Does the Intel D805 need to be overclocked to 4GHz in order to keep a good card like a GeForce 7900 from starving?
I like the idea of using one of these low-cost chips, but am not one to engage in the overclocked e-peen constests. I just want a cost-effective system.
How much could I overclock this chip and use just forced-air cooling and a large surface-area heatsink?
I manage a subcontract to a small company struggling with an "unfettered technical genius" problem. We make exceptions for their genius when we can, but if we just pay them to do whatever they think is best, then we often wind up with a result that doesn't fulfill the intended purpose, but some other purpose the genius perceived.
There's a discipline in the aerospace biz called "Systems Engineering." It's about documenting mission requirements as quantitatively as possible, breaking those requirements down into solveable problems for the specific engineering disciplines, and then verifying that the problems are solved in a way that meets the mission requirements, and proving it.
The "unfettered geniuses" resent us because they don't get to do whatever the heck they please. But they generally enjoy solving problems enough to get the job done right.
Then there's the "inept," "incompetent," and "corrupt," who absolutely hate us because when we systems engineers do our jobs, their ineptitude, corruption and incompetence are revealed. They can be design engineers, managers, or customers.
Or even systems engineers.
Sounds like the latter problem is what occured on DART. And as a former Orbital employee, I am not suprised in the slightest.
If you want to see examples of how a good stratgic AI does things, play some of the fire-and-movement games from Avalon Hill: Panzer General, Allied General, and the one that still has an active ladder, Fantasy General.
That's fine if all you want to watch is the crap that the mainstream publishers/studios pay to have put on the network.
But if you want niche programming or the truly inspired stuff that never took off (Fox's "Action" anyone?) or underground video, then you can't depend on a commercial service to provide it.
South Park and Tripping the Rift would never have become mainstream if it weren't for viral memetics, and that doesn't happen on services managed by payola-whores like Time-Warner, Adelphia or Charter.
I'd rather roll my own system and be free to access whatever content I like via Charter, Netflix, iFilm, YouTube, or even bittorrent.
With the threat of suitcase nukes growing more plausible on a daily basis, making a city one huge "hotspot" may become easier - even in Canadian climates.
New Scientist's coverage of science is typically horrible. Therefore, it's not surprising that any New Scientist article makes no sense but contains lots of exciting fluff.
There. Fixed it for ya.
Ever since Scientific American went pop-sci in the mid-90's, we've been without a decent, objective layman's science magazine that avoids sensationalising.
Science News weekly is probably the best, but it's written for a 10th grade audience.
The reason he seems to be missing the point is because this article isn't really a lament about the social value of WoW...
It's a stealth pro-casual/anti-raider rant.
Now, I'm a casual player too, but if I were gonna try and promote my position as part of a petition for more casual content, I would make logical claims supporting my point and pointing out my opponents' fallacies. Instead, this guy appears to be using logical fallacy to support a valid opinon.
I, for one, trust an innovative company that has out-Jobsed Jobs in the insanely great department, and has "Don't be evil" as one of their operating principles far more than I trust, ohhhh... let's say...
A mendacious, illegal-wiretapping, money-is-the-root-of-all-motives ruling party.
For a long time, whenever the concepts of gaming and OSC arose in proximity, I've stated that Ender's Game could inspire not one, but two killer games.
First, there's the zero-gee capture the flag FPS type game that gets so much ink in the novel. Given the success of UT and other head-to-head FPS games, I don't see why this hasn't been done yet.
And second, there's the adventure game that Ender plays in his free time. It's rather surreal and subjective, and is not as commercially appealing, but it could be used as a model for an adventure/quest type game, maybe even an RPG.
Aye... I was playing (addicted to, actually) Gemstone III via AOL back then too, the year before AOL went flat rate. (1997?) Eight to twelve hours a day... and twenty a day on weekends... added up real quick.
My monthly Gemstone bill regularly ran to $400.
And when AOL went flat rate, I couldn't connect. Quit cold turkey.
$15/month is, what... five hours of AOL hourly rate? That wouldn't even have paid for a full evening of Gemstone back in the previous century...
And how much does the average gamer pay for Cable/Satellite/PVR subscriptions? The Blizzard Marketing Department has a pretty good idea.
And they also know that if you subscribe to WoW, then you won't be using your TV much! From what I've seen in the Beta Test, it's going to prove at least as addictive as the old MUDs/MUSHes were to us old-schoolers.
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That's normal for Zerg technology.
I like the idea of using one of these low-cost chips, but am not one to engage in the overclocked e-peen constests. I just want a cost-effective system.
How much could I overclock this chip and use just forced-air cooling and a large surface-area heatsink?
I manage a subcontract to a small company struggling with an "unfettered technical genius" problem. We make exceptions for their genius when we can, but if we just pay them to do whatever they think is best, then we often wind up with a result that doesn't fulfill the intended purpose, but some other purpose the genius perceived.
There's a discipline in the aerospace biz called "Systems Engineering." It's about documenting mission requirements as quantitatively as possible, breaking those requirements down into solveable problems for the specific engineering disciplines, and then verifying that the problems are solved in a way that meets the mission requirements, and proving it.
The "unfettered geniuses" resent us because they don't get to do whatever the heck they please. But they generally enjoy solving problems enough to get the job done right.
Then there's the "inept," "incompetent," and "corrupt," who absolutely hate us because when we systems engineers do our jobs, their ineptitude, corruption and incompetence are revealed. They can be design engineers, managers, or customers.
Or even systems engineers.
Sounds like the latter problem is what occured on DART. And as a former Orbital employee, I am not suprised in the slightest.
If you want to see examples of how a good stratgic AI does things, play some of the fire-and-movement games from Avalon Hill: Panzer General, Allied General, and the one that still has an active ladder, Fantasy General.
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But if you want niche programming or the truly inspired stuff that never took off (Fox's "Action" anyone?) or underground video, then you can't depend on a commercial service to provide it.
South Park and Tripping the Rift would never have become mainstream if it weren't for viral memetics, and that doesn't happen on services managed by payola-whores like Time-Warner, Adelphia or Charter.
I'd rather roll my own system and be free to access whatever content I like via Charter, Netflix, iFilm, YouTube, or even bittorrent.
Heaven is wired??
So I assume they're on Ethernet.
I wonder, what is God's domain?
And, you know, there's only two things to do with all that bandwidth: pr0n and piracy. But since it's Heaven, they've probably got a content filter.
Hmm... all that bandwidth and no pr0n or warez? Sounds like Hell to me.
As is not uncommon, Penny Arcade has already dealt with this issue succinctly and with a respectable degree of humor and insight.
With the threat of suitcase nukes growing more plausible on a daily basis, making a city one huge "hotspot" may become easier - even in Canadian climates.
There. Fixed it for ya.
Ever since Scientific American went pop-sci in the mid-90's, we've been without a decent, objective layman's science magazine that avoids sensationalising.
Science News weekly is probably the best, but it's written for a 10th grade audience.
It's a stealth pro-casual/anti-raider rant.
Now, I'm a casual player too, but if I were gonna try and promote my position as part of a petition for more casual content, I would make logical claims supporting my point and pointing out my opponents' fallacies. Instead, this guy appears to be using logical fallacy to support a valid opinon.
Troll score: 2/10
I, for one, trust an innovative company that has out-Jobsed Jobs in the insanely great department, and has "Don't be evil" as one of their operating principles far more than I trust, ohhhh... let's say...
A mendacious, illegal-wiretapping, money-is-the-root-of-all-motives ruling party.
Except possibly kittens.
This condition is represented by the Or operator, +, not the And operator:
Wrong1 + Wrong2 = Wrong3,
Where Wrong3 is the set encompassing both Wrong1 and Wrong2. (Do it using Venn diagrams and you will see.)
Thus, extending the metaphor to algebraic operations,
-1 + -1 = -2
Being a CU Alum, I'd mod you up if I had any points.
This one is being published by New Scientist.
Doesn't hacking into the code to access protected content violate the DMCA?
I think that Rockstar has an argument that this is an illegal hack and that their IP has been violated.
Far, far too much WoW for you, too, lately: eh?
Just because it is a satire.
Cinematic pre-production announcement in 3... 2... 1...
First, there's the zero-gee capture the flag FPS type game that gets so much ink in the novel. Given the success of UT and other head-to-head FPS games, I don't see why this hasn't been done yet.
And second, there's the adventure game that Ender plays in his free time. It's rather surreal and subjective, and is not as commercially appealing, but it could be used as a model for an adventure/quest type game, maybe even an RPG.
How about:
"To support the aftermarket two-button-plus-scroll-wheel mouse industry?"
Yeah, well go find a room and do it in private. No one wants to sit in your lint.
(Well, that and edit video. But once I install WoW, I won't be doing much else.)
My monthly Gemstone bill regularly ran to $400.
And when AOL went flat rate, I couldn't connect. Quit cold turkey.
$15/month is, what... five hours of AOL hourly rate? That wouldn't even have paid for a full evening of Gemstone back in the previous century...
And they also know that if you subscribe to WoW, then you won't be using your TV much! From what I've seen in the Beta Test, it's going to prove at least as addictive as the old MUDs/MUSHes were to us old-schoolers.
(My wife is gonna be so pissed.)