Different program, TurboCAD is very specialized in 2D Drafting while NX CAD is a 3d Modelling package. NX is very weak in 2D drafting. I use both of them for different purposes.
Inventor is just 3D CAD software from autodesk, theres better software such as NX or CATIA which do run on linux, but for a hefty price. Now there is Opencascade which is an opensource 3D Modeling kernel, but quite honestly as someone who uses NX on a daily basis, it is not up to par. I wouldn't want to waste my time with it at work, I waste enough time with NX which is written by a team of highly paid engineers.
Labview is a lot more than just a data acquisition suite. Although that is a primary purpose of it, again you have to ask yourself how many scientists want to write controllers for a wide range of osclliscopes, etc... Labview also has the benefit of containing a graphical programming language which makes the manipulation of the incoming data streams much easier for a scientist.
Igor and Eagle I've never heard of or used before, but GNUplot does work fairly well for technical graphing. From a quick google search on Igor however, it seems like it has a larger featureset and easier to use interface than GNUplot. It also seems to support direct interfacing to DAQs.
The main reason you don't see a lot of open source software in experimental physics is because physcists want to do science, not play around with code.
There is something about education that makes us disptue your claim though.
10 million? Where are your citations?
Consider that both the Korean War and the Vietnam War were civil wars, it's a fairly bold assumption to make that no civilians would have died without American Military intervention.
Very simple answer, I commend you for the thought you've put in to obtaining and sharing this answer with us. It's a good thing those genious[sic] people in the US are just a bunch of greedy capitalistic fat cats and would never do anything to improve the world.
Also, my comment had nothing to do with Mac/Windows/Linux. I just don't think you have any right to tell someone they are paid too little or too much, let the job market decide, not you.
Since these robots are created by us however, wouldn't they too be at the end of a multi million year design process? IE The next step in evolution? Intelligent machines would be capable of achieving a significantly faster rate of evolution than their organic counterparts.
Of course this assumes that it will be possible to create non organic intelligent machines one day... Who knows?
Depends which version. I use a corporate version of symantec antivirus and it is significantly better and less intrusive than the regular bloatware one would purchase.
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Different program, TurboCAD is very specialized in 2D Drafting while NX CAD is a 3d Modelling package. NX is very weak in 2D drafting. I use both of them for different purposes.
Boring Boride?
You must have not heard of the REAL OS being used, it's called Vap Linux, coolest thing ever, check it out...
Not only that, but it's a free world, who gives them the right to tell ME what to work on?
Quad Cores?
Of course I should add, Labview is relatively simple, for anything really complex the controller software is going to written from scratch anyways.
The question becomes, why would you opensource something that quite possibly, only you are going to use?
Inventor is just 3D CAD software from autodesk, theres better software such as NX or CATIA which do run on linux, but for a hefty price.
Now there is Opencascade which is an opensource 3D Modeling kernel, but quite honestly as someone who uses NX on a daily basis, it is not up to par. I wouldn't want to waste my time with it at work, I waste enough time with NX which is written by a team of highly paid engineers.
Labview is a lot more than just a data acquisition suite. Although that is a primary purpose of it, again you have to ask yourself how many scientists want to write controllers for a wide range of osclliscopes, etc... Labview also has the benefit of containing a graphical programming language which makes the manipulation of the incoming data streams much easier for a scientist.
Igor and Eagle I've never heard of or used before, but GNUplot does work fairly well for technical graphing. From a quick google search on Igor however, it seems like it has a larger featureset and easier to use interface than GNUplot. It also seems to support direct interfacing to DAQs.
The main reason you don't see a lot of open source software in experimental physics is because physcists want to do science, not play around with code.
There is something about education that makes us disptue your claim though.
10 million? Where are your citations?
Consider that both the Korean War and the Vietnam War were civil wars, it's a fairly bold assumption to make that no civilians would have died without American Military intervention.
Is it really that hard to use wikipedia?
Very simple answer, I commend you for the thought you've put in to obtaining and sharing this answer with us. It's a good thing those genious[sic] people in the US are just a bunch of greedy capitalistic fat cats and would never do anything to improve the world.
Right, because that's how Louisiana is on a day to day basis right?
I guess we are supposed to assume that Sri Lanka on a daily basis is similiar to the images we saw after the Tsunami right?
Are you serious? The manufacturing that's done in China is for cheap consumer goods, heavy manufacturing is still done in the US.
Where do you think they make the Lithrogaphy machines, CNC machining centers, etc...?
And what makes you think those $1 USB hubs aren't Chinese knockoffs?
Uhh... You realize cell phones are subsidized by the service provider?
I don't think so! We will find that out tomorrow!
Also, my comment had nothing to do with Mac/Windows/Linux. I just don't think you have any right to tell someone they are paid too little or too much, let the job market decide, not you.
Since these robots are created by us however, wouldn't they too be at the end of a multi million year design process? IE The next step in evolution? Intelligent machines would be capable of achieving a significantly faster rate of evolution than their organic counterparts.
Of course this assumes that it will be possible to create non organic intelligent machines one day... Who knows?
Sorta! I dual boot Ubuntu and Vista and I have a Mac on the side. Heck I've been running Linux on the desktop in one form or another since 1999.
Yet animals that are millimeters large do it all the time?
You're on the internet posting on slashdot, you're making too much money. Get back to working the field.
What can I say, I've never owned a glossy display before, they smear too easily.
I take what I said back.
Suuuuuuuuure we believe you Mr. Sociopathic liar.
If it does create a planet eating black hole, we will be dead before we know it.
Or maybe it will take years to develop and we'll have a good incentive to start colonizing space asap?
If the Earth were eaten by a black hole, the moon and satellites would orbit at the same exact spot forever almost.
Depends which version. I use a corporate version of symantec antivirus and it is significantly better and less intrusive than the regular bloatware one would purchase.
Because Google is looking to create a full featured office suite, hence gears.