51724031 comment Comment Obligatory William Gibson Quote (Score 1) 302 by Penumbra on Tuesday October 08, 2013 @05:56PM (#45075773) Attached to: New High Tech $100 Bills Start To Circulate Today “The U.S. hundred is the international currency of bad shit, Hollis, and by the same token the number one target of counterfeiters.”
48459155 comment Comment Video Lenght (Score 1) 34 by Penumbra on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @12:01AM (#44222091) Attached to: Meet the Stampede Supercomputing Cluster's Administrator (Video) 17:01... just sayin'.
47867395 comment Comment Imagine (Score 1) 96 by Penumbra on Tuesday June 25, 2013 @10:45PM (#44108473) Attached to: Breaking Supercomputers' Exaflops Barrier Imagine a beowulf cluster of.... What? All supercomputers are basically beowolf clusters now? Umm...Ok, is Natalie Portman still topical?
47655083 comment Comment Re:Douglas Adams was correct (Score 2) 64 by Penumbra on Friday June 21, 2013 @03:51AM (#44068217) Attached to: Developers Rolling Out Pebble Smartwatch Apps Too wordy. How 'bout just "harmless".
37430139 comment Comment Re:Trading's Too Fast When It Ceases to Mean Anyth (Score 0) 500 by Penumbra on Tuesday September 11, 2012 @10:00AM (#41299143) Attached to: More Warnings About High-Frequency Trading Was I the only one distracted by the lack of "to"s.
6711281 comment Comment Bah. (Score 2, Interesting) 453 by Penumbra on Friday October 30, 2009 @10:10AM (#29923311) Attached to: Chinese To Supply 600 MW Wind Farm In Texas Wait, Texas EXPORTS windmills, mostly to the Netherlands. I see the blades going by rail to the port all the time. The Beaumont Enterprise lists what ships are in port with cargo and destination information.