Do you really think that the phone system can withstand a quadrupling of bandwidth that each phone call takes up
The 4kHz bandwidth of the phone system was designed in from year dot because it is the lowest figure which can practically be used. The perceived quality could be vastly improved by simply doubling this figure - it's not necessary to reproduce hi-fi quality. This would not cripple the phone system, because the take up of phones which supported this would be gradual. The phone companies could charge double the price to those who wished to use it as an added value service. As the profits of the phone companies are mostly derived from selling bandwidth, this would be a sound business move.
Can you imagine the situation where 99% of your email is spam? Is there an alternative to giving up email entirely at that point?
Why are people so determined to not give up email? Isn't it obvious yet that the idea is fundamentally flawed? We simply need an alternative to email which provides the same functionality, but is designed so that it can't be abused by spammers.
I fail to see the advantage of this. If you are going to produce a video coprocessor for handhelds, why not include mpeg encode/decode? Why not partner with someone else to also include audio encode/decode. More to the point, why not put everything onto a system-on-chip, along with the CPU, like sony have done with their handheld engine?
Presumably Nvidia think they have a market for this chip, but I think selling it as an IP core would be a much smarter idea.
If you were to go backpacking round the world, without paying heed to the time passing (and for good reason), by the time you'd make it back to where you started, everything will have changed so much you could as well go round again.
...just think of the credit card bill you could amount!
Hardware, ESPECIALLY gaming hardware changes so frequently, that it would be difficult to support your game in a few years, it would possibly be unplayable on newer hardware
I wonder if this hardware computing model could provide the first real base for Neural Network computing?
This is not a hardware computing model, it's a new interconnect technology. So no.
As far as I know, any neural network is currently emulated on linear processing machines
The neural network group at Edinburgh University has been developing parallel neural network chips using analog technology for some time now. Because neural networks are very fault tolerant, the errors introduced by analog adders and multipliers is not important.
The more money you have, the more you can imagine spending money on. You and I never think about buying our own private luxury yacht, complete with crew, helicopter, etc., because it's so beyond what we can afford. When, however, you look at your bank balance and realise that you can, but you just need to double your estate to make it worthwhile...
How much energy goes into getting the nuts out of the shells in the first place?
Presumably a lot less than the amount of energy the plant generates by extracting the energy from one, given their supplying energy to the grid, not the macademia nut company.
They had a prize of a lifetime supply of macadamias if you could get a nut out of a shell without using a saw
Err...fusion doesn't make ionizing radiation that would make a GM tube click. It makes neutrons, which are tough to detect. That's the whole reason it gets called "Safe" nuclear power.
First, just because neutron radiation is hard to detect, doesn't make it safe - the fallout from nuclear weapons is caused by neutron emmisions which are absorbed by the surroundings to create radioactive isotopes.
Second, fusion power is not "safe" but "clean": this is because there are no radioactive isotopes left over at the end. A fusion reactor breaking down would not be funny.
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How does seeing someone increase the effiency of using a telephone?
Because 80% of human communication is non-verbal. This is one of the main reasons companies spend lots of money sending executives half way around the world to have face-to-face conversations with people who they could reach by telephone.
I can safely say that you wouldn't catch me anywhere near (let alone on board!) an operating rocket that hadn't had every sub-system peer reviewed by a dozen senior engineers
Some day your going to die. It's inevitable. Going out in a blaze of glory riding a home made rocket into outer space beats the hell out of blinking out in a whimper of irrelevance after years of ill health and decrepitude, IMO.
Hopefully the Super Roomba Pro Elite 300 Deluxe will have suckers on its wheels, so it can also climb up walls and suck the bugs of my ceiling. Otherwise, I'll stick with a regular vacuum cleaner.
Do you really want to be a technical writer? If the answer is yes, then go for it, but doing a masters degree for a back-up career is stupid. Specialise in what you really want to do, because lots of other people will.
Why not document some open source projects - then you can submit a portfolio to potential employers. If you can't be bothered, then rethink going into technical writing. If you think you lack the necessary skills, then do some evening courses.
You're at the start of your career: aim high. If you aim low, that's exactly where you'll end up.
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That sounds like a challenge. The first one to post pictures gets a karma bonus!
It's 3x10^8 m/s
The 4kHz bandwidth of the phone system was designed in from year dot because it is the lowest figure which can practically be used. The perceived quality could be vastly improved by simply doubling this figure - it's not necessary to reproduce hi-fi quality. This would not cripple the phone system, because the take up of phones which supported this would be gradual. The phone companies could charge double the price to those who wished to use it as an added value service. As the profits of the phone companies are mostly derived from selling bandwidth, this would be a sound business move.
Right. It works with some animals too.
(Sorry, couldn't resist)
It just looks that way because the pot in the picture is enormous.
If you have to ask these questions, it's not a spoiler.
They could call this game "Bugger the Band"
Why are people so determined to not give up email? Isn't it obvious yet that the idea is fundamentally flawed? We simply need an alternative to email which provides the same functionality, but is designed so that it can't be abused by spammers.
Presumably Nvidia think they have a market for this chip, but I think selling it as an IP core would be a much smarter idea.
Of course it's exciting, it was posted on slashdot.
...just think of the credit card bill you could amount!
A giant, carniverous, mutant super mouse, bent on world domination and the enslavement of the human race to work in it's underground cheese mines.
In other words, this would only be feasible if there was a gaming PC with standardised hardware which couldn't be upgraded
This is not a hardware computing model, it's a new interconnect technology. So no.
As far as I know, any neural network is currently emulated on linear processing machines
The neural network group at Edinburgh University has been developing parallel neural network chips using analog technology for some time now. Because neural networks are very fault tolerant, the errors introduced by analog adders and multipliers is not important.
At last, we can rid society of the terrible menace of public crotch grabbers.
The more money you have, the more you can imagine spending money on. You and I never think about buying our own private luxury yacht, complete with crew, helicopter, etc., because it's so beyond what we can afford. When, however, you look at your bank balance and realise that you can, but you just need to double your estate to make it worthwhile...
That's all very well, but what about vegetarians? Are we going to just let them starve to death?
Presumably a lot less than the amount of energy the plant generates by extracting the energy from one, given their supplying energy to the grid, not the macademia nut company.
They had a prize of a lifetime supply of macadamias if you could get a nut out of a shell without using a saw
Maybe they use a saw?
First, just because neutron radiation is hard to detect, doesn't make it safe - the fallout from nuclear weapons is caused by neutron emmisions which are absorbed by the surroundings to create radioactive isotopes.
Second, fusion power is not "safe" but "clean": this is because there are no radioactive isotopes left over at the end. A fusion reactor breaking down would not be funny.
Because 80% of human communication is non-verbal. This is one of the main reasons companies spend lots of money sending executives half way around the world to have face-to-face conversations with people who they could reach by telephone.
Some day your going to die. It's inevitable. Going out in a blaze of glory riding a home made rocket into outer space beats the hell out of blinking out in a whimper of irrelevance after years of ill health and decrepitude, IMO.
Groovy. You should nail some old furniture to the ceiling to confuse visitors.
The giant energiser bunny of the apocalypse.
Hopefully the Super Roomba Pro Elite 300 Deluxe will have suckers on its wheels, so it can also climb up walls and suck the bugs of my ceiling. Otherwise, I'll stick with a regular vacuum cleaner.
Why not document some open source projects - then you can submit a portfolio to potential employers. If you can't be bothered, then rethink going into technical writing. If you think you lack the necessary skills, then do some evening courses.
You're at the start of your career: aim high. If you aim low, that's exactly where you'll end up.