Posts by JDX 6848 publicly visible posts • joined 28 May 2010
HTC et al are continuing to pump out high-end £500 phones with ever-more powerful CPUs, and I think they reached the limit on what's useful a generation ago.
History has shown that thinking "it doesn't need to get any faster" would be very naive, even stupid. Our predecessors didn't know different but we've seen it happen and should learn from that!
Anyway I'm off to buy Apple shares :)
I have a similar thought - that when evolutionists talk about how things happened gradually over millions of years, I'm amazed it could happen so fast!
It's an interesting experiment but they seem to be coming at it backwards, making a special version of DNA and trying to reverse the process. Is anyone trying to work the way nature did, but accelerated?
No they haven't. Read it again. It doesn't alter the fact that if a phone can equal a PS3/XBox360, it is a viable console replacement, considering the Wii is a generation behind and does pretty well.
Also, the GPUs are slow due to power requirements. Presumably if they want to go this direction, a phone could have a chipset which has extra power when plugged into the mains... similar idea to Tegra3, sort of. The issue is then if you can pack enough CPU/GPU into a phone's volume without it catching fire. and the asnwer is probably going to be yes.
No, shopping and phone/utility tariffs, etc are not GCSE level math. They are primary school level arithmetic. Basic arithmetic skills absolutely should be compulsory but even GCSE is beyond that level - simple algebra, trigonometry, etc.
The only 'useful' bit of real maths to the typical person is basic probability, to understand gambling :)
We force every single child to take Maths to GCSE level, which is mostly stuff of no use. Why is this different to programming?
For English/History/Geography it's different as they teach you general things about the world you live in, but forcing education in Maths and science would naturally extend to computing.
Don't force everyone to do it a long time though - show them some basics and then see who is interested taking it further.
If I was going to buy a PS3 I might prefer a coloured version for greater choice. But no way would I ever make the decision to buy a PS3 based on coloured versions being available, or trade in my black one for a coloured one at extra cost+hassle.
A slimline version is different, but what's the point of coloured ones so many years into the PS3 lifespan?
TopCoder is one of the biggest programming competition hosts and you can see some rankings here:
http://community.topcoder.com/tc?module=AlgoRank
http://community.topcoder.com/stat?c=country_avg_rating
I've been to the finals of their annual tournament and the dominance of non-western competitors is dramatic. However, E. Europe is giving China a very strong fight. That's why I tend to hire Ukrainian or similar offshore coders rather than Indian.
>>Run this past me again, why would I want one?
Because you're not buying it based on it being the most cost-effective option. At least not if you're the target market.
Because you look like a fool when you spend 30min looking for a parking space for your proper car, driving past hordes of these things.
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