I haven't seen that flick but I stopped going to supermarkets a long time ago.
I go to a fruit and vege shop. They can tell you where the produce was grown. I go to a butcher. They can tell you where the produce was reared. I go to an Indian store to get my spices, flour, etc. They don't speak english.
I got sick of reading all the numbers as the ingredients in my food. It takes a little longer to shop and prepare food... initially. You get surprisingly good at it quickly.
While one side of the divided room has more people in it, the divider can be moved to allow greater space. When that meeting is over and the other side of the room requires the space, the divider moves.
It is also my chosen profession and I not only want to be good at my job, I want to be the best. And even then, it's not good enough.
I have to work. I have to probably do it for another 20 years. I don't really see the point in doing something half arsed.
I'm happy with what I earn, now I want to ensure that everything I touch turns to gold. I'll work that extra weekend without pay if that is what it takes.
I'm not saying I agree with the article, it was a joke, but there is not always a specification.
I work as a code monkey at a university and provide research support. Very often, people will rock up not knowing what they want. They have a vague idea what they need. They don't have the skills or the money to push their research through a barrier. That is my job. To go and spend an hour with them to see what their workflow is, what is causing a major bottleneck in that process and automate it. That could be computational, visualisation, network, vms, blah blah blah.
Mostly, they only need a moderately polished solution which enables them to move on and then start appreciating that the next time their apply for grants, they set aside money for development so the job can be implemented properly.
A month or two down the track, I may sit down with the research head/prof. and help them put some sort of document together (I'll try and get some of the technical jargon down and my boss will help with the fluff) so the monkey they hire has an idea of what to do. It builds relationships and trust that lasts.
And you don't have to worry. Medical and surgery students don't get open book exams (well not in Australia - I expect Canada and the US are the same). It is pure memory. My brother is an orthopedic specialist and I did 3 years before deciding I hated it and turn to maths and computer science. I was shocked when I found some of my exams were open book. Turned out it didn't make it any easier.
Vastly different learning material and professional practice.
Stocks plummeted at the exact time of the tax announcement because the GFC kicked into phase two. Want proof? Look at every market on the global economy at that time and see how they all plummeted.
Hockey didn't initially take the position because the liberal leadership had a half-life around 6 month. He was expecting Abbott to be a caretaker and be thrown out 12 months prior to the election, at which point he would take the reins.
It is not really that dangerous... for a couple of reasons 1. The mining industry is responsible for 80% of Australia's energy consumption (this is largely subsidised by taxpayers). 40% of that is just crushing rocks. 2. The mining industry hasn't always been our biggest. Primary industry was except for the last 13 years we've been in drought. The drought has ended and we are in for a bumper crop, once again. One of our biggest competitors, Russia, is in major drought. 3. Our services industry is actually huge (a big reason for the NBN). 4. Our education industry is huge (was number 2 bread winner for at least 30 years straight) 5. The mining industry has actually agreed to the tax.
Thanks for the tips. I generally start my commute at 6am for a 6.30am start.
Brisbane drivers hate cyclists. It's been a year commuting to work this way (~8km) but still don't have the nerve to commute on the road for the whole journey. Although I will if I come across another rider whose speed I can match easily.
5 slaves, each rendering 1920x4800. Each machine is a single E5530; 2xFX1800; 4GB memory. Luckily, I have a totally excellent colleague who helps me with the networking/file server config (when he can find the time).
We find it much better to compress the data prior to network transmission and perform a parallel decompress on arrival to the clients. Not exactly rocket science.
The problem is that some of us cannot ride that fast. I've had so many punctures on Brissie's roads that I have to have fatter tyres and spend time watching for and dodging glass/sharp stones.
I ride on the road when there is plenty of room for cars to zoom by and on the footpath when there is the possibility I could be irritating some driver. The road scares me... it only takes one driver in a bad mood...
Is this what has become of the once proud Australians who live and thrive in the land of the Outback?
Just about anybody you talk to or hear about from Australia is from one of 5 very small cities. Very, very few people actually come from the outback that people like to romaticise about. None of the city folk have any idea about country life and I shit you not have seen Aussies (the city ones) go absolutely berserk when they see an insect.
When I moved to the city I couldn't believe the attitudes exhibited by the city dwellers. The general assumption is that those not from the city are redneck, dumb and ignorant. Some cities will even slag off other city dwellers as the same. The irony is lost. As time progresses, these attitudes are worsening. It is really quite sad.
The funny thing is that a lot of the city folk will slag off Americans as stupid (again with the irony). Yet they don't realise that the attitudes they have learned originally came from American movies and TV shows that do the same about the 'deep south'. The Aussie city people somehow learned that it was ok to do this.
The city dwellers are those that advocate these stupid laws. They have their own little worlds and anybody outside that bubble is wrong about everything. [/rant: for now]
I can't answer your questions, nor can I read the article yet, but I can say that on Linux I'm doing a very similar thing.
I'm programming (when I find the time) for a 9600x4800 pixel display and found that 3D graphics on that sort of size is absolute shite using current methods. I am using OpenGL to get the drawing contexts and find that using a glDrawPixel to get around a 100fps. But that is all it is good for. I am reimplementing the 3D point, line drawing myself on the cpu (my interactive datasets are > 10TB).
I paint the canvas and copy across. Just like the grey beards used to do. My bottlenecks are network supply (10Gbps to five clients with dual network ports and jumbo frames not sufficient).
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They have a HexHD "monitor" now for $AU4K. Nowhere near the same as the Quad HD given that the bezels are there ... getting smaller, but there.
Need multiple graphics cards or an ati eyefinity to push the pixels.
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I haven't seen that flick but I stopped going to supermarkets a long time ago.
I go to a fruit and vege shop. They can tell you where the produce was grown.
I go to a butcher. They can tell you where the produce was reared.
I go to an Indian store to get my spices, flour, etc. They don't speak english.
I got sick of reading all the numbers as the ingredients in my food. It takes a little longer to shop and prepare food ... initially. You get surprisingly good at it quickly.
While one side of the divided room has more people in it, the divider can be moved to allow greater space. When that meeting is over and the other side of the room requires the space, the divider moves.
Just make sure you don't invite those muthafuckers that try and weasel their way out of their round.
Is a High Priced Layer the goose that lays the golden egg?
Nope. Another name for his classy hooker. I can understand that it's difficult keeping up with lingo.
It is also my chosen profession and I not only want to be good at my job, I want to be the best. And even then, it's not good enough.
I have to work. I have to probably do it for another 20 years. I don't really see the point in doing something half arsed.
I'm happy with what I earn, now I want to ensure that everything I touch turns to gold. I'll work that extra weekend without pay if that is what it takes.
People confuse ego and pride frequently.
I'm not saying I agree with the article, it was a joke, but there is not always a specification.
I work as a code monkey at a university and provide research support. Very often, people will rock up not knowing what they want. They have a vague idea what they need. They don't have the skills or the money to push their research through a barrier. That is my job. To go and spend an hour with them to see what their workflow is, what is causing a major bottleneck in that process and automate it. That could be computational, visualisation, network, vms, blah blah blah.
Mostly, they only need a moderately polished solution which enables them to move on and then start appreciating that the next time their apply for grants, they set aside money for development so the job can be implemented properly.
A month or two down the track, I may sit down with the research head/prof. and help them put some sort of document together (I'll try and get some of the technical jargon down and my boss will help with the fluff) so the monkey they hire has an idea of what to do. It builds relationships and trust that lasts.
When was the wiki entry last updated?
Fully? The difference between 'and' and 'or' (both? either?). What kind of journalistic crap is this?
Honestly.
I last had Maccas around 1996. I don't see me having it anytime soon.
I discovered the joys of cooking ... and flavour.
VM dude. Without a question.
I have a dual boot at home purely for games. Everything else (work and home) works fluidly in a VM.
And you don't have to worry. Medical and surgery students don't get open book exams (well not in Australia - I expect Canada and the US are the same). It is pure memory. My brother is an orthopedic specialist and I did 3 years before deciding I hated it and turn to maths and computer science. I was shocked when I found some of my exams were open book. Turned out it didn't make it any easier.
Vastly different learning material and professional practice.
Forward thinking? That's craziness. Where on earth did you get such a crappy idea?
I wonder whether 5 years out is a little too far before this compute power hits the consumer.
How long before that kind of power is available on a single die? Assuming programmers program a cpu with the same mindset people do with the gpu.
Stocks plummeted at the exact time of the tax announcement because the GFC kicked into phase two. Want proof? Look at every market on the global economy at that time and see how they all plummeted.
It was coincidence.
Hockey didn't initially take the position because the liberal leadership had a half-life around 6 month. He was expecting Abbott to be a caretaker and be thrown out 12 months prior to the election, at which point he would take the reins.
Abbott proved to be what the hoards wanted.
It is not really that dangerous ... for a couple of reasons
1. The mining industry is responsible for 80% of Australia's energy consumption (this is largely subsidised by taxpayers). 40% of that is just crushing rocks.
2. The mining industry hasn't always been our biggest. Primary industry was except for the last 13 years we've been in drought. The drought has ended and we are in for a bumper crop, once again. One of our biggest competitors, Russia, is in major drought.
3. Our services industry is actually huge (a big reason for the NBN).
4. Our education industry is huge (was number 2 bread winner for at least 30 years straight)
5. The mining industry has actually agreed to the tax.
Thanks for the tips. I generally start my commute at 6am for a 6.30am start.
Brisbane drivers hate cyclists. It's been a year commuting to work this way (~8km) but still don't have the nerve to commute on the road for the whole journey. Although I will if I come across another rider whose speed I can match easily.
5 slaves, each rendering 1920x4800. Each machine is a single E5530; 2xFX1800; 4GB memory. Luckily, I have a totally excellent colleague who helps me with the networking/file server config (when he can find the time).
We find it much better to compress the data prior to network transmission and perform a parallel decompress on arrival to the clients. Not exactly rocket science.
Thanks man.
The problem is that some of us cannot ride that fast. I've had so many punctures on Brissie's roads that I have to have fatter tyres and spend time watching for and dodging glass/sharp stones.
I ride on the road when there is plenty of room for cars to zoom by and on the footpath when there is the possibility I could be irritating some driver. The road scares me ... it only takes one driver in a bad mood ...
Is this what has become of the once proud Australians who live and thrive in the land of the Outback?
Just about anybody you talk to or hear about from Australia is from one of 5 very small cities. Very, very few people actually come from the outback that people like to romaticise about. None of the city folk have any idea about country life and I shit you not have seen Aussies (the city ones) go absolutely berserk when they see an insect.
When I moved to the city I couldn't believe the attitudes exhibited by the city dwellers. The general assumption is that those not from the city are redneck, dumb and ignorant. Some cities will even slag off other city dwellers as the same. The irony is lost. As time progresses, these attitudes are worsening. It is really quite sad.
The funny thing is that a lot of the city folk will slag off Americans as stupid (again with the irony). Yet they don't realise that the attitudes they have learned originally came from American movies and TV shows that do the same about the 'deep south'. The Aussie city people somehow learned that it was ok to do this.
The city dwellers are those that advocate these stupid laws. They have their own little worlds and anybody outside that bubble is wrong about everything.
[/rant: for now]
I can't answer your questions, nor can I read the article yet, but I can say that on Linux I'm doing a very similar thing.
I'm programming (when I find the time) for a 9600x4800 pixel display and found that 3D graphics on that sort of size is absolute shite using current methods. I am using OpenGL to get the drawing contexts and find that using a glDrawPixel to get around a 100fps. But that is all it is good for. I am reimplementing the 3D point, line drawing myself on the cpu (my interactive datasets are > 10TB).
I paint the canvas and copy across. Just like the grey beards used to do. My bottlenecks are network supply (10Gbps to five clients with dual network ports and jumbo frames not sufficient).
Not quite that simple. You need to:
cross product of camera.up, camera.viewdir
shift camera.pos 0.5x eye_separation -1*cross_product
shift camera.lookat 0.5x eye_separation -1*cross_product
DRAW
shift camera.pos 0.5x eye_separation cross_product
shift camera.lookat 0.5x eye_separation cross_product
DRAW
Eye separation will be dependent on a few things but a generalisation is 1/30 of camera.lookat-camera.pos
I imagine that to get better than generalist would require quite a bit more work.
Bzzzztt ... wrong!
Everybody knows that you don't switch drinks mid stream. Gets messy.
Nope. I wait. Quality makes it worthwhile, every time. Instant gratification doesn't win with me.
Unless of course you actually need your eyes checked.