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Sandy Ho Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Planets Aligned
Sargeant says the planets have aligned just recently with much faster bus speeds, multicore
processing, solid-state drives and GPU acceleration.
What's this supposed to mean? metaphor or just the literal meaning ?
It does make much sence to me.
Here is the full text.
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/336452/supercomputer_your_desktop/?
pp=3&fp=39&mobile=off&rid=1&fpid=26196
Thank you!
processing, solid-state drives and GPU acceleration.
What's this supposed to mean? metaphor or just the literal meaning ?
It does make much sence to me.
Here is the full text.
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/336452/supercomputer_your_desktop/?
pp=3&fp=39&mobile=off&rid=1&fpid=26196
Thank you!
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It's a metaphor - the right things are all happening at the same time so that something else good is possible. I suppose the opposite would be "the perfect storm" of all the wrong things happening at the same time so that something bad is likely or caused.
- It's a metaphor - the right things are all happening at the same time so that something else good is possible.
- I suppose the opposite would be "the perfect storm" of all the wrong things happening at the same time so that something bad is likely or caused.
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It's a metaphor - the right things are all happening at the same time so that something else good is possible.
I suppose the opposite would be "the perfect storm" of all the wrong things happening at the same time so that something bad is likely or caused.
I suppose the opposite would be "the perfect storm" of all the wrong things happening at the same time so that something bad is likely or caused.
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