So I was looking at Top500.org and realized that IBM's contract to build a 1PFlops supercomputer by 2008 was completed in June! (IIRC, that contract was signed when ASCI/Red was the current #1 at 1 TFlops ( Read more... )

So a very crafty person by the name of Johnny Lee has used the Wii remote to implement items that until now have required either an assload of extra software, an EE degree and a lot of free time, or big bucks ( Read more... )

Like all things related to movies and TV, it looks shiny on the outside, but has the MPAA's dirty claws in its underbelly.

Initially my question was on cost.

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