Well, given that I'm quite a conservative thinker, I would say that your charactarization is suspect.
I would say that *centrists* are the ones that would prefer slow change and predictability, which is why they push for mandatory sentencing laws, caps on civil awards, and other measures to limit judicial discretion.
Most of the conservatives I know would rather give the *local* *elected* judges more control over their lives. Just the same way they would prefer *local* *elected* authority in most cases.
Case law better serves situations in Federal and State Court where there is a much greater interest in consitancy. Of course there are a *huge* number of cases in federal court that deal with neither state vs state, cross state or issues regarding the federal government. For example murder within 300 yards of a school building can be a federal crime... murder related to drug trafficking can be a federal crime. All of these cases belong in a local court with a local judge put in place by local citizens with local concerns in play. Today if John Ashcroft firmly believes that he needs to get the death penalty in as many murder cases as he can... crimes which the federal government as no business with. Crimes that he pursues in states like Massachusets (where there is no death penalty) just so the criminal will have a chance to die. Now I'm not against the death penalty, but the Federal Government is clearly over stepping it's constitutional bounds in many cases.
At any rate, local judges should need to fear of being overturned by a judge that is further away from the citizens his choices will affect. Unfortunately this is how our current system is working. More precedent should be given to local choices and local politics.
As far as liability suits, a great deal of them are ending in bizzare awards. There should be no punative damages, corporations should not shield individual wrong doing, damages should only be awarded to those who actually experienced *real damage* If someone has really done something so wrong that they deserve to pay out 30 billion dollars in punative damages then they should go to jail instead.
"But if you complain in general that the state has no business interfering with product warranties, a century of case law disagrees with you."
Ah but you're forgetting, I also dissagree with a century of case law!
I'm not particularly fond of the fact that case law has become such a strong argument. Surely there is room in our legal system for precedent but to tie the hands of judges with rulings made a century ago, I'd like to see our system give individual judges (especially the local ones) more discretion.
I don't personaly find writing Asm to be the quickest way to code something and the benefit of superfast execution speed is lost when converting to IL.
If you're going to actually write Assembler... do it the way it's meant to be done. Not in.NET... leave.NET to the high(er) level developers it's aimed at.
I've been obsessing over computer noise for a while... both so I can sleep with out turning my computers off... and because I use my computer for studio work (audio recording)
Currently I'm using zalmann flower heat sinks and zalman 70mm fans turned way down. As for power supplies... the Nexus is a good bet (around $75) or the zalman quiet power supply (around $40)
I wouldn't bother out-boarding your powersupply, a waste of money and effort... but just in case you still want to try SilentPCReview has a few power supplies that might work for that... to the tune of $200-$300 they also have some completely fanless power supplies.
The real problem is, CS and CE programs should be designed from a theory stand point. Any class that relies heavily on a specific implementation or technology will be out of date as soon as you graduate (or sooner) The notable exception being classes that are designed to deal only with specific technologies or implementations or languages.
The bulk of your education in CS should be theory, optimization and concepts. Implementation and specific technologies you should be able to pick up on the job or as a tool to learn... not the actual content of the learning.
**Instant Short Version**
I learned C so that I could learn to write decent code, with planning and an eye for efficiency of design. Not just for the sake of learning C.
Ever thought of just upgrading your SCSI controller? You can get RAID controllers that have insane amounts of RAM in them. That might patch up any access issues.
If your concern is extended duration throughput the multiple rack computers with ram *might* be an option, but most normal users wouldn't consider it due to the latency involved with going through the southbridge then the nic then the nic then the southbridge (of the other computer) then the north bridge. And that's just a one way trip.
Just don't shell out a bunch of money before you do a proof of concept.
You might just try reconfiguring the raid to be Raid 0+1 (Striped and Mirrored) That would give you the redundancy and speedy access. If the RAM is already maxed out on the video workstation it might be more cost affective to get a better motherboard that supports more RAM.
When I fly I just rent one from a kiosk. There are places in airport terminals that rent portable DVD players and DVDs. If you fly alot buying one will eventually recoup the $12 per flight cost, but if you don't... why shell out a lot of money that is not normally useful to you?
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Well, given that I'm quite a conservative thinker, I would say that your charactarization is suspect.
I would say that *centrists* are the ones that would prefer slow change and predictability, which is why they push for mandatory sentencing laws, caps on civil awards, and other measures to limit judicial discretion.
Most of the conservatives I know would rather give the *local* *elected* judges more control over their lives. Just the same way they would prefer *local* *elected* authority in most cases.
Case law better serves situations in Federal and State Court where there is a much greater interest in consitancy. Of course there are a *huge* number of cases in federal court that deal with neither state vs state, cross state or issues regarding the federal government. For example murder within 300 yards of a school building can be a federal crime... murder related to drug trafficking can be a federal crime. All of these cases belong in a local court with a local judge put in place by local citizens with local concerns in play. Today if John Ashcroft firmly believes that he needs to get the death penalty in as many murder cases as he can... crimes which the federal government as no business with. Crimes that he pursues in states like Massachusets (where there is no death penalty) just so the criminal will have a chance to die. Now I'm not against the death penalty, but the Federal Government is clearly over stepping it's constitutional bounds in many cases.
At any rate, local judges should need to fear of being overturned by a judge that is further away from the citizens his choices will affect. Unfortunately this is how our current system is working. More precedent should be given to local choices and local politics.
As far as liability suits, a great deal of them are ending in bizzare awards. There should be no punative damages, corporations should not shield individual wrong doing, damages should only be awarded to those who actually experienced *real damage* If someone has really done something so wrong that they deserve to pay out 30 billion dollars in punative damages then they should go to jail instead.
And that is my conservative view.
foooo~
"But if you complain in general that the state has no business interfering with product warranties, a century of case law disagrees with you."
Ah but you're forgetting, I also dissagree with a century of case law!
I'm not particularly fond of the fact that case law has become such a strong argument. Surely there is room in our legal system for precedent but to tie the hands of judges with rulings made a century ago, I'd like to see our system give individual judges (especially the local ones) more discretion.
~foooo
Fun... Perhaps...
.NET... leave .NET to the high(er) level developers it's aimed at.
Useful? Probably not.
I don't personaly find writing Asm to be the quickest way to code something and the benefit of superfast execution speed is lost when converting to IL.
If you're going to actually write Assembler... do it the way it's meant to be done. Not in
~foooo
How much of this "low cost" is because of subsidies?
I could (but would never) roll out low cost T1s to everyone in the USA for 10 bucks a month... just have the government pick up the tab.
~foooo
www.silentpcreview.com
I've been obsessing over computer noise for a while... both so I can sleep with out turning my computers off... and because I use my computer for studio work (audio recording)
Currently I'm using zalmann flower heat sinks and zalman 70mm fans turned way down. As for power supplies... the Nexus is a good bet (around $75) or the zalman quiet power supply (around $40)
I wouldn't bother out-boarding your powersupply, a waste of money and effort... but just in case you still want to try SilentPCReview has a few power supplies that might work for that... to the tune of $200-$300 they also have some completely fanless power supplies.
~foooo PS. Mod me up... before you go go...
please read the parent comment. it clearly says CS and CE =)
The real problem is, CS and CE programs should be designed from a theory stand point. Any class that relies heavily on a specific implementation or technology will be out of date as soon as you graduate (or sooner) The notable exception being classes that are designed to deal only with specific technologies or implementations or languages.
The bulk of your education in CS should be theory, optimization and concepts. Implementation and specific technologies you should be able to pick up on the job or as a tool to learn... not the actual content of the learning.
**Instant Short Version**
I learned C so that I could learn to write decent code, with planning and an eye for efficiency of design. Not just for the sake of learning C.
~foooo
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Please tell me how to run my holy war.
Thanks!
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Ever thought of just upgrading your SCSI controller? You can get RAID controllers that have insane amounts of RAM in them. That might patch up any access issues.
If your concern is extended duration throughput the multiple rack computers with ram *might* be an option, but most normal users wouldn't consider it due to the latency involved with going through the southbridge then the nic then the nic then the southbridge (of the other computer) then the north bridge. And that's just a one way trip.
Just don't shell out a bunch of money before you do a proof of concept.
~george
Wouldn't the bottleneck of the NICs be an issue?
You might just try reconfiguring the raid to be Raid 0+1 (Striped and Mirrored) That would give you the redundancy and speedy access. If the RAM is already maxed out on the video workstation it might be more cost affective to get a better motherboard that supports more RAM.
~george
When I fly I just rent one from a kiosk. There are places in airport terminals that rent portable DVD players and DVDs. If you fly alot buying one will eventually recoup the $12 per flight cost, but if you don't... why shell out a lot of money that is not normally useful to you?