When the cost of repairs excede the value of the car, sure. The poster pointed out the computer was in need of upgrades, so this is indeed a very good solution. He no longer has that specific problem and has a speedier computer. Let's just hope he takes better precautions with the new one and that extra speed doesn't just run the same malware faster.
While this kind of solution isn't very good if you repeatedly run into the same problem, it's perfectly reasonable in the context. Why bother fixing it when you don't even want to use it?
It's not a matter of "I came up with it first." It's a matter of the Warforged being specifically included in the outline of the campaign setting submitted to the contest that Eberron was born from. They are a specific race included in the campaign setting that was later adapted to DDO. But after reading the original article on MMORPG that this blog post is about, it's basically a case of a single "fan" getting his panties in a twist over a poorly worded sentence at the end of an otherwise uneventful, informative article. This guy is just pretending like he's calling them out on something to create a hullabaloo (You will never have enough chances in your life to use that word.) and look like he revealed some kind of sinister thought process at Turbine.
At a much higher cost. A Mac Mini starts at $600. A WRT54GL is $70 at Newegg. We'll leave out the fact that at most a stock Mac Mini comes with a 120GB hard drive, according to the Apple Store. But what about this handy device? $260 on Newegg. Sure, you could do more with a Mac Mini, but you could also do more with a Mac Pro, so why stop at a Mac Mini?
Everytime something new comes along, there's atleast one person that says "Why not just use $existingTech?" Maybe because the existing method isn't as efficient as it seems?
Why use wireless when you can just use CAT5? Why store files on another machine when you can just add another hard drive to your current one? Why not just use an abacus?
Actually the articles talks about many products that Microsoft didn't make. It's not just another "LOL MS SUCKS!" article. What should be marked redundant are posts about MS products being unsafe.
Have you ever played CS? This is the game where some guns (The glock in particular) require multiple shots to the head to kill someone. Unload a clip into an enemy? He might still be happily running around with 20 health. With the amount of ammunition it can take to down an enemy, a feature like this could actually have an impact.
Monitor DRM? You mean HDMI? Yeah. That only applies if you use HDMI. I doubt DX10 requires HDMI on the video card. Of course, the average consumer will be buying from Dell or some such vendor and likely will get a monitor with their system. In such case, DRM won't matter to them; only to people that want to rip HD-DVD and Blu-Ray movies.
I don't think employers care about DirectX 10. Last I checked, most jobs don't encourage playing games on company computers, let alone the latest games.
Besides, that time frame sounds about right for how long DirectX 9 games came along. Atleast, the ones that really utilized it. I'm pretty sure the pattern is the same for each iteration of DirectX: The API is released on X date but it isn't until X+1 year that we see games that really use it. Heck, DirectX 9 is still being pushed further and further with games.
Another market is Silly Puddy. Last I checked, that was shear thickening. In fact, I remember showing my friends how I could tear it in half like paper, or let it run like a liquid.
Re:PAX to fill void?
on
The End of E3?
·
· Score: 4, Funny
Actually, the "C" is for "Cookie," which is good enough for me.
P.S. This is a joke on the other replies...
The number of CPU's and neurons doesn't need to be equal. Since a neuron does very little "calculation" a single CPU (especially with multiple cores) can perform the job of many neurons. Of course, since the goal of this project is to replicate redundancy, the limit on the number of simulated neurons would be more of a choice by the experimenters and not a limit from the hardware.
Just because you can do those things on the internet doesn't necessarily mean it's better to do them there. Humans, by nature, are social animals. There is only so much interaction a web page or an IM can provide.
I mean, when was the last time someone gave you a hug through your monitor?
Look at his username. I don't think English is his primary language.
I think what he was trying to say is that Core 2 isn't a magic processor that just makes everything faster, but can also be leveraged by programmers for even greater gains with some optimization. Of course, this isn't different from any other processor, and I could be completely wrong about what he was saying.
Ummm... What? I've got the little automatic update notifier in my tray and guess what the only update is? WGA. It has yet to make my machine reboot. Perhaps your machine rebooted after the download was finished for some other reason and the update was applied then.
No one server can. But it's an internet cafe. While you may not be able to max out that connection alone, a cafe full of people can. Especially when they all are interested in maxing out the speed (While the hype lasts, atleast) or just viewing lots of videos.
Oh, and gaming servers wouldn't be able to tell the difference between a decent DSL connection and these fat pipes. You rarely need broadband for online games. Gaming sites like FilePlanet, though, that host the latest demoes (You know, the ones that are bigger than full games used to be) could feel the hurt if a couple of these cafes decided to download that new 1.5GB demo...
There are tons of DRM'ed music, books, and movies. I'm fair sure Sony required people to convert their music into their ATRAC format for their early "MP3" players. eBooks often can only be read by specific programs on certain platforms. DRM protected DVDs can only be played on certain DVD players (albeit, this point is much less restrictive than many others.).
Sure, you can (supposedly) only play music obtained from ITMS through an iPod or iTunes, but honestly, is it that big of a restriction? If you buy an iPod, you're likely to want digital music, and since not everyone is a pirate, they want to buy it. So Apple sets up a service for their product. There are other services that are less platform restricted, and some that are completely free of platform restrictions.
Didn't the Prismiq have a media download service? I wouldn't be surprised if that media could only be played on the Prismiq. Was that available in Europe?
Actually, the performance benefit of DDR2 with Athlons is far less than 60%. Less than 6% in most cases. Check out this little comparison.
I'm not an Intel fanboy or anything. I just think people need to be more objective. Intel won this round. Maybe AMD can make it up with K8L? Until then, however, I'm going to be buying myself a Core2 system.
Actually, if you were to do some research, you would realize AM2 processors have, at most, a couple of percentage points gain over their Socket 939 counterparts. Athlons simply don't benefit realistically from DDR2 yet. K8L may improve that, but for the moment using a 939 Athlon FX against a Conroe is just fine for benchmarking.
But don't take my word for it. Check out what Anandtech has to say.
Slashdot Mirror
When the cost of repairs excede the value of the car, sure. The poster pointed out the computer was in need of upgrades, so this is indeed a very good solution. He no longer has that specific problem and has a speedier computer. Let's just hope he takes better precautions with the new one and that extra speed doesn't just run the same malware faster.
While this kind of solution isn't very good if you repeatedly run into the same problem, it's perfectly reasonable in the context. Why bother fixing it when you don't even want to use it?
It says ideal, not required. They're trying to appeal to a certain group, not restrict to only them.
It's not a matter of "I came up with it first." It's a matter of the Warforged being specifically included in the outline of the campaign setting submitted to the contest that Eberron was born from. They are a specific race included in the campaign setting that was later adapted to DDO. But after reading the original article on MMORPG that this blog post is about, it's basically a case of a single "fan" getting his panties in a twist over a poorly worded sentence at the end of an otherwise uneventful, informative article. This guy is just pretending like he's calling them out on something to create a hullabaloo (You will never have enough chances in your life to use that word.) and look like he revealed some kind of sinister thought process at Turbine.
At a much higher cost. A Mac Mini starts at $600. A WRT54GL is $70 at Newegg. We'll leave out the fact that at most a stock Mac Mini comes with a 120GB hard drive, according to the Apple Store. But what about this handy device? $260 on Newegg. Sure, you could do more with a Mac Mini, but you could also do more with a Mac Pro, so why stop at a Mac Mini?
Why not use a full computer? Because this is smaller, easier to set up, and it's probably cheaper, lower power, and it Just Works©.
Everytime something new comes along, there's atleast one person that says "Why not just use $existingTech?" Maybe because the existing method isn't as efficient as it seems?
Why use wireless when you can just use CAT5? Why store files on another machine when you can just add another hard drive to your current one? Why not just use an abacus?
I have the same effect for my friend's computer. Anytime he goes to show me a problem, it magically stops. Eerie...
Actually the articles talks about many products that Microsoft didn't make. It's not just another "LOL MS SUCKS!" article. What should be marked redundant are posts about MS products being unsafe.
I think he did that on purpose, so that people that understood the joke would catch it, but others would just see a perfectly acceptable name...
Have you ever played CS? This is the game where some guns (The glock in particular) require multiple shots to the head to kill someone. Unload a clip into an enemy? He might still be happily running around with 20 health. With the amount of ammunition it can take to down an enemy, a feature like this could actually have an impact.
Monitor DRM? You mean HDMI? Yeah. That only applies if you use HDMI. I doubt DX10 requires HDMI on the video card. Of course, the average consumer will be buying from Dell or some such vendor and likely will get a monitor with their system. In such case, DRM won't matter to them; only to people that want to rip HD-DVD and Blu-Ray movies.
I don't think employers care about DirectX 10. Last I checked, most jobs don't encourage playing games on company computers, let alone the latest games.
Besides, that time frame sounds about right for how long DirectX 9 games came along. Atleast, the ones that really utilized it. I'm pretty sure the pattern is the same for each iteration of DirectX: The API is released on X date but it isn't until X+1 year that we see games that really use it. Heck, DirectX 9 is still being pushed further and further with games.
Another market is Silly Puddy. Last I checked, that was shear thickening. In fact, I remember showing my friends how I could tear it in half like paper, or let it run like a liquid.
Actually, the "C" is for "Cookie," which is good enough for me. P.S. This is a joke on the other replies...
The number of CPU's and neurons doesn't need to be equal. Since a neuron does very little "calculation" a single CPU (especially with multiple cores) can perform the job of many neurons. Of course, since the goal of this project is to replicate redundancy, the limit on the number of simulated neurons would be more of a choice by the experimenters and not a limit from the hardware.
Just because you can do those things on the internet doesn't necessarily mean it's better to do them there. Humans, by nature, are social animals. There is only so much interaction a web page or an IM can provide.
I mean, when was the last time someone gave you a hug through your monitor?
Look at his username. I don't think English is his primary language.
I think what he was trying to say is that Core 2 isn't a magic processor that just makes everything faster, but can also be leveraged by programmers for even greater gains with some optimization. Of course, this isn't different from any other processor, and I could be completely wrong about what he was saying.
That's what the dupes are for! I just wish they would wait longer than 36 hours sometimes.
Ummm... What? I've got the little automatic update notifier in my tray and guess what the only update is? WGA. It has yet to make my machine reboot. Perhaps your machine rebooted after the download was finished for some other reason and the update was applied then.
No one server can. But it's an internet cafe. While you may not be able to max out that connection alone, a cafe full of people can. Especially when they all are interested in maxing out the speed (While the hype lasts, atleast) or just viewing lots of videos.
Oh, and gaming servers wouldn't be able to tell the difference between a decent DSL connection and these fat pipes. You rarely need broadband for online games. Gaming sites like FilePlanet, though, that host the latest demoes (You know, the ones that are bigger than full games used to be) could feel the hurt if a couple of these cafes decided to download that new 1.5GB demo...
No, singular. Just one TIT. Only in Japan...
I think the word that should be there is legend. Or am I just unaware of another definition of legion?
There are tons of DRM'ed music, books, and movies. I'm fair sure Sony required people to convert their music into their ATRAC format for their early "MP3" players. eBooks often can only be read by specific programs on certain platforms. DRM protected DVDs can only be played on certain DVD players (albeit, this point is much less restrictive than many others.). Sure, you can (supposedly) only play music obtained from ITMS through an iPod or iTunes, but honestly, is it that big of a restriction? If you buy an iPod, you're likely to want digital music, and since not everyone is a pirate, they want to buy it. So Apple sets up a service for their product. There are other services that are less platform restricted, and some that are completely free of platform restrictions. Didn't the Prismiq have a media download service? I wouldn't be surprised if that media could only be played on the Prismiq. Was that available in Europe?
Actually, the performance benefit of DDR2 with Athlons is far less than 60%. Less than 6% in most cases. Check out this little comparison.
I'm not an Intel fanboy or anything. I just think people need to be more objective. Intel won this round. Maybe AMD can make it up with K8L? Until then, however, I'm going to be buying myself a Core2 system.
Actually, if you were to do some research, you would realize AM2 processors have, at most, a couple of percentage points gain over their Socket 939 counterparts. Athlons simply don't benefit realistically from DDR2 yet. K8L may improve that, but for the moment using a 939 Athlon FX against a Conroe is just fine for benchmarking.
But don't take my word for it. Check out what Anandtech has to say.
The FX-62 is a dual-core processor. In fact, here is the details from AMD themselves.