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  1. Re:Compute power on Modern Weather Forecasts Are Stunningly Accurate (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    So they still run their Crays at full whack. Your desktop may be faster that Crays from 30 years ago but probably not the Crays UKMET are using today:

    https://www.hpcwire.com/2018/09/26/uk-met-office-deploys-cray-ai-analytics-to-enhance-forecasting/

  2. Altos Workstation on Ask Slashdot: What Was Your First Home Computer? · · Score: 1

    I think it was in about 1985 I got an Altos 186 workstation. It ran Xenix. From memory it was the only workstation Altos ever produced. They were mainly a server company.

    That was where I learned to write C.

  3. I guess there's a million people ... on Petition With Over 1 Million Signatures Urges President Obama To Pardon Snowden (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    who haven't read this: https://info.publicintelligence.net/US-HPSCI-SnowdenReport.pdf

  4. Re:predicting weather is one thing on A British Supercomputer Can Predict Winter Weather a Year In Advance (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes. It's called CLE or "Cray Linux Environment".

  5. Re:New unit system needed on 6 Tiny Robotic Ants, Weighing 3.5 Oz. In Total, Pull a 3900-lb. Car (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    All good except I think you messed up on the foot-pound bit. Torque should be Newton Metres in metric.

    Joules is the measurement of energy. I suppose that would Calories in the U.S., Burma and Liberia.

  6. Re:damn on Cray To Build Australia's Fastest Supercomputer · · Score: 1

    You should get out more...

  7. Re:Time to upgrade to Windows? on Linux 3.18 Released, Lockup Bug Still Present · · Score: 1

    (Apple marketing victim)

  8. So patch it. on First Shellshock Botnet Attacking Akamai, US DoD Networks · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure this is too big a deal. You hear about the problem and you patch it. Both the systems I have that are Internet facing use distros that had new bashes available very quickly. Yesterday morning I wasted 15 minutes on this. We'll now be reading about it for the next month.

    I guess the problem will remain for those that don't patch.

  9. Re: The NSA is s spy agency on John McAfee Airs His Beefs About Privacy In Def Con Surprise Talk · · Score: 0

    Wow! I'm impressed with how citizens of the U.S. support freedom of speech. One guy comes out in support of NSA and gets a "fuck you shithead" in response. Wow.

  10. Re:What about the windows only software? and offic on High School Students Develop Linux Imaging and Help Desk Software · · Score: 3, Informative

    For me the problem is always the other way around. Microsoft Office doesn't work well with .od? files.

  11. Officializes? on Apple Officializes Purchase of Motion-Sensor Firm PrimeSense · · Score: 2

    Are you serious?

  12. Re:Missing control group. on MIT Researchers Show Dash Font Choice Affects Distraction · · Score: 2

    I live in Canberra Australia where billboards are not allowed. I've been here for 15 years and now when I leave town and go to say, Sydney, the billboards drive me crazy. They're such a blot on the landscape. Plus now it seems that every second one is trying to give me a boner. Not by showing me beautiful women but chemically!

  13. Pure BS on Model Says Religiosity Gene Will Dominate Society · · Score: 1

    This is pure bullshit. This crap about religiosity being genetic is pushing some atheistic barrow where it shouldn't be. Debating the existence of God belongs in a philosophical discussion not just assuming that one opinion is correct. Religion bashing is pretty popular among stupid geeks who are just sheep when it comes to anything beyond reductionist dogma.

  14. Re:God who is not God. on "Immortal Molecule" Evolves — How Close To Synthetic Life? · · Score: 1

    "I know this concept really hurts most of your heads, but here it is.

    There is no god. There is no plan to life. You will NOT be punished for what you did in life, nor will you be rewarded.

    You are not here for any purpose, other then to live and evolve. Nothing more, nothing less."

    One thing that shits me more than outspoken Christians is morons like you who like thrusting their opinions on others. You sound pretty sure of yourself. Where did that come from? Only child?

  15. Re:Interesting route... on "Immortal Molecule" Evolves — How Close To Synthetic Life? · · Score: 1

    Mmmm... Branes.

  16. Re:No such thing as evolutionary design on 10 Worst Evolutionary Designs · · Score: 1

    Sort of like the monkeys and typewriters thing. Wow you evolutionists will believe anything.

  17. Re:warping reality already on LHC Flips On Tomorrow · · Score: 1

    I wish people would just use UTC for this sort of thing. Now I have to go and work out what Zurich time is and what CDT is. I'm assuming its something to do with the USA.

  18. Re:Google Maps is a bigger photo. on The Largest Digital Photo · · Score: 1

    So is this...