14 Oct
2012
14 Oct
'12
12:20 p.m.
On 10/14/2012 11:32 AM, David Riley wrote:
Depends on what you're doing. I build FPGAs,
where even with a
quad-core i7 and 6 GB of RAM, it takes 45 minutes to build some
of the FPGAs
Okay, a valid, but work-related, reason for having a bunch of computing
power on your desktop. But most people don't design FPGAs.
I'm willing to concede that the above paragraph
may be the other
side of a generational divide; I turn 29 tomorrow, so it's what
I grew up on (that, and books, which I also still read and which
take up much more of my time). I'd assert that playing decent
video games is a fair sight better than watching most TV that's
out there.
I've watched less and less TV as the years have gone by because there
basically isn't much that's novel anymore. What's the old saw--there
are basically seven plots and every story is a variation on one or more
of them?
Mostly, I try to keep current, read a lot and hope that I'm not becoming
some sort of Count Arthur Strong as I continue my long slog into
becoming dirt once again...
--Chuck