Didn't you get the memo?
Linnics users are commies, Linnics users become Linnics developers. Commies are killers.
-> Linnics developers are murderers.
q.e.d.
...but what the hell is indymedia.com supposed to be? Looks like some scumbag grabbed that domain for the advertisement value of http://www.indymedia.org/.
Which is kind of hilarious.
Well, is it really the OS you want to use that memory for? Isn't it more likely you got that RAM to have your applications use it?
Skulltrail is a proof of concept of course, but I think there are a lot more people that could really put those eight cores to use than most posters seem to think. Pretty much everyone involved with 3D animation for example.
And for those that get such a system for the bragging rights - well, chances are they at least run some distributed computing client, so it's not a total waste of silicon.
Hey, just ask your local linnics guru.
That's one of the advantages of using this OS, people like me get a free pizza for telling others which distribution fits their requirements..
He says he's a "scientific number cruncher". He is going to be able to take advantage of this 80 core cpu.
About the 3GB RAM limit, way I see it MS is on the way to fix that by making this memory hog called Vista - people are going to go 64 bit just to be able to use enough RAM to run it efficiently.
They do. Just check http://www.matrox.com/.
They seem to have given up on the consumer market though, making their cards a little expensive (stating at around 100 Euros (in.de)).
.o(how on earth could that have been modded insightful?)
Barely (or rather, not really) suppressing the urge to just reply "no shit, shirlock", let me ask you this:
Who claimed that the rendering takes place on the GPU (ignoring nVidia's gelato, don't know how relevant it is)?
Also, the major bottleneck in rendendering is CPU, followed by memory and bus. Bandwidth of the storage system and the network are a very distant third.
But then, this article is about "Affordable Workstation Graphics Card[s]".
Whoever cares about the price of that single component is not in the market for a platform.
Hardly relevant, seeing this is a discussion about an article about workstation GPUs and their respective performance. In 3D.
If all this were about 2D performance we'd probably still be using Matrox cards..
I think the OP meant that a test against consumer cards would be very interesting for 3D artists on a budget.
As in, do I stick to this GeForce and get that quadcore CPU in order to speed up my test renderings or does it make more sense to spend my money on a Quadro and stick to my slower CPU?
Hehe, yeah, Zimbra will definitely have been the decisive argument when MS decided to spend 45x10^9 USD (even taking up a loan, a first for them) on Yahoo.
Talk about delusional..
Tones are overrated - people usually are smart enough to know what you you're trying to say through context. Wouldn't work otherwise, with that many dialects in a country that large you can't rely on government issue intonation of every word.
Of course IRC is serving a purpose - it's often the main way for people to get support for free open source software.
And of course to hang around and chat - people still like to do that, and why wouldn't they?
People here seem to be convinced from the start that this review is biased, but when what the review actually says is true, this box indeed does suck. Incoherent interface, lack of UI feedback while waiting for an application to start, non-intuitive way of installing things (flash in this case)..
Those are some of the things that get people confused when using computers, and shouldn't happen - there's been enough work and research done on human interface guidelines, about time they actually get implemented.
maybe in the us that's the case, but as slashdot is relevant to places that actually have privacy laws that deserve being called such, it's not paranoia to point out the privacy implications of such developments.
weird, i used to think architects and civil engineers are supposed to work together - basically having the architect design, and the engineer checking for feasibility.
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Didn't you get the memo?
Linnics users are commies, Linnics users become Linnics developers. Commies are killers.
-> Linnics developers are murderers.
q.e.d.
...but what the hell is indymedia.com supposed to be? Looks like some scumbag grabbed that domain for the advertisement value of http://www.indymedia.org/.
Which is kind of hilarious.
I imagine it'd be pretty easy to talk one them linnics noobs looking for help on IRC to give you ssh access, so you can "help them".
Well, is it really the OS you want to use that memory for? Isn't it more likely you got that RAM to have your applications use it?
Skulltrail is a proof of concept of course, but I think there are a lot more people that could really put those eight cores to use than most posters seem to think. Pretty much everyone involved with 3D animation for example.
And for those that get such a system for the bragging rights - well, chances are they at least run some distributed computing client, so it's not a total waste of silicon.
Hey, just ask your local linnics guru.
That's one of the advantages of using this OS, people like me get a free pizza for telling others which distribution fits their requirements..
I sure hope you're joking, but in case you aren't..
Oh no, please, don't! *shudder*
He says he's a "scientific number cruncher". He is going to be able to take advantage of this 80 core cpu.
About the 3GB RAM limit, way I see it MS is on the way to fix that by making this memory hog called Vista - people are going to go 64 bit just to be able to use enough RAM to run it efficiently.
Sure it does. SMP isn't that new/experimental..
Yeah well, bigger market and all..
Provided Sony can still save the PS3.
They do. Just check http://www.matrox.com/. .de)).
They seem to have given up on the consumer market though, making their cards a little expensive (stating at around 100 Euros (in
Just check the benchmarks for OpenGL games. Like any Doom3 based ones.
..or "informative", whatever. My point still stands..
.o(how on earth could that have been modded insightful?)
Barely (or rather, not really) suppressing the urge to just reply "no shit, shirlock", let me ask you this:
Who claimed that the rendering takes place on the GPU (ignoring nVidia's gelato, don't know how relevant it is)?
Also, the major bottleneck in rendendering is CPU, followed by memory and bus. Bandwidth of the storage system and the network are a very distant third.
But then, this article is about "Affordable Workstation Graphics Card[s]".
Whoever cares about the price of that single component is not in the market for a platform.
Hardly relevant, seeing this is a discussion about an article about workstation GPUs and their respective performance. In 3D.
If all this were about 2D performance we'd probably still be using Matrox cards..
I think the OP meant that a test against consumer cards would be very interesting for 3D artists on a budget.
As in, do I stick to this GeForce and get that quadcore CPU in order to speed up my test renderings or does it make more sense to spend my money on a Quadro and stick to my slower CPU?
Hehe, yeah, Zimbra will definitely have been the decisive argument when MS decided to spend 45x10^9 USD (even taking up a loan, a first for them) on Yahoo.
Talk about delusional..
There's this little photo sharing site... flickr I think it's called.
Heard it's still pretty popular.
And a social bookmarking site, del.icio.us.
Tones are overrated - people usually are smart enough to know what you you're trying to say through context.
Wouldn't work otherwise, with that many dialects in a country that large you can't rely on government issue intonation of every word.
Of course IRC is serving a purpose - it's often the main way for people to get support for free open source software.
And of course to hang around and chat - people still like to do that, and why wouldn't they?
People here seem to be convinced from the start that this review is biased, but when what the review actually says is true, this box indeed does suck. Incoherent interface, lack of UI feedback while waiting for an application to start, non-intuitive way of installing things (flash in this case)..
Those are some of the things that get people confused when using computers, and shouldn't happen - there's been enough work and research done on human interface guidelines, about time they actually get implemented.
Huh?
Kind of ignoring the season we're in, aren't you?
maybe in the us that's the case, but as slashdot is relevant to places that actually have privacy laws that deserve being called such, it's not paranoia to point out the privacy implications of such developments.
No, he shouldn't.
Don't underestimate the market value of "n consoles sold"...
weird, i used to think architects and civil engineers are supposed to work together - basically having the architect design, and the engineer checking for feasibility.