In General, if I use a benchmark like Cinebench it correlates to real world performance in programs like Final Cut, Adobe Premiere, and After Effects for video rendering.
In all my years of benchmarking and overclocking, I have not found anything suspicious. Years ago there was the whole Intel vs. AMD benchmark bru-ha-ha where benchmarks favored Intel due to compiler optimization favoring Intel hardware, but the CPU wars are long over. AMD lost and now Intel is going out of business. Without competition things stagnate. Come on DDR4 memory!
Benchmark: a standard or point of reference against which things may be compared or assessed.
Yes, benchmarks do a good job of comparing two pieces of hardware, especially tests which involve the entire system. I use benchmarks all the time for hardware comparison and system optimization/overclock comparison. Without benchmark tools we couldn't effectively compare changes to setting or in hardware speed specifically raw CPU, raw GPU, raw RAM, and raw DISK I/O speeds.
Benchmark tools also help determine system stability by pushing the hardware to the limit and taking it to it's thermal throttling speed.
So people ship custom hardware to vendors to cheat on benchmark? Yes.
Will these cheats show up in the reviews on NewEgg, Amazon, and Tom's Hardware when they can't be replicated? Yes
So please, benchmark away. Publish the results. Keep the data in a table for all to view. Benchmarks keep everyone honest in the end.
It depends on the state. In Michigan, we can't seem to fix Flint's water, our crumbling roads and infrastructure, or a come up with a sane tax system. The only thing the legislature seems capable of is passing laws every year that cause chaos in public schools.
So go ahead, and be like the legislature and line up to kick a teacher. It is such a fun game.
The bad news is that the teacher workforce is in decline. Great teachers are leaving 'en masse' and enrollment in Michigan teacher colleges is down over 50%. Some school districts already have a shortage of teachers and substitute teachers. Technical Education teachers are impossible to find i.e. Computer Programming, Electrical Occupations, Automotive Repair, Drafting and CAD etc....
Just in case you need a citation, here is a link to the over 150+ bills passed in Michigan since 2015 and it doesn't even take into consideration the bills in committee which look to replace the curriculum they just implemented. It is literally chaos when you need to devote a staff member just to monitoring legislation. It is an average of one bill every two days.
The legislature should just pass a law saying all students need to learn Computer Science, just throw it on the pile and let the schools figure it out. Schools get unfunded mandates all the time, it is just a matter of whether there will be any staff left to carry out the mandate.
Axiology is a study we do not teach much or consider much these days.
The ancient Greeks studied axiology, ontology, and epistemology. They were curious about beauty, truth, value, belief, and opinion. This was the glorious age of the great philosophers who thought that they should be kings and rule the world.
Fast forward to 2016, in general, as a society, we no longer discuss these things and they are spoon fed to us by media, commercials, Facebook, CNN, Fox News etc... Sure there are still people who think about these things, but our culture is youth driven and based on consumerism.
Live has to be lived intentionally, with thoughtful care and purpose.
Things "are what they are" and we have a choice in how we react to them.
So many have lost hope, but I say to you, chose how you will react.
Life isn't some game you win or lose. Life is a grand adventure meant to be lived and experienced. You can do this from anywhere.
You are not your paycheck.
You are not your job.
You can always start over.
You always have a choice.
You can chose to let circumstances define you or your can chose to rise above them and find new truths.
You can chose to worry or you can chose to live.
No one is guaranteed another minute, embrace life, don't lose hope, chose to be a force for good. Embrace the adventure this life has to offer.
We already know: Muslims are more likely to be targeted for terrorism. Not what you wanted to hear? Well then, just ignore facts.
No disagreement, this is an accepted fact that muslim-on-muslim terrorism is higher than muslim-on-American terrorism. Again, the nuance is that we don't want the US turning into "Sunis vs. Shiites" or whoever their grand leader shouts is guilty of blasphemy this week. By the way, the USA is guilty of blasphemy and according to their logic should convert to their flavor of islam (the religion of peace) or die. I think this is what Mr. Trump was referring to when he said, "We need to figure out what is going on."
We clearly do not want Muslims with this mindset freely roaming to and from the USA especially if their are attending "bomb making", "terror cell building", and "how to be a martyr" trade shows in Syria.
Allowing terrorists into the country to commit terrorism so we can justify more security theatre at airports or shovel tons more cash into unconstitutional, rights violating spy projects is not how I live out my days in a "free-society".
The only strategy that seems to work is hosting, "Draw the Prophet" events where the radical nut jobs come to you.
I think the position is a little bit more nuanced that your simple statement on banning Mexicans and Muslims.
On Mexicans, he is proposing that we remove Mexican's/Latinos that came into the country illegally. On Muslims, he proposed a suspension of travel until we figured out what was going on with respect to terror and the religion of peace.
It seems as if you are painting with the same broad brush you are accusing Trump of painting with.
While I will not try to defend Mr. Trump, I will point out the our system of government has let a lot of questionable and illegal things deliberately slide for the benefit of the top 1%. This is has led to an erosion of our laws and standard of living for many who used to be known as middle class.
The derivative housing market collapse, H1-B abuse, the blind eye to undocumented works who entered the country illegally and use stolen identities are just the tip of the iceberg. Additionally, our government picks winners and loser and hampers the free market in so many areas including but not limited to insurance, health care, commodities/food, copyrighted works, and prescription drugs. Meanwhile we have perpetual cash-cow wars and unconstitutional search and seizures of cash with documented abuse of police power. Meanwhile the ware on drugs rolls along with the high school to prison pipeline creating a steady stream of felons who will never get jobs because one brush with the law resulting in a felony means you can never answer 'NO' to "Have you ever beed convicted of a felony?"
Someone eventually needs to drop the hammer and fix the scales so they are honest again. Is this Trump? Is the Bernie? I know it isn't Clinton. In any case, Trump is the first person to stand on the national stage and call this stuff out in a big way. This resonates with all the people who have been crushed and hurt.
I am with you 100% on Objective C, that language is too hard for my brain to process. I realize it is a superset of C so it had to abandon C style syntax like dot notation and parenthesis. I find Objective C almost impossible to move quickly in, I can see why they replaced it with Swift, which is much, much more readable.
I agree and scouring the license looking for the gotcha. If this is legit and I can use it for FREE on Mac, I am going to have a tough time staying with Objective-C/Swift and move to C#. This could be the biggest move Microsoft ever made and it could result in apps being produced for their wretched phones. The question is what is C# and how hard is it to learn the Xamarin Framework, exploring now.
Looking at the DEMO App TASKY, the code seems very readable, reminds me of the old Visual Basic Stuff. Going to try to write an app and test my brain plasticity.
All I can say is WOW, Microsoft, interesting move.
Sure, anything is hackable, give the time. The point is that they are trying to make a secure box and they are standing up for our privacy. I don't think it is just marketing in this case. Apple's CEO is gay, and I think he, more than anyone realizes the implication of leaked private data. This is how governments own you, both foreign and domestic. These really nice guys swoop up all your breadcrumbs and look for anything that could be misconstrued or taken out of context, then threaten you with it.
Let's take a look at EmoWindt's phone and see what we can find.
That doesn't feel good does it?
Knowing that your location data, texts, calls, browser history, apps, music collection, notes, could be made public.
That is what Crapple is fighting against, and I hope they win. I don't want to live in Orwell's 1984.
This is not how good lawyers work, you throw as much as you possibly can at the wall and see what sticks.
There is no reason for the FBI to vacate unless they are 100% sure they can get into this phone. I mean wasn't this case important?
Here is what really happened. Apple's response to the FBI's "all writs" order posed a constitutional challenge to their BS. The FBI simply didn't want to get laughed out of court or worse have this make it all the way to the Supreme Court and be told that they were abusing the law.
Is there a way Apple can continue this ex-parte and set a precedent to stop this from being abused in the future? It would be of great benefit to all-tech-kind.
Oh wait, late breaking news. The case is not dropped, the FBI asked for a continuance until April so they can get some better lawyers and threaten Apple behind the scenes with National Security Letters.
So now we have an interesting play going on.
If the FBI hacks the phone, Apple loses the security high ground. If the Apple hacks the phone, Apple loses the security high ground.
This is a lose/lose for Apple, because even if the FBI doesn't hack they phone they will say they did just to spite Tim Cook and his keynote speech today.
I see what you did there FBI, nice move, but be careful, your next move is critically important to winning the game and you can still lose.
If you buy iPhones/iPads for employees and don't use an MDM (Mobile Device Manager), then you have lost control on the device, period. All of this insanity could be a if San Bernadino would have managed their employee devices.
The game is about to change again. The device isn't going to be as important was what is behind the device and the Human Machine Interface. Everyone knows this which is why the valley is pushing into machine learning, autonomous system, big data, and thinking/learning machines. This is where the next trillion will come from unless someone can engineer a phone that thought controlled.
Other big money areas are battery technology. Imagine if Apple could put out a smartphone with a patented battery technology that lasted 1 month between chargers, that would be a game changer and everyone would flock to it. Material science, vehicle engineering, and embedded medical devices will also be other larger growth areas.
We now have the power, silicon, and networks for some amazing technology to blossom, but it is handwork and will take dedicated teams working together over many years. Google, Apple, Microsoft, IBM, and even Amazon all have a shot at making this a reality. Anyone can make a flat thin square with a touch screen and voice recognition that talks to a cloud backend. Now it is time to see how far we can go with this new platform and how it can benefit humanity or at least make money.
You have to spread your business around so that you have multiple vendors from which to chose. Because one day, that big vendor that gave you the good price will screw you and everyone else.
Just like Wal*Mart taught these town folks a lesson. This town let their local mom and pop grocery store go out of business in favor of shopping at Wal*Mart express. Now Wal*Mart is closing and leaving town leaving them with no food, or a food desert as it is called in the article.
Then take all of of your glorious abstraction and stuff it into a FRAMEWORK that is so simple, anyone could effortlessly use as soon as they learn all the rules of using the framework properly.
Then have different programming teams start stuffing stuff into different frameworks and this famous quote comes to mind,
"Frameworks that Eat Frameworks don’t like it when you Customize the Frameworks they Eat"
When you get to this point, large modular software starts looking very supportable.
Discovery BOTS are coming. In addition to BOTS that stitch together contracts and amended laws like this reducing research time, DIFF is such a handy tool.
(1) Paragraph (Insert paragraph number) of the above identified letter agreement is hereby amended as follows: (Delineate language in this paragraph that is to be deleted and the language that is to be added in lieu thereof). (2) Paragraph (Insert paragraph number) of the above identified letter agreement is hereby amended as follows: (Delineate language in this paragraph that is to be deleted and the language that is to be added in lieu thereof). With the exception of the abovestated amendments paragraphs (Insert paragraph number) and (Insert paragraph number), it is understood and agreed that all other terms and conditions forming a part of the original Agreement, (Insert the words "as previously amended" and/or "renewed" without the quotations if the agreement has been previously amended or renewed), shall remain in full force and effect. Please indicate your approval of the abovestated amendments by signing below and returning one fullyexecuted original of this letter agreement to (Insert Name and address). You may retain the other fullyexecuted original for your files.
The legislature is putting the beat down on teachers and unions. Soon there will be no teachers or teacher unions and we will live in a charter school utopia where schools are run like businesses and have CEO's instead of superintendents.
So join the bash-wagon. Attack teachers and primary care physicians. This makes total sense
Oh my, a science teacher teaching math.... isn't science simply applied math? What is purposed of math if it has no context and only abstract form? Math and Science go together like peanut butter and chocolate. In fact science and engineering precipitated the need for most of our math.
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So does "while(true);". That doesn't make it a useful benchmark.
This actually just gets put in the L1/L2 cache of the CPU.
In General, if I use a benchmark like Cinebench it correlates to real world performance in programs like Final Cut, Adobe Premiere, and After Effects for video rendering.
In all my years of benchmarking and overclocking, I have not found anything suspicious. Years ago there was the whole Intel vs. AMD benchmark bru-ha-ha where benchmarks favored Intel due to compiler optimization favoring Intel hardware, but the CPU wars are long over. AMD lost and now Intel is going out of business. Without competition things stagnate. Come on DDR4 memory!
The FCC should just cite All Writs Act, Done!
Benchmark: a standard or point of reference against which things may be compared or assessed.
Yes, benchmarks do a good job of comparing two pieces of hardware, especially tests which involve the entire system. I use benchmarks all the time for hardware comparison and system optimization/overclock comparison. Without benchmark tools we couldn't effectively compare changes to setting or in hardware speed specifically raw CPU, raw GPU, raw RAM, and raw DISK I/O speeds.
Benchmark tools also help determine system stability by pushing the hardware to the limit and taking it to it's thermal throttling speed.
So people ship custom hardware to vendors to cheat on benchmark? Yes.
Will these cheats show up in the reviews on NewEgg, Amazon, and Tom's Hardware when they can't be replicated? Yes
So please, benchmark away. Publish the results. Keep the data in a table for all to view. Benchmarks keep everyone honest in the end.
It depends on the state. In Michigan, we can't seem to fix Flint's water, our crumbling roads and infrastructure, or a come up with a sane tax system. The only thing the legislature seems capable of is passing laws every year that cause chaos in public schools.
So go ahead, and be like the legislature and line up to kick a teacher. It is such a fun game.
The bad news is that the teacher workforce is in decline. Great teachers are leaving 'en masse' and enrollment in Michigan teacher colleges is down over 50%. Some school districts already have a shortage of teachers and substitute teachers. Technical Education teachers are impossible to find i.e. Computer Programming, Electrical Occupations, Automotive Repair, Drafting and CAD etc....
Just in case you need a citation, here is a link to the over 150+ bills passed in Michigan since 2015 and it doesn't even take into consideration the bills in committee which look to replace the curriculum they just implemented. It is literally chaos when you need to devote a staff member just to monitoring legislation. It is an average of one bill every two days.
The legislature should just pass a law saying all students need to learn Computer Science, just throw it on the pile and let the schools figure it out. Schools get unfunded mandates all the time, it is just a matter of whether there will be any staff left to carry out the mandate.
What is success?
What is beauty?
Axiology is a study we do not teach much or consider much these days.
The ancient Greeks studied axiology, ontology, and epistemology. They were curious about beauty, truth, value, belief, and opinion. This was the glorious age of the great philosophers who thought that they should be kings and rule the world.
Fast forward to 2016, in general, as a society, we no longer discuss these things and they are spoon fed to us by media, commercials, Facebook, CNN, Fox News etc... Sure there are still people who think about these things, but our culture is youth driven and based on consumerism.
Live has to be lived intentionally, with thoughtful care and purpose.
Things "are what they are" and we have a choice in how we react to them.
So many have lost hope, but I say to you, chose how you will react.
Life isn't some game you win or lose. Life is a grand adventure meant to be lived and experienced. You can do this from anywhere.
You are not your paycheck.
You are not your job.
You can always start over.
You always have a choice.
You can chose to let circumstances define you or your can chose to rise above them and find new truths.
You can chose to worry or you can chose to live.
No one is guaranteed another minute, embrace life, don't lose hope, chose to be a force for good. Embrace the adventure this life has to offer.
Do not give up!
We already know: Muslims are more likely to be targeted for terrorism. Not what you wanted to hear? Well then, just ignore facts.
No disagreement, this is an accepted fact that muslim-on-muslim terrorism is higher than muslim-on-American terrorism. Again, the nuance is that we don't want the US turning into "Sunis vs. Shiites" or whoever their grand leader shouts is guilty of blasphemy this week. By the way, the USA is guilty of blasphemy and according to their logic should convert to their flavor of islam (the religion of peace) or die. I think this is what Mr. Trump was referring to when he said, "We need to figure out what is going on."
We clearly do not want Muslims with this mindset freely roaming to and from the USA especially if their are attending "bomb making", "terror cell building", and "how to be a martyr" trade shows in Syria.
Allowing terrorists into the country to commit terrorism so we can justify more security theatre at airports or shovel tons more cash into unconstitutional, rights violating spy projects is not how I live out my days in a "free-society".
The only strategy that seems to work is hosting, "Draw the Prophet" events where the radical nut jobs come to you.
I think the position is a little bit more nuanced that your simple statement on banning Mexicans and Muslims.
On Mexicans, he is proposing that we remove Mexican's/Latinos that came into the country illegally.
On Muslims, he proposed a suspension of travel until we figured out what was going on with respect to terror and the religion of peace.
It seems as if you are painting with the same broad brush you are accusing Trump of painting with.
While I will not try to defend Mr. Trump, I will point out the our system of government has let a lot of questionable and illegal things deliberately slide for the benefit of the top 1%. This is has led to an erosion of our laws and standard of living for many who used to be known as middle class.
The derivative housing market collapse, H1-B abuse, the blind eye to undocumented works who entered the country illegally and use stolen identities are just the tip of the iceberg. Additionally, our government picks winners and loser and hampers the free market in so many areas including but not limited to insurance, health care, commodities/food, copyrighted works, and prescription drugs. Meanwhile we have perpetual cash-cow wars and unconstitutional search and seizures of cash with documented abuse of police power. Meanwhile the ware on drugs rolls along with the high school to prison pipeline creating a steady stream of felons who will never get jobs because one brush with the law resulting in a felony means you can never answer 'NO' to "Have you ever beed convicted of a felony?"
Someone eventually needs to drop the hammer and fix the scales so they are honest again. Is this Trump? Is the Bernie? I know it isn't Clinton.
In any case, Trump is the first person to stand on the national stage and call this stuff out in a big way. This resonates with all the people who have been crushed and hurt.
I am with you 100% on Objective C, that language is too hard for my brain to process. I realize it is a superset of C so it had to abandon C style syntax like dot notation and parenthesis. I find Objective C almost impossible to move quickly in, I can see why they replaced it with Swift, which is much, much more readable.
I agree and scouring the license looking for the gotcha. If this is legit and I can use it for FREE on Mac, I am going to have a tough time staying with Objective-C/Swift and move to C#. This could be the biggest move Microsoft ever made and it could result in apps being produced for their wretched phones. The question is what is C# and how hard is it to learn the Xamarin Framework, exploring now.
Looking at the DEMO App TASKY, the code seems very readable, reminds me of the old Visual Basic Stuff. Going to try to write an app and test my brain plasticity.
All I can say is WOW, Microsoft, interesting move.
Cross development mobile development platform. Use C# on Android/IOS.
https://www.lynda.com/Developm...
If minimum wage kept place with college tuition since 1970, minimum wage would be $38/hr
http://imgur.com/gallery/L9gpY...
When student loans have increased access to college, they have also caused college and Universities to get extremely fat and top heavy.
https://www.higheredjobs.com/s...
Just like in the US economy, professors are replaced by adjuncts and the money flows to the top.
We are all feeding the top 1%.
Sure, anything is hackable, give the time. The point is that they are trying to make a secure box and they are standing up for our privacy. I don't think it is just marketing in this case. Apple's CEO is gay, and I think he, more than anyone realizes the implication of leaked private data. This is how governments own you, both foreign and domestic. These really nice guys swoop up all your breadcrumbs and look for anything that could be misconstrued or taken out of context, then threaten you with it.
Let's take a look at EmoWindt's phone and see what we can find.
That doesn't feel good does it?
Knowing that your location data, texts, calls, browser history, apps, music collection, notes, could be made public.
That is what Crapple is fighting against, and I hope they win. I don't want to live in Orwell's 1984.
John McAfee lied to get press.
This is not how good lawyers work, you throw as much as you possibly can at the wall and see what sticks.
There is no reason for the FBI to vacate unless they are 100% sure they can get into this phone. I mean wasn't this case important?
Here is what really happened. Apple's response to the FBI's "all writs" order posed a constitutional challenge to their BS. The FBI simply didn't want to get laughed out of court or worse have this make it all the way to the Supreme Court and be told that they were abusing the law.
Is there a way Apple can continue this ex-parte and set a precedent to stop this from being abused in the future? It would be of great benefit to all-tech-kind.
Oh wait, late breaking news. The case is not dropped, the FBI asked for a continuance until April so they can get some better lawyers and threaten Apple behind the scenes with National Security Letters.
So now we have an interesting play going on.
If the FBI hacks the phone, Apple loses the security high ground.
If the Apple hacks the phone, Apple loses the security high ground.
This is a lose/lose for Apple, because even if the FBI doesn't hack they phone they will say they did just to spite Tim Cook and his keynote speech today.
I see what you did there FBI, nice move, but be careful, your next move is critically important to winning the game and you can still lose.
If you buy iPhones/iPads for employees and don't use an MDM (Mobile Device Manager), then you have lost control on the device, period. All of this insanity could be a if San Bernadino would have managed their employee devices.
This is a giant tempest in a teapot. The FBI was sloppy and locked the phone, even though they deny the screwup, judge for yourself.
ATTENTION: If you issue iPhones or Android to employees setup an MDM!
Come on, at least make it a link Give Google's Product Manager Your Feedback on Shutting Down PICASA.
The game is about to change again. The device isn't going to be as important was what is behind the device and the Human Machine Interface. Everyone knows this which is why the valley is pushing into machine learning, autonomous system, big data, and thinking/learning machines. This is where the next trillion will come from unless someone can engineer a phone that thought controlled.
Other big money areas are battery technology. Imagine if Apple could put out a smartphone with a patented battery technology that lasted 1 month between chargers, that would be a game changer and everyone would flock to it. Material science, vehicle engineering, and embedded medical devices will also be other larger growth areas.
We now have the power, silicon, and networks for some amazing technology to blossom, but it is handwork and will take dedicated teams working together over many years. Google, Apple, Microsoft, IBM, and even Amazon all have a shot at making this a reality. Anyone can make a flat thin square with a touch screen and voice recognition that talks to a cloud backend. Now it is time to see how far we can go with this new platform and how it can benefit humanity or at least make money.
I agree....
You have to spread your business around so that you have multiple vendors from which to chose. Because one day, that big vendor that gave you the good price will screw you and everyone else.
Just like Wal*Mart taught these town folks a lesson. This town let their local mom and pop grocery store go out of business in favor of shopping at Wal*Mart express. Now Wal*Mart is closing and leaving town leaving them with no food, or a food desert as it is called in the article.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireS...
Spread your shopping around, keep everyone in business or else one day your options may be limited to zero or one.
Then take all of of your glorious abstraction and stuff it into a FRAMEWORK that is so simple, anyone could effortlessly use as soon as they learn all the rules of using the framework properly.
Then have different programming teams start stuffing stuff into different frameworks and this famous quote comes to mind,
"Frameworks that Eat Frameworks don’t like it when you Customize the Frameworks they Eat"
When you get to this point, large modular software starts looking very supportable.
Let's look at the DOW/stock market from 2000 to 2016 compared to real estate and see who wins.
Discovery BOTS are coming. In addition to BOTS that stitch together contracts and amended laws like this reducing research time, DIFF is such a handy tool.
(1) Paragraph (Insert paragraph number) of the above identified letter agreement is hereby amended as follows:
(Delineate language in this paragraph that is to be deleted and the language that is to be added in lieu thereof).
(2) Paragraph (Insert paragraph number) of the above identified letter agreement is hereby amended as follows:
(Delineate language in this paragraph that is to be deleted and the language that is to be added in lieu thereof).
With the exception of the abovestated amendments paragraphs (Insert paragraph number) and (Insert paragraph number), it is understood and agreed that all other terms and conditions forming a part of the original Agreement, (Insert the words "as previously amended" and/or "renewed" without the quotations if the agreement has been previously amended or renewed), shall remain in full force and effect.
Please indicate your approval of the abovestated amendments by signing below and returning one fullyexecuted original of this letter agreement to (Insert Name and address). You may retain the other fullyexecuted original for your files.
If you haven't watched it and are shopping for careers, you should see this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
This is absolutely false. This was true 10-years ago, but not anymore. In fact in Michigan, a large unionized state, teachers no longer enjoy tenure or seniority. Teachers keep their jobs based solely on performance, student achievement, and student growth on an annual high stakes standardized tests. This was enacted by the state legislature 2 years ago. Further Michigan is a right-to-work state for teachers, which means that teachers need pay union dues and schools districts do not need to autodeduct the dues. Only police have mandatory unions in Michigan.
The legislature is putting the beat down on teachers and unions. Soon there will be no teachers or teacher unions and we will live in a charter school utopia where schools are run like businesses and have CEO's instead of superintendents.
So join the bash-wagon. Attack teachers and primary care physicians. This makes total sense
Oh my, a science teacher teaching math.... isn't science simply applied math? What is purposed of math if it has no context and only abstract form? Math and Science go together like peanut butter and chocolate. In fact science and engineering precipitated the need for most of our math.
Read the ad carefully and look at the screen shot. It works on older versions of IOS and Androids. It exploits the cloud push notification system.