I also think C++ and Python are excellent languages. I'd also add two others, C and C#. C because you just can't replace it when you need small, fast executables for embedded systems. The size of a C exeuctable usually seems to be half that of a corresponding C++ one. C# because it's moving towards the future of programming languages, more so than Java.
C# addresses many of the problems of C++, and yes C++ does have problems. C# being developed by Microsoft detracts from its acceptability, but it still is a very good language. Interfaces, delegates, and attributes are all definite improvements in the language. With todays large memory sizes, header files are pretty much obsolete as well.
I'm sure that software developers will find a way to improve their products with multiple threads of execution. Better animations and simulations for one thing. I don't see clock speeds increasing very quickly for the next 5-10 years either, but I
can envision ways in which those additional transistors on the new chips would be used to provide more functionality with less power consumption. I can see processors
supporting hardware level parsing, making compilers & interpreters faster, effectively making interpreted code nearly as fast as compiled code. Better support
for speech recognition and machine learning applications could be built in as well.
Ah, but suppose that board for the intel chip requires some support chips for the
processor that are more expensive than those for the AMD chip, say $15 more,
that would be only $170,000 more revenue if they sold 10K units of intel based computers. But supposing also that you used the AMD chip, and got more units in sales, because most gamers know that the AMD is a better chip for them and a $20 price difference when you're paying $2000 for the machine is squat. How much potential revenue are you losing? By my reasoning they'ld only need to sell less than 100 more units of the AMD to make that additional revenue, which I'm sure they would do.
I had SRA reading back when I was in third grade. I must have been one of the
motivated students. I was so f*king bored by the extremely slow pace that
material was taught in the prior two grades that I'ld pretty much tuned out
to listening to the teachers. SRA gave me a chance to go at the pace I wanted to
go at - fast.
That article was pretty good. But I think it just needs some sound effects and cartoons to go along with it. They could play when you clicked on some pictures or icons around the text.
I don't believe the nozzles on the solid rocket boosters of the Space Shuttle are gimbled. I believe they use a different mechanism for vectoring their thrust.
Gee none of the wikipedia articles does a very thorough job of explaining gimbal or gimballed thrust. The joint has two degrees of freedom, like your shoulder joint or hip joint. The thrust of the rocket is directed along a line through the center of the nozzle, or very nearly so. If the line along which the thrust is directed goes through the center of mass of the rocket, the rocket goes straight. If it doesn't go through the center of mass of the rocket, the rocket experiences a torque, which will cause the orientation or direction of the rocket to change.
The article mentions that the gimballed thrusters will be used for the reaction control system on NASA's CEV. This implies that the thrusters will be able to gimball by more than just the few degrees that the main engines are able to gimbal.
You could always do what some famous musicians do when they want to play a different style of music, go by one name when performing one style of music, and another when performing a different style.
If the attraction between the surface and the wheels and rotating mass were to be magnetic, or due to static charges, I could see this thing travelling upside-down, directly up walls, or any direction whatsoever.
The Texas law allows for a fine of up to $100,000 per occurrance. Granted a judge in this case is not likely to award the maximum penalty, but should they choose to do so the fine could get very, very large. Say there were 5000 computers affected in the state, that would mean potentially a fine of $500,000,000. A half a billion dollars is no small matter, even to a large corporation.
That would mean he had 10 feet to come to a complete stop instead of 4 (not directly head on) or that the car had slowed somewhat prior to hitting the wall. The 160 G is a reasonable number for the accelerometer to have read, I don't doubt that.
By my calculations, a race car going a little over 200 mph hitting a solid wall and stopping in a distance of 4 feet would experience an acceleration (deceleration) very close to 400 g.
The question is, do you really want to be part of such a congregation?
I think I'ld start by informing select individuals that evolutionary theory does not have any real problems, that there is very strong evidence for the theory, and that most criticisms of the theory simply aren't true.
The idea that there is such a thing as 'macroevolution' is simply conjecture. The 'irreducible complexity' stuff is the same. Given the nearly uncountable number of possible development paths that could have been taken in the development sequence for a current species makes the validity of irreducible complexity very highly unlikely.
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C# addresses many of the problems of C++, and yes C++ does have problems. C# being developed by Microsoft detracts from its acceptability, but it still is a very good language. Interfaces, delegates, and attributes are all definite improvements in the language. With todays large memory sizes, header files are pretty much obsolete as well.
I'm sure that software developers will find a way to improve their products with multiple threads of execution. Better animations and simulations for one thing. I don't see clock speeds increasing very quickly for the next 5-10 years either, but I can envision ways in which those additional transistors on the new chips would be used to provide more functionality with less power consumption. I can see processors supporting hardware level parsing, making compilers & interpreters faster, effectively making interpreted code nearly as fast as compiled code. Better support for speech recognition and machine learning applications could be built in as well.
their - indication of possession
they're - contraction of 'they are'
While they're getting the ready, put their picnic basket over there.
Learn it and use it.
Ah, but suppose that board for the intel chip requires some support chips for the processor that are more expensive than those for the AMD chip, say $15 more, that would be only $170,000 more revenue if they sold 10K units of intel based computers. But supposing also that you used the AMD chip, and got more units in sales, because most gamers know that the AMD is a better chip for them and a $20 price difference when you're paying $2000 for the machine is squat. How much potential revenue are you losing? By my reasoning they'ld only need to sell less than 100 more units of the AMD to make that additional revenue, which I'm sure they would do.
I had SRA reading back when I was in third grade. I must have been one of the motivated students. I was so f*king bored by the extremely slow pace that material was taught in the prior two grades that I'ld pretty much tuned out to listening to the teachers. SRA gave me a chance to go at the pace I wanted to go at - fast.
My answer would be: "We choose to home school our child."
That article was pretty good. But I think it just needs some sound effects and cartoons to go along with it. They could play when you clicked on some pictures or icons around the text.
didn't you mean to say '... bags of ice from antartic expeditions. *penguins*'.
I don't believe the nozzles on the solid rocket boosters of the Space Shuttle are gimbled. I believe they use a different mechanism for vectoring their thrust.
Not a snowball's chance under a powered F1 engine.
The article mentions that the gimballed thrusters will be used for the reaction control system on NASA's CEV. This implies that the thrusters will be able to gimball by more than just the few degrees that the main engines are able to gimbal.
You could always do what some famous musicians do when they want to play a different style of music, go by one name when performing one style of music, and another when performing a different style.
Biggie Size me.
If the attraction between the surface and the wheels and rotating mass were to be magnetic, or due to static charges, I could see this thing travelling upside-down, directly up walls, or any direction whatsoever.
Indian Givers!
Yes, they're totally narley!
The Texas law allows for a fine of up to $100,000 per occurrance. Granted a judge in this case is not likely to award the maximum penalty, but should they choose to do so the fine could get very, very large. Say there were 5000 computers affected in the state, that would mean potentially a fine of $500,000,000. A half a billion dollars is no small matter, even to a large corporation.
Velocity of object dropped from about 3.2 feet - about 13 ft/sec. Take stopping distance at .01 inches and you come up with acceleration around 2500G
That would mean he had 10 feet to come to a complete stop instead of 4 (not directly head on) or that the car had slowed somewhat prior to hitting the wall. The 160 G is a reasonable number for the accelerometer to have read, I don't doubt that.
By my calculations, a race car going a little over 200 mph hitting a solid wall and stopping in a distance of 4 feet would experience an acceleration (deceleration) very close to 400 g.
How do you feel about meese?
I think I'ld start by informing select individuals that evolutionary theory does not have any real problems, that there is very strong evidence for the theory, and that most criticisms of the theory simply aren't true.
The idea that there is such a thing as 'macroevolution' is simply conjecture. The 'irreducible complexity' stuff is the same. Given the nearly uncountable number of possible development paths that could have been taken in the development sequence for a current species makes the validity of irreducible complexity very highly unlikely.
Sounds like the boy is a candidate for a Darwin Award.
All those jokes about anti-aging discoveries never grow old, do they?
That said, diesel fuel sold in Minnesota now contains at least 2% Biodiesel, by law.