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Technology is Neat: Clustering Consoles Edition

hobbular

As a lady in the computer sciences world who still operates mostly in academia, I actually don’t encounter a lot of people who assume I don’t know how to computer. This makes it particularly annoying when I DO encounter such people, though, so when I had someone try to tell me that the reason the Air Force had made a cluster out of PS3s back in 2009 was because the PS3’s CPU “does math”. For those of you who aren’t computer people, the CPU in your microwave does math. Trying to tell a PhD student in computer sciences (who has, … Continue reading Technology is Neat: Clustering Consoles Edition

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Technology is Neat: Clustering Consoles Edition

hobbular

As a lady in the computer sciences world who still operates mostly in academia, I actually don’t encounter a lot of people who assume I don’t know how to computer. This makes it particularly annoying when I DO encounter such people, though, so when I had someone try to tell me that the reason the Air Force had made a cluster out of PS3s back in 2009 was because the PS3’s CPU “does math”. For those of you who aren’t computer people, the CPU in your microwave does math. Trying to tell a PhD student in computer sciences (who has, … Continue reading Technology is Neat: Clustering Consoles Edition

Web/Tech6 Comments

Technology is Neat: Clustering Consoles Edition

hobbular

As a lady in the computer sciences world who still operates mostly in academia, I actually don’t encounter a lot of people who assume I don’t know how to computer. This makes it particularly annoying when I DO encounter such people, though, so when I had someone try to tell me that the reason the Air Force had made a cluster out of PS3s back in 2009 was because the PS3’s CPU “does math”. For those of you who aren’t computer people, the CPU in your microwave does math. Trying to tell a PhD student in computer sciences (who has, … Continue reading Technology is Neat: Clustering Consoles Edition

Web/Tech6 Comments

Technology is Neat: Clustering Consoles Edition

hobbular

As a lady in the computer sciences world who still operates mostly in academia, I actually don’t encounter a lot of people who assume I don’t know how to computer. This makes it particularly annoying when I DO encounter such people, though, so when I had someone try to tell me that the reason the Air Force had made a cluster out of PS3s back in 2009 was because the PS3’s CPU “does math”. For those of you who aren’t computer people, the CPU in your microwave does math. Trying to tell a PhD student in computer sciences (who has, … Continue reading Technology is Neat: Clustering Consoles Edition

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Technology is Neat: Clustering Consoles Edition

hobbular

As a lady in the computer sciences world who still operates mostly in academia, I actually don’t encounter a lot of people who assume I don’t know how to computer. This makes it particularly annoying when I DO encounter such people, though, so when I had someone try to tell me that the reason the Air Force had made a cluster out of PS3s back in 2009 was because the PS3’s CPU “does math”. For those of you who aren’t computer people, the CPU in your microwave does math. Trying to tell a PhD student in computer sciences (who has, … Continue reading Technology is Neat: Clustering Consoles Edition

Web/Tech6 Comments

Technology is Neat: Clustering Consoles Edition

hobbular

As a lady in the computer sciences world who still operates mostly in academia, I actually don’t encounter a lot of people who assume I don’t know how to computer. This makes it particularly annoying when I DO encounter such people, though, so when I had someone try to tell me that the reason the Air Force had made a cluster out of PS3s back in 2009 was because the PS3’s CPU “does math”. For those of you who aren’t computer people, the CPU in your microwave does math. Trying to tell a PhD student in computer sciences (who has, … Continue reading Technology is Neat: Clustering Consoles Edition

Web/Tech

Technology is Neat: Clustering Consoles Edition

hobbular

As a lady in the computer sciences world who still operates mostly in academia, I actually don’t encounter a lot of people who assume I don’t know how to computer. This makes it particularly annoying when I DO encounter such people, though, so when I had someone try to tell me that the reason the Air Force had made a cluster out of PS3s back in 2009 was because the PS3’s CPU “does math”. For those of you who aren’t computer people, the CPU in your microwave does math. Trying to tell a PhD student in computer sciences (who has, … Continue reading Technology is Neat: Clustering Consoles Edition

Adrastos, Current Affairs, Geek Cred, Malakatude, Web/Tech14 Comments

Malaka Of The Week: Google

Peter Adrastos Athas

It’s institutional malakatude week here at First Draft. This has nothing to do with Google’s desire to conquer the cyber world, that’s what big ass tech corporations do. I have a more specific lament: they’re 86-ing Google Reader effective July 1. I’ve used it for years and really like it so I’m pissed. Do any of you lot have any suggestions as to what a poor boy can do to replace this service? I’ll let Split Enz have the finally word. Why? Why the hell not? Continue reading Malaka Of The Week: Google

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Malaka Of The Week: Google

It’s institutional malakatude week here at First Draft. This has nothing to do with Google’s desire to conquer the cyber world, that’s what big ass tech corporations do. I have a more specific lament: they’re 86-ing Google Reader effective July 1. I’ve used it for years and really like it so I’m pissed. Do any of you lot have any suggestions as to what a poor boy can do to replace this service? I’ll let Split Enz have the finally word. Why? Why the hell not? Continue reading Malaka Of The Week: Google

Adrastos, Current Affairs, Political Crack, Web/Tech

Blame It On The Tweeter Tube

Peter Adrastos Athas

The Turks are acting like their Greek cousins and rioting. Yes, I said cousins, they may not be kissing cousins but the Greeks are more like Turks and vice versa than either will admit. Some of my ancestors may have just rolled over in their graves but what can I say? I’ll send you some Turkish Greek Coffee and baklava… Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan is having a bad week and he knows what’s behind the street violence in Istanbul “There is now a menace which is called Twitter,” Erdogan said. “The best examples of lies can be found there. To … Continue reading Blame It On The Tweeter Tube

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Deep Ransomware Thought

I’ve been a hardcore Mac person most of my life. From the Mac Plus to the boxy Quadra to the Blueberry iMac to the tidy whitey iBook I’m typing this on, I’ve had ’em all. When I bought my retail business it came with a PC that had a kick ass POS system. When I closed the business, I brought it home and made it our main home computer since it’s newer and more powerful than the aformentioned lap top. I’d never had a trojan horse virusy thing until today. The HP PC went berserk and was seized by a … Continue reading Deep Ransomware Thought

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Deep Ransomware Thought

Peter Adrastos Athas

I’ve been a hardcore Mac person most of my life. From the Mac Plus to the boxy Quadra to the Blueberry iMac to the tidy whitey iBook I’m typing this on, I’ve had ’em all. When I bought my retail business it came with a PC that had a kick ass POS system. When I closed the business, I brought it home and made it our main home computer since it’s newer and more powerful than the aformentioned lap top. I’d never had a t rojan horse virusy thing until today. The HP PC went berserk and was seized by … Continue reading Deep Ransomware Thought

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Hacked Off Vatican

Peter Adrastos Athas

The Italian branch of Anonymous has put the Vatican web site in limbo or is that purgatory? In short, they’ve gone didatic on the papal ass. What that means beats the hell outta me but it sounds good: In a statement on its Italian-language website, the collective accused the Catholic Church of being responsible for a long list of misdeeds throughout history, including the selling of indulgences in the 16th century and burning heretics during the Inquisition. “Anonymous decided today to besiege your site in response to the doctrine, to the liturgies, to the absurd and anachronistic concepts that your … Continue reading Hacked Off Vatican

Sports, Television, VirgoTex, Web/Tech6 Comments

I didn’t think it was possible for me to like Heineken any more than I already do

We’re going to open an old wound here, so get ready. It will be worth it. Remember thosesexist Super Bowl ads that pissed us off? That’s a rhetorical question becauseI know you do. Of the six car ads run during the Super Bowl, that chauvinistic Dodge Charger “Man’s Last Stand” ad was scored as the least effective across the board. It also, surprising no one, came in dead last in with female viewers, per the2010 Hoffman/York PURSEuasion Report on Super Bowl advertising effectiveness to women. According to a report from Kelley Blue Book, while the ad got very high ratings … Continue reading I didn’t think it was possible for me to like Heineken any more than I already do

Do Something, Of Interest, VirgoTex, Web/Tech2 Comments

Real change in the real world

This is the most interesting thing I’ve encountered all week. I’m fascinated by how people have an effect, how they move events and issues toward a discernible goal, how they produce, how they are viable, what lessons they can teach. It’s true: we need all kinds of minds. Temple Grandin‘s TED talk: p> http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf Continue reading Real change in the real world

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Stop Drinking The Sand

This classic scene from Sorkin’s “American President” resonated with me today. In the argument between the president and Lewis, you get the leadership metaphor of people crawling across the desert, looking for an oasis. When they show up and it’s only a mirage, they’ll drink the sand anyway. Lewis argues that it’s because they’re thirsty for leadership. The president says it’s because people don’t know the difference. My take: In some cases, it doesn’t matter, as long as we realize it and stop drinking the sand. This amazing piece by Amy Kingsley shows us all what we already know on … Continue reading Stop Drinking The Sand

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Workin’ in the data mine, goin’ down down down

This isn’t another Balloon Boy post but it starts somewhat adjacent to it, so stay with me here. In her post the other day, It Doesn’t Concern You, A. talked about feeling “pressured” to have an opinion and/or be invested in hyped-up stories “that have nothing to do with anything.” But increasingly I feel pressure by the media-sociological machine to have a personal opinion about other people’s lives and that gets on my damn nerves. It’s all news of the weird now, all little personal outrages, all the time, and none of it matters to anyone. She was looking at … Continue reading Workin’ in the data mine, goin’ down down down