This article is very typical of the nerds way of blaming their problems on others. A nerd without his smarts does not end up in the popular group but the loser group (the other D group in the high school). Also while the A group (football players, cheerleaders) may not be all that intelligent, the B group (leadership crew) usually end up going to private schools (Ivy Leagues, Stanford) that rival the schools the nerds go to (MIT, UC Berkeley). So the correlation between smarts and popularity does not exist. What does the popular crew from the unpopular crew is self confidence. Nerds in general tell them selves that they don't fit in, and end up fulfilling their self told prophecies. They in fact give up in trying to be "normal" that they let there physical appearance go to hell and stop trying to be friendly. But, because the talk themselves into believing that they are smarter than the rest, their subconscious mind learns that and they end up doing well in the real world (except with woman of course).
I see the real benefit of Hyper-Threading being increased stability especially for development boxes. In the case where you have an infinite loop bug your CPU usage will eventually hit 100% and the computer will lock up. With Hyper-Threading only one virtual processor would lock up, the other will remain free so you would be able terminate the process and save yourself from crashing and rebooting the system.
Actually Stereo-link 1200 has an analog connection to a receiver most audiophiles would prefer a machine with a digital output so they can utilize the Digital Analog converter on the receiver instead. Sound Blaster Extigy is a more featured device that does have that feature. In all honesty it is still overkill, what I would like to see is a simple usb to optical connecter, such a device should not cost more than 20 bucks and would sound as good as any other optical solution since it would use the receivers dac.
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This article is very typical of the nerds way of blaming their problems on others. A nerd without his smarts does not end up in the popular group but the loser group (the other D group in the high school). Also while the A group (football players, cheerleaders) may not be all that intelligent, the B group (leadership crew) usually end up going to private schools (Ivy Leagues, Stanford) that rival the schools the nerds go to (MIT, UC Berkeley). So the correlation between smarts and popularity does not exist. What does the popular crew from the unpopular crew is self confidence. Nerds in general tell them selves that they don't fit in, and end up fulfilling their self told prophecies. They in fact give up in trying to be "normal" that they let there physical appearance go to hell and stop trying to be friendly. But, because the talk themselves into believing that they are smarter than the rest, their subconscious mind learns that and they end up doing well in the real world (except with woman of course).
I see the real benefit of Hyper-Threading being increased stability especially for development boxes. In the case where you have an infinite loop bug your CPU usage will eventually hit 100% and the computer will lock up. With Hyper-Threading only one virtual processor would lock up, the other will remain free so you would be able terminate the process and save yourself from crashing and rebooting the system.
I was lucky enough to get to implement Tetris in a FPGA for my digital design class. It worked with a N64 controller and had mario cart sounds.
Actually Stereo-link 1200 has an analog connection to a receiver most audiophiles would prefer a machine with a digital output so they can utilize the Digital Analog converter on the receiver instead. Sound Blaster Extigy is a more featured device that does have that feature. In all honesty it is still overkill, what I would like to see is a simple usb to optical connecter, such a device should not cost more than 20 bucks and would sound as good as any other optical solution since it would use the receivers dac.