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Nerd Vacation to the Earth Simulator
eecue writes "Earlier this year I went on vacation to japan. At the end of my trip I was lucky enough to receive a tour of the Earth Simulator, which is the world's fastest super computer. I took pictures and wrote about it."
I wonder if they are taking into account the climatic changes being created by the simulator itself...this is the silliest thing I have ever seen! Lets use it to play Unreal2k3!!
I can only imagine that your comment is serious.
In defense of the creators of Slashdot, I have to say that I was an Anonymous Coward for about a year before I took a "real" ID. At the time, there were many reasons to be paranoid about signing up for _anything_, let alone some random, marginally interesting website.
http and related protocols were being hashed out with reverse searches, fingerings of those that were using them, etc. It was not a "clean" transition at the time. (And it's still not. *grumble* *grumble*)
One of the nicer things about Slashdot is that they have defended some core interests from back when "the web" was new, no matter how ridiculous they might seem with modern tech.
It's a good thing. Slashdot and all involved have fought hard. So an AC is an imbecile every once in a while. Fuck 'em.
Everyone who cares will stay. The bad AC(s) will leave. Maybe someone will take their place, maybe not. It's not that important.
Providing the random expert a chance to contribute is well worth it.
As my father lik@(munch munch)...
You are reading too much meaning into the word "grid".
And you have missed the whole thrust of my argument.
Local, short-term perception is distinctly different from global, long(er)-term prediction.
Yes, and my statements, if you read them carefully, indicate that I find this segmentation to be in error. Microcosm as macrocosm. We should begin to pattern our technology (well at least cartography and meteorology) after human traits rather than linear or sinusoidal cartography. We should redefine our definitions and look to expand our horizons as we are expanding our horizons, wouldn't you agree?
There are a lot of differences between human thinking and the kind of analysis done by computers. These differences are frequently deliberate and mandated by the problem being solved.
I would not dispute that. But does it mean that we have to accept the tradition blindly?
If you're going to be philosophical, you should understand the issues first.
Good advice that you might consider yourself. Not that you don't understand the material, it's just that you appear hasty in your comments. You haven't really thought through what I was saying before you replied. If you did, perhaps could you spend some more time to clarify your meaning?
I don't mind hearing criticism at all... I just prefer it to be perhaps more informed, or more contemplative criticism.