Would this not be considered rude in China or something?

[KrazyHorse]

The models proposed in the paper were not particularly numerically complex. Shouldn't take more than a couple of processors for a few hours.

[KrazyHorse]

This is why research needs to be better-prioritized. A couple of hours can help us learn the best way to limit the damage of zombie attacks, while it takes 6 months to do something useless like learning how to predict earthquakes or make better motor oil.

[aneeshm]

Asher - is there something wrong with gcc? I recollect that some time in the past, you had mentioned that Intel's compilers were far batter than gcc. I'm interested - could you elaborate a little? I'm working on a project involving HPC, and IIRC, you've worked on that before, so this is relevant.

[Asher]

gcc is a 1984 Toyota Corolla to Intel's 2009 McLaren F1.

Intel's compilers are far, far faster. They'll utilize SIMD hardware far, far more often in far, far better ways. You can write some benchmarks yourself, or google for them.

http://www.luxrender.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=603

On average, Intel's compiler is about 10-20% faster than gcc on the exact same code, sometimes much higher (depending on the use of vectors). 10-20% is massive for HPC.

If your compute nodes are x86, use Intel's compiler. If they're PPC, use IBM's compiler. They're both in another league from GCC in terms of performance. GCC is a utilitarian/toy compiler. The kind of **** you compile crappy desktop apps with.

[MikeH]

All his jobs are named EXACTLY the same thing too: "sliding"

???

****er. He's obviously either soft condensed matter or geophysics.

Continually indexing his porn collection I expect.

[onodera]

What about Digital Mars, Asher?

[Asher]

I haven't used it before, but I don't think it's faster than Intel or IBM.

[Drake Tungsten]

All his jobs are named EXACTLY the same thing too: "sliding"

???

****er. He's obviously either soft condensed matter or geophysics.

His name isn't Quinn Mallory, is it?

[KrazyHorse]

[Kuciwalker]

[Ramo]

The admin on my network told me that nice is ineffective. It only covers a limited number of CPU cycles. Dunno if that's specific to the network or the OS (Solaris). But it gets people off my back while I hog a cluster.

[SpencerH]

Part 2 in the "whine about Chinese academics" series (continued from DaShi's thread)

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Based on my experience, I'd say its par for the course. I grew up with mostly "chinese" kids (Hong Kong parents but kids born locally) and have no problems with anyone. Working in the USA though I've run into many obnoxious "MD PhD" (heavy on the quotes) types from Beijing that just drive me ****in nuts with their attitudes and behaviour.

[KrazyHorse]

Congrats on the Rowland Prize?

Thanks. It looks good on my resume...

[Drake Tungsten]

So are we all agreed on a new Cold War with China? Those rude ****ers certainly deserve it.

[KrazyHorse]