Nope, I haven't designed bridges, but have designed bridge cranes (and had my design checked by my boss). Bridge cranes really age a lot like bridges in theory, but they move around.
I've also designed electronics (Including firmware)
I'd say, in order of difficulty (assuming you are in the same part of the technology curve of each technology)
1) a Bridge
and then tied - electronics and Software, and a LOT of the problems in electonics come down to firmware problems (Hard Realtime is "fun"). That said, I'd dare some folks to trace out common noise problems in a prototype high density switching power supply (and the stuff you see in a PC power supply isn't high density)
I'm a bit older than most of the folks here, and have had some fun over the years. I've gotten to recreate the Tech revolution. I started with steel working/machine shop work (which is still a hobby), went on to electronics, and am now a programmer. I've gotten to see how all these tie together, and trust me, they do
As others have pointed out, the US is deliberately not telling the UN the right orbits.
Hate to sound like a right wing wacko, but where does it say in the Constitution that the US listens to the UN? We can (not saying we should) tell the UN to pound sand. A significant number of Americans believe we should. Guess what, they vote that way, too.
The GOOD news in New York State is that both the State Assembly and State Senate have passed anti light pollution bill. It's waiting for the Govs signature. It requires full cutoff lights on Govt projects, and outlaws light trespass
The big problem with sending out the patch to "Registered" users is this - I'll give high odds that MOST copies of NT/Win2K running at home are pirate copies. Ditto the copies running in China - Between the 2, you are talking about the majority of the still infected boxes out there
It is up to the infected party to take the medicine, and it would be unethical to seize the unwitting victim and force the medicine into their bodies.
The thing is they CAN seize you and force you to take medicine IF you are determined (Usually by 2 doctors) to be a danger to yourself or others. Ever hear the term "Involuntary Commitment"
There ARE times when you are forced to do things
The company I work for has SOME Aerons around - The.com division has them, as well as some others, so I've gotten to try them, and I don't like them, FOR ME.
Back when I was working from home, I went out and looked at chairs - LOTS of chairs. I don't remember the brand I bought, but for about $300 I got a chair that fits ME, which is all that counts
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Or turn OFF IIS totally before you connect and download the patch - No IIS running, no way to exploit it - run the patch THEN turn IIS on - no big deal
Not only gaming. There _ARE_ other CPU bound tasks. True, not many users out there are doing them, but they are out there.
Someone brought up computational fluid dynamics - I'll bring up large statistical analysis problems, where large mainframes take a week, never mind many days to do a subset of the problem on a PC
Besides the two Microsoft Books that some people have said to stay away from (Writing Solid Code and Rapid Development) I'd have to say just about anything published by Dorset House
These Include books that have been recommended here before such as:
Peopleware
But I'll add some more:
Are Your Lights On?
Becoming a Technical Leader
Creating a Software Engineering Culture
Designing Quality Databases with IDEF1X Information Models
An Introduction to General Systems Thinking: Silver Anniversary Edition
Managing Expectations: Working with People Who Want More, Better, Faster, Sooner, NOW!
You'll notice that a LOT of these books are by Weinberg - You can also add all four volumes of "Quality Software Management" once the developer gets a bit more advanced
You'll notice a pattern here - Not ONE of these books is about a particular language. They are about HOW to develop projects. Language books go out of date - FAST. Books on HOW to be a programmer LAST, some of these books have been in publication for more than 25 years and are not out of date.
The way the site demos (but doesn't SAY) you get around this problem is by combining sounds. For instance, let's say you have a standard "alarm Hooter" - You play the hooter to let everyone know the KIND of alarm, and the directional tone to let people know WHERE to look
"Hoot chsssh, Hoot Chsssh"
If you look at the streaming video, the had a standard fire alarm going off, with the EXIT marked with the "chsssh" You follow the "chsssh"
The most dangerous place in Washington is between Chuck Schumer and a camera. He will do anything to get some publicity. Look at his record. He's worse than Hillary
The problem is that ORIGINALLY (back in late June when I sumbitted this story and it was rejected) they were saying that your Reply-To: also had to point to a Verizon domain! They have since clarified that this is NOT so, but by then, I had changed over to Roadrunner, so who cares
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Gee,
I tried Peapod about 2 years ago, and got the same service you now get. I placed my first order, and it was only 40% complete. They would not even bring the groceries INSIDE, but left them on the front porch.
There is one problem with multicast. It's very unreliable. A lot of IOS versions have bugs with it.
I'm a developer who has an app that uses Multicast. We have to fight to get the routers configured correctly all the time. I doubt you'll see most routers out there setup correctly
OK, Moore's law will solve a lot of the problems, but not all of them. One of the big problems is gathering input data! We have this huge system to model, and we only have datapoints every few hundred miles. The air column goes up 10s of thousands of feet. Even if the govt put a gound station on a grid of 10 miles on a side, you still have to send up weather ballons to get readings of the air column (Temp, humidity, winds aloft etc) all the way up.
So, there are HUGE holes in the data. Makes it hard to make a model
Your exactly right - What we have seen with SUVs is the law of Unintended Consequences.
People will always find a way to get what they want. Ban SUVs? Sure, and the next thing you know, people will drive 2 ton trucks, that until this point have been used for business
Slashdot Mirror
Nope, I haven't designed bridges, but have designed bridge cranes (and had my design checked by my boss). Bridge cranes really age a lot like bridges in theory, but they move around.
I've also designed electronics (Including firmware)
I'd say, in order of difficulty (assuming you are in the same part of the technology curve of each technology)
1) a Bridge
and then tied - electronics and Software, and a LOT of the problems in electonics come down to firmware problems (Hard Realtime is "fun"). That said, I'd dare some folks to trace out common noise problems in a prototype high density switching power supply (and the stuff you see in a PC power supply isn't high density)
I'm a bit older than most of the folks here, and have had some fun over the years. I've gotten to recreate the Tech revolution. I started with steel working/machine shop work (which is still a hobby), went on to electronics, and am now a programmer. I've gotten to see how all these tie together, and trust me, they do
As others have pointed out, the US is deliberately not telling the UN the right orbits.
Hate to sound like a right wing wacko, but where does it say in the Constitution that the US listens to the UN? We can (not saying we should) tell the UN to pound sand. A significant number of Americans believe we should. Guess what, they vote that way, too.
The GOOD news in New York State is that both the State Assembly and State Senate have passed anti light pollution bill. It's waiting for the Govs signature. It requires full cutoff lights on Govt projects, and outlaws light trespass
The big problem with sending out the patch to "Registered" users is this - I'll give high odds that MOST copies of NT/Win2K running at home are pirate copies. Ditto the copies running in China - Between the 2, you are talking about the majority of the still infected boxes out there
I don't think it's a good idea, BUT, as I said, it CAN be done
The thing is they CAN seize you and force you to take medicine IF you are determined (Usually by 2 doctors) to be a danger to yourself or others. Ever hear the term "Involuntary Commitment"
There ARE times when you are forced to do things
The company I work for has SOME Aerons around - The .com division has them, as well as some others, so I've gotten to try them, and I don't like them, FOR ME.
Back when I was working from home, I went out and looked at chairs - LOTS of chairs. I don't remember the brand I bought, but for about $300 I got a chair that fits ME, which is all that counts
Or turn OFF IIS totally before you connect and download the patch - No IIS running, no way to exploit it - run the patch THEN turn IIS on - no big deal
In today's economic climate? One that has jobs
Not only gaming. There _ARE_ other CPU bound tasks. True, not many users out there are doing them, but they are out there.
Someone brought up computational fluid dynamics - I'll bring up large statistical analysis problems, where large mainframes take a week, never mind many days to do a subset of the problem on a PC
- Peopleware
But I'll add some more:- Are Your Lights On?
- Becoming a Technical Leader
- Creating a Software Engineering Culture
- Designing Quality Databases with IDEF1X Information Models
- An Introduction to General Systems Thinking: Silver Anniversary Edition
- Managing Expectations: Working with People Who Want More, Better, Faster, Sooner, NOW!
You'll notice that a LOT of these books are by Weinberg - You can also add all four volumes of "Quality Software Management" once the developer gets a bit more advanced You'll notice a pattern here - Not ONE of these books is about a particular language. They are about HOW to develop projects. Language books go out of date - FAST. Books on HOW to be a programmer LAST, some of these books have been in publication for more than 25 years and are not out of date.Yes, Harsh - BTW I just did a cut and paste without checking (oops)
"My dear lady, you can pass any laws you like. If they are reasonable, I'll obey them. If not, I'll ignore them."
(from "The moon is a hash mistress")
The way the site demos (but doesn't SAY) you get around this problem is by combining sounds. For instance, let's say you have a standard "alarm Hooter" - You play the hooter to let everyone know the KIND of alarm, and the directional tone to let people know WHERE to look
"Hoot chsssh, Hoot Chsssh"
If you look at the streaming video, the had a standard fire alarm going off, with the EXIT marked with the "chsssh" You follow the "chsssh"
The most dangerous place in Washington is between Chuck Schumer and a camera. He will do anything to get some publicity. Look at his record. He's worse than Hillary
The problem is that ORIGINALLY (back in late June when I sumbitted this story and it was rejected) they were saying that your Reply-To: also had to point to a Verizon domain! They have since clarified that this is NOT so, but by then, I had changed over to Roadrunner, so who cares
True - I was not counting old weapons, small weapons etc. I was just trying to point out that fusion systems exist
WRONG
They have all been fission/fusion hybrids - Fission as the trigger to ignite the hydrogen FUSION device
Twas in briefs
Gee,
I tried Peapod about 2 years ago, and got the same service you now get. I placed my first order, and it was only 40% complete. They would not even bring the groceries INSIDE, but left them on the front porch.
It was my first and last order
When someplace I don't want to give my address to asks, I have a simple answer
George Bush
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
(Of course, it used to be "William Clinton" until January - I wonder how many Radio Shack catalogs he gets )
Actually, the WORST thing you can do is kick off that remote format!
What you have just done is subject the company to an obstruction of justice charge. Much better to take your civil lumps
There is one problem with multicast. It's very unreliable. A lot of IOS versions have bugs with it.
I'm a developer who has an app that uses Multicast. We have to fight to get the routers configured correctly all the time. I doubt you'll see most routers out there setup correctly
OK, Moore's law will solve a lot of the problems, but not all of them. One of the big problems is gathering input data! We have this huge system to model, and we only have datapoints every few hundred miles. The air column goes up 10s of thousands of feet. Even if the govt put a gound station on a grid of 10 miles on a side, you still have to send up weather ballons to get readings of the air column (Temp, humidity, winds aloft etc) all the way up.
So, there are HUGE holes in the data. Makes it hard to make a model
Your exactly right - What we have seen with SUVs is the law of Unintended Consequences.
People will always find a way to get what they want. Ban SUVs? Sure, and the next thing you know, people will drive 2 ton trucks, that until this point have been used for business
Ban those? There is always Tractor Trail cabs