He wasn't referring to a WRX. The link is for the vishnu evo from c&d's super car challenge. The evo had about 20k in upgrades. The test included standing 0-60, quarter mile, road course, and braking distance from 150mph. There was also a recent article in CAR magazine that put the bran new Evo VIII MR FQ-400 up against a pagani zonda. Yes, it's a totally rediculous comparison, but the lap times were scary close. I'm not saying the evo is a supercar. It mostly certainly is not.
To put it another way, the BBC show TopGear has a test track (designed by some lotus folks) that they've been testing loads of UK-spec cars on. The Evo MR FQ-320 (a uk only car) finished a few seconds of ahead of both the M3 and the Z8.
A 3-point harness will allow your head to move to the center of the car in a rollover. A 4 point harness will hold you in place. If the roof collapses, the weight will be transferred to your head and neck.
And unwrapped harness can be very dangerous on the street as you probably don't wear a helmet when going to get groceries.
While this is true, the book makes a very important point. A lot of vehicles are over engineered. The example Mr. Vespremi gives is a the mkiv supra which can make twice the factory rated power pretty easily. Since the argument has turned to low-cost japanese cars, lets look at those. Case in point, mitsubishi evolution. Most people look and see a 10k econobox lancer, but that's really not what it is.
1) It has an iron block and forged internals. LOTS of people are making >400whp, reliably, with the stock bottom end.
2) It has been detuned for the us market. It must meet california emmissions (as well as crappy 91 octane fuel) _and_ it must be cheap enough to be considered by us buyers. For example, the top-of-the-line UK market Evo VII MR FQ-400 (400bhp) lists at nearly US$80k after currency conversion.
Here's one thing I will give you, though. At the end of the day, I'm driving a mitsubishi. You're driving a porsche. Wanna trade:)
Actually, no. O, Omega, and Theta are asymptotic analysis of function growth. Technically speaking, they have nothing to do with algorithms. But they_are_ useful to compare functions we use to describe the performance of algorithms.
We say that that mergesort is O(n lg n ). What we really mean is that some function f(n) that describes the runtime of merge is O(n lg n). Which means for all input, the f(n) will be within a constant of n lg n. Now this constant can be very large, which is why everybody uses quicksort most of the time.
If you have two sort algorithms, one is O(n^2), another O(n), you'd want to implement/use the O(n) one; you can see at a glance just which algorithm is the better of the two.
Not always. Sometimes the decision whether to use bucket sort (O(n)) of quicksort (O(n^2)) can be very difficult.
If it grows exponentially (brute force matrix
multiplicition), it is O(n^2).
Sorry bro. O(n^2) is polynomial. see. n^2 is a polynomial. order 2 actually. For what it's worth, the naive matrix multiply algorithm is O(n^3). an exponential algorithm, like writing all the N digit binary numbers would be O(2^n).
Courses topics found most useful: discrete structures (graph theory, number theory, combinatorics), real analysis, differential equations.
To become a good programmer, make sure you take classes that require _projects_. Real, term long, projects. If you want to understand how things work, write an OS kernel. Write a compiler. Don't get caught up so much on learning this language or that. I found that as I started working on projects, I picked the language expertise up quickly.
Don't be afraid to take graduate classes when you meet the prerequistes. It may not be easy, but force your way in.
That's what Qualtity of Service is for. Slowly throttle back the bandwidth allocated to "non-critical" IT tasks. This doesn't need a major change in the admin mindset, it's just good management.
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What happened to Gran Turismo 4?
Well I wouldn't call an M3 owner an idiot. It still handles beautifully and is way more comfortable.
donour
your->you're
leat->least
I've your significantly outhandling my Evo and Elise, then you must be driving something than I can never, ever afford.
And I at leat hope you change your timing belt before 150k miles.
donour
donour
Hm...So you're saying that my 4cyclinder import should have two engines!? That sounds like something I saw at the chicago auto show last year.
From the class you're thinking, there a many other cars I would also consider to have tuning potential: Caddy CTS-V, Vipers, GTOs... d
He wasn't referring to a WRX. The link is for the vishnu evo from c&d's super car challenge. The evo had about 20k in upgrades. The test included standing 0-60, quarter mile, road course, and braking distance from 150mph. There was also a recent article in CAR magazine that put the bran new Evo VIII MR FQ-400 up against a pagani zonda. Yes, it's a totally rediculous comparison, but the lap times were scary close. I'm not saying the evo is a supercar. It mostly certainly is not.
To put it another way, the BBC show TopGear has a test track (designed by some lotus folks) that they've been testing loads of UK-spec cars on. The Evo MR FQ-320 (a uk only car) finished a few seconds of ahead of both the M3 and the Z8.
donour
"degrees in nuclear science"
;)
um...Back when I was studying, they called that physics.
donour
In the case yes...except for people in the back seat.
donour
unwrapped rollcage -- not harness.
A 3-point harness will allow your head to move to the center of the car in a rollover. A 4 point harness will hold you in place. If the roof collapses, the weight will be transferred to your head and neck.
And unwrapped harness can be very dangerous on the street as you probably don't wear a helmet when going to get groceries.
donour
"Ask Car and Driver, that particular Lancer EVO pumps nearly 500 horsepower out of it's 4 banger." .... on pump gas....
:)
donour
While this is true, the book makes a very important point. A lot of vehicles are over engineered. The example Mr. Vespremi gives is a the mkiv supra which can make twice the factory rated power pretty easily. Since the argument has turned to low-cost japanese cars, lets look at those. Case in point, mitsubishi evolution. Most people look and see a 10k econobox lancer, but that's really not what it is.
:)
1) It has an iron block and forged internals. LOTS of people are making >400whp, reliably, with the stock bottom end.
2) It has been detuned for the us market. It must meet california emmissions (as well as crappy 91 octane fuel) _and_ it must be cheap enough to be considered by us buyers. For example, the top-of-the-line UK market Evo VII MR FQ-400 (400bhp) lists at nearly US$80k after currency conversion. Here's one thing I will give you, though. At the end of the day, I'm driving a mitsubishi. You're driving a porsche. Wanna trade
donour
So you're saying a lotus elise, with its puny 190bhp, is not high-performance? donour
Actually, no. O, Omega, and Theta are asymptotic analysis of function growth. Technically speaking, they have nothing to do with algorithms. But they_are_ useful to compare functions we use to describe the performance of algorithms.
We say that that mergesort is O(n lg n ). What we really mean is that some function f(n) that describes the runtime of merge is O(n lg n). Which means for all input, the f(n) will be within a constant of n lg n. Now this constant can be very large, which is why everybody uses quicksort most of the time.
If you have two sort algorithms, one is O(n^2), another O(n), you'd want to implement/use the O(n) one; you can see at a glance just which algorithm is the better of the two.
Not always. Sometimes the decision whether to use bucket sort (O(n)) of quicksort (O(n^2)) can be very difficult.
If it grows exponentially (brute force matrix
multiplicition), it is O(n^2).
Sorry bro. O(n^2) is polynomial. see. n^2 is a polynomial. order 2 actually. For what it's worth, the naive matrix multiply algorithm is O(n^3). an exponential algorithm, like writing all the N digit binary numbers would be O(2^n).
Courses topics found most useful: discrete structures (graph theory, number theory, combinatorics), real analysis, differential equations. To become a good programmer, make sure you take classes that require _projects_. Real, term long, projects. If you want to understand how things work, write an OS kernel. Write a compiler. Don't get caught up so much on learning this language or that. I found that as I started working on projects, I picked the language expertise up quickly. Don't be afraid to take graduate classes when you meet the prerequistes. It may not be easy, but force your way in.
For the moment, Sun has opteron servers at a fairly decent price. Don't count 'em out just yet.
people video tape the police all the time. http://www.copwatch.com/
Congrats Tridg
Public Library?
That's what Qualtity of Service is for. Slowly throttle back the bandwidth allocated to "non-critical" IT tasks. This doesn't need a major change in the admin mindset, it's just good management.
it's in opt. CD3, I believe
Yes it does. jet, not rocket.
good call.