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Why Time Flies By As You Get Older 252

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday February 02, 2010 @11:03PM from the like-a-banana dept.

Ant notes a piece up on WBUR Boston addressing theories to explain the universal human experience that time seems to pass faster as you get older. Here's the 9-minute audio (MP3). Several explanations are tried out: that brains lay down more information for novel experiences; that the "clock" for nerve impulses in aging brains runs slower; and that each interval of time represents a diminishing fraction of life as we age.

US Air Force Buying Another 2,200 PS3s 144

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday November 25, 2009 @05:02AM from the quick-who-knows-a-good-ps3-flight-sim dept.

bleedingpegasus sends word that the US Air Force will be grabbing up 2,200 new PlayStation 3 consoles for research into supercomputing. They already have a cluster made from 336 of the old-style (non-Slim) consoles, which they've used for a variety of purposes, including "processing multiple radar images into higher resolution composite images (known as synthetic aperture radar image formation), high-def video processing, and 'neuromorphic computing.'" According to the Justification Review Document (DOC), "Once the hardware configuration is implemented, software code will be developed in-house for cluster implementation utilizing a Linux-based operating software."

Comment Re:Oh they'll crash all right (Score 0, Troll) 1316

by DukeLinux on Sunday March 15, 2009 @08:55PM (#27204907) Attached to: Narcissistic College Graduates In the Workplace?

Honestly, at my company we are a bunch of middle-aged IT workers who put in whatever hours it takes and complain about nothing. The only younger workers we have all came from the Asian Continent. Nobody has ever said anything official, but we have no "younger Americans" working at our office. I believe this problem has been recognized and solved quietly. In my department I always weed out such resumes so we don't waste time with these people. Back when I graduated college I was viewed as "cheap labor that can work long hours." I expected that and did not expect "cool work" until I earned it. What have we produced?

Comment Not so much a preference, but necessity (Score 1) 743

by DukeLinux on Wednesday March 11, 2009 @06:34PM (#27158411) Attached to: Young People Prefer "Sizzle Sounds" of MP3 Format

My car accepts MP3 or WMA. As a Linux Geek the latter is out so I rip all my CD's to MP3. In a car the "quality" is really not that important. Factor in road noise, engine noise, etc. and MP3 is wonderful :).

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