I've know several who do. I used to work at Berkeley Systems, who made a screen reader for Mac & Windows that allowed the blind to use those OS's. (Called 'Outspoken', it was even able to read the old GPF dialog on windows 3.1! Take that!)
What it could NOT do is deal with images that portray text. They worked by intercepting the low level 'DrawText' type calls, and just keeping track of the parameters and z-order.
Think of the $$$ you save by not buying a monitor. (it even used different voices for different UI components. )
It seems that comparing the efficiency of Solar vs internal combustion is apples & oranges. It presumes you have Oil or such to burn, while the sun will be around for a few more billions.
To compare the efficieny directly, compare one acre of Biomass fuel fed to an engine vs one acre of solar cells.
And perhaps they idea about solar powered reactions is that you could cut out the middle man: only apply the power directly where needed.
If I switch Ethernet cards, does this mess up my IP address to the world? And have to wait for all the DNSs to get the new address? Or it seems more likely that (as others have said) that routers will strip out this info.
Actually, this is not typically true. A correctly setup group of DLLs need only be loaded once, assuming their base addresses do not overlap in virtual space. (One of the link options.)
rbb: codeboy. Slumming in MSVC 6.0 for a few months.
>Windows shared libraries are not position >independent. This makes them (dramatically) >smaller, but also forces an instance of the >library for each application that uses it.
Please note - the Second law of thermodynamics requires a CLOSED system, which the earth is not. That bright light in the sky sends energy our way 24 hours a day. |... because it violates the second law of |thermodynamics (note: when a theory violates a |scientific law, the theory is unscientific)
Plus, the 2nd law also states that ENTROPY increases in the closed system. Evolution of species does dictate a change in the Entropy of that system. They operate on VASTLY different scales.
Reminds me of the time I got caught by the boss with a shot of JD in my mitts while compiling at 9 pm. I do my best drunking code! Or something. rbb ps: Good work. Perhaps we need a./ poll on what one drinks after a good hacking session? Maker's Mark here.
One thing to remember while bitching about the client not being optimized: It's a scientific experiment, and having consistant data through the entire time is important.
Each different CPU may yeild slightly different results due to roundng, precision, and different Run Time Libraries. Especially with a FFT, these differences can accumulate faster than you think. So, if people run even more versions on more chips, 3d-now, SIMD, and so on, the number of variants explodes. Accuracy (& consistancy) is more important than speed in some cases.
That said, I'll kick some ASS if they are deliberatly sandbagging their code.
rbb (Yes, I've written FFT code in commercial software.)
Re:I love the 8-ball - Non cyber version please -
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Hate to burst anyone's bubble, but I say it ain't so.
The settle time is too short compared to a control 8-ball, and in one of the jpgs, I saw a finger.
As a side note, IE 4.0 does not support the animated JPEG files it sends. Not that anyone here ever installed IE willingly...
rbb
OB 8-ball story: Once, I asked it if I was going to have sex that year. (It was a slow year.) It said YES. That very night, Boom.
I can vouch for two of the programmers working on the mac / windows clients. I've worked with both Brad Silen and Charlie Fenton at Berkeley Systems - the After Dark screen saver company - Neither of them are spooks. (heh!)
Of course, they could have been programming to a black box API, and been fooled too. Some other sd'ers must know others on the credits pane - speak up.
If anyone else out there has ever been quoted by the press, you might understand how the original comments could have been, uh, changed by the time they got to press.
Just call it the Rabid Hyping Press Mentality. I don't want to name names, but it is Wired after all.
Always be careful what you say to the police/press
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It seems the DVD-CCA lawyers figured it would be easier to sue fewer folks, and those that fit their 'Piracy' angle.
Once the precedent is set there, it's way easier to get injunctions against everyone else. (i!=lawyer). Classic straw-man.
rbb
Except that the wheel has an Axle - Log Rollers don't.
>I hate to tell you this but the Log Roller is by all accounts a wheel
rbb
I've know several who do. I used to work at Berkeley Systems, who made a screen reader for Mac & Windows that allowed the blind to use those OS's.
(Called 'Outspoken', it was even able to read the old GPF dialog on windows 3.1! Take that!)
What it could NOT do is deal with images that portray text. They worked by intercepting the low level 'DrawText' type calls, and just keeping track of the parameters and z-order.
Think of the $$$ you save by not buying a monitor. (it even used different voices for different UI components. )
rbb, codeboy
It seems that comparing the efficiency of Solar vs internal combustion is apples & oranges.
It presumes you have Oil or such to burn, while the sun will be around for a few more billions.
To compare the efficieny directly, compare one acre of Biomass fuel fed to an engine vs
one acre of solar cells.
And perhaps they idea about solar powered reactions is that you could cut out the middle man:
only apply the power directly where needed.
rbb
Why don't they grow forever & ever?
Because they run out of nearby matter.
Black holes don't 'suck' matter more strongly than a non-black hole body of the same mass.
rbb
If I switch Ethernet cards, does this mess up my IP address to the world? And have to wait for all the DNSs to get the new address?
Or it seems more likely that (as others have said) that routers will strip out this info.
The September Sci American has an interesting blurb about possible non-gaussian distribution of the Cosmic Background radiation.
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http://www.sciam.com/1999/0999issue/0999scicit5
Unfortunatly, does not reference the papers that it is based on. Sigh.
MobiusKlein.
Actually, this is not typically true.
A correctly setup group of DLLs need only
be loaded once, assuming their base addresses
do not overlap in virtual space. (One of the link options.)
rbb: codeboy. Slumming in MSVC 6.0 for a few months.
>Windows shared libraries are not position
>independent. This makes them (dramatically)
>smaller, but also forces an instance of the
>library for each application that uses it.
Please note - the Second law of thermodynamics requires a CLOSED system, which the earth is not. That bright light in the sky sends energy our way 24 hours a day.
|... because it violates the second law of
|thermodynamics (note: when a theory violates a
|scientific law, the theory is unscientific)
Plus, the 2nd law also states that ENTROPY increases in the closed system. Evolution of species does dictate a change in the Entropy
of that system. They operate on VASTLY different scales.
rbb
Reminds me of the time I got caught by the boss with a shot of JD in my mitts ./ poll on what one drinks after a good hacking session? Maker's Mark here.
while compiling at 9 pm. I do my best drunking code! Or something.
rbb
ps: Good work. Perhaps we need a
try {
someFunction()
} catch (Exception e)
{ }
(An evil coding practice, if I've ever seen it.)
Java removes a certain group of bugs, but plenty plenty remain for QA to find.
rbb (Has anyone compiled a list of Java coding conventions for Meta level issues?)
Each different CPU may yeild slightly different results due to roundng, precision, and different Run Time Libraries. Especially with a FFT, these differences can accumulate faster than you think. So, if people run even more versions on more chips, 3d-now, SIMD, and so on, the number of variants explodes. Accuracy (& consistancy) is more important than speed in some cases.
That said, I'll kick some ASS if they are deliberatly sandbagging their code.
rbb (Yes, I've written FFT code in commercial software.)
The settle time is too short compared to a control 8-ball, and in one of the jpgs, I saw a finger.
As a side note, IE 4.0 does not support the animated JPEG files it sends. Not that anyone here ever installed IE willingly ...
rbb
OB 8-ball story: Once, I asked it if I was going to have sex that year. (It was a slow year.) It said YES. That very night, Boom.
The 8-ball NEVER LIES!
Of course, they could have been programming to a black box API, and been fooled too. Some other sd'ers must know others on the credits pane - speak up.
rbb
Just call it the Rabid Hyping Press Mentality. I don't want to name names, but it is Wired after all.
Always be careful what you say to the police/press
rbb