Serious overclockers tend to be preoccupied with the heat generated by a processor running above its rated speed since that is what will destroy it. I knew a guy who constructed a rather elaborate water-cooled system to keep his CPU from burning up...
My mother used to use the word "chibble" to indicate tiny bits of debris such as the kids would generate when playing with scissors so, naturally, I've always wondered if it were related to "kibble."
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androgenoide commented on the word overclocking
Serious overclockers tend to be preoccupied with the heat generated by a processor running above its rated speed since that is what will destroy it. I knew a guy who constructed a rather elaborate water-cooled system to keep his CPU from burning up...
February 24, 2010
androgenoide commented on the word artifactivore
I think I first encountered the word in a Hogan novel in which it described a niche in an ecological system composed of self-replicating machines.
February 24, 2010
androgenoide commented on the word chibble
My mother used to use the word "chibble" to indicate tiny bits of debris such as the kids would generate when playing with scissors so, naturally, I've always wondered if it were related to "kibble."
February 24, 2010