Re: How To Ask Questions The Smart Way

2009-10-11 Thread Steven W. Orr
On 10/10/09 14:51, quoth David Hardy: > 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

Re: FWIW: The bigger picture... Or why I have been asking a lot of questions lately...

2009-10-11 Thread Bruce Labitt
Drew Van Zandt wrote: > Have you considered using a fast compression/decompression algorithm > before you transmit, one that isn't too computationally intensive for > either compression or decompression? You won't get high compression > (factor of 10) as you might with slower ones, but if you g

Re: FWIW: The bigger picture... Or why I have been asking a lot of questions lately...

2009-10-11 Thread Bruce Labitt
Joshua Judson Rosen wrote: > Bruce Labitt writes: > >> What I'm trying to do: Optimizer for a radar power spectral density problem >> >> Problem: FFTs required in optimization loop take too long on current >> workstation for the optimizer to even be viable. >> >> Attempted solution: FFT en

Re: FWIW: The bigger picture... Or why I have been asking a lot of questions lately...

2009-10-11 Thread Bruce Labitt
Jim Kuzdrall wrote: > Greetings Bruce, > > Interesting and challenging project! > > On Saturday 10 October 2009 15:20, Bruce Labitt wrote: > >> 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 th

Re: FWIW: The bigger picture... Or why I have been asking a lot of questions lately...

2009-10-11 Thread Bruce Labitt
Lloyd Kvam wrote: > 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 r

Re: FWIW: The bigger picture... Or why I have been asking a lot of questions lately...

2009-10-11 Thread Drew Van Zandt
Have you considered using a fast compression/decompression algorithm before you transmit, one that isn't too computationally intensive for either compression or decompression? You won't get high compression (factor of 10) as you might with slower ones, but if you get even a factor of 2, you've jus

Re: FWIW: The bigger picture... Or why I have been asking a lot of questions lately...

2009-10-11 Thread Joshua Judson Rosen
Bruce Labitt writes: > > What I'm trying to do: Optimizer for a radar power spectral density problem > > Problem: FFTs required in optimization loop take too long on current > workstation for the optimizer to even be viable. > > Attempted solution: FFT engine on remote server to reduce over

Re: FWIW: The bigger picture... Or why I have been asking a lot of questions lately...

2009-10-11 Thread Jim Kuzdrall
Greetings Bruce, Interesting and challenging project! On Saturday 10 October 2009 15:20, Bruce Labitt wrote: > 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 le