I was at a Video Game Trade Show in Vegas last year. Happened to go to a Pinball repair Mini class hosted by Stern I think. He basically said that the reason that pinball is losing popularity is that the maint is not being done on schedule. Hence the machinces break down (especially the older ones) and it upsets the consumers when the game doesn't work. It costs more to operate the pinball versus an ordinary video game. So they are less profitable. Bottom line they just don't net as much cash.
If I built a nice windows setup.exe program for Postgres, could I sell it? Kind of like my own distribution? I would be willing to put in the major effort if I could avoid getting a job for a while.
My favorite Postgres pain was when we were seriously considering it to replace MSSQL server. I kept trying to reference another database from the current one in a stored procedure. My assistant was finally told that it is not possible on the support mailing list. I was SHOCKED. I consider partitioning things in seperate databases a minimal requirement. I don't know if Postgres will ever get it, nobody seemed to share my concern on the list.
Oh well, Thankfully there is SAPDB and Firebird around.
I always check the store shelves in Walmart for the retail boxes of Mandrake. There are never any to be had. I want to encourage them to stock this item as it will increase exposure. I guess I can ask the store manager to look into it but that is such a hassle;)
The main reason that I have been hesitant to purchase and slog through these books has been the fact that they are written with an outdated assembly language for a non existant processor. I realize that the point is to learn these algorithms, however, since I rarely if ever code on that level any longer, is there an alternative? Something using a language like Java, Python, or even, ack! , 'C' would be more to my liking.
No flames please. This is just an honest question. Thanks
There was an intersting study done by a scientist at Monsanto where he observed increased life span in animals who were fed a restricted tryptophan diet. Very nearly to the same extent as calorie restriction achieved.
Now. Melatonin is derived from Seratonin. Seratonin is derived from tryptophan. Seems logical that supression on the melatonin axis is the beneficial effect here.
He also noted that taking seratonin antagonists, there are a few out there, helps some cancer patients in remarkable ways.
It is definately worth more study if you are interested in life extension, and loath engaging in calorie restrictin;)
It also seems likely this is the case as insomnia could very well be related to lower melatonin levels, perhaps they have an enzyme "deficiency" which is relulting in their hormonal cascade having low melatonin with normal tryptophan consumption.
I have a BS and MS in EE. It gets me interviews but I program exclusively these days. It seems to me that it does carry some level of respect for the person who gets the degree, it isn't a cake walk. Occasionally I use my DSP education in my work, but not that often.
For the most part, I get the satisfaction of knowing in intimate detail how most things electrical work. Sometimes it even impresses women at parties who have had too much to drink.
I guess the bottom line is, if your enjoy the subject matter, stick with it. If you can accomplish finishing that degree, you can do almost anything.
Ummm.... the binding energy per nucleon of lead is the ultimate goal of all fission or fusion reactions. Lead is the stable element. Not Iron. Check out the curve.
I agree, COMDEX is pretty weak. I used to frequent it when it was in Atlanta. The only benefit was the chance of getting some t-shirts and or checking out the rented hot girl spokes models. I remember my boss and myself walking around desperately trying to talk to anyone who had something intelligent to say about VOIP. It was a total joke.
I think that these shows are going to get much less popular as the years progres. The security hassles will prolly speed their demise.
Thanks for LAME. I refer to it on occasion. It would be great if the missing info in the old version was filled in. On whole, it is a pretty good piece of work. Congats!
I agree. It simply went in and took it for what it was, a marvelous technical achievement! As far as the plot goes.... big deal. I have not seen a new movie in recent memory that had a decent one. Therefore, I refuse to deduct points from this film.
I guess Katz doesn't let his kids hear fairy tales either. They don't have enough guns in them.
You don't clean up threads... that is an odd thing to suggest. When a thread is done what it is supposed to process it should terminate itself. It is very tricky to properly terminate one thread from another, if it is at all possible within your programming env. At the very least threads need to be aware of shutdown situations.. and then gracefully exit if that is possible.
It was that idiot dot com guy. He lived in his house for a year and only ordered stuff off the internet to survive.
"Awooooo... scary huh kids?" Said Count Floyd.
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You are mistaken. It would be very foolish to injest Americium. Typically, particulate radiation eg alpha and beta are shielded for the most part by your skin. If you inject or injest these types of emitters... you will totally deposit their energy inside your body. They destroy by ionizing other molecules in their path until their energy is spent. Alpha radiation is particuarly dangerous; it's having a +2 charge and a mass of 4. Therefore it has the shortest effective range and the most damage. When it is internal there is nothing to protect you.
I don't think you understand the concept of reactor "criticality" based on your above statement. I think you are trying to imply you need more material to sustain an uncontrolled supercritical reaction. Being critical in a reactor simply means you are producing the same amount of neutrons from fission that are required for the next "cycle" of the reaction to proceed at the SAME power. That is not a bad or dangerous thing.
I was an EE grad, MSEE 92. This question rings very true in my ears as the same situation I was in when I graduated! I was faced with some harsh realities of looking for work during a recession. I came to the realization that my carrer would ultimately be more portable if I persued the software development path vs hardware.
I cannot stress this enough... I gained superior job flexibility over being forced into serious hardware design niche dead ends.
I happened to have been forced to learn some C for doing DSP work before graduation and I landed a job doing same for the Navy on a contract basis. These days, many more companies need custom programming, as compared to EE expertise.
I also enjoyed the faster rise in pay thanks to the demand surge for software. I expect this trend to continue.... many hardware jobs are/were being moved overseas.
You individual needs will be different but I suggest you cuddle up with a good book on programming and just jump right in.
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I was at a Video Game Trade Show in Vegas last year. Happened to go to a Pinball repair Mini class hosted by Stern I think. He basically said that the reason that pinball is losing popularity is that the maint is not being done on schedule. Hence the machinces break down (especially the older ones) and it upsets the consumers when the game doesn't work. It costs more to operate the pinball versus an ordinary video game. So they are less profitable. Bottom line they just don't net as much cash.
Get a life you dork!
Thank You.
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The rest of the planet.
How nerdy are they if they leave their dist source CD's at home?....Hmmm I wonder ;)
If I built a nice windows setup.exe program for Postgres, could I sell it? Kind of like my own distribution? I would be willing to put in the major effort if I could avoid getting a job for a while.
My favorite Postgres pain was when we were seriously considering it to replace MSSQL server. I kept trying to reference another database from the current one in a stored procedure. My assistant was finally told that it is not possible on the support mailing list. I was SHOCKED. I consider partitioning things in seperate databases a minimal requirement. I don't know if Postgres will ever get it, nobody seemed to share my concern on the list.
Oh well, Thankfully there is SAPDB and Firebird around.
How about killing those pop (under/over) Advertisments? That alone is worth the price of admission!
I always check the store shelves in Walmart for the retail boxes of Mandrake. There are never any to be had. I want to encourage them to stock this item as it will increase exposure. I guess I can ask the store manager to look into it but that is such a hassle ;)
The main reason that I have been hesitant to purchase and slog through these books has been the fact that they are written with an outdated assembly language for a non existant processor. I realize that the point is to learn these algorithms, however, since I rarely if ever code on that level any longer, is there an alternative? Something using a language like Java, Python, or even, ack! , 'C' would be more to my liking.
No flames please. This is just an honest question.
Thanks
There was an intersting study done by a scientist at Monsanto where he observed increased life span in animals who were fed a restricted tryptophan diet. Very nearly to the same extent as calorie restriction achieved.
;)
Now. Melatonin is derived from Seratonin. Seratonin is derived from tryptophan. Seems logical that supression on the melatonin axis is the beneficial effect here.
He also noted that taking seratonin antagonists, there are a few out there, helps some cancer patients in remarkable ways.
It is definately worth more study if you are interested in life extension, and loath engaging in calorie restrictin
It also seems likely this is the case as insomnia could very well be related to lower melatonin levels, perhaps they have an enzyme "deficiency" which is relulting in their hormonal cascade having low melatonin with normal tryptophan consumption.
I have a BS and MS in EE. It gets me interviews but I program exclusively these days. It seems to me that it does carry some level of respect for the person who gets the degree, it isn't a cake walk. Occasionally I use my DSP education in my work, but not that often.
For the most part, I get the satisfaction of knowing in intimate detail how most things electrical work. Sometimes it even impresses women at parties who have had too much to drink.
I guess the bottom line is, if your enjoy the subject matter, stick with it. If you can accomplish finishing that degree, you can do almost anything.
Ummm.... the binding energy per nucleon of lead is the ultimate goal of all fission or fusion reactions. Lead is the stable element. Not Iron. Check out the curve.
I agree, COMDEX is pretty weak. I used to frequent it when it was in Atlanta. The only benefit was the chance of getting some t-shirts and or checking out the rented hot girl spokes models. I remember my boss and myself walking around desperately trying to talk to anyone who had something intelligent to say about VOIP. It was a total joke.
I think that these shows are going to get much less popular as the years progres. The security hassles will prolly speed their demise.
Thanks for LAME. I refer to it on occasion. It would be great if the missing info in the old version was filled in. On whole, it is a pretty good piece of work. Congats!
I agree. It simply went in and took it for what it was, a marvelous technical achievement! As far as the plot goes.... big deal. I have not seen a new movie in recent memory that had a decent one. Therefore, I refuse to deduct points from this film.
I guess Katz doesn't let his kids hear fairy tales either. They don't have enough guns in them.
What exactly is the that "high-middle-low" trick?
Sounds interesting....
You don't clean up threads... that is an odd thing to suggest. When a thread is done what it is supposed to process it should terminate itself. It is very tricky to properly terminate one thread from another, if it is at all possible within your programming env. At the very least threads need to be aware of shutdown situations.. and then gracefully exit if that is possible.
It was that idiot dot com guy. He lived in his house for a year and only ordered stuff off the internet to survive.
"Awooooo... scary huh kids?" Said Count Floyd.
You are mistaken. It would be very foolish to injest Americium. Typically, particulate radiation eg alpha and beta are shielded for the most part by your skin. If you inject or injest these types of emitters... you will totally deposit their energy inside your body. They destroy by ionizing other molecules in their path until their energy is spent. Alpha radiation is particuarly dangerous; it's having a +2 charge and a mass of 4. Therefore it has the shortest effective range and the most damage. When it is internal there is nothing to protect you.
I don't think you understand the concept of reactor "criticality" based on your above statement. I think you are trying to imply you need more material to sustain an uncontrolled supercritical reaction. Being critical in a reactor simply means you are producing the same amount of neutrons from fission that are required for the next "cycle" of the reaction to proceed at the SAME power. That is not a bad or dangerous thing.
I went to MARF in Balston Spa. Nice toy.... it operated without control rods.
You are a very sad man.....
That sounds like a VERY interesting project. I'm sure that you could find a home for it at sourceforge.
It wouldn't hurt to kiss a few babies while you are at it.
For maximum effect try to do these activities while naked in public places.
Remember, there is no such thing as bad publicity.
Yawn, wake me up when the dream is over....
I was an EE grad, MSEE 92. This question rings very true in my ears as the same situation I was in when I graduated! I was faced with some harsh realities of looking for work during a recession. I came to the realization that my carrer would ultimately be more portable if I persued the software development path vs hardware.
I cannot stress this enough... I gained superior job flexibility over being forced into serious hardware design niche dead ends.
I happened to have been forced to learn some C for doing DSP work before graduation and I landed a job doing same for the Navy on a contract basis. These days, many more companies need custom programming, as compared to EE expertise.
I also enjoyed the faster rise in pay thanks to the demand surge for software. I expect this trend to continue.... many hardware jobs are/were being moved overseas.
You individual needs will be different but I suggest you cuddle up with a good book on programming and just jump right in.
Free book suggestions.
http://www.bruceeckel.com
Thinking in Java (or C++).. decent free material.
Cheers!