I think I've asked this a couple of times here and never got a reply.
It appears that an index.dat file (Windows only?) retains cookie info even after the cookies are deleted. Open one up with a text editor and see what's in it. Deleting index.dat is almost impossible, so the whole point of removing cookies manually would seem to be a false, feel-good, "I'm-protecting-my-own-privacy" privacy action. I leave the Google and Slashdot cookies, but some sites want to set up to 3 or 4 (yes, I know many of these are 3rd party advertising servers - those get denied). Yahoogroups users seem to get seven (yes, 7) Yahoo cookies placed.
Maybe someone else has more information about this.
What's even more interesting is the concept that Stephen Hawking and others refer to as 'imaginary time.' Since, as you point out, time expanded alongside space, we can't really measure how old the universe is, since it may be infinitely old from any vantage point within it. (If space was ever infinitely small, then real time is infinite.)
I've been wanting to get paid for this imaginary time for decades, but somehow various employers haven't approved the timesheets. And they've not bought into the idea that I've been solving their problems on the existential plane and working while sleeping (or travelling to work). Then again, I don't have a Ph.D.
Yes, but one is compressible and the other is (largely) not. Solids also flow, if the particles are small enough, but that is not at the molecular level.
I'm thinking the proper term for the universe would be "superconfusing" for most non-PhD reseachers without funding. With funding dollars, it all becomes clearer.
What percentage of that gaming site/magazine (I didn't RTFA) has the nagging ability, and therefore financial power of soccer moms? I bet they won't get sponsors like household cleaning powders, tampons, tooth-brighteners or Australian shampoo. That's where the real advertising money is.
"That is not the legal name of the building, and the administration will never call it that," said Drummond of the University Centre, a.k.a. the Shatner building. Showing no appreciation for the myriad times that William Shatner saved humankind from Klingon invasions, Drummond said: "He's hardly our most famous graduate, and there are McGill graduates that are more significant contributors to the world than Shatner."
I especially like the way that the words, "eluded" and "alluded" are often misused and interchanged. I suppose one could say that they are related though, and not only because they sort of sound the same. You can always tell a reader from a non-reader.
By this I mean that a reader will sometimes pronounce a word incorrectly (embarassment in person) whereas a non-reader will get the entire meaning of a written word wrong and not give a shit.
Maybe that's what's wrong with some programmers in the first place; they can't spell/type properly and don't have contextual knowledge, so they just copypaste mistakes into the next release.
You might be able to quicken things up by using X-refs or blocks. As I have no idea of how you work with these programs YMMV. Are you the only person there with AutoCAD experience?
Maybe the video card is the problem. Wait, scratch that "maybe" part I just said.
Don't have too many great expectations about dual cores or even dual processors. If nothing else, they just make things smoother, not necessarily faster. Anyway, I have no doubt that you'll like the new machine.
What you likely mean is that Windows XP Professional (as well as Windows 2000 Professional) can "see" a second processor and make use of it. XP Home and the regular Windows 2000 cannot do this.
"Multi-threading" refers to the individual application's ability to execute more than one instruction at a time if it has access to two processors. AutoCAD (from what I understand) cannot do this. Microstation, 3D Studio and Photoshop can because they were written to take advantage of more than one CPU.
...I no longer had to wait 10 minutes to switch between a large ACAD file, and a ArcMap application running at the same time.
When was this and what do you consider to be a "large" ACAD or GIS file? 10 minutes' switching time seems like hyperbole unless you were loading up a 10 GB file. And if you *were* loading a 10 GB file, you were probably doing so unnecessarily, as most sophisticated CAD/graphics software offers the ability to selectively load only the portions you need to access.
I routinely have multiple AutoCAD sessions open along with at least one instance of MicroStation as well as Intergraph's SmartPlant Review (plus Outlook, Firefox, virus scanner, etc.). This is on a pretty average 1 Gig RAM AMD 64 with a 128MB nVidia Quadro card. Going from one application to another takes 5 seconds, max.
I'm not against SMP, I have a dual processor machine at home.
What was said was not FUD. FUD is what you try to instill in another's mind if you want to discourage them from choosing a competitor's product or service or point of view, even.
The original comment was about proper, concise coding. That doesn't happen often because programmers typically build upon older legacy code because there's no time, money or organizational will to start from scratch.
While RTFA, it looked like the pcmag article was going to be filled with content (based on the size of the draggy thing in the vertical scrollbar). Turns out that more than 75% of the page was filled with ads, top, right and bottom.
Paper-trained engineers. That sounds like a good idea (wouldn't want them uncontrollably peeing all over the carpet after all).
Joking aside, even "draftsmen" (now called "CAD operators") today are probably challenged with making a sketch by hand. And these are the people who were originally half tech/half art-skilled and transformed big ideas and calculations into something that could be built via drawings.
I think you might be misinformed about engineers' penmanship and drafting ability. The majority of them couldn't draw a squiggly line on paper if they were on a rollercoaster.
"I, too, have heard the story about an architect who planted grass
instead of laying sidewalks, let people walk where they would, and
retrofitted sidewalks over the ruts in the lawn."
What do you think this could imply if we make relevant analogies; pure chaos?
Society cannot properly function without black vs. white, good vs. evil, right vs. wrong, etc. messages being thrown at it all the time by the people that report these type of things. It has to always be all or nothing so as to whip up the most passionate opinions.
Without these extremes presented daily, society becomes static and boring...sort of like Canada.
Drive caddies that have built-in cooling fans seem to be a bit of a dust/dirt/smoke concentrator simply due to the small diameter, high speed fans that they necessarily use.
In my situation, I had an empty caddy (i.e., no hard disk in it) that was sucking air into the case. It appears that the fan was failing, causing the system to shutdown even though nothing was getting overheated (except the fan itself).
I'm no Luddite, but I believe learning how to do things without computers (even if you are a CS student) helps you to improve your own abilities and lateral thinking. I don't have any statistics to back me up, but ponder this: how many students nowadays can write a paper by hand and proofread it themselves?
No kidding. Referencing another post ("Our school get AutoDesk Inventor, for example, and it's been a big hit, and has helped with a lot of things, including CAD and design process(es)."), how many students can make a comprehensible engineering sketch without the aid of a computer or software?
Will it eventually become necessary to use a machine (i.e., an artificial interface that replaces paper) in order to effectively express ideas?
In my opinion, people should be first trained (not just told about "the bad old days") non-computerized solutions to problems and then graduate to using the higher-tech tools. There's probably not enough time or money for that type of education though.
Where are the retro-fittable, washable filter-equipped, easily-accessed low velocity (120 mm) case fans? I've always thought that there would be a great aftermarket for this sort of upgrade.
People complain about noise and dust but vendors don't seem to be doing anything about it.
Actually, near Montreal there is a dedicated airport (ex-military base) connected to movie studio space. This is nice for the mega-rich movie people to be able to fly in on their private planes without having to run the usual gauntlet of photographers and gawkers.
Slashdot Mirror
[some guy]...a nationally recognized expert in using information technology, drove up to the Univ. of Utah
Got denied plane tickets by DHS, eh?
More importantly, did he get to meet Brunvand while there?
I think I've asked this a couple of times here and never got a reply.
It appears that an index.dat file (Windows only?) retains cookie info even after the cookies are deleted. Open one up with a text editor and see what's in it. Deleting index.dat is almost impossible, so the whole point of removing cookies manually would seem to be a false, feel-good, "I'm-protecting-my-own-privacy" privacy action. I leave the Google and Slashdot cookies, but some sites want to set up to 3 or 4 (yes, I know many of these are 3rd party advertising servers - those get denied). Yahoogroups users seem to get seven (yes, 7) Yahoo cookies placed.
Maybe someone else has more information about this.
What's even more interesting is the concept that Stephen Hawking and others refer to as 'imaginary time.' Since, as you point out, time expanded alongside space, we can't really measure how old the universe is, since it may be infinitely old from any vantage point within it. (If space was ever infinitely small, then real time is infinite.)
I've been wanting to get paid for this imaginary time for decades, but somehow various employers haven't approved the timesheets. And they've not bought into the idea that I've been solving their problems on the existential plane and working while sleeping (or travelling to work). Then again, I don't have a Ph.D.
Fucking ungrateful bastards.
Yes, but one is compressible and the other is (largely) not. Solids also flow, if the particles are small enough, but that is not at the molecular level.
I'm thinking the proper term for the universe would be "superconfusing" for most non-PhD reseachers without funding. With funding dollars, it all becomes clearer.
Doesn't liquid helium come close to this state? Maybe I'm misremembering.
And now, Germany is quite popelicious, too.
Surely I am going to hell for that statement.
What percentage of that gaming site/magazine (I didn't RTFA) has the nagging ability, and therefore financial power of soccer moms? I bet they won't get sponsors like household cleaning powders, tampons, tooth-brighteners or Australian shampoo. That's where the real advertising money is.
Which of course, would have to be in the Shatner Building.
"That is not the legal name of the building, and the administration will never call it that," said Drummond of the University Centre, a.k.a. the Shatner building. Showing no appreciation for the myriad times that William Shatner saved humankind from Klingon invasions, Drummond said: "He's hardly our most famous graduate, and there are McGill graduates that are more significant contributors to the world than Shatner."
I especially like the way that the words, "eluded" and "alluded" are often misused and interchanged. I suppose one could say that they are related though, and not only because they sort of sound the same. You can always tell a reader from a non-reader.
By this I mean that a reader will sometimes pronounce a word incorrectly (embarassment in person) whereas a non-reader will get the entire meaning of a written word wrong and not give a shit.
Maybe that's what's wrong with some programmers in the first place; they can't spell/type properly and don't have contextual knowledge, so they just copypaste mistakes into the next release.
You might be able to quicken things up by using X-refs or blocks. As I have no idea of how you work with these programs YMMV. Are you the only person there with AutoCAD experience?
Maybe the video card is the problem. Wait, scratch that "maybe" part I just said.
Don't have too many great expectations about dual cores or even dual processors. If nothing else, they just make things smoother, not necessarily faster. Anyway, I have no doubt that you'll like the new machine.
Windows XP is multi-threaded.
Hey, look! I'm replying twice to the same post!
What you likely mean is that Windows XP Professional (as well as Windows 2000 Professional) can "see" a second processor and make use of it. XP Home and the regular Windows 2000 cannot do this.
"Multi-threading" refers to the individual application's ability to execute more than one instruction at a time if it has access to two processors. AutoCAD (from what I understand) cannot do this. Microstation, 3D Studio and Photoshop can because they were written to take advantage of more than one CPU.
When was this and what do you consider to be a "large" ACAD or GIS file? 10 minutes' switching time seems like hyperbole unless you were loading up a 10 GB file. And if you *were* loading a 10 GB file, you were probably doing so unnecessarily, as most sophisticated CAD/graphics software offers the ability to selectively load only the portions you need to access.
I routinely have multiple AutoCAD sessions open along with at least one instance of MicroStation as well as Intergraph's SmartPlant Review (plus Outlook, Firefox, virus scanner, etc.). This is on a pretty average 1 Gig RAM AMD 64 with a 128MB nVidia Quadro card. Going from one application to another takes 5 seconds, max.
I'm not against SMP, I have a dual processor machine at home.
What was said was not FUD. FUD is what you try to instill in another's mind if you want to discourage them from choosing a competitor's product or service or point of view, even.
The original comment was about proper, concise coding. That doesn't happen often because programmers typically build upon older legacy code because there's no time, money or organizational will to start from scratch.
While RTFA, it looked like the pcmag article was going to be filled with content (based on the size of the draggy thing in the vertical scrollbar). Turns out that more than 75% of the page was filled with ads, top, right and bottom.
Are you implying that they use ProTools instead? Sorry, I'm easily confused.
Paper-trained engineers. That sounds like a good idea (wouldn't want them uncontrollably peeing all over the carpet after all).
Joking aside, even "draftsmen" (now called "CAD operators") today are probably challenged with making a sketch by hand. And these are the people who were originally half tech/half art-skilled and transformed big ideas and calculations into something that could be built via drawings.
I think you might be misinformed about engineers' penmanship and drafting ability. The majority of them couldn't draw a squiggly line on paper if they were on a rollercoaster.
Re-hashing a 1992 usenet post from alt.folklore.urban:
"I, too, have heard the story about an architect who planted grass instead of laying sidewalks, let people walk where they would, and retrofitted sidewalks over the ruts in the lawn."
What do you think this could imply if we make relevant analogies; pure chaos?
Society cannot properly function without black vs. white, good vs. evil, right vs. wrong, etc. messages being thrown at it all the time by the people that report these type of things. It has to always be all or nothing so as to whip up the most passionate opinions.
Without these extremes presented daily, society becomes static and boring...sort of like Canada.
Drive caddies that have built-in cooling fans seem to be a bit of a dust/dirt/smoke concentrator simply due to the small diameter, high speed fans that they necessarily use.
In my situation, I had an empty caddy (i.e., no hard disk in it) that was sucking air into the case. It appears that the fan was failing, causing the system to shutdown even though nothing was getting overheated (except the fan itself).
I'm no Luddite, but I believe learning how to do things without computers (even if you are a CS student) helps you to improve your own abilities and lateral thinking. I don't have any statistics to back me up, but ponder this: how many students nowadays can write a paper by hand and proofread it themselves?
No kidding. Referencing another post ("Our school get AutoDesk Inventor, for example, and it's been a big hit, and has helped with a lot of things, including CAD and design process(es)."), how many students can make a comprehensible engineering sketch without the aid of a computer or software?
Will it eventually become necessary to use a machine (i.e., an artificial interface that replaces paper) in order to effectively express ideas?
In my opinion, people should be first trained (not just told about "the bad old days") non-computerized solutions to problems and then graduate to using the higher-tech tools. There's probably not enough time or money for that type of education though.
Where are the retro-fittable, washable filter-equipped, easily-accessed low velocity (120 mm) case fans? I've always thought that there would be a great aftermarket for this sort of upgrade.
People complain about noise and dust but vendors don't seem to be doing anything about it.
Very few ordinary folk own a copy of Reason
Is that why that George Bush guy keeps getting re-elected? I mean, ferchrissakes, he's up to four terms now!
Give him a break, he could have written, "Ni! Ni! Ni!", causing all to cower and start searching for shrubberies and herrings.
Somehow I am always reminded of this character when I hear about MS's next OS naming system.
Actually, near Montreal there is a dedicated airport (ex-military base) connected to movie studio space. This is nice for the mega-rich movie people to be able to fly in on their private planes without having to run the usual gauntlet of photographers and gawkers.