Hell you can build a kickass gaming box for around $1000 U.S. nowadays(without the monitor of course).
I got a 1.4Ghz T-bird, 512MB PC2100 DDR RAM, and an ECS K75SA(SIS 735) motherboard for $287 including shipping. Add $260 for a GeForce3 card, $35 for a Soundblaster Live(OEM version), $135 for a 60GB hard drive(IBM 60GXP 7200RPM) and that stil leaves you $250 to spend on case, power supply, CD-ROM drive, etc.
I used to feel the same way until I built an Athlon 1.4Ghz system about a month ago. Initially I decided on the Thermaltake Volcano Cu+ heatsink/fan combo, but after installing it my PC sounded like a hair dryer emitting sound in the 60db range. It was very noticeable when listening to MP3s and I could even hear my PC when I was upstairs in my apartment(my machine is on the first floor).
So what did I do?
After making a trip to Tom's Hardware to check out his thoughts on the matter I decided to splurge on the Noise Control Silverado which I ordered from plycon.com for $59.99
http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/01q1/010306/cool er -10.html
It's truly a wonderful heatsink/fan combo and offers the best of both worlds - low noise level and good heat removal.
I slapped it on the CPU with some Arctic Silver thermal paste and it works like a charm. My system idles around 51C and peaks at around 58C when playing Unreal Tournament or the Wolfenstein MP Test.
My system:
Athlon 1.4Ghz T-Bird
512mb PC2100 DDR RAM
IBM 60GXP 7200 RPM 60GB Hard Drive
Gainward GeForce3
Lian Li PC65 Case(same as PC60 but with built in window).
Enermax 350W Power Supply
Soundblaster Live Platinum
HP CD R/W
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I agree... EA hasn't really put out any cool games since the Trip Hawkins era of the 80s. Most of their business nowadays seems geared towards the EA Sports franchise or using the name recognition of previously great companies such as Origin or Bullfrog to market mediocre products.
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No.. That's the fancy 1992 remake you're talking about boy. The "original" Castle Wolfenstein from 1981 had no fancy 3D graphics or MIDI sound. It also had the annoying feature of killing you if you walked into a wall(a problem which was corrected in the 1983 sequel "Beyond Castle Wolfenstein").
http://www.ufpel.tche.br/~snoopy/jogos/wolfen_e. ht m
Actually one of mine fetches as well. He's more like a puppy than a cat. He likes to fetch the little plastic milk rings that come off a gallon of milk when you open it. Its the perfect size for his little cat teeth and slides across the hardwood floors well. He'll fetch it every time I throw it without fail. Likewise, when he wants to play he'll bring it to me to throw for him. He even does this when I'm asleep(or when I'm taking a shower).
I think I had one the late 70s sets from Kenner, though its hard to be sure since they don't seem to have any pictures from that period. It was a drawbridge set with black girders and grey road panels that were designed to accomodate Matchbox or Hot Wheels cars.
That's about all I remember - must've been 1977 or '78, which was around the same time Micronauts became popular. Micronauts were cool, but the basic figures were so damn fragile that it didn't take much to rip an arm or leg off of them.
Yes I prefer to be on the side with the Apaches, though I'm curious how well they'll perform in the high elevation of the mountains in Afghanistan(10,000 - 13,000ft). The air is much thinner at that altitude and obviously helicopters of any sort will have problems getting enough lift.
It doesn't seem anyone was comfortable using them - if you recall two of the Apaches crashed before going on even one sortie. Apparently the pilots weren't very well trained in using the night vision system - which could be a usability problem of sorts. Helicopters have always been difficult machines to fly, but the technical complexities of flying the Apache in the case of Kosovo were more of a liability than an asset.
My personal choice would be the weather control device that Destro had in the G.I. Joe cartoon series of the early 80's. Of course in that show no one ever really got shot and pilots always managed to eject out of burning aircraft, so it might not be terribly effective.
I believe the primary intention of this mission was to recover the nuclear reactors. The reactors were not damaged in the explosion, but if left on the sea floor they would slowly decay and contaminate the surrounding fishery. However, recovering the remains is still important and should provide a sense of closure to the families who lost loved one's in this terrible accident.
Oh please.. Steven Milloy is a corporate whore who's job it is to dispel any sort of legitimate scientific studies that conflict with corporate interests.
He's the type of guy who defends putting lead into paint and gasoline in the face of all evidence of its toxicity.
As someone else posted elsewhere on Slashdot, here's a rebuttal on Mr. Milloy's WTC Asbestos theory.
http://cryptome.org/wtc-junksci.htm
Oh yeah.. If you want to read a good book about corporate propagandists like Mr. Milloy and his ilk then pick up a copy of Trust Us We're Experts: How Industry Manipulates Science and Gambles With Your Future
I find it more than a bit ironic that the majority of the anti-corporate Slashdot crowd won't put their money where their mouth is. Salon is the last major independent webzine and offers well written, insightful articles that you can't find on any of the corporate news sites. Unfortunately this voice has a very real financial cost that can't be absorbed into the parent corporation like the mediocre efforts of CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, etc.
I signed up as a subscriber for Salon back in the spring and I think its the best $30 I've ever spent.
The original series was made at the time when most effects makeup created aliens along the lines of the paper plate people. If anything, the original Klingons reminded me more of gringos from some Clint Eastwood spaghetti western of the 60s.
Oh please.. The Dreamcast games are just as good, if not better than most of the PS2 shit that came out in the last year. It was the Sony hype machine that sealed Sega's coffin shut. Everyone was so convinced that the PS2 would be the second coming of the console messiah and that the Dreamcast would fail from day one. And oh your PC analogy is a bit flawed since console makers use the razor blade business model(i.e. sell the console at cost or less and make all their money off the sales from the games).
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Hell you can build a kickass gaming box for around $1000 U.S. nowadays(without the monitor of course). I got a 1.4Ghz T-bird, 512MB PC2100 DDR RAM, and an ECS K75SA(SIS 735) motherboard for $287 including shipping. Add $260 for a GeForce3 card, $35 for a Soundblaster Live(OEM version), $135 for a 60GB hard drive(IBM 60GXP 7200RPM) and that stil leaves you $250 to spend on case, power supply, CD-ROM drive, etc.
I used to feel the same way until I built an Athlon 1.4Ghz system about a month ago. Initially I decided on the Thermaltake Volcano Cu+ heatsink/fan combo, but after installing it my PC sounded like a hair dryer emitting sound in the 60db range. It was very noticeable when listening to MP3s and I could even hear my PC when I was upstairs in my apartment(my machine is on the first floor).
l er -10.html
So what did I do?
After making a trip to Tom's Hardware to check out his thoughts on the matter I decided to splurge on the Noise Control Silverado which I ordered from plycon.com for $59.99
http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/01q1/010306/coo
It's truly a wonderful heatsink/fan combo and offers the best of both worlds - low noise level and good heat removal.
I slapped it on the CPU with some Arctic Silver thermal paste and it works like a charm. My system idles around 51C and peaks at around 58C when playing Unreal Tournament or the Wolfenstein MP Test.
My system:
Athlon 1.4Ghz T-Bird
512mb PC2100 DDR RAM
IBM 60GXP 7200 RPM 60GB Hard Drive
Gainward GeForce3
Lian Li PC65 Case(same as PC60 but with built in window).
Enermax 350W Power Supply
Soundblaster Live Platinum
HP CD R/W
I agree... EA hasn't really put out any cool games since the Trip Hawkins era of the 80s. Most of their business nowadays seems geared towards the EA Sports franchise or using the name recognition of previously great companies such as Origin or Bullfrog to market mediocre products.
No.. That's the fancy 1992 remake you're talking about boy. The "original" Castle Wolfenstein from 1981 had no fancy 3D graphics or MIDI sound. It also had the annoying feature of killing you if you walked into a wall(a problem which was corrected in the 1983 sequel "Beyond Castle Wolfenstein").
. ht m
http://www.ufpel.tche.br/~snoopy/jogos/wolfen_e
Actually one of mine fetches as well. He's more like a puppy than a cat. He likes to fetch the little plastic milk rings that come off a gallon of milk when you open it. Its the perfect size for his little cat teeth and slides across the hardwood floors well. He'll fetch it every time I throw it without fail. Likewise, when he wants to play he'll bring it to me to throw for him. He even does this when I'm asleep(or when I'm taking a shower).
I think I had one the late 70s sets from Kenner, though its hard to be sure since they don't seem to have any pictures from that period. It was a drawbridge set with black girders and grey road panels that were designed to accomodate Matchbox or Hot Wheels cars.
That's about all I remember - must've been 1977 or '78, which was around the same time Micronauts became popular. Micronauts were cool, but the basic figures were so damn fragile that it didn't take much to rip an arm or leg off of them.
Yes I prefer to be on the side with the Apaches, though I'm curious how well they'll perform in the high elevation of the mountains in Afghanistan(10,000 - 13,000ft). The air is much thinner at that altitude and obviously helicopters of any sort will have problems getting enough lift.
It doesn't seem anyone was comfortable using them - if you recall two of the Apaches crashed before going on even one sortie. Apparently the pilots weren't very well trained in using the night vision system - which could be a usability problem of sorts. Helicopters have always been difficult machines to fly, but the technical complexities of flying the Apache in the case of Kosovo were more of a liability than an asset.
My personal choice would be the weather control device that Destro had in the G.I. Joe cartoon series of the early 80's. Of course in that show no one ever really got shot and pilots always managed to eject out of burning aircraft, so it might not be terribly effective.
Yes Apaches performed well in the open desert of Iraq, but you must also acknowledge their inept deployment in Kosovo in the spring of '99.
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http://www.longbow.co.uk/lb2/kosovo_apaches.htm
I believe the primary intention of this mission was to recover the nuclear reactors. The reactors were not damaged in the explosion, but if left on the sea floor they would slowly decay and contaminate the surrounding fishery. However, recovering the remains is still important and should provide a sense of closure to the families who lost loved one's in this terrible accident.
Oh please.. Steven Milloy is a corporate whore who's job it is to dispel any sort of legitimate scientific studies that conflict with corporate interests.
He's the type of guy who defends putting lead into paint and gasoline in the face of all evidence of its toxicity.
As someone else posted elsewhere on Slashdot, here's a rebuttal on Mr. Milloy's WTC Asbestos theory.
http://cryptome.org/wtc-junksci.htm
Oh yeah.. If you want to read a good book about corporate propagandists like Mr. Milloy and his ilk then pick up a copy of Trust Us We're Experts: How Industry Manipulates Science and Gambles With Your Future
I find it more than a bit ironic that the majority of the anti-corporate Slashdot crowd won't put their money where their mouth is. Salon is the last major independent webzine and offers well written, insightful articles that you can't find on any of the corporate news sites. Unfortunately this voice has a very real financial cost that can't be absorbed into the parent corporation like the mediocre efforts of CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, etc.
I signed up as a subscriber for Salon back in the spring and I think its the best $30 I've ever spent.
No doubt.
The original series was made at the time when most effects makeup created aliens along the lines of the paper plate people. If anything, the original Klingons reminded me more of gringos from some Clint Eastwood spaghetti western of the 60s.
Oh please.. The Dreamcast games are just as good, if not better than most of the PS2 shit that came out in the last year. It was the Sony hype machine that sealed Sega's coffin shut. Everyone was so convinced that the PS2 would be the second coming of the console messiah and that the Dreamcast would fail from day one. And oh your PC analogy is a bit flawed since console makers use the razor blade business model(i.e. sell the console at cost or less and make all their money off the sales from the games).
Instead of having some d00d ninja loot your kill or KS you, he'll steal your girlfriend and leave plates of food around your house. Sounds like fun...