I may be mistaken (not a soldier; didn't play one on tv), but I believe soldiers who are deployed get paid much more than soldiers on base or in reserve. IIRC, at least for the Marines, deployed pay is 3x on-base pay. For all I know that could vary (rank, branch of military, enlisted vs. officer, etc.)
Erm, the tenets of programming usually involve the general concept of "Eliminate the unnecessary." Therefore, the parent is correct: if multi-threaded processing is unnecessary, avoid it.
What you meant to add to the dicussion is the corollary: If it is unavoidable, use it wisely.
According to this site the average unemployment rate world-wide is 13.5%. The site cites the CIA World Factbook as its source.
Perhaps the 30% you were referring to is the statistic of combined unemployment and underemployment rate of many non-industrialized nations (found here) ?
While the graphical rendering capabilities of an unmatched pair of older vidcards is limited (compared to newer cards), they might be more useful by games that take advantage of General-Purpose computing on Graphics Processing Units (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPGPU) for its non-graphical systems.
Perhaps these could be makeshift physics accelerators? Or used for better 3D environment-sensitive sound?
Having a spare parallel processor around would be mighty handy...
It may be that a signed submission starts out with a "Duderman writes..." and then the submission's summary text. Unsigned submissions seem to be either unattributed or from 'anonymous user'. Just my 17-second analysis.
They're disappearing, though, so it would seem that someone is cracking down on it.
(PS: I would rather not find out that I'm wrong, if I am. I already made this mistake with Santa, I'm not making it again. la la la la can't hear youuu ohhh saaayyy can yoouuu seeeeeee....)
Now some fancy-fangled search engine is going to ingest your two posts here on Slashdot, and infer the ridiculous notion that Isaac Asimov was a contributingscholar in the field of Chemistry.
The ISS currently has the structural integrity required to do this, so I'm not sure what some of these objections are. The station is currently boosted via chemical reaction engines which provide a high thrust for a short period of time.
Here's a thought experiment for you:
Imagine you have a large Ukrainian friend, Borsch, who spends his free time lifting weights. He also obeys your every command. Lie down, extend your arm upwards, and ask Borsch to step on your chest and pull on your arm as hard as he can. You believe Borsch will tire before he is able to rip your shoulder bone in half. You are right, of course, but (much to your dismay) your dislocated shoulder forces you to end your experiment prematurely.
The station's components are likely strong enough (structurally) to withstand the stresses involved in shifting to a lunar orbit, given that they were designed to survive being launched into Earth orbit. The weakness isn't in the bones, to continue the metaphor, but in the joints.
Keep in mind that those "perks" are only there to ensure that the employee rarely, if ever, needs to leave the office for any reason whatsoever.
I even heard a rumor that they will send your significant other birthday, anniversary, and Valentine's Day cards/gifts, just so you don't have to spend the 30 mins at the Hallmark store. Isn't that nice of them?
Next thing you know, they'll photoshop your portrait into the family videos (that you're not in) and reading bedtime stories to your kids (that you never see).
Imagine the popup ads that would undoubtedly take advantage of this technology...
You know those little floaty see-through things you see in your eyes, and they always jump away when you try to look directly at them? This would be just like that, only totally opposite. And shaped like wing-wangs.
This sparked an interesting thought: The only scenario in which I would condone TFA's scale of surveillance on the American public would be if a) we all had free, anonymous access to such a system, and b) no "blackout zones" allowed for any party (government, private enterprises, etc.) -- i.e., completely open.
Of course, this is highly unlikely to ever be enacted (or even proposed!) for obvious reasons. It is, however, a provocative notion, not only because of the level of raw transparency we'd achieve, but because I'd consent to it.
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I may be mistaken (not a soldier; didn't play one on tv), but I believe soldiers who are deployed get paid much more than soldiers on base or in reserve. IIRC, at least for the Marines, deployed pay is 3x on-base pay. For all I know that could vary (rank, branch of military, enlisted vs. officer, etc.)
I'm resisting my nerd-urge to nerd-correct you.
Oh, boy.
Oh boy, oh boy. Wow. This is hard. The doctors said it'd be hard, but I didn't th--...
[deep breaths]
My family would be so proud of me right now.
I believe it's pronounced "KROY-kee"
Erm, the tenets of programming usually involve the general concept of "Eliminate the unnecessary." Therefore, the parent is correct: if multi-threaded processing is unnecessary, avoid it.
What you meant to add to the dicussion is the corollary: If it is unavoidable, use it wisely.
Eli? Eli! This is Marvin, your cousin!
Your cousin!! Marvin Vance??!!
You know the idea for a new gun you're looking for? Well listen to this!!!!
"That's one of the remarkable things about life. It's never so bad that it can't get worse."
-- Calvin & Hobbes
Inaccurate.
According to this site the average unemployment rate world-wide is 13.5%. The site cites the CIA World Factbook as its source.
Perhaps the 30% you were referring to is the statistic of combined unemployment and underemployment rate of many non-industrialized nations (found here) ?
In that case: apples and oranges, friend.
What you say !!
...and you smell like one, too!
While the graphical rendering capabilities of an unmatched pair of older vidcards is limited (compared to newer cards), they might be more useful by games that take advantage of General-Purpose computing on Graphics Processing Units (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPGPU) for its non-graphical systems.
Perhaps these could be makeshift physics accelerators? Or used for better 3D environment-sensitive sound?
Having a spare parallel processor around would be mighty handy...
Well maybe if you hadn't desaturated Daddy's layer with 50% transparency, it wouldn't look so darn creepy.
And replacing his head with a jack-o-lantern? She used to love Halloween...
It may be that a signed submission starts out with a "Duderman writes..." and then the submission's summary text. Unsigned submissions seem to be either unattributed or from 'anonymous user'. Just my 17-second analysis.
They're disappearing, though, so it would seem that someone is cracking down on it.
(PS: I would rather not find out that I'm wrong, if I am. I already made this mistake with Santa, I'm not making it again. la la la la can't hear youuu ohhh saaayyy can yoouuu seeeeeee....)
Way to go, you two.
Now some fancy-fangled search engine is going to ingest your two posts here on Slashdot, and infer the ridiculous notion that Isaac Asimov was a contributing scholar in the field of Chemistry.
On Slashdot, this goes without saying...
Badgers.
Here's a thought experiment for you:
Imagine you have a large Ukrainian friend, Borsch, who spends his free time lifting weights. He also obeys your every command. Lie down, extend your arm upwards, and ask Borsch to step on your chest and pull on your arm as hard as he can. You believe Borsch will tire before he is able to rip your shoulder bone in half. You are right, of course, but (much to your dismay) your dislocated shoulder forces you to end your experiment prematurely.
The station's components are likely strong enough (structurally) to withstand the stresses involved in shifting to a lunar orbit, given that they were designed to survive being launched into Earth orbit. The weakness isn't in the bones, to continue the metaphor, but in the joints.
If so, it would serve as a jumping-off point for quantum computing in our lifetimes -- scientists would simply paint the bits blue instead of red.
Predicament: Pedantic Parent Poster Parades Prose Proficiency; Proud Pleonast Pledges Participation Penning/Proofreading Pieces Pending Publishing, Presumably?
Prediction: Pessimism. Peter Principle Prevails.
Prognosis: Precedent. Political Passifism, Penis Puns, PONIES!!!!!11111
Keep in mind that those "perks" are only there to ensure that the employee rarely, if ever, needs to leave the office for any reason whatsoever.
I even heard a rumor that they will send your significant other birthday, anniversary, and Valentine's Day cards/gifts, just so you don't have to spend the 30 mins at the Hallmark store. Isn't that nice of them?
Next thing you know, they'll photoshop your portrait into the family videos (that you're not in) and reading bedtime stories to your kids (that you never see).
Imagine the popup ads that would undoubtedly take advantage of this technology...
You know those little floaty see-through things you see in your eyes, and they always jump away when you try to look directly at them? This would be just like that, only totally opposite. And shaped like wing-wangs.
They changed it from the original name, when they found it evoked undesirable imagery.
Used to be 'MySpoogle'.
This sparked an interesting thought: The only scenario in which I would condone TFA's scale of surveillance on the American public would be if a) we all had free, anonymous access to such a system, and b) no "blackout zones" allowed for any party (government, private enterprises, etc.) -- i.e., completely open.
Of course, this is highly unlikely to ever be enacted (or even proposed!) for obvious reasons. It is, however, a provocative notion, not only because of the level of raw transparency we'd achieve, but because I'd consent to it.
Remember: it isn't the voltage that kills you -- its the amperage
Truisms are true.