The first that I had heard about this was from a NASA scientist following the Columbia accident. He said that there were too many variables and choices that had to be left out of slides because there was a limit to how much detail could be displayed given (readable) font size and screen resolution
This leads to multiple slides to cover a single topic, and the loss of fresh visual memory as the presentation moves from slide to slide.
The large class sizes are common in Phoenix, Arizona where the legislature has taken the 'grover norquist pledge' to never raise taxes and old people (who vote at 99%) keep electing ass hat politicians that have no reason to support education
Like I said before, many people that I work with would fail this test by simply not remembering how to use the equipment and appearing to be an unplugged machine.
Just another example of a society that cannot seperate form from function.
It's like saying, "I do not know how to make a decent school, so I will make a really impressive building, which will suffice as a school"
It makes want to retch. My parents were teachers (retired) and they stay in touch with many teachers who came from their students (from my generation) who they had inspired to teach themselves.
It is reprehensible for a school board (ANY school board) to spend so much damned money on a building when the REAL key to eduction (teachers, DUH!) are underpaid, undersupplied (way too many have to buy materials out of their own pockets) and set in front of huge classes (most of my daughter's classes have 40 students in them this year) only to be judged by standardized tests.
What happened to inspiring students? What happened to drawing their experiences out of them so that they can relate to the lessons and apply them to their lifes? What happened to all the desire to reach a kid and help them realize how they fit into society instead of falling out? Sure it makes a great movie (when the teachers have proven it to work), but the school boards won't fund better teacher salaries!
Oh yeah, a big expensive building is going to fix it.
I have to question the sentience of many people that I meet on a daily basis. They seem to simply be repeating themselves endlessly and have no idea what to do when met with a novel situation
This might seem trivial to you, but in the days before USB flash drives, it was a major pain in the ass. Toshiba could have avoided the whole thing by just licensing a decent controller, or properly testing the one the use. However, they went for the max profits, and IMHO, deserve all the ill will that they generated
But, bubble memory was more expensive than the hard drives they were intended to replace. Now, we are focused on using various flash memory schemes to accomplish the same feat. Is flash memory related to bubble memory? Who knows, but it fills the same niche, so I'm saying that flash enherited bubble's legacy, to replace hard drives with solid state, non volatile memory
As far as Optical Buses go, isn't that pretty much dominated by Fibre Channel? We use it to connect processors to processors and SANs to processors, so that seems pretty bus-like.
So, maybe the trademarks died, but these products are based on the tech that came before them.
Here is what AMD was doing last year with liquid helium, which would put the temp at about 5 degrees Kelvin (about -450 degrees Fahrenheit) and running at 7 giga-hertz
There is a big difference between writing a compiler for a chip that you do not manufacture, and writing a compiler for a chip that you can add extensions to in order to support faster performance.
It reminds me of Suns attempt to create a picoJava compiler that did not have to perform jit compiling and could directly run bytecode
Thanks for the info, however; "The acquisition was completed on November 9, 2006. Intel was expected to continue manufacturing XScale processors until Marvell secures other manufacturing facilities, and would continue manufacturing and selling the IXP and IOP processors, as they were not part of the deal. The XScale effort at Intel was initiated by the purchase of the StrongARM division from Digital Equipment Corporation in 1998. Intel still holds an ARM license even after the sale of XScale." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XScale#Sale_of_PXA_processor_line
It looks like Intel still owns intellectual property AND may even continue to manufacture them for Marvell. This seems even more like MicroSoft taking control over a technology because their partner is not giving them what they want
The ARM core is so widely licensed that it would be hard to find a modern handheld device that does NOT contain one.
"Many semiconductor or IC design firms hold ARM licenses; Analog Devices, Atmel, Broadcom, Cirrus Logic, Energy Micro, Faraday Technology, Freescale, Fujitsu, Intel (through its settlement with Digital Equipment Corporation), IBM, Infineon Technologies, Nintendo, NXP Semiconductors, OKI, Qualcomm, Samsung, Sharp, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments and VLSI are some of the many companies who have licensed the ARM in one form or another" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture#ARM_licensees
Perhaps they could sample the genetics of hatchlings and see if there are descendants of gulf turtles emerging from atlantic beaches in the next several years?
Hell, if people are willing to move 70k eaggs, then why wouldn't they be willing to swab a few thousands turtles, "for the sake of science"
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Turning a desert island into a cloud forest is hardly preserving anything...
I am not terribly bothered by the idea of 'improving' Mother Earth, will anybody have a problem with 'improving' Mars?
let's spray the bugger with lichen, they seem to survive everywhere
http://library.thinkquest.org/26442/html/life/plant.html
Maybe he can sue reality for not conforming to his imagination
It comes down to suing researchers out of existance if their results conflict with a political stance
This is beyond scary, it is a sign of America moving from a world leader in research to a has-been backwater
Just google, "Powerpoint makes you stupid"
The first that I had heard about this was from a NASA scientist following the Columbia accident. He said that there were too many variables and choices that had to be left out of slides because there was a limit to how much detail could be displayed given (readable) font size and screen resolution
This leads to multiple slides to cover a single topic, and the loss of fresh visual memory as the presentation moves from slide to slide.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/29/AR2005082901444.html
The large class sizes are common in Phoenix, Arizona where the legislature has taken the 'grover norquist pledge' to never raise taxes and old people (who vote at 99%) keep electing ass hat politicians that have no reason to support education
Hmmm, like mebbe the Turing Test?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_test
Like I said before, many people that I work with would fail this test by simply not remembering how to use the equipment and appearing to be an unplugged machine.
Just another example of a society that cannot seperate form from function.
It's like saying, "I do not know how to make a decent school, so I will make a really impressive building, which will suffice as a school"
It makes want to retch. My parents were teachers (retired) and they stay in touch with many teachers who came from their students (from my generation) who they had inspired to teach themselves.
It is reprehensible for a school board (ANY school board) to spend so much damned money on a building when the REAL key to eduction (teachers, DUH!) are underpaid, undersupplied (way too many have to buy materials out of their own pockets) and set in front of huge classes (most of my daughter's classes have 40 students in them this year) only to be judged by standardized tests.
What happened to inspiring students? What happened to drawing their experiences out of them so that they can relate to the lessons and apply them to their lifes? What happened to all the desire to reach a kid and help them realize how they fit into society instead of falling out? Sure it makes a great movie (when the teachers have proven it to work), but the school boards won't fund better teacher salaries!
Oh yeah, a big expensive building is going to fix it.
TOTAL BS!
I have to question the sentience of many people that I meet on a daily basis. They seem to simply be repeating themselves endlessly and have no idea what to do when met with a novel situation
A machine with a decent power source wouldn't be bothered by a 100 year travel time, while humans would just get the ship all dirty and stuff
That would be a huge advantage in spreading between stellar systems, especially if you want to make a good impression when you arrive
Prolly more like "Not intentionally slowing down"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasmosis#Behavioral_changes
A parasite found inthe urinary tracts of felines that infects about half the human population
It makes rats lose their fear of cat urine, and has been linked to schizophrenia in humans
Get offa my lawn you damned kids!
Just fyi, but this was not due to a 'unique' floppy drive format, but rather a defective floppy drive controller.
The device was sold as being 1.44MB PC compatible, but the floppy drive was unreadable by any other 'standard' 1.44 MB floppy drive.
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/archive/index.php/t-10293.html
This might seem trivial to you, but in the days before USB flash drives, it was a major pain in the ass. Toshiba could have avoided the whole thing by just licensing a decent controller, or properly testing the one the use. However, they went for the max profits, and IMHO, deserve all the ill will that they generated
I still can't get past the non-standard floppy drives they shipped in the nineties
Definately not a good way to build confidence with the consumer public
But, bubble memory was more expensive than the hard drives they were intended to replace. Now, we are focused on using various flash memory schemes to accomplish the same feat. Is flash memory related to bubble memory? Who knows, but it fills the same niche, so I'm saying that flash enherited bubble's legacy, to replace hard drives with solid state, non volatile memory
As far as Optical Buses go, isn't that pretty much dominated by Fibre Channel? We use it to connect processors to processors and SANs to processors, so that seems pretty bus-like.
So, maybe the trademarks died, but these products are based on the tech that came before them.
Aye, ittle be just a weee bit Captain, I have to make sure the fuel is of an acceptable quality... *hic*
THE WEBSITE'S DOWN!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8_Kfjo3VjU
just how funny a list of 101 uses for AOL disks really is.
http://www.joke-archives.com/aol/aoldisk.html
Damn shame, kids won't have anything to shove under the front legs of a pinball machine
Here is what AMD was doing last year with liquid helium, which would put the temp at about 5 degrees Kelvin (about -450 degrees Fahrenheit) and running at 7 giga-hertz
Here is an AMD news blurb
http://eon.businesswire.com/portal/site/eon/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20091105006606&newsLang=en
And a nifty video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6Hf6d404QY&f=22
There is a big difference between writing a compiler for a chip that you do not manufacture, and writing a compiler for a chip that you can add extensions to in order to support faster performance.
It reminds me of Suns attempt to create a picoJava compiler that did not have to perform jit compiling and could directly run bytecode
Thanks for the info, however;
"The acquisition was completed on November 9, 2006. Intel was expected to continue manufacturing XScale processors until Marvell secures other manufacturing facilities, and would continue manufacturing and selling the IXP and IOP processors, as they were not part of the deal.
The XScale effort at Intel was initiated by the purchase of the StrongARM division from Digital Equipment Corporation in 1998. Intel still holds an ARM license even after the sale of XScale."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XScale#Sale_of_PXA_processor_line
It looks like Intel still owns intellectual property AND may even continue to manufacture them for Marvell.
This seems even more like MicroSoft taking control over a technology because their partner is not giving them what they want
I had a couple of 'why' questions and found a possible answer.
This Intel forum:
http://software.intel.com/en-us/forums/showthread.php?t=67843
Contains many complaints about the performance of the Intel compiler under WinCE (as well as Intel selling it all off to Marvel).
If you ask me, MS wants a chip that they can optimize for their OS. Seems liek this will lead it down a proprietary hole, not unlike Apple.
So, is that the real story, "MicroSoft, now more like Apple!"
Intel already licenses the ARM architecture and uses it in their xScale line of processors
Currently Intel supplies compilers, but this Intel forum contains many complaints about performance under WinCE.
http://software.intel.com/en-us/forums/showthread.php?t=67843
Seems, like MicroSoft decided to take things into their own hands
The ARM core is so widely licensed that it would be hard to find a modern handheld device that does NOT contain one.
"Many semiconductor or IC design firms hold ARM licenses; Analog Devices, Atmel, Broadcom, Cirrus Logic, Energy Micro, Faraday Technology, Freescale, Fujitsu, Intel (through its settlement with Digital Equipment Corporation), IBM, Infineon Technologies, Nintendo, NXP Semiconductors, OKI, Qualcomm, Samsung, Sharp, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments and VLSI are some of the many companies who have licensed the ARM in one form or another" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture#ARM_licensees
IMHO, this is a non-story.
Perhaps they could sample the genetics of hatchlings and see if there are descendants of gulf turtles emerging from atlantic beaches in the next several years?
Hell, if people are willing to move 70k eaggs, then why wouldn't they be willing to swab a few thousands turtles, "for the sake of science"