I have been using that for a long long time now, and would kill to purchase it legitly.
I almost never use it to it's full capacity, but I now know how to work w/ layers, apply filters, work w/ text, etc. You can do some really neat effects very quickly! But it is just personal use, I'd pay $50 for a full registered version if they offered it, but not a penny more for something I use maybe 3-8 times a year.
hell, Like most of you, I too play a Female NE in WoW but that all changed when I could put a 6' mantenna on a 4' creature, I just couldn't pass it up!
We trimmed 1/2 of the the stuff they had available. You know what they said? "too busy" People want an app that has capability to do anything imaginable, yet the simplicity to do what they need right now. I say KISS.
When I went over I-90 out here in WA, the Prius didn't do a bad job. I was honestly more worried about going down than up. While the regen braking works fine, it tops off the batteries rather quickly coming down. The pads (at least on gen 1) were so tiny and the car was so heavy that I wondered a few times if I was going to fast. It's a thought that I have only had one other time in my life, when I was 4yo on a bicycle and there was a small cliff in front of me.
Gratz on the new car btw!
The prius is a great way to showcase technology in a pretty comfortable ride.
As for shifting, you may be suprised, but I think the Prius' might have an edge there. You loose time on the torque curve when you shift. Even if your fast,.1 sec is.1 seconds. the CVT doesn't stop applying power, and I have really enjoyed that. You'll probably find it easyier in the pass w/ the prius because of that as well. Often cars will be "between gears" on a climb like that. (my old Datsun 210 was that way) The only real way is to ride the top of your rpm range then upshift w/ a small amount of clutch slip to keep the RPMs up... But do that once or twice and it's a trip to the clutch shop.
My wife drives a 99 civic HX (gas but w/ a prototype CVT) My only complaint is that it doesn't get to top RPM's fast, if you hold it down hard, the gauge "slowly" goes up to 5.5k or so, but once there, it scoots because it stays there until you remove your foot, or hit top speed. It's like a permanent powerband on a motorcycle. I so want to turbo that thing and take it from 75hp to 100hp. 8')
your saabs 0-60? I am sure it's less than the week it takes for the prius to get up and go. If you plant a tree sideways, and feed it a little miracle grow + it'll grow faster than a prius can accelerate.
I drove my friends 1st gen while he was in Alaska for a few months. 5k miles, got 55 avg w/ some freeway some intown driving split about 70/30. It was neet to have some feedback about how my driving helped or hurt my fuel economy, which did make me more concious of how I drive today.
Personally, I am one of those that belong to the "OMGifEveryoneHadAFuelComputerWe'dSavegas" group.:)
I do have to admit though, it wasn't that bad to drive. I just hope we get performance "CLOSE" to gas. While everyone would take a T-Zero or a Tesla, or an Electric crotchrocket, if we just got them up maybe 20% (bringing a prius to a 0-60 of what? 9 seconds?) People would be far more happier driving one.
(0-60 rant) Why is 0-60 so important to me? I have to merge on the freeway daily from work through an uphill onramp that merges w/ an exit only lane that you have 100 yards to merge from that lane into the main freeway. I have lost count how many times I've been behind someone who ran out of room and tried to merge at 45 mph, almost killing them, panicking a trucker, and causing a massive amounts of stress, and now a backup on the freeway. (/0-60 rant)
Move to W. Virginia, and stop paying the bills. There is no law requiring you to pay any of that. You could get your news from the local paper (what? 55 cents?) People could (gasp...) write you a letter, and if you wanted to get intouch w/ someone around the world, you could walk to a pay phone.
I don't pay tele bills, I only use a cell phone. Seeing as we both use/. it looks like we need internet access but guess what? You could pick any one of those 3 and basically have the services that the other two provide.
Broadband
Cable internet, VOIP, and VOIP through VPN access to get it anywhere there is a computer w/ net.(2 of the 3 true)
Telephone, Broadband via dsl, and a 2.4 ghz phone w/ high mounted antenna (K so not a cell but you can get decent coverage, I got 1/2 mile w/o trying.)
And lastly
Cell phone, internet, camera, and EVDO broadband modem rolled into 1 device as small as a chocolate bar. (But No coverage in W. Virginia)
The real price/performance ratio of SLI is skewed high to the price side. Allways has been, allways will be, until you add a second card and get >50% boost (not going to happen).
Economically, the problem is the same reason why buffets are allways money makers. Yeah you serve a crapload of food to a few fat guys who haven't eaten all day so they can go to the buffet, but you more than make up for it by the fact that most people don't need more than 1 plate of food, and even if they choose the most expensive portions, they are still under the price of admission. A meal at DQ costs 6 bucks or you can go to the buffet, pay 10-15 and get all you can eat, but really your going to eat as much as you would at DQ...
So...
SLI gives you a HELLUVA performance boost, but if you don't buy the two fastest SLI cards at the time they come out, soon a single card solution will be almost as good (or better) and cost 1/2 as much. You get top teir performance for maybe 6-12 months.
And you still can't run Crysis. 8')
The folks at Maximumpc have long said in their mag and on their podcast (paraphrased)
SLI is for those who want it all and have the money to pay for it all right now. It provides the best performance you can get, but at a cost that is significantly higher.
They make external antena connectors for cell phones. You could point it arround till you get 4 bars, then lock in that position and run the cable into your house, and tap that to a relay and maybe finally see if the verizon network guys show up or not.
at the source vs. the reciever. w/ the range of a normal hotspot router limited to 1/4 mile, if you lived on the high edge of a city that might work well, if you didn't, I doubt there would be enough signal to collect at that distance.
(hears a whisper in his ear...) What? an 8ft. bud?
They are not the MAJOR issue, but definately are a minor one. Especially if traveling over mountain passes, and seasonal changes in air temp.
Fuel injection gives the ability to run at a far more controlled A/F ratio, w/ newer engines running really close to the detonation limit.
Small engines can gain a fuel economy boost, but when your talking by %, 10% power on a 200-310hp car is 20-31 hp
10% on an 80-120hp car is 8 to 12 hp.
So efficiency gains are not going to "Look" big until you look at bigger #s. It's just scale. but just so you know, my wifes '99 civic HX (CVT, non hybrid) gets 40 flat (damn near every tank) when she drives (freeway, 60mph) and 34+ when I drive (freeway, 80mph)
I own an LS based engine. Let me tell you, I stuff my foot in it daily. The cars got 120,000 mi of this kind of driving. The engine performs almost as perfect as day 1. The only maintenance it gets is synthetic oil changes. 5-30 all the time. (in fact, I slid through a roundabout destroying a Mustang GT convertable of the same year this AM)
Lets not forget too though, that we blow a metric shitload of energy out the tailpipe in the form of heat. Making that heat useful by turning some sort of thermal powered device. A steam alternator + electric waterpump & AC could give us back over 20 hp + better fuel economy, less drag on the engine, and lower idling speed.
Lets also not forget about the story of the six stroke engine. The one that uses water in the 5th stroke to cool the cylinder about doubled the power & economy of a standard 4 stroke engine. And it was carbeurated.
We are on the cusp of a revolution w/ engine tech. We are unfortunately also on the cusp of peak oil. How will we know when we hit peak oil? The day we drill ANWR & American coasts we'll have hit peak. We're about 8 years out though I think.
8 years is not that long, but of course, I am pulling a number from where usually only 2's come from.
Interestingly, it was page 11 that gave me the idea, but IANAEE. However, I am like most slashdotters in that I'll coment on something I have no clue about!
What is the power consumption / bit processed? They didn't state that.
If the drives are that much faster than spinning disk, they are procing (whops slipped into wowspeak...) I mean they are doing more work per mA making them more efficient. It's like in a car... j/k. (about making another car analogy)
I used to be the same way, but then, I had so many peoplewho didn't understand. When I talked to them they would confuse "My webpage" w/ MySpace. It was obnoxious. So, I joined the masses, and linked to all the goodness from my myspace profile.
is defunct, and the other is blocked by websense as a "social Networking" site!
I've no Idea how I got modded up.
The butter knives part of that comment comes from the instructions for "Descent", where they show you how to make your monitor split the signal, and use butter knives or mirrors on each side and align them till the ships "PoP".
It was difficult, and I could never get the butter knives to stay in the right spot for long, but the effect was cool when it worked!
Slashdot Mirror
I have been using that for a long long time now, and would kill to purchase it legitly.
I almost never use it to it's full capacity, but I now know how to work w/ layers, apply filters, work w/ text, etc. You can do some really neat effects very quickly! But it is just personal use, I'd pay $50 for a full registered version if they offered it, but not a penny more for something I use maybe 3-8 times a year.
hell, Like most of you, I too play a Female NE in WoW but that all changed when I could put a 6' mantenna on a 4' creature, I just couldn't pass it up!
We trimmed 1/2 of the the stuff they had available. You know what they said? "too busy" People want an app that has capability to do anything imaginable, yet the simplicity to do what they need right now. I say KISS.
Keep it simple software
-DW
It's easily adjusted w/ an adapter. In the end, I concur. There should be a bigger push to include DVI for future compatibility issues.
Oh, I'll pay for it in comanionship costs, but not a direct dollar it's so much cheaper that it feels sleazy.
and let me tell you, it's been a boon to get used gear cheaply, and locally. TY CL!
Oh, and the hookers are funny to browse when your bored (not that I'd every pay 1 red cent for sex)
I read the link, and got the joke, but I am out of mod points...
Here's a virtual +5 funny.
When I went over I-90 out here in WA, the Prius didn't do a bad job. I was honestly more worried about going down than up. While the regen braking works fine, it tops off the batteries rather quickly coming down. The pads (at least on gen 1) were so tiny and the car was so heavy that I wondered a few times if I was going to fast. It's a thought that I have only had one other time in my life, when I was 4yo on a bicycle and there was a small cliff in front of me.
Gratz on the new car btw!
The prius is a great way to showcase technology in a pretty comfortable ride.
As for shifting, you may be suprised, but I think the Prius' might have an edge there. You loose time on the torque curve when you shift. Even if your fast, .1 sec is .1 seconds. the CVT doesn't stop applying power, and I have really enjoyed that. You'll probably find it easyier in the pass w/ the prius because of that as well. Often cars will be "between gears" on a climb like that. (my old Datsun 210 was that way) The only real way is to ride the top of your rpm range then upshift w/ a small amount of clutch slip to keep the RPMs up... But do that once or twice and it's a trip to the clutch shop.
My wife drives a 99 civic HX (gas but w/ a prototype CVT) My only complaint is that it doesn't get to top RPM's fast, if you hold it down hard, the gauge "slowly" goes up to 5.5k or so, but once there, it scoots because it stays there until you remove your foot, or hit top speed. It's like a permanent powerband on a motorcycle. I so want to turbo that thing and take it from 75hp to 100hp. 8')
your saabs 0-60? I am sure it's less than the week it takes for the prius to get up and go. If you plant a tree sideways, and feed it a little miracle grow + it'll grow faster than a prius can accelerate.
I drove my friends 1st gen while he was in Alaska for a few months. 5k miles, got 55 avg w/ some freeway some intown driving split about 70/30. It was neet to have some feedback about how my driving helped or hurt my fuel economy, which did make me more concious of how I drive today.
Personally, I am one of those that belong to the "OMGifEveryoneHadAFuelComputerWe'dSavegas" group. :)
I do have to admit though, it wasn't that bad to drive. I just hope we get performance "CLOSE" to gas. While everyone would take a T-Zero or a Tesla, or an Electric crotchrocket, if we just got them up maybe 20% (bringing a prius to a 0-60 of what? 9 seconds?) People would be far more happier driving one.
(0-60 rant)
Why is 0-60 so important to me? I have to merge on the freeway daily from work through an uphill onramp that merges w/ an exit only lane that you have 100 yards to merge from that lane into the main freeway. I have lost count how many times I've been behind someone who ran out of room and tried to merge at 45 mph, almost killing them, panicking a trucker, and causing a massive amounts of stress, and now a backup on the freeway.
(/0-60 rant)
Move to W. Virginia, and stop paying the bills. There is no law requiring you to pay any of that. You could get your news from the local paper (what? 55 cents?) People could (gasp...) write you a letter, and if you wanted to get intouch w/ someone around the world, you could walk to a pay phone.
I don't pay tele bills, I only use a cell phone. Seeing as we both use /. it looks like we need internet access but guess what? You could pick any one of those 3 and basically have the services that the other two provide.
Broadband
Cable internet, VOIP, and VOIP through VPN access to get it anywhere there is a computer w/ net.(2 of the 3 true)
Telephone, Broadband via dsl, and a 2.4 ghz phone w/ high mounted antenna (K so not a cell but you can get decent coverage, I got 1/2 mile w/o trying.)
And lastly
Cell phone, internet, camera, and EVDO broadband modem rolled into 1 device as small as a chocolate bar.
(But No coverage in W. Virginia)
The real price/performance ratio of SLI is skewed high to the price side. Allways has been, allways will be, until you add a second card and get >50% boost (not going to happen).
Economically, the problem is the same reason why buffets are allways money makers. Yeah you serve a crapload of food to a few fat guys who haven't eaten all day so they can go to the buffet, but you more than make up for it by the fact that most people don't need more than 1 plate of food, and even if they choose the most expensive portions, they are still under the price of admission. A meal at DQ costs 6 bucks or you can go to the buffet, pay 10-15 and get all you can eat, but really your going to eat as much as you would at DQ...
So ...
SLI gives you a HELLUVA performance boost, but if you don't buy the two fastest SLI cards at the time they come out, soon a single card solution will be almost as good (or better) and cost 1/2 as much. You get top teir performance for maybe 6-12 months.
And you still can't run Crysis. 8')
The folks at Maximumpc have long said in their mag and on their podcast (paraphrased)
SLI is for those who want it all and have the money to pay for it all right now. It provides the best performance you can get, but at a cost that is significantly higher.
They make external antena connectors for cell phones. You could point it arround till you get 4 bars, then lock in that position and run the cable into your house, and tap that to a relay and maybe finally see if the verizon network guys show up or not.
"i'm still not doing anything tomorrow right now!"
at the source vs. the reciever. w/ the range of a normal hotspot router limited to 1/4 mile, if you lived on the high edge of a city that might work well, if you didn't, I doubt there would be enough signal to collect at that distance.
(hears a whisper in his ear...) What? an 8ft. bud?
Oh, nvm, give it a shot!
They are not the MAJOR issue, but definately are a minor one. Especially if traveling over mountain passes, and seasonal changes in air temp.
Fuel injection gives the ability to run at a far more controlled A/F ratio, w/ newer engines running really close to the detonation limit.
Small engines can gain a fuel economy boost, but when your talking by %, 10% power on a 200-310hp car is 20-31 hp
10% on an 80-120hp car is 8 to 12 hp.
So efficiency gains are not going to "Look" big until you look at bigger #s. It's just scale. but just so you know, my wifes '99 civic HX (CVT, non hybrid) gets 40 flat (damn near every tank) when she drives (freeway, 60mph) and 34+ when I drive (freeway, 80mph)
40 mpg is saaaweet!
So long, and thanks for all the fish!
I saw that too (bout 3 min after I friggin posted!), I know that it's coming, but I really did'nt think it'd be this soon.
Oh well, time to move to Montana, and live off the land.
Imagine what happens if google looks at how many viacom employees uploaded copyrighted works (on their own time?)...
Then what?
I own an LS based engine. Let me tell you, I stuff my foot in it daily. The cars got 120,000 mi of this kind of driving. The engine performs almost as perfect as day 1. The only maintenance it gets is synthetic oil changes. 5-30 all the time. (in fact, I slid through a roundabout destroying a Mustang GT convertable of the same year this AM)
Lets not forget too though, that we blow a metric shitload of energy out the tailpipe in the form of heat. Making that heat useful by turning some sort of thermal powered device. A steam alternator + electric waterpump & AC could give us back over 20 hp + better fuel economy, less drag on the engine, and lower idling speed.
Lets also not forget about the story of the six stroke engine. The one that uses water in the 5th stroke to cool the cylinder about doubled the power & economy of a standard 4 stroke engine. And it was carbeurated.
We are on the cusp of a revolution w/ engine tech. We are unfortunately also on the cusp of peak oil. How will we know when we hit peak oil? The day we drill ANWR & American coasts we'll have hit peak. We're about 8 years out though I think.
8 years is not that long, but of course, I am pulling a number from where usually only 2's come from.
I love zoos. Can I pet the yellow part of a meson?
It'll just screen capture the screen like most DVD apps out there.
I haven't had a DVD screen capture issue since like, 1999. What's all the fuss about?
Interestingly, it was page 11 that gave me the idea, but IANAEE. However, I am like most slashdotters in that I'll coment on something I have no clue about!
Here is why...
What is the power consumption / bit processed?
They didn't state that.
If the drives are that much faster than spinning disk, they are procing (whops slipped into wowspeak...) I mean they are doing more work per mA making them more efficient. It's like in a car... j/k. (about making another car analogy)
Your IP address is 192.168.0.1
I used to be the same way, but then, I had so many peoplewho didn't understand. When I talked to them they would confuse "My webpage" w/ MySpace. It was obnoxious. So, I joined the masses, and linked to all the goodness from my myspace profile.
is defunct, and the other is blocked by websense as a "social Networking" site!
I've no Idea how I got modded up.
The butter knives part of that comment comes from the instructions for "Descent", where they show you how to make your monitor split the signal, and use butter knives or mirrors on each side and align them till the ships "PoP".
It was difficult, and I could never get the butter knives to stay in the right spot for long, but the effect was cool when it worked!