I'm currently running a WD Green with an old Samsung SSD 830 as cache. I get the occasional pause if a game loads in something that isn't on the SSD.
WD Greens are "green" as in stuff that grows from dung. The idle3 system that makes drives wear out faster from constant spinup/spindown isn't particularly green in an environmental sense, IMHO. Even after disabling idle3 altogether, I still had to setup a ramdisk in order to do my theatre sound stuff properly (i.e. the song must play now, not a few seconds after hitting play). Finally I replaced the HD with a nice Toshiba, which for some reason is my all time favourite HD brand, though there are others that have yet avoided my blacklist.
This is why I use UK or US layouts, unless I have to type anything longer than a few words in Finnish. (For the occasional umlaut, the dead keys come in handy.) Going from UK/US to FI/SE means adding three new letters, so it should not be a huge change, but it seems almost every punctuation is relocated, often to the most painful position. It's hard for me to imagine anyone programming (including latex, html etc.) or using the unix shell with a FI/SE keyboard.
In Finland we have this thing called sauna, and when you toss water on the stove, you feel more heat, even though the temperature may even go down. A sauna thermometer is mostly useless, as you cannot compare the heat effect of two saunas by their temperatures alone. This story brought to mind an old idea, that what a sauna really needs is an enthalpy meter, or basically a measure of the energy content in air per volume. It should be fairly easy to program if you have humidity and temperature sensors, though you'll probably need a table of vapour pressure, as the sensors are usually for relative rather than absolute humidity. If you can make a standalone enthalpy meter that works in sauna conditions, it'll be awesome.
Another issue about comfort is skin vs. breathing. It's nice when your skin feels warm, but breathing air too warm feels stuffy. One solution to this is to have mostly radiative heating. I think I've had the best sleep in military camps in the winter, with freezing cold air and a red hot stove heating the tent. The modern domestic solution is surface heating from the floor, walls or ceiling. To optimize comfort you'd probably need some air conditioning too; humidity control is important, but using air to control heating is not that great. If the walls are cold, your skin will radiate off heat, and using warm air to fix it will only make it stuffy.
Why is a second called a second? Why is a (kilo)gram called a (kilo)gram? Why is a mole called a mole?
I have no idea about any of those, but I don't have any trouble remembering what they are the units of.
What's so confusing about re-using a scientist's name? Would you prefer "time unit" or "mass unit"?
In other words, it's good to have different words for different things. If you need to make up a new word, then might as well base it on a person's name, instead of making it completely random or making awkward combinations of old words.
The only slight problem, IMHO, with person-based words is that they can't really be translated, and you may need to do some arbitrary transliteration in other languages. Then again, I think it's better for science to use the same words in all languages. For example "energy" is basically the same in many different languages.
To me, a "personal computer" is a piece of computing hardware where the person who owns it controls what computing it performs. For example, a device running SteamOS (or other X11/Linux distributions), Windows, OS X, or Android is a personal computer. A device running operating system whose publisher has veto power over apps, such as Windows RT, Windows Phone, Apple iOS, Nintendo iOS (Wii, Wii U), Sony GameOS (PS3), Sony Orbis OS (PS4), is an "appliance".
This! I hate the way "PC" is often used to refer to a Windows box, when a Linux/BSD installation is generally much more personal(ized) than the same old Windows you see everywhere. That said, this is a matter of degree, so it's hard to draw a line -- a closed OS makes computing more limited, but even a Free OS is often handicapped by non-free BIOS and firmware.
IMHO, a computer primarily designed for gaming is a console. If it's an open system, then great! But it's not like a closed system like an N64 doesn't compute in the same way. Though you might want to draw a line so that it's a console when the manufacturer spends extra effort to limit its computational abilities in order to make it cheaper. Which, IMHO, does not compute.
I always find this weird, as in Finland manual transmission is what the majority uses and it is taught in driving schools by default. In fact, automatic is considered a crutch that is acceptable to use if you're missing a leg, for example. I guess this has something to do with fuel efficiency and our steep taxation. Then again, even if gas were cheap, I would still choose manual for the efficiency and the extra control. I actually drive hardly at all, and I'm not that great at driving, but I find manual transmission one of the least difficult issues.
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And that's why they call it a 4 letter word.
I'm currently running a WD Green with an old Samsung SSD 830 as cache. I get the occasional pause if a game loads in something that isn't on the SSD.
WD Greens are "green" as in stuff that grows from dung. The idle3 system that makes drives wear out faster from constant spinup/spindown isn't particularly green in an environmental sense, IMHO. Even after disabling idle3 altogether, I still had to setup a ramdisk in order to do my theatre sound stuff properly (i.e. the song must play now, not a few seconds after hitting play). Finally I replaced the HD with a nice Toshiba, which for some reason is my all time favourite HD brand, though there are others that have yet avoided my blacklist.
In that case, I'm sure you'll like our eel detector that looks interesting but has detractors (Video)!
This is why I use UK or US layouts, unless I have to type anything longer than a few words in Finnish. (For the occasional umlaut, the dead keys come in handy.) Going from UK/US to FI/SE means adding three new letters, so it should not be a huge change, but it seems almost every punctuation is relocated, often to the most painful position. It's hard for me to imagine anyone programming (including latex, html etc.) or using the unix shell with a FI/SE keyboard.
A most insightful post I'd like to elaborate on :)
In Finland we have this thing called sauna, and when you toss water on the stove, you feel more heat, even though the temperature may even go down. A sauna thermometer is mostly useless, as you cannot compare the heat effect of two saunas by their temperatures alone. This story brought to mind an old idea, that what a sauna really needs is an enthalpy meter, or basically a measure of the energy content in air per volume. It should be fairly easy to program if you have humidity and temperature sensors, though you'll probably need a table of vapour pressure, as the sensors are usually for relative rather than absolute humidity. If you can make a standalone enthalpy meter that works in sauna conditions, it'll be awesome.
Another issue about comfort is skin vs. breathing. It's nice when your skin feels warm, but breathing air too warm feels stuffy. One solution to this is to have mostly radiative heating. I think I've had the best sleep in military camps in the winter, with freezing cold air and a red hot stove heating the tent. The modern domestic solution is surface heating from the floor, walls or ceiling. To optimize comfort you'd probably need some air conditioning too; humidity control is important, but using air to control heating is not that great. If the walls are cold, your skin will radiate off heat, and using warm air to fix it will only make it stuffy.
*sigh* It's not Bram Cohen who wrote the Dracula...
This is a specific example of a more general phenomenon. Why do people where business suits?
It's not just your appearance, it's also your spelling and grammar.
In Finnish kaveri mean buddy. Quite fitting name :)
And "apu" means help or assistance, or auxiliary as a prefix. For example "apuprosessori" meaning co-processor.
The scientists' version of this cockfight is, of course, the Large Hardon Collider. Also don't forget Formula One Grand Pricks.
Why is a second called a second? Why is a (kilo)gram called a (kilo)gram? Why is a mole called a mole?
I have no idea about any of those, but I don't have any trouble remembering what they are the units of.
What's so confusing about re-using a scientist's name? Would you prefer "time unit" or "mass unit"?
In other words, it's good to have different words for different things. If you need to make up a new word, then might as well base it on a person's name, instead of making it completely random or making awkward combinations of old words.
The only slight problem, IMHO, with person-based words is that they can't really be translated, and you may need to do some arbitrary transliteration in other languages. Then again, I think it's better for science to use the same words in all languages. For example "energy" is basically the same in many different languages.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3CWLCoQu7c&feature=youtu.be
I used to think there is some connection between "campus" as a place of learning and the human memory managemet unit, but I'm not so sure any more...
To me, a "personal computer" is a piece of computing hardware where the person who owns it controls what computing it performs. For example, a device running SteamOS (or other X11/Linux distributions), Windows, OS X, or Android is a personal computer. A device running operating system whose publisher has veto power over apps, such as Windows RT, Windows Phone, Apple iOS, Nintendo iOS (Wii, Wii U), Sony GameOS (PS3), Sony Orbis OS (PS4), is an "appliance".
This! I hate the way "PC" is often used to refer to a Windows box, when a Linux/BSD installation is generally much more personal(ized) than the same old Windows you see everywhere. That said, this is a matter of degree, so it's hard to draw a line -- a closed OS makes computing more limited, but even a Free OS is often handicapped by non-free BIOS and firmware.
IMHO, a computer primarily designed for gaming is a console. If it's an open system, then great! But it's not like a closed system like an N64 doesn't compute in the same way. Though you might want to draw a line so that it's a console when the manufacturer spends extra effort to limit its computational abilities in order to make it cheaper. Which, IMHO, does not compute.
I'm a bald physicist, you insensitive clod!
Just give us 4k in a 27-30" form factor for people that aren't blind. I'm amazed that phones can have higher pixel densities than computer monitors.
I agree with the general point, but phones are used considerably closer to you than monitors, so a higher pixel density does make some sense.
Also, Jukka is a male name, as you may know from some classic videos.
So you're hung like a correct horse, with a battery staple?
Yup, I always thought the model is a little dumb, because it needs a gravitational field perpendicular to the sheet to actually get deformed.
The answer clearly is no.
If that's your main problem with Bitcoin, you should be really worried about cash...
The fucking manual, also known as Kama Sutra.
I always find this weird, as in Finland manual transmission is what the majority uses and it is taught in driving schools by default. In fact, automatic is considered a crutch that is acceptable to use if you're missing a leg, for example. I guess this has something to do with fuel efficiency and our steep taxation. Then again, even if gas were cheap, I would still choose manual for the efficiency and the extra control. I actually drive hardly at all, and I'm not that great at driving, but I find manual transmission one of the least difficult issues.
It's a historical anecdote - Lord Kelvin, a renowned physicist is behind the quote about flight. A nice example of Clarke's first law.
There will never ever be cold fusion.
Heavier than air flying machines are impossible.