And before I'm flamed...Yes, I know this isn't a prospectus for a government program. But, it has the definite 'feel' of a government program. It simply wouldn't fly anywhere near Las Vegas.
After having lived in both NM and Las Vegas, I can contrast and compare the two fully. Where NM is sparse and full of local communities; the surrounding Las Vegas area is jam packed with people. (Problematic if you truly want a ghost town.) The real crux, how ever, is that NM has much more progressive policies. NM has tons of science all around the state. Los Alamos was built to design the nuclear bomb. It also has a nuclear waste repository (WIPP), a world-class tech/engineering college (NMT), Sandia National Lab, and so on. Las Vegas/Nevada just got done kicking a nuclear waste repository out of town (YMP). For that matter, UNLV saw its endowment reduced from $500 million to slightly more than $100 million*. UNLV's had to cut entire academic departments! It's obvious to me. If you want to do science or something kin to a government project, then NM is the place for you. Las Vegas has many policies that are pro-business, but it's political atmosphere generally rejects anything scientifically progressive or just 'governmental'. Las Vegas would prefer to see another large investment bank open up shop than have, heaven forbid, any scientific, federal projects.
1.) print off their coverage map 2.) see if it blends 3.) force them to separate into one company per blended piece of coverage map 4.) everything else that guy just said
Reward everybody involved by breaking them up into 2 companies each (at least)! Sprint, AT&T, and T-mobile. Hell, throw in verizon and anyone else I'm forgetting just for good measure...
Oh, mainline culture. The cynical part of me has a hard time believing 'mainline culture' will long have a respect and desire to read. But I'm solely talking about major metropolis in the US when I say that. With the way I see people rudely crowding and going about their business here, I have to wonder how anyone manages to focus and get work done.
Anyway, I know eink's refresh rate sucks for anything but 'still media' (books, photographs). But, when I had my first LCD, it was painful to play video games on. At some points and in some ways, it was even a stretch to game on an LCD. But no one has that problem anymore. Baring some underlying scientific problems, technological progress should lower eink's refresh rates.
Ahh, but technological costs are a moving factor. It might be quite a while before e-ink is so ubiquitous that publishing books in e-ink, devoted books. But, give it a century and it may be possible. My guess is that, by then, any refresh issues wont be a factor (either because something will replace e-ink or e-ink will advance).
So...what's the average price for a 30w commercial laser cutter? How about a comparable 1w laser diode + driver system?
My laser knowledge is probably outdated since I've read old texts on laser experiments. But, last I knew, laser diodes aren't always 'true lasers' like, say, a gas laser. Something about how the waveform varies too much between exiting photons. What I've read, and please inform me, is that diodes can't be used for all experiments.
There's so much more to math outside of a math minor. What's that require, maybe ONE proof class? That shouldn't qualify anyone to put "math" on their piece of paper. (This is more of a rant against people who think a minor in math is going to impress anyone - it shouldn't/won't.)
You want to really experience math? Take real analysis at the senior or, preferably, graduate level. Stick that on your resume' and smoke it.
Wow, I've heard of Phds causing people to be considered over qualified - but I've never heard of them dropping them from their resume's! That's truly a messed-up position...
Sorry, I can't read all of your comment (caffeine), but it really sounds like you need to move and learn to think in 'bigger numbers'. You've got to apply to 100 "dream jobs" (and possibly more) before you get 1 dream job. There's only one way to achieve that level of application: apply everywhere (cities and companies). If you can't move out of whatever city you're in then find whatever hires there and do that. You can't dictate where you want to live, how much you want to be paid, and what work you want to do, all at the same time. You're lucky if you get to chose one of those options.
Two years after that I advised my doctor whose son wanted to go into aerospace engineering to tell him to instead go into accounting. The US's plethora of regulations plus insane tax code insure that that role is required by every business (big and small) in the country.
Yes, there will always be lawyers, accountants, 'administrators' (today's term for secretaries), and so on.
I guess that's what's always kept me from considering a degree in any kind of computer science/engineering. The field just seems inherently unstable. I bet the same's true for engineering disciplines. But, then, most of the undergraduate level of my field of study (mathematics) has remained constant for quite a while. (I'm guessing centuries, since even complex analysis is more than a century 'old' (in years) and many mathematicians I've met consider complex analysis 'new'.)
My understanding is that, while related, general relativity requires tensor analysis (aka vector calculus). Special relativity can be thought of as a 'correction' to Newton's laws of motion. General relativity is more kin to 'altering the topology of the universe' (lack of a better phrase).
prerequisites: calc I and II
Math for special relativity: -linear algebra (possibly modern algebra) good pdf: http://www.math.rochester.edu/people/faculty/chaessig/students/Adams(S10).pdf
Math for general relativity: -vector/tensor calculus (class after calc III) -(optional) complex analysis (adding the point at infinity gives you a rough idea of how topologies can be manipulated/changed. The business of finding poles and using the location of poles in integral domains might help to form some intuition, I'm not sure.)
As pointed out elsewhere, go straight to the source, as well. You'll want to study more than just Einstein's papers, possibly.
I seem to remember a physics colloquium speaker discussing the likely energies for the higgs-boson back in 2005-6. He made it sound unlikely that it would be seen at any of the energies created at the LHC. It could require a much, much more massive particle accelerator to find the HB.
Yeah, yeah, diamonds aren't rare and we can even build them to whatever size in the lab.
But, what's a rock, that's not a diamond, that a girl's likely to be proud of (i.e. it looks pretty and is as expensive).
I know you can get rubies and what have you in any size, but they don't have the same marketing power. What I'm thinking of is a rock/mineral that's rare and primarily only known about by geologists.
I agree. I loved playing with the iPad in the Apple Store...but I just can't pony up $500+ for it. Not when I could get a decent to good laptop for that price.
Maybe the ipad makes more sense if you don't have a laptop or have some reason to not carry one around...
Slashdot Mirror
So... what If I'm a nice guy, let them search, and they find nothing?
They get the geek squad guys to plant something.
Oddly, ebay's the last place I think to look. I was thinking more like a retail outlet. Wow, that's wild. Thanks!
Do you have a link, please? I looked yesterday, but found only places that didn't list prices. (That usually means $$$$.)
And before I'm flamed...Yes, I know this isn't a prospectus for a government program. But, it has the definite 'feel' of a government program. It simply wouldn't fly anywhere near Las Vegas.
After having lived in both NM and Las Vegas, I can contrast and compare the two fully. Where NM is sparse and full of local communities; the surrounding Las Vegas area is jam packed with people. (Problematic if you truly want a ghost town.) The real crux, how ever, is that NM has much more progressive policies. NM has tons of science all around the state. Los Alamos was built to design the nuclear bomb. It also has a nuclear waste repository (WIPP), a world-class tech/engineering college (NMT), Sandia National Lab, and so on. Las Vegas/Nevada just got done kicking a nuclear waste repository out of town (YMP). For that matter, UNLV saw its endowment reduced from $500 million to slightly more than $100 million*. UNLV's had to cut entire academic departments! It's obvious to me. If you want to do science or something kin to a government project, then NM is the place for you. Las Vegas has many policies that are pro-business, but it's political atmosphere generally rejects anything scientifically progressive or just 'governmental'. Las Vegas would prefer to see another large investment bank open up shop than have, heaven forbid, any scientific, federal projects.
*IIRC
Solaria here we come!
...and if they complain, offer to:
1.) print off their coverage map
2.) see if it blends
3.) force them to separate into one company per blended piece of coverage map
4.) everything else that guy just said
Reward everybody involved by breaking them up into 2 companies each (at least)! Sprint, AT&T, and T-mobile. Hell, throw in verizon and anyone else I'm forgetting just for good measure...
Herfindahl and Hirschman would be proud.
Oh, mainline culture. The cynical part of me has a hard time believing 'mainline culture' will long have a respect and desire to read. But I'm solely talking about major metropolis in the US when I say that. With the way I see people rudely crowding and going about their business here, I have to wonder how anyone manages to focus and get work done.
Anyway, I know eink's refresh rate sucks for anything but 'still media' (books, photographs). But, when I had my first LCD, it was painful to play video games on. At some points and in some ways, it was even a stretch to game on an LCD. But no one has that problem anymore. Baring some underlying scientific problems, technological progress should lower eink's refresh rates.
Ahh, but technological costs are a moving factor. It might be quite a while before e-ink is so ubiquitous that publishing books in e-ink, devoted books. But, give it a century and it may be possible. My guess is that, by then, any refresh issues wont be a factor (either because something will replace e-ink or e-ink will advance).
But, then, we're all tossing darts at a board.
So...what's the average price for a 30w commercial laser cutter? How about a comparable 1w laser diode + driver system?
My laser knowledge is probably outdated since I've read old texts on laser experiments. But, last I knew, laser diodes aren't always 'true lasers' like, say, a gas laser. Something about how the waveform varies too much between exiting photons. What I've read, and please inform me, is that diodes can't be used for all experiments.
I can't wait for my color-eink iPod Touch/iPad.
There's so much more to math outside of a math minor. What's that require, maybe ONE proof class? That shouldn't qualify anyone to put "math" on their piece of paper. (This is more of a rant against people who think a minor in math is going to impress anyone - it shouldn't/won't.)
You want to really experience math? Take real analysis at the senior or, preferably, graduate level. Stick that on your resume' and smoke it.
Wow, I've heard of Phds causing people to be considered over qualified - but I've never heard of them dropping them from their resume's! That's truly a messed-up position...
Sorry, I can't read all of your comment (caffeine), but it really sounds like you need to move and learn to think in 'bigger numbers'. You've got to apply to 100 "dream jobs" (and possibly more) before you get 1 dream job. There's only one way to achieve that level of application: apply everywhere (cities and companies). If you can't move out of whatever city you're in then find whatever hires there and do that. You can't dictate where you want to live, how much you want to be paid, and what work you want to do, all at the same time. You're lucky if you get to chose one of those options.
Two years after that I advised my doctor whose son wanted to go into aerospace engineering to tell him to instead go into accounting. The US's plethora of regulations plus insane tax code insure that that role is required by every business (big and small) in the country.
Yes, there will always be lawyers, accountants, 'administrators' (today's term for secretaries), and so on.
I guess that's what's always kept me from considering a degree in any kind of computer science/engineering. The field just seems inherently unstable. I bet the same's true for engineering disciplines. But, then, most of the undergraduate level of my field of study (mathematics) has remained constant for quite a while. (I'm guessing centuries, since even complex analysis is more than a century 'old' (in years) and many mathematicians I've met consider complex analysis 'new'.)
Finally, a computer your mom can afford!
FTA: "Scale is too strong to use on a living animal"
Yeah, I thought the same thing. It'd be kind of cool to see a transparent mouse. (If also disturbing.)
I use the term "correction" in the mathematical sense; a correction is the exact opposite of an approximation.
My understanding is that, while related, general relativity requires tensor analysis (aka vector calculus). Special relativity can be thought of as a 'correction' to Newton's laws of motion. General relativity is more kin to 'altering the topology of the universe' (lack of a better phrase).
prerequisites:
calc I and II
Math for special relativity:
-linear algebra (possibly modern algebra)
good pdf:
http://www.math.rochester.edu/people/faculty/chaessig/students/Adams(S10).pdf
Math for general relativity:
-vector/tensor calculus (class after calc III)
-(optional) complex analysis (adding the point at infinity gives you a rough idea of how topologies can be manipulated/changed. The business of finding poles and using the location of poles in integral domains might help to form some intuition, I'm not sure.)
As pointed out elsewhere, go straight to the source, as well. You'll want to study more than just Einstein's papers, possibly.
He asked about general relativity. IIRC, general requires much more math than special. Special relativity can be handled by linear algebra very well.
For instance:
http://www.math.rochester.edu/people/faculty/chaessig/students/Adams(S10).pdf
I seem to remember a physics colloquium speaker discussing the likely energies for the higgs-boson back in 2005-6. He made it sound unlikely that it would be seen at any of the energies created at the LHC. It could require a much, much more massive particle accelerator to find the HB.
Yeah, yeah, diamonds aren't rare and we can even build them to whatever size in the lab.
But, what's a rock, that's not a diamond, that a girl's likely to be proud of (i.e. it looks pretty and is as expensive).
I know you can get rubies and what have you in any size, but they don't have the same marketing power. What I'm thinking of is a rock/mineral that's rare and primarily only known about by geologists.
I honestly doubt my high school, undergrad, and grad years would have been as geeky w/o slashdot.
Thanks, Taco, maybe now I can find a girlfriend and stop being bullied by the jocks!
I agree. I loved playing with the iPad in the Apple Store...but I just can't pony up $500+ for it. Not when I could get a decent to good laptop for that price.
Maybe the ipad makes more sense if you don't have a laptop or have some reason to not carry one around...