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Sunday, May 21, 2017
One Thousand what does that mean
One Thousand what does that mean
Pondering canvas 1000 is giving me a headache, like a commission might. Im not in the mood for a grand canvas as I supposed it should be......but then I havent really started yet. Right now, a good one session painting would make me happy enough. Yet, I know nothing is certain until the first piece of paint hits the canvas.
The next canvas could mark my last or the beginning of a new phase....perhaps a better way to think about it. Benchmarks are weighted towards reflection on the past than the future... I certainly dont want another 1000 like the last. It would be like tasting the same meal over and over again. Not to mention the storage requirements and more numbers.
I also think if this was not one of those special numbers the next painting would be just that, the next painting with a number. All this made me wonder what others thought about one thousand.
So I Googled it, and since I understand images better than words I found myself in images.
The next canvas could mark my last or the beginning of a new phase....perhaps a better way to think about it. Benchmarks are weighted towards reflection on the past than the future... I certainly dont want another 1000 like the last. It would be like tasting the same meal over and over again. Not to mention the storage requirements and more numbers.
I also think if this was not one of those special numbers the next painting would be just that, the next painting with a number. All this made me wonder what others thought about one thousand.
So I Googled it, and since I understand images better than words I found myself in images.
MONEY - Everyone gets this one
IN A SIMPLE FORM
THOUSAND MILES + = POUNDING STIMULATION
AN ARCHITECT & 1000 MUSEUM MIAMI ADDRESS
A PICTURE = A 1000 WORDS
ON THE CHEAP PENNY STACKS
HUMOR
Might be fun to summarize these Google images down to a few meaningful words other than Websters lame definition only a bean counter would get off on.
Art costs big money, project our aspirations, a certain simplicity with pounding force, good structure and design executed on the cheap with a bit of humor thrown in......works for me:=)
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
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Saturday, April 29, 2017
Multi GPU SLI CrossFireX – Who What Why
Multi GPU SLI CrossFireX – Who What Why
If you’re not a dedicated PC gamer, chances are you haven’t been paying attention to the advancements in video card technology over the years. In a short time, video cards have gone from simple add-on cards with a single graphics processor, a tiny heat sink, and some RAM chips, to full-on computers in and of themselves. You may also not be aware that you can install more than one video card in a desktop PC so their graphics processing units (GPUs) work together to provide what’s known as “performance scaling.” In this week’s Tip, I’ll discuss some different multi-GPU solutions available, why you might want one, how can go about getting one, and why you might be using one before you know it.
Desktop Solutions
Traditional multi-GPU solutions, ones that involve two physical add-in cards, are available from the big two video card developers, NVIDIA and AMD, with each using their own method of implementation. Generally, the two cards split the workload and render frames as a team to provide close to double the performance as a single GPU system. NVIDIA’s solution is called SLI, which stands for Scalable Link Interface, and AMD’s is called CrossFireX. To use either solution, you need at least two PCI Express x16 slots on your motherboard and a supported northbridge chipset. With this being the case, a multi-GPU setup is something you need to plan for before building a desktop system, it’s not something you can easily fall back on for an upgrade if you don’t already have an SLI/CrossFireX-ready motherboard. For an NVIDIA-based 
multi-GPU system, you need two cards with identical GPUs. You can use cards from different manufacturers, but if you have a GeForce 9800GT, you need another GeForce 9800GT to go with it. CrossFireX allows for a little flexibility in its pairings, letting you to pair cards that are within the same subseries (e.g. HD 4870 will pair with HD 4850). Unfortunately, these traditional solutions are can be buggy and are not widely supported. That makes traditional multi-GPU solutions an expensive venture for something you might not even be able to fully utilize. Video cards can be expensive enough, buying two or more can be left to the bleeding edge enthusiasts.
multi-GPU system, you need two cards with identical GPUs. You can use cards from different manufacturers, but if you have a GeForce 9800GT, you need another GeForce 9800GT to go with it. CrossFireX allows for a little flexibility in its pairings, letting you to pair cards that are within the same subseries (e.g. HD 4870 will pair with HD 4850). Unfortunately, these traditional solutions are can be buggy and are not widely supported. That makes traditional multi-GPU solutions an expensive venture for something you might not even be able to fully utilize. Video cards can be expensive enough, buying two or more can be left to the bleeding edge enthusiasts.
Mobile Solutions
Luckily, multi-GPU solutions have evolved to overcome the hindrances of the traditional setup. Each solution offers a Hybrid variant (Hybrid SLI, Hybrid CrossFire) that is designed to incorporate the use of an integrated graphics processor already on the motherboard to handle light-duty graphics tasks along with the much better performance of a GeForce or Radeon GPU. These hybrid solutions are perfect for notebook systems that usually are already using low cost integrated graphics, providing extra graphics processing power when it’s needed. You can find these multi-GPU solutions in place in a number of notebooks already on the market, but, like traditional SLI, these hybrids are not without their drawbacks.
The first drawback is that powering two GPUs at all times when you’re only really using one can drain your battery quickly and the second is that you’ll often need to reboot your system when you enable or disable the extra GPU. This second drawback will probably be overcome by technologies like NVIDIA’s Optimus and Apple’s “automatic graphics switching” found in their current generation of MacBook Pros. These multi-GPU solutions will seamlessly switch between energy-efficient and performance modes without the need to reboot by powering down the unused GPU. This gives you the convenience of a virtually instant performance only when it’s needed, consuming less power, and translating to better battery life for mobile applications. This best-of-both-worlds solution is definitely something I am interested in and I expect to see solutions like this to become widely available in the near future.
The rest
If seamless multi-GPU switching doesn’t take over, it will be due to the fact that integrated graphics are gradually being moved from the motherboard’s northbridge chip to the CPU itself. Technically, it can still be a multi-GPU solution, but the hardware is much different and the GPUs aren’t working together. Intel’s Core i3 and i5 CPUs already feature a graphics processor integrated onto the die and AMD is planning on releasing the Fusion series, their incorporation of Radeon technology with AMD CPU microarchitecture. As CPUs have hit a ceiling as far as clock speeds and moved to including more cores, you can expect GPUs to take a similar path. There have already been a few high-end video cards released with two GPUs stuck together, and it’s only a matter of time before they’re small enough to fit many GPU cores alongside the multi-core CPUs of today.Go to link Download
Thursday, February 16, 2017
mystery items guess what I was doing this evening
mystery items guess what I was doing this evening
If you do want to guess just look at the picture, do not read on. Dont read on too quickly anyway. I will give some clues now and gradually reveal the mystery of the strange objects.
Some items are not used for the main activity.
the bottle has a tiny bit of wine and some cider vinegar inside. it has cellophane on top with a small hole in it. guess what it is.
The pencils are there because it is back to school time. Daire was back today at 10. the girls are back tomorrow.
the binoculars are there from the weekend. when the tall ships left Dublin we could see them from outside our house. northerly ish wind so they went out (east) without sail, then out up sail and quickly disappeared out of sight skirting coast.
the half-eaten bar is from when we cycled on metals from DunLaoghaire to Dalkey. Kate bladed.
the music is from song by Fun: Tonight we are young. recorder just for tootling. was playing along with guitar chords and piano chords/melody/beat-notes. Maeve knows all the starting verses words off!
the things used in main activity were ... in order of most useless-ness ...
a chisel
a penknife (now cleaned and sharpened with file)
drill bits
a rock
a hammer
a file
a tin box with white stuff inside, guess what that is.
a small metal looking block and blade
the rock is quartzy granite,quite a hard rock, lots of that kind here and in wicklow hills.
inside the box there is cotton wool mixed with some vaseline. for cleaning baby bottoms? but we dont have babies any more.
the chisel and penknife dont work. The penknife is stainless steel.
one drill bit for drilling metal gives a small spark if hit against the rock.
there is a faint burney smell.
the hammer and file give good sparks when hit at an angle against the rock. bits of rock flake off with the hammer though, watch out for eyes!
the little metal block is magnesium with a small ?high-carbon? steel rod on one side. this rod gives good sparks if scraped on the rock.
the little blade chained to rock is some kind of flint. Im not sure if it is real rock flint or something else. when scraped against the rod sparks are generated. when scraped against hammer or file not much happens.
the quartz in rock and flint are harder than the steel. when hit against sharp rock tiny shards of metal scrape off and are ignited by friction.
hot metal sparks are good for starting fires with.
the magnesium is scraped making some magnesium dust. that collects at top of rod. scraping top of rod gives nice hot/strong magnesium sparks as well as steel sparks.
vaseline is petroleum-jelly and it is flammable. cotton wool and vaseline is good tinder.
I was making sparks and fire.
lay out some kindling ready to take fire. lay out some tinder (cotton wool). spark into the tinder. if you get it to flame to add the kindling. build and enjoy fire. if practicing lighting fires put it out then do it again. I made about 8 little fires. fun. the girls liked it!
What is the bottle? It is a trap for fruit flies. A bowl with vinegar inside and cellophane on top works too and you can see the flies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint
"Flint is a hard, sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz,[1][2] categorized as a variety of chert."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel
"Steel is an alloy made by combining iron and other elements, the most common of these being carbon. When carbon is used, its content in the steel is between 0.2% and 2.1% by weight"
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