http://www.zalmanusa.com/ (Go to Zalman TNN500A, couldn't get a direct link due to flash menu system)
This thing is a triumph of brute force engineering, but also extreme elegance in design. Basically THE ENTIRE case is made from Aluminium between 5mm and 7mm which is connected using heatpipes to the graphics card and CPU and simply dissipates the heat output passively into the surroundings. You can use the latest parts, the dissipation is rated up to 150W CPU heat output and 50W GPU output. The PSU uses VERY high quality components and is totally fanless. You can get a UPS system built into the bottom as an option as well. I think Athlon64 and Pentium4 CPUs are currently supported.
This idea of using sound to create sound is a no goer in a recording studio where the control room needs to be completely silent and presumably countless scientific and engineering applications. You could have the PC in another room, but this would definetly be prefferable for the majority of users.
Yep, its seriously expensive (not sure, maybe up to GBP1000), but it works flawlessly, looks great, and is ideal for conditions where complete silence is a must, not just noise reduction. Compared to other bits of kit that probably will be sitting in the same area (5000 Vintage Mics or a soundproof room) its a small price to pay really.
I think Stella is a Belgium beverage.
But yes Kronenbourh, a favourite of mine, is definetly French.
Having said that, the best beer in the world is clearly Leffe. Absolutely beautiful stuff.
Don't fear: I am using via82xx ALSA driver built as modules in 2.6-test4 with no problems. My distro is gentoo, if that has any bearing.
You may be interested to look at this post if you are having the awful 'scratchy output' problem (in reference to your 'finicky via82xx driver' comment)
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=73692
I often like to sit out underneath the stars with a close girl-friend of mine, but one thing stands in the way of us seeing the natural beauty of the stars: Light Pollution.
When you mention this to people they often admit to not having noticed it before; after all, when was the last time you've been somewhere that strange sodium yellow streak wasn't shooting across the sky? If you weren't thinking about it you might take it to be a natural aura.
I saw a photo a while back (on the printed page, I've searched on Google and couldn't find it) of the night sky a 1000 miles west of Sydney Australia : the sky was still scared by the bright lights.
I found this picture on Google of light pollution from space: Light pollution over Canada circa 1975
As far as I am aware, this is of Canada, all though the picture isn't very clear I'm afraid it does illustrate a point about the long-reaching effects of light pollution.
On the greater impact outside of amateur sky watches, I can imagine this greatly hampers the efforts of earth-bound telescopes, and obviously explains why they are in such remote locations.
Is there anywhere on earth with NO light pollution?
In the UK, traditional analogue terrestrial services will be switched off at around the same time as yours in the US (possibly earlier), although with the recent collapse of ITV Digital, this proposal may be shifted further into the future. This has been planned since UK Digital was turned on in 1999.
I can understand why US authorities might want to move over to a completely digital service, freeing up Analogue frequencies to be used for more Digital services. After all, a digital receiver (which will only pick up free to air channels) is around £90 here, which is bound to drop in price when the demand shoots up after Analogue broadcasts are turned off. I don't believe this is as much a conspiracy between electronics companies (the majority of which are Japanese anyway) that some of you make it out to be.
I agree with the poster above who mentions the thinking behind HDTV: is anyone really too bothered about watching anything other than movies in high resolution? I can't see myself being desperate to watch Jerry Springer on HDTV, irrespective of the views I have on the actual program itself.
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http://www.zalmanusa.com/ (Go to Zalman TNN500A, couldn't get a direct link due to flash menu system)
This thing is a triumph of brute force engineering, but also extreme elegance in design. Basically THE ENTIRE case is made from Aluminium between 5mm and 7mm which is connected using heatpipes to the graphics card and CPU and simply dissipates the heat output passively into the surroundings. You can use the latest parts, the dissipation is rated up to 150W CPU heat output and 50W GPU output. The PSU uses VERY high quality components and is totally fanless. You can get a UPS system built into the bottom as an option as well. I think Athlon64 and Pentium4 CPUs are currently supported.
This idea of using sound to create sound is a no goer in a recording studio where the control room needs to be completely silent and presumably countless scientific and engineering applications. You could have the PC in another room, but this would definetly be prefferable for the majority of users.
Yep, its seriously expensive (not sure, maybe up to GBP1000), but it works flawlessly, looks great, and is ideal for conditions where complete silence is a must, not just noise reduction. Compared to other bits of kit that probably will be sitting in the same area (5000 Vintage Mics or a soundproof room) its a small price to pay really.
I will be checking these beers out then. Thanks!
I think Stella is a Belgium beverage. But yes Kronenbourh, a favourite of mine, is definetly French. Having said that, the best beer in the world is clearly Leffe. Absolutely beautiful stuff.
Don't fear: I am using via82xx ALSA driver built as modules in 2.6-test4 with no problems. My distro is gentoo, if that has any bearing. You may be interested to look at this post if you are having the awful 'scratchy output' problem (in reference to your 'finicky via82xx driver' comment) http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=73692
I often like to sit out underneath the stars with a close girl-friend of mine, but one thing stands in the way of us seeing the natural beauty of the stars: Light Pollution.
When you mention this to people they often admit to not having noticed it before; after all, when was the last time you've been somewhere that strange sodium yellow streak wasn't shooting across the sky? If you weren't thinking about it you might take it to be a natural aura.
I saw a photo a while back (on the printed page, I've searched on Google and couldn't find it) of the night sky a 1000 miles west of Sydney Australia : the sky was still scared by the bright lights.
I found this picture on Google of light pollution from space: Light pollution over Canada circa 1975 As far as I am aware, this is of Canada, all though the picture isn't very clear I'm afraid it does illustrate a point about the long-reaching effects of light pollution.
On the greater impact outside of amateur sky watches, I can imagine this greatly hampers the efforts of earth-bound telescopes, and obviously explains why they are in such remote locations.
Is there anywhere on earth with NO light pollution?
In the UK, traditional analogue terrestrial services will be switched off at around the same time as yours in the US (possibly earlier), although with the recent collapse of ITV Digital, this proposal may be shifted further into the future. This has been planned since UK Digital was turned on in 1999.
I can understand why US authorities might want to move over to a completely digital service, freeing up Analogue frequencies to be used for more Digital services. After all, a digital receiver (which will only pick up free to air channels) is around £90 here, which is bound to drop in price when the demand shoots up after Analogue broadcasts are turned off. I don't believe this is as much a conspiracy between electronics companies (the majority of which are Japanese anyway) that some of you make it out to be.
I agree with the poster above who mentions the thinking behind HDTV: is anyone really too bothered about watching anything other than movies in high resolution? I can't see myself being desperate to watch Jerry Springer on HDTV, irrespective of the views I have on the actual program itself.