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Comment Re:Running Linux in the CUDA Cores (Score 1) 89

by Zulkis (#38374012) Attached to: NVIDIA Releases Source To CUDA Compiler
This is not how the GPU cores work. There are some efforts to offload some tasks that kernel does and are suitable for GPU like block encryption etc, (in general everything that is parallel enough and can be streamed). For instance there's AES acceleration: http://gpgpu.org/2011/05/04/kgpu-gpu-computing-in-linux-kernel

Comment Re:Nuke power (Score 1) 483

by Zulkis (#36134050) Attached to: Japan Widens Evacuation Zone Around Fukushima
Ok. I agree that mining != power plant
But please tell me how do you want to operate coal mines on a large scale without mining?
Costs of mining accidents are identical regardless of dying slaves or volunteers.

Can you point to simulations that show how these 100,000ds of people could die? (hint:
9.0 richter quake and tsunami are not enough to make fukushima kill even single person - for me is good performance of 40 year old nuclear plant.


Lots of people live around chemical facilities and cant move away too. Ever heard about Bhopal or Banqiao? Why single out nuclear plants?

Comment Re:Nuke power (Score 1) 483

by Zulkis (#36133736) Attached to: Japan Widens Evacuation Zone Around Fukushima

This are not power plants.

How do you dare to compare a nuclear power plants safety with 3rd worlds mining accidents?

Are you completely nuts?

angel'o'sphere

P.S. how many ppl died in oil spills? And again: what has that to do with a power plant and its safety?

If you compare nuclear with other types of energy you cant point out to the one link in chain and compare only that. You need factor in supporting industry (coal and uranium mines + oil wells). Please do tell me that no one dies on coal mines and oil wells are safe :) Uranium mines for other hand are pretty rare and you dont need that much uranium than coal.
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MIT Project "Gaydar" Shakes Privacy Assumptions 508

Posted by kdawson from the it's-who-you-know dept.
theodp writes "At MIT, an experiment that identifies which students are gay is raising new questions about online privacy. Using data from Facebook, two students in an MIT class on ethics and law on the electronic frontier made a striking discovery: just by looking at a person's online friends, they could predict whether the person was gay. The project, given the name 'Gaydar' by the students, is part of the fast-moving field of social network analysis, which examines what the connections between people can tell us, from predicting who might be a terrorist to the likelihood a person is happy, fat, liberal, or conservative." MIT professor Hal Abelson, who co-taught the course, is quoted: "That pulls the rug out from a whole policy and technology perspective that the point is to give you control over your information — because you don't have control over your information."

Feed Engadget: Conceptual artificial plant enables you to practice before slaying flora (engadget.com)

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C'mon, we know there are a few of you out there who couldn't keep a potted plant alive if a botanist was holding your hand, but there's hope for you all yet. At least, there is if QianJun Gao's masterpiece ever makes it past the drawing board. This eloquently dubbed Practice Plant features a trio of "flowers" that display barometric readings and turn colors depending on status, and the surrounding leaves will droop to signify their need for attention. Thankfully, even the brownest of thumbs could always restart this puppy and try again, and with enough trial runs, maybe one day those hanging baskets wouldn't sway out of your way as you waltz by.

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Comment Re:Now all we need... (Score 1) 1089

by Zulkis (#11343706) Attached to: Smart Guns are Coming
Thought about not buying gun at all? That solves most of the problems. In most cases the bad guys shoot better. Actually only guns I ever saw in my entire (22 yr) life were police or army guns. Less guns less probability to be shot. Simple enough for me. But I am an European :)

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