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< <span style="color:#1F497D; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Can somebody explain overclocking</span> ></div>
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A computer's processor (CPU) runs at a certain clock rate. These days it is around 3 billion cycles per second on average. A higher clock rate will generate more heat and increase the risk of a malfunction (or a meltdown). To mitigate this, manufacturers
or enthusiasts will add cooling systems. That could be anything from a large heatsink to liquid nitrogen. My main computer has a closed-loop water-based system. The pump breaks down about once a year, and then I have to buy a new one. The cooling system
is more useful to mitigate temperature variations in the ambient environment than it is to increase the clock rate. The degree to which a processor can be overclocked varies by processor design. Typically it isn't very much, but with a good cooling system
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To really get high clock rates, there is the possibility of using superconductors. This engineering work is in its infancy.
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Prof David West<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 21, 2019 5:09 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [FRIAM] post you seem to have missed from FRIAM</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">"puritanism" was mentioned only because Nick, and indirectly Frank, used the term as a self-descriptor. Obviously there are other reasons for self imposed limits other than puritanism.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">You might not pour gasoline on your computer to improve it, but you might overclock it. For me, hallucinogens are closer to overclocking the brain/mind while cocaine, morphine, oxycodone,
etc. are akin to gasoline. The latter are (bad) habit inducing but not the former.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Interestingly, most hallucinogens also have a side effect like overclocking of generating excess heat.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">On Wed, Nov 20, 2019, at 7:07 PM, Marcus Daniels wrote:</p>
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<p class="x_qt-msonormal1"><span class="x_font"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">< Puritanism is one of those things that IS relative, in the sense that most everyone has a line that is not to be crossed, for no objective, rational, reason but just
because "I don't want to." I won't use recreational drugs (e.g. cocaine), drink to excess, or read (well I have, but don't anymore) romance novels. We are all puritans sometimes. ></span></span></p>
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<p class="x_qt-msonormal1">Puritanism? <span class="x_font"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Among the reasons I dont take cocaine is that I held/hold a security clearance and I would have been caught within a few months if I had done that.
For example, I also would not think of improving my computer by pouring gasoline on it. Why would I expect some ham-handed intervention like that to work on my brain? Why should I go out of my way to find more bad habits within unknown consequences?</span></span></p>
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