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The Tianhe-1A supercomputer is about 50% faster than its closest rival. China's Tianhe-1A supercomputer has been confirmed as the most powerful in the world. Confirmation came with the publication of the latest list of the Top 500 supercomputers on the planet. Tianhe-1A has a peak speed of 2.57 petaflops, far higher than the US XT5 Jaguar that can manage 1.76 petaflops. The list also reveals significant changes in the technology used to power the machines and the nations hosting the most powerful ones. Unconfirmed reports that Tianhe-1A would take the top spot on the list emerged in late October. Since then no other more powerful computers machines have eme…

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PB8vIfH4Lpc]YouTube - Ireland Bailout International Agreement On 85bn Package Is Reached By Europe And The IMF[/ame] Irish Republic 85bn euro bail-out agreed European ministers have reached an agreement over a bail-out for the Irish Republic worth about 85bn euros ($113bn; £72bn). The deal will see 35bn euros go towards propping up the Irish banking system with the remaining 50bn euros to help the government's day-to-day spending. An average interest rate of 5.8% will be payable on the loans, above the 5.2% paid by Greece for its bail-out. Irish PM Brian Cowen said it was the "best available deal for Ireland". …

£56m lottery winner ordered to pay £2m to ex-wife who left him for another man TEN YEARS ago By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 2:04 PM on 22nd November 2010 Comments (515) Add to My Stories Former wife is thought to have wanted £8million First lottery winner successfully sued by an ex-partner A £56million lottery winner has been ordered to pay £2million to his ex-wife who walked out on him ten years ago. Nigel Page, 44, was sued by his former wife Wendy shortly after his massive Euromillions windfall earlier this year even though she left him for another man. The human resources director, 43, who is the mother of his 13-year-old da…

SEOUL | Tue Nov 23, 2010 1:22am EST SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea on Tuesday fired dozens of artillery shells at a South Korean island, setting buildings on fire and prompting a return fire by the South, Seoul's military and media reports said. Seoul's YTN television quoted a witness as saying 60 to 70 houses were on fire after the shelling. The military confirmed the exchange of firing, without providing more details. (Reporting by Seoul bureau; Writing by Yoo Choonsik; Editing by Jeremy Laurence) - REUTERS Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6AM0TZ20101123 ----- SKorea: NKorea fires artillery onto island SEOUL, South Korea – South Kor…

Former teen heart-throb David Cassidy arrested for drunk driving By Paul Thompson Last updated at 12:07 AM on 5th November 2010 Comments (22) Add to My Stories Actor David Cassidy has been charged with drink driving after being stopped for allegedly swerving on a highway in Florida. Former teen idol David Cassidy has been arrested for drink driving. He was pulled over by police after they spotted his Mercedes car weaving in and out of lanes in Fort Pierce, Florida. Cassidy, star of the hit TV series The Partridge Family in the 1970s, told police he had a single glass of wine and had taken a painkiller pill. The police report said …

Street View is rolling out across Germany German home-owners who have chosen to opt out of Google's Street View service appear to have become the unsuspecting victims of anti-privacy vandals. Local media report that homes in Essen, west Germany have been pelted with eggs and had 'Google's cool' notices pinned to their doors. The properties involved have all chosen to be blurred on Google's Street View service. The search giant distanced itself from the vandalism. "We respect people's right to remove their house from Street View and by no means consider this to be acceptable behaviour," a Google spokesperson said. It said it was a one-off incident. Street View …

Lord Of The Rings, LOST, FlashForward, etc... Any fans? :) [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn9DvEotZ18]YouTube- Dominic Monaghan Hates American Idol[/ame] /edit: now made this officially a dom and billy thread :wink3:

If there was an award for most Technologicalized thread maker, I'd win if for sure. :blank: Anyways, I want to make a mix CD for a friend to get her into a band and I bought a Sony CD Raudio recordable disc but my driver doesn't read it, and when I use Ashampoo burning studio it says that the CD isn't there. My computer came with two burning softwares, so I used the other one and it has the same problem. :thinking: I checked in My PC, and it also says that I need to insert the disc. WHAT THE FUNK.

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hi I wondered how much linux users we have ? :D

I need to overwrite some files so that my completely legal and not at all pirated piece of software can work, but I'm not sure how to overwrite them. I thought it would be as simple as clicking on the files i need and telling them to overwrite but my computer tells me it cannot read these files. Do I need to go into the control panel or something? The file i need to overwrite is called something like AdobelM.dll I think because there are 2 files and one is a zip folder containing lots of files and the other just contains 2 I'm confused :freak:

Loch Lomond explosion: 'strong likelihood' of terrorism link Security sources suggest the blast was from someone with ability to build 'powerful bomb'. 19 November 2010 16:12 GMT Comment 210367 Loch Lomond: Centre of terrorism probe Pic: ©STV Security sources say there is a "strong likelihood" that the explosion near Loch Lomond is linked to terrorism. As revealed exclusively by STV News online, a member of the public reported hearing the blast in the Garadhban Forest area of Gartocharn, to the south east of the loch, at around 12 noon on Wednesday. Specialist officers from Strathclyde Police are now carrying out a fingertip search …

This Sunday, 03/10, the brazilian people will choose not only its president, but also the governor of its state, senator, federal deputy and state deputy. List of president candidates Dilma Rousseff (PT) [Workers' Party] Ivan Pinheiro (PCB) [brazilian Communist Party] José Maria Eymael (PSDC) [Christian Social Democratic Party] José Serra (PSDB) [brazilian Social Democratic Party] Levy Fidelix (PRTB) [brazilian Labour Renewal Party] Marina Silva (PV) [Green Party] Plínio de Arruda Sampaio (PSOL) [socialism and Freedom Party] Rui Pimenta (PCO) [Workers' Cause Party] Zé Maria (PSTU) [united Socialist Workers' Party] So, why don't we talk about it, share our…

Are humans psychic? Startling new study 'proves' that we can see the future By Fiona Macrae Last updated at 7:30 PM on 17th November 2010 Comments (65) Add to My Stories Students correctly predicted which words they'd be asked in memory recall test You may already know this, but psychic powers might really exist. Research suggests that far from being a trick of employed by fairground fortune tellers, many of us are blessed with ability to see in the future. Influencing events before they happen is also within our remit, the study by a respected psychologist found. The publication of the results in a leading social science journal wil…

Target, the dog who survived Afghan war and melted hearts on Oprah, mistakenly put down at Arizona animal shelter By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 10:56 AM on 17th November 2010 Comments (379) Add to My Stories As a stray on the war-ravaged streets of Afghanistan, she had been shot by the Taliban and blasted by explosives. In fact, the plucky German Shepherd mix cheated death so often that U.S. soldiers named her Target. She had even become a life-saving hero by sniffing out a suicide bomber on a military base. But, sadly, these dangers paled against the threat from a clerical error at a U.S. dog pound. An employee at the Pina…

Suspected bomb with running clock found in luggage on Air Berlin flight from Namibia to Germany By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 12:12 PM on 18th November 2010 Comments (6) Add to My Stories Namibian police intercepted a suspicious object with a detonator and a running clock in luggage on an Air Berlin plane from Windhoek to Munich, Germany's Federal Crime Office (BKA) said on Thursday. The BKA said it was not clear if the object found during loading of the Airbus jet was an ignitable explosive. Scare: An object with a detonator and running clock was found in luggage on an Air Berlin flight from Windhoek, Namibia, to Munich …

A translation error at a UK prison labelled an exercise yard as an "execution yard" in the draft of an information booklet for Russian inmates. An inspection report mentioned the faux pas at Lincoln Prison in a section on foreign prisoners. The translation was spotted by a member of staff at the proof stage, the Ministry of Justice said. The report said all translated material "should be verified." 'Not funny' No other translation errors were noted in the report. Nick Hardwick, chief inspector of prisons, said: "This is an example where actually making sure prisoners have properly translated material is important. "You could treat it as a bit of a jo…

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NT2udTvwXg]YouTube - UK Army Chief Gen Sir David Richards - We Cannot Defeat Islam of Taliban 14 nov 2010[/ame] The West can only contain, not defeat, militant groups such as al-Qaeda, the head of the UK's armed forces has said. General Sir David Richards, a former Nato commander in Afghanistan, said Islamist militancy would pose a threat to the UK for at least 30 years. But he told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show a clear-cut victory over militants was not achievable. The BBC's Frank Gardner said the comments reflect a "new realism" in UK and US counter-terrorism circles. Our security correspondent said such an admission …

Hitler's secret flying saucer: Did the fuhrer plan to attack London and New York in UFOs? By Allan Hall Last updated at 10:07 PM on 17th November 2010 Comments (21) Add to My Stories As Hitler's armies began to crumble on fronts as far apart as Stalingrad and North Africa, he turned in increasing desperation to his scientists to create a war-winning super-weapon. Some, like the V2 rockets and the first jet fighters, saw action but came too late to halt defeat. Others were so outrageously ambitious that they never got past the drawing board. The idea of building flying saucers to bomb London and even New York could have been just such a s…

British author jailed for contempt by Singapore court A court in Singapore today sentenced the British author Alan Shadrake to six weeks in prison after he was earlier found guilty of contempt over claims in his book about city-state's application of the death penalty. Shadrake, 76, was also fined US$15,400 over allegations he made in Once a Jolly Hangman: Singapore's Justice in the Dock, which claimed that the state bowed to foreign influence and favoured the wealthy and well connected in deciding who should hang. The book features a profile of Darshan Singh, the former chief executioner at Singapo…

I'm very intrigued that Greater Manchester police are spending 24 hrs tweeting all the calls they receive (999 & other). Apparently its to give people an idea of what they have to deal with on a daily basis. twitter accounts @gmp24_1, @gmp24_2, @gmp24_3 and @gmp24_4 Haven't been able to check it out yet today so going to have a look see now.

source BBC.CO.UK According to spanish press, journalists are not allowed to be near the area, so not many news come from there, other than some stuff people affected had managed to upload on internet. 'protest camp'?, i've always been told that it is a refugee camp.

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Who is a BB user? :D

Who likes this movie? I love it. they need to release it on dvd in NORTH AMERICA! :(