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> > >>Europe is declining. > > > > > > Why do you think that? > > ............................... > > declining productivity (30 hour week) > > Where do you get the idea Europeans work a 30 hr week ? > ======================================== There are many millions of unemployed Europeans who work 0 hours per week. There are also many millions of retired and early retired Europeans who work 0 hours per week. But the Europeans are so wealthy, as a whole, sensibly nobody goes hungry, without clothing or shelter, or even without small luxuries such as a TV set, a pint of beer, a cigarette, and a free health service Europeans have never had it so good. That's why Europe is so popular with half-starved immigrants. ===========================================Article: 95026
Bryan Hackney wrote: > Pooh Bear wrote: > > > > Bryan Hackney wrote: > > > > > >>bill.sloman@ieee.org wrote: > >> > >>>Bryan Hackney wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>Europe is declining. > >>> > >>>Why do you think that? > >> > >>............................... > >>declining productivity (30 hour week) > > > > > > Where do you get the idea Europeans work a 30 hr week ? > > > > Another rabid right wing bags of lies publication ? > > > > Graham > > > > http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/03/22/world/main682341.shtml > > 35 then. Excuse me. You'll note that the article refers to the 35 hr week ( in France ) being effectively abolished actually. Around 37 hrs is more typical elsewhere anyway. There's not quite the same culture of working unpaid overtime as in the US but it does happen here too. GrahamArticle: 95027
On 20 Jan 2006 05:44:00 -0800, "Noway2" <no_spam_me2@hotmail.com> wrote: >> The current US administration seems to be >> obsessed with investing in military adventures, while places like India have >> decided to invest in educating their people - which investment do you think >> will pay off better in 20 years? It's all a matter of priorities. > >It is no secrete that the US, both the mass populace and the government >administrations put far too little emphasis on education and this is >causing a declining society. How is US society declining? Incomes, health, longevity, education levels have been increasing steadily for 200 years, even while we have admitted tens of millions of immigrants. >There is no way that as a society that >the people will be able to compete with anybody when they have the >highest illiteracy rate of the industrialized world. Any country that admits as many immigrants as we do, will have a high illiteracy rate. Besides, some countries just lie about it. Do you really think Cuba's literacy rate is 99%? JohnArticle: 95028
Just My 2 cents why I think there is such a big hold up (granted this might be way off base). They arent going to ship the S3E starter kit with anything less then 8.1 Foundation Eval and EDK 8.1 (this is info gleaned from S3E Starter webpage at Xilinx). If you ask me the hold up right now is that EDK isn't ready (my belief). They released 8.1 ISE a while ago, and if 8.1 EDK was done, I think they would be shipping the starter kits. (Originally they wanted to ship starter Q4 2005, but neither the ISE or EDK was done, and I dont know how manufacturing was shaping up at that point at the fabs). Just my opinion as always. -JoelArticle: 95029
Marc, See below, Austin jetmarc@hotmail.com wrote: > Hi, > > I'm considering a VirtexIIPro device for a security sensitive > application. This > device offers bitstream encryption. I'm am worried about what parts of > it are accessable after the bitstream has been loaded, eg through the JTAG > interface. Can any of the FPGA state or RAM cells be read, written or > verified? Once in encrypted mode (key loaded, key BBRAM bit set to use key) ICAP is completely disabled. Readback is completely disabled. JTAG readback is completely disabled. The 405 PPC JTAG is not part of the pinned out JTAG access. So if you don't want anyone to get to it, you don't connect it to any pins. Can the PPC405 component be put into DEBUG mode, and > instructions be read or injected? Only if you have control of the bitstream/program. If you don't want to allow that kind of attack, use a decryptor in the fpga logic to decrypt instructions fetched from off chip. Or place all instructions on chip. Can an attacker start a partial > reconfiguration with a non-encrypted chosen bitstream, to modify the > device configuration in a promising way? Eg can he overwrite the BRAM > interface cells to dump RAM contents to I/O pins, etc? Once in encrypted mode, all you can do is erase the entire configuration, and load a new one. There is no partial configuration allowed (that is disabled in this mode). Attempting to readback the keys once programmed and in encrypted mode zeros them. I had once placed out here the challenge to crack V2 Pro: we have a USB board with a secure bitstream, battery, and a V2 Pro device. We passed out all we made to interested parties. That was over a year ago now. No one has been able to tell me the key. Or to hack the bitstream (modify the function in any way, other than just erase it). Just because a bunch of motivated students who crack smart cards in their junior year by using differential power analysis can't crack it of course does not make it bulletproof. Other "agencies" and "contractors" have also looked at V2 Pro (I am told). And so far, we have heard nothing. That means they can't break it yet either. As you may be aware, the latest recommendation is to use AES for new products. I believe the reason is that Triple DES has been shown to have a search space of 2E112, and with a huge array of FPGAs, you could actually search that space....? So, we have the new Virtex 4, with 256 bit AES. 128 bit AES is considered by the real purists to be only marginally better that triple DES, and hence, not worth using. One step ahead.Article: 95030
On 20 Jan 2006 02:43:33 -0800, "Keith O'Conor" <keith.oconor@gmail.com> wrote: >Hi, >I'm trying to figure out the best way to sort a large amount >(thousands) of floats or fixed-point data on an FPGA. With this amount >of data, it needs to be stored in RAM because it obviously won't fit in >registers, but this means that there can only be one access to that RAM >every clock cycle. Two accesses. Or four, if your application will let you read and write to the same location in the same clock cycle, which is unlikely, so call it two. That's two accesses per block of RAM; and there can be a hundred or more of those in an a FPGA. If you can use this, you can improve parallelism. - BrianArticle: 95031
"Neil Glenn Jacobson" <n.e.i.l.j.a.c.o.b.s.o.n@x.i.l.i.n.x.c.o.m> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:dqjseg$flv1@cliff.xsj.xilinx.com... > Gentlemen, > > The issue that Antti is complaining about is indeed an issue but not one > related to the ability of iMPACT to program CPLDs (which it can do just > fine, thank you) but due to a bug (yes, a bug) that was revealed when the > JEDEC file used was named "bypass.jed". It so happens that that name (for > no good reason - that's why it's a bug) indicated that iMPACT should treat > that device as if no JEDEC file was assigned and therefore only allowed > the erase, readback and other functions associated with only BSDL files. > We will fix that problem - but for now, avoid using JEDEC files named > "bypass" Hi Neil, I can not confirm that is was all about the 'bypass' - but my first attempt to workaround was unsuccesful as both the file name and folder name included bypass so ../LEEB_bypass/top.jed is also causing problems - so just need to make sure that the file/path doesnt contain ..bypass... -- Antti Lukats http://www.xilant.comArticle: 95032
On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 15:26:43 +0000, Pooh Bear
<rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>Bryan Hackney wrote:
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>> bill.sloman@ieee.org wrote:
>> > Bryan Hackney wrote:
>> >
>> >>Europe is declining.
>> >
>> > Why do you think that?
>> ...............................
>> declining productivity (30 hour week)
>
>Where do you get the idea Europeans work a 30 hr week ?
>
>Another rabid right wing bags of lies publication ?
>
>Graham
Sheeeesh! If you count the breaks it's even less than 30 hours.
When I was doing the big motor control project at Bosch in Bühlertal,
Germany, I'd barely get in the door and they'd break for "breakfast".
I finally shamed them into working American hours by walking into the
lab and picking up a soldering iron and doing the tech work myself ;-)
...Jim Thompson
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Article: 95033
On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 16:47:42 +0100, "Meindert Sprang"
<mhsprang@NOcustomSPAMware.nl> wrote:
>"Lanarcam" <lanarcam1@yahoo.fr> wrote in message
>news:1137771805.545861.31220@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> Bryan Hackney wrote:
>> > And, um, what has Africa ever contributed to the world?
>>
>> No idea?
>
>You mean more than half the population of his own country ? :-)
>
>Meindert
>
Eh? 2000 Census: 12.9% Black/Negro. Where do you get your
misinformation?
...Jim Thompson
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Article: 95034In article <OI7Af.165$76.101141@news.siol.net>, Sio_spam_L@same.net says... > "Lanarcam" <lanarcam1@yahoo.fr> wrote in message news:1137771805.545861.31220@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > > > > Bryan Hackney wrote: > >> And, um, what has Africa ever contributed to the world? > > > > No idea? > > Homo Sapiens? > > Supposedly the first man or woman came from there. Ok, but which one? -- KeithArticle: 95035
can we all drop this topic please? this newsgroup is supposed to be about fpga's, not personal opinions on the pros and cons of working long hours versus having a work/life balance. AlanArticle: 95036
can we all drop this topic please? this newsgroup is supposed to be about fpga's, not personal opinions on the pros and cons of working long hours versus having a work/life balance. AlanArticle: 95037
On 20 Jan 2006 08:24:15 -0800, amyler@eircom.net wrote:
>can we all drop this topic please?
>
>this newsgroup is supposed to be about fpga's, not personal opinions on
>the pros and cons of working long hours versus having a work/life
>balance.
>
>Alan
You haven't been paying attention.
Here on S.E.D we rarely actually have a circuit problem posted by the
young'uns.
So we old farts spend all our time debating politics.
Ask a circuit question and I'll be happy to help.
(But no pansy flashing LED's please ;-)
...Jim Thompson
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Article: 95038Yeah yeah, I'm with you on the annoyance factor of college kids asking for homework help. I'm just not interested in a broad debate on world politics somehow mutating from that narrow topic. AlanArticle: 95039
On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 09:16:12 -0700, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@My-Web-Site.com> wrote: >On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 15:26:43 +0000, Pooh Bear ><rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >>Bryan Hackney wrote: >> >>> bill.sloman@ieee.org wrote: >>> > Bryan Hackney wrote: >>> > >>> >>Europe is declining. >>> > >>> > Why do you think that? >>> ............................... >>> declining productivity (30 hour week) >> >>Where do you get the idea Europeans work a 30 hr week ? >> >>Another rabid right wing bags of lies publication ? >> >>Graham > >Sheeeesh! If you count the breaks it's even less than 30 hours. > >When I was doing the big motor control project at Bosch in Bühlertal, >Germany, I'd barely get in the door and they'd break for "breakfast". > Same with me in Moscow. They pretty much drank tea, ate pastries, and played cards all day. "We pretend to work and they pretend to pay us." I'm working on a couple of projects with Brit and Irish companies, but they seem to take years to get anything done. JohnArticle: 95040
"Jim Thompson" <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@My-Web-Site.com> wrote in message news:pc32t1difrmm18ru5h6r1q2s4u1m4fbk05@4ax.com... > On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 16:47:42 +0100, "Meindert Sprang" > <mhsprang@NOcustomSPAMware.nl> wrote: > > >"Lanarcam" <lanarcam1@yahoo.fr> wrote in message > >news:1137771805.545861.31220@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > >> > >> Bryan Hackney wrote: > >> > And, um, what has Africa ever contributed to the world? > >> > >> No idea? > > > >You mean more than half the population of his own country ? :-) > > > >Meindert > > > > Eh? 2000 Census: 12.9% Black/Negro. Where do you get your > misinformation? Televised sporting events.Article: 95041
On 20 Jan 2006 08:24:15 -0800, amyler@eircom.net wrote: >can we all drop this topic please? > >this newsgroup is supposed to be about fpga's, not personal opinions on >the pros and cons of working long hours versus having a work/life >balance. > >Alan Well, sci.electronics.design isn't really about fpga's, and fpga's aren't really about electronic design. I have noticed that the fpga, comp, and embedded newsgroups are pretty seriously dull. JohnArticle: 95042
Pooh Bear wrote: > Bryan Hackney wrote: > > > bill.sloman@ieee.org wrote: > > > Bryan Hackney wrote: > > > > > >>Europe is declining. > > > > > > Why do you think that? > > ............................... > > declining productivity (30 hour week) > > Where do you get the idea Europeans work a 30 hr week ? I work in England, and I haven't done a 30 hour week since I started at this place 18 months ago - is there something here I should know? ;) PeteS > > Another rabid right wing bags of lies publication ? > > GrahamArticle: 95043
Xenophobia eh, don't you just love it on a friday afternoon.... :-)Article: 95044
"SioL" <Sio_spam_L@same.net> wrote in message news:OI7Af.165$76.101141@news.siol.net... > "Lanarcam" <lanarcam1@yahoo.fr> wrote in message > news:1137771805.545861.31220@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... >> >> Bryan Hackney wrote: >>> And, um, what has Africa ever contributed to the world? >> >> No idea? > > Homo Sapiens? > > Supposedly the first man or woman came from there. My first thought too. Thank God they didn't patent. Can you imagine how much the royalty payments would be? (And if we didn't pay, they'd terminate our license to produce!) -- Mike --Article: 95045
Jan Panteltje wrote: > On a sunny day (Fri, 20 Jan 2006 10:53:31 +1300) it happened Jim Granville > <no.spam@designtools.co.nz> wrote in <43d00a4b@clear.net.nz>: ...snip... > >The problems occur when one dept trys to use a std unit, > >but hijack it to mean something else. In the end no one knows > >where they are.... and everyone is annoyed. > > > How about 'feel gates'? > After all my 10W PC speakers are 1000 'music watts'. > And this FPGA has a 10 giga gates equivalent feel power? Jan, I think you are agreeing with me, no? There is a difference between how many "gates" they claim and how many LCs they count. It is somewhat arbitrary how you convert from LCs to gates. You can justify a wide range of conversion numbers. But LCs are counted, not estimated or equivalized. It is just silly for marketing to think that engineers are going to use their "equivalized" LC numbers in any comparison with another vendor or even within their own products. It's like they think we are too ignorant to realize they are doing it. They are mistaken, aren't they?Article: 95046
SioL wrote: > "Lanarcam" <lanarcam1@yahoo.fr> wrote in message news:1137771805.545861.31220@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > >>Bryan Hackney wrote: >> >>>And, um, what has Africa ever contributed to the world? >> >>No idea? > > > Homo Sapiens? > > Supposedly the first man or woman came from there. > That's not certain, but we do know where Newton, Galileo and Chebyshev are from.Article: 95047
On 20 Jan 2006 08:46:19 -0800, amyler@eircom.net wrote:
>Xenophobia eh, don't you just love it on a friday afternoon....
>
>:-)
You having some problem quoting pertinent text from the previous post?
Makes you hard enough to follow to warrant plonk consideration.
Plus you're a dumb shit. WHAT xenophobia? It's a socialism issue.
...Jim Thompson
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Article: 95048The ata controller in the opencores website don't support the ultra dma mode,but I need the ultra dma mode?Have someone ever do it?Article: 95049
On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 08:38:50 -0800, "Richard Henry" <rphenry@home.com>
wrote:
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>"Jim Thompson" <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@My-Web-Site.com> wrote in
>message news:pc32t1difrmm18ru5h6r1q2s4u1m4fbk05@4ax.com...
>> On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 16:47:42 +0100, "Meindert Sprang"
>> <mhsprang@NOcustomSPAMware.nl> wrote:
>>
>> >"Lanarcam" <lanarcam1@yahoo.fr> wrote in message
>> >news:1137771805.545861.31220@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>> >>
>> >> Bryan Hackney wrote:
>> >> > And, um, what has Africa ever contributed to the world?
>> >>
>> >> No idea?
>> >
>> >You mean more than half the population of his own country ? :-)
>> >
>> >Meindert
>> >
>>
>> Eh? 2000 Census: 12.9% Black/Negro. Where do you get your
>> misinformation?
>
>Televised sporting events.
>
Our "gladiators" ;-)
...Jim Thompson
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