Those times are when people need to be more rational than ever. Not less. Especially when you're some sort of leader or person of authority. If anything it's a worse failure than it would be during a boring day at the office.
Except you fail to account for situations where nature far out processes our current iteration of computational devices. Like those damn CAPTCHAs...
Captchas are a pretty bad example, since they're almost all broken. The ones that aren't broken often take multiple guesses from a human as well. In that respect we are better only be the most minute of margins.
In case people haven't noticed, we reached a processor speed plateau quite some time ago
Though I agree with the principle of your post, this is false. We reached a clock speed plateau of sorts, not a performance plataeu. But the work done per clock (and per watt) has been increasing constantly with each new generation of processor. And I mean per core, discounting gains from multiple cores.
Take for example a CPU I've got. The AMD Athlon X2 6000+, a 3Ghz dual core CPU from (I think) 2006. The current 3Ghz dual core offering from Intel, the Core 2 Duo E8400, is 40% faster than the X2 6000+. These CPUs can also be easily overclocked to near 4Ghz; I suspect the only reason Intel doesn't sell chips with such a high stock clock is because of lack of competition from AMD.
I don't see why it would warrant any further action. Apparently the guy didn't even damage anything. The source code got released to the public... Big deal?
Essential to it? It is the story. Like Halo, it probably has a good story but almost none of it is in the actual game. When I finished the first GoW, I didn't even know it was on another planet till I read it in Wikipedia...
+5 informative?! You might want to look in a mirror and check out your sampling of six out of 22 million consoles for a skewed perspective. Here's a sample of 1040: a failure rate of 16.4% after six to ten months. This doesn't include returns directly to Microsoft or problems other than hardware failure. 60% of the failures were RRoDs and 18% were disc reading errors.
That doesn't apply to the newer 360s. They have a lower failure rate, but it's still a much bigger problem than it is with other consoles and PC parts. It seems to me that Microsoft could easily fix the two biggest problems by spending more than 50 cents on the 12x DVD reader, and investing in better cooling so the motherboard doesn't warp and break components off it. Let's face it: if Sony can do it right first time, any retard can do it.
As for the Nvidia cards: it was chips made with a specific process - less than half a generation - and the cards in question cost between a fifth and half the price of a 360.
Vertical split is almost always better, even with 4:3 the screen is wider than it is tall, so use the space properly devs! Horizontal is just stupid; and on a widescreen, I have to wonder what the hell they were thinking.
When I got the original game for the PC, I took a screenshot and decreased the colour depth to 8-bit. With dithering, you can't tell the difference between 8 and 32-bit.:D
The computers I mean. If it's that bad the zombies need to be killed off.
I've read a few stories about researchers infiltrating botnets and being able to see a list of all the compromised computers. I wonder if it's possible to completely stop network access remotely without causing data loss.
If I was in a position where I could press a button and wipe the MBR of every zombied computer on a gigantic botnet, I'm not sure if I would or not. Would you?
It's not in the public interest. Of course not! How would we know it was, since we can't see it? And since we can't see it, the problem doesn't exist!
Governments shouldn't be allowed to deny access to information of that sort. Oh, we're just signing this in your name and at your expense. What?! You want to see it? Hahaha!
I don't really see the problem here, granted some of us might have wanted to know more about the contracts. However it is the right of governments to decide what they make public and not.
They define those rights. "There is no problem because we say so" is not a justification.
And I don't see how the differing views of Americans warrants bearing anything special in mind. I'm from the EU, and outside opinions are just as relevant and welcome as anyone else's. If not more so.
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Do the Xboxes even have any MS hardware?
As far as I've seen, it's all the usual PC hardware manufacturers - IBM, AMD/ATI, Nvidia, Intel, Seagate, Samsung, etc.
Imagine widespread technological ignorance. Bingo.
Sure. But if you go 0.1 faster than that, everyone turns into salamanders. Is it worth the risk?
How is this a troll you fools? Looks like we've got some mods in agreement with Holder.
Those times are when people need to be more rational than ever. Not less. Especially when you're some sort of leader or person of authority. If anything it's a worse failure than it would be during a boring day at the office.
In that respect we are better only be the most minute of margins.
Whoops. I guess that only adds to my point...
Except you fail to account for situations where nature far out processes our current iteration of computational devices. Like those damn CAPTCHAs...
Captchas are a pretty bad example, since they're almost all broken. The ones that aren't broken often take multiple guesses from a human as well. In that respect we are better only be the most minute of margins.
I demand, demand that this replace +1 underrated.
Canada is a hotbed of movie pirating, which is a billion-dollar loss to the movie industry
I had a loss like this yesterday. I lost a billion dollars I never had. Tough times!
In case people haven't noticed, we reached a processor speed plateau quite some time ago
Though I agree with the principle of your post, this is false. We reached a clock speed plateau of sorts, not a performance plataeu. But the work done per clock (and per watt) has been increasing constantly with each new generation of processor. And I mean per core, discounting gains from multiple cores.
Take for example a CPU I've got. The AMD Athlon X2 6000+, a 3Ghz dual core CPU from (I think) 2006. The current 3Ghz dual core offering from Intel, the Core 2 Duo E8400, is 40% faster than the X2 6000+. These CPUs can also be easily overclocked to near 4Ghz; I suspect the only reason Intel doesn't sell chips with such a high stock clock is because of lack of competition from AMD.
Maybe if he was attempting to kill them with a nerf gun, it would analagous. I don't know the guy's intent.
Don't get the wrong idea. I didn't say he was innocent, I'm only saying probation was enough of a consequence for his actions.
Use the damn block/ignore button!
I don't see why it would warrant any further action. Apparently the guy didn't even damage anything. The source code got released to the public... Big deal?
Essential to it? It is the story. Like Halo, it probably has a good story but almost none of it is in the actual game. When I finished the first GoW, I didn't even know it was on another planet till I read it in Wikipedia...
+5 informative?! You might want to look in a mirror and check out your sampling of six out of 22 million consoles for a skewed perspective. Here's a sample of 1040: a failure rate of 16.4% after six to ten months. This doesn't include returns directly to Microsoft or problems other than hardware failure. 60% of the failures were RRoDs and 18% were disc reading errors.
That doesn't apply to the newer 360s. They have a lower failure rate, but it's still a much bigger problem than it is with other consoles and PC parts. It seems to me that Microsoft could easily fix the two biggest problems by spending more than 50 cents on the 12x DVD reader, and investing in better cooling so the motherboard doesn't warp and break components off it. Let's face it: if Sony can do it right first time, any retard can do it.
As for the Nvidia cards: it was chips made with a specific process - less than half a generation - and the cards in question cost between a fifth and half the price of a 360.
Vertical split is almost always better, even with 4:3 the screen is wider than it is tall, so use the space properly devs! Horizontal is just stupid; and on a widescreen, I have to wonder what the hell they were thinking.
When I got the original game for the PC, I took a screenshot and decreased the colour depth to 8-bit. With dithering, you can't tell the difference between 8 and 32-bit. :D
I wonder if this is a logician trolling. I have my doubts that anyone could accidentally commit that many fallacies in a row.
My HDD shows zero errors after 8,315 hours operational. I hope you have your stuff backed up...
But its hindsight talking, because we've probably lost data before too.
Other people's hindsight, in my case. I've never had a HDD failure, but I keep full weekly backups.
...take them out.
The computers I mean. If it's that bad the zombies need to be killed off.
I've read a few stories about researchers infiltrating botnets and being able to see a list of all the compromised computers. I wonder if it's possible to completely stop network access remotely without causing data loss.
If I was in a position where I could press a button and wipe the MBR of every zombied computer on a gigantic botnet, I'm not sure if I would or not. Would you?
It's not in the public interest. Of course not! How would we know it was, since we can't see it? And since we can't see it, the problem doesn't exist!
Governments shouldn't be allowed to deny access to information of that sort. Oh, we're just signing this in your name and at your expense. What?! You want to see it? Hahaha!
I don't really see the problem here, granted some of us might have wanted to know more about the contracts. However it is the right of governments to decide what they make public and not.
They define those rights. "There is no problem because we say so" is not a justification.
And I don't see how the differing views of Americans warrants bearing anything special in mind. I'm from the EU, and outside opinions are just as relevant and welcome as anyone else's. If not more so.
Most powerful single GPU. But there are more powerful dual-GPU cards available (AMD's HD4870 X2, for example), although they have less RAM.
Weren't you paying attention? YES. WE. CAN!