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Being a MMO player, I run into a lot of people who honestly think they know what they’re talking about but really don’t. Today one such person claimed to have tested and proven SLI requires games to be specially written to use it, and most games get no benefit, just like multi-core CPUs.
Well, he’s right about multi-core CPUs. But completely wrong about SLI. To prove it, I grabbed a benchmark from before NVIDIA SLI was introduced (which was in 2004), 3DMark03.

These are my results with SLI disabled in the drivers (both cards still in the system):

And these are my results with SLI enabled, no other changes:

As you can see, there’s a HUGE benefit in every area where the 3D card applies, even something as simple as the fill rate tests. I strongly suspect the same applies to ATI’s Crossfire, but I can’t prove it, as I don’t have any of the hardware required.

However, this is the last time I spend over an hour jumping through hoops just to educate someone.

When Google made me accept their new license agreement, I happened to notice in it that they have AdSense Video now. Curious, I decided to look into that.
Basically what happens, I put an applet here which plays random YouTube videos, and they pay for it. I’m including one in this post. If it does well, it might become a permanent fixture. If not, it’ll vanish into the old posts archive, never to be seen again (except by spambots).
As always, 50% of any revenue this generates goes to charity.

I am seeing one problem right off though… it’s slightly wider than this column.

As some of you noticed, Hostmonster deactivated my account around a week ago, for having files on my account not complying with their terms of service.
After several back-and-forth helpdesk tickets where they searched my files for more things they didn’t like and I removed them, finally things are back up and running.
In other news, the ad on the left for them has been removed, as I would no longer personally recommend their hosting service.

How many Maes does it take to change a lightbulb? Just one, and not only does the bulb get changed, a blog post comes out of it.

When changing a lightbulb today, I noticed the following written on the package:

Guaranteed to last up to 5 years. But not more than that! In fact, if it doesn’t blow within 5 years, they’ll replace it with one that did, no charge!

For the curious, the bulb in question is a Philips Marathon fluorescent bulb for standard light sockets. The light it makes is fairly good, especially considering it’s only 15W. But we’ll see how long it lasts…

I read a post by this title on another site, cele|bitchy (yeah, the name is what attracted me). The author there seems to strongly disagree with the statement.
Personally, I’m on Kate’s side. And yes, I’ve tried sushi. First time I liked it. Every time I’ve had it since then, I’ve liked it less and less. Now, well, there’s an awful lot of things I’d rather eat.
It’s not the “slimy” fish or whatever that turns me off. It’s the seaweed wrapper which has a lot more in common with electrical tape than anything else.
Kate adds, “At least a vagina would be warm.” I’d have to agree on that one too. Plus, in addition to being warm, it’s sweet tasting, and tends to return the favour. Can’t say that about sushi. Only complaint I have is a mouthful of hair is a real turn-off.