Wasteful Wrong. Back in the halcyon days of RC5-56 and the DES Challenges, computers didn't make a distinction between idling and crunching, so it was a great idea to use those spare cycles for something (remotely) productive. But this is no longer true: modern-day power-sucking CPUs do have circuitry that lets them idle and cool off when the processor is just running NOPs. Thus, keeping a number cruncher running 24 hours a day will stress your processor, requiring full ventilation and running up your power bill.
To illustrate, a standard Pentium III, without the requisite array of cooling fans, sucks down around 30W when running at full speed. Run that sucker for 24 hours, and you've run up a bill of 0.72 kilowatt-hours, or about 3.6 assuming 5/kW/H.
But I wanted to praise the choice of article. I myself have been wondering the same thing. I know that it may not seem like a lot of extra usage, but the hidden costs may be substantial.
As a casual observer I have to say that this would seem to strengthen the RIAA's point. By developing their own solution when others would seem to already exist, these colleges lend weight to the notion that the existent services are not designed for "legitimate use", but rather for what they are used for now: Illegitimate use, in the eyes of the RIAA.
Anyway, thats just one possible view of this.
Another possible view is that because third party solutions incorporate Spyware, Adware, Eulas
ETC, ETC, ETC
That a homebrew option would allow for more security, and better auditing functions.
If you're going to get all stuffy and pretentious, at least be stuffy and pretentious over what the youth of today listen to instead of what they listen on.
In my day we didn't listen to music....
We had to have it explained to us.... 15 miles up a snow covered mountain.
If they're competent, they would know whether or not they have set their DHCP service up properly - or at least be willing and capable of checking when the question arises.. Of course, in my experience, that's often way too much to ask of IT.
That entirely depends on who you are asking in "IT."
and yes, that is way to much to ask of most of the member of I.T.
If it isn't in their job description, if the question doesn't arise often, they probably don't know it.
And I beileve that I am very competent, and I would have no idea if our "DHCP" service is setup properly. I also wouldn't know how to check. I'm sure if I were to ask the person whose responsiblity that it is, he would say, "Yes."
I'm sorry, I completely forgot that an I.T. department that does not have Macintosh computers on their network are required to know why your powerbook would not get an I.P. address.
Seriously. A DVD might have 3 hours of content on it while a CD might have 1 hour of content, but I can bet you 99.9% of the time, the CD is going to be listened to way more than the movie is watched, and therefore is the better value.
I can't watch a movie walking down the street or on my commute to and from work (or at work for that matter), but I can sure listen to music. These arguments are pretty stupid, IMO.
Because when I'm about with a group of friends, I say, Hey... Wanna listen to my cd collection?.... Half the time music is something to listen to en route to actually doing something. Music is not in itself usually an activity. A DVD, or movies in general are much more entertaining.
Also, music takes less money to make than a movie. I.E. I will pay more for a movie.
Even if CD's were priced at $3, it would be much easier to download them instead of buying them.
To be quite honest, I would rather have cds of my entire music collection. When I purchase cds, I listen to them much more intently, I hear music the way it was intended in an album sense.
I have no idea what songs I have are on what album. I couldn't name you 1/4th my collection on a good day, but I can name you almost every cd I own.
When I burn a cd, it just doesn't feel the same.
If you priced cds at 5 bucks a pop, I would never download another song (aside from learning about a band to subsequently buy.)
I walk into a music store, and I WANT to buy thier music. I do. I refuse to because of the prices (except for punk/emo/techno comps that are reasonably priced.)
I can purchase a video game with the latest graphics, or two cds.
It has EVERYTHING to do about the money, and not about the ease. I hate walking into music stores because I want to buy their albums.
I agree with the majority of your statements, until the survivalist jump.
I think suppression of our current out of control structure of wants is important, but eliminating them all together, as well as all use for "corporate control" is what changes your piece of insightful, to over the edge.
I myself have lost a good dose of moderation on wants, and a certain loss of perspective.
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How much CPU cycles are wasted on Pr0n, and how does this help society?
You cannot waste CPU cycles on Pr0n.
Informative either!
Wasteful
Wrong. Back in the halcyon days of RC5-56 and the DES Challenges, computers didn't make a distinction between idling and crunching, so it was a great idea to use those spare cycles for something (remotely) productive. But this is no longer true: modern-day power-sucking CPUs do have circuitry that lets them idle and cool off when the processor is just running NOPs. Thus, keeping a number cruncher running 24 hours a day will stress your processor, requiring full ventilation and running up your power bill.
To illustrate, a standard Pentium III, without the requisite array of cooling fans, sucks down around 30W when running at full speed. Run that sucker for 24 hours, and you've run up a bill of 0.72 kilowatt-hours, or about 3.6 assuming 5/kW/H.
But I wanted to praise the choice of article. I myself have been wondering the same thing. I know that it may not seem like a lot of extra usage, but the hidden costs may be substantial.
Or my Tin Foil hat is on too tightly.
Yes, does this mean i'll never see weatherbug on another pc?
*Pictures self running around a chocolate heaven dancing.*
This seems somewhat like a dupe. This topic was discussed indepthly on the made up drinks poll.
With pictures of a variety of skittlebrau drinks.
As a casual observer I have to say that this would seem to strengthen the RIAA's point. By developing their own solution when others would seem to already exist, these colleges lend weight to the notion that the existent services are not designed for "legitimate use", but rather for what they are used for now: Illegitimate use, in the eyes of the RIAA.
Anyway, thats just one possible view of this.
Another possible view is that because third party solutions incorporate Spyware, Adware, Eulas
ETC, ETC, ETC
That a homebrew option would allow for more security, and better auditing functions.
Just noting.
If you're going to get all stuffy and pretentious, at least be stuffy and pretentious over what the youth of today listen to instead of what they listen on.
In my day we didn't listen to music....
We had to have it explained to us.... 15 miles up a snow covered mountain.
how do you keep a turkey in suspense?
How?!?!
I MUST know!
Respond quickly...
It turns out you can do the same thing better, for less money
Yes.. actually going outside.
Yes, please let me drop everything to support $DIFFERENT_OS as I've not got enough to be going on with anyway.
Yes, let you support OS's you don't even get paid to do!
It is suggested that you remove the memory card during play as it is known to freeze the game. Also, sound issues and load times will be appearent.
Sounds a lot like headache medacine that gives you cramps.
I'll just buy the game, thanks.
Yep, You're getting reformatted and turned into a router.
Can't we have a (modern) console that just stays as a gaming machine?
Note to PhoenixFlare.
When I port Linux to my Xbox, your Xbox is unaffected.
Thank you.
If they aren't going to support I.T. users then perhaps they should be called the Windows Serviecs department instead.
Okay, you're a cook.
Now teach me how to farm.
If they're competent, they would know whether or not they have set their DHCP service up properly - or at least be willing and capable of checking when the question arises.. Of course, in my experience, that's often way too much to ask of IT.
That entirely depends on who you are asking in "IT."
and yes, that is way to much to ask of most of the member of I.T.
If it isn't in their job description, if the question doesn't arise often, they probably don't know it.
And I beileve that I am very competent, and I would have no idea if our "DHCP" service is setup properly. I also wouldn't know how to check. I'm sure if I were to ask the person whose responsiblity that it is, he would say, "Yes."
How can I go wrong with Yes?
I'm sorry, I completely forgot that an I.T. department that does not have Macintosh computers on their network are required to know why your powerbook would not get an I.P. address.
Silly me.
uh huh right and I'll find that along with element 118, cold fusion and bigfoot, and non-buggy M$ products.
... I'm spending a Sunday commending Freecell. I'm going back to bed.
Hah! Freecell is a very stable game!
Much more stable than Freecell on Redhat!
Seriously. A DVD might have 3 hours of content on it while a CD might have 1 hour of content, but I can bet you 99.9% of the time, the CD is going to be listened to way more than the movie is watched, and therefore is the better value.
.... Half the time music is something to listen to en route to actually doing something. Music is not in itself usually an activity. A DVD, or movies in general are much more entertaining.
I can't watch a movie walking down the street or on my commute to and from work (or at work for that matter), but I can sure listen to music. These arguments are pretty stupid, IMO.
Because when I'm about with a group of friends, I say, Hey... Wanna listen to my cd collection?
Also, music takes less money to make than a movie. I.E. I will pay more for a movie.
Even if CD's were priced at $3, it would be much easier to download them instead of buying them.
To be quite honest, I would rather have cds of my entire music collection. When I purchase cds, I listen to them much more intently, I hear music the way it was intended in an album sense.
I have no idea what songs I have are on what album. I couldn't name you 1/4th my collection on a good day, but I can name you almost every cd I own.
When I burn a cd, it just doesn't feel the same.
If you priced cds at 5 bucks a pop, I would never download another song (aside from learning about a band to subsequently buy.)
I walk into a music store, and I WANT to buy thier music. I do. I refuse to because of the prices (except for punk/emo/techno comps that are reasonably priced.)
I can purchase a video game with the latest graphics, or two cds.
It has EVERYTHING to do about the money, and not about the ease. I hate walking into music stores because I want to buy their albums.
I really do.
I agree with the majority of your statements, until the survivalist jump.
I think suppression of our current out of control structure of wants is important, but eliminating them all together, as well as all use for "corporate control" is what changes your piece of insightful, to over the edge.
I myself have lost a good dose of moderation on wants, and a certain loss of perspective.
Thanks for reminding me of that.
That is a wonderful point that you make. Vague statements that you must sign?
Gasp!
I will not ever pay for an RIAA member label music product until such a time that they end their predatory lawsuits.
Intresting notion, however I will not ever par for an RIAA member label music product.
No until needed.
And more informative!
This one is just funny. (and informative.