A short break for a triptych of awesomeness

Then we'll get back to all the incoherent political ranting.

First, a bionic arm. That needs no explanation, it's just awesome.

Second, a massively multi-core chip. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, here is a short explanation involving the word "thingy" a lot:

So right now, the chip in your computer probably only has one or two cores, which are the thingies that do stuff. And you could have lots of cores on a chip, but the problem is that cores are connected like everything else on your computer by a bus, which basically it what it sounds like -- it drives information from one part of your computer to another. For example, if I wanted my computer to tell me how much two plus two was, I would type that in my keyboard, then the bus would leave my keyboard input thingy with the question, go to the math thingy, get the answer then drive to the screen display thingy and show me the answer (Shut up, this is a simplification). So the problem with multi-cores is that current chip architecture routes everything from each core through one centralized place, causing a traffic jam and not getting much performance from additional cores since most thingies would be sitting there idle the whole time waitin' on the fucking bus. Like if every city bus had to go through Times Square before it could go anywhere else, the M60 would never make it to LaGuardia and you would totally miss your flight.

SO, Tilera has come up with a totally new way to put cores on a chip: in a grid!



So the bus can go through all these routes, which are laid out just like a city grid, and there are tons of ways to get from one thingy to another without getting all backed up behind the damn local bus. If you want one for your very own, just find 9,999 friends who also want one and have $435 and you can buy a 10,000 lot! Anyway, trust me, it's awesome.


Third, an epic animal battle. According to YouTube's view count, you've already seen this, but just in case you haven't, go watch this fight between lions, buffalo and crocodiles. You might get a little bored in the middle but stick around at least until like 6:45 or 7:00-ish. It's awesome.