My apartment complex in Silicon Valley is on a flood plain, far away from a nearby creek. However, if the sea level rises by four feet as expected by mid-century, I can fish off my second floor balcony. Not sure if taxpayers will pony up the money for miles of levees.
Use the rural land for things like carrots, potatoes and livestock.
Tell that to the real estate developer who wants to build $1B in homes on a flood plain, gives contributions to the politicians to make it happen, and won't be around when rising sea levels wipes out the homes that homeowners will expect taxpayers to pay for.
I ran into this problem a lot when I was video game tester and lead tester for six years. Programmers, producers and managers got bonuses, but not testers because the QA department doesn't contribute to the bottom line. Of course, those bonuses were always tied to unrealistic schedules. I pissed off more than a few people when I told that I didn't care about their bonuses.
One developer was so desperate for their bonuses that they hacked the bug database password, marked all their bugs as fixed, and tried to get the producer to set up a code release meeting. That stunt didn't fly well with management. We spent the next six weeks testing all 3,000 bugs in the database as we weren't able to rollback the changes. Everyone lost their bonuses.
I use Google and Stack Overflow to research a programming question before posting it to the Python list. More often or not someone had already asked that particular question and an answer or two was already posted. Most of the time when I do post a question to the Python list, it's because I'm missing a vital keyword for the search engine to provide better search results. If you haven't tried a solution in code and haven't searched the Internet, don't bother asking questions on the Python list until you do.
1. You made an incorrect assumption about medical devices, which two other posters and I corrected you on.
2. You made another incorrect assumption that a hospital wireless network is just a convenience and a marketing ploy, which I pointed it wasn't to the doctors and nurses who needed access to patient data.
3. You made yet another incorrect assumption that I'm arguing to win, which I'm not since I'm only correcting your incorrect assumptions.
You obviously have never worked in a hospital environment. Doctors and nurses expect to have access to patient data whenever they need it. If the wireless network goes down, they can't do their job and patient lives might be at risk.
Medical devices on a hospital wireless network includes but not limited to mobile workstations, tablets, phones and/or pagers, and RFID tags. I'm not aware of any medical devices being used for patient critical care on the wireless network. But doctors and nurses expect the wireless to be available at all times, especially when pulling up data while talking to a patient.
When I briefly worked at Cisco's wireless division a few years ago, I learned that their ideal customer was a hospital. Medical devices on a wireless network requires a higher level of reliability and uptime than the typical corporate or home environment. If Cisco gets wireless right for the hospital environment, they get it right for everyone else.
Although hospitals are willing replace their wireless access points (APs) with newer models every X years, they're reluctant to upgrade the closet switches that connects the APs into the network. The more bandwidth is pushed through the APs, the more bandwidth capacity is needed for the switch. Higher bandwidth switches are much more expensive. That was the problem for the new 1Gb APs in 2013. You can connect 32 1GB APs to a switch, but the fiber link for the average switch maxes out at 10Gb. If bandwidth is constrained in the closet, the benefits to upgrading to high-speed APs will be limited. A big problem for the marketing department to figure out.
If you think a hospital scenario is bad, trying getting local government to pony up a fat pipe for everyone in the neighborhood to have high-speed wireless.
I went back to school to learn computer programming. My community college couldn't afford the site license for Microsoft Visual Studio, so the core programming classes taught every flavor of Java. These days I'm teaching myself Python and C at home, and PowerShell scripting at work.
I turn off my gaming PC and it's still running fine after seven years. My FreeNAS file server stays on 24/7 and I just replaced five five-year-old hard drives because one failed outright, another had bad sectors, and the rest were tripping the SMART sensor for overheating. The newer Western Digital Red NAS hard drives run cooler and are more energy efficient than the old Seagate hard drives.
I'm still using an old CRT TV. I used to have the TV turned on all the time as background noise. After I put the TV and everything connected to it on the power strip, I discovered that I only watch TV for three or four hours per week. Hence, my monthly electric bill got cut in half.
My mother kicked me out the door and let me run around the neighborhood with all the other kids. That was in the 1970's. Today it would be child abuse if kids were away from the TV and allowed outside to play.
A computer is never OFF unless the hardware power switch is turned off or unplugged from the wall. Something is always on to wait for some kind of input from the keyboard, mouse or network. I cut my monthly electric bill in half by putting my TV and all-related devices on a power strip to turn everything off.
The i7 is in the recommended hardware specs, not in the minimum hardware specs, for "Wolfenstein: The New Order." The range between minimum and recommended is pretty broad. More hardware is always better but not always required to enjoy the game.
However, all of Python's weaknesses exist to support its use as an interpreted language.
This reminds of the arguments made against Java when it first came out 20 years ago: "It compiles to a virtual machine, not into actual assembly code like C/C++ does. That's a serious limitation for a programming language."
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My apartment complex in Silicon Valley is on a flood plain, far away from a nearby creek. However, if the sea level rises by four feet as expected by mid-century, I can fish off my second floor balcony. Not sure if taxpayers will pony up the money for miles of levees.
Use the rural land for things like carrots, potatoes and livestock.
Tell that to the real estate developer who wants to build $1B in homes on a flood plain, gives contributions to the politicians to make it happen, and won't be around when rising sea levels wipes out the homes that homeowners will expect taxpayers to pay for.
I ran into this problem a lot when I was video game tester and lead tester for six years. Programmers, producers and managers got bonuses, but not testers because the QA department doesn't contribute to the bottom line. Of course, those bonuses were always tied to unrealistic schedules. I pissed off more than a few people when I told that I didn't care about their bonuses.
One developer was so desperate for their bonuses that they hacked the bug database password, marked all their bugs as fixed, and tried to get the producer to set up a code release meeting. That stunt didn't fly well with management. We spent the next six weeks testing all 3,000 bugs in the database as we weren't able to rollback the changes. Everyone lost their bonuses.
I use Google and Stack Overflow to research a programming question before posting it to the Python list. More often or not someone had already asked that particular question and an answer or two was already posted. Most of the time when I do post a question to the Python list, it's because I'm missing a vital keyword for the search engine to provide better search results. If you haven't tried a solution in code and haven't searched the Internet, don't bother asking questions on the Python list until you do.
This person seems to be confusing the community college certified mechanic for a journeyman mechanic.
FTFY
1. You made an incorrect assumption about medical devices, which two other posters and I corrected you on.
2. You made another incorrect assumption that a hospital wireless network is just a convenience and a marketing ploy, which I pointed it wasn't to the doctors and nurses who needed access to patient data.
3. You made yet another incorrect assumption that I'm arguing to win, which I'm not since I'm only correcting your incorrect assumptions.
And now you're sore loser. Have a nice day. :)
I'm not the one losing the argument.
You obviously have never worked in a hospital environment. Doctors and nurses expect to have access to patient data whenever they need it. If the wireless network goes down, they can't do their job and patient lives might be at risk.
Like the earth being flat seems pretty obvious?
Medical devices on a hospital wireless network includes but not limited to mobile workstations, tablets, phones and/or pagers, and RFID tags. I'm not aware of any medical devices being used for patient critical care on the wireless network. But doctors and nurses expect the wireless to be available at all times, especially when pulling up data while talking to a patient.
When I briefly worked at Cisco's wireless division a few years ago, I learned that their ideal customer was a hospital. Medical devices on a wireless network requires a higher level of reliability and uptime than the typical corporate or home environment. If Cisco gets wireless right for the hospital environment, they get it right for everyone else.
Although hospitals are willing replace their wireless access points (APs) with newer models every X years, they're reluctant to upgrade the closet switches that connects the APs into the network. The more bandwidth is pushed through the APs, the more bandwidth capacity is needed for the switch. Higher bandwidth switches are much more expensive. That was the problem for the new 1Gb APs in 2013. You can connect 32 1GB APs to a switch, but the fiber link for the average switch maxes out at 10Gb. If bandwidth is constrained in the closet, the benefits to upgrading to high-speed APs will be limited. A big problem for the marketing department to figure out.
If you think a hospital scenario is bad, trying getting local government to pony up a fat pipe for everyone in the neighborhood to have high-speed wireless.
I went back to school to learn computer programming. My community college couldn't afford the site license for Microsoft Visual Studio, so the core programming classes taught every flavor of Java. These days I'm teaching myself Python and C at home, and PowerShell scripting at work.
You waited until the 10th grade to learn 6502 assembly language? I was learning that in the eighth grade on my Commodore 64. :P
No one hand solders consumer electronics when a machine can wave solder a board at a faster rate than a human.
You're overlooking the fact that since EVERYTHING WAS OFF on the power strip that nothing was in standby mode to sip power.
I turn off my gaming PC and it's still running fine after seven years. My FreeNAS file server stays on 24/7 and I just replaced five five-year-old hard drives because one failed outright, another had bad sectors, and the rest were tripping the SMART sensor for overheating. The newer Western Digital Red NAS hard drives run cooler and are more energy efficient than the old Seagate hard drives.
Modern society disagrees with you.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/20/tammy-cooper-texas-mom-arrested-kids-unsupervised-video_n_1900113.html
http://www.wtsp.com/story/news/local/2015/01/15/parents-charged-with-neglect-for-kids-playing-outside/21821723/
http://dailycaller.com/2014/07/29/mom-charged-with-felony-for-letting-son-walk-to-park-alone-video/
http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/free-range-parents-found-responsible-child-neglect-allowing/story?id=29363859
I'm still using an old CRT TV. I used to have the TV turned on all the time as background noise. After I put the TV and everything connected to it on the power strip, I discovered that I only watch TV for three or four hours per week. Hence, my monthly electric bill got cut in half.
My mother kicked me out the door and let me run around the neighborhood with all the other kids. That was in the 1970's. Today it would be child abuse if kids were away from the TV and allowed outside to play.
A computer is never OFF unless the hardware power switch is turned off or unplugged from the wall. Something is always on to wait for some kind of input from the keyboard, mouse or network. I cut my monthly electric bill in half by putting my TV and all-related devices on a power strip to turn everything off.
The i7 is in the recommended hardware specs, not in the minimum hardware specs, for "Wolfenstein: The New Order." The range between minimum and recommended is pretty broad. More hardware is always better but not always required to enjoy the game.
http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/requirements/wolfenstein-the-new-order/12119/
Wouldn't it be easier to TURN OFF the gaming computer when you're not using it?
However, all of Python's weaknesses exist to support its use as an interpreted language.
This reminds of the arguments made against Java when it first came out 20 years ago: "It compiles to a virtual machine, not into actual assembly code like C/C++ does. That's a serious limitation for a programming language."
I haven't tried running craps on my Nvidia video card yet. That should be a hell of a lot faster.
https://developer.nvidia.com/how-to-cuda-python