Geeze, make that 5 years. I figured early C2Ds would be cheaper by now, but the lowest price I could find for an E4300 was $95. Suffice it to say, it's almost never worth upgrading just for the power savings.
You're looking at a difference of 20 watts max. If you max out your P4 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, that's 175.32kWh. Guessing about 10c per kWh, that's $17.5 a year. Or about 3 years to cover the cost of upgrading just the CPU. I'm not sure that's worth it.
In another thread someone had posted that there was no reason for any modern CPUs; the idea being that anything one could reasonably want to do with a computer was possible with decade old hardware.
This.. *This* article is why I enjoy the breakneck pace of processor speed improvements.
But this is pretty pointless. What value is there in knowing the 2.7 trillionth digit of pi? I appreciate advances in processor technology because they speed up encryption, encoding, and rendering, but not this. Those cycles would have been put to better use participating in folding@home or some such.
If it looks like a fine, acts like a fine, and hurts like a fine, it's a fine. The government should not be able to circumvent the constitution (reasonable fines) by redefining terms.
If the punishment for breaking the law is unconstitutional (cruel and unusual, excessive fines, etc) then no, you shouldn't just deal with it. In fact, levying such fines is illegal, and those pushing for them should grow up and deal with it.
That's mostly to counterbalance the pompous tone of the film snobs. But really, when I want serious entertainment, I read non-fiction or watch a documentary. When I want fluff, I just want fluff. I don't really see the appeal in a "good plot", considering that none of that stuff ever happened anyway. Somehow the argument that the made up crap in one movie is much better than the made up crap in another movie just doesn't ring true. Fiction is all fluff. Given that, I'll take the most visually stimulating and entertaining fluff any day and save my brain power for non-fiction.
With good reason too. The only reason to go to the theater is because they have better audio and video systems. If all a movie has is plot, that works just as well at home. So obviously, they cater to their strengths.
Honestly, I'm not even sure why I'm supposed to care about plot anyway. It's all just a bunch of shit that never happened. So what's the point?
Well, if it isn't then it's just a special-effects movie, isn't it?
What's your point? That incredible audio visual stimulation isn't worth paying for? Don't think of Avatar as a movie, think of it as a light show, a fucking bad ass light show. It doesn't need a good plot, and probably would have been better off without a plot at all. I'm looking forward to another Fantasia using this technology, that will be spectacular.
If you want a great story, read a book. Personally I don't care, plot is all made up anyway. Why would I care what a guy who never existed (didn't) say to another guy who never existed?
So what if the plot sucked? The plot wasn't the point. I'd have been happy if there were no plot, and just 3 hours of awesome 3d IMAX CG effects. If you want a good story, read a book. I for one don't care.
Why are adults so critical of kids movies? Of course they're simple and stupid
Because they don't have to be. Up was an amazing movie. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs was very good. That's proof enough that you can make a kids movie that's not a pile of crap. So it's plenty fair to criticize a kids movie that is a pile of crap.
Instead of spending $430million making one bloated FX crap-test they could have made 10 regular films
If they did that, I wouldn't have seen any of them, and many other people wouldn't have. I honestly don't give a shit about plot. Show me pretty colors in 3D on a 50 foot screen and I'm in. Sorry if that offends your film snobbery.
I don't have any problem with people using force in self defense, remember in this case it's the government who is the violent aggressor. However, that's probably not the best way to achieve change.
You're damned right it is. Anyone who advocates or participates in violence (that's what arrest is) against people merely trying to live their life without hurting anyone else is immoral and contemptible.
To be a good moral guardian, the law/police/... does not need to be perfect. It needs to be better than average. It needs to catch more criminals that John Q. Public does. It needs to prevent more crimes than an average very, very non-special American does.
Let's put it this way. The police in America arrest more people for possession than all violent crimes combined. It's pretty clear then that the police victimize more people than they help. It's not hard for the average person to do better than that.
The fact is, the majority of the population favors keeping drugs illegal.
The majority of the population once favored keeping blacks as property. That didn't make it right. Injustice is unjust no matter how many people favor it.
I'm not calling the GP a dick, I'm calling Nintendo dicks. Shutting down someone's project just because you can is a dick move. Being nice about it would get Nintendo good publicity, keep the fan community healthy, etc. It's a win win situation, and the only reason to shut down this project is to be a dick because you can be.
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I suspect he's done more thinking on these topics than nearly anyone posting in this thread, including myself...
I suspect he's done more thinking on these topics than anyone in the TSA.
Geeze, make that 5 years. I figured early C2Ds would be cheaper by now, but the lowest price I could find for an E4300 was $95. Suffice it to say, it's almost never worth upgrading just for the power savings.
You're looking at a difference of 20 watts max. If you max out your P4 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, that's 175.32kWh. Guessing about 10c per kWh, that's $17.5 a year. Or about 3 years to cover the cost of upgrading just the CPU. I'm not sure that's worth it.
Thermal imaging scanners, however cheap they become, will never be a commonly available item.
Why not? Isn't a thermal imaging scanner just a digital camera without an IR filter?
But this is pretty pointless. What value is there in knowing the 2.7 trillionth digit of pi? I appreciate advances in processor technology because they speed up encryption, encoding, and rendering, but not this. Those cycles would have been put to better use participating in folding@home or some such.
Technically, you're not being fined.
If it looks like a fine, acts like a fine, and hurts like a fine, it's a fine. The government should not be able to circumvent the constitution (reasonable fines) by redefining terms.
If the punishment for breaking the law is unconstitutional (cruel and unusual, excessive fines, etc) then no, you shouldn't just deal with it. In fact, levying such fines is illegal, and those pushing for them should grow up and deal with it.
SDL is awesome. Thanks SDL.
That's funny. If I remember correctly there was no dialogue at all within the first 15-20 minutes of the film.
That's mostly to counterbalance the pompous tone of the film snobs. But really, when I want serious entertainment, I read non-fiction or watch a documentary. When I want fluff, I just want fluff. I don't really see the appeal in a "good plot", considering that none of that stuff ever happened anyway. Somehow the argument that the made up crap in one movie is much better than the made up crap in another movie just doesn't ring true. Fiction is all fluff. Given that, I'll take the most visually stimulating and entertaining fluff any day and save my brain power for non-fiction.
With good reason too. The only reason to go to the theater is because they have better audio and video systems. If all a movie has is plot, that works just as well at home. So obviously, they cater to their strengths.
Honestly, I'm not even sure why I'm supposed to care about plot anyway. It's all just a bunch of shit that never happened. So what's the point?
Well, if it isn't then it's just a special-effects movie, isn't it?
What's your point? That incredible audio visual stimulation isn't worth paying for? Don't think of Avatar as a movie, think of it as a light show, a fucking bad ass light show. It doesn't need a good plot, and probably would have been better off without a plot at all. I'm looking forward to another Fantasia using this technology, that will be spectacular.
If you want a great story, read a book. Personally I don't care, plot is all made up anyway. Why would I care what a guy who never existed (didn't) say to another guy who never existed?
So what if the plot sucked? The plot wasn't the point. I'd have been happy if there were no plot, and just 3 hours of awesome 3d IMAX CG effects. If you want a good story, read a book. I for one don't care.
Why are adults so critical of kids movies? Of course they're simple and stupid
Because they don't have to be. Up was an amazing movie. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs was very good. That's proof enough that you can make a kids movie that's not a pile of crap. So it's plenty fair to criticize a kids movie that is a pile of crap.
Instead of spending $430million making one bloated FX crap-test they could have made 10 regular films
If they did that, I wouldn't have seen any of them, and many other people wouldn't have. I honestly don't give a shit about plot. Show me pretty colors in 3D on a 50 foot screen and I'm in. Sorry if that offends your film snobbery.
It'll be easier to give everyone a block of ipv6 addresses than it will be to take away legacy ipv4 allocations.
Besides, SSH tunnels won't work on my network. I've got all protocols being intercepted by the proxy (including encrypted).
How does that work without breaking SSH? Or does it?
The games on Amiga are still better though.
I don't have any problem with people using force in self defense, remember in this case it's the government who is the violent aggressor. However, that's probably not the best way to achieve change.
You're damned right it is. Anyone who advocates or participates in violence (that's what arrest is) against people merely trying to live their life without hurting anyone else is immoral and contemptible.
He's only alleged to be selling drugs, he's not a bad guy whether he did it or not.
To be a good moral guardian, the law/police/... does not need to be perfect. It needs to be better than average. It needs to catch more criminals that John Q. Public does. It needs to prevent more crimes than an average very, very non-special American does.
Let's put it this way. The police in America arrest more people for possession than all violent crimes combined. It's pretty clear then that the police victimize more people than they help. It's not hard for the average person to do better than that.
The fact is, the majority of the population favors keeping drugs illegal.
The majority of the population once favored keeping blacks as property. That didn't make it right. Injustice is unjust no matter how many people favor it.
it fills a very important need slot : fast, small, web capable device that you can carry around and with capabilities of a normal low end office pc.
That niche is also filled by the smart phone. Smart phones are just getting more capable, and they have the size advantage.
I'm not calling the GP a dick, I'm calling Nintendo dicks. Shutting down someone's project just because you can is a dick move. Being nice about it would get Nintendo good publicity, keep the fan community healthy, etc. It's a win win situation, and the only reason to shut down this project is to be a dick because you can be.