Nice work, bigg.
I expect a celebratory “conditioning” sprint up to the M in a couple of weeks. Switchbacks optional.
Numbers are headin back up, biggun. Guess you still got a little left at your advanced age.
sfp- The “M” would kill me, I might be better at rolling down the hill!
hel320- thanks for the kind words, training is going better except for this last week.
I just finished my Sr. thesis. 37 pages of research with the use of graphics processing units used for high performance computing. On a great note I have been provisionally accepted to Western Governors University for my masters program in Information Security and Assurance (MSISA). I hope I haven’t bored everyone with my geek speak.
Have a great week!
Warning - Geek speak ahead…
GPGPU’s are pretty cool for HPC applications. One of my best customers in your neck of the woods is Rocky Mountain SuperComputing Center.
I’m heading out to Hamburg next week to speak at the International Supercomputer show.
PM me if you need any contacts at RMSC post graduation.
Nice numbers and volume by the way!
Nice! It is nice to see someone else that can speak the language. I was fortunate to do my NSF internship last year at the CO School of Mines. They have what they call the GECO which at on time was a top 500 super computer. They had just added a Tesla s1070 GPU node and was in the process of rebuilding RA which is the big machine.
I would love to be able to go to the show that you are going to. Good luck with the speech and thanks for the kind words on my numbers and volume.
nice work going on here. both academic and lifting.
Thanks PeteS!
BigJ - Good work man. Glad to see another computer geek hitting heavy iron! CSM is a great school. I almost did my MS there (geology/geophysics) but ended up at NM Tech instead.
Tell us more about your thesis!
I did it!!! Wahooooo!!! Bachelors of Science in Information Technology
Here is a photo of the new grad, notice the permanently scarred shins from heavy deads.
You’re looking a bit too dignified for the rest of us in this forum. Don’t go gettin’ uppity now that you have something to prove you’re smart!
Congratulations.
congrats
[quote]biggjames wrote:
Nice! It is nice to see someone else that can speak the language. I was fortunate to do my NSF internship last year at the CO School of Mines. They have what they call the GECO which at on time was a top 500 super computer. They had just added a Tesla s1070 GPU node and was in the process of rebuilding RA which is the big machine.
I would love to be able to go to the show that you are going to. Good luck with the speech and thanks for the kind words on my numbers and volume.[/quote]
Just got back from the show. It was small compared to the SC gig here in the States. Come to New Orleans this November and check it out.
Congrats on the Degree and best wishes. Learn how to do CUDA, MOAB or Platform Computing and your job is pretty secure. It’s the future for HPC.
Thank you gentleman!
Hopefully this summer I will be able to increase my CUDA programming skills. I am fortunate that my mentor at my school allows post grads to work over the summer. There are several different projects that I will be working on, one is doing some HPC on our small cluster that we have at the school. It is getting ancient in computer terms and I think we are going to be replacing the hardware over the summer. That will help out with my experience levels with HPC. Then in the fall I start my masters program and that is a totally different ballgame with the information and security assurance program. So I will see what happens.
[quote]biggjames wrote:
I did it!!! Wahooooo!!! Bachelors of Science in Information Technology
Here is a photo of the new grad, notice the permanently scarred shins from heavy deads.[/quote]
You da man!!! I just started school this summer for the same thing. Oh yea, chicks dig scars!!!
Thanks Ruglayer, good luck with your studies.
I finally got off of my ass and got back in to the gym.
The really good news beside graduating was my final grades, 3 A’s and a B in Trig. I ended up with an overall GPA of a 3.72 and I am very proud of myself.
Training today:
Leg Ext: 45x15, 90x15, 135x15, 180x15
BP: 45x10, 145x10, 235x5, 285x5
DL: 145x10, 235x5, 315x3x5
Laterals: 20x8, 25x8, 30x8
DB Curls: 25x8, 35x8, 45x8
Tricep Pushdowns: 30x10, 75x10, 100x10
Total Volume: 23,530
Leg Press: 100x12, 300x12, 500x12, 680x12, 860x12
35 Degree Incline BP: 45x10, 145x10, 195x2x8
2" Apollons Axel: Push Press: 50x10, 80x10, 110x5, 160x5
Total Volume: 29,606
[quote]biggjames wrote:
Hopefully this summer I will be able to increase my CUDA programming skills. I am fortunate that my mentor at my school allows post grads to work over the summer. There are several different projects that I will be working on, one is doing some HPC on our small cluster that we have at the school. It is getting ancient in computer terms and I think we are going to be replacing the hardware over the summer. That will help out with my experience levels with HPC. Then in the fall I start my masters program and that is a totally different ballgame with the information and security assurance program. So I will see what happens.
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Bigg, I’m a few years older than you, but I remember visiting the UoM’s computer science department for a computer fair when I was in junior high, and the people there were very proud that their mainframe was one of the largest in the intermountain west. It’s not still there is it?
Probably not…that would go beyond ancient and into pre-historic territory.
I am not sure if it is. I actually went to Salish Kootenai College in Pablo, they have undergrad degrees in IT and Computer Engineering. They are a very progressive tribal school that has instructors in the programs that have worked for NASA. The instructors enjoy teaching there because they get to have a little more leeway in how they instruct and a smaller class load. I know that by having them there it helped me immensely in my studies.
Warm up: Hamster Wheel: 15 mins.
DB Curls: 30x10, 40x10, 50x10
Hammer Curls: 40x8, 45x8, 50x8
Super Bar Curls: 75x3x8
Close Grip BP: 45x10, 145x10, 215x2x8
Tricep Reverse Grip Pushdowns: 30x10, 55x10, 80x10
COC Grip Work
Total Volume: 13,350
Training:Star Date 2010-07-25
Squats: 145x10, 235x5, 255x5, 275x5, 300x5
Bench Press: 145x10, 195x5, 235x5, 275x2x5
Dead Lift: 140x5, 200x5, 255x5, 325x2x5
Total Volume: 19,350
What I love about training in my garage gym is there are no exercise police around to tell me what I am doing wrong or not doing right. The little preening boys are just that, small and weak; they might look good, but in my world who cares? I am here to be as big and as strong as inhumanly possible. Right now my lifts are what I would call sub-par, but in time I will bring them up to where a master lifter needs to be.
Training Log: 08-03-2010
Squat: 145x10, 235x5, 285x5, 325x5, 350x1
Bench: 145x10, 215x5, 235x5, 275x5, 300x1
Dead: 145x8, 235x5, 325x5, 367.5x1, 400x1
2" Bar OHP: 50x10, 80x5, 130 x5, 170x1, 205x1
Total Volume: 16,427.5
Numbers are still sub-par, but it felt really, really good to be out in my gym, playing “Garage Gorilla.”