gr0w1er commented on Russian Driver Thinks He's Tony Hawk, Impales Land Rover On Pole

"@Ash78: Implausible, yes."

gr0w1er commented on Giz Explains: Why Tech Standards Are Vital For Apple (And You)

"@jepzilla: CUDA was not suitable for programming multicore CPUs."

gr0w1er commented on Giz Explains: How to Choose the Right Graphics Card

"@olternaut: Current GPGPU NVIDIA cards, including GeForce 200 series, support simultaneous GPU/CPU processing."

gr0w1er commented on That Homeless Guy Outside Starbucks? He Probably Has a Cellphone

"@Lite: thinks Scotty doesn't know.: "I think a lot of homeless aren't really homeless." Self contradictory statements such as this illustrate the issue here: people don't bother to make a distinction between the homeless and the unemployed panhandlers."

gr0w1er commented on We're Looking at Tomorrow's Cameras Today and...Tomorrow

"@Kaiser 'Google-It-Yourself' Machead: I am looking hard at the the new FujiFilm FinePix F200EXR; you might keep it in mind as well."

gr0w1er commented on More Details on Dell's Mini 10 HD Netbook Surface?

"Is it safe to assume that the TV tuner is for digital, and that you won't need to get a converter box for your netbook in June?"

gr0w1er commented on IBM Sequoia: Faster Than the Fastest 500 Supercomputers, Combined

"The stat isn't quite as impressive as it sounds, as the performance drops off pretty quickly after the first few spots."

gr0w1er commented on New $3 Light Bulb 12 Times More Efficient, Lasts 60 Years

"@Justin Barbieri: why would one calculate usage at 4 hours and 34 minutes a day?"

gr0w1er commented on House Defeats Bill To Delay Analog TV Transition

"You go into some of these small towns, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing's replaced them."

gr0w1er commented on Cray XT Jaguar: The New World's Fastest Supercomputer

"@Ibelieveinsandwitches: "for non-classified research", as opposed to "for classified research", like the RoadRunner supercomputer at Los Alamos (also a DOE lab). You're right, that we don't know if it is the fastest supercomputer or just the fastest one we know about."