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Giant crop circle actually a Nvidia CES stunt?

article published on 5 January, 2014

A massive crop circle shaped like a computer chip appears to have been a Nvidia stunt for the upcoming CES event. The crop circle, in a field outside of San Francisco in the town of Chualar, is shaped like a Nvidia Tegra 4 chip and if true, was likely a publicity stunt in an effort to boost interest in the upcoming Tegra 5 system-on-a-chip. Tegra 5 chips combine a CPU, GPU, and memory ... [ read the full article ]

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matthuisman
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_ 		6. January 2014 @ 01:40 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
New post on NVIDIA blog
"The Story Behind Project 192: How a Salinas, Calif., Crop Circle Became a Worldwide Puzzle"

blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2014/01/05/salinas-crop-circle-and-project-192/
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Bozobub
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_ 		6. January 2014 @ 03:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
If I was the farmer, I'd sue nVidia hardcore.
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vigeuth
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_ 		6. January 2014 @ 11:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
No way it was aliens....and the Illuminati....and Reptilians....
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ddp
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_ 		6. January 2014 @ 13:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
& the gorgons.
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DarthMopar
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_ 		6. January 2014 @ 15:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by Bozobub:
 If I was the farmer, I'd sue nVidia hardcore.
You really don't think he knew about it? I'm sure he made a nice deposit to his account when he let them do this. They probably told him to keep mum on the subject until after CES.
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Bozobub
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_ 		6. January 2014 @ 15:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I'd say it's definitely not a given.
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DarthMopar
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_ 		6. January 2014 @ 20:36 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The idea that the Nvidia corporation would blatantly break the law and not only trespass, but technically cause property destruction seems highly unlikely. I think we would have heard about charges by now if this were true.
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ddp
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_ 		6. January 2014 @ 21:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i agree as a co-operation by the farmer & nvidia after farmer was paid in cash for loss of crop.
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