Is that what they feed the monitors, too? Come on, the guys responsible for this are germans and computer scientists, and what they did do was stir up a hell of alot of shit. Can't you guys take a joke? Apparently not.
Whether its an art or a science is in the eye of the beholder. Go ask a pioneering scientist(architect) and he will tell you its an art. Ask the average state university-taught engineer, only in it for the money and he will call it a science. But who actually accomplishes things in the world and makes a difference? The pioneer with his head in the clouds, or the average engineer that will just finish thoughts that the pioneers have started.
Arts and SCience are basically the same. The major difference between an Art and a Science is that the Science is bleached of all the genious by 85% humans that resemble robots. If Einstein was around would he call Quantum Mechanics an Art or a Science? I would imagine he would call it an Art, but an average engineer would definitely call it a Science. The Art is the crude, pure form where the Science springs. Dig it.
I heard they are redesigning the main character. His name is Luke "Troubled Soul" Lionhart and he will use a light saber that is the size of a giant meat cleaver. Also they are using a completely different magic system that sucks where you are forced to spend too much time drawing "the force" from bad guys, and then are filling in the games' gaps with hours upon hours of slow, boring cg scenes where you are forced to sit and do absolutely nothing for a long time. Also, the nemesis will a knockoff of the last game they had, but he will suck even more. Oh wait... this isn't Star Wars I am taking about. I got this confused with the new Final Fantasy
When the Genome Project was heralded in a White House ceremony, the President and others suggested the gene map would soon eradicate cancer, heart disease, even aging.
Is any one else sick of the ignorant suits(marketers, politicians, etc...) that like to spout out a lot of BS and get in the way of real scientists when they have no clue what they are talking about?
You could compare them to JP Morgan and Albert Einstein. I'm pretty sure JP Morgan was much more famous in his day and Einstein was probably barely known, but now Einstein is well respected. And while Morgan might be remembered, the general population knows and respects Einstein more. I guess its just another example of artists finding fame when ag=fter they die and the degredation and superficiality of pop culture.
Should we really be mouring the death of freeweb? I mean, I used it for a very brief time on my Linux machine and was very dissatisfied with it. Was it just my area or did anyone else have about a 1 outta 10 chance of actually connecting when you dialed up and didnt get a busy signal? Also the stupid banners ate up so much memory and time. Maybe it was just my crappy connection, but I would imagine it was a service to us Linux users for them to stop. Who knows? Another, better pro-Linux service might be compelled to take form seing as though there is nothing out there(more market).
I've had a question about this for a while, and none of my friends can seem to answer it. So, I'm going to let the Slashdot give it a shot.
Is there any way to use additional processors or co-processors on a PC (x86) to run SETI @ Home clients?
For example, I have a Voodoo 2 (12 Megs of RAM) in my Linux box. Would there be some way to write a SETI client that uses the Voodoo's processors to run additional SETI clients/threads? This situation is pefect because unless I'm using a 3D program (Quake 3, Unreal Tournament, etc) the Voodoo is doing nothing.
The only reason I ask this question is because computers do math, it's a fact, just math all of the time. Why not have the SETI client use some of the great FPU (Floating Point Unit) on the graphics processors of a Voodoo card? Have the Voodoo do it's math on the Voodoo's processors rather than the PC's CPU.
Also, I don't see why this won't work for other things besides Voodoo cards. Any card that's strictly 3D, some NICs have a small co-processor for checksumming, or even a way to set the prioroity on the SETI client using a 2D/3D card (so 2D performance doesn't suffer when the user is using normal windowed applications).
This is clearly aimed at Geeks-with-Cash, not at the average compuser. If I actually had any money, I'd buy one. I don't even run the Seti client, I do the distributed.net stuff, but this thing is just so cool that I'd definitely buy one if I could. After all, talk about bragging rights:
"Hey Bob, did you hear about that Seti project where people use their computers to help search for extraterrestrial radio signals?"
"Yup. Pretty cool, eh?"
"Yeah, I decided to go ahead and install it on my workstation. Seems like a great project for a geek to help out."
"Yeah, I installed a special multiprocessor vector processing unit in my computer to work on Seti all the time; it runs on a PCI card, and beats the hell out of a P!!! 500 even though it doesn't use any of my CPU's cycles to do the work, it's all in hardware. Took these military surplus vector processors and..."
Now, that's some nice geek bragging rights, my friend. Talk about exotic hardware. I just wish they'd do something like this for distributed.net, since there have to be a few embedded chips which would handle crypto-cracking pretty well.
That brings me to my #1 desire in an exotic PCI card: hardware-based encryption. I want a card with an embedded processor(s) to handle a very strong combination of crypto specifically designed for encrypting hard drives. Wouldn't it be amazing to have a PCI card which registers to your BIOS as the primary hard disk controller, and then prompts for password information before bringing up a boot menu allowing access to your real hard drives and operating system(s)? Imagine, with a dedicated card like that the entire system could be encrypted with almost no overhead, since the card would handle all decryption/encryption and leave the main CPU(s) free. The only slow down on such a system would be the slight delay in routing I/O calls through the card, but I'm sure it's technically feasible to do such a thing. IBM does something similar in the hardware of some of its big-$$$ RISC systems. Now, a card like *that* would be sweet, and if implemented right with good drivers virtually fool-proof.
In my state, PA, actually in my city, a telemarketer called someone that told them to put this person on their not to call list. He actually went through with a lawsuit and won. Now just by itself this isnt that significant but the trend caught on in my city(it is very small, population is 780) and what do you know, more lawsuits were filed and won. Needless to say, I dont hear many people around here getting phone spammed.
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Nah, maybe later...
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I fail to see the significance between your link and my comment.
Is that what they feed the monitors, too? Come on, the guys responsible for this are germans and computer scientists, and what they did do was stir up a hell of alot of shit. Can't you guys take a joke? Apparently not.
Whether its an art or a science is in the eye of the beholder. Go ask a pioneering scientist(architect) and he will tell you its an art. Ask the average state university-taught engineer, only in it for the money and he will call it a science. But who actually accomplishes things in the world and makes a difference? The pioneer with his head in the clouds, or the average engineer that will just finish thoughts that the pioneers have started.
Arts and SCience are basically the same. The major difference between an Art and a Science is that the Science is bleached of all the genious by 85% humans that resemble robots. If Einstein was around would he call Quantum Mechanics an Art or a Science? I would imagine he would call it an Art, but an average engineer would definitely call it a Science. The Art is the crude, pure form where the Science springs. Dig it.
I heard they are redesigning the main character. His name is Luke "Troubled Soul" Lionhart and he will use a light saber that is the size of a giant meat cleaver. Also they are using a completely different magic system that sucks where you are forced to spend too much time drawing "the force" from bad guys, and then are filling in the games' gaps with hours upon hours of slow, boring cg scenes where you are forced to sit and do absolutely nothing for a long time. Also, the nemesis will a knockoff of the last game they had, but he will suck even more. Oh wait... this isn't Star Wars I am taking about. I got this confused with the new Final Fantasy
Is any one else sick of the ignorant suits(marketers, politicians, etc...) that like to spout out a lot of BS and get in the way of real scientists when they have no clue what they are talking about?
You could compare them to JP Morgan and Albert Einstein. I'm pretty sure JP Morgan was much more famous in his day and Einstein was probably barely known, but now Einstein is well respected. And while Morgan might be remembered, the general population knows and respects Einstein more. I guess its just another example of artists finding fame when ag=fter they die and the degredation and superficiality of pop culture.
Just how expensive will it be? Seeing that the P2 will be $300-$400, 16 times that is like $5000. Sheesh, I think I'll pass on this one.
No .coms. That would be great. Finally my slashdot.cc and msn.cc would get the recognition they deserve.
Should we really be mouring the death of freeweb? I mean, I used it for a very brief time on my Linux machine and was very dissatisfied with it. Was it just my area or did anyone else have about a 1 outta 10 chance of actually connecting when you dialed up and didnt get a busy signal? Also the stupid banners ate up so much memory and time. Maybe it was just my crappy connection, but I would imagine it was a service to us Linux users for them to stop. Who knows? Another, better pro-Linux service might be compelled to take form seing as though there is nothing out there(more market).
Apparently it wasn't biased towards any ethnicity: the table of contents is in German? while the rest is in plain English.
I've had a question about this for a while, and none of my friends can seem to answer it. So, I'm going to let the Slashdot give it a shot.
Is there any way to use additional processors or co-processors on a PC (x86) to run SETI @ Home clients?
For example, I have a Voodoo 2 (12 Megs of RAM) in my Linux box. Would there be some way to write a SETI client that uses the Voodoo's processors to run additional SETI clients/threads? This situation is pefect because unless I'm using a 3D program (Quake 3, Unreal Tournament, etc) the Voodoo is doing nothing.
The only reason I ask this question is because computers do math, it's a fact, just math all of the time. Why not have the SETI client use some of the great FPU (Floating Point Unit) on the graphics processors of a Voodoo card? Have the Voodoo do it's math on the Voodoo's processors rather than the PC's CPU.
Also, I don't see why this won't work for other things besides Voodoo cards. Any card that's strictly 3D, some NICs have a small co-processor for checksumming, or even a way to set the prioroity on the SETI client using a 2D/3D card (so 2D performance doesn't suffer when the user is using normal windowed applications).
Are you sure its aliens calling your cell? I hear after ABC ditched their plans for answering machines they are dabbling in other matters. HHmmmmm....
This is clearly aimed at Geeks-with-Cash, not at the average compuser. If I actually had any money, I'd buy one. I don't even run the Seti client, I do the distributed.net stuff, but this thing is just so cool that I'd definitely buy one if I could. After all, talk about bragging rights:
"Hey Bob, did you hear about that Seti project where people use their computers to help search for extraterrestrial radio signals?"
"Yup. Pretty cool, eh?"
"Yeah, I decided to go ahead and install it on my workstation. Seems like a great project for a geek to help out."
"Yeah, I installed a special multiprocessor vector processing unit in my computer to work on Seti all the time; it runs on a PCI card, and beats the hell out of a P!!! 500 even though it doesn't use any of my CPU's cycles to do the work, it's all in hardware. Took these military surplus vector processors and..."
Now, that's some nice geek bragging rights, my friend. Talk about exotic hardware. I just wish they'd do something like this for distributed.net, since there have to be a few embedded chips which would handle crypto-cracking pretty well.
That brings me to my #1 desire in an exotic PCI card: hardware-based encryption. I want a card with an embedded processor(s) to handle a very strong combination of crypto specifically designed for encrypting hard drives. Wouldn't it be amazing to have a PCI card which registers to your BIOS as the primary hard disk controller, and then prompts for password information before bringing up a boot menu allowing access to your real hard drives and operating system(s)? Imagine, with a dedicated card like that the entire system could be encrypted with almost no overhead, since the card would handle all decryption/encryption and leave the main CPU(s) free. The only slow down on such a system would be the slight delay in routing I/O calls through the card, but I'm sure it's technically feasible to do such a thing. IBM does something similar in the hardware of some of its big-$$$ RISC systems. Now, a card like *that* would be sweet, and if implemented right with good drivers virtually fool-proof.
In my state, PA, actually in my city, a telemarketer called someone that told them to put this person on their not to call list. He actually went through with a lawsuit and won. Now just by itself this isnt that significant but the trend caught on in my city(it is very small, population is 780) and what do you know, more lawsuits were filed and won. Needless to say, I dont hear many people around here getting phone spammed.