Changing lanes in an intersection at a construction zone while throwing a cigarette but out the window. . . The part that tiffed me was the cop called the but a fire hazard. It was in the middle of a square mile of concrete and was raining. -nB
Most chip design is stored as VHDL. This code is indexable and searchable, which makes it highly reusable. The last part I worked on contained about 5% new code and 95% re-use. Need an array of SRAMS for register memory, search array, register, SRAM and see what comes up. Really quite cool. The actual layout AFAIK is stored on disk as it is really a bunch of high res TIFFs or such. -nB
"Don't forget the cost of a DBA who knows how to work with Oracle in that price. Oracle isn't going to buy you much for performance if you don't have a DBA who knows how to make use of it. Presumably you'll need a DBA anyhow, but it's going to be far cheaper to find somebody who has general database knowledge than somebody who's an expert in the finer points of Oracle tuning."
The cost of a good DBA is not going to be much different for one skilled in the art of MySQL tuning or PostgreSQL tuning either. I think that not skimping on the DBA is one of the most important things. Either buy (ore choose and OSS) database, then hire an admin (or two if you can afford it) who specializes in that DB. The other side of the coin is valid as well: Hire the most awesome DBA you can find, one that will integrate well with your IT team, can code anything, and "feels right", then buy or use the DB they can make sing. -nB
Bingo, and in my case I got the fine portion reduced by almost a grand. I specifically said:
"Guilty with an apology, your honor". The judge looked at me with the funniest expression I have ever seen and asked me why I said that. My response was simple and honest: I did what I did, and it was wrong. I would have never done it had I any inkling that it was going to cost me so much. You bet I'm sorry. She cut the fine down from $1550 to $600 + court costs. -nB
Yes. MySQL will fall flat on its face far sooner than Oracle will. If your DB is tens to hundreds of terabytes, with gig and larger entries (think VLSI design here) then MySQL will not hold up (well). That said there are other OSS db's that will hold up better, though they are slower. -nB
Really that's what it comes down to: If the cost of lower performance is less than $40K per CPU then OSS is the way to go. Since OSS is in a continual state of improvement, I've got to think that it is the selection of choice for anyone with a budget. It is most certainly at least worth a look, even to an entrenched Oracle or MSSQL camp. -nB
I just read that and now I want to scream. don't ask me why, but I do know never to work at a help desk as long as I live. I program in ansi C using perl on a 15 year old system that is stuck in windows 98 as the newest OS it will run on. On hardware that has been EOL for 5 years and for which vendor support has been revoked (specifically we were told: "we no longer will support the MP2000 microprober").
I consistantly want to throttle my users because they assume too much. -nB
Depends on the length of the trial. Since I pled guilty and my trial (traffic) lasted ~10 min and my court costs were $340 or so here are some assumptions: $340 total traffic court costs (the fine was an additional $600 BTW) -$100 filing fee -$100 bogus crap not charged per hour =$140/hr for court costs. Figure if he had 5 tries as TFS said to get it right and each try was half a day of mucking about in the courtroom: 20hrs * 140 = $2800 (+ the filing fees and such).
Since I'm talking out my ass on this one I'm going to figure I'm way off. -nB
Many sites that run doubleclick stuff, thus *.doubleclick.* is blocked in adblock. Also I block intellitext because it interferes with the readibility of the page. -nB
My problem is not with ads, but with the ton of scripts and *annoying* ads that many sites use. Sometimes the page simply wont because an adserver somewhere is bogged down. That earns an adblock. -nB
Naah, Just up the ante: Anyone can submit a patent, for free. If your patent is blocked because of prior art, or common sense, or any other reason other than in the name of governmental security, or if your patent is later overturned in a court of law for the same reasons, then you are shot on the spot. I have a sneaky suspicion that the number of frivolous patents would greatly subside. After all no-one is going to submit a patent for a company that they don't think will stand. -nB
Well, if everything is on an encrypted volume that you have the key in your head and no where else at all then there is some speculation that the 5th ammendment can protect you from providing the key, as you would be required to communicate the piece of evidence that would serve to convict you. -nB
No personal attack taken, I understand the counterargument perfectally well. My real reason, rather than stealing it (since we both know the ethics are not all that different), is that allofmp3 does make payments on the music they sell, I feel it's akin to leaving an absurdly low tip to prove a point.
I realise that I may be a tard in some people's opinion, but that's the way *I* feel about it. -nB
Sign me up. I would love enhanced vision, total recall, indexible memory, downloadable kowledge, direct interface with a computer, and all that good stuff. -nB
I can see it now: Jack in to your favorite game and play while you sleep! We tune your dream to be in-game. Play now!*
*some players may be permabanned for foul and lewd gameplay as the human mind tends to wader about when dreaming. We are not responsible for your gameplay when asleep.
One thing to note (IMHO) is that while a large number of (c) infringers are willful and really Don'tGiveAShit(tm) there is a fairly large minority that pirate because they perceive the whole deal as a rip-off all the way around. If the content creators (writers and artists) got the lions share of the proceeds rather than the ??AA you would have less pirates.
I personally use AllOfMP3 because the artist sees just about the same ammount of money and I am *technically* legal. If someone were to open up shop and say: Our pricing model is the same (1c/meg) but we add 5c to each song of which 4.75c goes to the artist (aggragated however), I would buy from them, and the artist would see more money per track than they currently see from an entire CD! I know I am not alone in this way of thought. -nB
Really? I didn't know we had the ability to interface with the human mind yet. I know we have some rudamentry ability to sense and stimpulate nerves, but nothing to this level. I think it is coming fast though, and when it does it will be like an avalanche. -nB
Next big thing: wetware implants ala Jonny mnemonic and/or borg type enhancements. Don't think so? Just look to the military for augmented soilders, or the commercial arbitrage market, where total and instant recall of all possible data about the deal would be an impressive advantage. People who are not geeks would submit to the knife if it could give them the possibility of riches. -nB
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Yes they are limited.
The mean cycle count is 150K+ on the devices I am most experienced with though the warrenty is 100K cycles.
-nB
Changing lanes in an intersection at a construction zone while throwing a cigarette but out the window. . .
The part that tiffed me was the cop called the but a fire hazard. It was in the middle of a square mile of concrete and was raining.
-nB
Most chip design is stored as VHDL. This code is indexable and searchable, which makes it highly reusable.
The last part I worked on contained about 5% new code and 95% re-use. Need an array of SRAMS for register memory, search array, register, SRAM and see what comes up. Really quite cool.
The actual layout AFAIK is stored on disk as it is really a bunch of high res TIFFs or such.
-nB
Thank you, that was quite some oversight on my part!
Ouch indeed!
-nB
Sell FTP access at 1c per meg or so?
That would make them a tidy sum quite quickly.
-nB
"Don't forget the cost of a DBA who knows how to work with Oracle in that price. Oracle isn't going to buy you much for performance if you don't have a DBA who knows how to make use of it. Presumably you'll need a DBA anyhow, but it's going to be far cheaper to find somebody who has general database knowledge than somebody who's an expert in the finer points of Oracle tuning."
The cost of a good DBA is not going to be much different for one skilled in the art of MySQL tuning or PostgreSQL tuning either. I think that not skimping on the DBA is one of the most important things. Either buy (ore choose and OSS) database, then hire an admin (or two if you can afford it) who specializes in that DB. The other side of the coin is valid as well: Hire the most awesome DBA you can find, one that will integrate well with your IT team, can code anything, and "feels right", then buy or use the DB they can make sing.
-nB
Bingo, and in my case I got the fine portion reduced by almost a grand.
I specifically said:
"Guilty with an apology, your honor". The judge looked at me with the funniest expression I have ever seen and asked me why I said that. My response was simple and honest: I did what I did, and it was wrong. I would have never done it had I any inkling that it was going to cost me so much. You bet I'm sorry. She cut the fine down from $1550 to $600 + court costs.
-nB
Yes.
MySQL will fall flat on its face far sooner than Oracle will. If your DB is tens to hundreds of terabytes, with gig and larger entries (think VLSI design here) then MySQL will not hold up (well). That said there are other OSS db's that will hold up better, though they are slower.
-nB
Really that's what it comes down to:
If the cost of lower performance is less than $40K per CPU then OSS is the way to go. Since OSS is in a continual state of improvement, I've got to think that it is the selection of choice for anyone with a budget. It is most certainly at least worth a look, even to an entrenched Oracle or MSSQL camp.
-nB
I just read that and now I want to scream.
don't ask me why, but I do know never to work at a help desk as long as I live.
I program in ansi C using perl on a 15 year old system that is stuck in windows 98 as the newest OS it will run on. On hardware that has been EOL for 5 years and for which vendor support has been revoked (specifically we were told: "we no longer will support the MP2000 microprober").
I consistantly want to throttle my users because they assume too much.
-nB
Depends on the length of the trial.
Since I pled guilty and my trial (traffic) lasted ~10 min and my court costs were $340 or so here are some assumptions:
$340 total traffic court costs (the fine was an additional $600 BTW)
-$100 filing fee
-$100 bogus crap not charged per hour
=$140/hr for court costs.
Figure if he had 5 tries as TFS said to get it right and each try was half a day of mucking about in the courtroom:
20hrs * 140 = $2800 (+ the filing fees and such).
Since I'm talking out my ass on this one I'm going to figure I'm way off.
-nB
Many sites that run doubleclick stuff, thus *.doubleclick.* is blocked in adblock. Also I block intellitext because it interferes with the readibility of the page.
-nB
My problem is not with ads, but with the ton of scripts and *annoying* ads that many sites use. Sometimes the page simply wont because an adserver somewhere is bogged down. That earns an adblock.
-nB
Naah,
Just up the ante:
Anyone can submit a patent, for free.
If your patent is blocked because of prior art, or common sense, or any other reason other than in the name of governmental security, or if your patent is later overturned in a court of law for the same reasons, then you are shot on the spot.
I have a sneaky suspicion that the number of frivolous patents would greatly subside. After all no-one is going to submit a patent for a company that they don't think will stand.
-nB
Oh that's rich.
Look out for the slashcode trolls (hope they're running the latest and greatest).
-nB
Hence my statement that there is _speculation_ that the 5th may help.
Didn't think about the cairo connection though...
-nB
Well, if everything is on an encrypted volume that you have the key in your head and no where else at all then there is some speculation that the 5th ammendment can protect you from providing the key, as you would be required to communicate the piece of evidence that would serve to convict you.
-nB
"Oh, BTW, my biopsy was negative."
:-)
Congrats.
I had a flexible syg, without any sedatives... and a biopsy of a pylop.
Felt all of that too, have to think your's was 5-10x worse.
I'm with the poster above, and I'm well on my way. 12 of the 18 seeds I planted have sprouted so far
-nB
No personal attack taken, I understand the counterargument perfectally well.
My real reason, rather than stealing it (since we both know the ethics are not all that different), is that allofmp3 does make payments on the music they sell, I feel it's akin to leaving an absurdly low tip to prove a point.
I realise that I may be a tard in some people's opinion, but that's the way *I* feel about it.
-nB
Sign me up.
I would love enhanced vision, total recall, indexible memory, downloadable kowledge, direct interface with a computer, and all that good stuff.
-nB
wait... I get to keep my free will right?
I can see it now:
Jack in to your favorite game and play while you sleep!
We tune your dream to be in-game.
Play now!*
*some players may be permabanned for foul and lewd gameplay as the human mind tends to wader about when dreaming. We are not responsible for your gameplay when asleep.
One thing to note (IMHO) is that while a large number of (c) infringers are willful and really Don'tGiveAShit(tm) there is a fairly large minority that pirate because they perceive the whole deal as a rip-off all the way around. If the content creators (writers and artists) got the lions share of the proceeds rather than the ??AA you would have less pirates.
/meg) but we add 5c to each song of which 4.75c goes to the artist (aggragated however), I would buy from them, and the artist would see more money per track than they currently see from an entire CD! I know I am not alone in this way of thought.
I personally use AllOfMP3 because the artist sees just about the same ammount of money and I am *technically* legal. If someone were to open up shop and say: Our pricing model is the same (1c
-nB
Really?
I didn't know we had the ability to interface with the human mind yet. I know we have some rudamentry ability to sense and stimpulate nerves, but nothing to this level. I think it is coming fast though, and when it does it will be like an avalanche.
-nB
Next big thing:
wetware implants ala Jonny mnemonic and/or borg type enhancements. Don't think so? Just look to the military for augmented soilders, or the commercial arbitrage market, where total and instant recall of all possible data about the deal would be an impressive advantage. People who are not geeks would submit to the knife if it could give them the possibility of riches.
-nB
It's still a stupid law though.
-nB