Ironically, a good bit of civilization's progress comes from wars --the computer you are using comes directly from a desire to more accurately aim artillery shells. Nuclear power has the potential to help free us from drought and the tyranny of foreign oil.

What is the minimum age to participate in the Olympics? And does that vary year to year or is it set in stone?

A gymnast must be 16 in an Olympic year to compete at the Games.

Reports are suggesting He Kexin, Jiang Yuyuan and Jang Yilin may be as young as 14.

Allegations yesterday said that Chinese government databases on its top gymnasts, published last December, show that He and Yang were both still 14 at the time they competed.

Until very recently, this has been backed up by the state-controlled Chinese media.

Last November, China's official news agency named He as one of "10 big new stars" who made an impact at a big regional gymnastics meet. It said she was 13 at the time.

But she was 16 and ready to rip in Beijing when a passport materialised stating that she was born exactly two years earlier than her database record of January 1, 1994.

The IGF has said repeatedly that a passport is accepted proof of a gymnast's eligibility to compete, and that China's gymnasts have presented ones showing they are age eligible.

I forgot to mention:Soo lovely hostesses with those typical dresses...poetry?

This was the first beach volley tournament where I saw cheerleaders.

I can't believe China got the gold in boxing. Anyway, do you think China really earned all those gold medals or do you think it's home country bias?

I remember the case of that very young girl who won the gold medal in asimetrics: China says she is legally 16 (but really looks like 13-14 years old);
another case: Gervasio Deferr [Spain]vs. the chinese vault gold medalist....who was better?

I heard an interesting take on who is to blame. The news guy said that both countries were to blame to a point. However, I liked his example of why Russia was more at fault. He made the below example that I liked.

Event One: Maine forms rebel groups and leaves the Union.

Event Two: Canada falls in love with Maine and people from Canada move to Maine.

Event Three: The rest of the United States invades Maine to take it back.

Event Four: Canada gets mad and Invades the United States.

The point is that Russia has no business dealing with an internal issue in Georgia. If they are worried about their vacation spots and people that moved to Georgia they should do what everyone else does when a country goes into civil war. RECALL THEIR PEOPLE

Canada falls in love with Maine and people from Canada move to Maine.

I don't understand... why can't ya'll just make more money... ;)

(I just realized, this thread has the potential of becoming a hecklers holy grail.)

We could print our own, but don't think that'll be accepted ;)
Why not use solar panels to feed the crunchers, especially in countries with 8 till 12 hours sun shine a day
You don't have to convert 120/240 to 12/5/3.3V, wich loses power due to conversion.But do need a backup accu/battery and a voltage regulator, though.
Have to do some calculatin, howmany Watts/m2 (square meters).Efficiency, price, etc.
Unfortunatly Holland is NOT that suitable for solar panels, but the're used more and more.
And a windmill on top off my house, won't be accepted by the authorities!
Cause electricity is expensive in Europe and my crunchers use 3x 210W* ,1x 160W(P4Dual), 1x 44W HP LT, wich produces 1.5x the P4D!, total 834Watt per hour.
The mobile AC unit, I only use when, it's above 25°C outside, because by the end off the day, temps inside get 26 to 28°C, also added through the heat from the crunchers. Downside, it uses 800Watts per hour!

If you've got more than 2x number-of-cpu's uploads in a project, work-request to project is blocked. This is to guard against instances there it takes longer to upload results than it takes to run them.

(and, after all, surely, we all want what is best for the project, eh?)

And there is the problem. There is more than one group who think they know what is best for the project and want to enforce their idea(s) on to us.

One group (for better or worse) was discovered and has had some members blocked/banned etc.

But there are still other groups (some with more power and influence than others).

I think it was you Kenzie that asked the question about what would someone in the future think of us if the looked back in time at these forums/boards. And I still remember my answers. And it hasn't changed.

I remember your answer (I looked up that thread earlier and cherish your reply) and that long forgot thread contains it’s own clues to my own personal issues hereabouts, eh?

But to the larger issue: In any bureaucracy there will be power blocs seeking the favour of the king. The secret to keeping the whole shebang rolling along is to ensure a balance between the blocs. Lesson one in the world of realpolitik, my friend.

(and, after all, surely, we all want what is best for the project, eh?)

Hummm still no work - 80+ cores are idle..... a few machines still have some WUs left - I may have
to find something else to crunch for a while.

Has anyone else noticed that at times like this, their slower machines are more likely to get work than the big crunchers ? None of my single CPU machines (crunching time > 4hrs) have run out of work while the I've had to swing the faster machines over to other projects to keep thm busy.

Maybe it's because they only request one unit at a time rather than a bulk download.

Brodo

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