For the ad-ness of the posting, I apologize. Though I don't know how to demonstrate the utility of a library without showing it working in a real live app. My primary intent is to be able to use SVG within my programs. If the OS (proprietary or not) had that built-in I would have been happy. In order to do get that functionality, I wrote a library. It works, but is incomplete. If a product already exists, I'd much prefer that (and Cairo is a fine product, just heavy). If such a product does not exist, I would like to know if someone else desires it; because making it fully SVG compliant is a lot of work and is only worth doing if someone will actually use it. Much as I would like to make billions from my labour, I'm realistic enough to recognize that a free superior Cairo is not worth competing against, hence if my library has to be published it must be free and open.
You mean to say that the original Native Americans were really Indians after all? Or should we start calling Native Indians, Brown Americans from now on? So confused...
I was in the same boat as you are. As others have mentioned "Art of Electronics" by Horowitz and Hill (with its companion Lab manual) is the classic text for people like us. But to get the most out of the book, you will eventually have to invest in some basic electronics equipment, especially an oscilloscope. The bottom line is that you need to invest at least $1,000 for all kinds of parts, small and large, and devour information on the www like many do pr0n on this site.
You would also get the most bang for the buck by playing around with microcontroller projects.
Old media lasting longer than new media is not necessarily due to poorer engineering practices coming into vogue. On the contrary, higher data densities lead to higher chances of failure. Think of it this way: twenty years back it took 1 million small magnets to store 1 byte. Now they have it down to 10 magnets storing that same byte. In the past, your reading head could miss out over 700,000 magnets, and still read the byte, but the new head needs can't tolerate more than 5 missing magnets. In reality the tech has got better, but market demand for higher densities (aka competition) forces manufacturers to choose between tighter tolerances (i.e. more failure) or less capacity. Guess which one gets picked?
... it might even be good for me to declare my itinerary ahead of time to a single g'ment entity. With all this information I can be informed of potential problems in a target location (riots, epidemics, terrorism, etc) that I might not know of ahead of time.
Come to think of it, this program does not go far enough! If tourists were to declare all the people they will visit and the nature of their visit, the g'ment can even inform me of any potential problems in advance. Who knows what weapons/diseases/insurance/liabilities/* my potential hosts carry? The only way to fix this situation is if they had a single database of all citizens and their medical/legal/personal/* information.
So for non-citizens, this a pretty good start, but it doesn't go far enough.
Methinks that tracking Amount of Data consumed per capita would be a more useful metric than raw availability of bandwidth. Access to 100mbps connections is useless if you can only download 1G/month.
1. Why aren't they broadcasting on the internet? 2. Why isn't there a link to the offending content in the article? 3. I for one welcome... wait.. who are the new overlords again?
Presumably $500m is due to the historical value of the coins, not their mass. How do they go about making sure counterfeits are not slipped in? I would think that modern metallurgy is (IMNAM) advanced enough to fabricate any desired ratio isotopes in an alloy. Smells like Pump and Dump to me...
Yet another sure sign of USA's rise as a technological nation, however I think all the talk of a "superpower" is a bit premature. True, the country has come very far and is not a major producer of technology and the de facto place to have outsourced technical services done. However, it's important to remember that the nation also has some of the worst abject poverty in the world and while they are launching satellite in one area, there are others where people cram onto wasteful hundred year old technologies like cars.
Hopefully, as time passes the standard of living will increase across the board, but as this happens, the price of labor will also increase, which will temper further growth. There are right now people willing to work on burger flipping, professional sports, show business and other highly dangerous jobs for pennies a day. That labor force is part of what has made USA successful in modern times. The population is huge and while good education exists, it's not available enough to all people or areas of the country.
Whether or not it is wise for a nation like USA to invest in space systems and other high tech projects is subject to debate. On one hand, there are a lot of smaller local projects which the money could go to, but at the same time, diving into the world of high technology, electronics and aerospace may be the best bet for bringing such a country to the forefront.
They've come a long way, but lets not forget that they still have a long long way to go. Hopefully countries like USA can become a model for how third world nations can rapidly improve their economic and social situations.
I think when the POTUS justifies the continuation of a genocide for the sake of the soldiers who have already died there (and this is bought line hook by his supporters) the spirit of the 3rd Amendement has already been crushed.
Personally I can't imagine taking on more than 4x4 PrOn action in a day. Maybe 16x16. Anything more than, I get cognitive dissonance. Islam has a limit of 4. How wise.
It always brings a tear to my eyes to see my 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th amendment rights being respected and enforced by my government, unlike some tinpot 3rd world countries out there.
Oh, wait....
That's funny... I work completely from home and code for fun as much for profit. For some reason it looks exactly like the code I wrote for the Big Evil Companies I used to work for.
I read some elaborate explanations for why this is not possible. There is a simpler way of showing that this is not possible. Assumptions: 1 Printing is done using a 24-bit continuous color tone reproduction process 2 Resolution is high. Let's say 2400 dpi. 3 Paper is 12"x24"
This means there are 12x24x2400x2400 = 1658880000 ~ 1.7E9 pixels. Printed at 24-bit resolution. That's about 5GB. In other word, this person is claiming a way to compress arbitrary 250GB into 5GB, losslessly. That is impossible theoretically. So the claim is bogus.
In India, calls are $0.02/min, monthly bills and 144k 'net connections at less than voice rates. The downside: customer call centers' based in India who can't fix any problems when you call them.
Given the background of the poster and the general nature of the query, it would be prudent to ask: "is a basic background in data structures and alorithms is missing?" If not, that would be the first skill to master. Once you know what abstract types are and what problems modularization is supposed to solve, you can move to the next steps: 1. Think through a rational scheme of organizing principles. 2. Then you design. 3. Then you code/test/etc. 4. Repeat from 1.
Admittedly, the poster is asking how #1 is performed. The answer is the it takes many iterations of 1-4, after which #1 becomes honed perfect to your particular situation.
After much experimentation I found that canvas gave the best sensitivity for optical mouse. You can get them cheap at art supplies store. You use the untreated/uncoated surface. On normal pads, gunk accumulates underneath the silicone feet -- the rough surface of the canvas also provides constant cleaning action.
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For the ad-ness of the posting, I apologize. Though I don't know how to demonstrate the utility of a library without showing it working in a real live app.
My primary intent is to be able to use SVG within my programs. If the OS (proprietary or not) had that built-in I would have been happy. In order to do get that functionality, I wrote a library. It works, but is incomplete. If a product already exists, I'd much prefer that (and Cairo is a fine product, just heavy).
If such a product does not exist, I would like to know if someone else desires it; because making it fully SVG compliant is a lot of work and is only worth doing if someone will actually use it.
Much as I would like to make billions from my labour, I'm realistic enough to recognize that a free superior Cairo is not worth competing against, hence if my library has to be published it must be free and open.
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You mean to say that the original Native Americans were really Indians after all? Or should we start calling Native Indians, Brown Americans from now on? So confused...
I was in the same boat as you are. As others have mentioned "Art of Electronics" by Horowitz and Hill (with its companion Lab manual) is the classic text for people like us. But to get the most out of the book, you will eventually have to invest in some basic electronics equipment, especially an oscilloscope. The bottom line is that you need to invest at least $1,000 for all kinds of parts, small and large, and devour information on the www like many do pr0n on this site. You would also get the most bang for the buck by playing around with microcontroller projects.
Old media lasting longer than new media is not necessarily due to poorer engineering practices coming into vogue. On the contrary, higher data densities lead to higher chances of failure. Think of it this way: twenty years back it took 1 million small magnets to store 1 byte. Now they have it down to 10 magnets storing that same byte. In the past, your reading head could miss out over 700,000 magnets, and still read the byte, but the new head needs can't tolerate more than 5 missing magnets. In reality the tech has got better, but market demand for higher densities (aka competition) forces manufacturers to choose between tighter tolerances (i.e. more failure) or less capacity. Guess which one gets picked?
Where were Howard Stern & votefortheworst.com when we really needed them?
... it might even be good for me to declare my itinerary ahead of time to a single g'ment entity. With all this information I can be informed of potential problems in a target location (riots, epidemics, terrorism, etc) that I might not know of ahead of time. Come to think of it, this program does not go far enough! If tourists were to declare all the people they will visit and the nature of their visit, the g'ment can even inform me of any potential problems in advance. Who knows what weapons/diseases/insurance/liabilities/* my potential hosts carry? The only way to fix this situation is if they had a single database of all citizens and their medical/legal/personal/* information. So for non-citizens, this a pretty good start, but it doesn't go far enough.
Methinks that tracking Amount of Data consumed per capita would be a more useful metric than raw availability of bandwidth. Access to 100mbps connections is useless if you can only download 1G/month.
1. Why aren't they broadcasting on the internet?
2. Why isn't there a link to the offending content in the article?
3. I for one welcome... wait.. who are the new overlords again?
Presumably $500m is due to the historical value of the coins, not their mass. How do they go about making sure counterfeits are not slipped in? I would think that modern metallurgy is (IMNAM) advanced enough to fabricate any desired ratio isotopes in an alloy. Smells like Pump and Dump to me...
Hopefully, as time passes the standard of living will increase across the board, but as this happens, the price of labor will also increase, which will temper further growth. There are right now people willing to work on burger flipping, professional sports, show business and other highly dangerous jobs for pennies a day. That labor force is part of what has made USA successful in modern times. The population is huge and while good education exists, it's not available enough to all people or areas of the country.
Whether or not it is wise for a nation like USA to invest in space systems and other high tech projects is subject to debate. On one hand, there are a lot of smaller local projects which the money could go to, but at the same time, diving into the world of high technology, electronics and aerospace may be the best bet for bringing such a country to the forefront.
They've come a long way, but lets not forget that they still have a long long way to go. Hopefully countries like USA can become a model for how third world nations can rapidly improve their economic and social situations.
... what's the upper limit of my harem size?
next question?
I think when the POTUS justifies the continuation of a genocide for the sake of the soldiers who have already died there (and this is bought line hook by his supporters) the spirit of the 3rd Amendement has already been crushed.
Personally I can't imagine taking on more than 4x4 PrOn action in a day. Maybe 16x16. Anything more than, I get cognitive dissonance. Islam has a limit of 4. How wise.
It always brings a tear to my eyes to see my 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th amendment rights being respected and enforced by my government, unlike some tinpot 3rd world countries out there. Oh, wait....
but perfect for an eco-friendly hydrogen economy! http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/06/12/13/012 249.shtml
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That's funny... I work completely from home and code for fun as much for profit. For some reason it looks exactly like the code I wrote for the Big Evil Companies I used to work for.
Java sucks, right?
I read some elaborate explanations for why this is not possible. There is a simpler way of showing that this is not possible.
Assumptions:
1 Printing is done using a 24-bit continuous color tone reproduction process
2 Resolution is high. Let's say 2400 dpi.
3 Paper is 12"x24"
This means there are 12x24x2400x2400 = 1658880000 ~ 1.7E9 pixels. Printed at 24-bit resolution. That's about 5GB. In other word, this person is claiming a way to compress arbitrary 250GB into 5GB, losslessly.
That is impossible theoretically. So the claim is bogus.
In India, calls are $0.02/min, monthly bills and 144k 'net connections at less than voice rates.
The downside: customer call centers' based in India who can't fix any problems when you call them.
Given the background of the poster and the general nature of the query, it would be prudent to ask: "is a basic background in data structures and alorithms is missing?" If not, that would be the first skill to master. Once you know what abstract types are and what problems modularization is supposed to solve, you can move to the next steps:
1. Think through a rational scheme of organizing principles.
2. Then you design.
3. Then you code/test/etc.
4. Repeat from 1.
Admittedly, the poster is asking how #1 is performed. The answer is the it takes many iterations of 1-4, after which #1 becomes honed perfect to your particular situation.
After much experimentation I found that canvas gave the best sensitivity for optical mouse. You can get them cheap at art supplies store. You use the untreated/uncoated surface. On normal pads, gunk accumulates underneath the silicone feet -- the rough surface of the canvas also provides constant cleaning action.