Except 1280x800 is actually better for watching 720p movies because they can be displayed at native resolution without any rescaling. You don't make use of 40 rows of pixels above and below, but that's fine with me. With 1366x768, sure you fill all the pixels, but there's rescaling going on, which can reduce the sharpness of the video.
What if my screen is turned off/not showing up or my mouse isn't plugged in and I want to reboot or turn off my computer. How do you do this with just your keyboard under Windows 7?
In Windows XP it was 3 keys in order: Windows key, u, r. Windows key, u, u would turn off computer.
I STILL haven't found a convenient keyboard only way of rebooting/shutdown through the start menu.
2 steps forward, one step backwards?
(I do run Windows 7 on 2/3 of my computers, XP on the other for backwards compatibility testing).
This is true. We won't have real 3D until they perfect holographic display devices. The difference between the perceived depth and the fact that the image is really at the depth of your TV screen (and needs to be focused at that distance to project a clear image on to your retina) throws your brain for loops. 3D movies skirt this issue because the screen is already so far away, but sit a reasonable distance in front of a TV and after 15 minutes your brain fighting two contrasting focal senses will start to cause problems.
I would think that would make it much easier. It's one thing to see the pixels of a reticule covering someone's head, it's a whole different experience to see the reticule projected onto their head. I would think the latter would be much easier to react on quickly and accurately.
Besides 3D movies, have you used some type of 3D display? Whether you noticed it or not, there are actually two types of focusing going on a the same time.
I'll call the first type "stereoscopic depth". The disparity between the two images that each eye sees is what gives the 3D illusion, as your eyes try and focus to different depths in order to fuse the two images. You can visualize this, as mentioned below, by holding your finger at arms length and switching between that and your monitor. You should see two blurry fingers when you look at your monitor.
The second type I will call "image depth". This is the focusing of the lens of your eye to get a sharp image projected on to your retina. You can visualize this with an outstretched finger, but this time close one eye. With the open eye switch between your finger and monitor and notice how your finger is still blurry when focused on your monitor, but much more subtly. This actually hinders most stereoscopic displays, because your brain has trouble compensating for the fact that when it focuses on the "stereoscopic depth" it is getting the wrong "image depth".
In 3D movies, you don't notice it so much because the focal plane is already so far away, however for TVs or computer screens, or even head mounted devices, the effect is much more pronounced. It is also one of the contributing factors to sickness and headaches while using VR environments.
So while you say that your eyes will always be focused on the computer screen, you actually have it backwards. Your eyes will be trying to focus on the perceived 3D depth. And therefore, you will not be able to perceive both near and far objects as being in focus at the same time, just like in real life, and jumping between them rapidly could cause more of a problem than in real life because you are missing the 2nd focus queue of proper "image depth".
"What you call love was invented by guys like me to sell nylons. You're born alone and you die alone and this world just drops a bunch of rules on top of you to make you forget those facts."
-Don Draper, Mad Men
This is going to be necessary for more than just hard drives. Lots of multimedia devices are going to start needing significantly higher bandwidth.
4K video (2x2 times higher resolution than HD 1080P), faster removable flash memory for downloading your 150 megapixel images (from the prototype sensor Canon just announced), etc etc.
Granted, most of this will be transferring to/from hard drives, but as several people mention blow, SSD HD speed is increasing. There's already a company that sells a PCI-E card with 16 flash chips RAIDed that can saturate a 10 gbit ethernet pipe.
We have 25 dual processor G5 DDL (AGP GeForce 6800s with 2 dual link DVI to drive 2 30" Apple Cinema Displays), 17 2.7 GHz and 8 2.5 GHz. Of these, 10 of the 17 2.7 GHz have blown up (I saw sparks and heard loud popping the one time I was in the lab to witness this) due to their out of the box liquid cooling failing.
While Apple has repaired all of these w/out charge, it's still a very scary percentage of failure.
Also several of the machines will get aqua blue pixels randomly distributed around the screen as the video cards get too hot (even while just running idle for a long period) and have to be restarted.
This is clearly a case of a new technology (Dual Core G5s with DDL video technology) which did not receive propper QA.
Also we bought one of the new shiny core dual laptops because it can drive a single 30" Apple Cinema Display. That has similar problems with the video colors getting distorted after non-intensive use. It also died earlier this week and Apple had to replace the battery (which, consistent with their good customer support, they replaced w/out hassle).
So, from my experience thus far with new Apple technology I can say this...yes, they have a staggeringly high rate of failure of new devices, which is balanced by their mostly hassle free customer support.
BUT, the real question is whether or not it's worth the risk/hassle/downtime of a temporarily broken product. Personally, I'm leaning towards NO.
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Except 1280x800 is actually better for watching 720p movies because they can be displayed at native resolution without any rescaling. You don't make use of 40 rows of pixels above and below, but that's fine with me. With 1366x768, sure you fill all the pixels, but there's rescaling going on, which can reduce the sharpness of the video.
Let me remind you that you're on Slashdot.
getting beef for crossposting this same comment on another awesome aggregation website
7-methyltheophylline should be more trusting.
1000 cores on a chip isn't too bad. I already have one with 110 cores.
That's only 10 more cores!
But $50k would be expected if the bandwidth was provided by a cell phone network....
Ok through brute determination I figured at least one way to do this.
Windows key, right arrow, enter/space will shutdown (or whatever the 'default' action is).
Windows key, right arrow, right arrow, r will restart.
Anyone have a quicker method?
2 steps forward, one step spinning in circles?
What if my screen is turned off/not showing up or my mouse isn't plugged in and I want to reboot or turn off my computer. How do you do this with just your keyboard under Windows 7?
In Windows XP it was 3 keys in order: Windows key, u, r. Windows key, u, u would turn off computer.
I STILL haven't found a convenient keyboard only way of rebooting/shutdown through the start menu.
2 steps forward, one step backwards?
(I do run Windows 7 on 2/3 of my computers, XP on the other for backwards compatibility testing).
It's the other way. When you feed them corn, you can keep them in close quarters where filth and disease can spread easily.
When you feed them grass, by letting them graze on a pasture, you have to give them more room, which reduces the concentration of filth and disease.
Also having them more spread out and moving around makes it easier to detect ill cattle and treat them individually.
or really large boxes where you can't move at all.
They're called feedlots. Cows, dirt, and food. Sounds healthy to me, why do we need antibiotics again? :)
This is true. We won't have real 3D until they perfect holographic display devices. The difference between the perceived depth and the fact that the image is really at the depth of your TV screen (and needs to be focused at that distance to project a clear image on to your retina) throws your brain for loops. 3D movies skirt this issue because the screen is already so far away, but sit a reasonable distance in front of a TV and after 15 minutes your brain fighting two contrasting focal senses will start to cause problems.
I would think that would make it much easier. It's one thing to see the pixels of a reticule covering someone's head, it's a whole different experience to see the reticule projected onto their head. I would think the latter would be much easier to react on quickly and accurately.
Besides 3D movies, have you used some type of 3D display? Whether you noticed it or not, there are actually two types of focusing going on a the same time.
I'll call the first type "stereoscopic depth". The disparity between the two images that each eye sees is what gives the 3D illusion, as your eyes try and focus to different depths in order to fuse the two images. You can visualize this, as mentioned below, by holding your finger at arms length and switching between that and your monitor. You should see two blurry fingers when you look at your monitor.
The second type I will call "image depth". This is the focusing of the lens of your eye to get a sharp image projected on to your retina. You can visualize this with an outstretched finger, but this time close one eye. With the open eye switch between your finger and monitor and notice how your finger is still blurry when focused on your monitor, but much more subtly. This actually hinders most stereoscopic displays, because your brain has trouble compensating for the fact that when it focuses on the "stereoscopic depth" it is getting the wrong "image depth".
In 3D movies, you don't notice it so much because the focal plane is already so far away, however for TVs or computer screens, or even head mounted devices, the effect is much more pronounced. It is also one of the contributing factors to sickness and headaches while using VR environments.
So while you say that your eyes will always be focused on the computer screen, you actually have it backwards. Your eyes will be trying to focus on the perceived 3D depth. And therefore, you will not be able to perceive both near and far objects as being in focus at the same time, just like in real life, and jumping between them rapidly could cause more of a problem than in real life because you are missing the 2nd focus queue of proper "image depth".
If you want something really flashy, you could install one of these high resolution walls for your video wall:
http://vis.ucsd.edu/~cglx/
disclaimer: I am affiliated with this group
"What you call love was invented by guys like me to sell nylons. You're born alone and you die alone and this world just drops a bunch of rules on top of you to make you forget those facts." -Don Draper, Mad Men
He may finally get his bazinga!
They let you smoke pot at work?
This is going to be necessary for more than just hard drives. Lots of multimedia devices are going to start needing significantly higher bandwidth. 4K video (2x2 times higher resolution than HD 1080P), faster removable flash memory for downloading your 150 megapixel images (from the prototype sensor Canon just announced), etc etc. Granted, most of this will be transferring to/from hard drives, but as several people mention blow, SSD HD speed is increasing. There's already a company that sells a PCI-E card with 16 flash chips RAIDed that can saturate a 10 gbit ethernet pipe.
Jerry?
K-K-K-K-King Combo!
If you never sit down...I mean, how many people have died of old age while standing up? I'd say almost everyone of them died sitting or lying down.
We have 25 dual processor G5 DDL (AGP GeForce 6800s with 2 dual link DVI to drive 2 30" Apple Cinema Displays), 17 2.7 GHz and 8 2.5 GHz. Of these, 10 of the 17 2.7 GHz have blown up (I saw sparks and heard loud popping the one time I was in the lab to witness this) due to their out of the box liquid cooling failing. While Apple has repaired all of these w/out charge, it's still a very scary percentage of failure. Also several of the machines will get aqua blue pixels randomly distributed around the screen as the video cards get too hot (even while just running idle for a long period) and have to be restarted. This is clearly a case of a new technology (Dual Core G5s with DDL video technology) which did not receive propper QA. Also we bought one of the new shiny core dual laptops because it can drive a single 30" Apple Cinema Display. That has similar problems with the video colors getting distorted after non-intensive use. It also died earlier this week and Apple had to replace the battery (which, consistent with their good customer support, they replaced w/out hassle). So, from my experience thus far with new Apple technology I can say this...yes, they have a staggeringly high rate of failure of new devices, which is balanced by their mostly hassle free customer support. BUT, the real question is whether or not it's worth the risk/hassle/downtime of a temporarily broken product. Personally, I'm leaning towards NO.