Comment Sounds lame and jerk (Score 1) 387

by karvind on Monday May 30, 2011 @09:34PM (#36292262) Attached to: PBS Web Sites and Databases Hacked

Sorry I don't have any sympathy for LulzSec or whatever their name (Geeze at least get a cooler name or they are bunch of high school drop outs).

Comment How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read (Score 2, Funny) 363

by karvind on Saturday October 02, 2010 @11:46PM (#33774352) Attached to: I typically read about __ books per year.

Well key is How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read. A fun book by Pierre Bayard.

Comment Intel doesn't lead in server market (Score 2, Informative) 95

by karvind on Monday August 30, 2010 @12:42AM (#33412446) Attached to: Intel To Buy Smartphone Chipmaker Infineon For $2B

When it comes to desktop, laptop and server chips, Intel's pretty much got a lock on the market but everyone can see the writing on the wall: mobile chips and architectures are the future of computing thanks to the popularity of smartphones, but Intel doesn't have anything to offer in that regard.

Server market is a different ball game. Xeon are only in the low end server. IBM has lead in middle and high end servers with their P and Z systems. P and Z chips are custom designed for IBM systems only.

Comment Re:Don't lose out on experiencing her life with he (Score 1) 527

by karvind on Saturday August 14, 2010 @07:16PM (#33253462) Attached to: Preserving Memories of a Loved One?

Agreed. Not exactly, but this comic says it as well. http://abstrusegoose.com/291

Comment Found it in my SPAM box (Score 2, Funny) 186

by karvind on Saturday July 24, 2010 @03:22PM (#33015408) Attached to: Company Claims Patent On Spam Filtering, Sues World

I got notification from them as well but it went to the SPAM folder. Sorry.

Comment Re:What's Next? (Score 1) 156

by karvind on Wednesday April 07, 2010 @11:00AM (#31761532) Attached to: IBM Patents Optimization

There are many patents on random number generator. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=random+number+generator+patent&btnG=Google+Search

Comment IBM Power7 also has 8 cores (Score 4, Interesting) 186

by karvind on Monday March 08, 2010 @05:49PM (#31405910) Attached to: 8-Core Intel Nehalem-EX To Launch This Month

If it is matter of core-war, IBM's latest Power7 also has 8 cores. It is actually based on 45nm technology compared to Intel's latest 32nm. What makes Power7 exciting is that it has on-die 32MB L3 cache. They achieved this by introducing eDRAM (embedded DRAM) in the technology. Both Nehalem-EX and Power7 are targeting low-end server market, so it should be interesting battle.

http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2009/09/ibms-8-core-power7-twice-the-muscle-half-the-transistors.ars

Comment Twice (Score 1) 168

by karvind on Sunday August 23, 2009 @06:32PM (#29166983) Attached to: "Gigantic Jets" Blast Electricity Into the Ionosphere

But can it the same place twice ?

/ducks

Comment Disclaimer .... (Score 1) 144

by karvind on Thursday May 14, 2009 @05:07PM (#27957081) Attached to: AMD Breaks 1GHz GPU Barrier With Radeon HD 4890

Maybe you want to check the disclaimer too ...

Note: Damage caused by overclocking AMDâ(TM)s GPUs above factory-set overclocking is not covered by AMDâ(TM)s product warranty, even when such overclocking is enabled via AMD software.

Does Professional Gaming Have a Future? 116

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday April 11, 2009 @06:41AM from the fatal-one-thank-you dept.

mr_sifter writes "Three years ago, celebrity gamers such as Fatal1ty were bagging millions in prizes, and TV channels were queuing up to broadcast games on TV. Professional gaming looked set for the big time. It never happened, and in the current economic crisis, sponsors and media organizations are cutting costs, resulting in the closure of many pro gaming competitions (as we recently discussed) and a down-scaling in prize money. This feature looks at whether pro gaming can bounce back, and whether it will always be a PC sport, or if pro gaming on consoles is the future."