If this undergraduate school is primarily a Liberal Arts institution with small CS/Math/Engineering departments it's a tough call. In my view a non-tech major will have little patience to learn another OS like Linux. On the other hand tech majors will accept it much more willingly. At my university which consists of 40% engineering majors Unix is widely used. But if you go to the other part of the university Windows rules and probably always will. To get the other part of the school to switch would have to be preceded by common businesses switching to *nix. An MBA student will not be seeing *nix at work when he graduates.
I can definitely say that international students are draining our brain pool. In my graduate level Electrical Engineering classes the majority of the students are international. As an approximation I would say: 40% Indian/Other Middle Eastern, 40% Chinese/Korean and 20% American. Many of these people will not be allowed in the country once they are done with their education. Especially with the new immigration laws.
In a way this is getting a little out of hand. In a recent job fair at my university many of my friends could not speak to interviewers because there were lines and lines of International students. If they don't get a job here in the States they will likely end up back in their home country doing the same work.
Unlike the auto industry example given, we are now educating other countries and reducing our own tech work industry in the meantime.
Yeah you're right I didn't account for MMX and SSE.
However there is little comparison.
Alti-Vec # 32 separate Registers # 128 bits per register # No interference with FP registers # no context or mode switching # max throughput: 8 Flops / cycle
MMX/SSE # 8 MMX registers shared with the FPU, 8 for SSE # 64 bits per mmx register, 128 bits per xmm register # MMX stalls the FP registers # context switching required for MMX # max throughput: 2 Flops / cycle
When you are playing a 3D game do you really want your FPU stalled for vector calculations?
So at total of 16-25 pipelined stages. I also notice that the longest(25) is for the Alti-Vec engine. This is very comparable to Pentium 4 which has 26 pipelined stages, although Pentium 4 does not have a vector engine.
I'm sorry but is not correct in other situations to always use your property in whatever way you wish, excluding killing/committing property crime.
I cannot use a newspaper to defame your name/person for utterly no reason. This is also against the law. To single out one example because Slashdot users wish it to be so is hypocritical. Why not look at other cases of such discrimination?
I know this isn't popular with SlashDot users but...
Everyone is arguing that modchips allow people to use their machines as they see fit. Can anyone argue that the use of guns should be unrestricted? Arguing that if you own a machine/device entitles you to use it however you wish is ludicrous at best!
I'm curious how much attention ShareReactor is recieving from the DOJ/MPAA/RIAA. ShareReactor is quickly becoming the top source for distribution of Warez/Movies/etc... this side of IRC.
For me personally MTV Cribs is the most sickening show on television today.
However, I think that most of the amazing houses/cars/etc... are actually not owned by the artist. The artists get the stuff to show off for the real owner. This way the artist looks rich and the real owner gains value on the his/her stuff. A house that is shown on MTV Cribs is probably easier for the real estate agent to sell at an exorbitant price.
Get in line people!!!
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We all must become good little American consumers.
The post was made to show that these inaccurate stories are spread on a regular basis to drum up some more support for Apple. It gets then in the news, whether it is true or not.
It will only take a few arrests of young college students in the States to pressure the release of secure sharing over P2P. That's probably one of the reasons the RIAA isn't targeting anyone in the States yet. They are testing the waters in Australia however, but they don't want the P2P networks to go secure until they have cataloged everything they can.
It is being spread that you will get $20 for a claim. In fact you will get $20 if less than 3.375 million people make claims because they are only paying a total of $67.5 million.
In fact, if more than 13.5 million people make claims which causes each claim to be less than $5 than everybody gets NOTHING. I wouldn't be surprised if more than 13.5 million people do make claims with all the press this story will get. The RIAA will probably try to get more press so that payments are nullified.
I'm curious to know where all the money goes if the average payment is less than $5... Do the lawyers get a week in Bermuda?
Wow ... complete waste of Slashdot space
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One of the worst uses of Slashdot space I've seen recently. Cheers!
Yes I agree completely, but don't you think the culture/society has created the demand that the music industry is using? Besides the bigger fact that our culture/society is based upon consumer consumption which was developed in the 1980s.
Actually I have heard of Stephenson and I've read all his books. It's not that I'm not looking but just because you find something that has good quotes on the backcover doesn't mean it is necessarily good quality. I'm just looking for another way to find honest opinions.
I can definitely can understand your frustration in the watered-down content of music these days. This is a direct result of our society and culture. However to give up entirely is exactly what the record companies desire. Give your support to the few 'good' bands out there and we can get music moving in the right direction again. Anyways, we may have gone past the point of no return, but I don't give up hope. Radiohead still has my support even if the record companies try to commercialize their attitude. If you go to a concert you can tell they don't give a f*ck.
Has there been a discussion of recent good sci-fi/cyberpunk authors on Slashdot recently? I'm constantly on the search for good books but the genre of scifi is definitely cloudy as far as quality. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
greenplastic.com is best for the fastest access to the latest news on Radiohead. The latest piece of news points to NME reporting a return to The Bends or 'dark pop' on the new album. Ace... can't wait.
ateaseweb.com is a better site for finding chatting it up on the forum and getting multimedia like the latest webcast Radiohead held in anticipation of their new album.
BBC hosts some great radio using Real Audio. For example BBC Radio 6 is a popular format for purchase through cable lines in the UK. On the net you can get access to the excellent Brit playlists that the DJs come up with. Definitely not the sort of stuff you hear in the States.
Slashdot Mirror
Fun stuff...on the path to Kurzweil's future.
We can all upload our brains into Neural Net Hardware.
Scarrrry......
If this undergraduate school is primarily a Liberal Arts institution with small CS/Math/Engineering departments it's a tough call. In my view a non-tech major will have little patience to learn another OS like Linux. On the other hand tech majors will accept it much more willingly. At my university which consists of 40% engineering majors Unix is widely used. But if you go to the other part of the university Windows rules and probably always will. To get the other part of the school to switch would have to be preceded by common businesses switching to *nix. An MBA student will not be seeing *nix at work when he graduates.
I can definitely say that international students are draining our brain pool. In my graduate level Electrical Engineering classes the majority of the students are international. As an approximation I would say: 40% Indian/Other Middle Eastern, 40% Chinese/Korean and 20% American. Many of these people will not be allowed in the country once they are done with their education. Especially with the new immigration laws.
In a way this is getting a little out of hand. In a recent job fair at my university many of my friends could not speak to interviewers because there were lines and lines of International students. If they don't get a job here in the States they will likely end up back in their home country doing the same work.
Unlike the auto industry example given, we are now educating other countries and reducing our own tech work industry in the meantime.
Yeah you're right I didn't account for MMX and SSE.
However there is little comparison.
Alti-Vec
# 32 separate Registers
# 128 bits per register
# No interference with FP registers
# no context or mode switching
# max throughput: 8 Flops / cycle
MMX/SSE
# 8 MMX registers shared with the FPU, 8 for SSE
# 64 bits per mmx register, 128 bits per xmm register
# MMX stalls the FP registers
# context switching required for MMX
# max throughput: 2 Flops / cycle
When you are playing a 3D game do you really want your FPU stalled for vector calculations?
From reading the specs it says:
9 Fetch, Decode Stages
5-13 OoO Execute Stages
2-3 Dispatch, Commit
So at total of 16-25 pipelined stages. I also notice that the longest(25) is for the Alti-Vec engine. This is very comparable to Pentium 4 which has 26 pipelined stages, although Pentium 4 does not have a vector engine.
I'm sorry but is not correct in other situations to always use your property in whatever way you wish, excluding killing/committing property crime.
I cannot use a newspaper to defame your name/person for utterly no reason. This is also against the law. To single out one example because Slashdot users wish it to be so is hypocritical. Why not look at other cases of such discrimination?
I'm worried that I must point this out to you but for a crime to be a crime is not a prerequisite that the crime involves killing.
I just pointed out using a gun to kill as an extreme example. Another relevant example would be theft of property which can involve software.
I know this isn't popular with SlashDot users but...
Everyone is arguing that modchips allow people to use their machines as they see fit. Can anyone argue that the use of guns should be unrestricted? Arguing that if you own a machine/device entitles you to use it however you wish is ludicrous at best!
I'm curious how much attention ShareReactor is recieving from the DOJ/MPAA/RIAA. ShareReactor is quickly becoming the top source for distribution of Warez/Movies/etc... this side of IRC.
For me personally MTV Cribs is the most sickening show on television today.
However, I think that most of the amazing houses/cars/etc... are actually not owned by the artist. The artists get the stuff to show off for the real owner. This way the artist looks rich and the real owner gains value on the his/her stuff. A house that is shown on MTV Cribs is probably easier for the real estate agent to sell at an exorbitant price.
We all must become good little American consumers.
Glad to see Slashdot helping us.
The post was made to show that these inaccurate stories are spread on a regular basis to drum up some more support for Apple. It gets then in the news, whether it is true or not.
Lol... then I use a Commodore64 to decode it. I would imagine that something a little more advanced must be used such as AES or RSA.
It will only take a few arrests of young college students in the States to pressure the release of secure sharing over P2P. That's probably one of the reasons the RIAA isn't targeting anyone in the States yet. They are testing the waters in Australia however, but they don't want the P2P networks to go secure until they have cataloged everything they can.
It is being spread that you will get $20 for a claim. In fact you will get $20 if less than 3.375 million people make claims because they are only paying a total of $67.5 million.
In fact, if more than 13.5 million people make claims which causes each claim to be less than $5 than everybody gets NOTHING. I wouldn't be surprised if more than 13.5 million people do make claims with all the press this story will get. The RIAA will probably try to get more press so that payments are nullified.
I'm curious to know where all the money goes if the average payment is less than $5... Do the lawyers get a week in Bermuda?
One of the worst uses of Slashdot space I've seen recently. Cheers!
Yes I agree completely, but don't you think the culture/society has created the demand that the music industry is using? Besides the bigger fact that our culture/society is based upon consumer consumption which was developed in the 1980s.
Thanks mate! Just what I was looking for, some recommendations from someone who has read'em and enjoyed'em.
Actually I have heard of Stephenson and I've read all his books. It's not that I'm not looking but just because you find something that has good quotes on the backcover doesn't mean it is necessarily good quality. I'm just looking for another way to find honest opinions.
I can definitely can understand your frustration in the watered-down content of music these days. This is a direct result of our society and culture. However to give up entirely is exactly what the record companies desire. Give your support to the few 'good' bands out there and we can get music moving in the right direction again. Anyways, we may have gone past the point of no return, but I don't give up hope. Radiohead still has my support even if the record companies try to commercialize their attitude. If you go to a concert you can tell they don't give a f*ck.
I definitely agree! I'm an avid listener of BBC Radio6 and the Chris Hawkins show. I'm definitely glad to get a little taste of the UK here in the US.
Has there been a discussion of recent good sci-fi/cyberpunk authors on Slashdot recently? I'm constantly on the search for good books but the genre of scifi is definitely cloudy as far as quality. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Already noted William Gibson, will check out.
Monkey Radio is a great alternative for all the groovers out there.
Yep Yep....
greenplastic.com is best for the fastest access to the latest news on Radiohead. The latest piece of news points to NME reporting a return to The Bends or 'dark pop' on the new album. Ace... can't wait.
ateaseweb.com is a better site for finding chatting it up on the forum and getting multimedia like the latest webcast Radiohead held in anticipation of their new album.
BBC hosts some great radio using Real Audio. For example BBC Radio 6 is a popular format for purchase through cable lines in the UK. On the net you can get access to the excellent Brit playlists that the DJs come up with. Definitely not the sort of stuff you hear in the States.