If you click through some of the links on the Folding@Home site, you'll find that they were originally using Nvidia processors; but, found they got much higher performance with their code on the ATI processors. Therefore they decided to concentrate their efforts on ATI.
How dare you say something postive about ATi and negative about nVidia!!! Are you the devil's spawn? ATi and everything they do suck because their support for Linux!!11one!!! [/stupid_fanboy_rant]
Seriously though, that is quite interesting that the ATi cards performed so much better. I'm curious as to why. Excuse me while I go read up on the Stanford pages.
PS: if all of traffic is going 75 in a 70 zone, except you who is going 70 - it is you who is, strictly speaking, the traffic hazard
Completely and utterly wrong! The people going 75 have created a traffic hazard. You can't try and blame the person following the rules of the road for creating dangerous situations.
Thompson had grown so asinine, he wanted to retire. He took me to his office and he told me his secret. 'I am not the Dread Jack Thompson' he said. 'My name is Ryan; I inherited the annoying lawyer habit from the previous Dread Jack Thompson, just as you will inherit it from me. The man I inherited it from is not the real Dread Jack Thompson either. His name was Cummerbund. The real Thompson has been retired 15 years and living like a king in Patagonia.
It is most certainly in MY (ie: the owner) best interests if my employees feel like they need to work 60-80 hrs/week to get ahead. I will do nothing to stop that kind of thinking. The smart manager or owner WANTS his employees to feel this way. And the truly genius companies that have pulled this off throughout their organizations (Apple, Southwest Airlines, etc) are almost all highly successful, partly due to this reason. They have convinced their employees that the "extra effort" is worth it -- and by worth it, they don't mean worth it for you. They mean worth it to the owners.
I would think that these people also present a risk, possibly a larger one than someone who is motivated by money.
I would think that those would be the first to leave if the job gets the slightest bit boring. Or if they work too hard their benefit (love of job) will dwindle faster than someone who is working for the money.
Myself: I enjoy the work that I do. I like the industry (broadcast) and I like the people I work with. Those give me great satisfaction in my work. But, I also HAVE to work for the money. I am the sole provider for me, my wife and our 3 daughters. I can't realistically take a job with being concerned with the pay/benefits. I try to strike a balance between money and love of work. A couple of years ago I spent awhile looking for new work (un-pleasant work conditions). I limited my search to companies I thought I'd enjoy working at, not just any company with an ad. In the end, things turned around here and I stayed.
I have 3 daughters. This discussion is about capitalism, not falling in love.
I'm not saying that they(emplolyee) should ONLY be concerned with the benefits, but that the employer can't realistically expect them to not be concerned with it. It doesn't matter how fulfilling a job is emoptionally, it also has to put food on the table (3 daughters, remember?) and look after the medical bills somewhat.
At Genentech, CEO Art Levinson says he actually screens out job applicants who ask too many questions about titles and options, because he wants only people who are driven to make drugs that help patients fight cancer.
What he means is: "I don't want people who are interested in whay THEY'LL get from the job. I want people who are interested in nothing more than the good of the COMPANY!"
How dare someone be interested in their own benefits!?!?!
The Biggest thing I'd hate to see is the Alt OS support.. AMD banks real money on Alt OSes, where ATI views them as trouble... in that respect nVidia would be a better match because AMD would provide Fab allowing costs to be lower. Lower costs mean better support for OSS, combine with AMD chips it could provide a complete solution off the shelf.. just add OSS.
This wouldn't apply for ATi somehow? Just because ATi doesn't have good Linux support now, does that mean that they would refuse to provide better support given more budget for it?
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Also, calls for broken glass go up around the holidays when more people are trying to photocopy their ass at an office Christmas party.
I'm guessing they were already raped when Vista was installed.
"Mines may be deployed here. Enter at own risk!"
There you go, your ass is officially covered from the legal or moral consequences.
Every market has a "sweet spot." The entire PC industry has a "sweet spot."
Cars too. As complexity goes up, costs go up even more.
Heck, even we have a sweet spot where we have youthful vigor and wisdom (hopefully).
By your reasoning every company in the world should be investigated.
Regular apps probably still have the previous restrictions in place.
Windows Mobile != Windows CE
I sense they will be jumping the shark with this video game.
Seriously though, that is quite interesting that the ATi cards performed so much better. I'm curious as to why. Excuse me while I go read up on the Stanford pages.
Thompson had grown so asinine, he wanted to retire. He took me to his office and he told me his secret. 'I am not the Dread Jack Thompson' he said. 'My name is Ryan; I inherited the annoying lawyer habit from the previous Dread Jack Thompson, just as you will inherit it from me. The man I inherited it from is not the real Dread Jack Thompson either. His name was Cummerbund. The real Thompson has been retired 15 years and living like a king in Patagonia.
It's just his British accent.
I would think that these people also present a risk, possibly a larger one than someone who is motivated by money.
I would think that those would be the first to leave if the job gets the slightest bit boring. Or if they work too hard their benefit (love of job) will dwindle faster than someone who is working for the money.
Myself: I enjoy the work that I do. I like the industry (broadcast) and I like the people I work with. Those give me great satisfaction in my work. But, I also HAVE to work for the money. I am the sole provider for me, my wife and our 3 daughters. I can't realistically take a job with being concerned with the pay/benefits. I try to strike a balance between money and love of work. A couple of years ago I spent awhile looking for new work (un-pleasant work conditions). I limited my search to companies I thought I'd enjoy working at, not just any company with an ad. In the end, things turned around here and I stayed.
I'm not saying that they(emplolyee) should ONLY be concerned with the benefits, but that the employer can't realistically expect them to not be concerned with it. It doesn't matter how fulfilling a job is emoptionally, it also has to put food on the table (3 daughters, remember?) and look after the medical bills somewhat.
How dare someone be interested in their own benefits!?!?!
Grilled pineapple ring, tangy sweet & spicy sauce & brie cheese.
BTW, THe Works is a great place for burgers if you're ever in Ottawa.
It was meant to be a pun right? Right?
Support for DX 9.
Support for Pixel Shaders 1.4 over 1.3.
Looks like they will be first with proper unified shaders.
256 bit memory bus.
But you're right (*sarcasm*) they lag way behind and are stupid because they didn't have 3.0 FIRST!
Actually they are based out of Markham.
Sounds to me like Kim Bauer...predictably captured everytime.
Would these mirrors be on the ceiling...or around a bathtub???
The fact that it was the academic license, came with Windows NT 4 Wokstation and only cost $47 CAD MAY have something to do with it, but I did buy it.
I don't think I ever installed J++. But it sure was a sweet deal for NT 4.
Posted as AC...How fitting.