VHDL the language may not be specific, but to properly use/take advantage of an FPGA architecure it must be specifically targeted. Writing VHDL for implementation ( and not just simulation) requires targeting the specific final implentation (FPGA, CPLD, VLSI) and even the specific brand/type/etc.
FPGA designs require dynamic processes (so that they can be reprogrammed) and highly regular, repetative, and predicatable implementation. That does NOT make them easier to change process with. Unlike memory/processors that can be reclocked or relabeled, the FPGA needs to be as exact as possible to get proper functionality out of it.
If you want a good "Getting started with Hardware Design" I suggest attending a university for a Computer or Electrical Engineering degree.
Coding VHDL for HW implementation is NOT easy, its not just VHDL->Synthesis->DONE. There is tons of testing and retesting to determine if it synthesized right, if its timed right, if its functional under all inputs/circumstances. Getting a properly simulated and funciontal VHDL design (in the synthesizable VHDL subset that is) is only step ONE of a design. You then have to get a design that is still functional that will synthesize. Then you have to get a design that is still functional that synthesizes that performs correctly.
Its not the kind of thing that you can learn in 21 days from a Sams publishing book.
GSM in Europe/world is 800 or 1800 mhz, GSM in the states is 1900 MHZ because 800 & 1800 are already taken for government use.
You have to have a tri-mode phone to work both Europe & the states, most European companies sell dual mode phones (800/1800) since few of their customers travel to the states.
The problem isn't the US GSM system, its your phone, my GSM phone works fine here in the US.
Yea, because "Cure Disease" is an easy, simple thing to do that we just refuse to because we're too busy killing people.
The Hungry have people TAKING food from them, there isn't a problem with enough or getting it to them (except for that last step).
Space doesn't have enough tangible benefits to it.
War is the other tool of diplomacy, if we (America) can be better at it, better equiped, better trained, and better informed then anyone else then we have a leg up in everything. And the problem with an extra-American hyper technology-driven society is that Japan is still routinely ignored by the slashdot crowd.
I've heard from my friends in the financial market (including several VERY sucessful stock brokers) that econmic inpacts from government take several years to show anything.
Anything that happened under Clinton either was caused by the previous president, or at the BEGINNING of his term.
We're currently seeing the effect of Clinton-lead government policy (and those attacks) in our economy.
Bush has little to do with it right now. Yell about it in 5 years.
I'm tired of this bashing the american cell phone network like we're just too stupid to get it. The American market is DIFFERENT. And American consumers just don't CARE about having tiny cameras and streaming video on their cell phone. Its not a technology problem. Its that American consumers don't want it. So why should the network support it?
Not different talents! The genetics were for abilities / proclivities. Not "Hey we just turned on the astronaut gene!" but the MOVIE was "Hey, we just upped his physical ability genes, and these genes will help make him smarter"
EASY You only have to have enough bandwidth to send the file to one person. That person can then share (AUTOMATICALLY) the file, even while they themselves are downloading it. If more than one person has a file you can download the same file from many people. Very fast.
Sorry to spoil it Katz but this movie was obviously not meant to be serious. It was a silly movie with a couple of laughs and no dull moments. Sure its full of plots holes, cheesy lines, and predictable behavior. But its still entertaining.
Take a group of friends, wait a week till the crowd dies down, and go MST3k it. FunOne
Connect to a server, search from the server (anyone can run a server) files are downloaded from multiple people at once and download locations are searched for across servers. Servers shared the IPs of other known servers.
Well, its both. Animals that are prey'd on usually have farther apart set eyes so they can watch their backs easier. Predators usually have closer set eyes for a large area of high quality vision. So we can see detail and judge distances/speeds. FunOne
You have to deal with:
Variable availibility
Lost packets
Out-of-order packets
Connecting players
Cheating (you can reduce bandwidth by doing more client side, but then you have to trust the client more) FunOne
I contend that Seti@home is trivial. My guess is that any civilization capable of interstellar travel has developed a faster-than-lightspeed communication device.
Besides, thats 73GigeFlops on its internal execution units, and its a purely theoretical number. For all we know that measurement is made on some ultra-simple operation they have several execution units for, or perhaps its a calculation based on if every execution unit was processing data.
Besides if you need ultra-power for scientific computing there are a number of high performance ASICs out there. FunOne
FSAA basically applies a very pretty blur to the entire picture. What he's saying is that instead of affecting the entire image, you only need to smooth out the polygon edges, or only those edges that occur on a signifigant color shift. (Building against sky)
The thing is, can you do this detection and selective blur faster than you can the entire image (which is basically run at 2x the resolution and resize downward). FunOne
Just not in sales, Nintendo made the best HW platform availible. It was the licensing and media format of the N64 that hurt it so badly. While the playstation was printing games and discs for about a dollar each Nintendo was forced to make expensive memory carts. That and the size limits of the carts and Nintendo's very strict policies drove game makers to the other platform. FunOne
No, modelling gets tougher if you try to do it all.
Most things are done programmably. Instead of adding each hair by hand you set some settings and define where they should be. Or you define some control points and the NURBs engine renders the polys. Or you define how much snow is falling from where and how fast and the system calculates all the collisions. And a million other effects that create massive polys that do NOT take a long time to create. (Relativly speaking) FunOne
Speed up, ok:
Stuck behind a truck hualing something that looks likes it about to fall out, you'd have to speed up and pass them.
You start to cross a street and somone shoots over a hill doing 2x the speed limit, your only option is to gun it and get out of their way. Hitting your brakes only makes it worse.
I've had to speed to get past cars in other lanes so that I can change lanes. Where I live there a number of slow (old) drivers, if I dont hit the engine and get around them there is no chance of find a hole behind them to change into.
What about other cars that CANT stop. Trucks cant stop on a dime. Hitting your brakes with a truck behind you instead of gunning it and moving on will cause an even bigger accident than you tried to avoid. FunOne
Isn't ironic that same people who yelled about the dirty tactics and half-truths of tobacco advertising are the ones who sponser and run 'The Truth.' It too is half-truths and blame shifting, just now its coming from another source.
If you're too dumn to realise that sucking the smoke from fire into your body is bad, well, thats what natural selection is for. FunOne
Its a combination of false advertisment and not wanting to go to jail. If you cant produce proof that the girl in 'High school gang bang' was over 18 then they'll throw you in jail. Of course, saying they're under 18 and lying will get you in trouble too, first they'll come and ask you why shes under 18, you say shes over, then they ask you why you said that on the box. FunOne
Just treat any modern form of IP (DVD, software, music) like you would old world IP, a book.
Can I make copies of my book for myself? Yes.
Can I take my book apart? Yes.
Can I modify my book? Yes.
Can I loan my book out? Yes.
Can I read my book in any order? Yes.
Can I read my book when I want? Yes.
Look at all the HORRIBLE things I can do with books, and yet I dont see people claiming that modern copy machines are hurting book sales.
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VHDL the language may not be specific, but to properly use/take advantage of an FPGA architecure it must be specifically targeted. Writing VHDL for implementation ( and not just simulation) requires targeting the specific final implentation (FPGA, CPLD, VLSI) and even the specific brand/type/etc.
FPGA designs require dynamic processes (so that they can be reprogrammed) and highly regular, repetative, and predicatable implementation. That does NOT make them easier to change process with. Unlike memory/processors that can be reclocked or relabeled, the FPGA needs to be as exact as possible to get proper functionality out of it.
If you want a good "Getting started with Hardware Design" I suggest attending a university for a Computer or Electrical Engineering degree.
Coding VHDL for HW implementation is NOT easy, its not just VHDL->Synthesis->DONE. There is tons of testing and retesting to determine if it synthesized right, if its timed right, if its functional under all inputs/circumstances. Getting a properly simulated and funciontal VHDL design (in the synthesizable VHDL subset that is) is only step ONE of a design. You then have to get a design that is still functional that will synthesize. Then you have to get a design that is still functional that synthesizes that performs correctly.
Its not the kind of thing that you can learn in 21 days from a Sams publishing book.
GSM in Europe/world is 800 or 1800 mhz, GSM in the states is 1900 MHZ because 800 & 1800 are already taken for government use.
You have to have a tri-mode phone to work both Europe & the states, most European companies sell dual mode phones (800/1800) since few of their customers travel to the states.
The problem isn't the US GSM system, its your phone, my GSM phone works fine here in the US.
The Hungry have people TAKING food from them, there isn't a problem with enough or getting it to them (except for that last step).
Space doesn't have enough tangible benefits to it.
War is the other tool of diplomacy, if we (America) can be better at it, better equiped, better trained, and better informed then anyone else then we have a leg up in everything. And the problem with an extra-American hyper technology-driven society is that Japan is still routinely ignored by the slashdot crowd.
I've heard from my friends in the financial market (including several VERY sucessful stock brokers) that econmic inpacts from government take several years to show anything.
Anything that happened under Clinton either was caused by the previous president, or at the BEGINNING of his term.
We're currently seeing the effect of Clinton-lead government policy (and those attacks) in our economy.
Bush has little to do with it right now. Yell about it in 5 years.
I'm tired of this bashing the american cell phone network like we're just too stupid to get it. The American market is DIFFERENT. And American consumers just don't CARE about having tiny cameras and streaming video on their cell phone. Its not a technology problem. Its that American consumers don't want it. So why should the network support it?
I ordered mine from Amazon as soon as I read the article in Wired, I'm getting my copy tomorrow. (Wed)
Not different talents! The genetics were for abilities / proclivities. Not "Hey we just turned on the astronaut gene!" but the MOVIE was "Hey, we just upped his physical ability genes, and these genes will help make him smarter"
EASY You only have to have enough bandwidth to send the file to one person. That person can then share (AUTOMATICALLY) the file, even while they themselves are downloading it. If more than one person has a file you can download the same file from many people. Very fast.
http://www.eDonkey2000.com
FunOne
Sorry to spoil it Katz but this movie was obviously not meant to be serious. It was a silly movie with a couple of laughs and no dull moments. Sure its full of plots holes, cheesy lines, and predictable behavior. But its still entertaining.
Take a group of friends, wait a week till the crowd dies down, and go MST3k it.
FunOne
Thats is a myth, glass is a solid.
Glass doesn't 'pour' you see that effect in old windows, etc, because they were badly made.
FunOne
edonkey Http://www.eDonkey2000.org
Connect to a server, search from the server (anyone can run a server) files are downloaded from multiple people at once and download locations are searched for across servers. Servers shared the IPs of other known servers.
It works pretty damn well.
FunOne
Well, its both. Animals that are prey'd on usually have farther apart set eyes so they can watch their backs easier. Predators usually have closer set eyes for a large area of high quality vision. So we can see detail and judge distances/speeds.
FunOne
http://www.eDonkey2000.org
Distributed file sharing. Download from multiple people. Download from people downloading themselves.
FunOne
when you oversimplify the problem.
You have to deal with:
Variable availibility
Lost packets
Out-of-order packets
Connecting players
Cheating (you can reduce bandwidth by doing more client side, but then you have to trust the client more)
FunOne
I contend that Seti@home is trivial. My guess is that any civilization capable of interstellar travel has developed a faster-than-lightspeed communication device.
Besides, thats 73GigeFlops on its internal execution units, and its a purely theoretical number. For all we know that measurement is made on some ultra-simple operation they have several execution units for, or perhaps its a calculation based on if every execution unit was processing data.
Besides if you need ultra-power for scientific computing there are a number of high performance ASICs out there.
FunOne
FSAA basically applies a very pretty blur to the entire picture. What he's saying is that instead of affecting the entire image, you only need to smooth out the polygon edges, or only those edges that occur on a signifigant color shift. (Building against sky)
The thing is, can you do this detection and selective blur faster than you can the entire image (which is basically run at 2x the resolution and resize downward).
FunOne
<sarcasm>
Why dont we just give girls a 10x multiplier in games?
Or minorities??
</sarmcasm>
I cant win against everyone, lets narrow the field.
FunOne
Just not in sales, Nintendo made the best HW platform availible. It was the licensing and media format of the N64 that hurt it so badly. While the playstation was printing games and discs for about a dollar each Nintendo was forced to make expensive memory carts. That and the size limits of the carts and Nintendo's very strict policies drove game makers to the other platform.
FunOne
256mbit = 32mbyte
Its 8 bits to a byte in my world.
FunOne
No, modelling gets tougher if you try to do it all.
Most things are done programmably. Instead of adding each hair by hand you set some settings and define where they should be. Or you define some control points and the NURBs engine renders the polys. Or you define how much snow is falling from where and how fast and the system calculates all the collisions. And a million other effects that create massive polys that do NOT take a long time to create. (Relativly speaking)
FunOne
Speed up, ok:
Stuck behind a truck hualing something that looks likes it about to fall out, you'd have to speed up and pass them.
You start to cross a street and somone shoots over a hill doing 2x the speed limit, your only option is to gun it and get out of their way. Hitting your brakes only makes it worse.
I've had to speed to get past cars in other lanes so that I can change lanes. Where I live there a number of slow (old) drivers, if I dont hit the engine and get around them there is no chance of find a hole behind them to change into.
What about other cars that CANT stop. Trucks cant stop on a dime. Hitting your brakes with a truck behind you instead of gunning it and moving on will cause an even bigger accident than you tried to avoid.
FunOne
Why would they do that when they can cut prices, mantain profit margins while boosting sales and productivity.
They'd make much more doing that then holding their prices with the others and gaining the extra profit.
FunOne
Isn't ironic that same people who yelled about the dirty tactics and half-truths of tobacco advertising are the ones who sponser and run 'The Truth.' It too is half-truths and blame shifting, just now its coming from another source.
If you're too dumn to realise that sucking the smoke from fire into your body is bad, well, thats what natural selection is for.
FunOne
Its a combination of false advertisment and not wanting to go to jail. If you cant produce proof that the girl in 'High school gang bang' was over 18 then they'll throw you in jail. Of course, saying they're under 18 and lying will get you in trouble too, first they'll come and ask you why shes under 18, you say shes over, then they ask you why you said that on the box.
FunOne
Just treat any modern form of IP (DVD, software, music) like you would old world IP, a book.
Can I make copies of my book for myself? Yes.
Can I take my book apart? Yes.
Can I modify my book? Yes.
Can I loan my book out? Yes.
Can I read my book in any order? Yes.
Can I read my book when I want? Yes.
Look at all the HORRIBLE things I can do with books, and yet I dont see people claiming that modern copy machines are hurting book sales.
FunOne