The guy's a democrat. Of course its possible he's one of those wacky conservative democrats (they do exist).
Other democrats such as Joe Lieberman have long railed against hollywood and the entertainment industry and attempted to introduce legislation..if anything, the so-called 'liberal' party has done more action against entertainment than the so-called 'conservative' republicans.
This is why i'm an indepedent. All parties would take away all our rights if they got the chance.
can listen to audio, has a DSP, extensive storage and internet access. So it could potentially be used as a bugging device if reprogrammed. One more small step towards the surveillance society.
Java is my most often used language. I haven't actually used the STL in a year or so..only I remember the horrors of debugging it.
Only problem with java is of course the JVM...though I hear inroads are being made on native compilation, they're still not up to par with C performance.
I would like to see something with native performance combined with the syntax of java. It's not perfect syntax, but its a vast improvement over that of C++.
People finally moving past the herd mentality of 'what? C++ is the greatest thing ever..never question it!' and looking to see how its quickly becoming obsolete. Or at the very least, having a difficult time supporting modern programming concepts in a sensible, maintainable way.
C# sounds like an interesting exercise, if it supports all the things they claim. And best of all, it has an actual standard to its name. I must learn this language next.
only to call it in a class full of obscure ugly code:)
Cycle repeats.
Eventually though, when you reach the top level and discover a bug 5 levels down and try to decipher the compiler error, and then hunt it down... well that's when I start to hate C++.
all the various implementations of the STL i've used have had different bugs in them. Granted, you need to be doing some pretty advanced things with it, but thats what its there for.
And have you seen the actual code for the STL? Ugh. It demonstrates just how bad and obscure C++ syntax can be.
Particularly something as simple as the altair..it can be (and probably was) done in a weekend.
And you don't need access to a machine. Have you never written an emulator for a machine didnt exist? How do you think they design machines? If only the real machines worked as well as the emulators!
Chances are they'll have to have a few people who "know what's going on" to keep everything running
I laughed out loud when I read this. Public schools are worse than offices because the teachers often don't want to seem incompetant in front of students when it comes to computers.
As someone who's had to deal with public schools and computers for quite some time, I can't help but think linux is a poor choice from a usability stand point and I wonder what exactly they plan on doing with the computers. Maybe they only intend to browse the web with them.
I've seen all sorts of cars like that (including one which got upwards of 1000 mpg).
The thing is though, as you continue adding weight (people, cargo, air conditioning and other amenities) the mpg curve decreases in a non-linear fashion.
So yeah, 240 mpg sounds nice, but put that motor in a real usable car and it wont get anywhere near it. It's just a showoff thing.
I have. It's a civic. Just like all the others. Interior is the same, dimensions nearly identical (it loses 3 cubic feet of trunk space to batteries).
So far, its the most impressive car i've seen in a long time. All the other hybrids like the insight and prius are hardly even usable and just make interesting conversation pieces. But the civic hybrid is a REAL car.
On the downside though is its $4000 added cost. When you consider the current price of gas or so, you'd have to drive it nearly 200,000 miles to get any kind of savings based on its high gas mileage.
The real problem is that of Rev'ing. Turbines arent designed for the stop and start nature that road driving entails. Turbines work fine for things like boats and planes, because those accelerate at a constant speed, and then remain at a certain speed for long periods of time. Turbines also do not decelerate the same way as piston based engines. They take a great deal of time to stop spinning (in fact, a turbine engine will continue to spin for awhile after you turn the thing off). You cannot simply do a direct drive system. It won't work.
There are numerous other technical difficulties with putting turbine engines in mass-produced automobiles. There simply isnt enough reward into researching how to make it work. The best bet right now is electric motors. You do not need a transmission when you have those. If you use an entirely electrical car, you have very few moving parts anywhere.
Of course the trick is, how to generate the electricity for it...
One year an indy 500 car tried a turbine engine, it was terrible.
The main reason is that turbines don't rev like normal engines do. They're designed to be kept at a constant speed for long amounts of time. They also accelerate to a higher speed slower, as well as decelerate slower (an innate characteristic of turbines)
Recent advances of CVT's (continously variable transmissions) can help ease the inherent problem with turbines, but its hardly worth taking time and research away from the hybrid and fuel cell cars, which are truly the future of automobiles (electric motors are vastly more efficient and powerful than combustions), to go back to something that was tried and failed already.
the faster you move, the more rapid the pulses. Makes for easy detection and calculation (and also allows you to display speed while in reverse)
The odometer is also tied into this.. in fact, most odometers of the past several years have used stepper motors to turn the digits. In the past 2 years most manufacturers have dispensed with that completely and gone to a digital display.
You only have to remember 2 (or however many area codes for the area) combinations for the first 3 digits. Thus you are really recalling 7 digits, then associating whatever area the number is in with its area code.
ive lost the link to the article, but the FTC is taking them on for deceptive marketing. they do nothing, and in some cases, actually reduce reception..
It costs $5 per disk here at UT, so visual studio was $25, the OS's are $5.
Can't beat a $5 OS.
There is a catch though, you can only purchase once (even if you lose the disk). Of course the solution to that is to either make copies, or get someone to buy for you.
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Other democrats such as Joe Lieberman have long railed against hollywood and the entertainment industry and attempted to introduce legislation..if anything, the so-called 'liberal' party has done more action against entertainment than the so-called 'conservative' republicans.
This is why i'm an indepedent. All parties would take away all our rights if they got the chance.
Nerd hypocrisy at its finest. "Don't you tell me what to do because I know what's best for you!"
And you wonder why nobody pays attention to the attitudes of the slashdot mind.
can listen to audio, has a DSP, extensive storage and internet access. So it could potentially be used as a bugging device if reprogrammed. One more small step towards the surveillance society.
Only problem with java is of course the JVM...though I hear inroads are being made on native compilation, they're still not up to par with C performance.
I would like to see something with native performance combined with the syntax of java. It's not perfect syntax, but its a vast improvement over that of C++.
I hear C# delivers much of this though.
C# sounds like an interesting exercise, if it supports all the things they claim. And best of all, it has an actual standard to its name. I must learn this language next.
Cycle repeats.
Eventually though, when you reach the top level and discover a bug 5 levels down and try to decipher the compiler error, and then hunt it down... well that's when I start to hate C++.
And have you seen the actual code for the STL? Ugh. It demonstrates just how bad and obscure C++ syntax can be.
And you don't need access to a machine. Have you never written an emulator for a machine didnt exist? How do you think they design machines?
If only the real machines worked as well as the emulators!
Please read the DMCA before posting ignorant comments about it.
Thanks.
Win2k and XP rarely crash. I run 2K..the only time I reboot is when I either apply patches (every couple months), or am replacing faulty hardware.
Actually my record with crashing has been far worse using KDE or GNOME.
I laughed out loud when I read this. Public schools are worse than offices because the teachers often don't want to seem incompetant in front of students when it comes to computers.
As someone who's had to deal with public schools and computers for quite some time, I can't help but think linux is a poor choice from a usability stand point and I wonder what exactly they plan on doing with the computers. Maybe they only intend to browse the web with them.
The thing is though, as you continue adding weight (people, cargo, air conditioning and other amenities) the mpg curve decreases in a non-linear fashion.
So yeah, 240 mpg sounds nice, but put that motor in a real usable car and it wont get anywhere near it. It's just a showoff thing.
So far, its the most impressive car i've seen in a long time. All the other hybrids like the insight and prius are hardly even usable and just make interesting conversation pieces. But the civic hybrid is a REAL car.
On the downside though is its $4000 added cost. When you consider the current price of gas or so, you'd have to drive it nearly 200,000 miles to get any kind of savings based on its high gas mileage.
There are numerous other technical difficulties with putting turbine engines in mass-produced automobiles. There simply isnt enough reward into researching how to make it work. The best bet right now is electric motors. You do not need a transmission when you have those. If you use an entirely electrical car, you have very few moving parts anywhere.
Of course the trick is, how to generate the electricity for it...
The main reason is that turbines don't rev like normal engines do. They're designed to be kept at a constant speed for long amounts of time.
They also accelerate to a higher speed slower, as well as decelerate slower (an innate characteristic of turbines)
Recent advances of CVT's (continously variable transmissions) can help ease the inherent problem with turbines, but its hardly worth taking time and research away from the hybrid and fuel cell cars, which are truly the future of automobiles (electric motors are vastly more efficient and powerful than combustions), to go back to something that was tried and failed already.
20 years ago when at&t was the only game in town? A good plan would be a quarter a minute. And that was when a quarter was worth a hell of alot more.
Many keep bottles of hand cream around in convienent places for dry skin. I know many who carry some around in their purse.
Now get your dirty minds out of the gutter.
The odometer is also tied into this.. in fact, most odometers of the past several years have used stepper motors to turn the digits. In the past 2 years most manufacturers have dispensed with that completely and gone to a digital display.
For example, cancel out your neighbor's bass, but not the conversation you're having with someone in the same room.
You only have to remember 2 (or however many area codes for the area) combinations for the first 3 digits. Thus you are really recalling 7 digits, then associating whatever area the number is in with its area code.
This one works.? /news/720946.asp
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_email.asp
With some highly specialized systems they might've managed to up that a bit, but your average system is limited to 4 gb.
ive lost the link to the article, but the FTC is taking them on for deceptive marketing. they do nothing, and in some cases, actually reduce reception..
Can't beat a $5 OS.
There is a catch though, you can only purchase once (even if you lose the disk). Of course the solution to that is to either make copies, or get someone to buy for you.