Posts by James Sotherden

The addy says free funny screen savers. Id say its ok.

Okidoki, it's just that when you get these semi transparent overlays you wonder.

Oh and,

As the long lost finder of rules.

I hope you have now found youself, and the rules are not long lost either?

:-)))))

I hope the latest picture in Beets isn't copyrighted in the bottom RH corner ....

Wasnt the rule of thumb back when they displayed pending credit something like 1/4 to 1/2 of RAC?

Its been so long,I cant remember.

LOL...I don't remember either.
I do remember that when the total got too high, the servers would cough up a furball trying to collect the information....

I have no objections but it will create a precedent, which might be difficult to refuse in the future e.g. We did it for X, why cant we do it for Y? I appreciate the sentiment being expressed here, but is it a wise one? Perhaps a Mod Squad decision on it .....

I thought that the open Cl apps for intel were downloaded from Seti.

Back when I built my I7 3770 And went online I had not insatlled my 550 Ti yet and was jusr running stock 7.0.28.

Back when I finaly insatlled my 550 Ti GPU (Late Feb I think) I was still running stock 7.0.28. But then I had files that appeared in tranfers that said open cl. They downlaoded and I was running Astropulse on my GPU.

But what im getting from reading the boards you have to download The ap and configure your ap info file. I never did that.

So how did I get to run open cl on my GPU? Or am I just missing something?

You probably received the stock GPU apps which are openCL for astropulse IIRC.

the Intel openCL doesn't have any apps at seti so you wouldn't see any downloads for it.

Interesting that China is so different to the West, I would have thought that they would all be compelled to vote and show an interest. Out older generation were brought up to believe that it was their duty to play a part in helping to run the country by voting in elections. The younger generation tend to see voting as merely an option for them, and don't seem to feel that they have any responsibility to their country at all. I know that is a sweeping generalisation, but it covers most of the under 30's that I know. Perhaps I should get a better class of acquaintances !

Pilotless Aircraft trialled in UK

This is like driver-less trains and computer controlled cars. All technically possible but does not have the public confidence. A modern 747 can take off on it's own, fly from the UK to the USA, and land itself, all without human involvement. But the public wouldn't accept it in a million years.

It's obviously a giant space fish.

....or Klingons from Uranus?

That far East has always been a dictatorial type of place to live. The only reason governments out there survive is because of strict censorship and military power. The masses are controlled by fear and not allowed to complain, which is why so many people from the Far East and Eastern Europe come to the West to claim asylum. You can go to Hyde Park Corner on a Sunday morning, stand on a box, and say that the Government is rubbish and they should all resign. Provided you don't incite people to riot or carry out civil disobedience, you are free to do so. How many countries in the world can you do that in? I'm not even sure you could in the USA!

Chris I like the last bit your asking for trouble mate

99% of the world prefers Cornflakes....

....the other 1% prefers Muesli as they like the fact the fruit is never the same with every box.

And 98% of supposed statistics is randomly made up.


Getting back on-topic:

I do wonder if Microsoft is heading for an exponential crash as soon as people overcome the pain of the Microsoft lock-in or when they just simply get enticed into better ways of working unshackled by proprietary lock-in. There is some very good compelling competition offering freedom of working.

Wonder why Microsoft hasn't been able to succeed in mobile devices? And why Apple are suffering a harder time despite near-religious loyalty (indoctrination) by their core customers?...


IT is what we make it...
Martin

The Tunguska Explosion presumably caused by a comet, is the greatest space catastrophe humankind has ever witnessed.

Tesla earns first profit, Model S wins '99% perfect' rating

A real bargain . When are you ordering yours ??

A while ago I postulated what a successful electric would look like--I seem to remember remarking that maybe Tatra Motors or the Chinese could pull it off.

Capacity - 4 to 5 people
Warranty on Batteries -200 thousand miles
Electric range -100 miles
Storage -30 KWH or so
Recharge time at 240 volts--4-6 hours
Aux power 1000-1300 cc turbo Diesel of perhaps 140 horsepower (around 100 Kilowatts for youse commies)
Curb weight 2500 -2700lbs max
Cost bogey $2300 -$2500 US
performance--0-100Kph 8.5 sec or less
Top Speed 120 Miles per hour

This is a very tall order that may require significant breakthroughs and cheap but exotic materials. I still think it could be done within a decade.

A few offerings cover pieces of this. The Chevy volt meets some specs but is too heavy and way too expensive.

The smaller Prius meets the cost, performance and weight bogies but has no real electric range

I don't think a $60,000 to $120,000 car will gain wide acceptance and make a dent on oil consumption.

I don't really think that this will reduce CO-2 production unless we can get on with Nuclear Power production; but it is vital that we reduce drastically the use of foreign oil for transportation.

What do you all think ??