U.S. military supercomputer sets computing record
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"An American military supercomputer, assembled from components originally designed for video game machines, has reached a long-sought-after computing milestone by processing more than 1.026 quadrillion calculations per second." U.S. military supercomputer sets computing record[^]
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"An American military supercomputer, assembled from components originally designed for video game machines, has reached a long-sought-after computing milestone by processing more than 1.026 quadrillion calculations per second." U.S. military supercomputer sets computing record[^]
Second repost :)
Mostly, when you see programmers, they aren't doing anything. One of the attractive things about programmers is that you cannot tell whether or not they are working simply by looking at them. Very often they're sitting there seemingly drinking coffee and gossiping, or just staring into space. What the programmer is trying to do is get a handle on all the individual and unrelated ideas that are scampering around in his head. (Charles M Strauss)
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Second repost :)
Mostly, when you see programmers, they aren't doing anything. One of the attractive things about programmers is that you cannot tell whether or not they are working simply by looking at them. Very often they're sitting there seemingly drinking coffee and gossiping, or just staring into space. What the programmer is trying to do is get a handle on all the individual and unrelated ideas that are scampering around in his head. (Charles M Strauss)
Mladen Jankovic wrote:
Second repost
My bad. It is there on page two by Mr. Harris...
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Mladen Jankovic wrote:
Second repost
My bad. It is there on page two by Mr. Harris...
It happens.
Mostly, when you see programmers, they aren't doing anything. One of the attractive things about programmers is that you cannot tell whether or not they are working simply by looking at them. Very often they're sitting there seemingly drinking coffee and gossiping, or just staring into space. What the programmer is trying to do is get a handle on all the individual and unrelated ideas that are scampering around in his head. (Charles M Strauss)
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"An American military supercomputer, assembled from components originally designed for video game machines, has reached a long-sought-after computing milestone by processing more than 1.026 quadrillion calculations per second." U.S. military supercomputer sets computing record[^]
I've already reposted that one! :-D
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I've already reposted that one! :-D
Hi Steve,
Steve_Harris wrote:
I've already reposted that one!
Sorry I tried to steal your thunder. I got such a kick out of the game console hardware, I forgot to check if someone else had posted. I'd delete the post, but it looks like fido's ass when the top level message goes away with messages attached. Jeff
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Hi Steve,
Steve_Harris wrote:
I've already reposted that one!
Sorry I tried to steal your thunder. I got such a kick out of the game console hardware, I forgot to check if someone else had posted. I'd delete the post, but it looks like fido's ass when the top level message goes away with messages attached. Jeff
Messages with replies don't go away anymore, havn't done in quite a while. They now just say
[Message Deleted], kinda like when a post is reported enough times. Still, I don't like when people delete their messages.My current favourite word is: I'm starting to run out of fav. words!
-SK Genius
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Hi Steve,
Steve_Harris wrote:
I've already reposted that one!
Sorry I tried to steal your thunder. I got such a kick out of the game console hardware, I forgot to check if someone else had posted. I'd delete the post, but it looks like fido's ass when the top level message goes away with messages attached. Jeff
LOL. I didn't check either, or read my Daily News first. :doh: I'm putting it down to the heat.
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"An American military supercomputer, assembled from components originally designed for video game machines, has reached a long-sought-after computing milestone by processing more than 1.026 quadrillion calculations per second." U.S. military supercomputer sets computing record[^]
What a world we live in... The new supercomputer "will simulate the behavior of the weapons in the first fraction of a second during an explosion." Awesome, the most powerful computer ever built won't be used to cure cancer or anything worthwhile but rather to make sure our nukes are deadly enough. The technology was originally designed for playing "video games". We use all our greatest technology for simulated killing "video games" and real killing with nukes. What a species we are...
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What a world we live in... The new supercomputer "will simulate the behavior of the weapons in the first fraction of a second during an explosion." Awesome, the most powerful computer ever built won't be used to cure cancer or anything worthwhile but rather to make sure our nukes are deadly enough. The technology was originally designed for playing "video games". We use all our greatest technology for simulated killing "video games" and real killing with nukes. What a species we are...
I didn't get any requirements for the signature
ToddHileHoffer wrote:
We use all our greatest technology for simulated killing "video games" and real killing with nukes.
nobody dies in Mario Kart
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What a world we live in... The new supercomputer "will simulate the behavior of the weapons in the first fraction of a second during an explosion." Awesome, the most powerful computer ever built won't be used to cure cancer or anything worthwhile but rather to make sure our nukes are deadly enough. The technology was originally designed for playing "video games". We use all our greatest technology for simulated killing "video games" and real killing with nukes. What a species we are...
I didn't get any requirements for the signature
ToddHileHoffer wrote:
Awesome, the most powerful computer ever built won't be used to cure cancer
What's worse, decrease the world's population by drastic measures, or allow the population to soar higher at an even faster rate by curing diseases that help govern our explosive over-population problem? The more people on Earth, the more nasty diseases will crop up to eliminate us. Pick your evil.
:josh: My WPF Blog[^] All of life is just a big rambling blog post.
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ToddHileHoffer wrote:
Awesome, the most powerful computer ever built won't be used to cure cancer
What's worse, decrease the world's population by drastic measures, or allow the population to soar higher at an even faster rate by curing diseases that help govern our explosive over-population problem? The more people on Earth, the more nasty diseases will crop up to eliminate us. Pick your evil.
:josh: My WPF Blog[^] All of life is just a big rambling blog post.
Lazy overeating couch potatoes are unlikely to breed and will die younger freeing up more resources for the fitter, healthier types who do not eat 57000 calories a day!
------------------------------------ "I want you to imagine I have a blaster in my hand" - Zaphod Beeblebrox. "You DO have a blaster in your hand" - Freighter Pilot "Yeah, so you don't have to tax your imagination too hard" - Zaphod Beeblebrox
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Lazy overeating couch potatoes are unlikely to breed and will die younger freeing up more resources for the fitter, healthier types who do not eat 57000 calories a day!
------------------------------------ "I want you to imagine I have a blaster in my hand" - Zaphod Beeblebrox. "You DO have a blaster in your hand" - Freighter Pilot "Yeah, so you don't have to tax your imagination too hard" - Zaphod Beeblebrox
Dalek Dave wrote:
Lazy overeating couch potatoes are unlikely to breed
In theory, perhaps. :rolleyes:
:josh: My WPF Blog[^] All of life is just a big rambling blog post.
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What a world we live in... The new supercomputer "will simulate the behavior of the weapons in the first fraction of a second during an explosion." Awesome, the most powerful computer ever built won't be used to cure cancer or anything worthwhile but rather to make sure our nukes are deadly enough. The technology was originally designed for playing "video games". We use all our greatest technology for simulated killing "video games" and real killing with nukes. What a species we are...
I didn't get any requirements for the signature
ToddHileHoffer wrote:
What a species we are...
The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the Universe, is that none of it has attempted to contact us.
:..::. Douglas H. Troy ::..
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Dalek Dave wrote:
Lazy overeating couch potatoes are unlikely to breed
In theory, perhaps. :rolleyes:
:josh: My WPF Blog[^] All of life is just a big rambling blog post.
Well OK, you have a point, LESS likely perhaps. (Less likely to get a GF/BF in the first place). (My wife would roll eyes too at this point, I have been known to spend hours at a time playing Tiger Woods GoldGolf on the Wii, but at least that is some form of excercise!)
------------------------------------ "I want you to imagine I have a blaster in my hand" - Zaphod Beeblebrox. "You DO have a blaster in your hand" - Freighter Pilot "Yeah, so you don't have to tax your imagination too hard" - Zaphod Beeblebrox
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ToddHileHoffer wrote:
We use all our greatest technology for simulated killing "video games" and real killing with nukes.
nobody dies in Mario Kart
I'm pretty sure the tech was not developed for or by Nintendo. I mean the Wii is barely as powerful as Xbox 180.
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ToddHileHoffer wrote:
Awesome, the most powerful computer ever built won't be used to cure cancer
What's worse, decrease the world's population by drastic measures, or allow the population to soar higher at an even faster rate by curing diseases that help govern our explosive over-population problem? The more people on Earth, the more nasty diseases will crop up to eliminate us. Pick your evil.
:josh: My WPF Blog[^] All of life is just a big rambling blog post.
Are you suggesting that we use nuclear weapons for population control? Curing cancer will not increase the world population all that much... Its not like poor people in countries with high population growth will be able to afford new medicines.
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ToddHileHoffer wrote:
What a species we are...
The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the Universe, is that none of it has attempted to contact us.
:..::. Douglas H. Troy ::..
Bad Astronomy |VCF|wxWidgets|WTLDouglas Troy wrote:
ToddHileHoffer wrote: What a species we are... The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the Universe, is that none of it has attempted to contact us.
So true...
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Are you suggesting that we use nuclear weapons for population control? Curing cancer will not increase the world population all that much... Its not like poor people in countries with high population growth will be able to afford new medicines.
I didn't get any requirements for the signature
ToddHileHoffer wrote:
Are you suggesting that we use nuclear weapons for population control?
No, I didn't suggest anything even remotely similar to that. I was simply making the point that even a seemingly beneficial, altruistic use of technology does not necessarily lead to an overall improvement of the human condition.
:josh: My WPF Blog[^] All of life is just a big rambling blog post.
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Lazy overeating couch potatoes are unlikely to breed and will die younger freeing up more resources for the fitter, healthier types who do not eat 57000 calories a day!
------------------------------------ "I want you to imagine I have a blaster in my hand" - Zaphod Beeblebrox. "You DO have a blaster in your hand" - Freighter Pilot "Yeah, so you don't have to tax your imagination too hard" - Zaphod Beeblebrox
unfortunately such types are funded by our tax bucks and thus have all day to spend finding as many breeding partners as possible and breeding with them. It's as though Darwinism has been turned on its head.