Truth Pursuit

Demetrius collected his thoughts and rounded one more corner of the structure.  Because a structure of this grandeur couldn’t be hidden from view, he knew that the only time to make any final observations before the grand unveiling would need to be in the middle of the night.  As his eye lingered on the smooth stone and ornate pillars, his memories wandered to his student days under Aristotal.

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Lingering Remnant of Hope

Though there is darkness present in the world, most still gravitate to some residual, jaded image of hope  (more…)

Motherboard ASUS Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard

Case Cooler Master Silencio 352 Silent Minit Tower

CPU AMD FX-8320 FX-Series 8-Core Black Edition Processor

RAM Kingston HyperX Fury 16GB Kit (2x8GB) 1866MHz DRR3

GPU EVGA Geforce GTX 970 4GB SSC Gaming ACX 2.0+

Internal Storage WD Red 2TB NAS Hard Drive – 5400 RPM Class SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 inch

Transcend 256GB MLC SATA III 6Gb/s 2.5″ Solid State Drive 370

Power Supply EVGA 500 W1, 80+ WHITE 500W

After reciving it, I put it all together with minor confusion on the GPU power input (still reletively new to the new “powered GPU’s”).  Once it was up and running, I proceed to install the Operating Systems on the SSD.  I had done some research, and found Ubuntu Studio to be the most effective “creativity” OS for my purposes.  In the end, it’s basically Xubuntu with all of the art, photography, audio, and 3d software bundled into the distro.  I liked that it uses the XFCE low impact window manager though.

I then proceeded to install the GRUB boot loader and partition out a Windows space!  Each OS got about 180gb for the base OS, and then I dedicated a Terabyte of storage to each OS.  The purpose for Windows was basically gaming with Direct X 12.  The Linux gaming space is definitely growing, clearly being pushed ahead by a now native Steam client!  Games I have tried (in 1920×1080) are:

Crysis 1 and 2

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare

Unreal Tournament (UE4 Beta)

Peragon (UE4 Beta)

Metro 2033

Quake 4 Remastered (Mod)

Everything I have thrown at this machine runs flawlessly!  I havent tried 4k resolutions yet (I don’t have display that can do it, but my research suggested the GPU can handle it), or VR.  But all is well on the gaming front!

As for the main event, Blender 3d modeling with CUDA GPU Rendering took more time to set up in Ubuntu Studio (it worked out of box in Windows 10!), but now works in both operating systems.  I have heard rumors that rendering was somewhere around 132% faster in Linux then in Windows (based on this particular GPU).  I have found CUDA rendering makes my work proformance acceptly OS independant.  Here are some pictures of the rig and the workspace:

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Our society is a mixed bag when it comes to destiny and fate.  We are really unsure what is ahead for us, even though many confidently predict near future economic and political conditions.  Our post-modern society has tended to migrate towards a cynical and negative view of our world, people, themselves, and God (or the idea thereof).  Ironically though, these ideas are the very sources that…

Static Law & Dynamic Relationship

Working in the public transportation industry for the past few weeks, It has been very evident to me the bureaucratic boundaries required to improve safety and efficiency.  It is innately an externally-controlled system.  Pulling back from public transportation through, The very nature of law has historically always been for the purpose of protection, and service for those abiding by it.  At…

The Language of Science

Science is toolshed of deductive tools.  At it’s core: logic.  The framework and perspectives used by scientists are virtually the same as those used by mathematicians – in fact, mathematics is often referred to as being synonymous with the category of science.  However, one thing sticks out to me here as ironic.  With the rapidly shifting world changing around us as a result of technological…

Some of the greatest discoveries of science are ironically some of the oldest landmarks of the universe.  We are now capable of seeing both the astronomical immensity of the universe, and the minute complexity of the atom.  The irony is though, is that these discoveries are  — as science has always been — discoveries.   (more…)

Rhema and Logos Word of God

There has been no shortage of reference in the last six months, for a frame of temporal reference, as to the amount of times I have heard the Bible, or written word, called “The Word of God”.  And I try as often as I can to insert all of the caveats that go along with the exclusivity of the Written, or “Logos” word being God’s Word alone.  (more…)

It was apart of our Creator’s initial assignment for man to cultivate the land and care for the beasts of the field.  It is an invitation for us today in the 21st century to rediscover what it means to be human – to be innovators of a project larger then ourselves.  Such a project would draw us back into a community-focused pioneering spirit of progress that has inspired and given hope to people…

It has come to my attention that I have developed an interest in analyzing the “systems” present in many different facets of life.  While It would follow that many things in life do have an absolute design and structure, the pursuit of exhaustive comprehension of a subject reveal other serious questions — such as whether we are capable of knowing such things exhaustively or not.  The art of…

It’s a finicky thing, this life.  We are born with hearts full of curiosity.  We are relentlessly pursuing things that fascinate us.  People begin life full of curiosity, and desiring a journey.  The world is full of the remnants of antiquity;  some antiquated pages of mythical tales remain, (more…)

There is a recognized language of science.  Empirically discoverable components are: Hypothesis, Theory, and Law.  These have a inductive or deductive order that they follow to a more concrete conclusion.  This process takes unassuming and objective approach to the discovery how things work in our universe.  While technically science is limited to empirical discoveries, science has methods that…

In our twenty-first century world, people connect as much over text and Facebook messages as face-to-face, or even phone calls. Even email has become “last decade”. But whatever the technological caliber our society as ascended to, one thing has not changed: our need to connect intimately. But often times, this happens only when we let it happen. Facebook has become a quick update place, and…

What is ahead in the adventure?

The story present in the Bible is often missed amongst the stories of the individuals in the Bible. The reality is the Bible itself is a limited picture of the grand epic of this relational adventure with God. (more…)

It has become the trend in the current generation to try and find new dimensions or “costumes” for the faith to wear. Generally speaking, the emergent church ideology encourages a kind of “Post reactivity”. (more…)

The body of Christ is an the elaborate composition of several different people known for their steady, pure devotion first to their Father God, and second to their brothers and sisters in Christ.  These elements are critical for stability and growth in a church family.

  The One, The Few, The Many

Every person needs to see three levels of relational interaction with people.  They need to have a…