I just, with this article, realise that my understanding of computer science may not be keeping up with reality. I am now old.
Why would someone want to calculate zillions of floating point results on their PC?
How can a GPU card have no graphical interface?
And when did we start using Teraflops in desktops!??!?!
Actually, I don't thinkt that's the right arguement.. you see, if you're calculating that 400,000 people are going to pay to come (to offset the price of construction and art). That will happen regardless of how many people are coming in through the back door. They will pay more because they feel it's worth it. (ie: Prada shoes on Thailand's Kao San Road cost 2$, but people who want essentially the same thing but *properly* will get them from the prada store at 250$).
The way it SHOULD work is that each person pays what they think the art is due; that is to say, some people who think it's fantastic will pay 100$ and some who think it's crap will pay 2$. That is why software piracy is great. I've stolen software. I've bought some of what I've stolen, and not bought other stuff.. which has subsequently been deleted from my stash.
Thing is though, when I was in University there wasn't ANY WAY I could ever afford MatLab or MS Server 2000, or any of the other stuff I learned to use, but I'm (relatively) rich now and can afford it, and will pay. Seems to me that software companies are REALLY shooting themselves in the foot here. Most pirates aren't the reselling kind, they're the kind that will spend 100s of hours getting into pirating groups to get wares that a normal person would just work and pay (and probably at a lower time cost).
I just went through this exact same debate. I chose to dig out all my old negatives. I called up my local university. They were more oblidging, and allowed me to use their equipment for an extremely trivial cost ($10 / day). I had access to a wicked UMAX flatbed capable of scanning over 100 negs at a time; with photoshop on a dual-G4 for cropping and cutting. I scanned at an effective 2400 DPI, saved in PNG at about 800K a file; 1000 pictures took me about six hours - 800 Megs worth of pictures.
I've got all my prints still - but scanning pictures is _so_ much more a pain than negs. See if you can get a flat bed. Oh; and choose a bit-depth, size and format first..
I've been wondering about this for a while now, so I think I'll post here.. maybe someone can help me out.
I live in a sea-side town. One of the popular arguements for environment efficiency around here is that an increase in global tempratures will result in the melting of polar ice caps. The melting will cause an increase in the water level such that towns like mine will become submerged.
My problem is this: Water in a frozen state (especially that with salt content) is of greater volume than in a liquid state. While some of the volume can be discounted as the ice floats, the ice within the water will melt and reduce the total volume of the water in total.
Am I crazy or would that mean the global water level would be lowered?
ACiD, THG meaning Humble Guys instead of Hardware Guide... Liquid BBS kicking SO MUCH, a Bazillion on-line games from Pimp to Trade Warz, the beginnings of ]-Rad ANSI Elitism, etc. etc.
from Conclusions: "...Right now, there's a gaping hole in the middle of NVIDIA's product lineup, because the GF4 MX 460 is apparently stillborn (I challenge you to find a GF4 MX 460 for sale anywhere)..."
right. well, it's 9:02 in the AM. what's there to do anyway?
"Surprised when you couldn't listen to that live stream of your favorite radio station at work today?"...uh, actually... it's Good Friday. No one's at work... (are they?)
My "uncle Tom" returned from Japan a few years back with a can of "MILK SODA"... sounded disgusting, tasted great. Called "Calpis" (Official Site (Japanese), English Fan Site). It used to come in a white, red and blue slim-n-tall can. 'Wonder if the yanks came up with this "E-Moo" on there own...
Part of my work for a certain Canadian government agency was to compare tax rates in the US and Canada. It's a REALLY hard thing to calculate! We concluded that the tax rates (calculating for utility / dollar spent) were approximately equal (with a 1-3% margin).
This story on Wired (06/08/00) talkes about the difference in tax rates for companies, and reasons techies might want to move 'up north'. (a counter arguement can be found in the Canadian Bankers Report).
The Canadian government is trying to make Canada a more attractive place for high and medium-earners though, as seen in the recent series of income-tax cuts.
I was thinking about your third statement -- the abolishment of the electoral college... I know this is a hot issues down there (I'm in Canada... the land of the "fair vote") - so I'll only speak to it for a second.
The deal with changing the constitution isn't really THAT big. It would involve a popular vote (one citizen = one vote), and a constitutional ammendment. (Granted.. that is it's self a pretty big deal; but if the people of the US put up enough fuss over the election... that might do it)
There are a couple advantages (and quite a few disadvanges) to popular vote... the most important of those (as one/. comment put it) is that the rural areas of the US would be SoL... since the urban areas could DOMINATE the US system.
BUT... it's been shown (repeatedly) in economics, that urban centers are an economic "good". Having the synergy of a city creates more 'progress' than having a distributed population. (untill teleporters are cheap enough for ALL of us) [using normal economic assumptions...]
I don't think the American people should discount their right to change their own future -- there should be greater access to changing the constitution! Someone should get out there an do it... I wonder if Gore's would stick his neck out for it...?
I just tried this, and it works way _way_ better if you use a Pizza cutter. (they were intended for cutting in straight lines) If yours it truely dull, consider getting a new one anyway -- crust is hard to cut with a dull knife.
--Advice from the Pizza Hut professional I am--
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Praising effort and improvement is pretty standard pedagogy. You reinforce the behaviours you endorse. (As a teacher) (...and a parent)
So, where is the link to the DIY instructions for the creation of powdered Vodka & Redbull?
This is sad.
Belize is the enemy. Send in the clowns.
I just, with this article, realise that my understanding of computer science may not be keeping up with reality. I am now old. Why would someone want to calculate zillions of floating point results on their PC? How can a GPU card have no graphical interface? And when did we start using Teraflops in desktops!??!?!
This is such a bummer.
Wasn't there already a film about this?
Cheap, reliable, modify-able, AMD is the Toyota Helix, the Kalashnikov of processors.
I want to meet this guy.
Actually, I don't thinkt that's the right arguement.. you see, if you're calculating that 400,000 people are going to pay to come (to offset the price of construction and art). That will happen regardless of how many people are coming in through the back door. They will pay more because they feel it's worth it. (ie: Prada shoes on Thailand's Kao San Road cost 2$, but people who want essentially the same thing but *properly* will get them from the prada store at 250$).
The way it SHOULD work is that each person pays what they think the art is due; that is to say, some people who think it's fantastic will pay 100$ and some who think it's crap will pay 2$. That is why software piracy is great. I've stolen software. I've bought some of what I've stolen, and not bought other stuff.. which has subsequently been deleted from my stash.
Thing is though, when I was in University there wasn't ANY WAY I could ever afford MatLab or MS Server 2000, or any of the other stuff I learned to use, but I'm (relatively) rich now and can afford it, and will pay. Seems to me that software companies are REALLY shooting themselves in the foot here. Most pirates aren't the reselling kind, they're the kind that will spend 100s of hours getting into pirating groups to get wares that a normal person would just work and pay (and probably at a lower time cost).
So apparently you're both equally wrong, or right, as your glass may be... (pl. mice) or (pl. also mouses) (but only wrt a group of computer mice).
Anyone else agree that this article is very poorly written?
FIRST POST.
I just went through this exact same debate. I chose to dig out all my old negatives. I called up my local university. They were more oblidging, and allowed me to use their equipment for an extremely trivial cost ($10 / day). I had access to a wicked UMAX flatbed capable of scanning over 100 negs at a time; with photoshop on a dual-G4 for cropping and cutting. I scanned at an effective 2400 DPI, saved in PNG at about 800K a file; 1000 pictures took me about six hours - 800 Megs worth of pictures.
I've got all my prints still - but scanning pictures is _so_ much more a pain than negs. See if you can get a flat bed. Oh; and choose a bit-depth, size and format first..
I've been wondering about this for a while now, so I think I'll post here.. maybe someone can help me out.
I live in a sea-side town. One of the popular arguements for environment efficiency around here is that an increase in global tempratures will result in the melting of polar ice caps. The melting will cause an increase in the water level such that towns like mine will become submerged.
My problem is this: Water in a frozen state (especially that with salt content) is of greater volume than in a liquid state. While some of the volume can be discounted as the ice floats, the ice within the water will melt and reduce the total volume of the water in total.
Am I crazy or would that mean the global water level would be lowered?
Peter
since we're on that tip...
ACiD, THG meaning Humble Guys instead of Hardware Guide... Liquid BBS kicking SO MUCH, a Bazillion on-line games from Pimp to Trade Warz, the beginnings of ]-Rad ANSI Elitism, etc. etc.
Truely "The good old days".
from Conclusions: "...Right now, there's a gaping hole in the middle of NVIDIA's product lineup, because the GF4 MX 460 is apparently stillborn (I challenge you to find a GF4 MX 460 for sale anywhere)..."
;) But there aren't many...
right. well, it's 9:02 in the AM. what's there to do anyway?
parlez-vous français?
Leadtek - WinFast GeForce 4 MX 460
MSI - G4 MX460 VT (looks sexy in red!)
MSI G4MX460-VT - GeForce4 MX460 64Mo DDR sortie TV if Materiel isn't good enough...
They're there.
Congrats Rob!!!!!! :>
"Surprised when you couldn't listen to that live stream of your favorite radio station at work today?" ...uh, actually... it's Good Friday. No one's at work... (are they?)
My "uncle Tom" returned from Japan a few years back with a can of "MILK SODA"... sounded disgusting, tasted great. Called "Calpis" (Official Site (Japanese), English Fan Site). It used to come in a white, red and blue slim-n-tall can. 'Wonder if the yanks came up with this "E-Moo" on there own...
i.... i ... i just came back for my.. ... ..swingline stapler.
[i'll... i'll... burn the buildin- down...]
---Melvin
Part of my work for a certain Canadian government agency was to compare tax rates in the US and Canada. It's a REALLY hard thing to calculate! We concluded that the tax rates (calculating for utility / dollar spent) were approximately equal (with a 1-3% margin).
This story on Wired (06/08/00) talkes about the difference in tax rates for companies, and reasons techies might want to move 'up north'. (a counter arguement can be found in the Canadian Bankers Report).
The Canadian government is trying to make Canada a more attractive place for high and medium-earners though, as seen in the recent series of income-tax cuts.
Pete
Econ/CS
University of New Brunswick
Hey friend,
/. comment put it) is that the rural areas of the US would be SoL... since the urban areas could DOMINATE the US system.
I was thinking about your third statement -- the abolishment of the electoral college... I know this is a hot issues down there (I'm in Canada... the land of the "fair vote") - so I'll only speak to it for a second.
The deal with changing the constitution isn't really THAT big. It would involve a popular vote (one citizen = one vote), and a constitutional ammendment. (Granted.. that is it's self a pretty big deal; but if the people of the US put up enough fuss over the election... that might do it)
There are a couple advantages (and quite a few disadvanges) to popular vote... the most important of those (as one
BUT... it's been shown (repeatedly) in economics, that urban centers are an economic "good". Having the synergy of a city creates more 'progress' than having a distributed population. (untill teleporters are cheap enough for ALL of us) [using normal economic assumptions...]
I don't think the American people should discount their right to change their own future -- there should be greater access to changing the constitution! Someone should get out there an do it... I wonder if Gore's would stick his neck out for it...?
I just tried this, and it works way _way_ better if you use a Pizza cutter. (they were intended for cutting in straight lines) If yours it truely dull, consider getting a new one anyway -- crust is hard to cut with a dull knife. --Advice from the Pizza Hut professional I am--