Red Alert 2 was awesome!

On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 9:25 AM, Nicholas Petroski <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Red Alert 2 made me unnaturally afraid of Tesla coils. So no.
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 8:51 AM, Torrie Fischer 
> <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> On Saturday, November 09, 2013 13:36:01 [email protected] wrote:
>> > Figure out efficient wireless power transfer and you've got it.
>>
>> tesla coils. we'll mount a few on some buildings in downtown akron.
>>
>> >
>> > Sent from my iPad
>> >
>> > > On Nov 9, 2013, at 12:45 PM, Chris Egeland <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Or we can just run a really really long extension cord to OSC!
>> > >
>> > > Chris
>> > >
>> > > Sent from my iPhone
>> > >
>> > >> On Nov 9, 2013, at 12:28, Nicholas Petroski <
>> [email protected]>
>> > >> wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >> Just need a space where electric is included.
>> > >>
>> > >>> On Nov 9, 2013 12:13 PM, "Ben Lippincott" <
>> [email protected]>
>> > >>> wrote: <badjoke>
>> > >>>
>> > >>> OMG
>> > >>>
>> > >>> We don't need a new space, or any heaters
>> > >>>
>> > >>> We can just get 16 Radeon R9 290Xs and make 4 bitcoin mining PCs
>> and put
>> > >>> them around the space
>> > >>>
>> > >>> It'll be like 700 degrees F
>> > >>>
>> > >>> I'm a genius
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Pus it would only cost $9600 for all the GPUs
>> > >>> </badjoke>
>> > >>>
>> > >>> GPU-based buttcoin mining is pointless. It costs more in electricity
>> > >>> than you can make up by mining.>>>
>> > >>>> On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 4:25 AM, Andrew Buczko
>> > >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: GXLOLWTFDDR573 I'll have to get
>> me
>> > >>>> some of that RAM!
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>> The way I see it is that the newer games are too demanding. You
>> have
>> > >>>> games out there that require a super computer just to play them
>> yet an
>> > >>>> 8088 can display 30 rotating 3D objects at once?...  The
>> developers of
>> > >>>> today need to take some que's from the Demoscene programmers and go
>> > >>>> back and refine their code.
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>> Oh and don't worry about bitcoins, that's what your cycles are for
>> ;)
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>>> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Torrie Fischer
>> > >>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:>>>>>
>> > >>>>> On Friday, November 08, 2013 12:00:20 Omar Rassi wrote:
>> > >>>>> > Most of us in the IT field know that even though gigabit
>> ethernet
>> > >>>>> > has a
>> > >>>>> > bandwidth 1000 Mb/s or that SATA3 has bandwidth of 600 Mb/s, you
>> > >>>>> > will never
>> > >>>>> > reach those numbers in real world operation. Does the same hold
>> true
>> > >>>>> > about
>> > >>>>> > gaming and FPS? I found the following article at on Wired:
>> > >>>>> >
>> > >>>>> >
>> http://www.wired.com/reviews/2013/11/high-low-gaming-pcs/?cid=142095
>> > >>>>> > 94
>> > >>>>> >
>> > >>>>> > I know that beyond 60 FPS its very difficult for the human eye
>> to
>> > >>>>> > distinguish better quality and that greater than 30 FPS is where
>> > >>>>> > games are
>> > >>>>> > considered playable. Wired brought up a good point that most
>> > >>>>> > monitors can
>> > >>>>> > only display 60 FPS max (high end monitors beyond 60Hz are
>> excluded
>> > >>>>> > from
>> > >>>>> > that generality). So I ask what are the benefits of a
>> multi-thousand
>> > >>>>> > dollar
>> > >>>>> > gaming rig besides bragging rights?
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>> the benefit to me is that I can immediately pick out who doesn't
>> > >>>>> understand
>> > >>>>> the bottlenecks in today's software
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>> > The topic here is centered around benefits to the owner of said
>> > >>>>> > computer,
>> > >>>>> > not community projects like Folding@home or Seti@home. Do not
>> > >>>>> > discuss
>> > >>>>> > Bitcoin mining is also a given considering the power of a $5000
>> rig
>> > >>>>> > and how
>> > >>>>> > much it has already been discussed in the past, lets get
>> creative
>> > >>>>> > here.
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>> but muh buttcoins...
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>>> > Thanks,
>> > >>>>> >
>> > >>>>> > Omar
>> > >>>>>
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