China's Tianhe-1A is world's fastest supercomputer, plans to usurp the West now complete
It happened. China just passed the US and the world with the reveal of the world's fastest supercomputer. The fully operational Tianhe-1A, located at the National Supercomputer Center in Tianjin, scored 2.507 petaflops as measured by the LINPACK benchmark. That moves it past Cray's 2.3 petaflops Jaguar located at Oak Ridge National Lab in Tennessee...
http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/28/...fastest-supercomputer-plans-to/#disqus_thread
China's Shanghai-Hangzhou rail line opens, hits record breaking speed of 262mph
High speed railways, particularly in Asia, have been soaring at around 200 miles per hour for quite some time now, but given just how much pride the Chinese have in their own rail system, it's no shock to hear the entire nation gloating about a new speed record. Of course, we're pretty partial to records ourselves, so we'll happily open up a round of applause when a bullet train hits 262 miles per hour without imploding. The newfangled Shanghai-Hangzhou connection (which connects Hongqiao and Hangzhou) has gone into service today, with most riders treated to a top speed of only 220 miles per hour. Officials have already stated that they're hoping to improve speeds to over 312 miles per hour, with other nations reportedly anxious to get ahold of their technology. Oh, and if you're curious about details, the CRH380 train covers 126 miles in just 45 minutes, with seats starting as low as $12.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/26/chinas-shanghai-hangzhou-rail-line-opens-hits-record-breaking/
Construction officially began in Beijin for the massive straddling bus...
And that's just news for a week!
Meanwhile in the US....
NJ governor christie canceled one of the largest pure infrastructure projects in the country, 10 years in the planning and hundreds of millions dollar wasted, all for nothing. The project would double the capacity of the aging njtransit system that connects nyc and nj, which is already over max limit. Not to mention generating 6000 jobs while in progress, it's one of the few pure infrastructure work we actually need.
All because it MIGHT go over budget by $2-5 billion, meanwhile we gave 700 billion to the banks, and god knows how much in "stimulus". The real reason was politics as usual - the project was initially supported by former governor jon corzon, a democrat.
And a ~150mile amtrak ride between nyc/philly cost $100 for a 1 way ticket in their 20 yearold train that might as well be ran by monkeys with guaranteed delays and disgusting seats.
Then you have all the politicians doing their best to get re-elected paddling the same shit that got us here in the first place without giving a flying fuck.
Insert random china insults all you want, they are a country with a singular focus and running towards it with ruthless efficiency, while we are all over the place oozing with inaction and rhetorics bullshit. If we ever pull us up, history books will look back and call this the lost generation...
/rant off
