Nondeterminism
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Ho, Ho, Ho
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Am I the only one who figured that Santa probably uses nondeterminism? Any time he has a choice between two houses to deliver to, he delivers to both of them at the same time.
This is much cooler than most people probably think at first glance. I'm pretty intimate with the Red Lake MotionScope series of cameras. And trust me, having that kind of resolution, speed, and robustness all at the same time is an incredible engineering feat.
For comparison, the MS-8000 is capable of 8000fps, and has a resolution of about 160x120. Don't even think about bumping it around. And it's quite a good camera! The HG-100K is just better.
in real-life applications, n can also stay in the range of values where O(kn) > O(n*n)
True. But the hard part is figuring out what that k is. I believe the only way that anybody can ever do that is if they wrote the algorithm in assembly. *shudder* But then again, educated guesses are probably the only thing that's needed.
It's just a question of knowing what the code you're writing will actually be doing.
Very true. It's pointless implementing a quicksort to sort a 4-element array.
At one glance, I can count Solaris (aka SunOS), OpenBSD, NetBSD, and Linux. All of them are generally equivalent. And the SPARC is a dead architecture. Sun is no longer creating SPARCs, they're only making UltraSPARCs (64 as opposed to 32 bits).
Hey, the Bible says lots of stuff... It isn't exactly an authority nowadays. If you don't believe me, try reading Deuteronomy sometime.
Deuteronomy 25:11-12
11 When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets: 12 Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her.
Re:Cool but a BFT (Big F*SCKING Target)
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Laser-equipped 747
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I see a few problems with your arguments:
You're assuming missiles would be shot at the 747. Most fighters have a backup cannon which could easily be used to take out a wing or two from a 747.
In the article, it reads that each shot for the laser takes several minutes, much longer than it takes for an AA missile to reach its target.
Airplanes are not the only anti-air weapons. A flak gun against a 747 would be almost too easy. I very much would like to see a 747 try and dodge anti-air shells. Rockets could also be used, but would be much less effective.
The laser system is designed to shoot down ICBMs, not airplanes, nor AA missiles, nor rockets. If the system was going to also shoot down enemy airplanes/AA missiles/rockets/what-have-you, it would need some very fancy target-recognition software (to make sure it doesn't shoot down an ally, not just a Yank).
I'm glad you read the spec before starting to rant. The language is trying to create mathematical prettiness *AND* content. It appears to me that if you restrict yourself solely to the content tags, you can safely ignore how notation is displayed on the page.
How could you possibly say that LISP is an obfuscated language? It's by far one of the most elegant languages ever created! You just need to shift your mind from thinking iteratively to thinking recursively.
I thought the 5 alarms was a small bonus compared to the 150 phone numbers!!! Not to mention the appointment beeper, the to-do list and birthday reminder. It's personally saved my a$$ numerous times. I really don't care that it's made by Mircosoft, 'cause it's actually a *GOOD* product! I guess I also enjoy the bragging rights at geek parties that I've got the heavier wristwatch.:)
going to clock in at 300-400 megs for a typical four minute song
Nice try. A "normal" CD weighs in at 650MB, which stores 74 minutes of music. Using our trusty calculator, we can see that we are using 8.8MB/min of music. So if we multiply by 4min/song, we have a grand total of 35 MB/song.
Music industry stats are just as shaky. To imply that record sale declines close to universities are due to Napster ignores all sorts of alternate possibilities, such as changing musical tastes, increasing purchase of music from online sources, etc.
Or the most probable explanation around my university: Tuition going up 20% each year!
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I used to make $33k when I was coding. Now I'm a master's student and make a hell of a lot less.
Yes, I once had my code revised and was reprimanded severely for using a "clever trick" that my supervisor thought nobody else would understand.
The trick in question: binary search.
You got doughnuts?
Am I the only one who figured that Santa probably uses nondeterminism? Any time he has a choice between two houses to deliver to, he delivers to both of them at the same time.
I never knew that Americans are the sole users of handwriting.
The Canadian version of the M16 has had a scope for a couple of years now.
I wouldn't say that Crusade was on JMS's terms. TNT had a huge say in what was allowed and now allowed in the show.
Am I the only one who's scared that a guy called Colonel Kurtz was in charge of this thing?
This is much cooler than most people probably think at first glance. I'm pretty intimate with the Red Lake MotionScope series of cameras. And trust me, having that kind of resolution, speed, and robustness all at the same time is an incredible engineering feat.
For comparison, the MS-8000 is capable of 8000fps, and has a resolution of about 160x120. Don't even think about bumping it around. And it's quite a good camera! The HG-100K is just better.
Because then you'd have to keep the user's password in memory. Somebody bad could then look at the memory location and determine the user's password.
Big-Oh notation doesn't mean anything in terms of how difficult the problem is. For this, you should be using Big-Omega.
I'm actually typing this message from a SparcStation 2 that I bought from ECH.
True. But the hard part is figuring out what that k is. I believe the only way that anybody can ever do that is if they wrote the algorithm in assembly. *shudder* But then again, educated guesses are probably the only thing that's needed.
It's just a question of knowing what the code you're writing will actually be doing.
Very true. It's pointless implementing a quicksort to sort a 4-element array.
And it's amazing how high those n values usually get. In real-life applications, n can get to some quite non-trivial values.
At one glance, I can count Solaris (aka SunOS), OpenBSD, NetBSD, and Linux. All of them are generally equivalent. And the SPARC is a dead architecture. Sun is no longer creating SPARCs, they're only making UltraSPARCs (64 as opposed to 32 bits).
I personally use OpenBSD on my SparcStation 2.
Unfortunately, the Suyong Bay Tower hasn't been built yet.
Oh, and the Ostankino tower is the 2nd largest building after the CN tower.
Deuteronomy 25:11-12
11 When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets: 12 Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her.
I'm glad you read the spec before starting to rant. The language is trying to create mathematical prettiness *AND* content. It appears to me that if you restrict yourself solely to the content tags, you can safely ignore how notation is displayed on the page.
All he said was that Linux 2.4 is a monstrosity. It is. Have you tried to make zImage? Hell, I couldn't even do that with a 2.2 kernel.
Maybe the Illuminatti got to *you* too... I shouldn't trust what I read on /. anymore, they've gotten to everyone!
How could you possibly say that LISP is an obfuscated language? It's by far one of the most elegant languages ever created! You just need to shift your mind from thinking iteratively to thinking recursively.
I thought the 5 alarms was a small bonus compared to the 150 phone numbers!!! Not to mention the appointment beeper, the to-do list and birthday reminder. It's personally saved my a$$ numerous times. I really don't care that it's made by Mircosoft, 'cause it's actually a *GOOD* product! I guess I also enjoy the bragging rights at geek parties that I've got the heavier wristwatch. :)
Nice try. A "normal" CD weighs in at 650MB, which stores 74 minutes of music. Using our trusty calculator, we can see that we are using 8.8MB/min of music. So if we multiply by 4min/song, we have a grand total of 35 MB/song.
Off by a factor of 10. Not bad for Slashdot. :)
Or the most probable explanation around my university: Tuition going up 20% each year!