If I'm building a computer that powerful I never use the stock cooler. The first thing I usually do with a CPU is remove the factory heatsink and throw it at the nearest person.
Liquid cooling is so simple and ubiquitous these days there's very little reason not to use it when you have something this powerful to cool.
Mine advertises 30Mbps and I routinely spike to 45Mbps, so I'm kind of on the other side of this coin. I have no idea how they get me so much speed out here in the country, but I'll take it.
So...why the fuck are we still shooting rovers to Mars? Why aren't we going ourselves yet? We've seen it, sampled it, measured and tested every aspect we can...it's time to pay the rock a fucking visit, not shoot more meters and probes at it.
Pull your heads out of your asses, government, and send a fucking human being to Mars already.
To get a fast boot, the solution is to not run a metric buttload of crap.
Amen. The computer I'm on now is about 3 years old and middle-of-the-road specs. With WinXP cut down to about 20 processes on startup, it takes my (Normal, non-SSD, non-uber-drive) computer about 40s to load to working desktop.
When it comes to new models they can say "It's so fast!" all they want, but chances are either your top performance capability suffers because of it, or your computer isn't truly 'ready' yet and the rest of the crap is still loading in the background(or on-demand like mine does). Sure, Java takes 10s more to start, but it doesn't add 30s to my boot time because I turned off the update scheduler and quick starter programs it insists on booting with. My DAW software takes an extra 30s to load, because I don't launch various SQL writers/servers at startup, but I don't use it often enough to just let everything run in the background all the time.
If people realized that keeping running crap to a minimum is the key to a working PC, they would probably be much more careful about what they installed.
All you have to do is buy one of the servers the traffic naturally passes through on its merry way. Then, any modification you make is 'legal' since it is an authorized system for your use, and no 'hacking' is taking place.
Thanks to AdBlock and Google's spam filter, I haven't seen a single email from Facebook or one of their 'marketers' since I joined.
I was also unaware that they had any sort of 'use your real name' policy, as many of my friends use "Shotglass Susie" and stuff like that, which is clearly not real.
So...one of the most widely-used devices on the planet, which has no valid replacement, is suddenly somehow going to be obsolete?
Let's try to come up with some other form of device before saying the existing model is going away. I don't see anything besides PCs that do what they do...
I don't know what kind of magical transistors you are using, but fried transistors are a nearly daily occurrence for me.
And if you are all about playing it as the artist intended, then why the hell are you distorting it then?
Well, if you actually had been in a pro recording studio in a while, you'd know that the artist has little input on the mixdown and mastering when recording. More often than not, the whole recording session is just sent off to a 'mastering house' where they do all the intonation and equalization and mix it together into a single sound.
Furthermore, the 'distortion' which they are referring to from vacuum tubes is not the static-popping-filthy noise that you probably equate with a blown speaker type distortion, but a slight change in the equalization and timbre, which is often the same way it is played to the artist during recording and mastering in the studio - with tubes. Let's not even go into the fact that a majority of live-instrument artists still play their music on tube-based amps...
Holy crap? Seriously? China copied some super-popular electronic device and sold a higher-quality version for a tenth of the price because they aren't all greedy assholes and don't get hung up on bullshit like intellectual property and other bogus patent-based shit? Wow...
If they stole them from Apple and sold them, I'd be a little upset. As it stands, they are manufacturing, marketing, and selling them themselves, using their own investment money. Fuck you Apple, you don't own an idea.
It's totally not your ineptitude at being police, or the social wrongs that are driving people to riot, it's clearly their ability to communicate with each other which is to blame! Also, people don't kill people, bullets do, and car accidents are always 100% the vehicle's fault.
The Judge argues that seizing Rojadirecta’s.com and.org domains does not violate the First Amendment of the Constitution.
This could be true, if the ability wasn't abused. Unfortunately, it is already being abused for things like taking down perceived 'hacking' sites and sites supporting the freedom of information, such as those touting WikiLeaks or pro-Manning sites. I have no reason to believe this ability won't be abused until it *IS* a violation of the 1st amendment. At that time, it will already be too late, and the US will no longer be a safe place to talk or use the Internet.
How about instead of taking down copyright violators - a crime which doesn't hurt anyone(least of all the people who think they're being stolen from) - you stop the top politicians who insist on embezzling countless millions in campaign funds, and directing other public funding to corporate contributors? The people you *should* be arresting, those 1% that are gradually ruining the lives of 95%+ of us, are the fat-cat CEOs, Representatives, and Senators - and their Old White Guy buddies.
Fuck this country, I'm leaving. Enjoy your martial law and Corporatocracy.
Differential GPS is much different than this system.
This system requires no component of GPS except a similar receiver. That way they can use it in places no satellite signal reaches...like mines and shielded research facilities.
I'm pretty sure it's powered from the HDMI port, and I think anyone who intends to use this probably has, or can get, a cheap(probably free) USB keyboard/mouse setup. I see these in the trash and on Craigslist for free all the time.
As far as the internet, it's a bit troublesome that I don't have a USB wifi adapter, but I'm sure I can grab one for $20 @ some big box store, bringing my total 'working computer with net' cost to about $50.
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If I'm building a computer that powerful I never use the stock cooler. The first thing I usually do with a CPU is remove the factory heatsink and throw it at the nearest person.
Liquid cooling is so simple and ubiquitous these days there's very little reason not to use it when you have something this powerful to cool.
Mine advertises 30Mbps and I routinely spike to 45Mbps, so I'm kind of on the other side of this coin. I have no idea how they get me so much speed out here in the country, but I'll take it.
So...why the fuck are we still shooting rovers to Mars? Why aren't we going ourselves yet? We've seen it, sampled it, measured and tested every aspect we can...it's time to pay the rock a fucking visit, not shoot more meters and probes at it.
Pull your heads out of your asses, government, and send a fucking human being to Mars already.
It seems like the only way to truly remove my carbon footprint is to cut off my feet...
To get a fast boot, the solution is to not run a metric buttload of crap.
Amen. The computer I'm on now is about 3 years old and middle-of-the-road specs. With WinXP cut down to about 20 processes on startup, it takes my (Normal, non-SSD, non-uber-drive) computer about 40s to load to working desktop.
When it comes to new models they can say "It's so fast!" all they want, but chances are either your top performance capability suffers because of it, or your computer isn't truly 'ready' yet and the rest of the crap is still loading in the background(or on-demand like mine does). Sure, Java takes 10s more to start, but it doesn't add 30s to my boot time because I turned off the update scheduler and quick starter programs it insists on booting with. My DAW software takes an extra 30s to load, because I don't launch various SQL writers/servers at startup, but I don't use it often enough to just let everything run in the background all the time.
If people realized that keeping running crap to a minimum is the key to a working PC, they would probably be much more careful about what they installed.
So you want me to click a link to an article about hacking via image files...?
*opens lynx*
All you have to do is buy one of the servers the traffic naturally passes through on its merry way. Then, any modification you make is 'legal' since it is an authorized system for your use, and no 'hacking' is taking place.
Thanks to AdBlock and Google's spam filter, I haven't seen a single email from Facebook or one of their 'marketers' since I joined.
I was also unaware that they had any sort of 'use your real name' policy, as many of my friends use "Shotglass Susie" and stuff like that, which is clearly not real.
So...one of the most widely-used devices on the planet, which has no valid replacement, is suddenly somehow going to be obsolete?
Let's try to come up with some other form of device before saying the existing model is going away. I don't see anything besides PCs that do what they do...
Unlimited service life
I don't know what kind of magical transistors you are using, but fried transistors are a nearly daily occurrence for me.
And if you are all about playing it as the artist intended, then why the hell are you distorting it then?
Well, if you actually had been in a pro recording studio in a while, you'd know that the artist has little input on the mixdown and mastering when recording. More often than not, the whole recording session is just sent off to a 'mastering house' where they do all the intonation and equalization and mix it together into a single sound.
Furthermore, the 'distortion' which they are referring to from vacuum tubes is not the static-popping-filthy noise that you probably equate with a blown speaker type distortion, but a slight change in the equalization and timbre, which is often the same way it is played to the artist during recording and mastering in the studio - with tubes. Let's not even go into the fact that a majority of live-instrument artists still play their music on tube-based amps...
Fuck your signature. I go 80. If you don't like it, stay the fuck in the right lane where the slow motherfuckers belong.
Holy crap? Seriously? China copied some super-popular electronic device and sold a higher-quality version for a tenth of the price because they aren't all greedy assholes and don't get hung up on bullshit like intellectual property and other bogus patent-based shit? Wow...
If they stole them from Apple and sold them, I'd be a little upset. As it stands, they are manufacturing, marketing, and selling them themselves, using their own investment money. Fuck you Apple, you don't own an idea.
The Military's chief means of recon can now be brought down by an errant Frisbee. Splendid idea.
It's no more 'amateur' than the way these sites that keep getting hacked are setup, and they're supposedly enterprise-level business as well.
If you configure Windows or *nix right, it requires an admin password as well...
it's not the fault of the police that they are unaccountable.
That made me laugh. It's like "The police are not accountable for their unaccountability."
It's totally not your ineptitude at being police, or the social wrongs that are driving people to riot, it's clearly their ability to communicate with each other which is to blame! Also, people don't kill people, bullets do, and car accidents are always 100% the vehicle's fault.
The Judge argues that seizing Rojadirecta’s .com and .org domains does not violate the First Amendment of the Constitution.
This could be true, if the ability wasn't abused. Unfortunately, it is already being abused for things like taking down perceived 'hacking' sites and sites supporting the freedom of information, such as those touting WikiLeaks or pro-Manning sites. I have no reason to believe this ability won't be abused until it *IS* a violation of the 1st amendment. At that time, it will already be too late, and the US will no longer be a safe place to talk or use the Internet.
How about instead of taking down copyright violators - a crime which doesn't hurt anyone(least of all the people who think they're being stolen from) - you stop the top politicians who insist on embezzling countless millions in campaign funds, and directing other public funding to corporate contributors? The people you *should* be arresting, those 1% that are gradually ruining the lives of 95%+ of us, are the fat-cat CEOs, Representatives, and Senators - and their Old White Guy buddies.
Fuck this country, I'm leaving. Enjoy your martial law and Corporatocracy.
Being that they are the least-educated state of the US, I would suggest both teachers and students find better time use than Facebook.
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Differential GPS is much different than this system.
This system requires no component of GPS except a similar receiver. That way they can use it in places no satellite signal reaches...like mines and shielded research facilities.
WWV time is almost everywhere, and free. A WWV receiver is a simple circuit.
I think it's time for everyone to stop driving and ride a goddamned bike. Hell, it would probably do most slashdotters a lot of good health-wise.
Also, regarding storage: "Storage is catered for by an SD card slot." from the original release article.
I'm pretty sure it's powered from the HDMI port, and I think anyone who intends to use this probably has, or can get, a cheap(probably free) USB keyboard/mouse setup. I see these in the trash and on Craigslist for free all the time.
As far as the internet, it's a bit troublesome that I don't have a USB wifi adapter, but I'm sure I can grab one for $20 @ some big box store, bringing my total 'working computer with net' cost to about $50.