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Comment Re:Accurate answer (Score 2) 365

Since they are translating a program/algorithm into circuitry, they need only to know the maximum number of gates that are used at any one cycle time (taking into account necessary time delays), so just adding all the gates per operation way over states the answer since and, not, or, etc. gate circuitry can be reused for different operations at another cycle time. Also, as for logic operations, run it through a Quine-McClusky optimization as well to minimize them.

Comment Re:Is Bill Nye qualified? (Score 1) 611

1) Neither a BSEE or a BSCompE is a BSCS. duh. 2) You forgot the very first grade of a CS degree... one that is taught purely out of an interdisciplinary CS program independent of Engineering, Math, or Business (used to be called an MIS degree). I realize that many colleges did not have a CS program independent of those others in decades past, hopefully most are nowadays. But all the programs out of Engineering, Math, Business are inferior to those that are purely CS though the rest of the hierarchy is good.

Comment Re:47% of statistics are just made up (Score 1) 238

Or you could get 4 guys for $65k each. Or eight for... Well, naturally we are ignoring benefits which could be quadruple for four. They can always offer less, or pay much more. Perceived quality is what they are supposedly wanting and paying for. But as Moneyball teaches us, the smart HR guys don't always have a clue what they are doing. The main problem here is the premise that talent and companies only exist in Silicon Valley, etc. If they'd broaden their horizons outside of VC land they might find plenty of people. But then what would the poor overpaid do when they have to share their wealth with other (grossly underpaid) software brethren?

Comment Re:Factoring Primes (Score 1) 194

Prime numbers are the scaffolding of the number system and all of nature. I am convinced that twin primes represent the spine or backbone of an understanding of prime numbers. If the mystery of twin primes fall, soon we will understand primes and then all of nature. And we'll be rich, evil, mad geniuses with unlimited power. Mhhhahahahaha

Comment Re:Orders of magnitude errors dont inspire confide (Score 1) 534

So maybe the poles are really getting warmer and the rest of the planet is actually getting cooler. So add the plus and the minus and you get a net zero. So that's change, but a net of nothing, and EVERYONE is partially right (poles warmer, non-poles cooler). I like my new theory. It should please the world.

Comment Re:AZ (Score 1) 462

So effectively AZ slips from Mountain time to Pacific time and back again. That's the way it used to be in Indiana (most/some of the state anyway... those counties near Chicago I think observed it so were always on Central time)... It was ok to start following DST, but they put the state on Eastern instead of Central... Supposedly it was better to be on New York time than Chicago time (even though Chicago is closer). But the state is so far on the west of Eastern time that sunset in the summer is as late as 10PM which killed the drive in movie business (golfers say they like it, but it really is too hot in the summer to golf all day anyway). Central time for the state would make more sense. But at least instead of "five time zones" there are only "three" now depending on how fast/slow time and DST is observed in various counties. Note that in Arizona the native American reservations were on DST as I recall. Hawaii is another state that does not do DST I think.

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