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Earth wins another round of expensive hardware lobbing! Here's a humorous reminder at how difficult it is to reach other planets, especially Mars - too bad it hasn't been updated i…

A little Googling turned up this (definitely not the original source, though): https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_external_strace/blob/... $ strace -tt -q -o graph.strace -s 10…

Unfortunately, not all organizations give their users root access :-(

It's also worth looking at SystemTap or DTrace, depending on what OS you're running. While strace will allow you to look at an individual process and its children, SystemTap/DTrace…

Sounds like they're interested in improving GPU development tools, and how to utilize them for tasks they're good for versus what a traditional CPU is good for. From http://www.wir…

If by 'SC500' you mean a supercomputer that has a high ranking on the Top500 list, it's already here: http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2011/11/amazons-cloud-i...

This struck a chord with me as well, and reminded me of pg's 'How to Disagree': http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html

Original discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3370695

Speeds and feeds on NASA's Pleiades supercomputer that was used for the bulk of the computation: http://www.nas.nasa.gov/hecc/resources/pleiades.html

My personal favorite: Q: If you could add one course to a student's curriculum, what would it be?" A: Course title every university should offer: "How to tell when someone else is …

You can also query Wolfram by just saying "Wolfram," e.g. "Wolfram planes overhead". See http://www.tuaw.com/2011/10/28/10-cool-things-you-can-do-wit... for more things you can do …