Since it is shared bandwidth you can only use what is available in the pipe and there is not limiting factor besides how many people share the pipe with you. So, if you set up a wireless netwoek and a whole bunch of people are suck up the bandwidth of the pipe through your, the other customers and the cable co. lose out.
I can see their side but as usual the wrong people will get punished.
They can just use things like millions of instructions per second (MIPS). That would at least be as meaningful as clock speed anyway, as far as benchmarking and what not.
...due to the file compatibility issue you have mentioned.
Not that I speak for everyone in a similar situation, but when you work in an enviroment that is 99% msoffice, usually the main stumbling block is "Yeah linux sounds cool but can I read everyone's files under linux? What about Word?"
It sucks but it seems to be the case in my experience. In fact, that is what kept me strictly a windows user for so long (until recently) was the one or two programs I needed at the time, which we unavailable under linux.
I'm not saying its right. I'm defending the laziness of the average computer user but it seems that is one of the major issues, and most likely be solved by an open source office suite (which I am impressed with by the way).
The linux users just have to change the world one user at a time, I can't imagine one single piece of software making that happen.
I think you are right. Without the paper it is not equivalent. However, it is a great advantage for those who just want to supplement their existing knowledge or those who are trying to keep up with new developments in a given field. I think its great for that.
I still think employers would look upon this in a positive way. I know people who graduate putting all kinds of crap on the resume that they never really did or don't really know anything about. I guess they don't get called on it much because I haven't heard many horror stories.
1) As far as what a boson is, what you have stated and what I have stated mean the same thing. It just depends from angle you look at and whose definition you use.
2) I never said photons could form a Bose-Einstein condensate. But, I do realize my thought was not quite complete.
3) Believe me, even though I didn't show it, I know what lasers are and how they work.
4) I do believe you have a point in your second criticism. However, wouldn't you agree that the phase of the photon is part of its quantum mechanical state? Every book I have read on the subject seems to think so.
5) Also, I would like to refer you to this webpage:
http://perso.club-internet.fr/molaire1/e_quantic 3. html
Which seems to contradict the second part of your second criticism. Please let me know what you think.
If you would like to discuss this further, please email me. I always like to make sure I have my understanding of quantum mechanics straight. I am a EE so I need all the help I can get.
A maser is Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation and have nothing to do with Bose-Einstein condensates. You are probably thinking of so called "matter lasers" which are related. The B-E condensate is only a component of that.
Particles that can all have the same EXACT state, in quantum mechanical terms, are called bosons. They fill and occupy available states in a certain way, described by a Bose distribution. An example of bosons are photons, or light, which can all be in the same state at the same time, hence making the maser and laser possible. Opposite to these are fermions, e.g. electrons, which cannot occupy the same state and are subject to Fermi-Dirac statistics.
What makes B-E condensates cool, no pun intended, is through cooling and laser pumping all the atoms can be made to be in the exact state. This allows all kinds of neat things to happen. Such as the "matter laser" or the actual slowing down and stopping of light (I'm to lazy to look up the link but check out Scientific American's website).
Actually, they are VCSELs (Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers) and are made from semiconductors. The reason it matters is that the edge emitting variety, which were first developed, would be nearly impossible to mount effectively. That is the main advantage of the VCSEL, its ability to be bonded to PCBs or other substrates.
...it is already done quite a bit. The system I went through did a poor job of determining who did quality work and/or pulled their own weight. But unfortunately, that is what it is like at a job. You work with a group people, some do their job and others don't. I guess what I'm saying is that school prepared me for working with people, but unintentionally.
I also believe that you can never rely on a university to teach you anything about working a real job. Just talk to employers, they are always complaining about how students are underskilled. That is why they don't expect anything from you for the first year or so.
The only naswer I have seen that worked well was the co-op program. If you are at a school that has strong industrial ties then yo uare all set. Otherwise, you have to learn as you go when you get out.
...GeV = giga-electron volt = 10^6 eV, and that is a buttload of energy. That is the kinetic energy the particles will have when they collide, which is all they care about.
When I bought my first proc that required a heatsink (PIII), the tool at the show sold me the wrong type of heatsink. My fault really, for not being more informed, but the heatsink was for a PII and had this thermal pad on it that was in contact with the core. It took me a little while to figure out that that was in the way of proper heat removal.
Even at 80C I was able to play quake II, etc. without any trouble. Those pentiums can take some serious heat.
This is insulator in terms of electricity, not heat. Two different things.
What they mean by "super efficient insulator" is that the these dielectric materials are low-loss. In other words, the stored fields will not be degraded by the absorption mechanisms in the material like typical electrically insulating materials.
Thermal conductivity of a material is related, but not as close as you might think.
It still amazes me that these people that are supposed to represent the population are some of the most ignorant beings on this planet. I assume most of these people went to college, don't you think they would have learned how to do research in order to become informed about an important topic. Now I know every slacks off a bit about being informed but why is it ok to do this when you are making decisions that affect the entire country. I have no problem with them have opinions or gut feelings on what should be done, but why not read up on it a bit and learn something. Sheesh, you would think we were in the stone ages and people can't read and write or something.
Definetly not a stupid question. I honestly do not know much about how it is determined. I do know however that one trick is to run the device at an elevated temperature which "ages" the device much faster. I assume that through years of applying tests like these that the industry has calibrated data to predict those lifetimes. Sorry I couldn't give you more information. Maybe once I get out of grad school I will find out more about these techniques.
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I thought you guys were smart here...oh well. I have like no karma anyway.
mod away...
Great! Now they can finally add the floppy drive that's been missing....
Exactly my point. I should have explained myself more clearly. Can anyone tell why I was modded down fo an opinion?
Since it is shared bandwidth you can only use what is available in the pipe and there is not limiting factor besides how many people share the pipe with you. So, if you set up a wireless netwoek and a whole bunch of people are suck up the bandwidth of the pipe through your, the other customers and the cable co. lose out.
I can see their side but as usual the wrong people will get punished.
hehe :)
They can just use things like millions of instructions per second (MIPS). That would at least be as meaningful as clock speed anyway, as far as benchmarking and what not.
Or too much Iron Chef!
I would think this would be a push for non-volatile RAM more than volatile. That way power outages are not a problem and you get the speed of RAM.
...due to the file compatibility issue you have mentioned.
Not that I speak for everyone in a similar situation, but when you work in an enviroment that is 99% msoffice, usually the main stumbling block is "Yeah linux sounds cool but can I read everyone's files under linux? What about Word?"
It sucks but it seems to be the case in my experience. In fact, that is what kept me strictly a windows user for so long (until recently) was the one or two programs I needed at the time, which we unavailable under linux.
I'm not saying its right. I'm defending the laziness of the average computer user but it seems that is one of the major issues, and most likely be solved by an open source office suite (which I am impressed with by the way).
The linux users just have to change the world one user at a time, I can't imagine one single piece of software making that happen.
I think you are right. Without the paper it is not equivalent. However, it is a great advantage for those who just want to supplement their existing knowledge or those who are trying to keep up with new developments in a given field. I think its great for that.
I still think employers would look upon this in a positive way. I know people who graduate putting all kinds of crap on the resume that they never really did or don't really know anything about. I guess they don't get called on it much because I haven't heard many horror stories.
Just my 2 cents.
In response to your response :)
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1) As far as what a boson is, what you have stated and what I have stated mean the same thing. It just depends from angle you look at and whose definition you use.
2) I never said photons could form a Bose-Einstein condensate. But, I do realize my thought was not quite complete.
3) Believe me, even though I didn't show it, I know what lasers are and how they work.
4) I do believe you have a point in your second criticism. However, wouldn't you agree that the phase of the photon is part of its quantum mechanical state? Every book I have read on the subject seems to think so.
5) Also, I would like to refer you to this webpage:
http://perso.club-internet.fr/molaire1/e_quanti
Which seems to contradict the second part of your second criticism. Please let me know what you think.
If you would like to discuss this further, please email me. I always like to make sure I have my understanding of quantum mechanics straight. I am a EE so I need all the help I can get.
A maser is Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation and have nothing to do with Bose-Einstein condensates. You are probably thinking of so called "matter lasers" which are related. The B-E condensate is only a component of that.
Particles that can all have the same EXACT state, in quantum mechanical terms, are called bosons. They fill and occupy available states in a certain way, described by a Bose distribution. An example of bosons are photons, or light, which can all be in the same state at the same time, hence making the maser and laser possible. Opposite to these are fermions, e.g. electrons, which cannot occupy the same state and are subject to Fermi-Dirac statistics.
What makes B-E condensates cool, no pun intended, is through cooling and laser pumping all the atoms can be made to be in the exact state. This allows all kinds of neat things to happen. Such as the "matter laser" or the actual slowing down and stopping of light (I'm to lazy to look up the link but check out Scientific American's website).
Pretty neat stuff.
Actually, they are VCSELs (Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers) and are made from semiconductors. The reason it matters is that the edge emitting variety, which were first developed, would be nearly impossible to mount effectively. That is the main advantage of the VCSEL, its ability to be bonded to PCBs or other substrates.
Just a FYI.
Thanks.
I so rarely have anything to contribute that I got excited and boned the number. Oh well...
...it is already done quite a bit. The system I went through did a poor job of determining who did quality work and/or pulled their own weight. But unfortunately, that is what it is like at a job. You work with a group people, some do their job and others don't. I guess what I'm saying is that school prepared me for working with people, but unintentionally.
I also believe that you can never rely on a university to teach you anything about working a real job. Just talk to employers, they are always complaining about how students are underskilled. That is why they don't expect anything from you for the first year or so.
The only naswer I have seen that worked well was the co-op program. If you are at a school that has strong industrial ties then yo uare all set. Otherwise, you have to learn as you go when you get out.
...GeV = giga-electron volt = 10^6 eV, and that is a buttload of energy. That is the kinetic energy the particles will have when they collide, which is all they care about.
When I bought my first proc that required a heatsink (PIII), the tool at the show sold me the wrong type of heatsink. My fault really, for not being more informed, but the heatsink was for a PII and had this thermal pad on it that was in contact with the core. It took me a little while to figure out that that was in the way of proper heat removal.
Even at 80C I was able to play quake II, etc. without any trouble. Those pentiums can take some serious heat.
and people design their pages to work with IE. Therefore, other browsers who work with the standard can't render those pages correctly.
Although, even IE doesn't get Java pages right all the time.
That is not quantum interference, its related to the uncertainty principle.
This is insulator in terms of electricity, not heat. Two different things.
What they mean by "super efficient insulator" is that the these dielectric materials are low-loss. In other words, the stored fields will not be degraded by the absorption mechanisms in the material like typical electrically insulating materials.
Thermal conductivity of a material is related, but not as close as you might think.
Since I began using Linux my life has turned around completely.
I lost 100 lbs and am now not in danger of keeling over at the age of 30.
My estranged wife and I have reconciled after a 3 yr separation.
I just got a 30% raise at work.
And finally, might cat now actually let's me pat it.
So, as I have clearly pointed out, Linux can make you a better person, or at least change your life!
Definetly sounds like a last gasp before immenant death. Anyone want to start a pool on how much longer they will be around?
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Does this mean that other OSes (cough, Windows, cough) should have sour grapes?
It still amazes me that these people that are supposed to represent the population are some of the most ignorant beings on this planet. I assume most of these people went to college, don't you think they would have learned how to do research in order to become informed about an important topic. Now I know every slacks off a bit about being informed but why is it ok to do this when you are making decisions that affect the entire country. I have no problem with them have opinions or gut feelings on what should be done, but why not read up on it a bit and learn something. Sheesh, you would think we were in the stone ages and people can't read and write or something.
Definetly not a stupid question. I honestly do not know much about how it is determined. I do know however that one trick is to run the device at an elevated temperature which "ages" the device much faster. I assume that through years of applying tests like these that the industry has calibrated data to predict those lifetimes. Sorry I couldn't give you more information. Maybe once I get out of grad school I will find out more about these techniques.