Posts by Euan Holton
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Cafe SETI :
Word Link #68
(Message 1543985)
Posted 18 Jul 2014 by  Euan Holton
Post: Surprise |
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Word Link #68
(Message 1541922)
Posted 15 Jul 2014 by Euan Holton
Post: Flow |
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To the kitty people.....new edition.
(Message 1541830)
Posted 15 Jul 2014 by Euan Holton
Post: Reminds me of the first part of how Loki came to my wife and I. Some friends of my mother-in-law found him in their engine compartment at the end of a trip home -- thankfully unharmed. They looked after him for a while, but he was a kitten, and too rambunctious for them. He was going to be turned over to the local Animal Control, but we agreed to take him on to keep him from that. We had to have him neutered, vetted, almost everything. But he has turned out to be an awesome cat. Playful, affectionate, mischievous, and full of personality. And because we took on Loki, we decided to get another kitten for him to play with ... and things progressed from there! |
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To the Kitty People VII.....
(Message 879558)
Posted 26 Mar 2009 by Euan Holton
Post: I've been away from the forums too long... I'm under 40, and I saw the bespectacled kitty as John Lennon :P And the robotic thing doesn't look remotely life-like. The six we have are all well. Loki continues to alternate between being the most mischievous and the most snuggly, while Keegan's confidence continues to increase in leaps and bounds - he's demanding to be petted a lot more, and he's a lot more aggressive when it comes to trying to be first to get the canned food! The cutest LOLcat I ever saw! |
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A kitty thank you........
(Message 871150)
Posted 1 Mar 2009 by Euan Holton
Post: A welcome back to Mark and his kitties from me and my kitties! :) |
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U.S. Mint issues four new versions of the penny
(Message 870071)
Posted 27 Feb 2009 by Euan Holton
Post: Regarding the comments on that article: so much rage; so much stupidity. |
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Number crunching :
Windows 7's draconian DRM?
(Message 868749)
Posted 23 Feb 2009 by Euan Holton
Post: ah, well that's an easy one for me.. I don't do that whole deal. I have a card that is plenty capable, but I want it to be used for what I bought it for, and that is entirely my choice. Same here. I tried once to have a game running at the same time as a CUDA WU; it was not pretty. That was one of the factors that led me to brush off GPU computing for the time being. |
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To the kitty people VI......
(Message 866412)
Posted 17 Feb 2009 by Euan Holton
Post: Kitties are doing well here. Been trying to spend some time doing things like using the dangle toy to play with them (it gets a lot of attention) and so one. One of the older cats has started again with her habit of lying on top of my wife at night - she'll stay there all night - while the shy one is adorably cute when he sits on top of the climbing tree we have! |
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Technical News :
Upper Lamarck (Feb 03 2009)
(Message 861760)
Posted 4 Feb 2009 by Euan Holton
Post: Ah, you mean democrats describing republicans, don't you? I think it's just best to abstract it to politicians describing rival politicians... |
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To the kitty people VI......
(Message 860048)
Posted 31 Jan 2009 by Euan Holton
Post: http://www.erjholton.org/gallery/v/kitten/ I've posted the best of the pics from the last month or so in my kitty gallery! You'll find them on the last couple of pages. The kitties are all well at the moment. Artemis especially seems to have gained a new sense of gusto with life, and none of them seemed to have been upset by the furniture rearranging we had to do while we were decorating the front room. Apollo continues to outgrow his litter-mates, while Loki continues to be by far the most mischievous! Keegan, however, seems to be taking a few leaves from his book... And welcome back, Mark! |
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Happy Birthday Mark!
(Message 855320)
Posted 19 Jan 2009 by Euan Holton
Post: Belated happy birthday to you Mark. I'm sure the kitties will have made your day in some way or another! |
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To the kitty people VI......
(Message 853231)
Posted 14 Jan 2009 by Euan Holton
Post: Glad to hear that your elder kitty is doing better!! You didn't say what needed treating, but moving to a new home can be VERY stressful for kitty. I think it was some sort of allergy thing. She's had some other problems in the past, some very very serious, so we're more than a bit protective of her. I have to admit my wife does most of the actual vet related care of the cats; I just feed 'em, keep their water fountain clean and filled, and love on 'em as and when they're amenable to it! We've done our best to be very gentle and loving with the shy one (Keegan), and it has paid off as he is much more trusting of us. Occasional treats, playing with him with the cat lure toy (although rarely stays exclusive to him as it'll draw all the younger ones - one will even do a standing jump of two feet to get to it!) and just making sure he never feels trapped or confined have all helped I'm sure. Still haven't got the latest pictures off the camera yet. I promise, I'll try and do that during this week... |
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Number crunching :
Core i7 won't build up a work cache
(Message 853226)
Posted 14 Jan 2009 by Euan Holton
Post: I'm using the stock cooler with a 965, which is better than the one than comes with the 920 / 940. Yep, it's slightly taller, has a blue LED, and mixes copper and aluminium fins. With Seti@Home running on all 8 threads, the CPU is at 56C, which I think is reasonable.
It has awesome aesthetics as well. Tall, black ... I call it The Monolith for a reason. |
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Number crunching :
Core i7 won't build up a work cache
(Message 852879)
Posted 13 Jan 2009 by Euan Holton
Post: I'm using the stock cooler with a 965, which is better than the one than comes with the 920 / 940. I've not done much in the way of checking temperatures, but I have found out that my CPU is happy enough with the amount of heat it's kicking out for it to automatically add 1 to the multiplier for each core. I do have it in a very good case with lots of airflow (3x 140mm fans as input, separate heat zones for HDDs, mainboard and PSU, 140mm and 2x 80mm low RPM fans as exhaust). |
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Number crunching :
Core i7 won't build up a work cache
(Message 852775)
Posted 12 Jan 2009 by Euan Holton
Post: If you look at your cache, does it appear to be around 750 hours worth (24 hours x 8 threads x 4 days)? |
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Cafe SETI :
Windows 7 suggestions
(Message 851588)
Posted 10 Jan 2009 by Euan Holton
Post: I am just the messenger :o) I know, and I tried to keep my criticism to the message. And I was definitely in the mood to criticise something! |
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To the kitty people VI......
(Message 851367)
Posted 9 Jan 2009 by Euan Holton
Post: One of our older cats had worried Mir and I for a while, as she wasn't eating much, had lost some weight and wasn't quite acting herself. We got our local vet to check her out, and there were a couple of things that needed treating. Now, she's a lot happier and has regained her old mass. It may have been something triggered by the stress of moving late last summer, so hopefully this indicates that she's finally fully settled in! The shyest of our younger kitties has also started to be a lot more friendly. Previously, I had to be very careful about how I approached him as he would just scamper away, but he's a lot happier around us big clumsy humans - if I sit on the floor, he'll often be part of the group of kitties that invariably come up to me for playing and petting. I've taken some more pictures of the kitties, and I aim to upload them to my gallery (link in a previous post of mine in this thread) soonish! |
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Cafe SETI :
Windows 7 suggestions
(Message 851361)
Posted 9 Jan 2009 by Euan Holton
Post: Reasons to skip Microsofts windows 7 beta download Flawed article:
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personal opinion on pc vs consoles
(Message 851019)
Posted 8 Jan 2009 by Euan Holton
Post: It wouldn't be too hard to make a PC play like a console; just add the right controllers. Rockband, Wii Fit, and so on - if the controllers could be connected via USB with reliable drivers, then there's no reason why any / all of that software couldn't be ported. Edit: and, of course, modern graphics cards are capable of using HDMI to link to modern massive-screen TVs. At the moment the trend is to try and marginalise the PC as a gaming platform, and try and use things like exclusive platform deals to try and keep gamers away from alternative platforms. Worse, publishers are pushing developers to try and develop "triple A" titles that are pretty hollow in terms of gameplay and longevity but which have impressive graphics, which make for great hype and preview articles, which helps to drive sales. I am very, very jaded about the games market these days. Much of the soul and love has gone out of it, driven away when the grey-faced money-driven crowd realised there was plenty of cash to be made by it. There are exceptions, of course, but I don't own a console (although my wife wants a Wii), and I buy very very few titles these days, and never when just launched. |
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Number crunching :
**CLOSED SETI/BOINC Milestones (tm) XVI CLOSED**
(Message 850550)
Posted 7 Jan 2009 by Euan Holton
Post: A couple of new milestones for me:
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