I'm going to see this movie if I like it or not. It's like a Murder scene, I can't help but look at the dead body and the crime photos. I know I'm gonna HURL big time, but I gotta see it.
Hey, if I could sit through RoboCop 3 and Howard The Duck then I think I can sit through Revolutions.
but am I the only one who feels stoopit talking out loud to a computer?
Ummm... we have ALL talked to a computer at least once. A lot of times I call it my B*tch. People scream at it, hit it, and even pray to it so it will work properly. Computers are starting to understand mouse gestures, so talking is just the next step with interfacing with computers.
Oh, and if you didn't know, devices are even being built so people can just THINK and control a computer!
I know there are hidden costs. Fuel, oil changes, service repairs, yearly registration fees, emissions test, car washes, etc. Again, I've had these fees with my other past vehicles, it's nothing new.
I think you for got your tin foil hat while you were doing your calculations. But really, what's kind of funny is I actually understand your conversions perfectly (being a physics nerd myself). One thing you might want to consider is how many people actually take advantage of Windows' power saving features. What about notebook users? I'm sure notebook users usually leave thier power settings on factory default, whereas I sqeeze ever watt when I'm using the battery, but couldn't give a damn about sleep mode when I'm plugged in.
I leave my PC on 24/7 and take advantage of the power saving mode to increase the life of my hard drive and reduce noise, but while I'm at work I like having access to my home computer so I really don't want in power saving mode when I need to access it remotely.
There are just so many variables, but you've made an EXCELLENT attempt at understanding just how much power a PC can use and which operating system can help keep the earth pollution free, even if it is a "drop in the bucket", but every drop counts and it adds up for every PC.
I will take you analysis into considerations on how to use my PCs.
My car my suck at 20 mpg, but I love my Lexus RX300 SUV. It rides VERY smooth, VERY comfortable, VERY luxurious. I can afford it easily, so why can't I have it. There are many similar things I can say about smokers and how bad it is for the individual, but it's thier right to kill themselves. I know I know, but it's not right for me to kill my planet. As soon as there is an alternative source available to me to use with my RX300, I'll switch. Remember, I said available to me, not in some lab or in 1 service station.
Anyone who's truly a geek or just a regular slashdot reader already knows about case modding and the whole mini LAN brick size cases. HA, I have my copy of Maximum PC right next to me and every issue is about case modding, not to mention all the other case mod web sites.
I think the NY Times needs to do an article on phase cooling or water cooling.
Everytime I tell someone I have a watercooled case with water pumping through my system I get to see the largest eyes this side of the Mississippi.
Yeah?! How do I keep all my preferences, passwords, themes, bookmarks (that I know, just make a backup copy and then overwrite), cookies, and what not when I upgrade?
What files do I need to make a backup copy of and then overwrite??
I thought I was the only one that thought I was getting short changed on disk space. In fact, I think I'm getting short changed on bandwidth. How do they calculate Mbit and/or MByte, Kbit and KByte?
I'm starting to get sick with every 'altervative' desktop still having a taskbar and a 'start' button. What ever happened to some fresh new ideas of what a GUI for an OS/Window Manager is supposed to look like. Maybe use those special buttons on some keyboards as special actions instead of having to click Start >> Hover over Programs >> Hover over Accessories or Click on MS Word.
My ideal interface would be a very small LCD touch screen with the ability to interface with the OS while the main screen will be the main working screen.
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Yeah, when I first saw these, they were funny as hell, and no one got them, except for me. Then after a while they were getting stale, but then you came a long and summed them up quite nicely and I'm laughing my ass off!!
BTW, you forgot, "imagine a Beowulf cluster of these..."
My Netgear WGR614 802.llg router can be controlled via HTTP. What I love more about it is that it can update its own ip on DynDns.org so I don't have to keep remembering the IP address and just use this free service to create my own domain name. I even using remote connect to my home PC from work.
Who here actually sits in front of the PC and watches the installation? I for one just get it started and after I select my packages to install I go off and other things, like read a magazine or watch TV. Then after a half-hour TV show I go in and check on the installation process and swap the CDs then go back and do other stuff away from the computer.
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Tribute to The Simpsons !!!
I'm going to see this movie if I like it or not. It's like a Murder scene, I can't help but look at the dead body and the crime photos. I know I'm gonna HURL big time, but I gotta see it.
Hey, if I could sit through RoboCop 3 and Howard The Duck then I think I can sit through Revolutions.
PATENT IT!!!!
but am I the only one who feels stoopit talking out loud to a computer?
Ummm... we have ALL talked to a computer at least once. A lot of times I call it my B*tch. People scream at it, hit it, and even pray to it so it will work properly. Computers are starting to understand mouse gestures, so talking is just the next step with interfacing with computers.
Oh, and if you didn't know, devices are even being built so people can just THINK and control a computer!
This is sounding more like Star Trek with thier scanners that can detect almost everything from a distance.
I know there are hidden costs. Fuel, oil changes, service repairs, yearly registration fees, emissions test, car washes, etc. Again, I've had these fees with my other past vehicles, it's nothing new.
First we had "X"-Windows then Linux, with the "X" sounding at the end. (Include all the Ecks, Minix, etc.)
Then MacOS"X". Yeah, I know the X is supposed to stand for 10, but everyone calls it OSX (OS-Ecks).
Then we had "XP" with Windows XP, Athlon XP, and any other applicatin wit "XP" in it.
Then we have "MX", as Macromedia "MX".
Now we have "FX" as in nVidia GeForce "FX", Athlon FX, and Win"FX".
Also, let's not forget the Intel Pentium "Ex"treme Edition!!
Yep, it's about time I applied for this patent: How To Patent.
I think you for got your tin foil hat while you were doing your calculations. But really, what's kind of funny is I actually understand your conversions perfectly (being a physics nerd myself). One thing you might want to consider is how many people actually take advantage of Windows' power saving features. What about notebook users? I'm sure notebook users usually leave thier power settings on factory default, whereas I sqeeze ever watt when I'm using the battery, but couldn't give a damn about sleep mode when I'm plugged in.
I leave my PC on 24/7 and take advantage of the power saving mode to increase the life of my hard drive and reduce noise, but while I'm at work I like having access to my home computer so I really don't want in power saving mode when I need to access it remotely.
There are just so many variables, but you've made an EXCELLENT attempt at understanding just how much power a PC can use and which operating system can help keep the earth pollution free, even if it is a "drop in the bucket", but every drop counts and it adds up for every PC.
I will take you analysis into considerations on how to use my PCs.
My car my suck at 20 mpg, but I love my Lexus RX300 SUV. It rides VERY smooth, VERY comfortable, VERY luxurious. I can afford it easily, so why can't I have it. There are many similar things I can say about smokers and how bad it is for the individual, but it's thier right to kill themselves. I know I know, but it's not right for me to kill my planet. As soon as there is an alternative source available to me to use with my RX300, I'll switch. Remember, I said available to me, not in some lab or in 1 service station.
Anyone who's truly a geek or just a regular slashdot reader already knows about case modding and the whole mini LAN brick size cases. HA, I have my copy of Maximum PC right next to me and every issue is about case modding, not to mention all the other case mod web sites.
I think the NY Times needs to do an article on phase cooling or water cooling.
Everytime I tell someone I have a watercooled case with water pumping through my system I get to see the largest eyes this side of the Mississippi.
When will I be able to purchase my own Bender unit?
Hey, fucking idiot, what I said was meant as a joke, get a fucking clue. I'm more of a evolutionist, science.
BTW, in case you didn't know, it's not the Christian fucks that are blowing up everything.
WTF?!?!?!?! WHOA!!! Why isn't THIS making any news?
Uhh... doesn't Adam and Eve count as prior art in this patent case?
Yeah?! How do I keep all my preferences, passwords, themes, bookmarks (that I know, just make a backup copy and then overwrite), cookies, and what not when I upgrade?
What files do I need to make a backup copy of and then overwrite??
Samurai Jack has some of the best artistic styles going. Action, story, passion, oh, did I say action? I mean to say, AACCCCKKKKKKKKK-SHUN!
For all we know, these wi-fi signals could give them super-human powers!
I thought I was the only one that thought I was getting short changed on disk space. In fact, I think I'm getting short changed on bandwidth. How do they calculate Mbit and/or MByte, Kbit and KByte?
I'm starting to get sick with every 'altervative' desktop still having a taskbar and a 'start' button. What ever happened to some fresh new ideas of what a GUI for an OS/Window Manager is supposed to look like. Maybe use those special buttons on some keyboards as special actions instead of having to click Start >> Hover over Programs >> Hover over Accessories or Click on MS Word.
My ideal interface would be a very small LCD touch screen with the ability to interface with the OS while the main screen will be the main working screen.
We need some imagination!!
You Amewicans hawv a vewy BIIIG peenis. We Japanese hawv vewy smawll peenis. We cannot compeete wit yooo Amewicans. We are ashamed for owr vewy smAAAwlll peenis.
Yeah, when I first saw these, they were funny as hell, and no one got them, except for me. Then after a while they were getting stale, but then you came a long and summed them up quite nicely and I'm laughing my ass off!!
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:D (ROTFLMAO!
BTW, you forgot, "imagine a Beowulf cluster of these
HAHAHAHA !!!!
For the Sega Master System, "Zillion" beats them all! This was my first RPG and I was hooked in 1987!
WOW! It's been that long ago?
My Netgear WGR614 802.llg router can be controlled via HTTP. What I love more about it is that it can update its own ip on DynDns.org so I don't have to keep remembering the IP address and just use this free service to create my own domain name. I even using remote connect to my home PC from work.
Who here actually sits in front of the PC and watches the installation? I for one just get it started and after I select my packages to install I go off and other things, like read a magazine or watch TV. Then after a half-hour TV show I go in and check on the installation process and swap the CDs then go back and do other stuff away from the computer.