This is the second article today where the same three shill accounts have been used to start a conversation with themselves about Gamemaker and create phony buzz. Hopefully an admin type takes note of it and does something administrative about it. Modding the posts down only goes so far to curb that behavior.
I think this is completely untrue. AFAIK the phase-change material in rewritable optical media is one of several organic dyes, which is largely why there have been issues with rewritable media shelf life and degradation. Assuming I'm right and the author of the linked CW article got that factoid wrong, what else did he get wrong? There seems to be a logical disconnect between any technique requiring pressure from "diamond-tipped tools" to manipulate PSM and promises that it's "100 times faster" and will find its way to market "within about five years". So, what, they'll have open-faced PSM material with a nanoscale diamond "punch" that can zip around and tap the material at warp speed? Isn't the included illustration that claims to show "how the diamond-tipped tools were used to compress GST" laughably ignorant?
I'm not sure the CW article that motivated this/. submission is even an accurate restatement of the actual research. This Lucas Mearian seems to have either just made shit up or completely misinterpreted the research paper.
Not bad, but I'd worry about the screws dislodging from the sheets, etc. I like my labelled locking compartments because they can fall off the desk and no harm done (*if* I keep them closed, which I do). I like the way your method combines a visual workflow with parts storage, though.
Buy a bunch of something like these, group bunches together specific to the process for each model you need to tear down regularly, and keep a bunch for ad hoc projects. Use a thermal labeler to make little labels for each compartment describing the contents, including the number that should be present. I use my own shorthand to fit the necessary info on each little label. Connect the compartments linearly or laterally in the order they will be used, and you can't go wrong.
... AND then other pieces sticky side down, to label the contents of the pieces sticky side up? And if your elbow gets a mind of its own...? No thanks! I'll stick with my labelled locking compartments!
That'll work! I once used them in a pinch to organize my mineral collection. Ain't nuthin' wrong with repurposing whatcha already got; I just happened to acquire something a bit more specialized.
First rule of any tech repair, 'authorized' or not:
1. Always have a method to account for every screw and part removed!
I'm not authorized to service my own laptops, one of them has been disassembled literally dozens of times, and yet this scenario is very unlikely to happen to me. I have sets of interlocking parts compartments that I have labelled specifically for teardowns of each laptop; the screws are grouped by progressive steps or layers of the teardown, and further by size in some instances. This is critical even for someone performing the same teardown every day, as no one is perfect, but it's especially critical for those first or one-time teardowns.
This screw got misplaced not because the guy was 'unauthorized' but rather because he was careless and foolish. Just because a person is indeed authorized (or degreed) is no exemption from carelessness and foolishness.
You must be new here. Moderation != peer review. You've made it clear that's the delusion you live in, but it's not the observable fact. Moderation is politics and emotion and groupthink most of the time.
I'm not eager to feed delusional behaviors, but "may actually enhance further warming" doesn't read like much proof of anything. It sounds like conjecture. Wake me up when I can substitute the word will in that sentence without being wrong.
Whose ire exactly are we talking about here? It's not mine. I've used mostly AMD processors myself for the last 15 years, but that will probably change because of the better power and thermal characteristics of the Sandy Bridge series. My next system from scratch will likely host an Intel CPU.
As far as the parent of my original comment, I think he probably read that earlier article BEFORE someone corrected the summary to qualify that it involved overclocking (the comments make clear it wasn't initially so). Someone who posts a comment that is merely incorrect doesn't warrant the post being moderated as Troll. The correct moderation is no moderation at all. Some idiot(s) let his emotional investment in some idea/company distort his response to that post.
Just because a post might be incorrect doesn't warrant moderating it as Troll. Just leave it unmoderated. Nowhere did I advocate a positive moderation.
I'm getting real sick of dogmatic groupthinkish people being allowed to moderate here. The result is bullshit like this post being punished as Troll, when effectively what he's done is reference another recent Slashdot article. I had already commented here before the real trolls masquerading as moderators leapt in here, so I can't do my part to correct the small injustice; I hope some proper meta-moderation takes place.
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No, recolgooglescholarlection. I have it installed as a search engine in Firefox. :-)
I tend to forget it's even there now (since it wasn't always). Did that now, but hopefully it won't just be me.
This is the second article today where the same three shill accounts have been used to start a conversation with themselves about Gamemaker and create phony buzz. Hopefully an admin type takes note of it and does something administrative about it. Modding the posts down only goes so far to curb that behavior.
I checked my recollection finally, and I stand corrected on that point. I'm still suspicious of the CW article, regardless.
WTF? Is this supposed to be funny, or are you and your two buddies just shills for Gamemaker?
I think this is completely untrue. AFAIK the phase-change material in rewritable optical media is one of several organic dyes, which is largely why there have been issues with rewritable media shelf life and degradation. Assuming I'm right and the author of the linked CW article got that factoid wrong, what else did he get wrong? There seems to be a logical disconnect between any technique requiring pressure from "diamond-tipped tools" to manipulate PSM and promises that it's "100 times faster" and will find its way to market "within about five years". So, what, they'll have open-faced PSM material with a nanoscale diamond "punch" that can zip around and tap the material at warp speed? Isn't the included illustration that claims to show "how the diamond-tipped tools were used to compress GST" laughably ignorant?
I'm not sure the CW article that motivated this /. submission is even an accurate restatement of the actual research. This Lucas Mearian seems to have either just made shit up or completely misinterpreted the research paper.
Not bad, but I'd worry about the screws dislodging from the sheets, etc. I like my labelled locking compartments because they can fall off the desk and no harm done (*if* I keep them closed, which I do). I like the way your method combines a visual workflow with parts storage, though.
Hey, I just had an epiphany: maybe this unauthorised service tech was the victim of too much football in his youth?
Your elbow could lay waste to your plan. My elbow has no effect on mine!
My work violates that second rule of yours. Sorry!
Buy a bunch of something like these, group bunches together specific to the process for each model you need to tear down regularly, and keep a bunch for ad hoc projects. Use a thermal labeler to make little labels for each compartment describing the contents, including the number that should be present. I use my own shorthand to fit the necessary info on each little label. Connect the compartments linearly or laterally in the order they will be used, and you can't go wrong.
... AND then other pieces sticky side down, to label the contents of the pieces sticky side up? And if your elbow gets a mind of its own...? No thanks! I'll stick with my labelled locking compartments!
That'll work! I once used them in a pinch to organize my mineral collection. Ain't nuthin' wrong with repurposing whatcha already got; I just happened to acquire something a bit more specialized.
First rule of any tech repair, 'authorized' or not:
1. Always have a method to account for every screw and part removed!
I'm not authorized to service my own laptops, one of them has been disassembled literally dozens of times, and yet this scenario is very unlikely to happen to me. I have sets of interlocking parts compartments that I have labelled specifically for teardowns of each laptop; the screws are grouped by progressive steps or layers of the teardown, and further by size in some instances. This is critical even for someone performing the same teardown every day, as no one is perfect, but it's especially critical for those first or one-time teardowns.
This screw got misplaced not because the guy was 'unauthorized' but rather because he was careless and foolish. Just because a person is indeed authorized (or degreed) is no exemption from carelessness and foolishness.
Agreed. Moderation winds up smelling a lot more like politics than peer review, though. Thus someone moderates him Troll instead.
No, the correct moderation for a factually incorrect comment is "overrated".
Agreed. Moderation winds up smelling a lot more like politics than peer review, though. Thus someone moderates him Troll instead.
You must be new here. Moderation != peer review. You've made it clear that's the delusion you live in, but it's not the observable fact. Moderation is politics and emotion and groupthink most of the time.
I'm not eager to feed delusional behaviors, but "may actually enhance further warming" doesn't read like much proof of anything. It sounds like conjecture. Wake me up when I can substitute the word will in that sentence without being wrong.
Whose ire exactly are we talking about here? It's not mine. I've used mostly AMD processors myself for the last 15 years, but that will probably change because of the better power and thermal characteristics of the Sandy Bridge series. My next system from scratch will likely host an Intel CPU.
As far as the parent of my original comment, I think he probably read that earlier article BEFORE someone corrected the summary to qualify that it involved overclocking (the comments make clear it wasn't initially so). Someone who posts a comment that is merely incorrect doesn't warrant the post being moderated as Troll. The correct moderation is no moderation at all. Some idiot(s) let his emotional investment in some idea/company distort his response to that post.
Just because a post might be incorrect doesn't warrant moderating it as Troll. Just leave it unmoderated.
Just because a post might be incorrect doesn't warrant moderating it as Troll. Just leave it unmoderated. Nowhere did I advocate a positive moderation.
Fine, then mark the previous article - or the editor who approved it - as Troll, and leave this guy the hell alone for being misled by it.
I'm getting real sick of dogmatic groupthinkish people being allowed to moderate here. The result is bullshit like this post being punished as Troll, when effectively what he's done is reference another recent Slashdot article . I had already commented here before the real trolls masquerading as moderators leapt in here, so I can't do my part to correct the small injustice; I hope some proper meta-moderation takes place.
It's true, more or less.
You missed this one, I guess.