Author: Eelco de Groot
Date: 20:15:52 11/06/00
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> >I still test Tiger on 386sx-20MHz (if you know what it is :), and my dream is to >make Tiger the strongest program in the world on that hardware. > >I play "mine is bigger than yours" with software only. Knowing that my processor >is going to consume in just one day more Watts than some people in the third >world will use in their whole lifetime does not make me especially happy. > >So you can guess what I think about multiprocessor computers. > >Sorry to spoil the Gigahertz party. I'm not mother Theresa, but sometimes I feel >a little bit guilty. Which does nothing to solve the problem, I know, I know... > > > > Christophe Well, if you can work behind a computer maybe you don't have to use a car or other transport that much.. But on the other hand I think it it may very well be true that we really "ain't seen nothing yet". The flooding in Britain, Christophe you know, you live in Guadeloupe, a place where hurricanes can be very dangerous. Is the Gulf stream getting stronger? Measurements seem to indicate (http://explorezone.com/archives/99_04/07_hurricane_predict.htm) a higher salt content, causing it to sink deeper (but also at lower latitudes then?) and this way drawing more warm water from the tropics north to the Caribbean and the Eastern U.S. Stronger storms go with this. But at the same time we see more rainfall in the North Atlantic and even more fresh water there due to Greenland ice melting. This might in this century weaken the warm Gulfstream in the North Atlantic considerably and it might even get into a chaotic flip-flop state. Global warming may produce some very, very cold winters for Europe in this dreaded scenario and I think for North America too. Today is a "Decision Day" in the U.S. and though I didn't think environmental matters would play a big role in the election campaign I am a bit worried about the almost total lack of mention sofar. There are no easy points to score here but we should not close our eyes either. US citizens, this year there seems to be nothing to decide? It is not true! If you are still undecided maybe you should type in 'oceanic conveyor belt' or 'global warming' into any search engine and do some research. This is just one little article by leading German researcher, Stefan (Another "cutting edge" Stefan, it must be something in the name) Rahmstorf: http://www.pik-potsdam.de/~stefan/home_6.htm. Sorry to be mentioning election matters but sometimes I worry about this. Eelco
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