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  1. Re:More abstraction could be appreciated on BOINC Now Available For GPU/CUDA · · Score: 1

    Why don't you get cracking then and write a nice Brook BOINC?

  2. Re:CUDA is extremely nVidia oriented. on BOINC Now Available For GPU/CUDA · · Score: 1

    CUDA is free and it works. I prefer a hackish CUDA now to a nice, abstract CUDA in two years.

    Also, I do believe someone will write a nice abstraction on top of CUDA. If CUDA is like C++, there will be nice Boost and Qt toolkits for it.

    Also, you can asynchronous memory transfers and kernel executions ... unless you're talking about something else and it's my misunderstanding.

  3. Re:Single platform only on BOINC Now Available For GPU/CUDA · · Score: 1

    CUDA is really easy to use. So easy to use that BOINC+CUDA got off the ground.

    I don't see any cards other than NVIDIA's that are as effective, given cost, effectiveness and ease of programming.

    "A handful of cards from a single constructor"? You can also say "Cheap, powerful cards available anywhere".

    CUDA device emulation is only intended as a partial debugging tool.

  4. Re:What I'm waiting for is on BOINC Now Available For GPU/CUDA · · Score: 1

    Interesting - Can you elaborate? Got a link?

  5. Re:Mother on Australian Ban On Fallout 3 – Why? · · Score: 1

    I didn't really think Kant or Godel would be appropriate here.

    Don't worry about CRCulver, he's simply worried - on your behalf - about what people think. The "right" thing for you to have done was to quote an Approved Philosopher that has already been quoted by someone else, and that is not seen as pompous by Someone Else.

    Someone else that isn't here.

    I approve of your quote it was kind of awesome actually, though my approval doesn't count, as sadly I can't be a Someone Else as I am real.

  6. Re:but.. on Studies Confirm That Bad Boys Get More Girls · · Score: 1

    No. It's like telling a depressed person TO GO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

    Which is equally worthless. Your point? :D

    My point is obviously that going and doing something about depression is the only thing that will fix it. Exercise, to name just one thing. What would you tell a depressed person?

  7. Re:but.. on Studies Confirm That Bad Boys Get More Girls · · Score: 1

    Yes, because fucking in the elevator is exactly what mentally stable people do all the time.

    Have you tried? It's fun. It looks like you think "mentally stable" means "someone who conforms to what people think".

    Beyond this, take risks. A good friend always reminded me what is the worst that is going to happen if you approach a woman and are turned down? Well, you've been turned down.

    Please punch your friend in the face, because that's stupid advice. Your friend's advice is about as useful as telling a depressed person to cheer up. No. It's like telling a depressed person TO GO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
  8. Re:Did any of this need to be confirmed? on Wikileaks Gets Hold of Counterinsurgency Manual · · Score: 1

    Dude, that's one example of the US having been asked to come over. How many parties have they crashed?

  9. Re:Did any of this need to be confirmed? on Wikileaks Gets Hold of Counterinsurgency Manual · · Score: 1

    It's not as comparable to rape as it is comparable to getting beat up after raping their sister.

    Sure, everyone is the same, but as the US consists of people who I more regularly discuss politics with, the folks in the US are the people I urge to stop picking on other people.

    Let me read and digest the rest of your reply.

  10. Re:Big Deal!!! Counterinsurgency Manual not new. on Wikileaks Gets Hold of Counterinsurgency Manual · · Score: 1, Informative

    There's nothing secret in the book and those "warrantless searches" are done on the battlefield overseas, not in this country. LOL

    First, here's one for your egotistical worldview -
    Just because some of these tactics are MAYBE not employed on the same landmass you sit your ass on, doesn't mean you're any safer. Those tactics have pissed off A LOT of people, a percentage of whom will be coming after you, with everything from being impolite to bombs down your chimney.

    Second, what about these tactics:
    "detainment without charge, the suspension of habeas corpus and concealing human rights abuses from journalists"

    These familiar? Maybe your local gazette doesn't carry news from your capital.

    Third, the US gov't has defined "evil" to be "necessary evil" OK on the "battlefield". Then they define "battlefield" as ... whatever? Then, by definition, they will perform evil anywhere. And you may be safe, some kinda unlucky people across a few oceans wont.
  11. Re:Did any of this need to be confirmed? on Wikileaks Gets Hold of Counterinsurgency Manual · · Score: 2, Insightful

    outside a state you have violence at a personal level, with people shotting each other in the streets as the only way of being sure they won't be the next killed is by being the next killers, while with states, although you still have violence among them, at least people living inside them get some measure of peaceful coexistence


    And today, the only way to be sure that we won't be killed by a foreign terrorist ... is to kill our own morally retarded political leaders.

    OUR political leaders use perverted diplomacy, violence and evil to create hatred towards us — in countries we've seen on postcards, at best.

    Especially when concrete proof of true evil comes out, such as this insurgency manual. More than a few moderate folks around the world will now become angry at US foreign policy and its implementation.
  12. Re:This is awesome! on Supercomputer Built With 8 GPUs · · Score: 1

    Hehe

    Best FLOPS/$ ratio in the business!

  13. Re:Tomography on Supercomputer Built With 8 GPUs · · Score: 1

    It's more complicated than that, trust me. The troubles inherent in graphics processing translate to a whole lot more stuff than just rendering the latest Doom.

  14. Re:Why haven't they started releasing GPU CPUs yet on Supercomputer Built With 8 GPUs · · Score: 1

    I don't understand completely what you mean, but:

    * Only some people need the extra speed.

    * The tasks that can be accelerated this much belong to a specific domain of computation.

    * NVIDIA're just starting.

  15. Re:This is awesome! on Supercomputer Built With 8 GPUs · · Score: 2, Informative
  16. Re:now that the gpu is doing 2 things lets do 3 !! on All GeForce 8 Graphics Cards to Gain PhysX Support · · Score: 1

    Who gives a shit how old anyone is? It's an interesting question.

  17. Re:Tyan? on Best Motherboards With Large RAM Capacity? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Are EATX boards really that big?

    I got an Athlon MP board a while ago. As far as I can remember, it was EATX and fit into a regular old case. There wasn't a lot of space left, but it did fit. If I'm not mixing things up, EATX have the same mounting holes, and the extra board area just flows into normally unused areas of the case.

    The listed size is deceiving - I am prepared to be wrong, but I urge you to check again.

  18. Re:Insert witty subject here on Spore About Six Months Away · · Score: 1

    Long, dry years of reading Slashdot. At last, something that is actually funny is said. Genius. I have acheived closure. Thanks.

  19. Re:College kids on Apple Now Selling Better Than One Laptop In Six · · Score: 1

    FWIW, Ubuntu wasn't too hard to install on a Mac Mini. I'm curious: what distro did you have trouble with?

    Here's a guide that looks good for a Macbook Pro:
    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=198453

    Just sharing what worked for me - good luck. Macs make for very nice Linux machines. (I have to use Linux for a project.)

  20. Re:I can see the benefits to this technology on Another Way To Erase Memories · · Score: 1

    I went down that path too. Thanks for sharing.

  21. Re:Misleading on The Potential of Geothermal Power · · Score: 5, Informative

    Hi, I live in Iceland.

    We use hot water pumped directly from shallow wells for the hot tap water. It contains sulfur.

    It's close to 100C, so you can use a heat transformer to warm up the non-sulfuric cold water for showers, etc. Some houses here do.

  22. Re:All Hail Terry Gilliam on Serenity Trounces Star Wars · · Score: 1

    Too bad for you :)

  23. Re:pupils on Interview With "Switcher Girl" Ellen Feiss · · Score: 1

    It has been used for hundreds of years by women because they thought dilated pupils make them look "sexy".
    It works. Pupils have different 'neutral' states, varying from person to person. I find myself captivated by girls with naturally large pupils. The effect seems magical.
  24. meh on Divine Proportions · · Score: 1

    Maybe he just likes funny words. I like funny words, and funny letters. J is the funniest letter of the alphabet. Why the huff?

  25. Re:Hi-Fi? :( on Homemade iPod Hi-Fi mini · · Score: 1

    Have you heard one of these?

    The sound is beautiful.