NYC making the electricity rates in upstate much higher than they otherwise would be. Rather than build an ugly tower in their back yard most upstate residents would rather NYC float out to sea then sink.
I used to work with a guy who telecommuted from Hawaii to gigs in the US. He used to get up 3AM his time, work until noon and then go surfing. He used to answer the phone Aloha.
It wouldn't have been too bad except he wasn't a very good programmer and we had to spend a lot of time cleaning up his mistakes.
Of course it is impossible to give you meaningful advice without knowing you, but I will say you need to consider who you are. If you are materialistic, ambitious and want the SUV in the driveway of a McMansion, then private enterprise is for you. If your wife has a strong career and you want to be the house husband, then perhaps the University life is for you.
And it isn't entirely clear that on-chip memory controllers are the way to go. For one thing, a northbridge allows the pin bandwidth to be used for both DRAM accesses and inter-chip sharing communication.
Maybe for 2 way. But 4-way and up FSB bus contention is a clear loser.
But Intel probably hasn't switched to on-chip memory controllers because of the uncertainty in DRAM markets and standards
The primary purpose of forming a corporation is to shield your personal assets from business creditors, secondly to gain favorable tax treatment. I know someone who failed to do this and lost their house.
Be careful, see a lawyer, get the appropriate insurance if you are incurring any sorts of liability.
Kodak licensed the gold stabilized dye process from Mitsui - their CDs are as good as the Kodak ones. Mitsui also recently introduced gold stabilized dye DVD-Rs which I bet are the best you are going to find for storage stability.
I really agree with this synthesis. Computers per se can't teach you the most critical skills - including reading, writing or mathematics. The interaction with a teacher is so much more richer than with any machine yet devised. Socrates is still right, the best school is a log with the student on one end and the teacher on the other.
A computer can alleviate some of the drudgery in education, but it cannot replace or even significantly augment the teacher. We are impovershing our children if we think otherwise.
Not only write misleading comments, but also write variable and method names both generically and misleadingly too. For example:
ArrayList aStrPtr = new ArrayList()
If you are writing in C or C++ use macros to transform your code to look like another language, but incorrectly:
#def begin: }
#def loop: if
and so on
C++ not dead, but it is a dead end
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The grafting of OO extensions onto C was the worst design decision I have ever run into. The result is a crappy arcane and confusing kitchen sink of language to work in. However we do need a compiled, powerful OO language to work in. The opportunity is ripe for a replacement to C++, lighter weight, with GC support and a comprehensive set of libraries designed from the start to fix the problems with C++ without the need to maintain backward compatability with C++.
Call it what you will - the need is there and we have a large set of good ideas now on how OO should be implemented from Smalltalk, Java, Pythin, Ruby and C++.
One of the things to be aware of is if you have a digital display you already have a scaler, and it is not an automatic given that the scaler in the DVD player will do a better job than the one in the TV. I'm a movie fan, and I found that the Faroudja scaler used in most upconverting players did not do as good a job as the one in my TV on this source material. Therefore I went with a high quality progressive scan player (Denon 2900) and feel that I get a better picture with movies than if I went with a upconverting player.
1080p vs. 1080i for movies isn't a big deal because the frame rate on 1080i is 60/sec and movies are 24 frames per second. If you have a good deinterlacer the on-screen picture will be exactly the same.
For other higer fram rate sources 1080p can be a benefit - video games etc.
New developers need to become familiar with frameworks like this in order to become exposed to to the (large, powerful) toolset that the Java world provides. When I started Java development these things didn't exist and I had to walk to school 5 miles each way barefoot in the snow uphill in both directions everyday. If you are mentoring young developers these frameworks provide a good kicking off point for design and architecture education.
And lets be realistic - not using a framework isn't going to cure lazyness, so what you will end up with is not going to be as good as if you had used a framework.
Oppo is made by a Chinese company that sources a lot of DVD players to other companies. If you don't have DVI or HDMI you are right it might not be the player for you. If all you have is composite video there is a rather different set of choices to make. Because of the MPAA there are very few players if any (there used to be a few but they may not be available any more) that will upconvert over composite.
For an inexpensive analog video player with DVD-A/SACD the Pioneer DV-563A gets a lot of interest at around $160. I am sure there are others. There is a huge forum at:
You'd need $200+ headphones and a headphone amp, not to mention a better source.
No, you would not. There are some perfectly good $50 headphones out there, for example some of the lower end Grado models are very competant. Likewise modern digital amps are very inexpensive and can be very high quality. Panasonic is getting great uptake with thei digital designs - the XR55 reciever for example is quite amazing for the money.
Most people really can't tell the difference between 128k AAC and CD because their reproduction equipment is just insufficient to reproduce the nuances.
Earbuds will destroy your hearing too. It is too bad we have a whole generation that is so uncritical of sound quality.
However I tried a DVD-A vs DTS (recoding the DVD-A material to DTS) test on it and I find I really can't hear the difference. The gear just isn't up to it. I can in a better setup, but not with what I have out there.
DTS gives you a very different sound field from what you would get from a CD so it's not a great comparison, especailly if the original material is not really up to DVD-A standards.
I need a new DVD player and it would be like $130 for a nice, quality DVD video player
The peer review process is a work of man, not God, so it is not perfect and the particpants are only human. However it can have great benefits. Here is a wonderful article about Einstein's expereince with Phy Rev.
Well of course - telcos have to have call detail records to do billing accounting and all kinds of other financial processing - not only of their customers but with whatever interconnect partners they have. These logs are quite massive - 100's of millions of records per day or more per telco. And it is not just 5ESS or DMS switches that mantain these records, but any switch.
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I am sure that the dislike of the NYC region bby the upstate residents plays a big part in this. Upstate NY per se has plenty of cheap hydroelectric power, much of which gets shipped to NYC making the electricity rates in upstate much higher than they otherwise would be. Rather than build an ugly tower in their back yard most upstate residents would rather NYC float out to sea then sink.
I used to work with a guy who telecommuted from Hawaii to gigs in the US. He used to get up 3AM his time, work until noon and then go surfing. He used to answer the phone Aloha.
It wouldn't have been too bad except he wasn't a very good programmer and we had to spend a lot of time cleaning up his mistakes.
Not a good experience.
Of course it is impossible to give you meaningful advice without knowing you, but I will say you need to consider who you are. If you are materialistic, ambitious and want the SUV in the driveway of a McMansion, then private enterprise is for you. If your wife has a strong career and you want to be the house husband, then perhaps the University life is for you.
Really it is the converse that is true - it is harder to write simple illegible code in Python than in Perl.
The issue of code readibility is why Perl is no longer my scripting language of choice.
Python is a strictly typed language - however types are determined at run time rather than during a static compilation.
If you want static typing use Java.
And it isn't entirely clear that on-chip memory controllers are the way to go. For one thing, a northbridge allows the pin bandwidth to be used for both DRAM accesses and inter-chip sharing communication.
Maybe for 2 way. But 4-way and up FSB bus contention is a clear loser.
But Intel probably hasn't switched to on-chip memory controllers because of the uncertainty in DRAM markets and standards
Maybe, but they are going that way in 2007.
I don't understand the Huh? - the article says 2007.
Thus Intel can fit nearly twice as much cache into a given die area.
They'd have to because cache is their remedy for FSB memory latency issues. AMD has the better answer with the integrated memory controller.
Yes, but this time it is different because Dell is getting creamed in server space by HP Opteron boxen. Nobody wants Xeon.
If Dell does ship AMD stuff I'd bet it is servers, not laptops or desktops.
The primary purpose of forming a corporation is to shield your personal assets from business creditors, secondly to gain favorable tax treatment. I know someone who failed to do this and lost their house.
Be careful, see a lawyer, get the appropriate insurance if you are incurring any sorts of liability.
Kodak licensed the gold stabilized dye process from Mitsui - their CDs are as good as the Kodak ones. Mitsui also recently introduced gold stabilized dye DVD-Rs which I bet are the best you are going to find for storage stability.
Not until Intel gets the memory controller on the CPU, which isn't until 2007.
I really agree with this synthesis. Computers per se can't teach you the most critical skills - including reading, writing or mathematics. The interaction with a teacher is so much more richer than with any machine yet devised. Socrates is still right, the best school is a log with the student on one end and the teacher on the other.
A computer can alleviate some of the drudgery in education, but it cannot replace or even significantly augment the teacher. We are impovershing our children if we think otherwise.
Not only write misleading comments, but also write variable and method names both generically and misleadingly too. For example:
ArrayList aStrPtr = new ArrayList()
If you are writing in C or C++ use macros to transform your code to look like another language, but incorrectly:
#def begin: }
#def loop: if
and so on
The grafting of OO extensions onto C was the worst design decision I have ever run into. The result is a crappy arcane and confusing kitchen sink of language to work in. However we do need a compiled, powerful OO language to work in. The opportunity is ripe for a replacement to C++, lighter weight, with GC support and a comprehensive set of libraries designed from the start to fix the problems with C++ without the need to maintain backward compatability with C++.
Call it what you will - the need is there and we have a large set of good ideas now on how OO should be implemented from Smalltalk, Java, Pythin, Ruby and C++.
Microsoft is a bloated pigcompany with nowhere to go.
It has gotten so bad I've old all my stock in MSFT and invested in companies that have a chance to grow.
One of the things to be aware of is if you have a digital display you already have a scaler, and it is not an automatic given that the scaler in the DVD player will do a better job than the one in the TV. I'm a movie fan, and I found that the Faroudja scaler used in most upconverting players did not do as good a job as the one in my TV on this source material. Therefore I went with a high quality progressive scan player (Denon 2900) and feel that I get a better picture with movies than if I went with a upconverting player.
1080p vs. 1080i for movies isn't a big deal because the frame rate on 1080i is 60/sec and movies are 24 frames per second. If you have a good deinterlacer the on-screen picture will be exactly the same.
For other higer fram rate sources 1080p can be a benefit - video games etc.
New developers need to become familiar with frameworks like this in order to become exposed to to the (large, powerful) toolset that the Java world provides. When I started Java development these things didn't exist and I had to walk to school 5 miles each way barefoot in the snow uphill in both directions everyday. If you are mentoring young developers these frameworks provide a good kicking off point for design and architecture education.
And lets be realistic - not using a framework isn't going to cure lazyness, so what you will end up with is not going to be as good as if you had used a framework.
Oppo is made by a Chinese company that sources a lot of DVD players to other companies. If you don't have DVI or HDMI you are right it might not be the player for you. If all you have is composite video there is a rather different set of choices to make. Because of the MPAA there are very few players if any (there used to be a few but they may not be available any more) that will upconvert over composite.
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For an inexpensive analog video player with DVD-A/SACD the Pioneer DV-563A gets a lot of interest at around $160. I am sure there are others. There is a huge forum at:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/forumdisplay.php?f
This place is definitely all you can eat with player information in every price category.
If he keeps this up somebody will make a movie of his life story.
You'd need $200+ headphones and a headphone amp, not to mention a better source.
No, you would not. There are some perfectly good $50 headphones out there, for example some of the lower end Grado models are very competant. Likewise modern digital amps are very inexpensive and can be very high quality. Panasonic is getting great uptake with thei digital designs - the XR55 reciever for example is quite amazing for the money.
Most people really can't tell the difference between 128k AAC and CD because their reproduction equipment is just insufficient to reproduce the nuances.
Earbuds will destroy your hearing too. It is too bad we have a whole generation that is so uncritical of sound quality.
However I tried a DVD-A vs DTS (recoding the DVD-A material to DTS) test on it and I find I really can't hear the difference. The gear just isn't up to it. I can in a better setup, but not with what I have out there.
DTS gives you a very different sound field from what you would get from a CD so it's not a great comparison, especailly if the original material is not really up to DVD-A standards.
I need a new DVD player and it would be like $130 for a nice, quality DVD video player
http://www.extremephono.com/Oppo_DV971.htm
$199 for DVD-A plus pristine video quality.
Trolling or just misguided?
Presumably panspermia would require the extraterrestrial lifeform be protein based.
The peer review process is a work of man, not God, so it is not perfect and the particpants are only human. However it can have great benefits. Here is a wonderful article about Einstein's expereince with Phy Rev.
http://www.physicstoday.org/vol-58/iss-9/p43.html
Well of course - telcos have to have call detail records to do billing accounting and all kinds of other financial processing - not only of their customers but with whatever interconnect partners they have. These logs are quite massive - 100's of millions of records per day or more per telco. And it is not just 5ESS or DMS switches that mantain these records, but any switch.