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Comment Re:Slashvertisement (Score 1) 119

Actually high performance computing has created more demand. Nvidia GPU's are being used in massive supercomputers using OpenCL and CUDA. "AMD GPU's support OpenCL." There are a many more people who are interested in the latest and greatest GPU than you may think, specifically on a news for nerds site. So yeah, sweat article and thanks for the heads up about the new benches MojoKid.

They did not focus on the general purpose computing circuitry so that power and heat could be reduced. The main focus was on gaming. Seperate cards will be created specifically for computing.

Comment Re:Can people actually tell the difference? (Score 2) 607

15 years ago, back when we had CRT's for monitors, this was widely studied. 24 fps was used for movies as it was the minimum frame rate required for people to detect motion. 60 fps was determined to be the rate at which 85% of people could no longer detect frames. I remember one person we tested could detect frames up to about 85 fps. I'm not sure where these other numbers came from (i.e. 120fps, 240 fps, etc).

Comment Interferance (Score 2) 414

Being a doubter I had always questioned the ban on electronics. This was until one time we couldn't land due to interference. The landing systems were inoperable. We were unable to land until the stewardess found the person whose device was causing the interference. After the flight I did some research and found that faulty grounding in the plane can result in devices causing interference with the electronics. In our case it wiped out the landing navigation. I doubt this is the case with all planes but I can speak of at least one.

Comment Re:Too stupid for work for NASA (Score 1) 743

Since when did it become a crime to be a Christian? Why can't people accept that there may be other ways to look at things other than their own? How many times has "science" gotten it wrong? It seem like every time. Scientist keep revising and changing what is true. You have to agree with the latest scientific fad or you are labeled "stupid". Seriously? Are people that afraid of other beliefs that you cast out others because they believe differently? I would think if you truely believed in your beliefs you would feel sympathetic towards others who do not. Using name calling is typically a sign of weakness and a last resort when you don't have any good arguments to make.

Comment Re:Supremacy Clause (Score 1) 601

The Supremacy Clause of the US Constitution states that, when there is a conflict, Federal law always trumps State law. So these measures are a nice gesture but ultimately useless. Too bad, I agree with them in principle, just not in execution.

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

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