Wow! And if you look at the date of the CNN article, if you times the numeric value of the month by 2, and add it to the numeric value of the article's day, you get 31, which is the sum of the numeric release date (12 + 19) of Fellowship of the Ring! Coincidence?? I think not!
If I don't get a tech job soon, I'm thinking of applying at McDonalds. I will be living proof of a do-you-want-fries-with-that?-cashier posting on Slashdot. But, you guys can consider me as a Technical Sales Engineering Specialist working with high-tech transaction machines for a large international corporation.
Try using the All-In-One Gestures Extension. I have it set so that when I right-click and move my mouse Down, it would close the current tab. Similarly, with the right button held down and the mouse moved Up, it would create a new tab. Very fast and efficient.
I'm the entire IT Department at work. I do it all as well. From being a receptionist, to doing technician work. My title is Software/Firmware Engineer (I am pretty much the only software guy there) doing research and development using a combination of programming languages like C/C++, C#, Python, Delphi, etc, interfacing with GPS and Satellite modems. I am making $13/hr Canadian.
If the studies are implying that logic, mathematics, and kinesthetic intelligence is higher for men than women (on average), then I agree with the findings. However, if the study was based on linguistic and interpersonal intelligence, then I think the results would be different.
Sheesh, talk about high standards. I'm getting paid $13/hr (Canadian) as a Software Engineer. I have to second as an IT personnel keeping servers alive. Doing technician work when work computers have problems. When devices are ready to be shipped, I have to be doing QA as well. Did I mention that I am the Receptionist during all this -- even during my breaks?
I'd do janitorial job for Google for 5 years if I am promised a Software Engineer position in the future. It doesn't matter how rigorous their interviews are, it just means that their process are weeding out people who are not worthy.
Google Tomorrow's mission is to organize the future and make it universally accessible and useful.
When you, a Slashdot user, visit tomorrow.google.com, you'll be able to find information about your future love and careers; search through more than three billion girls and find that you will be alone for the rest of eternity; then peruse the world's largest archive of future jobs -- that have all been outsourced to India dating back to 1995.
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Instead of plotting Access Points, getting a GPS Receiver that feeds GPS location into Google Earth to make a real-time navigation system would be quite beneficial to the user. With streaming high-res maps and Google Earth's built-in route directions, I'm sure that a navigation system like this would be a good market. Especially if Google decides to release a Linux version of Google Earth to lower the cost of production of a non-Windows-based navigation system.
You completely missed the point of my post. The basic IEEE standards that you are refering to do not help the advancement of robotics.
For example, I wrote code for a motion controller to drive some motors, with UART, serial, all adhering to these standards. But guess what would happen to that code when the motion controller needs to be changed? I have to write new drivers for the new motion controller following the manufacturer's specifications. After writing the driver, there begins a process of testing.
Everyday electronics might have standards, but these standards that you are refering to does not mean that every microcontroller will have a Watchdog Timer, and not every motion controller will have the same states to drive motors.
Having an Open Design is well and good, but I think there is still one main factor that prevents the field of robotics from flourishing. The problem stems from the lack of standard in both the development of the software, hardware, and mechanics.
Since there is no standard, someone can be using Microcontroller A with Motion Controller X using Programming Language N. Then finally combining these electronics with Servo K. When drivers for Motion Controller X has already been written under Programming Language M, developers have to spend time porting the code for another language for a different microprocessor, which might or might not work with the Servo.
When there are so many variables in robotics without any standard, a lot of development time are wasted either porting code, finding minor differences between devices and motors that causes incompatibilities, or choosing non-optimal parts for ease of implementation. In order for the field of robotics to advance at a faster rate, there needs to be a more standardized open environment in the software, hardware, and mechanical aspect.
I'm coding for $13/hr -- Canadian dollars. And I am the only Firmware/Software Engineer in the company with a lot of pressure to produce. I am thinking of moving to the United States for better opportunities. Maybe someone on Slashdot can help me.
Even in asia, fery few people believe in chi these days.
This is inaccurate. I am not sure if you went to the wrong place, or if you did not speak the language, but I can guarantee you that "chi" is part of Chinese culture. There are always people practicing Tai Chi in China. There are always people demonstrating how the channeling of chi stops spears from harming the body.
To take Bruce Lee's words as the end-all-be-all is where a lot of modern martial artists limit their knowledge. Bruce Lee was a martial artists who is good at the modern martial arts where the practitioner cannot devote their whole lives studying. Wing Chun (Bruce Lee's first martial arts) was developed by the Shaolin Monks to teach regular people how to defend themselves within a short period of time. The movements are made linear and direct.
However, Shaolin Kung Fu and Chi is deeper than that. Linearity and directness becomes too simple to someone who devote day and night practicing. Shaolin Kung Fu and Chi Gong is very complex. However, people think it is impractical because it looks "flowery". The truth is, the "flowery" movements is required for at a higher level where linearity becomes too simple.
This article smacks of ignorance on the part of the author, who clearly did no research into the actual performance of consoles in regard to standard scientific computing.
Actually the architecture of the Cell on the PS3 is exactly set up to be a multi-processor machine specifically designed to calculate vectors.
In regards to the example about Fourier Transform, parts of the algorithm can be changed into vector-form and parallelized, the Cell processor actually excels at computing these types of problems.
Since the Cell is already setup like a distributed computing network within the PS3, I would not be surprised if the rumor is true that the PS3 can communicate with other Cell-embedded electronics in the household for more computation power -- just like a computing farm.
If wireless communication between Cell-embedded electronics does not exist in the PS3 upon release, the modular design of the Cell architecture would certainly make it easy for Sony to add in the future.
In other words, it is not accurate to say that the performance of consoles is lacking in standard scientific computing. It is true that the XBox360 is not be set up that way, but the PS3 certainly has the potential to provide excellent performance to the scientific field.
Intelligence is the ability to learn and acquire knowledge. You can be the most "intelligent" person being able to solve any puzzles thrown at you, but if you can never grasp how to paint a picture or shoot a basketball, that means your ability to learn these skills are poor. Intelligence most certainly is not based fully on logic and mathematics.
"This study would probably find a correlation between number of folds and brain size."
This is true. But in addition to this, there is one more important factor: Type of intelligence.
I've seen people with relatively small brains who can pick up material much more quickly than someone with a bigger head size. I think the size and folds of the brain determine someone's overall intelligence (kinesthetic, artistic, linguistics, and logic, etc). Polymaths such as Leonardo da Vinci probably have a larger (folds and size) brain than Einstein's.
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Wow! And if you look at the date of the CNN article, if you times the numeric value of the month by 2, and add it to the numeric value of the article's day, you get 31, which is the sum of the numeric release date (12 + 19) of Fellowship of the Ring! Coincidence?? I think not!
Great, you've just slashdotted 66.35.250.150.
If I don't get a tech job soon, I'm thinking of applying at McDonalds. I will be living proof of a do-you-want-fries-with-that?-cashier posting on Slashdot. But, you guys can consider me as a Technical Sales Engineering Specialist working with high-tech transaction machines for a large international corporation.
Try using the All-In-One Gestures Extension. I have it set so that when I right-click and move my mouse Down, it would close the current tab. Similarly, with the right button held down and the mouse moved Up, it would create a new tab. Very fast and efficient.
Then there would be the Microsoft Vista "Infect Me" edition
Dude, the "Infect Me" edition comes bundled with all other Vista editions for free!
I'm the entire IT Department at work. I do it all as well. From being a receptionist, to doing technician work. My title is Software/Firmware Engineer (I am pretty much the only software guy there) doing research and development using a combination of programming languages like C/C++, C#, Python, Delphi, etc, interfacing with GPS and Satellite modems. I am making $13/hr Canadian.
So, is anyone here hiring?
Jim,
If you don't want your wife to find out that you are looking for love online, don't post on a website that she reads. Busted.
Love,
The Inflatable Mrs. Brittain
If the studies are implying that logic, mathematics, and kinesthetic intelligence is higher for men than women (on average), then I agree with the findings. However, if the study was based on linguistic and interpersonal intelligence, then I think the results would be different.
Sheesh, talk about high standards. I'm getting paid $13/hr (Canadian) as a Software Engineer. I have to second as an IT personnel keeping servers alive. Doing technician work when work computers have problems. When devices are ready to be shipped, I have to be doing QA as well. Did I mention that I am the Receptionist during all this -- even during my breaks?
I'd do janitorial job for Google for 5 years if I am promised a Software Engineer position in the future. It doesn't matter how rigorous their interviews are, it just means that their process are weeding out people who are not worthy.
Er, is that one http://tomorrow.google.com/
Google Tomorrow's mission is to organize the future and make it universally accessible and useful. When you, a Slashdot user, visit tomorrow.google.com, you'll be able to find information about your future love and careers; search through more than three billion girls and find that you will be alone for the rest of eternity; then peruse the world's largest archive of future jobs -- that have all been outsourced to India dating back to 1995.
Instead of plotting Access Points, getting a GPS Receiver that feeds GPS location into Google Earth to make a real-time navigation system would be quite beneficial to the user. With streaming high-res maps and Google Earth's built-in route directions, I'm sure that a navigation system like this would be a good market. Especially if Google decides to release a Linux version of Google Earth to lower the cost of production of a non-Windows-based navigation system.
No matter what they build, they can never compete with my Windows box with a record of Always-Flops.
To all the inflatable dolls and lonely men from mIRC out there, run for your lives before it is too late!
"I wonder, when they finally land someone on the moon, will they say "We came in peace for all mankind"?"
Surely, you have heard of the Star Wars Program, right?
You completely missed the point of my post. The basic IEEE standards that you are refering to do not help the advancement of robotics.
For example, I wrote code for a motion controller to drive some motors, with UART, serial, all adhering to these standards. But guess what would happen to that code when the motion controller needs to be changed? I have to write new drivers for the new motion controller following the manufacturer's specifications. After writing the driver, there begins a process of testing.
Everyday electronics might have standards, but these standards that you are refering to does not mean that every microcontroller will have a Watchdog Timer, and not every motion controller will have the same states to drive motors.
Having an Open Design is well and good, but I think there is still one main factor that prevents the field of robotics from flourishing. The problem stems from the lack of standard in both the development of the software, hardware, and mechanics.
Since there is no standard, someone can be using Microcontroller A with Motion Controller X using Programming Language N. Then finally combining these electronics with Servo K. When drivers for Motion Controller X has already been written under Programming Language M, developers have to spend time porting the code for another language for a different microprocessor, which might or might not work with the Servo.
When there are so many variables in robotics without any standard, a lot of development time are wasted either porting code, finding minor differences between devices and motors that causes incompatibilities, or choosing non-optimal parts for ease of implementation. In order for the field of robotics to advance at a faster rate, there needs to be a more standardized open environment in the software, hardware, and mechanical aspect.
I'm coding for $13/hr -- Canadian dollars. And I am the only Firmware/Software Engineer in the company with a lot of pressure to produce. I am thinking of moving to the United States for better opportunities. Maybe someone on Slashdot can help me.
Akira should also ask himself at what point in time he became a she.
Even in asia, fery few people believe in chi these days.
This is inaccurate. I am not sure if you went to the wrong place, or if you did not speak the language, but I can guarantee you that "chi" is part of Chinese culture. There are always people practicing Tai Chi in China. There are always people demonstrating how the channeling of chi stops spears from harming the body.
To take Bruce Lee's words as the end-all-be-all is where a lot of modern martial artists limit their knowledge. Bruce Lee was a martial artists who is good at the modern martial arts where the practitioner cannot devote their whole lives studying. Wing Chun (Bruce Lee's first martial arts) was developed by the Shaolin Monks to teach regular people how to defend themselves within a short period of time. The movements are made linear and direct.
However, Shaolin Kung Fu and Chi is deeper than that. Linearity and directness becomes too simple to someone who devote day and night practicing. Shaolin Kung Fu and Chi Gong is very complex. However, people think it is impractical because it looks "flowery". The truth is, the "flowery" movements is required for at a higher level where linearity becomes too simple.
This article smacks of ignorance on the part of the author, who clearly did no research into the actual performance of consoles in regard to standard scientific computing.
Actually the architecture of the Cell on the PS3 is exactly set up to be a multi-processor machine specifically designed to calculate vectors.
In regards to the example about Fourier Transform, parts of the algorithm can be changed into vector-form and parallelized, the Cell processor actually excels at computing these types of problems.
Since the Cell is already setup like a distributed computing network within the PS3, I would not be surprised if the rumor is true that the PS3 can communicate with other Cell-embedded electronics in the household for more computation power -- just like a computing farm.
If wireless communication between Cell-embedded electronics does not exist in the PS3 upon release, the modular design of the Cell architecture would certainly make it easy for Sony to add in the future.
In other words, it is not accurate to say that the performance of consoles is lacking in standard scientific computing. It is true that the XBox360 is not be set up that way, but the PS3 certainly has the potential to provide excellent performance to the scientific field.
Intelligence is the ability to learn and acquire knowledge. You can be the most "intelligent" person being able to solve any puzzles thrown at you, but if you can never grasp how to paint a picture or shoot a basketball, that means your ability to learn these skills are poor. Intelligence most certainly is not based fully on logic and mathematics.
"This study would probably find a correlation between number of folds and brain size."
This is true. But in addition to this, there is one more important factor: Type of intelligence.
I've seen people with relatively small brains who can pick up material much more quickly than someone with a bigger head size. I think the size and folds of the brain determine someone's overall intelligence (kinesthetic, artistic, linguistics, and logic, etc). Polymaths such as Leonardo da Vinci probably have a larger (folds and size) brain than Einstein's.
"Look! Microsoft Windows is the only Operating System you will ever need! We have a record of Always-Flops!"
Fastest privately owned supercomputer? That would be my computer running Windows. It has a record of Always-Flops.