Back in the day...? They still are. As are Audi, Lamborghini and Bentley. Which just makes you're point that much better. Comparing a VW to a Lamborghini is almost impossible,but still made by the same big corporation.
Gaming on 6 screens seems a bit ridiculous. I mean for PC gaming you're at most 5 feet away from your screen, if that. When I first upgraded to a 22" LCD monitor from my 15" I felt a bit overwhelmed. It almost made me nauseous playing games on it at first. I got used to it, but it still takes up most of my field of view at my desk. Anything over 24" just seems to be over the top.
LOL, Have you ever used Vista? Yes, I have. Disable Aero or upgrade RAM, and the problem is solved. Compiz Fusion works fine on my dell D420 with a GMA 950/Core Duo/2 GB RAM in it, so the intel chips aren't laking in the 3D model area.
Oh, if you are going to do CAD work or other visualizations then the "geared toward being portable market" isn't for you. Get a T60.
Why would you need that much dedicated VRAM in an office laptop? Set the Vram to 32MB and be done with it. I don't get why everyone is complaining about notebooks aimed at office work not having a dedicated video card, when modern integrated graphics are more than adequate. What is especially bothering is that this is slashdot, Intel has open source linux drivers, and everyone seems to be pushing the proprietary Nvidia and ATI graphics soultions.
Stop using obscure hardware? I mean, you have to do all of that on windows, and I can't imagine needing to install intel chipset drivers, Realtek NIC drivers, and Brother (I have a HL-2040 that worked out of box with Kubuntu) drivers in a distro like ubuntu. I'm an Arch/Debian user myself, but when I tried out ubuntu on my system everything worked out of the box on every PC I tried it on. I didn't have 3d accelerated, but a little prompt came up asking me if it should install them. The only issue I've ever had with modern Linux was with my Broadcom wlan drivers in which I had to blacklist a module and use ndiswrapper. You either have really obscure hardware, or bad luck.
Linux has more modern hardware support out of the box than Windows does. No need to install network, display, or sound drivers when you install Ubuntu. Windows is a different story though, but normal users don't install their own OS and they never see this.
You forgot New "Joisey" in general. Being from New Jersey, I have no idea how else you are suppose to pronounce coffee. I have yet to hear someone call it anything but cawfee.
I'm sure the religious right of the U.S. wouldn't mind seeing homosexuality being a crime punishable by law. If the West was so tolerant of homosexuality then there would be no question on the legality of gay marriage. Trust me, if the born again Christians broke off and formed their own country, it wouldn't be that much different from Iran or any other Muslim state. This is why the founding fathers of the U.S. really made it a point to seperate the church from the state.
I'm 18 now, have gotten laid in the past week, and the first games I ever played were the side scrolling Duke Nukems on MS-DOS. I moved on to Doom and Wolfenstein 3D. By the time I was 6 my parents realized that I was desensitized to violence and decided to hold off on the violent video games until I was 10 (so no Duke Nukem 3D for me). So, I am an original player, and look foward to the release of a new Duke Nukem.
What I don't understand is why would carry around a 7" portable when a 12" would do just fine. Like you said, you can't put it in your pocket so why not just go for a regular sized laptop. My Dell D420 is only 3.5 lbs with a 12 inch screen and 6 hour battery, and I don't even notice it in my bag. I don't really understand this 7" craze because if it can't fit in your pocket why bother sacrificing usability.
If that's the reason you use gentoo. May I suggest installing just the base of Debian, Arch, or Frugalware and just use their packaging tools to add what packages you want to the base install. You can have a fully functional desktop with a small footprint that's i686 optimized in under 15 minutes that way, as compared to the hours of a Gentoo install.
It would be interesting if Windows did something similar. Like a Vista Enthusiast edition where they just install the base and you decide what luxuries you want. I can't see it cathing on, but it would be nice to have a barebones windows install without the 194538421 services that start when you boot.
I certainly see little pictures in my head when I read. One of the reason's I like Asimov's Foundation series is because the vivid images of traveling the galaxy in a big space ship.
It's funny, it's non-news for nerds, and it doesn't matter.
Every SINGLE article has some troll saying that the article doesn't belong on slashdot, and subtly insulting the readers for being interested in it.
Identity theft is a HUGE problem, and it also happens to be one in which many geeks are keenly interested. This particular story is interesting not only because it is identity theft related, but because it indicates that the public eye is being more drawn to the issue, and being forced to realize the seriousness of it.
The story matters. The story is definitely news for nerds. Just because YOU find it boring doesn't mean that it doesn't qualify as a significant slashdot story.
Yes, I realize that I just fed a very self-absorbed troll. All apologies. I'm not self-absorbed, I just think it's pretty obvious that if you post your personal information on a public website that you're at a high risk of identity theft. That is not news. It matters in a certain way, but I really don't see how this story brings up anything new.
I understand how this is funny, but if someone publicly gives out there information in a way to draw attention from the press of course someone is going to do something. It's funny, it's non-news for nerds, and it doesn't matter.
Maybe you're just some stuck up ass that thinks Europe is a utopia and every single American citizen doesn't realize there is a world outside of America. Well, guess what? You're wrong. Get your head out of your ass and stop generalizing.
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Some of us audiophiles are a bit more sensible than that. I appreciate a good pair of headphones, and vaccum tubes in the signal chain add a certain distortion that just can't be reproduced using solid state stuff.
I live in the New York Metro area, next to Newark NJ, and not only do I not have problems with Comcast but I get nearly 3 times the advertised bandwidth. They advertise 8, but I get closer to 18 - 22. 0 throtlling of Bittorrent traffic too. I think I may have a unique case though considering all of the anti-Comcast talk around here.
I live in a poor city (Newark NJ), so my opinions may be a little distorted. The most popular cars around here, are civcs. Japanese and American compacts reign supreme here, and people love them. So I would appreciate it if you would stop generalizing. The USA is a big place, filled with many different people.
For the record, my car has a 1.8L inline 4 that gets 30+ MPG.
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Who competes with Corning? Seriously, my 200$ Chinese android phone has gorilla glass. I have yet to see a modern smartphone not have gorilla glass.
Maybe they'll find MH370.
Back in the day...? They still are. As are Audi, Lamborghini and Bentley. Which just makes you're point that much better. Comparing a VW to a Lamborghini is almost impossible ,but still made by the same big corporation.
I understand that, but this targeted gaming specifically. The only game I can see taking advantage of this is a flight sim.
Gaming on 6 screens seems a bit ridiculous. I mean for PC gaming you're at most 5 feet away from your screen, if that. When I first upgraded to a 22" LCD monitor from my 15" I felt a bit overwhelmed. It almost made me nauseous playing games on it at first. I got used to it, but it still takes up most of my field of view at my desk. Anything over 24" just seems to be over the top.
I call fake. It's OS X! It's bullet proof! Steve Jobs would not let this happen! Macs are immune to crashes! Et cetera!
Why would you need that much dedicated VRAM in an office laptop? Set the Vram to 32MB and be done with it. I don't get why everyone is complaining about notebooks aimed at office work not having a dedicated video card, when modern integrated graphics are more than adequate. What is especially bothering is that this is slashdot, Intel has open source linux drivers, and everyone seems to be pushing the proprietary Nvidia and ATI graphics soultions.
Stop using obscure hardware? I mean, you have to do all of that on windows, and I can't imagine needing to install intel chipset drivers, Realtek NIC drivers, and Brother (I have a HL-2040 that worked out of box with Kubuntu) drivers in a distro like ubuntu. I'm an Arch/Debian user myself, but when I tried out ubuntu on my system everything worked out of the box on every PC I tried it on. I didn't have 3d accelerated, but a little prompt came up asking me if it should install them. The only issue I've ever had with modern Linux was with my Broadcom wlan drivers in which I had to blacklist a module and use ndiswrapper. You either have really obscure hardware, or bad luck.
Linux has more modern hardware support out of the box than Windows does. No need to install network, display, or sound drivers when you install Ubuntu. Windows is a different story though, but normal users don't install their own OS and they never see this.
I think Orwell should've tilted his book 2084, probably is going to be true by then.
You forgot New "Joisey" in general. Being from New Jersey, I have no idea how else you are suppose to pronounce coffee. I have yet to hear someone call it anything but cawfee.
I'm sure the religious right of the U.S. wouldn't mind seeing homosexuality being a crime punishable by law. If the West was so tolerant of homosexuality then there would be no question on the legality of gay marriage. Trust me, if the born again Christians broke off and formed their own country, it wouldn't be that much different from Iran or any other Muslim state. This is why the founding fathers of the U.S. really made it a point to seperate the church from the state.
Buy a Qur'an, and shutup.
I'm 18 now, have gotten laid in the past week, and the first games I ever played were the side scrolling Duke Nukems on MS-DOS. I moved on to Doom and Wolfenstein 3D. By the time I was 6 my parents realized that I was desensitized to violence and decided to hold off on the violent video games until I was 10 (so no Duke Nukem 3D for me). So, I am an original player, and look foward to the release of a new Duke Nukem.
What I don't understand is why would carry around a 7" portable when a 12" would do just fine. Like you said, you can't put it in your pocket so why not just go for a regular sized laptop. My Dell D420 is only 3.5 lbs with a 12 inch screen and 6 hour battery, and I don't even notice it in my bag. I don't really understand this 7" craze because if it can't fit in your pocket why bother sacrificing usability.
If that's the reason you use gentoo. May I suggest installing just the base of Debian, Arch, or Frugalware and just use their packaging tools to add what packages you want to the base install. You can have a fully functional desktop with a small footprint that's i686 optimized in under 15 minutes that way, as compared to the hours of a Gentoo install. It would be interesting if Windows did something similar. Like a Vista Enthusiast edition where they just install the base and you decide what luxuries you want. I can't see it cathing on, but it would be nice to have a barebones windows install without the 194538421 services that start when you boot.
Well they (just got/are going to get) a WHOLE lot more..
I certainly see little pictures in my head when I read. One of the reason's I like Asimov's Foundation series is because the vivid images of traveling the galaxy in a big space ship.
Every SINGLE article has some troll saying that the article doesn't belong on slashdot, and subtly insulting the readers for being interested in it.
Identity theft is a HUGE problem, and it also happens to be one in which many geeks are keenly interested. This particular story is interesting not only because it is identity theft related, but because it indicates that the public eye is being more drawn to the issue, and being forced to realize the seriousness of it.
The story matters. The story is definitely news for nerds. Just because YOU find it boring doesn't mean that it doesn't qualify as a significant slashdot story.
Yes, I realize that I just fed a very self-absorbed troll. All apologies.
I'm not self-absorbed, I just think it's pretty obvious that if you post your personal information on a public website that you're at a high risk of identity theft. That is not news. It matters in a certain way, but I really don't see how this story brings up anything new.
I understand how this is funny, but if someone publicly gives out there information in a way to draw attention from the press of course someone is going to do something. It's funny, it's non-news for nerds, and it doesn't matter.
Maybe you're just some stuck up ass that thinks Europe is a utopia and every single American citizen doesn't realize there is a world outside of America. Well, guess what? You're wrong. Get your head out of your ass and stop generalizing.
Some of us audiophiles are a bit more sensible than that. I appreciate a good pair of headphones, and vaccum tubes in the signal chain add a certain distortion that just can't be reproduced using solid state stuff.
I live in the New York Metro area, next to Newark NJ, and not only do I not have problems with Comcast but I get nearly 3 times the advertised bandwidth. They advertise 8, but I get closer to 18 - 22. 0 throtlling of Bittorrent traffic too. I think I may have a unique case though considering all of the anti-Comcast talk around here.
I live in a poor city (Newark NJ), so my opinions may be a little distorted. The most popular cars around here, are civcs. Japanese and American compacts reign supreme here, and people love them. So I would appreciate it if you would stop generalizing. The USA is a big place, filled with many different people.
For the record, my car has a 1.8L inline 4 that gets 30+ MPG.