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  1. Re:Go AMD! on Samsung Begins Mass Production of World's Fastest DRAM (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    I had the reverse issue. Owned AMD cards since the 2000 series. Very little driver problems, nothing remarkable. Then I got an Nvidia 970. Glitchy drivers all around and a corrupt mouse cursor all the time. Windows 10 came out. Still having the same issues but add flickers and the screen going funky colors. They finally fixed all of that after several months of windows 10 but overall my experience with my 970 has been full of driver bugs (most related to being at 4k 60hz, but if the card supports it, it should support it!).

  2. Re:But we STILL haven't seen how it actually looks on Microsoft Leaks New HoloLens Details (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    Yep and they claim thats a feature so you dont get too immersed.

  3. Re:Say What?! on Help Is On the Way In the War Against Noisy Leaf Blowers · · Score: 5, Interesting

    They arent inherently loud. In fact, their power greatly improves with what would be a very restrictive exhaust on a four stroke. Cheap leaf blowers are just loud because they are cheap and have tiny crappy mufflers. Two strokes also don't have to be inefficient. In larger applications they can generally have a lot more power density than a four stroke and very similar emissions / fuel economy if used with direct injection. Their main problem is that they blow intake charge out with the exhaust when not at the optimal resonance frequency with their exhaust expansion chamber. If you dont add the fuel until the port is closed, its not a problem.

  4. Re:Drones and Cars and Guns on California Legislation Would Require License Plates, Insurance For Drones (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    Out of those three? Cars. Cars cause more deaths than guns per year. Accidental gun deaths are far far far lower than accidental car deaths (505 vs 35369). They only get ckose when you count murder and suicides.

  5. Re:Normally I side with the EFF, BUT on EFF: Cisco Shouldn't Get Off the Hook For Aiding Torture In China (eff.org) · · Score: 1, Troll

    Donewe torture people too? Was their specific type of torture illegal? They tortured people they considered to be a threat. We torture people we consider to be a threat. Think we need to stop doing something before we judge others for the same behavior.

  6. Hasn't this already been done in HIR headlights? on Nanotech Could Make Incandescent Light Bulbs As Efficient As LEDs (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    Isn't this just like an HIR headlight bulb? it reflected IR back to further heat the filament and increase light output without increasing wattage.

  7. Re:Eh, its not that much on Oculus Rift Pre-orders Begin At $600 (oculus.com) · · Score: 1

    How many people own iPads? How much do they cost again?

  8. Re:True Re:Eh, its not that much on Oculus Rift Pre-orders Begin At $600 (oculus.com) · · Score: 1

    Ive used them. Just a fun novelty. Sensor drift and poor fov kill it. Was good enough to make me want to spend money on better though.

  9. Re:Eh, its not that much on Oculus Rift Pre-orders Begin At $600 (oculus.com) · · Score: 2

    Two AMOLED screens binned for the best possible quality. The screens aside, there is a lot more to the thing. Its worth at least as much as a decent smart phone I would think.

  10. Eh, its not that much on Oculus Rift Pre-orders Begin At $600 (oculus.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Its a high end gaming screen. I paid $800 for my last monitor and it didnt have head tracking, 3d audio, etc....

  11. Re:Physical limitations, why vr wont work for me on Virtual Reality Predictions For 2016 and Beyond (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    As someone who has played with them a bit, they are still good even if you are sitting still using it as a monitor. Especially for movies.

  12. Re:Now if we could only ... on FAA Admits Names & Addresses In Drone Registry Will Be Publicly Available (forbes.com) · · Score: 1

    News flash... it is illegal to carry a gun around without a conceal carry permit so any bad guys walking around with guns can be arrested on the spot. Its also illegal to be in possession of a gun if you have committed a previous crime AND most states keep records of every gun sale and can track down the owner of any given gun. What extra benefit would be offered by a license may I ask? It would just be a fee that law abiding citizens would pay and would accomplish nothing to prevent crime. As is, criminals mostly have stolen guns and in almost all circumstances will be arrested if caught carrying it on their person.

  13. Re:Now if we could only ... on FAA Admits Names & Addresses In Drone Registry Will Be Publicly Available (forbes.com) · · Score: 1

    There are no guns in prison so it should be perfectly safe in there, just throw your kid into general pop at a local prison. Safe as can be.

  14. Re:Good luck proving lost revenue! on LionsGate Wants Pirate Sites To Pay For 'Expendables' 3 Leak (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    The company doesn't care. This is just their legal department trying to earn some revenue and pull their weight.

  15. Re:Options on Disease Threatens 99% of the Banana Market (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    There are other cultivated edible types, lots of them. They do have different tastes though. Some taste more like apples, some taste more like vanilla ice cream, etc...

  16. Re:IMHO that's good on It's Getting Harder To Reside Anonymously In a Modern City (citiesofthefuture.eu) · · Score: 1

    It just lets you find out who they really are without pretense. Just like online, if youre a jerk when you think youre anonymous, you actually are a jerk.

  17. Re:This is a breakthrough? on Swarm Robotics Breakthrough Brings Pheromone Communication To AI (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    If I had to guess, I would say they need to make some physical robot and make it do something they can relate to a biological behavior to keep getting money. Simulations and papers are good and all but you need physical demonstration and buzz words to woo and keep on riding the train.

  18. Re:"fooling even the most seasoned security pros" on The Sophisticated Business of Today's Most Nasty Phishing Attacks (infoworld.com) · · Score: 2

    The latest phishing test we did at work used a spoofed email address that looked like HR at our domain and said you needed to read the enclosed word document, print it, and turn it in to HR. No macros so you didn't need to enable editing or enable macros in the document for it to work and it still silently redirected to an external site. In practice the email wouldn't have gotten through without help, but all it takes is one. You can image with just a word document, an internal looking email address, and proper writing skills, it got a LOT of hits.

  19. Re:It makes no sense. on NASA Picks Winners For 3D-Printed Mars Habitat Design Contest (space.com) · · Score: 1

    I think there is meant to be a good amount of insulation betwee the internal and the ice.

  20. Re:The freedom of not having a car on Nearly One-third of Consumers Would Give Up Their Car Before Their Smartphone (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Even old crappy cars wont have much wear and tear at 8km a day. I drive a 2000 Tacoma with 200,000 miles on it and have spent less than $200 on parts since I bought it at 30,000 miles. Maybe $50 a year on oil and filters. If I had a commute as short as yours I would spend far less.

  21. Re:Misleading title.. But omg 3d printing. on Guy Creates Handheld Railgun With a 3D-Printer (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    True, but not any I know of that would work well as a high voltage conductor. Milling or cnc yes, but not sintered together metal particles.

  22. Misleading title.. But omg 3d printing. on Guy Creates Handheld Railgun With a 3D-Printer (engadget.com) · · Score: 2

    There are no function related parts in a rail gun that can be 3d orinted. You cant print capacitors or metal rails. Theres even less to print than you could on a normal gun.

  23. Re:The other question... on EPA To Overhaul Emissions Testing In the Wake of VW Cheating · · Score: 1

    All of the emissions stuff also cost a lot of power, which in turn costs fuel mileage, which in turn causes quite a bit more carbon (something emissions equipment cannot remove), which seems to be a very harped on emissions type these days. .

  24. Re:Cheating more of an issue for diesels on EPA To Overhaul Emissions Testing In the Wake of VW Cheating · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Motorcycles cheat like crazy. Almost all of them. They severely lean out portions of the fuel map that get used in the test and leave other portions at optimal or even a little rich to reduce warranty claims. First thing most owners do is buy an exhaust system for the sound, often eliminating the cat, and a tuner to fix the horrible EPA test cheater fueling.

  25. Re:Here's an obvious power saving solution... on Gaming Computers Offer Huge, Untapped Energy Savings Potential · · Score: 1

    Dont even need to. ALL of the components have power scaming features. That 600 watt gaming pc uses less power than its monitor when youre browsing the web (50-75 watts). People seem to not understand that the power ratings are maximums, not constant.