Ealier this year I bought a couple of standard sized 100watt peltier devices out of curiosity. When you feed them enough amps at 12v they can produce some amazing amount of heat, but to use them as a cooling device you need some way of removing all that heat it produces, large CPU heatsink setups are almost good enough but they're bulky & heavy.
In a cheap PS3 controller I use on my PC I cut out a hole and added a small 5v fan onto the back, works quite well but needs more tinkering to get the right airholes to keep hands cool.
'You ever noticed how people who believe in Creationism look really unevolved? You ever noticed that? Eyes real close together, eyebrow ridges, big furry hands and feet. "I believe God created me in one day" Yeah, looks like He rushed it.'
Damn shame he's not around today, the material he would have come up with regarding significant events in the past 16 years would have been most welcome.
I completely agree, at first I was hesitant of Matt Smith because he was so young for a doctor but within the the 10 minutes of his first episode I knew he would be great and that I would enjoy the series, which I thoroughly did.
I also enjoyed watching Eccleston as the doctor too and was quite pissed he left so soon because he didn't want to get 'pidgenholed' as the doctor. Honestly can't remember what film I last saw him in and don't know what his last film he made was. I guess he wants obscurity, shame really.
On my Eee I often find myself using "Left Alt + Left Arrow" to go back a page because it's more reliable than backspace, or zip the pointer up to the far top left of the screen and tap the trackpad to go back, it's very convenient that the back button occupies that area when fullscreen F11 is used and the location bar is showing.
I just wish there were dedicated "next tab" / "prev tab" buttons on the keyboard rather than having to click the tab or do a variant on the Vulcan neck pinch to press "Ctrl + Tab" or "Ctrl + Shift + Tab", because like others have found it's much easier to open a bunch of tabs rather than using back/forward buttons and reloading whole pages.
The biggest annoyance about FF I have is just that - why is FF giving CPU time to tabs you haven't looked at for a while?
It should be that you can configure something like "tab CPU timeout" in minutes so when you view a different tab, after X minutes the tab which is no longer displayed gets no CPU time at all - this should keep the browser fast even when you've got 10's/100's of tabs open.
I keep dozens of tabs open on my main machine as I use it as an alternative to keeping bookmarks, saves the hassle of clicking bookmarks and reloading whole pages - flipping to a different tab is like turning a page in a book, the information is there instantly, but it shouldn't suck CPU power when you're not looking at it.
That's actually a very valid point, registration plates don't lose their number if they get damaged in an accident - but an electronic one most likely would.
Good luck identifying cars in a multiple crash pileup where there's fire involved...
My hat goes off to you, you are a true slashdotter who takes the phrase "never let the facts get in the way of a good argument" to heart.
T91 multitouch demonstrated almost a year ago - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kdcpo3-XxI0
It has 32GB SSD not 16GB, and an Atom Z520, at 1.3GHz which is perfectly fine for webbrowsing, web video etc.
What, do you want a core i7 or something in a tablet ?
My friend told me about this device that powered things without a battery, all you had to do was turn a handle. I thought to myself, that's got to be some sort of wind up.
I really like my Eee's, couldn't ever see myself buying a tablet because I use the keybboard on them so much and a non-tactile keyboard that gets in the way of the application you're typing into doesn't appeal to me much.
However if I wanted a tablet I'd get an Asus T91, virtually the same size as my Eee 900's, with multitouch capabilities on the higher model and the screen rotates round to hide the keyboard, allowing you to use it as a notebook and a tablet.
They're like the face & fingerprint recognition software you see in movies & tv shows that display each and every face/fingerprint in its database to compare to the suspect image - looks great but completely impractical to waste CPU cycles by displaying the information it's searching through.
Something tells me you've played early 80s computer games (ZX Spectrum, C64 etc.) where the manuals often depict an amazing backstory to what you're about to play - once the tape has finished playing - only to discover the graphics fall way short of the description you just finished reading.
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Only when you're using a butt plug from Maglite.
Ealier this year I bought a couple of standard sized 100watt peltier devices out of curiosity. When you feed them enough amps at 12v they can produce some amazing amount of heat, but to use them as a cooling device you need some way of removing all that heat it produces, large CPU heatsink setups are almost good enough but they're bulky & heavy.
They already exist, game controllers with fans in them: http://www.google.com/search?q=Logitech+ChillStream
In a cheap PS3 controller I use on my PC I cut out a hole and added a small 5v fan onto the back, works quite well but needs more tinkering to get the right airholes to keep hands cool.
...distant howl of a wolf...
'You ever noticed how people who believe in Creationism look really unevolved? You ever noticed that? Eyes real close together, eyebrow ridges, big furry hands and feet. "I believe God created me in one day" Yeah, looks like He rushed it.'
Damn shame he's not around today, the material he would have come up with regarding significant events in the past 16 years would have been most welcome.
I completely agree, at first I was hesitant of Matt Smith because he was so young for a doctor but within the the 10 minutes of his first episode I knew he would be great and that I would enjoy the series, which I thoroughly did.
I also enjoyed watching Eccleston as the doctor too and was quite pissed he left so soon because he didn't want to get 'pidgenholed' as the doctor. Honestly can't remember what film I last saw him in and don't know what his last film he made was. I guess he wants obscurity, shame really.
A more reliable way is to press this sequence of keys:
Windows
U
U
On my Eee I often find myself using "Left Alt + Left Arrow" to go back a page because it's more reliable than backspace, or zip the pointer up to the far top left of the screen and tap the trackpad to go back, it's very convenient that the back button occupies that area when fullscreen F11 is used and the location bar is showing.
I just wish there were dedicated "next tab" / "prev tab" buttons on the keyboard rather than having to click the tab or do a variant on the Vulcan neck pinch to press "Ctrl + Tab" or "Ctrl + Shift + Tab", because like others have found it's much easier to open a bunch of tabs rather than using back/forward buttons and reloading whole pages.
That's where an exception rule/list could work, a similar setup to how FF deals with cookie acception/rejection.
The biggest annoyance about FF I have is just that - why is FF giving CPU time to tabs you haven't looked at for a while?
It should be that you can configure something like "tab CPU timeout" in minutes so when you view a different tab, after X minutes the tab which is no longer displayed gets no CPU time at all - this should keep the browser fast even when you've got 10's/100's of tabs open.
I keep dozens of tabs open on my main machine as I use it as an alternative to keeping bookmarks, saves the hassle of clicking bookmarks and reloading whole pages - flipping to a different tab is like turning a page in a book, the information is there instantly, but it shouldn't suck CPU power when you're not looking at it.
That's actually a very valid point, registration plates don't lose their number if they get damaged in an accident - but an electronic one most likely would.
Good luck identifying cars in a multiple crash pileup where there's fire involved...
As for Pepsi, they keep altering their logo every few years I don't know what their current logo is supposed to be!
it may never burn out, like this fire that has been burning for 35+ years: The Door to Hell
I'm tempted to click the "Report a problem" link at the bottom of the directions, saying "Help! I lost my paddle!"
My hat goes off to you, you are a true slashdotter who takes the phrase "never let the facts get in the way of a good argument" to heart.
T91 multitouch demonstrated almost a year ago - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kdcpo3-XxI0 It has 32GB SSD not 16GB, and an Atom Z520, at 1.3GHz which is perfectly fine for webbrowsing, web video etc.
What, do you want a core i7 or something in a tablet ?
My friend told me about this device that powered things without a battery, all you had to do was turn a handle. I thought to myself, that's got to be some sort of wind up.
The stream just dried up...
I really like my Eee's, couldn't ever see myself buying a tablet because I use the keybboard on them so much and a non-tactile keyboard that gets in the way of the application you're typing into doesn't appeal to me much.
However if I wanted a tablet I'd get an Asus T91, virtually the same size as my Eee 900's, with multitouch capabilities on the higher model and the screen rotates round to hide the keyboard, allowing you to use it as a notebook and a tablet.
Empathetic? But I've got Aspergers Syndrome you insensitive clod.
Mmmm, stuffed apple...
/Homer
I hope you were joking, it would just give the industry the ability to label pirates as terrorists, making the whole situation a fuck load worse.
Great to hear The IT Crowd is returning for a new series, but does anyone know where I can get a copy of the 1995 tv show Dweebs?
They're like the face & fingerprint recognition software you see in movies & tv shows that display each and every face/fingerprint in its database to compare to the suspect image - looks great but completely impractical to waste CPU cycles by displaying the information it's searching through.
No, did you get the memo about the TPS reports?
Something tells me you've played early 80s computer games (ZX Spectrum, C64 etc.) where the manuals often depict an amazing backstory to what you're about to play - once the tape has finished playing - only to discover the graphics fall way short of the description you just finished reading.
Ahh those were the days.