Mobile costs in Europe are considerably lower than the US rates, from what I have been able to gather. Sure, the networks screw you for international roaming - but less than the US, but, for example, I get 360 minutes a month free to any network, fixed or mobile, for about 50 USD.
NO ! Embedded programmers write to the metal because thats often the BEST way to eke performance from your LIMITED hardware/memory/battery life. Avoiding a whole OS makes enormous sense.
Embedded programmers have a different mindset, because that why they're embedded programmers. If everyone started on embedded programming we might put an end to bloat.
As moderator for http://www.8052.com/ the interest in little 8 bitters is certainly not going away. The 8 bit cpu is enhanced by all sorts of new glue, closed and open source VHDL models make it relatively easy to incorporate into new designs. New variants include analogue I/O, on board FPGAs.
You should always look closely at why you need the power - if its just to run an OS, you've designed the code wrong.
AFAIK the US is responsible for about 25% of world emissions (EPA figures), and has 4% of its population, and contributes around 20% of world output. (CIA figure)
Probably a matter of resolution - human touch can;'t feel separate point less than about 1mm apart - feel, count locate them I mean. So a 17" monitor in Braille would be 170 Inches to be even close to equivalent.
Where I work you will be FIRED for saving the life of a stranger or a co-worker. If you do anything but call for help and then stand there you will be fired. It's in the freaking handbook.
That's called the Nuremburg defense I think, used in the Nuremburg wartrials by various Nazi defendants. "I was only obeying orders" - American prosecutors then were very keen to dis-allow it. Now I am not so sure. I don't think you could say in court your boss told you to stand still while someone died in front of you.
The reply to the "Nuremburg" defence was that there is no offence in disregarding an illegal order.
Steve
Hi "Raven", I did specify my experience was from 21 years ago ! Things have changed. This was Leeds 1982-1985 and we didn't even have semesters, just three terms.
We really did do 9-5s. Morning lectures, afternoon labs (except Wednesday afternoon) + coursework. That workload was all the way to third year, when it was lectures, then project work.
There is a comment in the article pointing out that Indian and Chinese engineering graduates do "only a 2- 3 year course similar to our associate degreess" in the UK for certain, when you go to school to study, say, electronic engineering, that's ALL you will study for your three years (well, it was 20 years ago) there was none of this majoring/minoring crap it was 9-5 EE (and maths, and labs) for three years. If the Chinese and Indians do the same, THATS why you really DO have a skills shortage. In our old style system, you had to have had a modicum of liberal arts before you went to school, not expecty to be taught it at the expense of your degree.
Far more interesting is the comment that prices are FINALLY going up in the market, as shortage of supply has its wonderful effect.
I suggest we FIGHT to restrict the supply of Engineers and scientists, and not whinge about there not being enough.
For big iron CAD, Alibre, which only runs on Windows is a fantastic package - not up with the ranks of ProE or Solidworks perhaps, but pretty damned good for the money. Its a hell of a lot less expensive than Acad, it doesn't need dongles, it doesn't need subscriptions. It does cost about 1000 GBP though:-(
Like many, I wish there was an OSS alternative, but I haven't seen any REAL 3D design systems for Linux.
Depending on what you mean by IQ and what you mean by Autism, Autistic kids can be very, very "smart", just useless at conveying it to their peers (see also Asperger's syndrome)
Someday you may have to make the decision to use embryonic stem cell lines on someone in your family, to save their life. I hope you choose to let them live, and not give them a self-regarding lecture.
Metastatic cancer is not necessarily terminal. Hence the addition of "terminal" - AFAIK Lance Armstrong had metastases from his testicular cancer and, AFAIK, he is still with us and clear.
...because my beloved wife accidentally plugged a laptop supply into our brandnew 17" TFT monitor, destroying the backlight. Whilst her contrition was real, it hasn't bought a new one. This is a way of making something good out of otherwise expensive scrap.
AFAIK the Australian suntower doesn't "create a vortex" -its a giant, force fed chimney. Convection caused by air heated at the base of the tower pushes huge amounts of air up through a tower filled with turbines.
Manchester University's "Baby" machine, with Cathode ray tube data storage (The William's Tube, built by Tom Kilburn and Freddy Williams was 1948. This was the first stored program computer that could modify its own code.
Well, Ill play your silly little game...
reckon on 1kW/sq yd. or 10 x 20 yds =200 kW. = 200,000 joules/second 1 gallon of gasoline = 10^8 joules.
10,000 gallons = 10^12 Joules.
10^12/2 x 10^5=.....
115 days. well, you did ask.
If you assume cell efficiency of 50% of course its a lot worse, but then in a thermal process you can get no more than 30 odd percent efficiency from your fuel, so it "contains" 1/3 x 10^12 Joules..
Now your cells only collect 100,000 Joules/sec, but you only need to collect for 90 days to be equivalent. Or with an area of 3.7 acres, you could collect a days worth of energy from the gas in a day.
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Mobile costs in Europe are considerably lower than the US rates, from what I have been able to gather. Sure, the networks screw you for international roaming - but less than the US, but, for example, I get 360 minutes a month free to any network, fixed or mobile, for about 50 USD.
Steve
Slashsdotters should get out more. ;-)
NO ! Embedded programmers write to the metal because thats often the BEST way to eke performance from your LIMITED hardware/memory/battery life. Avoiding a whole OS makes enormous sense.
Embedded programmers have a different mindset, because that why they're embedded programmers. If everyone started on embedded programming we might put an end to bloat.
Steve
As moderator for http://www.8052.com/ the interest in little 8 bitters is certainly not going away. The 8 bit cpu is enhanced by all sorts of new glue, closed and open source VHDL models make it relatively easy to incorporate into new designs. New variants include analogue I/O, on board FPGAs.
You should always look closely at why you need the power - if its just to run an OS, you've designed the code wrong.
Steve
Try this. This gives the US o/p as 6000 TgCO2q ueKeyLookup/RAMR69V528/$File/05executivesummary.pd f
http://yosemite.epa.gov/OAR/globalwarming.nsf/Uni
it doesn't give the "rest of the world" numbers - That's arithmetic, but is cited uniformly by nearly all "Googlable" sources,
Then there is this
http://cdiac.ornl.gov/
And this is, I reckon the authoritative source.
http://cdiac.ornl.gov/trends/emis/tre_nam.htm
Scary isn't it ?
"Western Europe", note emits around 1/3rd than the US, with a larger population.
Steve
AFAIK the US is responsible for about 25% of world emissions (EPA figures), and has 4% of its population, and contributes around 20% of world output. (CIA figure)
Steve
Probably a matter of resolution - human touch can;'t feel separate point less than about 1mm apart - feel, count locate them I mean. So a 17" monitor in Braille would be 170 Inches to be even close to equivalent.
Steve
Nah, they're a bugger to get out from between your teeth.
Steve
Where I work you will be FIRED for saving the life of a stranger or a co-worker. If you do anything but call for help and then stand there you will be fired. It's in the freaking handbook.
That's called the Nuremburg defense I think, used in the Nuremburg wartrials by various Nazi defendants. "I was only obeying orders" - American prosecutors then were very keen to dis-allow it. Now I am not so sure. I don't think you could say in court your boss told you to stand still while someone died in front of you. The reply to the "Nuremburg" defence was that there is no offence in disregarding an illegal order. Steve
Silly floor system Yes, as far as I know its still in place.
Steve
Hi "Raven",
I did specify my experience was from 21 years ago ! Things have changed. This was Leeds 1982-1985 and we didn't even have semesters, just three terms.
We really did do 9-5s. Morning lectures, afternoon labs (except Wednesday afternoon) + coursework. That workload was all the way to third year, when it was lectures, then project work.
Where are you now BTW ? In the US or the UK ?
Steve
There is a comment in the article pointing out that Indian and Chinese engineering graduates do "only a 2- 3 year course similar to our associate degreess" in the UK for certain, when you go to school to study, say, electronic engineering, that's ALL you will study for your three years (well, it was 20 years ago) there was none of this majoring/minoring crap it was 9-5 EE (and maths, and labs) for three years. If the Chinese and Indians do the same, THATS why you really DO have a skills shortage. In our old style system, you had to have had a modicum of liberal arts before you went to school, not expecty to be taught it at the expense of your degree.
Far more interesting is the comment that prices are FINALLY going up in the market, as shortage of supply has its wonderful effect.
I suggest we FIGHT to restrict the supply of Engineers and scientists, and not whinge about there not being enough.
Steve
For big iron CAD, Alibre, which only runs on Windows is a fantastic package - not up with the ranks of ProE or Solidworks perhaps, but pretty damned good for the money. Its a hell of a lot less expensive than Acad, it doesn't need dongles, it doesn't need subscriptions. It does cost about 1000 GBP though :-(
Like many, I wish there was an OSS alternative, but I haven't seen any REAL 3D design systems for Linux.
Steve
Depending on what you mean by IQ and what you mean by Autism, Autistic kids can be very, very "smart", just useless at conveying it to their peers (see also Asperger's syndrome)
Steve
Clunk click.
Found my highly generic Atmel chip set WLAN card (USB), configured instantly, on-line in less than 3 minutes from inserting the card.
Kubuntu and Knoppix both failed totally.
Steve
What ? You'd prefer the "thought provoking" Colour of Magic, to the predictable "Night Watch" ? Err.
Steve
What is the Erby for ? Engine preheat ?
Just curious -I have one in my ex-mil Landrover ambulance.
Best regards
Steve
Someday you may have to make the decision to use embryonic stem cell lines on someone in your family, to save their life. I hope you choose to let them live, and not give them a self-regarding lecture.
Steve
Metastatic cancer is not necessarily terminal. Hence the addition of "terminal" - AFAIK Lance Armstrong had metastases from his testicular cancer and, AFAIK, he is still with us and clear.
So terminal was not redundant
Errrr. Worse than terminal metastatic cancer ? Sorry ? How "worse" ?
Steve
...because my beloved wife accidentally plugged a laptop supply into our brandnew 17" TFT monitor, destroying the backlight. Whilst her contrition was real, it hasn't bought a new one. This is a way of making something good out of otherwise expensive scrap.
Steve
AFAIK the Australian suntower doesn't "create a vortex" -its a giant, force fed chimney. Convection caused by air heated at the base of the tower pushes huge amounts of air up through a tower filled with turbines.
Steve
IBM labs in Switzerland invented Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy too.
The inventors, Binnig and Rohrer got the Nobel prize for physics in 1986
Steve
Manchester University's "Baby" machine, with Cathode ray tube data storage (The William's Tube, built by Tom Kilburn and Freddy Williams was 1948. This was the first stored program computer that could modify its own code.
Steve
Well, Ill play your silly little game... /sq yd. or 10 x 20 yds =200 kW. = 200,000 joules/second
/2 x 10^5= .....
reckon on 1kW
1 gallon of gasoline = 10^8 joules.
10,000 gallons = 10^12 Joules.
10^12
115 days.
well, you did ask.
If you assume cell efficiency of 50% of course its a lot worse, but then in a thermal process you can get no more than 30 odd percent efficiency from your fuel, so it "contains" 1/3 x 10^12 Joules..
Now your cells only collect 100,000 Joules/sec, but you only need to collect for 90 days to be equivalent. Or with an area of 3.7 acres, you could collect a days worth of energy from the gas in a day.
Your mileage may vary.
Steve