Recent content by Gr!dl0cK

As others have already said, 0 is neither. 0 is basically the line between positive and negative. :)

So I've downloaded Visual C# Express Edition from Microsoft. Now I actually have to learn C#. Can anyone recommend some good learning resources? :)

FTR: Hyperthreading is different from multithreading (you should read up on it). PS: from what I've seen, microarchitecture does have a large impact on performance. BTW [CRGreathouse]: Intel's more recent CPUs use 45nm, but they still make some (older ones) that use 65nm. Just as AMD's latest...

I know I really should knuckle down and do it, but it's actually really hard to find the will to just start it. :( Sadly I don't have a textbook, the work gets delivered online, so there goes the option of getting ahead QQ. As to the online classroom, we do have them, but I don't show up (and...

That's not what I said. I said increase = 5x initial amount, plus initial amount. The increase itself is 5x, but then you have to add it on to the initial amount, making it 6x. For example: if you have $100, a 50% increase will give you $150, not $50.

My advice is to quit work, take some time off and think about what you want to do. When you know what it is that you want to do, do it.

GPGPUs (General Purpose Graphics Processing Units) such as the NVIDIA Tesla are able to do anything a CPU can do, but better. They're the future of Supercomputers IMO, and eventually consumer-grade computers. I'm sad to say I've never had a chance to use a computer, but hey, how many people my...

First off: Intel vs AMD. If performance is all (aka if you aren't a fanboi type person) then Intel CPUs are currently faster. Secondly: 3.3 vs 2.2/2.3 - While your old single core had a higher clock speed, the quads will be much faster, on both single and multithreaded apps. It's obvious why...

I have a similar problem to this, only to a lesser degree. My advice (for you, myself, and anyone else for whom this is a problem) is to find a book on speed maths or something similar. You're local library might be a good place to start. If you're local library hasn't got anything (or more...

6x. Increase = add. If you had 500% of $10 you'd have $50. But if you increased $10 by 500% then you'd have $60 (because you're finding what 500% of X is and then adding the result to X). I hope this cleared it up for you :)

probability & Statistics: I need some help, but not in the way you're thinking :) Homework Statement Well, I really should be getting on with my work. You see I do what's called Distance Education (I do my work from home via the internet) because I find it difficult to learn in a classroom...