brainstorms

Monday March 13, 2006

what, me worry?

for some reason, this test [found it through tom's blog] indicates i am a nerd. is it because i guessed a few chemistry bits correctly, identified a few famous faces [i never forget a face] and take notes in more than one color? gack.

waterfront ...

my shuffle finds another heart-tripping john lee hooker masterpiece i had not heard in years: i cover the waterfront

I cover
the waterfront
watchin'
the ships go by

I could see
everyone's baby,
but I couldn't see mine

I cover
the waterfront

I could see
them meeting their loved one
shakin' hands and laughin', talkin'
with their loved one

I couldn't see mine.

I still cover
the waterfront

a little girl
walked over to me
said o johnny
I said yea

so personally
and so long
coverin' this waterfront

I looked around
and to her face
I said I'll be here
till my baby come down.

...

[i have no idea where the various online lyrics for this song came from; they are quite different than what hooker is singing. this is a part of my transcription of the version included in the ultimate collection 1948-1990. corrections welcomed]

intel's clue on cores and power

seen in register's analysis of intel's recent clue:

Then, you can look at Sun, which began talking up multi-core chips in late 2002. Sun insisted that a disconnect between memory (slow) and processor (fast) speeds had given rise to a need for new chip designs. Sun also began to jump on the "green computing" bandwagon, saying that lower-power processors would help save energy, although it pushed this idea less than the memory disconnect thing back in 2002 and 2003. At this week's IDF, Intel more or less recycled Sun's old slides.