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Making LCD Displays Snappier

Posted by timothy on from the faster-please-faster dept.

newSlashUser points out a very interesting article at ExtremeTech about a new means of more quickly controlling LCD panel response, so the old complaint that LCD panels make poor displays for gaming and high-motion video may be whittled down a bit. As a bonus, the change is all in the controller, so it doesn't require any change in the way the panels are manufactured.

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  1. Why not make Linux less expensive first? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Let's have a close look at the costs involved when running a Linux system.

    An important factor in Linux' cost is its maintenance. Linux requires a *lot* of maintenance, work doable only by the relatively few high-paid Linux administrators that put themselves - of course willingly - at a great place in the market. Linux seems to be needing maintenance continuously, to keep it from breaking down.

    Add to this the cost of loss of data. Linux' native file system, EXT2FS, is known to lose data like a firehose spouts water when the file system isn't unmounted properly. Other unix file systems are much more tolerant towards unexpected crashes. An example is the FreeBSD file system, which with soft updates enabled, performance-wise blows EXT2FS out of the water, and doesn't have the negative drawback of extreme data loss in case of a system breakdown.

    The upcoming 'solution' to this, EXT3FS, is nothing more than an ugly hack to put journaling into the file system. All the drawbacks of the ancient EXT2FS file system remain in EXT3FS, for the sake of 'forward- and backward compatibility'. This is interesting, considering that the DOS heritage in the Windows 9x/ME series was considered a very bad thing by the Linux community, even though it provided what could be called one of the best examples of compatibility, ever. When it's about Linux, compatibility constraints don't seem to be that much of a problem for Linux advocates.

    Back to Linux' cost. Factor in also the fact that crashes happen much more often on Linux than on other unices. On other unices, crashes usually are caused by external sources like power outages. Crashes in Linux are a regular thing, and nobody seems to know what causes them, internally. Linux advocates try to hide this fact by denying crashes ever happen. Instead, they have frequent "hardware problems".

    The steep learning curve compared to about any other operating system out there is a major factor in Linux' cost. The system is a mix of features from all kinds of unices, but not one of them is implemented right. A Linux user has to live with badly coded tools which have low performance, mangle data seemingly at random and are not in line with their specification. On top of that a lot of them spit out the most childish and unprofessional messages, indicating that they were created by 14-year olds with too much time, no talent and a bad attitude.

    I could go on and on and on, but the conclusion is clear. Linux is not an option for any one who seeks a professional OS with high performance, scalability, stability, adherence to standards, etc.

    1. Re:Why not make Linux less expensive first? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      With Linux you can mount any type of filesystem you want. You like the BSD file system? By all means use it. Software for BSD filesystem that hasn't been written yet for Linux compatiblity? You have acess to the source so quit complaining.

    2. Re:Why not make Linux less expensive first? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      YHBT...

      Sincerely, Mike Bouma

    3. Re:Why not make Linux less expensive first? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      quit smokin the crack rock.

  2. mod parent down, troll by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    troll can't even get her facts right

  3. Exterminate All Islam. Exterminate Muslims. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Our dead cry out in tortured horror:
    1. Kill all Muslims.
    2. Kill all Mohammedans.
    3. Kill all Arabs.
    4. Kill all Towel Heads.
    5. Kill all Camel Jockeys.
    6. Kill all Dune Coons.
    7. Kill all Islam.
    8. Nuke their countries to hell.
    9. Nuke them again.
    10. Death to Islam.

    I piss on Mecca. I menstruate on the Koran. I shit on Mohammed.

    1. Re:Exterminate All Islam. Exterminate Muslims. by Telal · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      And this has something to do with LCDs? Get a clue.

    2. Re:Exterminate All Islam. Exterminate Muslims. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Of course! It's all about Licking Camel Dung.

  4. Todesfuge by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Schwarze Milch der Frühe wir trinken sie abends
    wir trinken sie mittags und morgens wir trinken sie nachts
    wir trinken und trinken
    wir schaufeln ein Grab in den Lüften da liegt man nicht eng
    Ein Mann wohnt im Haus der spielt mit den Schlangen der schreibt
    der schreibt wenn es dunkelt nach Deutschland
    dein goldenes Haar Margarete

    er schreibt es und tritt vor das Haus und es blitzen die Sterne
    er pfeift seine Rüden herbei
    er pfeift seine Juden hervor läßt schaufeln ein Grab in der Erde
    er befiehlt uns spielt auf nun zum Tanz

    Schwarze Milch der Frühe wir trinken dich nachts
    wir trinken dich morgens und mittags wir trinken dich abends
    wir trinken und trinken
    Ein Mann wohnt im Haus der spielt mit den Schlangen der schreibt
    der schreibt wenn es dunkelt nach Deutschland dein goldenes Haar Margarete
    Dein aschenes Haar Sulamith

    wir schaufeln ein Grab in den Lüften da liegt man nicht eng

    Er ruft stecht tiefer ins Erdreich ihr einen ihr andern singet und spielt
    er greift nach dem Eisen im Gurt er schwingts seine Augen sind blau
    stecht tiefer die Spaten ihr einen ihr anderen spielt weiter zum Tanz auf

    Schwarze Milch der Frühe wir trinken dich nachts
    wir trinken dich mittags und morgens wir trinken dich abends
    wir trinken und trinkenein Mann wohnt im Haus dein goldenes Haar Margarete
    dein aschenes Haar Sulamith er spielt mit den Schlangen

    Er ruft spielt süßer den Tod der Tod ist ein Meister aus Deutschland
    er ruft streicht dunkler die Geigen dann steigt ihr als Rauch in die Luft
    dann habt ihr ein Grab in den Wolken da liegt man nicht eng

    Schwarze Milch der Frühe wir trinken dich nachts
    wir trinken dich mittags der Tod ist ein Meister aus Deutschland
    wir trinken dich abends und morgens wir trinken und trinken
    der Tod ist ein Meister aus Deutschland sein Auge ist blau
    er trifft dich mit bleierner Kugel er trifft dich genau
    ein Mann wohnt im Haus dein goldenes Haar Margarete
    er hetzt seine Rüden auf uns er schenkt uns ein Grab in der Luft
    er spielt mit den Schlangen und träumet der Tod ist ein Meister aus
    Deutschland

    dein goldenes Haar Margarete
    dein aschenes Haar Sulamith

  5. Formula 1 in the U.S.A. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    A rare treat for you all!

    The state-of-the-art racing technology has come all the way to you and no article on Slashdot? These beauties run more on computers and software than pure horsepower these days so I'd think that the event warrants a Slashdot article or two.

    1. Re:Formula 1 in the U.S.A. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I just wish "those beauties" would get on the track instead playing the hangar queen...

  6. Re:fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    a first poster called cyborg monkey
    wished he had the penis of a donkey

    unfortunately, all against his wish
    he actually had the penis of a goldfish

  7. MOD THIS UP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This may be Offtopic, but -1 is definitely not justified on this one. It's one of the most impressive poems of the 20th century. Is Slashdot populated by barbarians??

    1. Re:MOD THIS UP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Black milk the early one we they drink we in the evening drink it at noon and in the morning we drink them we drink at night and do not drink we dig a grave in air are situated there one a man live not closely in the house play with the queues write write if it darken to Germany your golden hair Margarete it writes it and steps before the house and it flashes the asterisks it whistles its Rueden here it whistles its Jews out lets dig a grave in the earth it instructs us plays on now to the tanz Black milk the early one we drink you we at night drink you we in the morning and at noon drink you we drink in the evening and drink a man lives in the house plays with the queues writes writes if it darkens to Germany your golden hair Margarete your aschenes hair Sulamith we do not dig a grave in air are situated there one closely He calls stings more deeply in the soil it one it others sings and plays he reaches for the iron in the belt he schwingts its eyes is blue stings more deeply the spades it one it others continues to play to the tanz up Black milk the early one we drink you we at night drink you at noon and in the morning we drink you we drink in the evening and drink in man live in the house your golden hair Margarete your aschenes hair Sulamith it plays with the queues He does not call plays more sweetly death death is a master from Germany it calls deletes more darkly plays the violin then rises it than smoke into air then has it a grave in the clouds is situated there one closely Black milk the early one we drink you we at night drink you at noon death is a master from Germany we drink you we drink in the evening and in the morning and drink death is a master from Germany its eye is blue it meets you with bleierner ball it meets you exactly one man lives in the house your golden hair Margarete it rushes its Rueden on us it gives us a grave in air it plays with the queues and dreams death is a master from Germany

  8. Party time!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    A case of beer

    Some acid

    Three gerbils

    Duct tape

    Two young goats

    A twelve-year old virgin

    Nipple clamps

    Four enema bags

    Styrofoam penuts

    A lot of lube

    And a cardboard cutout of George W. Bush

    Oooh boy am I gonna have fun tonight!!

  9. So wat yuur saying...? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Kurt Cobain is DEAD??!! OMFG!!! how did he dye??

    -cyborg_monkey's littel brodder

    PS: tank yu for letting me hav "internet", bud wen are yu going to let me out of my kage?

  10. Chekidout, c_m: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Lookit a picture I stumbled on accidentally: Ouch!

    Pretty funny in a way, though I feel for the guy.

  11. NO SHIT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Osama Bin Laden - IMMARSAT - 00873 682505331

  12. Re:fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    license shit only sucks if you're too dumb to know how to crack it.

  13. Parent post FALSE. NO ATTACK by Alsee · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Parent post claims another NYC attack and mentions anthrax. I live just outside NYC and I can state that this story is FALSE.

    Sorry for this off-topic post, but I felt a post claiming ANTHRAX to warrant specific disproof.

    SYSOP - I reccommend to blackhole the IP of the anonymous coward. False bioattack posts are pretty serious.

    --
    - - You can't take something off the Internet! That's like trying to take pee out of a swimming pool.
    1. Re:Parent post FALSE. NO ATTACK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      yer new here aint ya? we dont got no sysops. this aint no usenet. we got them there MODERATERS. they just moderate these kind of whacky posts down. then no one's gonna read em exceptin all the other whackies that post em.

    2. Re:Parent post FALSE. NO ATTACK by Alsee · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      [sarcasm] Gee, thanx for the info Anonymous Coward. I had no clue. [/Sarcasm]

      Ths NYC attack post was already moderated down to -1. I felt that insufficient. The people runing the server DO have the power to ban the IP address of the poster and to remove the post entirely.

      Posting of a bioattack during a state of war is comparable to shouting 'fire' in a crowded movie theater. I am aware of Slashdot policy against removing content. This is probably a case they never considered. Editing the post to add a disclaimer before and after it might be a reasonable compromise.

      --
      - - You can't take something off the Internet! That's like trying to take pee out of a swimming pool.
  14. What, exactly, do you feel for that guy? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Although, technically, he should be more of a gal by now...

  15. What war? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    War has not been declared.

    1. Re:What war? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      War was declared within minutes of the attack. Where have you been? We just haven't figured out who it has been declared on, yet.

      Here's a tip though. If you live in Afgahnistan, you might want to relocate.

  16. The ATTACK is TRUE!!! Blackhole the disclaimer!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I live in NYC and am now feeling the first symptoms of anthrax. I'm an MD and an epidemiologist, so I know what I'm talking about. The above disclaimer is, obviously, planted by a terrrorist in order to generate confusion.

  17. Re:Look to Apple by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And you're just another slashdot moron. You've got a TFT and NOT an LCD display!
    Come on!, you don't have to tell us all that you're clueless. I wish that ./ users with modpoints could spend them better so browsing at a higher threshold could sort out all the noise!!!

    (Yes I know I'm being a dork to bitch about this, but sometimes I just have to scream)

  18. Re:Look to Apple by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    No