Actaully the word was coined/invented by Lewis Caroll (of Alice in Wonderland fame).
Lewis Carol, of course being a pen name for Charles Lutwidge Dodgson.
Chuck was, as you may know, a bit of a mathematician and published many works on the subject - usually text & guides.
In short, "a scientist who uses the word humongous" may not be as rare as you think:)
"... imagine a Beow.... " with Firewire networking...
Seriously, though, if we're not talkin' real portable you could wait a year (or so, "we want more processor speed!") & buy a laptop with firewire & a f/w "dumb" camera & let the laptop do the crunching.
Seriously OT, but I just _had_ to stop & admire your sig:)
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On the contrary - 1st person shooter gamers _may_ want athalons. Virtually anything else isn't really cpu limited. A half decent video card (mine's an oc'ed radeon LE) and a reasonable cpu (D850, can be had for ~ $80C) can play nearly anything. Doesn't even stutter in Dune:Emperor.
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Actaully the word was coined/invented by Lewis Caroll (of Alice in Wonderland fame). Lewis Carol, of course being a pen name for Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. Chuck was, as you may know, a bit of a mathematician and published many works on the subject - usually text & guides. In short, "a scientist who uses the word humongous" may not be as rare as you think :)
Normalized display of Koch Snowflakes? :)
"... imagine a Beow.... " with Firewire networking... Seriously, though, if we're not talkin' real portable you could wait a year (or so, "we want more processor speed!") & buy a laptop with firewire & a f/w "dumb" camera & let the laptop do the crunching.
Seriously OT, but I just _had_ to stop & admire your sig :)
On the contrary - 1st person shooter gamers _may_ want athalons. Virtually anything else isn't really cpu limited. A half decent video card (mine's an oc'ed radeon LE) and a reasonable cpu (D850, can be had for ~ $80C) can play nearly anything. Doesn't even stutter in Dune:Emperor.