Ah, well, lets see. On a "normal computer" (P4, 1.8ghz, 512mb) one of our customer regularly spend 45mins rendering their CAD stuff. Now we supplied them with a new computer
Dual Xeon 2.8ghz
2GB RAM
Matrox 650 Video Card
And now thier rendering is at 7mins. They paid AUD$10000 for it (US$8000 approx). But they are more than happy with the result.
My point is there are still applications out there that require a lot of grunt, and the video card does play a role, small it might be but it adds up.
What kind of CAD were they doing?
I can't think of *any* CAD work that would take 7 minutes, unless you're talking about animation rendering. What I'm talking about is computer/software response time so that the designer has an adequate view of what he's doing.
These days, relatively high-level CAD functions can be done with a $599 el-cheepo machine (I still wonder why some 3DLabs cards cost $1K).
Aside from modelling the entire universe and rotating it, texturized and shaded, in real-time, why does anyone need a videocard that costs more than, say, $500? Is this why Intergraph went out of the hardware business?
My experience has been in relatively complex models of large piping systems, and today's processors, affordable RAM and displays seem to be OK to me for design/visualization purposes when I need to do design.
Then again, when in doubt, I use the old tried-and-true drafting table. Freaks out the new-tech morons.
I don't know why. If I had that much money I wouldn't care what happened to my company, I'd be too busy plumbing the depths of debauchery that such money can bring.
See? That's what's wrong with money. It makes everyone that doesn't have a lot of it fantasize about what they would do if they had it.
So, once you've got all you can handle (assuming you don't have a fetish for excessive fur sinks or gasoline-powered sweaters), what to do?
Power-playing to feed the needy ego? Oneupmanship games with the similarly rich? Donating to open source software efforts in a big way?
Personally, after having all the hookers and booze I could tolerate, I'd go for donating to OSS movement. And saving the environment, of course. I'll call you back after the hooker part, K?
In Scarberia I once saw a dog standing at one of those old "point finger to cross" x-walks. Cars coming from both directions stopped, and the dog crossed the road. I kid you not.
There's a difference in describing how to cook a human for eating
(Homer's face is smeared with barbecue sauce.) Kodos takes the book and
blows off the dust. The real title is ``How to Cook Humans.''
Lisa blows off more dust: ``How to Cook Humans.'' Kodos blows
off yet more dust. The full title reads ``How to Cook Forty Humans.''
The aliens are shocked and hurt that the Simpsons thought they were going
to eat them. (``Frankly, you people made pigs of yourselves.'') Serak the
Preparer cries.
If it was just distasteful work that wouldn't be so bad. But if you get an "job offer" that refuses to clairify the nature of the work and is work at home, you can pretty much assume that it's a scam
Free internet connection (for about 72 hours)!
Have a computer? Like the internet? Wanna make BIG BUCKS while working at home?
It seems true - and in my experience, interviews by people who are in the department where you would work are generally more comfortable, and more likely to ask you questions that seem relevant rather than "if you were an animal what type would you be" questions.
"HR" used to be called "payroll" before trendy management books convinced senior management with nothing better to do to convert to nicey-speak and create titles like vice-president of paperclips.
HR is the home of psychologists and largely serves as a cushion for senior management.
These are some seriously affirmation-hungry groups that just live for the moment to tell everyone "what a great opportunity it was to work with such a great professional" blah blah.
I was going to compare this with the engineers' ethic to not criticize other engineers' work, but then my brain kicked-in. Not sure if readers will get the irony of it all or if my use of the word was appropriate.
the webbing you shoot from you wrists may be very fine. So you may not see it, or even feel it. But trust me, it is there, so go ahead and jump off the ledge
Tom and Clark were standing on the roof of their building drinking a few beers on their break and Clark said, "Hey Tom, did you know that if you jump off this building, after you get down so far, a draft will pull you back inside the building on the third floor?"
"Get outta here," said Clark.
"No I'm serious, watch me."
Clark hopped off the building and sure enough, he was taken in by the draft at the third floor window. He took the elevator back to the top and Tom and a security guard that arrived were standing there, Tom in awe.
"I can't believe it." Said Tom.
"I know you should try it Tom."
So Tom hopped off and plunged into the ground.
"Superman, you're a real asshole when you're drunk." said the security guard.
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why not extend the control up to a little UI that is accessible from the driver's seat?
I interpreted this as "User Intelligence" accessible from the drivers' seat. Yeah, that would be a good idea, but try about 32" up from usual butt placement.
Maybe a more worthwhile story would be on the fact that the entire diamond industry is created by incredibly strict control of the supply, which is kept artificially low to dramatically inflate price
"The average salary for all workers employed in the diamond mining industry in the Northwest Territories from 1998 to 2001 was $61,639. The average for production employees, those involved in the mining operations, was slightly higher, at $64,336."
I wouldn't bet much more than lunch money on him being a maritimer.
I'm a transplanted Caper with Canadian Cajun roots. Good thing you didn't bet real money.
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Hmmm. Maybe this is the same bank/PR company that writes those, "In order to serve you better, we have moved your local branch even further away from you, please do not try to contact a real person." while earning record profits every consecutive year.
It's mind-boggling to me how America, being as "enlightened" as it is, seems hesitant to respect privacy rights.
If America implemented a similar privacy act and decided to use paper ballots (just giving two examples), that would be admitting that good social policy ideas can be adopted from elsewhere. NIH, and we'll be damned if we go along with those commie Canadian concepts.
There's a weird relationship going on between Canada and the US even though they are "the world's largest trading partners". The Canucks are not American, yet they look like them (but oddly Euro-smelling, it's a vague thing). Aside from the extremely annoying tendency to be polite and approach politics from a stick-handling perspective, you can't tell a Canadian from an American until they speak or are seen wearing too-tight Speedos on the beach in Florida.
Well, OK. Maybe the touque-wearing in southern California can be a bit of a giveaway also...
Very clever. It works out to (in my broken French writing ability):
"J'ai un cul, un cul neuf"
I wonder if Conan is going to mention Quebecois cleverness tonight as partial reparation. Or maybe he'll just burn an effigy of Grapes (Cherry, for the hockey-ignorant) and cause the army to be called into Toronto.
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Ah, well, lets see. On a "normal computer" (P4, 1.8ghz, 512mb) one of our customer regularly spend 45mins rendering their CAD stuff. Now we supplied them with a new computer Dual Xeon 2.8ghz 2GB RAM Matrox 650 Video Card And now thier rendering is at 7mins. They paid AUD$10000 for it (US$8000 approx). But they are more than happy with the result. My point is there are still applications out there that require a lot of grunt, and the video card does play a role, small it might be but it adds up.
What kind of CAD were they doing?
I can't think of *any* CAD work that would take 7 minutes, unless you're talking about animation rendering. What I'm talking about is computer/software response time so that the designer has an adequate view of what he's doing.
Long overdue. I mean, really. Given Japan's ongoing economic malaise, how could they keep rebuilding Tokyo for every film?
32K is a lot of RAM
These days, relatively high-level CAD functions can be done with a $599 el-cheepo machine (I still wonder why some 3DLabs cards cost $1K).
Aside from modelling the entire universe and rotating it, texturized and shaded, in real-time, why does anyone need a videocard that costs more than, say, $500? Is this why Intergraph went out of the hardware business?
My experience has been in relatively complex models of large piping systems, and today's processors, affordable RAM and displays seem to be OK to me for design/visualization purposes when I need to do design.
Then again, when in doubt, I use the old tried-and-true drafting table. Freaks out the new-tech morons.
I don't know why. If I had that much money I wouldn't care what happened to my company, I'd be too busy plumbing the depths of debauchery that such money can bring.
See? That's what's wrong with money. It makes everyone that doesn't have a lot of it fantasize about what they would do if they had it.
So, once you've got all you can handle (assuming you don't have a fetish for excessive fur sinks or gasoline-powered sweaters), what to do?
Power-playing to feed the needy ego? Oneupmanship games with the similarly rich? Donating to open source software efforts in a big way?
Personally, after having all the hookers and booze I could tolerate, I'd go for donating to OSS movement. And saving the environment, of course. I'll call you back after the hooker part, K?
3) Professional spamming shops are doing a good job of convincing retailers that 1) and/or 2) are true.
I think 3) is the case. That, or there is something more nefarious afoot.
People use portals, not their ISP's homepage- the predecessor to portals.
I wonder how many people create their own home page (assuming they can HTML enough to do so). Mine looks like this.
although his site lacks a search engine so you have to rummage around for relevant articles.
Just do relevant articles site:www.natterjackpr.com from Google.
In Scarberia I once saw a dog standing at one of those old "point finger to cross" x-walks. Cars coming from both directions stopped, and the dog crossed the road. I kid you not.
There's a difference in describing how to cook a human for eating
(Homer's face is smeared with barbecue sauce.) Kodos takes the book and blows off the dust. The real title is ``How to Cook Humans.'' Lisa blows off more dust: ``How to Cook Humans.'' Kodos blows off yet more dust. The full title reads ``How to Cook Forty Humans.'' The aliens are shocked and hurt that the Simpsons thought they were going to eat them. (``Frankly, you people made pigs of yourselves.'') Serak the Preparer cries.
http://www.snpp.com/episodes/7F04.html
If it was just distasteful work that wouldn't be so bad. But if you get an "job offer" that refuses to clairify the nature of the work and is work at home, you can pretty much assume that it's a scam
Free internet connection (for about 72 hours)!
Have a computer? Like the internet? Wanna make BIG BUCKS while working at home?
Call 1-800-you-spam.
No committments!
...small internet entertainment company in Montreal
Did you mispell "web-enabled strip club" there?
It seems true - and in my experience, interviews by people who are in the department where you would work are generally more comfortable, and more likely to ask you questions that seem relevant rather than "if you were an animal what type would you be" questions.
"HR" used to be called "payroll" before trendy management books convinced senior management with nothing better to do to convert to nicey-speak and create titles like vice-president of paperclips.
HR is the home of psychologists and largely serves as a cushion for senior management.
Are I don thnk has ani affect.
Taco, I call no fair you posting under a false username.
During the 1998 ice storm in Montreal I used an el-cheapo hair dryer to keep warm while the electricity was out.
Uh-huh. In related news, the 3 blade disposable razor now gives way to the 4-blade dispozable razor.
i had a similar problem.
Then I learned about appropriate capitalization.
These are some seriously affirmation-hungry groups that just live for the moment to tell everyone "what a great opportunity it was to work with such a great professional" blah blah.
I was going to compare this with the engineers' ethic to not criticize other engineers' work, but then my brain kicked-in. Not sure if readers will get the irony of it all or if my use of the word was appropriate.
There's also Mass Multiples
the webbing you shoot from you wrists may be very fine. So you may not see it, or even feel it. But trust me, it is there, so go ahead and jump off the ledge
Tom and Clark were standing on the roof of their building drinking a few beers on their break and Clark said, "Hey Tom, did you know that if you jump off this building, after you get down so far, a draft will pull you back inside the building on the third floor?"
"Get outta here," said Clark.
"No I'm serious, watch me."
Clark hopped off the building and sure enough, he was taken in by the draft at the third floor window. He took the elevator back to the top and Tom and a security guard that arrived were standing there, Tom in awe.
"I can't believe it." Said Tom.
"I know you should try it Tom."
So Tom hopped off and plunged into the ground.
"Superman, you're a real asshole when you're drunk." said the security guard.
why not extend the control up to a little UI that is accessible from the driver's seat?
I interpreted this as "User Intelligence" accessible from the drivers' seat. Yeah, that would be a good idea, but try about 32" up from usual butt placement.
Maybe a more worthwhile story would be on the fact that the entire diamond industry is created by incredibly strict control of the supply, which is kept artificially low to dramatically inflate price
OMG!OMG! Canadian diamonds!
"The average salary for all workers employed in the diamond mining industry in the Northwest Territories from 1998 to 2001 was $61,639. The average for production employees, those involved in the mining operations, was slightly higher, at $64,336."
*Door slams on scarf trailing from parka*
I wouldn't bet much more than lunch money on him being a maritimer.
I'm a transplanted Caper with Canadian Cajun roots. Good thing you didn't bet real money.
Hmmm. Maybe this is the same bank/PR company that writes those, "In order to serve you better, we have moved your local branch even further away from you, please do not try to contact a real person." while earning record profits every consecutive year.
It's mind-boggling to me how America, being as "enlightened" as it is, seems hesitant to respect privacy rights.
If America implemented a similar privacy act and decided to use paper ballots (just giving two examples), that would be admitting that good social policy ideas can be adopted from elsewhere. NIH, and we'll be damned if we go along with those commie Canadian concepts.
There's a weird relationship going on between Canada and the US even though they are "the world's largest trading partners". The Canucks are not American, yet they look like them (but oddly Euro-smelling, it's a vague thing). Aside from the extremely annoying tendency to be polite and approach politics from a stick-handling perspective, you can't tell a Canadian from an American until they speak or are seen wearing too-tight Speedos on the beach in Florida.
Well, OK. Maybe the touque-wearing in southern California can be a bit of a giveaway also...
G1Q 1Q9
translation: (I have) (an) (ass(, (a) (new) (ass)
Very clever. It works out to (in my broken French writing ability):
"J'ai un cul, un cul neuf"
I wonder if Conan is going to mention Quebecois cleverness tonight as partial reparation. Or maybe he'll just burn an effigy of Grapes (Cherry, for the hockey-ignorant) and cause the army to be called into Toronto.