Caves of Steel was a novel, I, Robot was a series of short stories. They are both based on Positronic Robots, with the 3 laws of robotics, but they are different stories. Caves of Steel is set much futher in the future, for a start (in fact some of I, Robot is set in the past now, because Asimiov was too optimistic)
No, Calvin was more of a narator, IIRC. The main characters were the 2 field testers, really. Only the last few stories actually included Calvin to any great extent.
That's what the article was about, but it isn't what your post said. It may have been what you meant, but I have no way of knowing that. I can only read what you actually type, and you didn't mention CPUs at all, what you said implied using just the GPU.
Indeed, but the parent of my post was specifically talking about the GPU, in reference to the article on/. a few days ago about using GPUs for "general purpose" tasks. It would make much more sense to use the CPU, than the GPU, but it still doesn't seem very likely.
The only reason GPUs are useful for that sort of thing is because everyone already has one. Installing a GPU as the CPU for a military system is pointless, because it's not optimised for it. Using a GPUs extra cycles is one thing, but using it as the primary processor will never work.
The military issues may not be realistic, but the piracy ones are. It may well not the financially viable to sell it in China. You can't expect a company to do something that would lose them money, can you?
A lot of software are large downloads, which people without broadband connections for whatever reason (for example, living in the middle of nowhere, like me) can't reasonably download. It would be much easier and faster to get software from somewhere, already downloaded.
Is there a Murphy's Law of Astronomy that says something along those lines? I even managed to miss most of the last lunar eclipse because of cloud. I saw it at about 20% covered, and then it disappeared. Problem is, when it is mostly covered, it isn't bright enough to penetrate the clouds.
They don't. The radiant rises at the same time, regardless of timezone (that's the point of timezones, to make things rise at the same time everywhere - usually the Sun), so the meteor shower starts at the same time, regardless of timezone. (It should start shortly before the radiant rises)
There's a slight chance the sky might clear before 9 here (UK), but i'm not hopeful.
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Caves of Steel was a novel, I, Robot was a series of short stories. They are both based on Positronic Robots, with the 3 laws of robotics, but they are different stories. Caves of Steel is set much futher in the future, for a start (in fact some of I, Robot is set in the past now, because Asimiov was too optimistic)
No, Calvin was more of a narator, IIRC. The main characters were the 2 field testers, really. Only the last few stories actually included Calvin to any great extent.
That's what the article was about, but it isn't what your post said. It may have been what you meant, but I have no way of knowing that. I can only read what you actually type, and you didn't mention CPUs at all, what you said implied using just the GPU.
Indeed, but the parent of my post was specifically talking about the GPU, in reference to the article on /. a few days ago about using GPUs for "general purpose" tasks. It would make much more sense to use the CPU, than the GPU, but it still doesn't seem very likely.
Of course the ps2 has a CPU, what do you mean?
The only reason GPUs are useful for that sort of thing is because everyone already has one. Installing a GPU as the CPU for a military system is pointless, because it's not optimised for it. Using a GPUs extra cycles is one thing, but using it as the primary processor will never work.
The military issues may not be realistic, but the piracy ones are. It may well not the financially viable to sell it in China. You can't expect a company to do something that would lose them money, can you?
How does he intend to confirm the stories are true? If he is trying to keep indentities quiet, he is going to have problems confirming them.
A lot of software are large downloads, which people without broadband connections for whatever reason (for example, living in the middle of nowhere, like me) can't reasonably download. It would be much easier and faster to get software from somewhere, already downloaded.
Is there a Murphy's Law of Astronomy that says something along those lines? I even managed to miss most of the last lunar eclipse because of cloud. I saw it at about 20% covered, and then it disappeared. Problem is, when it is mostly covered, it isn't bright enough to penetrate the clouds.
The point is, it would be the person doing the stabbing that was making them dumb, not the inanimate object.
They don't. The radiant rises at the same time, regardless of timezone (that's the point of timezones, to make things rise at the same time everywhere - usually the Sun), so the meteor shower starts at the same time, regardless of timezone. (It should start shortly before the radiant rises) There's a slight chance the sky might clear before 9 here (UK), but i'm not hopeful.
It will only show that if the mission is a success, we are yet to see if that will be the case...