I don't understand why people use anti-freeze in their computer water cooling systems-- it's not going to be all that more efficient at cooling than say, distilled water,
Actually, it's less efficient than H2O, as the thermal conductivity and thermal capacity is considerably worse in anti-freeze. The only reason to use it is in sub-zero chillers.
I think people use anti-freeze for the anti-corrosive (and a lack of understanding of its thermal properties), but there are better solutions for anti-corrosion. I use 15% Hy-perlube in my system - and in my car!
with some water additive for your distilled water, you don't have to worry about corrosion or rusting.
Actually, some systems have two types of metals (copper, aluminum) which can cause galvanic corrosion, so an anti-corrosive is a good thing. Also, there is the bacterial issue, so it's good to have something in there to kill the nasties, lest they take over your PC and use it for evil.
"I stand for nothing other than opposing the incumbent, and I am therefore taking no definitive positions on anything, unless it is possible to take both sides, since the media lets me get away with that."
Suing doctors on some ludicrous theory that botched deliveries cause cerebal palsy.
Call my all the names you want, it doesn't change the fact that no malpractice in the delivery of a baby can cause cerebal palsy. You can't even argue this to a jury in North Carolina anymore!
You can thank the insurance companies for the cost of health care today. Malpractice insurance for doctors and surgeons in the USA can top $1,000,000 a year depending on their area of practice
It's plaintiffs lawyers (like John Edwards) suing doctors with junk science, judges not doing their jobs, and gullible juries. And of course the "defensive medicine" (runing every test just to CYA) that doctors practice to avoid suits.
And of course, legitimate malpractice claims.
Insurance companies just run the numbers and tack on a profit - they really are the least responsible.
If they doctors in India can do as good a job as the ones in the USA at a lower cost, I'll be traveling overseas if I have to have another surgery.
A BIG "if." What evidence do we have of this? Medical school admission in the US is extremely competitive, likely the most competitive academic process in the US. I'd like to see some evidence that "Indian doctors are probably at least as good as those one is likely to get in the U.S." There are competitive schools in India, but to make a blanket statement about Indian doctors is ludicrous. After all, don't a lot of brilliant Indians come to the U.S. to attend grad school?
Of course, if something goes wrong, don't look for a lawyer to sue - they are all in the U.S.!
Intel realizes that.... Mhz do not always = performance!
Wrong. The Prescott is actually a better performer than the Northwood above about 3.8 GHz. What Intel has admitted - a little late, considering Tejas should have told them this some time ago - is that the problem is Precotts are so damn hot they cannot scale past 4.0 without extreme cooling measures.
If somehow Intel could have gotten Pressys to scale to 5+ GHz without having to include a phase change unit in the retail box, Prescotts would be in the roadmap for another 2 years. But they just can't, nor get enough these little hot plates to work at the 4+ range within vcore and temp specs.
Yes, MHz doesn't always equal performance, but the same chip at a higher speed does - unless it is on fire.
Oh, and it is hard to imagine recoil harder than my relatively lightweight 45-70 loaded to the max (#3's can be handloaded really hot) with 500gn bullets. Not fun at all. The trigger guard actually takes skin of of my forefinger.
Damn, I saw a lion video somewhere that is just so scary. A guy shoots the thing in the air as it leaps to kill him. They pulled the video for bandwidth reasons.
Look, I have a Ruger #3 45-70 that I handload to ~.458 Win velocities, and I can tell you that those fuggers, 350, 450, or 500gn, have a trajectory like lead ballons. Useless beyond 150 yards, which a lion can close in a heartbeat.
As for the Casull, great gun, but no way I am getting close enough to a lion to take a handgun shot.
Oh, and you jokers who think a single ape can take a lion, LOL. I've seen video of a 100-lbs mountain lion jumping a 6-foot fence with a 100-lbs akita in its mouth. Now imagine a 400-lbs lion. Strong as apes are, nothing matches a cat's strength and agility, pound-for-pound (jumping spiders and ants excepted).
your sentencing hearing on unauthorized access to a computer, among other charges, should you try this hack job.
That, however, doesn't change the fact that you can hardly be blamed for using resources someone else has made available. Open port is an invitation. If the inviter wanted to limit his invitation to a certain group of people, he should have used a password. Otherwise, people have no way of knowing that this invitation didn't include them.
I'd love to hear someone try this line of bull in front of a judge in a sentencing hearing. Just bring your toothbrush, LOL. The old, "they should protect their money better if they don't want to be robbed," or the "she shouldn't have walked in a dark alley and dressed like a slut if she didn't want to get raped" defense.
I doubt the GPS part would have led to a conviction in Cali standing by itself. Of course, the GPS will haelp make the case for the stalking, but wouldn't likely be illegal if that were all he had done.
Pretty scary, huh?
p.s. - Can you techies tell me how to hook one of these up?
As Oliver Wendell Holmes put it, "Your right to swing your fist ends where my nose begins." You can't defame, threaten, or defraud someone with your speech, or yell "fire" in a crowded theater.
By your reasoning, a person should be able to break the law to express himself. So they can stop traffic? Spray paint walls of public buildings? Come into my business and disrupt it? Enter my home? This would be a prescription for anarchy.
In order for society to operate, it needs order. Many of these "protesters" are, in fact, either anarchists or professional activists, so they would disagree with this premise. But most reasonable people would agree that there are limits on all rights. If you are an anarchist, then I cannot reason with you on this. But the Constitution also contemplated police powers for the states, including trespassing and disturbing the peace laws, which were in effect in 1787 and continue to this day. Clearly, the "peaceably assemble" phrase carries some weight here.
Keep in mind another purpose of time, place, and manner restrictions is to protect expression itself. Now, before you call me Orwellian, don't shoot the messenger; this is the Supreme Court's rationale. Part of the reasoning behind requiring permits for demonstrations is to put the police on notice that they need to staff the event, and protect both the protestors (who would scream bloody murder if no police showed up to their event and they got hurt) and the general public.
One key point: A mob of demonstrators can shout down and intimidate a smaller group of dissenters, as in the cases wherein the ACLU defends those Klan knotheads. One function of the law is to allow unpopular opinions be expressed in safety. The authorities cannot do hat with people racing all over the streets of NYC on bikes.
But then again, the bigger the spectacle, the more likely the "protesters" are going to get on the nightly news, so the chaos is intentional. It is essential that anyone analyzing "protests" takes this into account.
The First Amendment does not let you express yourself wherever or whenever you want. You cannot deface public proprty, or block streets during rush hour, or interrupt a class lecture, or invade a business, or come into my house and write your opinion on my walls.
So long as the government - in this case, NYC - does not regulate content, it can regulate the time, place, and manner of expression. The case law is well-settled on this, yet every time some radical group "protests" in some unlawful manner (again, T, P, & M) by shutting down a street or trespassing and hanging a banner on some building, they scream "First Amendment."
This is utter nonsense. The funny part is these groups almost always consult with First Amendment attorneys prior to their actions, so they know good and well that their conduct is illegal. Yet they still screech like scalded hogs when they get arrested for breaking the law. I say, great, carry the law breakers away in shackles. Most of the time, that's all part of the act, as in, "Look at me! I am being carted away by The Man for protesting!"
No you aren't idiot, and you know it. But it makes for good political theater.
so wouldn't it be possible to sue the USOC for First Amendment violations?
No, since similar bodies like the NCAA, NBAPOA, etc are not considered governmental agencies under case law (the NCAA has lost antitrust cases, you can't sue the government for antitrust).
The web allows one to extend bad manners from real life
True, but the Net amplifies bad manners, for the reasons the parent suggests (lack of "real-world consequences"). So the nerd (you know who you are) I would normally stuff in a trash can if he got snippy face-to-face, can now write things from the safetly of his keyboard with impunity.
The local news is obsessed with police pursuits. Imagine how fun they will be to watch, chasing a flying car all over the city! Especially when LAPD has to shoot them down with sidewinders over a school!
These things should be approved solely for their entertainment value.
It's only because US Companies like NBC pay 3/4 of a billion dollars that the IOC has the resources to hold these games in a secure fashion.
If it were contemplated that NBC would not be able to turn a profit due to Internet coverage, the IOC would not be getting $750 million, and the games would be pathetic and weak. Who the hell do you think paid for that opening ceremony and all the olympic village and beautiful venues? A large part of it was NBC's licensing fees.
I think the whole world should thank NBC for investying in the games and making them possible. This one-dimensional YRO perspective on/. is so myopic.
5) Optionally, this information will not be available to insurance companies or for prosecution in either civil or criminal cases. I think that the data should be available, but I can see valid objections to this.
Such black box info is already discoverable in civil and criminal cases in several states. Why make it unavailable?
Seems like it would be easier to ascertain the truth in court with scientific readings, rather than with two parties' lawyers arguing with each other.
A company's financial resources being instrumental in penetrating a market is not a red herring. MS launched Windows 2000 with a $100 million advertising campaign. Let's see a Linux distro do that.
My point was, Mr. Argumentative, that even 800-lbs, Gorillas can't always shoehorn their way into a market. Jesus, some of you like to argue just for the sake of arguing.
MS could've sold each console for $50 and taken control of the market
It could have, and then again been pursued by federal regulators, this time for predatory pricing.
Besides, are the only successful products in the world the ones with >50% of the market share?
I do believe the whole point of the original article was how MS is going to kick Sony's arse. Ballmer's argument, not mine.
Of course, were XBox and PS2 a fight, they would have stopped it.
Funny how Microsoft's essentially unlimited resources are not enough to penetrate a market (based on the relative lack of success of the XBox to date).
Not until MS finds a way to tie XBox 2 to Windows will they be able to "take" Sony. Maybe if they can force users to activate Windows via the XBox?;-)
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Actually, it's less efficient than H2O, as the thermal conductivity and thermal capacity is considerably worse in anti-freeze. The only reason to use it is in sub-zero chillers.
I think people use anti-freeze for the anti-corrosive (and a lack of understanding of its thermal properties), but there are better solutions for anti-corrosion. I use 15% Hy-perlube in my system - and in my car!
with some water additive for your distilled water, you don't have to worry about corrosion or rusting.
Actually, some systems have two types of metals (copper, aluminum) which can cause galvanic corrosion, so an anti-corrosive is a good thing. Also, there is the bacterial issue, so it's good to have something in there to kill the nasties, lest they take over your PC and use it for evil.
Yeah, let's abandon our lone ally in the Middle East, its only democracy. Let's allow all the Arab nations to drive Israel into the ocean.
Then Bin Laden will like us!
Let's abandon our friends when they needs us, just like France does. Yeah, that's the country I want to be, France.
Call my all the names you want, it doesn't change the fact that no malpractice in the delivery of a baby can cause cerebal palsy. You can't even argue this to a jury in North Carolina anymore!
It's plaintiffs lawyers (like John Edwards) suing doctors with junk science, judges not doing their jobs, and gullible juries. And of course the "defensive medicine" (runing every test just to CYA) that doctors practice to avoid suits.
And of course, legitimate malpractice claims.
Insurance companies just run the numbers and tack on a profit - they really are the least responsible.
If they doctors in India can do as good a job as the ones in the USA at a lower cost, I'll be traveling overseas if I have to have another surgery.
A BIG "if." What evidence do we have of this? Medical school admission in the US is extremely competitive, likely the most competitive academic process in the US. I'd like to see some evidence that "Indian doctors are probably at least as good as those one is likely to get in the U.S." There are competitive schools in India, but to make a blanket statement about Indian doctors is ludicrous. After all, don't a lot of brilliant Indians come to the U.S. to attend grad school?
Of course, if something goes wrong, don't look for a lawyer to sue - they are all in the U.S.!
Wrong. The Prescott is actually a better performer than the Northwood above about 3.8 GHz. What Intel has admitted - a little late, considering Tejas should have told them this some time ago - is that the problem is Precotts are so damn hot they cannot scale past 4.0 without extreme cooling measures.
If somehow Intel could have gotten Pressys to scale to 5+ GHz without having to include a phase change unit in the retail box, Prescotts would be in the roadmap for another 2 years. But they just can't, nor get enough these little hot plates to work at the 4+ range within vcore and temp specs.
Yes, MHz doesn't always equal performance, but the same chip at a higher speed does - unless it is on fire.
Oh, and it is hard to imagine recoil harder than my relatively lightweight 45-70 loaded to the max (#3's can be handloaded really hot) with 500gn bullets. Not fun at all. The trigger guard actually takes skin of of my forefinger.
Damn, I saw a lion video somewhere that is just so scary. A guy shoots the thing in the air as it leaps to kill him. They pulled the video for bandwidth reasons.
As for the Casull, great gun, but no way I am getting close enough to a lion to take a handgun shot.
Oh, and you jokers who think a single ape can take a lion, LOL. I've seen video of a 100-lbs mountain lion jumping a 6-foot fence with a 100-lbs akita in its mouth. Now imagine a 400-lbs lion. Strong as apes are, nothing matches a cat's strength and agility, pound-for-pound (jumping spiders and ants excepted).
I wasn't "likening" a printer hijacked to being raped. It's an analogy, comparing two defenses.
And it takes a pretty PC mind to be offended by the anology, and a weak one to not understand the difference between a metaphor and an analogy.
That, however, doesn't change the fact that you can hardly be blamed for using resources someone else has made available. Open port is an invitation. If the inviter wanted to limit his invitation to a certain group of people, he should have used a password. Otherwise, people have no way of knowing that this invitation didn't include them.
I'd love to hear someone try this line of bull in front of a judge in a sentencing hearing. Just bring your toothbrush, LOL. The old, "they should protect their money better if they don't want to be robbed," or the "she shouldn't have walked in a dark alley and dressed like a slut if she didn't want to get raped" defense.
Good luck with that.
The diverse spectrum: Left, lefter, leftist.
When the swiftboat vets get equal time on /. with Michael Moore, then I'll believe it!
I doubt the GPS part would have led to a conviction in Cali standing by itself. Of course, the GPS will haelp make the case for the stalking, but wouldn't likely be illegal if that were all he had done.
Pretty scary, huh?
p.s. - Can you techies tell me how to hook one of these up?
By your reasoning, a person should be able to break the law to express himself. So they can stop traffic? Spray paint walls of public buildings? Come into my business and disrupt it? Enter my home? This would be a prescription for anarchy.
In order for society to operate, it needs order. Many of these "protesters" are, in fact, either anarchists or professional activists, so they would disagree with this premise. But most reasonable people would agree that there are limits on all rights. If you are an anarchist, then I cannot reason with you on this. But the Constitution also contemplated police powers for the states, including trespassing and disturbing the peace laws, which were in effect in 1787 and continue to this day. Clearly, the "peaceably assemble" phrase carries some weight here.
Keep in mind another purpose of time, place, and manner restrictions is to protect expression itself. Now, before you call me Orwellian, don't shoot the messenger; this is the Supreme Court's rationale. Part of the reasoning behind requiring permits for demonstrations is to put the police on notice that they need to staff the event, and protect both the protestors (who would scream bloody murder if no police showed up to their event and they got hurt) and the general public.
One key point: A mob of demonstrators can shout down and intimidate a smaller group of dissenters, as in the cases wherein the ACLU defends those Klan knotheads. One function of the law is to allow unpopular opinions be expressed in safety. The authorities cannot do hat with people racing all over the streets of NYC on bikes.
But then again, the bigger the spectacle, the more likely the "protesters" are going to get on the nightly news, so the chaos is intentional. It is essential that anyone analyzing "protests" takes this into account.
So long as the government - in this case, NYC - does not regulate content, it can regulate the time, place, and manner of expression. The case law is well-settled on this, yet every time some radical group "protests" in some unlawful manner (again, T, P, & M) by shutting down a street or trespassing and hanging a banner on some building, they scream "First Amendment."
This is utter nonsense. The funny part is these groups almost always consult with First Amendment attorneys prior to their actions, so they know good and well that their conduct is illegal. Yet they still screech like scalded hogs when they get arrested for breaking the law. I say, great, carry the law breakers away in shackles. Most of the time, that's all part of the act, as in, "Look at me! I am being carted away by The Man for protesting!"
No you aren't idiot, and you know it. But it makes for good political theater.
No, since similar bodies like the NCAA, NBAPOA, etc are not considered governmental agencies under case law (the NCAA has lost antitrust cases, you can't sue the government for antitrust).
True, but the Net amplifies bad manners, for the reasons the parent suggests (lack of "real-world consequences"). So the nerd (you know who you are) I would normally stuff in a trash can if he got snippy face-to-face, can now write things from the safetly of his keyboard with impunity.
These things should be approved solely for their entertainment value.
It's only because US Companies like NBC pay 3/4 of a billion dollars that the IOC has the resources to hold these games in a secure fashion.
If it were contemplated that NBC would not be able to turn a profit due to Internet coverage, the IOC would not be getting $750 million, and the games would be pathetic and weak. Who the hell do you think paid for that opening ceremony and all the olympic village and beautiful venues? A large part of it was NBC's licensing fees.
I think the whole world should thank NBC for investying in the games and making them possible. This one-dimensional YRO perspective on /. is so myopic.
Capitalism in action people.
Such black box info is already discoverable in civil and criminal cases in several states. Why make it unavailable?
Seems like it would be easier to ascertain the truth in court with scientific readings, rather than with two parties' lawyers arguing with each other.
My point was, Mr. Argumentative, that even 800-lbs, Gorillas can't always shoehorn their way into a market. Jesus, some of you like to argue just for the sake of arguing.
MS could've sold each console for $50 and taken control of the market
It could have, and then again been pursued by federal regulators, this time for predatory pricing.
Besides, are the only successful products in the world the ones with >50% of the market share?
I do believe the whole point of the original article was how MS is going to kick Sony's arse. Ballmer's argument, not mine.
Funny how Microsoft's essentially unlimited resources are not enough to penetrate a market (based on the relative lack of success of the XBox to date).
Not until MS finds a way to tie XBox 2 to Windows will they be able to "take" Sony. Maybe if they can force users to activate Windows via the XBox? ;-)