dose your work rely on computers ?

Question: dose your work rely on computers ?
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Asked by to Edward, Ian, Mathew, Naomi, sakshisharda on 13 Jun 2014. This question was also asked by .
- Ian Stephenson answered on 13 Jun 2014:
  
  Totally!
  
  To produce the graphics for a movie requires thousands of computers. Obviously all the people producing work have a computer, but there are always thousands of computers locked away in the back rooms performing all the calculations – working out how liquids, smoke, and cloth in the scene should move, and then working out how the light moves round the scene to produce a final image.
  
  Just calculating the final image might take an hour per frame on one computer. There are 24 frames per second, 3600 seconds per hour for a movie that lasts a couple of hours. To be able to render those frames needs a lot of computers.
  
  In fact one if the biggest problems some companies face is getting enough electricity to power them, and enough air conditioning to keep them cool
- Mathew Piasecki answered on 13 Jun 2014:
  
  Yes, very much. I’d be surprised if any scientist said they didn’t rely on computers at some stage of their work. We use them a lot for data analysis, they can calculate results much quicker than we can!
- Naomi Osborne answered on 15 Jun 2014:
  
  Definitely!
  
  We use computers to write up results and do calculations much easier and quicker than by hand – which would also take a very long time! We also rely on e-mails to communicate and there’s also Google….I can’t imagine how I would do my work without the internet!
- Sakshi Sharda answered on 15 Jun 2014:
  
  Hi leahthekawaiitoast
  
  Oh yes!!! Computer is indispensable, I don’t know what I would do without one!! I need it to look for research articles related to my field of study, learn what the others are upto and communicate with people on email. I use a computer software to do statistical analyses on the data I collect. And sometimes, when I am feeling low I use it for watching an inspirational science documentary:) Out of every 10 hours of work I do at least 9 are spent on the computer!
- Edward Hughes answered on 16 Jun 2014:
  
  Yes! I use a computer every day to help with my calculations. Most of the things I work out are far too hard to do by hand. Nowadays almost all scientists use computers for their work!
  
  Having a computer nearby is also great if you need to look something up. Contrary to popular belief, scientists don’t always remember everything! Quite often I’ll need to Google something a few times before I understand it completely.

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