VLC would be a pretty good DVD player if it could actually play DVDs. In my experience, it can't. If a DVD has menus, it'll hang for 1-2 MINUTES before just crashing.
One thing about Calgary is that the nightlife sucks. If you don't like going to clubs and drinking every single day, you are basically left with few options. Some of them include:
Sorry sir, you have to buy TWO copies of Windows for one to work
Funny how there is always some idiot that makes an analogy completely unrelated and logically incorrect to compare two dissimilar products... and gets modded up for it.
Because some dumb-ass open source developer would then be unsatisfied with the "openness" and "freeness" of the thumbnail cache and then design his own, apparently "superior" one and try to ram that down everyone's throats.
It'll alienate the ones that aren't serious about making good games. Not so horrible in a saturated market.
I don't know where you are getting this statement from. Usually, the first batch of games to come out for a console include a bunch of crap (think Dreamcast and N64 for the big examples). Then, crappy games will still come out regardless of how advanced the hardware is or how much screen real-estate is available. Even if the casual developers step aside, a whole new batch of even crappier developers will step up to the plate. Remember Evergrace and the first batch of PS2 games?
Why does Quake3 not work properly with my 3d accelerator and why is the sound really choppy (to the point where it's so annoying that I just end up turning it off)?
I have a Radeon 8500 Pro and a Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum
And don't tell me the names of any config files to edit. Instead, tell me what to point and click to to get it fixed.
This isn't a troll. This sort of thing happens all the time.
Right now, I don't even know why my cd burner isn't being detected as one and until I find a point and click solution, I simply won't use linux when both Windows XP and Mac OS X are so much more hassle-free.
Australians claim they don't drink Fosters but that's just pride.
Apparently, the same brewery that makes Fosters repackages that EXACT SAME BEER under a different name so that it sells in Australia. Then, Australians who don't know that they are drinking the exact same thing as common tourists enjoy a chuckle amongst themselves.
but Microsoft is taking a big hit on every console sold
Stop perpetuating this myth you fucking tard. While Microsoft may have sold X-boxes at a loss initially, this is not true of the current models.
Manufacturing processes improve and allow manufacturers to potentially *MAKE A PROFIT* on things they sell. Is this such a foreign concept to morons like yourself or is this just another excuse to bash Microsoft for seemingly no reason?
You might want to forget about the typical "geek" reads for a little while and focus on some amazing literature.
For this reason, I'm recommending "The Satanic Verses" by Salman Rushdie to all who are interested. It's not a hard book to obtain anymore and it's definitely one of the more interesting stories ever told.
It is, however, a very deep book with many hard to understand metaphors. If you don't know anything about Islam you might want to brush up a little before delving into this book because it helps a lot of things make more sense. If you don't want to read a whole book on the subject of Islam, at least do a search for a biography of the prophet Muhammad.
If that isn't your cup of tea, read anything by Noam Chomsky.
...being smarter than the average bear is more of a liability than an asset during that stage in life
I'm sorry, just because you are a nerd doesn't automatically make you smarter than anybody else. Intelligence is one of those strange concepts that doesn't develop over your lifetime. Granted, a lot of nerds have _experience_ in dealing with strange computer-related situations, but experience and intelligence are not the same beasts (though they often work hand in hand). That jock in football could be a genius that just enjoys playing football and having a few laughs with some friends (at other people's expense).
A nerd is a social concept... If I could apply any term to nerds in general it would be "introverted" and perhaps "socially inexperienced". No matter how hard you try to justify it to yourself, being a nerd is a social choice... do not incorrectly attribute it to above average intelligence.
Hmm, when I was doing my comparisons of motherboards, I neglected to mention that I was using the GeForceFX as a reference. The cooler on that card is massive and doesn't look like it would fit on any of the motherboards that you listed for the reasons that I mentioned before.
There is one problem. Who gets to stamp out the "proper design" of the cooler. As the picture that you posted proves - there is no real standard on how much room should be above the AGP slot. Of course, this would also represent a problem for the manufacturers of micro-atx boards because the'll have to leave more room above and below the AGP slot to accomodate different kinds of video cards.
One of the reasons I want a top mounted cooler is so that my video card isn't blowing hot air down onto my other components.
Granted, what i'm about to say is wild speculation (at best) but I'll give it a try anyways.
When you say "the rest of us" who, precisely, are you referring to? I'm willing to bet there are more people that would be willing to buy Tivo's than to hack something like this up.
Left Column - Top Motherboard: Has a small heatsink which could get in the way. Capacitors close to the AGP slot could get in the way.
Left Column - Middle Motherboard: RAM Banks will get in the way of the cooling solution.
Left Column - Bottom Motherboard: Card would not fit. The AGP slot is up too high on the motherboard and there would be no way of actually attaching the video card. The reason is that the game-port is too close to the AGP slot and thus, the cooler would not get a slot on the back of the case - which means the card wouldn't fit.
Right Column - Top Motherboard: Card wouldn't fit at all - processor is in the way.
Right Column - Bottom Motherboard: Again, same problem as before. RAM Banks and serial/game-port connectors are too close to the AGP slot.
In short, none of the motherboards that you pictured look adequate to hold such a massive cooler. You'll notice that there is absolutely no standard clearance between all three of them.
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Zdravstvuite Comrade!
Finally, something worth standing in line for!
A Speed Tecord! My god.
I wonder if that's at all similar to a speed Record?
VLC would be a pretty good DVD player if it could actually play DVDs. In my experience, it can't. If a DVD has menus, it'll hang for 1-2 MINUTES before just crashing.
That's it
Nothing else.
This city closes at 10:00, sometimes 11:00
Sorry sir, you have to buy TWO copies of Windows for one to work
Funny how there is always some idiot that makes an analogy completely unrelated and logically incorrect to compare two dissimilar products... and gets modded up for it.
Because some dumb-ass open source developer would then be unsatisfied with the "openness" and "freeness" of the thumbnail cache and then design his own, apparently "superior" one and try to ram that down everyone's throats.
Kinda like the whole MP3/Ogg Vorbis thing.
Hmm, a Disk Operating System Operating System?
I must have fallen behind
Well, you can always buy this PC for dirt cheap and then install a unlicensed version of Windows on it...
It'll alienate the ones that aren't serious about making good games. Not so horrible in a saturated market.
I don't know where you are getting this statement from. Usually, the first batch of games to come out for a console include a bunch of crap (think Dreamcast and N64 for the big examples). Then, crappy games will still come out regardless of how advanced the hardware is or how much screen real-estate is available. Even if the casual developers step aside, a whole new batch of even crappier developers will step up to the plate. Remember Evergrace and the first batch of PS2 games?
I have a good one.
Why does Quake3 not work properly with my 3d accelerator and why is the sound really choppy (to the point where it's so annoying that I just end up turning it off)?
I have a Radeon 8500 Pro and a Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum
And don't tell me the names of any config files to edit. Instead, tell me what to point and click to to get it fixed.
This isn't a troll. This sort of thing happens all the time.
Right now, I don't even know why my cd burner isn't being detected as one and until I find a point and click solution, I simply won't use linux when both Windows XP and Mac OS X are so much more hassle-free.
A 20 gig Neuros is $200, and plays Ogg.
What's ogg?
01101001001000000110000101101101001000000110001001 10000101110100011011010110000101101110
Yeah, but how did you get the monkey to wear the pants?
Being interviewed by Slashdot is analagous to being interviewed by Jerry Springer.
As opposed to chinking (!) it up?
Australians claim they don't drink Fosters but that's just pride.
Apparently, the same brewery that makes Fosters repackages that EXACT SAME BEER under a different name so that it sells in Australia. Then, Australians who don't know that they are drinking the exact same thing as common tourists enjoy a chuckle amongst themselves.
Or so I hear.
Maybe I'm under or oversexed, but those does anybody else notice that the two glowing harddrives look like breasts?
but Microsoft is taking a big hit on every console sold
Stop perpetuating this myth you fucking tard . While Microsoft may have sold X-boxes at a loss initially, this is not true of the current models.
Manufacturing processes improve and allow manufacturers to potentially *MAKE A PROFIT* on things they sell. Is this such a foreign concept to morons like yourself or is this just another excuse to bash Microsoft for seemingly no reason?
You might want to forget about the typical "geek" reads for a little while and focus on some amazing literature.
For this reason, I'm recommending "The Satanic Verses" by Salman Rushdie to all who are interested. It's not a hard book to obtain anymore and it's definitely one of the more interesting stories ever told.
It is, however, a very deep book with many hard to understand metaphors. If you don't know anything about Islam you might want to brush up a little before delving into this book because it helps a lot of things make more sense. If you don't want to read a whole book on the subject of Islam, at least do a search for a biography of the prophet Muhammad.
If that isn't your cup of tea, read anything by Noam Chomsky.
...being smarter than the average bear is more of a liability than an asset during that stage in life
I'm sorry, just because you are a nerd doesn't automatically make you smarter than anybody else. Intelligence is one of those strange concepts that doesn't develop over your lifetime. Granted, a lot of nerds have _experience_ in dealing with strange computer-related situations, but experience and intelligence are not the same beasts (though they often work hand in hand). That jock in football could be a genius that just enjoys playing football and having a few laughs with some friends (at other people's expense).
A nerd is a social concept... If I could apply any term to nerds in general it would be "introverted" and perhaps "socially inexperienced". No matter how hard you try to justify it to yourself, being a nerd is a social choice... do not incorrectly attribute it to above average intelligence.
We aren't legalizing weed but we are decriminalizing it.
Under the new legislation, possession of 30 grams or less will be classified as a civil offense, punishable by fine, instead of a federal offence.
Hmm, when I was doing my comparisons of motherboards, I neglected to mention that I was using the GeForceFX as a reference. The cooler on that card is massive and doesn't look like it would fit on any of the motherboards that you listed for the reasons that I mentioned before.
There is one problem. Who gets to stamp out the "proper design" of the cooler. As the picture that you posted proves - there is no real standard on how much room should be above the AGP slot. Of course, this would also represent a problem for the manufacturers of micro-atx boards because the'll have to leave more room above and below the AGP slot to accomodate different kinds of video cards.
One of the reasons I want a top mounted cooler is so that my video card isn't blowing hot air down onto my other components.
"But for the rest of us..."
Granted, what i'm about to say is wild speculation (at best) but I'll give it a try anyways.
When you say "the rest of us" who, precisely, are you referring to? I'm willing to bet there are more people that would be willing to buy Tivo's than to hack something like this up.
I remember hearing that the newer xBoxes (not "boxen", which isn't a word) included 20 GB hard drives but they only had 8 GB partitions.
At some point, it became cheaper to use a 20 GB hard drive than buying a custom made 8 GB one (in bulk quantities of course).
I don't know if there is any truth to this statement but it sure seems likely.
Left Column - Top Motherboard: Has a small heatsink which could get in the way. Capacitors close to the AGP slot could get in the way.
Left Column - Middle Motherboard: RAM Banks will get in the way of the cooling solution.
Left Column - Bottom Motherboard: Card would not fit. The AGP slot is up too high on the motherboard and there would be no way of actually attaching the video card. The reason is that the game-port is too close to the AGP slot and thus, the cooler would not get a slot on the back of the case - which means the card wouldn't fit.
Right Column - Top Motherboard: Card wouldn't fit at all - processor is in the way.
Right Column - Bottom Motherboard: Again, same problem as before. RAM Banks and serial/game-port connectors are too close to the AGP slot.
In short, none of the motherboards that you pictured look adequate to hold such a massive cooler. You'll notice that there is absolutely no standard clearance between all three of them.
Hmm, a cellular device that coughs!
Who knew that Will Smith was a marketing genius.
(Fresh Prince of Bel Air reference)