adimeister,
Computer content > Had a long day of CAD today- designing a beach house on the East Coast US- and was slightly alarmed at the temperatures of the RAM- 83 C (typically about 72-75) and the CPU cores were warm too- 65C (usually 61-63). The highest RAM temperature I've seen was 85C and I panicked until I learned that DDR-2 is hot, hot, hot. I felt a little better when I read of those with DDR2 seeing 89 and 93 C. The odd thing was that I had placed a fan on the floor focusing air at the lower front grille (Dell Precision T5400) and which has a a fan behind it drawing air in- and the temperatures went up a couple of degrees. When I removed the fan, the temperatures went down. Counter intuitive!
You bring up interesting point regarding colonization. As a kid - born in the Midwest, US- I noticed that dogs and cats of random, mixed breed seemed healthier, lived longer, and had better personalities than very pure bred ones. Later, I heard a great term the English have for this tendency> "hybrid vigour"- mutts are stronger. Likewise with people, I noticed comments about inbred royalty that more often had problems like hemophilia and epilepsy.
To me, there's no question that there are sometimes advantages to those colonized- if- it's a benign form which was rare. I liked very much the scene in the Monty Python movie , "The Life of Brian" in which the revolutionaries complain about Roman occupation, "Besides the legal system, technology, sanitation, roads, education, and military protection, what did the Romans ever do for us?" Spanish colonization of Central and South America was less pleasant- slavery, English dominance of India had a stabilizing influence, but went on about 150 years too long, so it varies.
But, you're right that a mixture introduces a vitality of a sort both culturally and even as an expansion of the gene pool- like "hybrid vigour". Culture clash though too often causes conflict and in the US- almost entirely composed of immigrants and proclaiming equality- there is an ironic / hypocritical backlash against immigrants.
And, you're right about mixed populations sometimes being very attractive and the Philippines is a good example. My cousin has lived on San Miguel since 1984 and he sends me photos of the people there- and they're all beautiful- and look very happy even though they are very poor- no general power or water system and only a mile or two of paved roads. It sounds peaceful and quiet.
In Los Angeles, I pick up food from a Chinese restaurant, where I read the free Philippines newspaper while waiting and it was always full of stories of the corrupt politicians. Years before there was Imelda Marcos and her 3,000 pair of shoes but then came the stories of the B-movie star Estrada - like Reagan- that became President under suspicious circumstances and who is said to have ordered the killing of a gambler that gave him millions in casino kickbacks. The situation seems almost comical, except as you mention, the corruption has been so widespread and so few people control all the money that it repressed the economy.
Cheers,
BambiBoom
. Since I replaced my VGA cable with DVI, my monitor always blinks for about 1 second whenever I turn off a particular light. There are two lights near my PC but only the one in our living room triggers the blinking. So what's up with that? I'm also worried that it could be a serious matter. Thanks.
I tried to be an engineer when I was in college, got lazy. Now I regret, really.. Stuck on a sucky job, etc.. Enough ranting now. hahaha
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