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  1. Re:Once again RIM leads the way on Dual Interface Mobile Devices To Address BYOD Issue · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you have to carry a blackberry, you already have to carry a second device for personal use.

    So that does not really help.

  2. Re:Way cheaper head mounted DOOM3 on DOOM 3 BFG Edition On Github, Timed For Oculus Rift · · Score: 1

    Since they did not make a linux version of the BFG edition I could not play it.
    I bought every Id game that had linux support in the past. They probably have no idea about that though since you had to buy the MS version and download the engine to play on linux.

  3. Way cheaper head mounted DOOM3 on DOOM 3 BFG Edition On Github, Timed For Oculus Rift · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just get a black sheet of construction paper and tape it to your forehead over your eyes. For the big spender purchase a sleeping mask. Both are far cheaper than the Oculus Rift and will give you the same DOOM3 experience.

  4. Re:And a normal locksmith will also charge on Hotel Keycard Lock Hack Gets Real In Texas · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Not so easy to copy?
    A cheap card encoder can be had for under $100.

  5. Re:Sure I will pay.... on Hotel Keycard Lock Hack Gets Real In Texas · · Score: 1

    That would be even more expensive.
    The replacement boards slide right into the existing locks, which the competitors product will not do.

  6. Re:Run 98SE on that computer. on Hello, I'm a Mac. And I'm a $248 Win8 PC. · · Score: 1

    You complaints are about Unity or Ubuntu not linux.

    Maybe once try another distro?

  7. Re:Disable it on Windows 8 PCs Still Throttled By Crapware · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but it sure appears a lot clearer.

    Really it should just run uninstall updates when it does the disable though in that case.

  8. Re:Even if this was true... on Is Intel Planning To Kill Enthusiast PCs? · · Score: 1

    You read the article?

    Since when do we read the article?

  9. Re:Even if this was true... on Is Intel Planning To Kill Enthusiast PCs? · · Score: 1

    What am I reinventing?
    Am I not an enthusiast because not every machine I build is for power over all other features?

  10. Re:Even if this was true... on Is Intel Planning To Kill Enthusiast PCs? · · Score: 1

    I meant all the DOOM engines . Doom is rather newer than that.

  11. Re:Disable it on Windows 8 PCs Still Throttled By Crapware · · Score: 1

    Name one 4.0 phone Verizon has done this too.
    All that I know of have uninstall updates that turns into disable.

  12. Re:Disable it on Windows 8 PCs Still Throttled By Crapware · · Score: 4, Informative

    If you press uninstall updates the button will then say disable. Then press that and you are good to go.
    Android 4.2 fixes this by making them separate buttons.

  13. Re:Even if this was true... on Is Intel Planning To Kill Enthusiast PCs? · · Score: 1

    Or maybe building a mythbox?
    Or setting up a file/image/pxe/monitoring machine?

    Or maybe seeing how quiet you cna make the machine?

  14. Re:Even if this was true... on Is Intel Planning To Kill Enthusiast PCs? · · Score: 1

    Or you could form your own words and ideas.

    I am a computer enthusiast. I built all my own computers since they needed coprocessors. I do not chose the most powerful parts for every PC I build. My HTPC for instance was built to be quiet not powerful. It was also built for lower power usage since it stays on all the time and replaced the server I had at the house before.

  15. Re:Even if this was true... on Is Intel Planning To Kill Enthusiast PCs? · · Score: -1

    I would suggest you call them up and find out.

    Otherwise you could just use Libreoffice and gimp.

    Believe it or not those are suitable for most folks. These days though google drive might be a better solution than Libreoffice though.

    The group of people that use photoshop is pretty small, the group that does not pirate it is even smaller.

  16. Re:Even if this was true... on Is Intel Planning To Kill Enthusiast PCs? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    So you never use a web browser?
    No chat client? No mail client?
    No terminal?

    I think you are confusing computer enthusiast with video game player and owner of screwdriver.
    Enthusiast often seek ideal solutions not just epeen.
    So a nice quite ARM box in the living room might be ideal.

  17. Re:There are sockets for this package style on Is Intel Planning To Kill Enthusiast PCs? · · Score: 1

    These are not soldered on. These are in a socket that has the pins on the Mobo instead of on the chip.

  18. Re:Even if this was true... on Is Intel Planning To Kill Enthusiast PCs? · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I meant 90% of computer uses. Web browser, email client, etc. I don't need chrome, but I do need a web browser. I don't need pidgin, but I do need a multiprotocal chat client. Most software is like that, totally interchangeable.

    Not all enthusiasts are interested in the beefiest machine they can find.

  19. Re:There are sockets for this package style on Is Intel Planning To Kill Enthusiast PCs? · · Score: 1

    It appears you are correct that AMD is only using LGA for Opterons so far.

    Hopefully the next AM4 or whatever uses it.

  20. Re:Even if this was true... on Is Intel Planning To Kill Enthusiast PCs? · · Score: 1

    Any Android app more complicated than a "my first video game" is likely using the NDK.

  21. Re:Even if this was true... on Is Intel Planning To Kill Enthusiast PCs? · · Score: 1

    The nice this is, some of them you can.
    The DOOM engine is open-sourced for example.

    If ARM workstations caught on games would follow.

  22. Re:Even if this was true... on Is Intel Planning To Kill Enthusiast PCs? · · Score: 1

    Only if you are focusing on Intel.
    AMD has been a lot slower about that sort of thing.

    Even if that were true for all players, usefulness and indeed CPU power has been advancing much slower than it did in the 90s.

  23. Re:AMD on Is Intel Planning To Kill Enthusiast PCs? · · Score: 1

    Dozens?

    My office buys hundreds a year, I have friends whose employers buy thousands a year.

    Dozens are not the kind of numbers Intel worries about. AMD needs bigger numbers than that to survive.

  24. Re:There are sockets for this package style on Is Intel Planning To Kill Enthusiast PCs? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    All modern Intel and AMD CPUs don't have pins.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_grid_array

  25. Re:Even if this was true... on Is Intel Planning To Kill Enthusiast PCs? · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Why would you need to run x86 apps? Just recompile and go. That will do it for 90% of what everyone uses.

    Ubuntu has an ARM branch and it uses many of the same applications, just recompiled for ARM.