On Sat, 2009-10-10 at 15:20 -0400, Bruce Labitt wrote:
> Nit in solution: TCP transport time >> FFT execution time, rendering
> attempted solution non-viable
>
> Researches TCP optimization: Reads countless papers on tcp
> optimization techniques... Fails to find a robust solutions or
> methodol
For anyone that is remotely interested, here is the big picture for the
problem I'm trying to solve. If you are not interested, hey delete the
post. Won't irritate me in the least!
What I'm trying to do: Optimizer for a radar power spectral density problem
Problem: FFTs required in optimiza
I dislike the document because it's pedantically long-winded. It
desperately needs an executive summary. Anyone willing to read enough of
the document to benefit from it is likely already asking reasonable
questions, and thus is likely *not* the target audience.
--DTVZ
On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 2
Lori Nagel writes:
> It took me half a year just to figure out how to add the math
> library into the compiler so I could compile some basic C programs
> from one of the C programing books I have.
Sorry, I must politely disagree that a situation like this relates in
any way to any of the negativ
This discussion reminds me of a number of IT job interviews I had where the
tech questions asked of me were delivered in a smug, condescending tone, and
if I didn't know every single facet of their infrastructure when I walked
through their door, then I must be a dolt and a fool. (I only had 13 ye
As the person who may or may not have been the object of the OP, allow
me to make a comment.
I found the linked document to be both condescending and informative.
For a while I was quite irritated. I think I'm over it now.
There are better ways to ask a question so that one can get good
answ
On Sat, 2009-10-10 at 09:04 -0400, Alex Hewitt wrote:
>
> Lori has hit it on the head. The document reeks of "us and them". I
> taught programming for several years at a community college. I told my
> students that there were no stupid questions. I told them that if they
> asked me a question
Lori Nagel wrote:
>
> I think it is very hard on newbies and
> drives people away from using free software. I remember as a newbie,
> reading things for hours, trying to look something up, not finding
> the information, not even knowing what to ask or how to ask it. I
> would read things, not un
