By way of Extra Life, we have this awesome (albeit scientifically suspect) demonstration of traditional in-order execution on CPUs vs. the multi-core/GPU massively-parallel execution that is the New Hotness: Awesome, just awesome.
Bloomberg runs the obit for the still-alive Steve Jobs. And no, he wasn’t eaten by wolves, nor has Zimbabwe invaded. Heh.
Nerd-tastic:
Thanks, WJJZ, for Marvin Gaye’s “Sexual Healing” at 11:15 in the A.M. Nothing spices up a trip to the loo like that song, eh wot?
From CNN’s “breaking news” headlines area just now: I mean, I know Joe Biden can be a bit of a bore at times, but adding insult to the whole not-choosing-him-for-Vice-President thing is just mean. Heh. And the breathless press waits…
When life hands you lemons, you make lemonade, right? So if life hands you glitches, you make… glitchade? Sacriliciousness aside, that there’s some good humor. Well-played, EA Sports, well-played.
I’ve been boycotting the Beijing Olympics because, well, the whole thing’s a giant sham meant to legitimize a horrendous, totalitarian regime. Seems like ESPN’s Rick Reilly agrees with me. I’d offer a blockquote from the story, except it’s one giant…
Sure, it’s no $400 million weather satellite, but NASA’s test of the new Orion vehicle’s parachute system is certainly up there in the “ouch” department — the high speed fall from 25,000 with precisely zero successful chute deployments is downright…
What’s your Swedish furniture name?
The 6 string banjo: a weird hybrid of a guitar and a banjo. It sounds great, though, as the Page/Krauss album attests to. Give a listen:
