I recently built a new computer. Not only do I have quiet parts in it, but also I have it overclocked to (checks) 3244 mHz. Here are some of the relevant parts:
SilverStone SST-ST30NF 300W Fanless Power Supply (Wattage might be an issue for dual 8800's, but that wouldn't be very quiet, would it? Quality is more important than rated watts, anyway.)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
Antec Solo Quiet Mini Tower Case ATX (no useless holes in the sides, some vibration-reducing material built-in, decent 120mm fan, no silly door on the front, etc)
Scythe Infinity 5 Heatpipe CPU Cooler (I could probably run this huge thing without its fan, but the fan is nice and quiet)
Mushkin HP PC2-6400 HP2-6400 2GB 2X1GB DDR2-800 CL4-5-4-11
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe (passive heatsinks and heatpipes)
ASUS EN7800GT Top Silent (and older card that's no longer being made..."XFX GeForce 7950 GT Xtreme 570MHZ 512MB 1.46GHZ DDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDCP TV Out Passive Video Card" looks similar, and I might upgrade at some point - both of these cards are cooled with huge heatsinks/heatpipes...no fans)
I actually have the 3 speed fan on the Antec Solo still set at medium, since I wanted to make sure that the passively-cooled video card didn't overheat, and the noise is a low drone - a tolerable "white noise". But I'll probably lower it the next time I open it up - the video card stays at 50C idle and doesn't go above 60ish even with heavy load.
I ordered a Scythe hard drive silencer with my Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 3.5" 320GB, but I haven't received it yet. The hard drive isn't bad by itself, though. (The Antec Solo case seems to do a good job of damping vibrations and noise.) One thing I've found is that the faster 5400 and 7200(!) RPM 2.5" drives seem to be just as noisy as the better 3.5" drives. Slower 4200 RPM ones were good, but hard to find these days.
I'd argue that the goals are too low and there is too much homework. I'm not sure how much the US curriculum differs from Canada's, but I had less homework* in university than in grade school, yet I learned more from it. Perhaps it just seems like less because it wasn't mind-crushingly tedious.
*"Homework" includes lab reports and studying. Assigned problems dealt with concepts that students were expected to know for exams, but weren't handed in for marking after first year.
It was the only distro I could find that fully supported WPA-PSK for my laptop "out of the box"... But I've tried Linux Mint since then, and it's great. Coincidentially, Linux Mint 2.2 (Bianca) was released today.
Enter a gate of Oblivion at level 1 and this terrible threat consists of a bunch of puny weaklings. Walk down a road just outside of a peaceful town at level 20 and you get attacked by bandits with godlike strength, wielding ancient weapons of power.
Mean positive and negative predictivities
barely exceed 50%; discordance among the species used is substantial; reliable extrapolation from
animal data to humans is impossible, and virtually all known human teratogens have so far been
identified in spite of, rather than because of, animal-based methods.
The anti-GM groups make the same ridiculous generalization. What sort of GM potato are they protesting? Did they even check? The article mentions lectin (plus a marker) as the gene inserted in the Russian study... for all we know that lectin could have been been ricin.
This is not a new low. It has been done via Channel One for a decade and a half, supplying TVs in exchange for a mandatory "news show" with corporate ads.
I remember the day at my high school when we walked out of the classrooms in protest in what must have been 1990. Good times.
What? I've heard about the Channel One thing, but all you got out of it was TVs? In Canada, we had a few TVs and VCRs on wheeled stands, and if a class needed to show a video or something the teacher would get one. The very idea of watching mandatory ads in a classroom is insane.
I've also seen knock-offs that are actually produced by the company they appear to be competing against.
True, but these generics aren't advertised... if they sell more of their less- or unadvertised brand than the one that marketers are constantly bombarding people with, it might send a message.
Hello "What's this program you're running? What is in this encrypted data, and who are you getting it from and sending it to? What do you mean, 'I don't know'? You're going to jail, bud. What's that? What law did you break? Don't worry... we'll think of one."
In any case, I switched from SUSE to Linux Mint a while ago... it's the only other distro I've found that supports my wireless card with WPA-PSK "out of the box". Being able to play DVDs and videos without finding and manually installing the packages is a bonus.
My internet service will cost over $40 per month for the 1.5/.5 connection when my "price protection plan" ends. I'm locked into their crappy service and they said it will cost me $240 if I choose to bail out early.Sounds like you made some poor decisions regarding your ISP. Blame yourself.
Heh, figures. Well, he might've gotten an iPod or a monitor. They offer "free" gifts if you sign up for long enough. (Not available to current subscribers, though...) Btw, I have no idea how he would have to pay $40/month... If he had a special rate for the 3.0/.65 connection it would go up to $40.95, though.
I don't use the standard port, since Azureus assigned random ones when I installed it... but I've never had any issue with reaching and staying at my max connection speed until I'm finished.
Though I think in some countries (where most people buy region-unlocked DVD players) this would probably be done for them at the same time. It is also something people who aren't very tech-savvy have heard of and done... it's still beyond the "blinking 12:00" crowd.
Strangely enough, on my anime DVDs - which usually show the quick warning and go right to the menu before I can push the button - there are frequently trailers in a menu in the "extras", and I watch them. Sometimes more than once, if they're good. Yet I've never watched any of those "unskippable" ads on Hollywood DVDs longer than it took to click my remote. (And if I couldn't do that I just mute it and walk away until it reached the menu - at least, for a rental. If I'd paid to be treated that way I'd be really pissed.)
Well, there are only two theaters in town, so it's pretty easy to tell.:) In any case, I just talk or use my PDA while I wait, so it's not that big of a deal. I'd actually wouldn't mind some previews/ads in the middle of longer movies as an intermission, because that would be time to buy more popcorn or use the restroom. But the current stuff seems to go on for half an hour, and you have no choice to sit through it if you want to grab a decent seat.
I mean if they really didn't like commercials they could just get up and go somewhere else for the 5 minutes.
Well, before I got my "commercial skip" button (advance 30 seconds instantly) I just used mute if I didn't want to get something to eat, etc...
"If you have DVI or HDMI without HDCP (ICT set or not), you don't get any video output. You must use an analog connection at this point. You can either use VGA or Component."
Great, so I get to switch my monitor to an inferior connection. Good luck if your video card and monitor don't both have VGA.
Yeah, some CD burners come with decent software, but I was amazed when the Sonic junk that came with my laptop wanted me to pay for some "full version". On the Linux partition it's as simple as right-clicking on the.iso and selecting "burn to CD". On the other, Linux must have the most confusing and insane directory structure ever...
It allows the drugs to be more selectively delivered. Certain bacteria attack different things, same reason why people get strep instead of an upset stomach. So when you just inject them, the chemicals are taken to exactly where they need to be, something that a doctor with a needle can't do yet.
Except that isn't the case with injecting into the CSF - you just stick a needle into someone's spine (very carefully). And I can't see how these things could penetrate the CSF without damaging the blood-brain barrier, possibly worse than a single needle.
Because, if there are 12 minutes of commercials per hour, then people who make over $9.95 an hour who watch live TV attentively could be considered to be losing money. As long as they don't enjoy watching commercials more than they enjoy their job, which I consider to be a pretty frightening concept.
Personally, I would love to pay an extra $2 for a theater with no ads... but there aren't any. And I use a HDD recorder for casual stuff and buy DVDs for stuff I like. Oh wait, I watch the weather network live...
Find the code or firmware upgrade to unlock your DVD player from such annoyances. (I've yet to buy a DVD player for which this took more than a couple minutes of searching.)
Or I guess you could copy just the movie file to a DVD-R(W).
Pickpockets, spammers, and con artists are "just trying to scrape together a buck" too.
In any case... I can watch my boxset of Firefly DVDs without seeing any ads, and there are several episodes in it which were never aired. I own several other series on DVD as well. Fun fact: the most expensive DVD boxset I own costs less than (the hours of time I would have lost watching ads) * (my hourly wage).
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And someone always argues along these lines. Yet Canada has a larger percentage of rural population, similar geography, and has a higher percentage of broadband use.
I recently built a new computer. Not only do I have quiet parts in it, but also I have it overclocked to (checks) 3244 mHz. Here are some of the relevant parts:
SilverStone SST-ST30NF 300W Fanless Power Supply (Wattage might be an issue for dual 8800's, but that wouldn't be very quiet, would it? Quality is more important than rated watts, anyway.)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
Antec Solo Quiet Mini Tower Case ATX (no useless holes in the sides, some vibration-reducing material built-in, decent 120mm fan, no silly door on the front, etc)
Scythe Infinity 5 Heatpipe CPU Cooler (I could probably run this huge thing without its fan, but the fan is nice and quiet)
Mushkin HP PC2-6400 HP2-6400 2GB 2X1GB DDR2-800 CL4-5-4-11
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe (passive heatsinks and heatpipes)
ASUS EN7800GT Top Silent (and older card that's no longer being made..."XFX GeForce 7950 GT Xtreme 570MHZ 512MB 1.46GHZ DDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDCP TV Out Passive Video Card" looks similar, and I might upgrade at some point - both of these cards are cooled with huge heatsinks/heatpipes...no fans)
I actually have the 3 speed fan on the Antec Solo still set at medium, since I wanted to make sure that the passively-cooled video card didn't overheat, and the noise is a low drone - a tolerable "white noise". But I'll probably lower it the next time I open it up - the video card stays at 50C idle and doesn't go above 60ish even with heavy load.
I ordered a Scythe hard drive silencer with my Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 3.5" 320GB, but I haven't received it yet. The hard drive isn't bad by itself, though. (The Antec Solo case seems to do a good job of damping vibrations and noise.) One thing I've found is that the faster 5400 and 7200(!) RPM 2.5" drives seem to be just as noisy as the better 3.5" drives. Slower 4200 RPM ones were good, but hard to find these days.
*"Homework" includes lab reports and studying. Assigned problems dealt with concepts that students were expected to know for exams, but weren't handed in for marking after first year.
It was the only distro I could find that fully supported WPA-PSK for my laptop "out of the box"... But I've tried Linux Mint since then, and it's great. Coincidentially, Linux Mint 2.2 (Bianca) was released today.
Enter a gate of Oblivion at level 1 and this terrible threat consists of a bunch of puny weaklings. Walk down a road just outside of a peaceful town at level 20 and you get attacked by bandits with godlike strength, wielding ancient weapons of power.
Most of the time, sure. But some don't harm humans, or aren't harmful as long as you aren't being forcefed your own body weight of the stuff daily.
For example, metronidazole causes cancer in rats, but not in humans. Also, here's an article with a lot of information on teratogenicity:
Mean positive and negative predictivities barely exceed 50%; discordance among the species used is substantial; reliable extrapolation from animal data to humans is impossible, and virtually all known human teratogens have so far been identified in spite of, rather than because of, animal-based methods.
The anti-GM groups make the same ridiculous generalization. What sort of GM potato are they protesting? Did they even check? The article mentions lectin (plus a marker) as the gene inserted in the Russian study... for all we know that lectin could have been been ricin.
This is not a new low. It has been done via Channel One for a decade and a half, supplying TVs in exchange for a mandatory "news show" with corporate ads.
I remember the day at my high school when we walked out of the classrooms in protest in what must have been 1990. Good times.
What? I've heard about the Channel One thing, but all you got out of it was TVs? In Canada, we had a few TVs and VCRs on wheeled stands, and if a class needed to show a video or something the teacher would get one. The very idea of watching mandatory ads in a classroom is insane.
I've also seen knock-offs that are actually produced by the company they appear to be competing against.
True, but these generics aren't advertised... if they sell more of their less- or unadvertised brand than the one that marketers are constantly bombarding people with, it might send a message.
It skips the extra click.
I think he needs to add another country to his list. And find a better technology.
Hello "What's this program you're running? What is in this encrypted data, and who are you getting it from and sending it to? What do you mean, 'I don't know'? You're going to jail, bud. What's that? What law did you break? Don't worry... we'll think of one."
And who was demanding this? Where are the truckloads of letters, gigabytes of emails, and millions marching in the streets?
In any case, I switched from SUSE to Linux Mint a while ago... it's the only other distro I've found that supports my wireless card with WPA-PSK "out of the box". Being able to play DVDs and videos without finding and manually installing the packages is a bonus.
Heh, figures. Well, he might've gotten an iPod or a monitor. They offer "free" gifts if you sign up for long enough. (Not available to current subscribers, though...) Btw, I have no idea how he would have to pay $40/month... If he had a special rate for the 3.0/.65 connection it would go up to $40.95, though.
I don't use the standard port, since Azureus assigned random ones when I installed it... but I've never had any issue with reaching and staying at my max connection speed until I'm finished.
Maybe MS could deactivate the XP key when the key for the Vista disk is used?
Strangely enough, on my anime DVDs - which usually show the quick warning and go right to the menu before I can push the button - there are frequently trailers in a menu in the "extras", and I watch them. Sometimes more than once, if they're good. Yet I've never watched any of those "unskippable" ads on Hollywood DVDs longer than it took to click my remote. (And if I couldn't do that I just mute it and walk away until it reached the menu - at least, for a rental. If I'd paid to be treated that way I'd be really pissed.)
I mean if they really didn't like commercials they could just get up and go somewhere else for the 5 minutes.
Well, before I got my "commercial skip" button (advance 30 seconds instantly) I just used mute if I didn't want to get something to eat, etc...
"If you have DVI or HDMI without HDCP (ICT set or not), you don't get any video output. You must use an analog connection at this point. You can either use VGA or Component."
Great, so I get to switch my monitor to an inferior connection. Good luck if your video card and monitor don't both have VGA.
Yeah, some CD burners come with decent software, but I was amazed when the Sonic junk that came with my laptop wanted me to pay for some "full version". On the Linux partition it's as simple as right-clicking on the .iso and selecting "burn to CD". On the other, Linux must have the most confusing and insane directory structure ever...
Except that isn't the case with injecting into the CSF - you just stick a needle into someone's spine (very carefully). And I can't see how these things could penetrate the CSF without damaging the blood-brain barrier, possibly worse than a single needle.
Personally, I would love to pay an extra $2 for a theater with no ads... but there aren't any. And I use a HDD recorder for casual stuff and buy DVDs for stuff I like. Oh wait, I watch the weather network live...
Or I guess you could copy just the movie file to a DVD-R(W).
In any case... I can watch my boxset of Firefly DVDs without seeing any ads, and there are several episodes in it which were never aired. I own several other series on DVD as well.
Fun fact: the most expensive DVD boxset I own costs less than (the hours of time I would have lost watching ads) * (my hourly wage).