Comment Latin (Score 1) 3

by ILikeBikes on Monday November 28, 2011 @06:34AM (#38188448) Attached to: Coding - the new Latin

I agree with your comments about the analogy - Latin is pretty useless where coding (and general computer skills) will almost certainly help you get a job. I've got a BSc in Computer Science and I've found it much easier to get jobs than my friends that got equivalent and better degrees in other subjects (real subjects like Maths/Physics/Biology)

Submission + - Worldwide support for nuclear power drops (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by ProbablyJoe on Friday November 25, 2011 @10:34AM

ProbablyJoe writes: A poll for the BBC shows that worldwide support for nuclear power has dropped significantly in the past 6 years.

However, while support has dropped in most countries, the UK has defied the trend, where 37% of the public support building new reactors. Unsurprisingly, support in Japan has dropped significantly, with only 6% supporting new reactors. The USA remains the country with the highest public opinion of nuclear power, though support has dropped slightly.

Much of the decline in opinion has been attributed to the events in Fukushima earlier in the year, although a recent Slashdot poll indicated that many readers opinions had not been affected by the events, and an even split between those who found the technology more or less safe since the events.

With reports on the long lasting effects in Fukushima still conflicted, is nuclear power still a viable solution to the world's energy problems?

Submission + - ARM claims PS3-like graphics on mobile GPU (bbc.co.uk) 1

Submitted by

l_bratch

on Thursday November 10, 2011 @05:46AM

l_bratch writes: ""British computer chip designer ARM has unveiled its latest graphics processing unit (GPU) for mobile devices.

The Mali-T658 offers up to ten times the performance of its predecessor."

ARM claims that its latest GPU, which will be ready in around two years, will have graphics performance akin to the PlayStation 3. If this has acceptable power consumption for a mobile device, could we be seeing ultra-low power hardware in high-end PCs and consoles soon?"

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