Comment Re:smaller code size without copy& paste (Score 2, Interesting) 113
Are we seeing the same tendency in other warm blooded creatures, such as birds?
Submission + - VHDL or Verilog? 3
FlyByPC writes: We're in the first stages of designing a course in programmable devices at the university where I work. The course will most likely be centered around various small projects implemented on an FPGA dev board, using a Xilinx Spartan3-series FPGA. I have a bit of experience working with technologies from 7400-series chips (designing using schematics) to 8-bit microcontrollers to C/C++. FPGAs, though, are new to me (although they look very interesting.)
My question is, if you were an undergraduate student studying programmable devices (specifically, FPGAs), would you prefer the course be centered on VHDL, Verilog, a little of both, or something else entirely? (...or is this an eternal, undecidable holy-war question along the lines of ATI/nVidia, AMD/Intel, Coke/Pepsi, etc...?)
At this point, I've only seen a little of both languages, so I have no real preference. Any input, especially if you're using one or both in the field, would be very helpful. Thanks, and may all of your K-maps be glitch-free.
My question is, if you were an undergraduate student studying programmable devices (specifically, FPGAs), would you prefer the course be centered on VHDL, Verilog, a little of both, or something else entirely? (...or is this an eternal, undecidable holy-war question along the lines of ATI/nVidia, AMD/Intel, Coke/Pepsi, etc...?)
At this point, I've only seen a little of both languages, so I have no real preference. Any input, especially if you're using one or both in the field, would be very helpful. Thanks, and may all of your K-maps be glitch-free.
Submission + - New HDMI 1.4 spec set to confuse
thefickler writes: "HDMI Licensing LLC, the company that determines the specifications of the HDMI standard, is set to release the HDMI 1.4 spec on 30 June. Unfortunately it could very well be the most confusing thing to ever happen to setting up a home theater. When the new cables are released, you're going to need to read the packaging very carefully because effectively there are now going to be five different versions of HDMI to choose from — HDMI Ethernet Channel, Audio Return Channel, 3D Over HDMI, 4K x2K Resolution Support and a new Automotive HDMI. At least we can't complain about consumer choice."
Names of Advisors Cleared To Access ACTA Documents 186
1 a bee writes "With the White House claiming national security grounds for failing to release ACTA related information, including negotiating documents and even the list of participants, the spotlight is now on just who does have access. Turns out, according to James Love, hundreds of advisers, many of them corporate lobbyists, are considered 'cleared advisers.' The list looks a who's who of captains of industry."
Comment Re:Helios Blog Entry Is Crap! (Score 1) 440
It's actually a 4th declension mass noun. Therefore the the plural is emphatically *not* viri.
Submission + - Dolpin Saves Beached Whales (nationalgeographic.com)
conlaw writes: We've all read or seen the stories involving whales who somehow become stranded near shore. Usually, despite heroic efforts by volunteers, the whales never make it back out to sea. This story, however, has a much happier ending. Volunteers had been trying to get two sperm whales away from the spot where they were stranded near Mahia Beach in New Zealand. Despite the volunteers' best efforts, the whales kept getting disoriented and ending up on the same sandbar. Then Moko, a bottlenose dolphin who frolics near the beach, arrived on the scene and guided the whales out of area and back to the open sea.
Comment Re:strange.... (Score 0, Flamebait) 815
It's a bad idea to split your products in most cases. If you segment your product line artificially, the you will be competing against yourself as well as your competitors.
However, if you have a monopoly, you don't have any real competitors, so you don't have to worry about that.
