They keep saying this about Linux and various open source products and Microsoft OS, but the fact is it never happens. MS is going to enjoy a monopoly for a long time.
The math is tough, no doubt about it. With a 75% dropout rate in some heavy calc-based math engineering classes, it's no wonder we have a shortage of engineers. Combine that with an influx of foreigners that may have been highly ranked in their class and had more emphasis in math back where they came from and you begin to see why the engineering schools are continuing to see less and less Americans. Then the foreigners may go back home and we get better designed Japanese cars. Not to mention that almost all engineering is done with computers now-days and these calculus-based formulas are rarely, if ever, seen in the real world.
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They keep saying this about Linux and various open source products and Microsoft OS, but the fact is it never happens. MS is going to enjoy a monopoly for a long time.
The math is tough, no doubt about it. With a 75% dropout rate in some heavy calc-based math engineering classes, it's no wonder we have a shortage of engineers. Combine that with an influx of foreigners that may have been highly ranked in their class and had more emphasis in math back where they came from and you begin to see why the engineering schools are continuing to see less and less Americans. Then the foreigners may go back home and we get better designed Japanese cars. Not to mention that almost all engineering is done with computers now-days and these calculus-based formulas are rarely, if ever, seen in the real world.
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Something I've noticed about HDTV is that you almost have to look at the screen from a distance to see the most quality difference.