One of the best ways to induce lucid dreaming is to be more aware of your waking environment. Try this: as you drive / walk / take the bus, read every road sign you see. Don't just glance at it, but actually read it. Then look away, look back, and read it again (oh yeah, and stay on the road...) The idea is that in your dreams you can't read. You may think you can, but you can't. If you make this read / re-read a habit in your daily life, you will begin to do it in dreams. And when you re-read something in your dreams and it's not the same as it was the first time, your brain will clue in that you're dreaming. It takes a few weeks of this routine to get into it, but be patient - it works for most people.
Actually, that $250, for what it does, is pretty damn reasonable. A good case (not the $30 special...I'm talking well built case with a solid power supply) will run you at least $100 or so. Add to that a resevoir, pump, rad, tubing, water block, et al, and the cost gets up pretty quickly.
To me this is way too much and doesn't really offer me anything I want or need. The whole idea of overclocking does not make much sense.
Then for you, this case isn't the answer. But they're not trying to sell this case to everyone, they're selling it to the 2% or so of us who don't want to settle for the 1.4Ghz that our Athlon runs at. If I can spend a few extra bucks to squeeze every last bit of performance out of my box, then I will. You talk about an increase of 5% - 8% like that's something to sneeze at.
you should check out ocmod and virtual hideout. Both have good tutorial sections, plus lots of info on water cooling (and all of the other alternatives). But if you really want to overclock, your most important source of info is the users manual that came with your mother board. It will tell you where all the jumpers (or bios settings) are for voltage, clock multiplier, and front-side bus.
I'd say the issue is more that most overclockers don't use Intel chips for ease of overclocking. It's far easier to overclock an AMD chip than an Intel chip. Plus, Athlons run so damn hot anyways;)
I fully understood the wrestling move reference. I was taking a shot at the current fear of anthrax. It was posted in the hopes of being moderated as funny. I was karma whoring. That's it. The end.
Of course, there is the argument that we're just throwing money back into the devils pocket. Actually though, we're not. MS is taking about $100's loss per unit.
Yeah, so buying an XBox is like stealing $100 from MS. I urge you all to go buy one now!!! It's your duty as a slashdot reader!!!
You seem to be missing something though. It says that it'll pick the tracks that the audience seems to want, but it's got to have limits to it's database. So if the monitors are reporting back that the audience wants to hear fast tempo, upbeat, lots of drums sort of thing, you may STILL get britney spears if that's all that's in it's catalogue. Now what *I'd* like to see is something like this that makes it's OWN music based on what feedback it gets. Faster heart rates means faster drum beats, crazier bass, or what have you. Now that would be fun...
It would reduce transaction costs in general and put many parasites out of business. Many distributors and other undesirable middlemen would be out of business because people will learn to buy direct.
Well, something in there made sense. I'd love to see parasites going out of business (read as RIAA). The RIAA is a relic. They existed to help market the music, but they're no longer needed. That's just my two cents.
Oh yeah, by the way, I'm Canadian and I pay for my own internet access! Listen up government...the people demand subsidized DSL! {sarcasm mode off}
and you are apparently humour-retarded;)
the error was there on purpose - basically making it so that comment.number is always 1, thus aborting all posts. Thereby fulfilling my original intent to keep the site free of lameness. Har har har. Of course, the joke is lost when you have to go the long way around to explain it. *sigh*
There's no need for expensive, difficult to find chemicals. Mineral oil serves the same purpose (won't fry your computer), and can be cooled to some ridiculous temperature (it's still a liquid at -40 C). Check this out for a story (first one google spit back at me, but there are many others)
I don't think MSFT could sue Samba based on the DMCA. IIRC, reverse engineering is allowable if it's done with the goal of achieving interoperability. But hey, IANAL, etc...
I think the crossover plugin is a great idea, but I'm not sure how many people will go for the idea of paying to use plugins on linux that would be free to use under windows (AFAIK, those plugins are all free downloads for win). Kind of an odd turn, using the free Win version instead of paying for the Linux version...
Such *a* cd would not sell well at all. But with the exception of the indies, the RIAA could actually do this to MANY cds. 'Many' as in everyone who's a member of the RIAA, which I believe is anyone who signs a major label contract. And let's face it - the odds of EVERYONE banding together to not buy cds is about the same as everyone not buying dvds because of the copyright nuissance on them. Technically, they're not causing damage of any sort, so what could really be done if they decided to put a warning track on cds? Hell, they could put commercials between songs, and I don't think anyone could stop them.
I just had the most horrible vision of the RIAA reading your post and realizing that they could put a 30 second track at the beginning of every cd, of a stern sounding voice *reminding* you that you can't copy the cd in it's entirety or any of it's contents. A little code like on dvd to make sure you can't skip through the track (or worse, to play it at the beginning of EVERY track)...
will they hardcode to ROM? they have the harddrive, and all, but I haven't looked into it and all, being as I don't really want an XBox. if they do go the ROM way, do you suppose it will be flashable so that MS can send you invasive softwa...er...firmware updates? that could open up a whole new avenue for virii and the like on the xbox...especially with a harddrive and internet capabilities...
yeah, it sounds nice, but is it really worth the thousand dollar price tag? an embedded linux system that plays mp3s, burns, and has a 40GB disk. Hopefully the sound quality beats audiotron, but it's still a little pricey for my tastes. Oh, and a possible first post, although I'm sure the anonymous cowards have beaten me to it by now. The price I pay for actually putting down something worthwhile (to me, anyways...)
Counterpoint taken. As the solitary code monkey in a small company, I never consider writing code that *other people* may need to understand at some point. I comment everything thoroughly for my own benefit. Likewise, I don't spend much time browsing over other people's code (especially perl). I've avoided java thus far, as I've really found no task that justifies learning it. I took to VB for ease of working with databases, but got annoyed by it quickly. I live and die by C++. Funny thing is, 90% of programming tasks can be performed by whatever language you prefer
They better get some help. It's the little things people miss that gets me. Who's gonna help them?
The entire member base of slashdot would fit this role nicely, since no single thing that Microsoft does, no matter how small, meaningless, and insignifigant, escapes us.
Yes, most languages use the same structures (conditionals, looping, and what have you) but the way they actually implement it is the trick. I've tried using VB for "ease" and found it harder since my brain wants to write C++ syntax (why VB doesn't have an incremental operator, I'll never know..."var++" is so much cleaner than "var=var+1"...). Switching to another language's syntax isn't a huge intellectual leap, but when you're used to doing things one way, it can be tough to change. As for perl, for me, anyways, I find that differentiating between scalars, lists, et al makes the code more easily readable. Sure, it can be difficult to read some of the perl code (don't ever try to read anything other people have written...there's a reason they say there's more than one way to do it) but so long as you stick to YOUR way of doing things, you shouldn't get too lost.
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sweet
with the proper tweaking, you can get your pr0n to talk to you...
I think I need to try this out with drempels too (win only)
You can simulate this effect by turning off your monitor so that no light escapes from it's phosphors. Why waste your time writing all that code? ;)
One of the best ways to induce lucid dreaming is to be more aware of your waking environment. Try this: as you drive / walk / take the bus, read every road sign you see. Don't just glance at it, but actually read it. Then look away, look back, and read it again (oh yeah, and stay on the road...) The idea is that in your dreams you can't read. You may think you can, but you can't. If you make this read / re-read a habit in your daily life, you will begin to do it in dreams. And when you re-read something in your dreams and it's not the same as it was the first time, your brain will clue in that you're dreaming. It takes a few weeks of this routine to get into it, but be patient - it works for most people.
Actually, that $250, for what it does, is pretty damn reasonable. A good case (not the $30 special...I'm talking well built case with a solid power supply) will run you at least $100 or so. Add to that a resevoir, pump, rad, tubing, water block, et al, and the cost gets up pretty quickly.
To me this is way too much and doesn't really offer me anything I want or need. The whole idea of overclocking does not make much sense.
Then for you, this case isn't the answer. But they're not trying to sell this case to everyone, they're selling it to the 2% or so of us who don't want to settle for the 1.4Ghz that our Athlon runs at. If I can spend a few extra bucks to squeeze every last bit of performance out of my box, then I will. You talk about an increase of 5% - 8% like that's something to sneeze at.
you should check out ocmod and virtual hideout. Both have good tutorial sections, plus lots of info on water cooling (and all of the other alternatives). But if you really want to overclock, your most important source of info is the users manual that came with your mother board. It will tell you where all the jumpers (or bios settings) are for voltage, clock multiplier, and front-side bus.
I'd say the issue is more that most overclockers don't use Intel chips for ease of overclocking. It's far easier to overclock an AMD chip than an Intel chip. Plus, Athlons run so damn hot anyways ;)
It was a spelling and grammer checker
grammer? Is that like 'grammar'?
I fully understood the wrestling move reference. I was taking a shot at the current fear of anthrax. It was posted in the hopes of being moderated as funny. I was karma whoring. That's it. The end.
*sigh*
Of course, there is the argument that we're just throwing money back into the devils pocket. Actually though, we're not. MS is taking about $100's loss per unit.
Yeah, so buying an XBox is like stealing $100 from MS. I urge you all to go buy one now!!! It's your duty as a slashdot reader!!!
A video of this guy giving the local UPS delivery person a DDT would have been funny, but not a destroyed computer
No no no. DDT is outlawed. Anthrax is the new toxin of choice.
You seem to be missing something though. It says that it'll pick the tracks that the audience seems to want, but it's got to have limits to it's database. So if the monitors are reporting back that the audience wants to hear fast tempo, upbeat, lots of drums sort of thing, you may STILL get britney spears if that's all that's in it's catalogue. Now what *I'd* like to see is something like this that makes it's OWN music based on what feedback it gets. Faster heart rates means faster drum beats, crazier bass, or what have you. Now that would be fun...
It would reduce transaction costs in general and put many parasites out of business. Many distributors and other undesirable middlemen would be out of business because people will learn to buy direct.
Well, something in there made sense. I'd love to see parasites going out of business (read as RIAA). The RIAA is a relic. They existed to help market the music, but they're no longer needed. That's just my two cents.
Oh yeah, by the way, I'm Canadian and I pay for my own internet access! Listen up government...the people demand subsidized DSL! {sarcasm mode off}
and you are apparently humour-retarded ;)
the error was there on purpose - basically making it so that comment.number is always 1, thus aborting all posts. Thereby fulfilling my original intent to keep the site free of lameness. Har har har. Of course, the joke is lost when you have to go the long way around to explain it. *sigh*
let's tweak that code a bit...
if(comment.number() == 1)
{
post.abort();
}
else {
comment.number ++;
}
there, that should take care of all lameness on this site
There's no need for expensive, difficult to find chemicals. Mineral oil serves the same purpose (won't fry your computer), and can be cooled to some ridiculous temperature (it's still a liquid at -40 C). Check this out for a story (first one google spit back at me, but there are many others)
I don't think MSFT could sue Samba based on the DMCA. IIRC, reverse engineering is allowable if it's done with the goal of achieving interoperability. But hey, IANAL, etc...
I think the crossover plugin is a great idea, but I'm not sure how many people will go for the idea of paying to use plugins on linux that would be free to use under windows (AFAIK, those plugins are all free downloads for win). Kind of an odd turn, using the free Win version instead of paying for the Linux version...
I honestly feel that in the near future. Maybe even the recent past, we hit the point where home users will NEVER need more Mhz power
other famous quotes:
"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." -- Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943
"But what is it good for?" -- Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip.
"640K ought to be enough for anybody." -- Attributed to Bill Gates, 1981
Such *a* cd would not sell well at all. But with the exception of the indies, the RIAA could actually do this to MANY cds. 'Many' as in everyone who's a member of the RIAA, which I believe is anyone who signs a major label contract. And let's face it - the odds of EVERYONE banding together to not buy cds is about the same as everyone not buying dvds because of the copyright nuissance on them. Technically, they're not causing damage of any sort, so what could really be done if they decided to put a warning track on cds? Hell, they could put commercials between songs, and I don't think anyone could stop them.
I just had the most horrible vision of the RIAA reading your post and realizing that they could put a 30 second track at the beginning of every cd, of a stern sounding voice *reminding* you that you can't copy the cd in it's entirety or any of it's contents. A little code like on dvd to make sure you can't skip through the track (or worse, to play it at the beginning of EVERY track)...
will they hardcode to ROM? they have the harddrive, and all, but I haven't looked into it and all, being as I don't really want an XBox. if they do go the ROM way, do you suppose it will be flashable so that MS can send you invasive softwa...er...firmware updates? that could open up a whole new avenue for virii and the like on the xbox...especially with a harddrive and internet capabilities...
yeah, it sounds nice, but is it really worth the thousand dollar price tag? an embedded linux system that plays mp3s, burns, and has a 40GB disk. Hopefully the sound quality beats audiotron, but it's still a little pricey for my tastes. Oh, and a possible first post, although I'm sure the anonymous cowards have beaten me to it by now. The price I pay for actually putting down something worthwhile (to me, anyways...)
Counterpoint taken. As the solitary code monkey in a small company, I never consider writing code that *other people* may need to understand at some point. I comment everything thoroughly for my own benefit. Likewise, I don't spend much time browsing over other people's code (especially perl). I've avoided java thus far, as I've really found no task that justifies learning it. I took to VB for ease of working with databases, but got annoyed by it quickly. I live and die by C++. Funny thing is, 90% of programming tasks can be performed by whatever language you prefer
.
They better get some help. It's the little things people miss that gets me. Who's gonna help them?
The entire member base of slashdot would fit this role nicely, since no single thing that Microsoft does, no matter how small, meaningless, and insignifigant, escapes us.
Yes, most languages use the same structures (conditionals, looping, and what have you) but the way they actually implement it is the trick. I've tried using VB for "ease" and found it harder since my brain wants to write C++ syntax (why VB doesn't have an incremental operator, I'll never know..."var++" is so much cleaner than "var=var+1"...). Switching to another language's syntax isn't a huge intellectual leap, but when you're used to doing things one way, it can be tough to change. As for perl, for me, anyways, I find that differentiating between scalars, lists, et al makes the code more easily readable. Sure, it can be difficult to read some of the perl code (don't ever try to read anything other people have written...there's a reason they say there's more than one way to do it) but so long as you stick to YOUR way of doing things, you shouldn't get too lost.