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INDABA 2014: It's a wrap
Nzima said highlights this year included the bloggers' conference, the TECHzone – which was 'abuzz with constructive engagement' – the Premium Lounge, speed marketing, the Global Media Face Off and the INDABA Insider Talks.
He added that the use of the 'pokens', which allow delegates to exchange information electronically, had probably saved a 'mini forest' by cutting down on paper.
Also, this year, stricter criteria were applied in the recruitment of buyers and exhibitors to ensure relevance, and the range of products had been compelling. He said there had also been an increased effort in recruiting hosted buyers to help South African Tourism direct its programmes.
He said he was confident the show had kept everyone so busy that they had had just enough time to drink water or grab a cup of coffee.
Nzima acknowledged there was increased competition in the travel show industry, but added that the jury was still out as to whether the market could accommodate them all.
The turnstile figure for INDABA 2014 was 15% down on the year before, but this did not allow for the fact that the show had been cut back from four to three days.
Among the issues raised by media was whether there should be a more pan-African food offering next year, public viewing areas for the opening ceremony and better marketing of INDABA in Durban itself.
eThekwini CEO Phillip Sithole said that there would definitely be a post-INDABA assessment of several issues, while Julie-May Ellingson of Durban's International Convetion Centre said that they would be keen to invite chefs from across the continent to participate in future.
South African Airways breakfast
The South African Airways' CEOs' breakfast on Day Three of INDABA 2014 included presentations by SA Express CEO Inati Ntshanga, South African Tourism CEO Thulani Nzima, SAA CEO Monwabisi Kalawe and Mango CEO Nico Bezuidenhout.
Focal points emerging from the presentations included a need to develop marketing partnerships such as the one between SAA and South African Tourism, providing more seamless connections, replacing unprofitable routes with more lucrative alternatives, addressing the need for price-sensitive airline options, increasing the SAA network through code-share agreements and using more fuel-efficient aircraft.
Corporate travellers are using low-cost airlines more frequently, which is why Mango introduced in-flight wi-fi.
— SATravelTrade (@SATravelTrade)
May 12, 2014
Flight route rights in Africa mean that Jhb will continue to be South Africa's hub for African flights, say airline CEOs at
— SATravelTrade (@SATravelTrade)
May 12, 2014
Speed marketing
The popular speed-marketing session featured again on Day Three, with a focus this time on action adventure. True to form, there was a full house of enthusiastic support for the 18 experiences on show, from ballooning, through to horse trails, dune boarding, ziplining, shark encounters and elephant interactions. We went from the highest dunes in the Eastern Cape, across the Kalahari of the Northern Cape and to the heights of the Sani Pass through the eyes of the various trade presenters.
Download the
#SpeedMarketing Action Adventure product booklet at: http://t.co/jsapPPZV2a #INDABA2014
— SATravelTrade (@SATravelTrade)
May 12, 2014
Focus on energy efficiency
Day Three also saw talks on energy efficiency and the hospitality industry.
Eskom's Colin Openshaw gave some insights into Eskom's energy-efficient solutions. There's a push in the travel trade industry currently to use technology to save energy.
"There's still huge potential for energy saving," Colin Openshaw
#INDABA2014 #GreenStuff pic.twitter.com/sMaV2EKE0O
— SATravelTrade (@SATravelTrade)
May 12, 2014
The final TechTalk was by Aaron Nissen (@anissen) from Think! Social Media.
His main focus was on how stories build brands. He stressed the point that a winning combination for destination marketing is selecting people who are influencers of the communities/markets you are targeting, letting them tell authentic stories about you and allowing them to share the content in order to inspire other people. Anybody can become your brand ambassador if they are passionate about your product or offering. It is also important to stop broadcasting messages and start listening to your consumers a lot more.
"Get people talking and they'll do the marketing for you."
@anissen #INDABA2014 #TECHtalks pic.twitter.com/KSU8nW0ya1
— SATravelTrade (@SATravelTrade)
May 12, 2014
Watch the video below for impressions of INDABA 2014:
Below are some highlights of the first two days...
Day One
INDABA 2014 kicked off with a rousing opening ceremony that celebrated the pan-African nature of Africa's oldest tourism conference, which is not only the largest in Africa, but the third-largest event of its kind in the world.
South African Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk highlighted the presence of 24 African countries at the exhibition and also asked tourism ministers representing African countries such as Angola, Benin and Burundi to stand up and introduce themselves to the audience.
In a colourful ceremony of song, dance and poetry, the theme of 20 years of democracy since the 1994 election in South Africa was the focal point for all the speakers, including South African Tourism CEO Thulani Nzima, eThekwini mayor James Nxumalo and Tourism MEC for KwaZulu-Natal, Mike Mabuyakhulu.
The night before, 14 #MeetSouthAfrica bloggers were guests of honour at the #MeetSouth Africa bloggers' cocktail event held at the KZNSA Gallery in Bulwer Road, Durban. These are some of the blogger impressions of their whirlwind trip through South Africa:
Apart from the well-received TechTalks and the popular speed-marketing sessions, Van Schalkwyk spent an hour walking through the stands in the morning, meeting exhibitors and chatting to them about their businesses.
South African Minister of Tourism, Marthinus van Schalkwyk, begins his
#INDABA2014 walkabout. pic.twitter.com/3Oy2HnnOUx
— SATravelTrade (@SATravelTrade)
May 10, 2014
Day Two
The second day of INDABA 2014 started with a high-profile debate, the Global Media Face Off moderated by CNN presenter Richard Quest, who put the four panellists, South African Tourism CEO Thulani Nzima, brand specialist and Brand South Africa Board member Thebe Ikalafeng, economist Mike Schussler and TripAdvisor's Helen Egan, through their paces.
Quest didn't pull any punches in the wide-ranging discussion that covered issues of security, politics, morality, value for money and perception in the African travel market.
Hot topics included the lack of gay rights in Uganda and whether this should impact on travel decisions and the need for more open skies and speedier visa applications in Africa.
Glad you are enjoying it! @EnrichingTravel Excellent Global Media Face Off at #indaba2014 @richardquest pic.twitter.com/PfvEswZYzF
— SATravelTrade (@SATravelTrade) May 11, 2014
Most NB thing for me is mere fact we can have this debate, says @richardquest at #INDABA2014 #GMFO Few countries in Africa that have that.
— SATravelTrade (@SATravelTrade)
May 11, 2014
With INDABA in full swing, TripAdvisor came out with some interesting statistics about travellers to South Africa, showing that Limpopo, the Eastern Cape and Cape Town were top of the list for destinations in the country.
These results confirmed another study that showed that South Africa is on the wishlist for travellers from Germany, Switzerland, Austria and France, with increasing interest from Chinese and German-speaking European markets.
The TechTalks once again proved popular. Charlie Ballard, research director for TripAdvisor, spoke about online trends in South Africa and the rest of Africa. He spoke of the big shift to using mobile devices to research travel Africa in 2013, and how there is an increase in TripAdvisor reviews submitted from South Africa every year.
@TripAdvisor we have observed that the needs of travellers are changing," Charlie Ballard #INDABA2014 #TECHtalks pic.twitter.com/fzVfseLp4F
— SATravelTrade (@SATravelTrade)
May 11, 2014
Chris Whitley from the BBC focused on the value of good content and the massive rise in the use of mobile devices. He emphasised the importance of knowing what you want to communicate and how you want to communicate it; it's all about the story you want to tell.
"Pick the right social media platforms and the right resources," Chris Whitley
#INDABA2014 #TECHtalks pic.twitter.com/q2xhxXNX2J
— SATravelTrade (@SATravelTrade)
May 11, 2014


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HELEN LYNNE COOPER aged 36 of Verney Close, West Howe. Admitted stealing DVDs, clothing and health and beauty products to the value of £274.81 belonging to Sainsburys, Ferndown. Committed to prison for one month, suspended for 14 months. The defendant is required to have treatment for alcohol dependency for six months. To pay compensation of £169.99 and £35.04. Costs of £85. Also admitted failing to surrender to custody at Bournemouth Magistrates Court having been released on bail. Committed to prison for one month consecutive to the above, suspended for 14 months. Also admitted commission of a further offence during the operational period of a suspended sentence order made by West Hampshire Magistrates Court in August 2013. Suspended sentence order varied – now committed to prison for four months suspended for 21 months.
TONY ADIB HANNA aged 37 of Charminster Road, Bournemouth. Admitted exceeding the 30mph speed limit on West Way, Bournemouth. Fined £60. To pay victim surcharge of £20. Costs of £35. Licence endorsed with three points.
SCOTT CALUM WILSON aged 35 of Seafield Road, Bournemouth. Admitted possessing a quantity of cannabis, a class B drug, at Ashley Road, Poole. Also admitted being concerned in the production of a quantity of cannabis. Discharged conditionally for 12 months. To pay victim surcharge of £15. Costs of £85.
KRZYSZTOF FORNAL aged 29 of Bewlys Road, West Norwood, London. Admitted using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour at Yelverton Road, Bournemouth. Fined £415. To pay victim surcharge of £41. Costs of £85.
VAPERTRAILS LTD of Christchurch Road, Bournemouth. Admitted three counts of having goods for supply at Dorchester Market – namely an unbranded e-cigarette AC/DC adaptor, a Xiamen Nanfu Electronic Technology Co battery charger and a Trustfire multifunctional battery charger – that did not confirm with safety regulations. Fined a total of £6,000. To pay victim surcharge of £120. Costs of £1,500. Also admitted having goods for supply namely a Xiamen Nanfu Electronic Technology Co Ltd battery charger that did not confirm with the principal elements of the safety objectives for electrical equipment. Fined £2,000. Also admitted having goods for supply namely a Trustfire multifunctional battery charger that did not confirm with the principal elements of the safety objectives for electrical equipment. Fined £2,000.
MICHAEL ALISTER ROBERTS aged 43 of Southwood Avenue, Bournemouth. Pleaded not guilty but found guilty of four counts of failing to comply with an abatement notice to prevent the recurrence of nuisance caused by amplified music and raised voices. Fined a total of £500. To pay victim surcharge of £50. Costs of £2,500.
JOSIE ADA PATRICIA CHAPMAN aged 22 of Anchor Road, Bournemouth. Admitted driving a Renault Laguna on Wimborne Road, Bournemouth, with 52 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. Fined £300. To pay victim surcharge of £30. Costs £85. Disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence for 12 months.
EDWARD MICHAEL FLOOD aged 43 of no fixed abode. Admitted stealing a tips box to the value of between £70 and £80 belonging to Wok2Go, Holdenhurst Road. Also admitted failing to surrender to custody at Bournemouth Magistrates' Court, having been released on bail in criminal proceedings. Fined £10. To pay victim surcharge of £20. To pay compensation of £6.
JAMIE THOMAS aged 21 of Curzon Road, Bournemouth. Admitted possession of a kitchen knife of approximately seven inches in length at Alder Road, Poole. Also sentenced for original offence in respect of which a conditional discharge was made in July 2013: possession of 2.19 grams of cannabis, a Class B drug. Community order made to participate in Education, Training and Employment for 10 days and be under a curfew for two months and be electronically monitored. To pay victim surcharge of £60. Costs £85.
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- Collection Overview
- ExhibitionsPast Exhibitions
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- Luxury For Export
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- Gentile Bellini and the East
- Gondola Days
- Raphael, Cellini, and a Renaissance Banker
- Making of the Museum
- Cosmè Tura
- Off the Wall: Gardner and Her Masterpieces
- Ornament and Illusion: Carlo Crivelli of Venice
- Donatello, Michelangelo, Cellini: Sculptors' Drawings from Renaissance Italy
- The Inscrutable Eye: Watercolors by John Singer Sargent in Isabella Stewart Gardner's Collection
- Anders Zorn: A European Artist Seduces America
- Illuminating the Serenissima: Books of the Republic of Venice
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Portrait of Isabella Stewart Gardner
John Singer Sargent, American, 1856-1925
Oil on canvas, 190 x 80 cm
Genre: American Art, Paintings
Location: Gothic Room
Accession Number: P30w1
Signed upper left: John S. Sargent; upper right: 1888
Mrs. Gardner sat for Sargent during his visit to Boston in January 1888. He was paid $3000 for the portrait, which was exhibited to great acclaim at Boston's St. Botolph Club. The work also inspired gossip and legend: someone jokingly titled it "Woman: An Enigma," while others believed that the sensuous display of flesh deliberately echoed the scandal recently created by Sargent's Madame X. Mrs. Gardner herself said that she rejected eight renderings of the face until she was satisfied. Jack Gardner seems to have asked his wife not to publicly show the portrait again while he was alive, and indeed the portrait was placed in the Gothic Room, which remained private until Mrs. Gardner's death. In its gallery, surrounded by altarpieces, stained glass, and religious statuary, the sacramental quality noted by nineteenth-century reviewers is even more pronounced.
Source: Eye of the Beholder, edited by Alan Chong et al. (Boston: ISGM and Beacon Press, 2003): 204.
Sargent's Portrait of Isabella Stewart Gardner is spending the summer at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. See Sargent: Portraits of Artists and Friends at the Met June 30-October 4, 2015. Mrs. Gardner's portrait will return to the Museum later this fall.
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Derrick Rose has been doing all non-contact drills in practice but is "not anywhere close to playing" in his rehabilitation from a torn ACL, according to Tom Thibodeau.
"He's right where he's always been," Thibodeau said after Sunday's practice. "Each week he'll do a little bit more, he's doing more basketball stuff but still he's not anywhere close to playing. He's got a long way to go for that. He's doing all the non-contact stuff in practice, none of the contact stuff, but he's doing well overall."
"It's too early," Bulls guard Richard Hamilton said when asked about seeing flashes of Rose's old ability coming back in practice. "Derrick is an unbelievable talent. To see him do stuff that ... (as) a guy coming back that injury is incredible. He's able to move up and down on the floor and things like that, but no contact. Our job is to just hold the fort down and hopefully he'll get healthy soon."


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Roseville - A 47-year-old Roseville man is undergoing treatment after being struck in the head with a gun during an altercation at a local Roseville bar.
The altercation between the two men happened around 10 a.m. Saturday morning inside the Eastgate Pub on Gratiot in Roseville.
Initially, Roseville police were under the impression the victim was hit by gun fire but the later investigation proved the victim was struck by the weapon.
Now the suspect, a 48-year-old Clinton Twp. man, who is also the owner of Eastgate Pub, is in police custody.
The two men have been feuding over an Eastgate Pub barmaid who is also the victim's ex-girlfriend according to police.
The victim told police he was lured to the bar Sunday morning when the altercation took place.
Witnesses inside the bar say the victim was armed as well when he entered the bar but allegedly placed his weapon on the ground to have a peaceful talk with the bar owner.
The owner of the bar was in custody late Saturday with no bond.
No charges had yet been filed.
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THE controversial shooting of badgers to help eradicated bovine TB appears to have had a "beneficial impact" on the disease, environment minister Owen Paterson told farmers and landowners at the Royal Three Counties Show.
Two pilot culls, on the south Worcestershire/Gloucestershire border and in Somerset, were carried out and although they failed to hit the target figures, initial studies of the resulting data were "promising".
"We are not yet in a position to release any statement," Mr Paterson told the breakfast meeting of the Country Landowners and Business Association, "but the feeling is they have had a beneficial impact. I would just like to thank the experts who carried out the work in the face of some very provocative and mid-guided opposition."
Mr Paterson, who said he is not "anti-badger" and has in fact had two pet badgers himself, said the rolling four year cull would continue as planned. "We have got to get a serious grip on this disease which threatens the whole future of our livestock industry," he added. "One only has to look at the experience of countries like Australia and Ireland, which have had determined and co-ordinated efforts to tackle it to see that it can be done. In 1999 in Ireland they culled 44,906 diseased cattle, but through strict controls on cattle movement, taking out diseased badgers and culling reactor cattle, that was down to 15,612 last year."
The Minister spent five hours touring the Malvern showground, meeting exhibitors, farmers and stallholders and as temperatures reach the high 20s Centigrade, car park staff had to break into two vehicles to rescue dogs suffering from the heat.
"We always tell people not to bring their dogs," said show communications manager Sharon Gilbert. "They are not allowed on to the showground anyway and to leave them in cars in sunny weather is just irresponsible."
Opening the three day event, show president Dame Janet Trotter said the show presented a great educational opportunity. "Many of our visitors have little idea about farming or where our food really comes from and this is a great chance to promote the hard work of our farmers and producers," she added.
The 2014 long service trophy went to 66-years-old John Clay, after 50 years working for Colbatch, Clark and Co at Canon Pyon in Herefordshire. Mr Clark, who lives on the far, said he began farm life "when hay and straw bales were pitchforked by hand and it was possible to drive herds of cattle across the A49, something you wouldn't dare do today".
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Crucial DDR4 Available for Pre-Order at OverclockersUKby Ian Cutress on 8/2/2014 4:58 PM EST
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richardginn - Saturday, August 02, 2014 - linkNewegg,.com has some up as well:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Sub... Reply
Devo2007 - Saturday, August 02, 2014 - linkInteresting all theirs are labeled "server memory" (and in stock too!) I did get a laugh out of the related items showing DDR3 boards since DDR4 ones aren't available yet. Reply
HanzNFranzen - Saturday, August 02, 2014 - linkbut those are all ECC memory modules, not the non-ECC desktop parts. Reply
HanzNFranzen - Saturday, August 02, 2014 - link2133 C16... ouch... that's a pretty significant drop in performance compared to the DDR3 equivalent, is it not? I realize it is lower voltage, but is there something else about DDR4 tech that will make up for the difference in higher timings? Or is this a matter of waiting it out for R&D to bring the timings back down? I'm anxiously awaiting X99 for my next upgrade, and I understand DDR4 is new and DDR3 is mature, but didn't think I would be taking such a step back as far as memory performance. Reply
ImSpartacus - Saturday, August 02, 2014 - linkIsn't there always some reason why timings seem to go up but it's never a big deal? Reply
tipoo - Sunday, August 03, 2014 - linkNot at the same clock speed. But often, a higher latency in cycles is offset by a higher clock speed, making the time interval (which is what matters) similar. That's with higher speed modules of the next DDR generation though. Reply
StevoLincolnite - Wednesday, August 06, 2014 - linkIt's latency per clock cycle.
Lets put it this way, If you theoretically had DRAM running at 1ghz with a CL10, then that will have the same latency as DRAM running at 2ghz with CL20. Reply
modulusshift - Saturday, August 02, 2014 - linkUm. What are your current timings? Current DDR3 standard timings seem to be 1333 C9 and 1600 C11. High end is marketed as 2133 C9 and 2400 C11.
Considering 2133 C15 is the low end, anything above 2400 C14 is pure gravy. (remember C-latency is calculated in terms of the clock speed at half the data rate. So it's only comparable between RAM at the same speed otherwise.) Reply
trichome333 - Sunday, August 03, 2014 - linkNever run 1333 @ C9. I think it was on here they showed that all the mainstream timings were within 1-2% of each other performance wise besides DDR3 @ 1333mhz and CL9. I run 1333 @ CL8 and with everything else the same (besides the other timings of course) Im actually able to get slightly higher scores in Sandra and PC Mark because my sticks run at 1T instead of 2T. I see a lot of people toss up benchmarks and instantly can tell they havent set their timings. I have a basic understanding of what most of them do but I am great at figuring out the best timings just by the feel of the machine. Definitely not the sexiest part to know but once you get good with timings youll realize basically every stick has a sweet spot (unless its defective).
On another note, remember why GPU's skipped over DDR4 besides a few ATi cards? Because its not much better than DDR3. 3k at C15? Maybe. But all the others look pretty comparable to a nice 1866 kit. We shall see..... Reply
jabber - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkGenerally I just find the timings for the next lower speed (basically run 1600 with 1333 timings etc.) and apply those. Works pretty well most of the time. Reply
frenchy_2001 - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkGraphic cards have not skipped anything. They use DDR3 (for cheap ones) or GDDR5 (which is a graphic centric evolution of DDR3. Higher bandwidth with higher latency).
I am sure the cheap cards will switch to DDR4 when it makes sense cost-wise, while they may develop higher graphic memory based on DDR4 if needed. Reply
DanNeely - Sunday, August 03, 2014 - linkLook at the faster parts; 2400 is also C16, while 2666 and 3000 and C15. The 2133 and 2400 are clearly dump parts for low binned chips (which shouldn't be surprising since they're DDR3 1066/1200 equivalents). DDR4 3000 C15 is the rough equivalent to DDR3 1500 C7.5 which is much better than the timings modulusshift is talking about; and in terms of latency in ns corresponds to an equivalent of 2250/ C11.25. Reply
Impulses - Sunday, August 03, 2014 - linkTo think I bought my current 1600 4x4GB DDR3 kit for like $60, and that was a year and a half ago. Reply
HisDivineOrder - Sunday, August 03, 2014 - linkThem were the days, weren't they?
That's the ultimate problem with the value proposition of Haswell-E. They finally get around to making it so a hexacore CPU is going to be priced at a halfway decent, easily justifiable price point and then they build it around a memory tech that will make up for every bit of that price difference.
So close, so far away. Reply
ZeDestructor - Sunday, August 03, 2014 - linkPrices are in-line with DDR3. Welcome to UK "tech tax":
For an actual comparison, using that exact site, the 4x8GB DDR3-2400 CL11 Corsair kit costs £339.95 (http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prod... (with the same kit on amazon.com costing $359.99 (http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Vengeance-2400MHz-Me... compared to the 4x8GB DDR4-2400 CL16 Crucial kit which costs £359.99 (http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prod...
If you ask me, £20.04 difference is completely acceptable for brand new tech with what will be extremely low demand from consumers because it will be X99/LGA2011-3 only, and LGA2011 Core i7 users are fairly rare, with most LGA2011 users using Xeons with ECC memory and not caring about prices.
I'm slightly surprised at CL15-16 though.. I expected CL12-14 personally... Reply
trichome333 - Sunday, August 03, 2014 - linkI got an 8gb kit of Crucial Ballistix free with an $80 Biostar mobo about that long ago too. Both have been solid. Although I remember getting a summer job to get an extra 4mb for my rig to play DOOM II =) Before that I couldnt load Windows because it would leave me short on RAM lol. Had to load her up in DOS. Reply
Kevin G - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkAye. I remember picking up some 16 GB registered ECC modules around the same time frame for $125 USD per DIMM. Memory was cheap back then. Reply
R3MF - Sunday, August 03, 2014 - linkwake me up when we get to 3200 speeds for ~£8/GB Reply
haukionkannel - Sunday, August 03, 2014 - linkSleep well ;-)
It will take some time. If we look back when ddr3 was released these seems to be "reasonable" priced compared to that time. Of course after that there was fierce competition that reduced the price of DDR3 to quite low. Not going to happen this time, when considering the price of DD3 at this moment. So few makers in the market these days... Reply
StrangerGuy - Sunday, August 03, 2014 - linkThere highly unlikely that there will be yet another record low <$100 for 16GB DDR4 like the case in DDR3, unfortunately. Desktop/laptops that uses traditional DIMMs are in decline, the number of DRAM manufacturers have shrunk, plus they would rather cater to LPDDR and NAND production which are much more in demand. Lastly, they won't be gullible enough again to overproduce DDR just because there is another new version of Windows around the corner. Reply
mapesdhs - Sunday, August 03, 2014 - link
IMO more important for X99 that speeds is capacity. If X99 is stuck with the same 64GB
limit as X79, then a lot of potential solo professionals won't bother with it because 64GB
just isn't enough these days, not when imaging/video demands are starting to move up
to 4K. AE users inparticular need a big step up the scale, preferably at least 256GB max.
Ian. Reply
mapesdhs - Sunday, August 03, 2014 - link(sorry for the typos... really, we still can't edit our posts??...) Reply
Kevin G - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkExcept that DDR4 will support much larger module sizes than DDR3 down the road. 16 GB DDR4 modules should be here next year. I believe 32 GB unregistered, non-ECC DIMMs are eventually planned, though several years away. Reply
wireframed - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkActually, there has already been 128GB modules (yes, modules, not kits) demoed. Since a lot of X99 boards will have 8 slots (2 slots per channel), you're looking at about a terabyte of memory on a board, provided the memory controller can handle it.
Another thing people are forgetting: Even at the same speed, X99 is quad-channel, X79 was triple channel. So there's a 33% increase in bandwidth, even at the same speed. Add to that DDR4 starts off at a bit higher speed (looks like 2666MHz is going to be common right off the bat, and 3000MHz within reach for those who need it), and DDR4 boards ARE going to see an increase in performance for those applications that can use it.
That said, I'm not sure most people are bandwidth constrained? I know most of what I do (3D rendering) taxes the CPU. Some things will benefit, but no where linearly with the bandwidth increase. I'm mostly looking at Haswell-E to get faster rendering, for those 10-20 hour renders. (Or 1 week+ for animations).
Onboard video uses up a lot of bandwidth, but who buys a hex-core chip for that? (Especially considering they aren't going to have iGPU, AFAIK). Reply
mapesdhs - Monday, August 04, 2014 - link
Alas just because large capacity DIMMs exist, that doesn't mean a mbd can use them.
Depends on the CPU, chipset, BIOS, etc. Indeed, Intel may greatly limit the max RAM
of consumer HW-E in order to prevent their use from eating into XEON sales.
Btw, X79 is quad-channel. Dunno where you got triple from, that was X58.
Also, although the RAM clocks are up, the latencies are higher; I'm yet to be convinced
DDR4/3000 @ CL15 (or whatever it is) will offer anything over DDR3/2400 @ CL10. It'll
likely depend on the task, but the initial cost of DDR4 will also be horribly prohibitive.
RAM has become so expensive in the last 18 months, the RAM cost alone may end up
holding some people back from upgrading, even if the CPU & mbd costs are reasonable,
eg. an 8GB 1600 kit costs 50% more now than what I paid for an 8GB 2133 kit in Feb/13.
AE uses a lot of bandwidth; for those who can't afford costly XEON setups, X79 with an
oc'd 6-core has been an ideal medium-cost intermediate build. I've constructed three such
systems for people so far, all with combinations of Quadro 4K or K5K, multiple GTX 580s for
CUDA, two with a 3930K, one with a 3960X, all running at 4.7GHz, two with 64GB RAM,
one with 32GB RAM.
Mine is a 3930K @ 4.7, 64GB/2133 (haven't yet optimised the RAM), 4x GTX 580 3GB
(2X faster than a Titan Black for CUDA). It's fine for HD (though I've seen some scenes
grab 40GB during processing), but to move up to 4K, that needs at least a doubling of
the max RAM, preferably 4X.
I know what you mean about rendering; friend of mine created a hefty AE/CUDA test
which takes 15 mins to compute on my quad-580, the output looks like this (change the
suffix to tga for the original 6MB Targa):
As for CPU-heavy renders, I'm still looking for a suitable AE-based stress test. I found
one benchmark, but it finishes in less than a minute, far too quick for useful testing.
PS. The other big plus of X99 is the long awaited update to have lots more native Intel
SATA3 ports, and other newer storage tech. The 3rd-party controllers used to provide
non-Intel SATA3 on X79 boards are generally pretty awful. Reply
Kevin G - Monday, August 04, 2014 - linkThe 128 GB modules are load reduced ECC modules which may not work in consumer systems. Intel has a habit of removing registered (and thus load reduced) support in their consumer systems. Reply


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ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. - The summer months can be a prime season for car burglaries and a northwest St. Johns County neighborhood is the latest one to be targeted.
A neighbor's security camera captured one burglary that happened right across the street from Mike McMillan.
"I guess maybe they think they are protected and people don't pay a lot of attention to 'em and crime doesn't happen generally back in here," McMillan said.
The St. Johns County Sheriff's Office is requesting the public's help in identifying the man and woman in the video.
Channel 4 crime analyst Ken Jefferson said it's important to remember to lock your cars.
"If you have valuables, don't leave them exposed in your automobiles. Lock your cars. It's just temptation for a thief to walk by a car and see something there and not take it," said Jefferson.
Jefferson also says it's important to talk with your neighbors.
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The mind is very receptive to suggestions. If you repeat to yourself that you feel stressed out and uncreative, then you are going to be stressed out and uncreative. If you tell yourself that you are calm, creative and full of energy, then you will feel and perform better in your daily life.
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1. Artichoke Arugula Salad With Parmesan (pictured above)
Lighten up your weeknight salad with this recipe that features arugula topped with artichokes, an excellent source of fiber. By using frozen hearts instead of fresh, you save time fussing over trimming them just right — which means less time in the kitchen.
2. Beet and Goat Cheese Arugula Salad
Giada balances the spiciness of arugula with the sweetness of a honey and balsamic dressing. Crunchy walnuts and dried fruit complement soft goat cheese and avocado slices.
3. Bacon, Arugula, Tomato and Roasted Corn Salad
This salad uses grilled or roasted corn atop an arugula base, and is perfect whether the weather is warming up near you or there's still a spring chill. A simple dressing of vinegar, mustard, salt and some pepper is all you need to complete your side dish.
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Tyler's five minute salad turns pomegranate molasses into a sweet salad dressing. Pomegranate seeds not only bring the full flavor of the fruit to the dish but also give extra crunch to this fresh dish.
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…yeah you, the one that caresses your fancy Apple gadget as if it's the cure for all the world's problems, we've got another reason for you to keep your head rubbernecked in the direction of your beloved iPhone. Last week, Ash, a member of your obsessive tribe, put together something to feed your never-ending addiction to the iPhone.
So here's the deal. If you have an iPhone (or for that matter, an iPod touch), Ash — with the help of the powerful Rob Havlovick — created some webclip icons for Bethesda Blog, as well as for our Fallout and Elder Scrolls official sites. To get these on your iPhone (as seen above), simply visit any or all of these sites, press the "+" button, and then add them to your home screen. It's as easy as that…now you can check in on us when you're on the go!
Once you've gotten that squared away, here's some new Fallout 3 stuff that you can check out around the web. I see that on Voodoo Extreme, the editors have put up their "Top 10 Most Wanted 2008 Games" list. Fallout 3 took their #3 spot, behind only Blizzard's Starcraft 2 and Valve's latest title, Left 4 Dead. To check the entire list, tap here on your iPhone.
In other news, Bethesda Blog has spread its wings over to Club.IGN — giving folks that don't already know about the blog a chance to see what we're up to. To start things up, they've put up Todd's diary that he did when we launched the Fallout website. In the future, you can expect to see diaries, stuff from the "OG" Bethesda Blog, and maybe a few surprises as well. Again, iPhone users, tap here to head over there. Just be sure to get out your diaper to polish off those annoying little fingerprint marks that are detracting from the beauty of your prized possession.


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I could see the back axle of the truck bowing.
It was five years ago today (Aug. 10) when I moved from Upstate New York to start a new life at The Smoky Mountain News in Waynesville. Whatever didn't fit into the back of my small, old pickup truck didn't go with me to Western North Carolina. Boxes of books, clothes, vinyl records, and my mountain bike. That was it, with the back of the truck lower than the front end due to the excess weight.


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Foxconn would have to pay exponentially higher wages, and charge the likes of Apple exponentially higher costs, which in turn would exponentially increase the cost of a device for the consumer.
You guys need to get a grip. It says LCD TV manufacturing. What that means, well frankly no one has any idea. Maybe it's screens, maybe it's TV's, and maybe this never happens.
And just because things are made in America doesn't mean quality. Have you driven a Ford lately?
Everyone does realize that Foxconn has more clients than Apple right? What the article is stating is that since they are spending so much time on Apple products and the likes, they are thinking of building a factory here to outsource some of their production of LCD TV's, etc. They aren't going to be making iPhone's.
Umm I have a 2010 Ford F150 Fx4 and it demolishes any other truck on the road. In terms of comfort, luxury, modern, and hauling. So FO!
European Fords also have a higher build quality than American Fords. I think it's down to the competition from the brilliant German cars.
Remember how they sued Ferrari for naming their F1 car the Ferrari F150?!


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NASSAU COUNTY, Fla. - A Bryceville teen is still recovering after being involved a fatal rollover crash Friday, while the family of his friend killed in the accident is preparing to say goodbye.
Seventeen-year-old Dustin Hunt and 15-year-old Kyle Warren were in a red pickup truck on County Road 119 in Bryceville on Friday afternoon when it crashed. The Florida Highway Patrol says Hunt lost control of the truck while trying to pass some other cars.
Warren died from his injuries.
Hunt's attorney, Gene Nichols, said Monday his client is doing much better at Shands Jacksonville Medical Center. Nichols said the swelling around his brain is going down, but there is still concern about permanent brain damage.
Nichols said Hunt is answering questions but has no memory of the accident that killed his friend. In fact, his family still hasn't told him his friend is gone, Nichols said.
Students went back to West Nassau High School on Monday knowing one of their own would never walk the halls again. On the first day of class since the accident, counselors were on hand to help. And as they mourn the loss of one schoolmate, they're praying for the recovery of another.
"I spoke to his mother this morning and he is sitting up he is coherent, he is able to converse a little bit with his family," Nichols said of Hunt. "He still does not know what happened in the crash. He has no comprehension really of there being a crash."
FHP said no charges have been filed against Hunt, but that could change.
Nichols said hunt didn't have drugs or alcohol in his system, so he's not concerned about a DUI manslaughter charge, but rather a vehicular manslaughter charge.
"Which means that he would have been driving recklessly, have a willful and wanted disregard for the safety of others," Nichols said. "I don't anticipate the facts are going to rise to that level. You normally hear that when someone is doing 130 mph down the highway with no lights on."
Nichols said his client simply overcorrected.
Channel 4 crime and safety analyst Ken Jefferson said the the final determination will be made as FHP recreates the scene, talks to witnesses and completes the investigation.
"Unfortunately, the passenger cannot testify as to what happened leading up to the accident, you know," Jefferson said. "Could they have been playing around, could they have been distracted, you know? It's a lot things, a lot of unanswered questions that investigators may not ever ever get the answers."
The FHP investigation could take anywhere from a few weeks to a month to finish.
In the meantime, Nichols said the families of both Warren and Hunt are very close, so they are trying to support each other as Hunt recovers and they prepare for Warren's funeral.
A service will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church in Baldwin.
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Balenciaga On Why They Love Wang
"We wanted... someone who could understand the digital world and the direction of fashion and retail tomorrow."
Alexander Wang has indeed been appointed the Creative Director at Balenciaga. Now that the rumours are no longer rumours, enriching insights have surfaced explaining why Mr. Wang is The Chosen One. While the reception of the news may be divisive among individuals, Balenciaga's CEO Isabelle Guicho stands certain that Alexander is ever-deserving of his new role. And her opinion is surely kind of important, right?
"We wanted someone with global thinking, a citizen of the world, and someone who could understand the digital world and the direction of fashion and retail tomorrow. It will be a new vision; a new understanding of the brand. The heritage of Balenciaga is so big. Just a part of it has been exploited, but obviously not all of it," she told WWD, adding, "Designers are now nomadic people. He will be one of those nomads."
François-Henri Pinault, chairman and CEO of Balenciaga's parent company PPR, also said, "Wang will use his creativity and his own research to reinterpret and immortalize the distinctive, modern and extremely innovative style imposed by Cristóbal Balenciaga."
So hush now haters and give the man some room. Between Balenciaga and his namesake label, we're excited to see how he navigates these high-pressure waters.


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Navigating the Arctic
Photograph by Joel Berger
Conservation Trust grantee Joel Berger received a grant from National Geographic in 2006 to see if musk-oxen can survive in the changing Arctic. While musk-oxen in the past survived climate change, predation, food limitation, and human exploitation, their complete local extinction from Asia and Europe shows that, like many species, numerous factors—including many we do not fully understand—influence their abilities to survive and flourish over time.
Re-Introducing the Species
Photograph by Joel Berger
Today, native populations persist in the tundra environments of Arctic North America. After musk-oxen disappeared from Alaska in the late 19th century, they were re-introduced to Alaska's Nunavut Island, and into northwestern Alaska in the 1970s.
Snow Hole Investigation
Photograph by Joel Berger
Some conservationists fear that certain musk-ox populations, particularly in the southern ranges, could be imperiled by climate change. Wet winters can spell trouble if deep snow impairs their movement or covers their food. Warm autumns can mean disease or inhospitable habitat. All this can affect their ability to reproduce. Here, Berger investigates the condition of an adult female in a snow hole.
Radio Collared Female Musk-Ox
Photograph by Joel Berger
Between March 2008-2010, Dr. Layne Adams from USGS and Berger radio-collared more than 60 adult female musk-oxen. The status of these collared individuals was subsequently checked from the ground and from the air from using satellite imagery. To approximate movements, they used empirical data on median distance traveled (meters/hour) when at least four satellites recorded locations simultaneously on a given day. Preliminary analyses suggest median distance of hourly travel by Cape Krusenstern females was 107 meters per hour, or about 2 kilometers per day; by contrast Bering Land Bridge females moved about seven times less, covering only about 14 meters per hour, or 300 meters per day.
Musk-Oxen and Calf
Photograph by Joel Berger
The overall goal of Berger's and Adams's ongoing research is to document population trends, vital rates (calf production, calf recruitment, adult female survival), and population characteristics (female age structure, adult sex ratios), of musk-oxen in Bering Land Bridge and Cape Krusenstern in Alaska.
Defending Their Own
Photograph by Joel Berger
Musk-oxen show how they protect their own with a group defense. Here, they stand guard over a sedated female at negative 20 degrees Fahrenheit (negative 28 degrees Celsius).
On the Harsh Tundra
Photograph by Joel Berger
Musk-oxen show a variety of preferences for where they frequent, including low tundra, banks of rivers, steep slopes, and even mountains.
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- Ideas Are Like Eggs: Once Hatched, They Have Wings
- Expanding Beyond Conventional Conservation to Save African Lions
- What 'Planet of the Apes' & Caesar Show Us About Our Own Evolution
- The Camargue: Wild West of France
- Everglades Restoration: Alterations of Downstream Biodiversity
- Exploring Everglades National Park by Kayak
- Bald Eagle Celebrated by National Geographic Photo Ark for Independence Day
- Paddleboarding with Polar Bears & Contributing to Conservation
- A Family of Explorers in Search of Some of Earth's Oldest Fossils
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Boyd heads out of the studio to join National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Bob Ballard aboard his vessel the E/V Nautilus. Currently in Turkey, Ballard tells Boyd about the many shipwrecks he is finding in the Mediterranean. You can follow Ballard and his team, live as they explore the ocean at www.nautiluslive.org.
00:06:00 Valerie Clark
National Geographic grantee Valerie Clark licks frogs for a living. As Clark tells Boyd, she's not looking for Prince Charming. Instead, she is studying how the diet of frogs in Madagascar relates to the toxicity of their skin.
00:11:00 Lee Berger Audio
National Geographic grantee and paleoanthropologist Lee Berger has been searching for the fossils of human ancestors, but it was his 9-year-old son who stumbled upon the find of a lifetime: a partial skeleton that may very well change our understanding of the genus Homo.
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Some go swimming with dolphins or stingrays, Brad Norman, National Geographic Emerging Explorer and marine conservationist, talks about swimming with the largest fish in the world: the whale shark. Norman speaks with Boyd about his research concerning whale shark habitats, tracking and conservation.
00:11:00 Losang Rabgey
National Geographic Emerging Explorer Losang Rabgey has found her life's work in strengthening rural communities on the Tibetan plateau, which includes building schools to educate local students. Rabgey joins Boyd with updates on the successful work of Machik, the non-profit she founded and now directs.
00:11:00 Dereck and Beverly Joubert
National Geographic Explorers-in-Residence Dereck and Beverly Joubert capture astounding images of African wildlife in their beautiful films. The Jouberts live in the African bush alongside the lions and other animals they profile. They explain to Boyd that, because big cats are in such danger, their work is now focused on conservation projects such as the Cause an Uproar program.
00:11:00 Nathan Wolfe
National Geographic Emerging Explorer and virus hunter Nathan Wolfe says there is a disease pandemic lurking just around the corner. But, we can prepare ourselves. Wolfe says there are even ways to harness and use the power of viruses. Wolfe joins Boyd to talk about his new book, The Viral Storm: The Dawn of a New Pandemic Age, which is changing the way we think about viruses.
00:09:00 Joshua Ponte Audio
National Geographic Emerging Explorer Joshua Ponte was a successful young English entrepreneur when, over breakfast one morning, his eye fell on a newspaper ad that said "Gorilla Reintroduction Program, Gabon." His life has never been the same since. Pursuing his passion for conservation, Ponte moved to a central African forest where 13 orphaned gorillas were being studied. Boyd talks with Ponte about the joys and dangers of raising young gorillas.
00:11:00 Wade Davis
How did the death and destruction of World War One lead young British climbers to attempt an epic conquest of Mount Everest? National Geographic Explorer in Residence Wade Davis answers that question in his new book "Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest." Davis joins Boyd in the studio to chat about the book.
00:11:00 Sylvia Earle
National Geographic Explorer in Residence Sylvia Earle has been deeper undersea than any other woman. Earle is an oceanographer, explorer, author, lecturer, field scientist, and an inspiration to women around the world. She recently received the Royal Geographic Society's 2011 Patron's Medal. Boyd talks to Earle about some of her early dives in the Jim Suit.
00:11:00 Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner(blurb here)
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Many people picture archaeology as the swashbuckling adventure portrayed in the Indiana Jones trilogy. But in reality, it can be much more tedious than discovering the Holy Grail and fighting Nazis. National Geographic grantee Bruce Bachand has been meticulously sewing a 3,000 bead necklace back together in Mexico after discovering a pre-Olmec burial site that housed a tribal chief and his wife, undisturbed for several centuries.
00:09:00 Catherine Jaffee
Turkey is famed for its honey, which is music to Boyd's ears—he has a notorious sweet tooth. He visited National Geographic grantee Cat Jaffee, a beekeeper who left her job in Washington, D.C. to make honey in rural Turkey. She says that bees harvest pollen from their surroundings: the best honey comes from bees with natural surroundings, large meadows, rather than urban environments. Most people, Jaffee says, eat honey that is basically a synthetic mix of sugars from all over the world.
00:09:00 Elizabeth Lindsey
Most of human history existed before the advent of GPS technologies that can pinpoint where we are at any time. National Geographic Fellow and ethnonavigation expert, Elizabeth Lindsey has taken it upon herself to understand what it was like for Polynesian explorers to colonize tiny, remote islands across the south Pacific Ocean. To better appreciate the skills it takes to study the clouds and winds in search of land, Lindsey plans to join a team of Polynesian women who are island-hopping using traditional methods: no GPS, no cellphones and no compass.
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Azerbaijan NovoyeVremya, 6 October 2008
Presenter: What are your comments about the global crisis?
Adnan Oktar: NOTHING WILL HAPPEN TO TURKEY. Nothing will happen to the Turkish Islamic countries. On the contrary, there will be prosperity and abundance in those places. Here comes the age of abundance and prosperity Insha'Allah. By the leave of Allah we will enter the Golden Age. Turkish countries will be happy, joyful and live in comfort. These crises are temporary indeed. They do not actually affect us but we of course do not want America to be affected because of the crisis. We do not want the Christians to be in dire straits. We will do our utmost regarding that Insha'Allah.
Baskent TV, February 13 2009
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Istanbul is the city that recovered the most rapidly from the crisis
Sabah, 2 December 2010
In the research project "Global Metro Monitor" conducted by The Brookings Institute, which is consistently ranked as the most influential, most quoted and most trusted think tank, the profiles of 150 metropolitan areas that influenced the global economy the most werecompiled. Istanbul ranked first on the list. According to the report,Istanbul ranked first, leaving big metropolis cities known to be the centers of the global economy such as New York, London and Tokyo behind, with its rapidly developing economy, and improving employment opportunities.
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AMD Announces FirePro S10000by Ryan Smith on 11/12/2012 12:01 AM EST
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wwwcd - Monday, November 12, 2012 - linknice AMD Reply
mckirkus - Monday, November 12, 2012 - linkIf this is the sort of thing that winds up in large custom supercomputers then it won't matter that it uses 375W. If there is demand, Cray or someone similar will build custom racks to house and power these wild hogs. Reply
fireuser - Monday, November 12, 2012 - linkCheck out this demo using an Exxact Computing Server. It houses 8 FirePro S10000 cards (16 GPUs) in one server for more than 8 TFLOPS of real world double precision computing performance
http://fireuser.com/blog/8_amd_firepro_s10000s_16_... Reply
MarsMSJ - Monday, November 12, 2012 - link
I'm not happy with both NVidia and AMD at the moment. AMD does not offer a GCN card at the 200$ price point and NVidia doesn't look to be announcing any Kepler counterparts to the Quadro 400 and 600.
These parts are important since they are relatively inexpensive and serve as a gateway card to demonstrate what these products can do for an employer. Reply
JPForums - Tuesday, November 13, 2012 - linkA GCN card at $200?
You mean like the Radeon HD 7850 currently selling for $200 on Newegg?
Yeah, wish they had one of those (in workstation form).
On the other hand, low end workstation cards have never had the performance to justify their cost.
When the majority of the cost is drivers and validation they have to cut too much hardware to get the price down.
They probably aren't considered very cost effective by the market making them lower volume than a card like that needs to be.
I only really seen low end workstation cards in mobile workstations anymore.
Still, it sucks for individual and small businesses that don't worry so much about performance, but need the functionality. Reply
frenchy_2001 - Tuesday, November 13, 2012 - linknot sure what you are talking about as nvidia has the quadro 410 based on GK107. That's the really low one:
They are lagging a bit in Kepler release for workstation, as only the K5000 has been announced yet (based on GK104), aside from all the mobile chips.
I guess they are milking Fermi for all they can as AMD does not have much competition in that space yet.
As for the S9000/S10000, until AMD has a compelling language (CUDA has huge industry adoption so far) and recognized support, they will struggle in that market. Reply
eanazag - Monday, November 12, 2012 - linkDid AMD cover their ECC bases?
I haven't heard anything. I know this has been an issue in the past that was an advantage for nVidia. Reply
fireuser - Monday, November 12, 2012 - linkYes, the S10000 as well as the S9000, W9000 and W8000 cards all offer EDD memory. Reply
fireuser - Monday, November 12, 2012 - linkOops - typo:
Yes, the FirePro S10000 as well as the FirePro S9000, W9000 and W8000 cards all offer ECC memory. Reply
SpeedMan88 - Monday, November 12, 2012 - linkwill it play Crysis? Reply
frogger4 - Tuesday, November 13, 2012 - linkI know very little about using GPU's for HPC (other than it is awesome and powerful), but looking at numbers, I was wondering:
The HD 7970 GHz claims 1.01 TFLOPS double precision, and the S10000 offers 1.48 TFLOPS double precision, but at about 7 times the cost. Is the difference of having ECC memory worth that much, and that critical to HPC? Reply
Ktracho - Thursday, November 15, 2012 - linkAsk yourself, what would happen if I tried to use the HD7970 intensively 24x7x364? How long would it last? Now, suppose you had to do a calculation that took a few weeks to complete. How confident can you be that your results are correct if you use the HD7970? What if something happened to your HD7970, a tiny hardware hiccup or small power transient or even a software glitch, such that it causes a hang or crash in your program, and you had to restart your calculation all over again when it was just a couple days from being finished? In this scenario, how much would you be willing to pay for the assurance that your graphics card is going to perform as required? Changes to the design of the card itself, as well as the extra testing each one has to go through, cost money. Sure, there is a larger profit margin, but some of that is also needed to support the customer in case there are problems. Reply
texasti89 - Wednesday, November 14, 2012 - link
I'm not sure I get the real advantage of this card over the K20 and K20X. K20X delivers a total of 5.26 TFLOPS peak performance using only 225w, this thing can achieve a total of 7.39 TFLOPS BUT needs a high TDP of 375w which makes K20 and K20X more power efficient (single card comparison). For a large server, this might be a good choice given the huge memory bandwidth and lower overhead saved due to lower number of cards needed to meet the target performance. Reply
Howlingmoon - Sunday, June 16, 2013 - linkYes...but can I Crossfire 2 of these monsters and play Crysis 3 and Metro 2033 at Super, Ultra settings on my new 4k TV at 100+ FPS? Reply
Pessimism - Monday, June 24, 2013 - linkIts over 9000. Reply


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Excerpt from Mr. Adnan Oktar's live interview on Kocaeli TV, September 4, 2010
People who restrict the clear judgements of the Quran, bring forth newly dilemmas, reverse things. People who do not defend the Islamic Union are fond of committing sin. If they don't defend the domination of Islam, they will be in the position of those who are fond of committing sin. Because permitting cruelty is firsthand cruelty. For example, there is an axe in the hands of a man, he is keeping it over the child and will hit him. If you hold his hand, he won't be able to hit. But what is he doing? He is watching it. What does that mean? You are in the same position who hits the axe to the child. When the Islamic Union is formed, that axe will stay in the air. When man doesn't want this union, that axe hits the man on his head. You become spiritually responsible for this and it is a sin. When the Islamic Union is not formed, there are every kind of sin, drugs and wrongful relationships. Hundreds of people die because of drugs, you sort of participate in it. Because you have the possibility to stop it.
For example, a snake is coming along, you see a child lying there and if you close the door snake will not be able to enter the room. The man is watching it, holding a cigarette in his hand. The snake is coming along and poisoning and drowning the child. You become responsible for that too. You become responsible for the people who commit suicide, disintegration of the Muslims, Muslims' economical anguish and pain, Muslims killing each other, foreign countries' persecution against the Muslims. For example children, women are raped in Iraq, Afghanistan. They also put it on the internet, images are not easy to look at. They raped a 8 year old girl and put it on the internet. It means that you are content with all of these.


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That headline pretty much tells you that I've got nothin' today, as we close in on the end of the second week of free agency, which has probably been the dullest free-agency period in Rangers history.
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DEEPENING concerns over the state of domestic energy markets saw shares in Origin Energy pushed to five-year lows on Friday following a profit warning which has flagged flat earnings, snapping a steady run of double-digit earnings growth.
Origin warned earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation in the year to June 2013 would rise by between zero and 5 per cent year on year, compared with earlier guidance of a 5-10 per cent rise.
The net profit is now expected to be flat.
The company blamed a $40 million hit from the cost of renewable energy certificates which it cannot recover.
Usually, Origin is able to recover the cost in future years in New South Wales, but not in Queensland. Origin is the largest electricity supplier to the two markets.
''We have a federal scheme and state-based pricing regimes, based on prior year charges,'' Origin boss Grant King said.
''In NSW, the regulator takes those changes into account in future year pricing, but not the Queensland regulator.''
Competitive pressures meant Origin could not boost prices in other markets to offset the higher costs, Mr King said.
''It's not clear to us we can just move the tariff in response,'' Mr King said. ''The QCA [Queensland Competition Authority] draft decision [on prices] had a large effect on margins'' and ''left us absolutely no room'' to absorb higher costs.
As a result, Origin is cutting costs to offset the impact of the reduced revenue, although the bottom line impact will not be felt until the second half of the financial year.
Underlying electricity demand remains weak, Mr King said, with average residential consumption in NSW, where it has close to a 50 per cent market share, ''a bit lower than we would have forecast''.
He put this down to the impact of solar units, energy efficiency and consumers cutting consumption due to higher prices.
''In our modelling, NSW PV [solar] rooftop installation was proportionally greater - that is starting to come through as a mass market effect. That's why we can't continue to absorb these things.''
Analysts expressed concern with Origin's marketing campaign in NSW, where it offers 25 per cent discounts on some contracts. These related to ''dual fuel'' offers, Mr King said, selling both gas and electricity to consumers. ''We have a very strong position in gas that gives us a strong competitive position.''