(Not that I'll be very likely to read e-books on my Linux boxen anyway, I find the LCD screen on my mac to be much easier on the eyes for reading for long periods of times)
Conclusion: Mac OS is better for your eyes than Linux
Sound: Does anyone really need stereo sound on a laptop? I hardly need sound to begin with, and I certainly don't need to be driving two speakers on my laptop. I'm somewhat of an audiophile, and I like good sound from my home stereo and portable music devices. But from my laptop computer it's more or less wasted.
I use my laptop as a music workstation. However, I'd be happy to find a laptop without integrated speakers, as they are utterly useless for anything besides beeps. The space saved might be useful... I think the lack of floppy drives has contributed to the thin and sleek laptops we have today, and the lack of speakers could help a little bit more.
As for laptops in general: I cut my Linux teeth on a laptop that was my only computer for a couple of years. I see laptops as real computers in their own right, not some limited appliances
Some time ago, I noticed that DVDs on my mom's player didn't look much better than normal TV programs. I looked deeper, and found that the video cable between the DVD player and the TV was one of those thin-wire cheap pieces of crap. I replaced it with a spare composite-video Monster cable I had lying around, and the picture quality improved dramatically.
Compost... I mean composite is the worst option for video, no matter who makes the cable. The technology has its inherent limitations, as all of the information is crammed into a single wire. S-video is better, and separate R, G, B and sync (as in SCART or VGA) are even better.
Huh? What method of visual representation do we "think in"? My brain does not work on bitmaps, or vectors, but on a pattern-analysing neural nework. In other words, my brain is not limited to a single representation scheme, and I seriously doubt that an alien culture capable of receiving these messages would be so limited.
Quite true, but that's only relevant if you're sending a postcard or a similar tangible picture. With radio communication, all you can send is a string of data. How do you know if a byte represents one pixel, one Fourier component, one vector component, or something else?
By your argument, I guess you can't buy a car either... you can only buy a Honda Civic EX 1.5 5-sp Manual, Toyota Corolla CE 4-sp Auto etc.
I think the parent meant that UTP cable is not limited to Ethernet use. Like there's no such thing as a Windows PC because the machine can run other operating systems as well.
On the other hand, there are people who would just want to buy Windows PCs and Ethernet cables and not worry about the technical details.
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The term "reversible computing" has also been used for a type of circuit that does not consume energy, other than entropy, for computation.
I think you got it just the wrong way.
Traditional computers generate entropy because of the information destroyed. Entropy created is necessarily associated with heat. With reversible computing there is no entropy increase, which in theory means less heat produced and less energy consumption.
Sic means "spelling incorrect," or, "Grammar incorrect." It's used to signify that they are using a quote from another source and that it's spelling and/or grammar in that location is incorrect and is not part of the editor's (quoter's) mistake.
Not quite. It is used to draw attention to an unusual spelling, but not necessarily to a wrong one. 'Sic' literally means 'thus' (in Latin), but its meaning is more like 'intentionally thus written'. For example,
I'm a right hander, but I mouse with my left hand. Here are a few advantages I've found:
The mouse is closer to the active typing space of a keyboard.
The more dexterous hand is on the keyboard; mousing requires much less finger precision. Consequently, more efficient simultaneous use.
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Because non-speculative fiction is boring. If I want kitchen-sink realism, I have my own dull life, thank you very much. SF gives me hope and inspiration, contrary to mainstream soap.
X86 has not always supported 36-bit addressable memory. I think it was introduced with Pentium Pro, while 386 to Pentium MMX supported 4 GB only.
Even so, PPro+ cannot access all of the 64 GB as a single flat memory space, only 4 GB at a time. I forget the exact reasons for this, so perhaps someone can clarify.
5) Cut down on vibration. Hard drives are kind of noisy, yes. In my experience, though, it's really the vibrations that contribute to the noise levels. Try to wedge some thin rubber washers between the HDD and the case when you're screwing it in. Some newer case designs actually use a system like this by default, and the noise level reduction is quite impressive.
I've had one hard drive get more noisy when I added rubber washers. The reason, I think, is that the resonant frequency got closer to the vibration of the HD.
Springy substances can only shift the resonant frequency, which can be a good thing if it gets you further from resonance. A dissipative material is better in general, as it will flatten the resonance peak.
I've got the best results with a few layers of bubble wrap. It's bad for heat dissipation though, so I just rest the HD on top of it.
I mean I'd love to live forever, but I would sacrifice the possibility instantly if I could actually go and see the universe out there before I died.
I agree. Humans are not the center of the universe, and there are more important matters in the universe than humankind. Therefore I think there are more important distributed projects than Folding@Home. And that's just my humble absolutely true opinion;)
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I live in the land of Nokia, you insensitive clod!
Conclusion: Mac OS is better for your eyes than Linux
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I use my laptop as a music workstation. However, I'd be happy to find a laptop without integrated speakers, as they are utterly useless for anything besides beeps. The space saved might be useful... I think the lack of floppy drives has contributed to the thin and sleek laptops we have today, and the lack of speakers could help a little bit more.
As for laptops in general: I cut my Linux teeth on a laptop that was my only computer for a couple of years. I see laptops as real computers in their own right, not some limited appliances
Compost... I mean composite is the worst option for video, no matter who makes the cable. The technology has its inherent limitations, as all of the information is crammed into a single wire. S-video is better, and separate R, G, B and sync (as in SCART or VGA) are even better.
Intel already has an x86 line newer and better than P4. It's called Pentium M.
I wonder if that comprises the Cellulose Processing Unit and the Grain Processing Unit...
Quite true, but that's only relevant if you're sending a postcard or a similar tangible picture. With radio communication, all you can send is a string of data. How do you know if a byte represents one pixel, one Fourier component, one vector component, or something else?
Not necessarily, if the infrared region is filtered off.
I think the parent meant that UTP cable is not limited to Ethernet use. Like there's no such thing as a Windows PC because the machine can run other operating systems as well.
On the other hand, there are people who would just want to buy Windows PCs and Ethernet cables and not worry about the technical details.
$ mplayer -playlist http://wm.npr.na-central.speedera.net/wm.npr.na-ce ntral/me/20050314_me_06.wma
You read it quite correctly. This is how scientific prefixes work.
A megasecond, for example, means one million seconds. It's not some special kind of second.
I think you got it just the wrong way.
Traditional computers generate entropy because of the information destroyed. Entropy created is necessarily associated with heat. With reversible computing there is no entropy increase, which in theory means less heat produced and less energy consumption.
Fine, but if you're running 64-bit code on the Turion and 32-bit on the P-M, then the effective size (number of items stored) is the same.
Not quite. It is used to draw attention to an unusual spelling, but not necessarily to a wrong one. 'Sic' literally means 'thus' (in Latin), but its meaning is more like 'intentionally thus written'. For example,
Because non-speculative fiction is boring. If I want kitchen-sink realism, I have my own dull life, thank you very much. SF gives me hope and inspiration, contrary to mainstream soap.
BTW, LAME ain't MP3 encoder.
I remember DOS programs that provided extended/expanded memory by using a part of video RAM. My video card had a mindblowing 512 KB.
If I go walking and my computers are off, I'm unhappy because they are sitting there doing nothing.
Even so, PPro+ cannot access all of the 64 GB as a single flat memory space, only 4 GB at a time. I forget the exact reasons for this, so perhaps someone can clarify.
For me it's more like XOR than AND. The noise won't bother me when I'm away.
I've had one hard drive get more noisy when I added rubber washers. The reason, I think, is that the resonant frequency got closer to the vibration of the HD.
Springy substances can only shift the resonant frequency, which can be a good thing if it gets you further from resonance. A dissipative material is better in general, as it will flatten the resonance peak.
I've got the best results with a few layers of bubble wrap. It's bad for heat dissipation though, so I just rest the HD on top of it.
I agree. Humans are not the center of the universe, and there are more important matters in the universe than humankind. Therefore I think there are more important distributed projects than Folding@Home. And that's just my humble absolutely true opinion ;)