You do not wait for the pumps to hit the rated lifetime... You replace them in a revision/maintenance stop with time to spare. If a pump fails you determine why, and if it is warranted replace it.
Easy to understand, not easy to convince management that they do not need live production stats from sites all around the world on their office computers.
Sometimes the specification of what the system "MUST DO" rules out air gaps... It is stupid, but if the customer signs off on the security implications fuck it... Their problem, not mine.
Having had to deal with a myriad of the options of screws for server racks I can say without a doubt that torx saves you a ton of time and annoyance.
All the force is applied in rotation and you do not have to keep pushing the bit into the screw-head to avoid slipping (like with positive or phillips heads). That, and they are a hell of a lot more durable when abused (which will happen in real world situations...)
Use the wrong bit on a phillips head just once and it will be a PITA to work with later. Torx screws are much more forgiving there.
The article has already been appended with a "Whoops, this is an anti-malware issue" so time to chill.
That there is no message or indication that the file is protected in such a way is of course a failing but protecting system files has been part of most anti-malware kits for years... Even 3rd party tools do this.
Amusingly the host file behavior has not changed in win8. Just the code protecting it so your rage is misdirected at best;)
That there is no decent software solution doesnt matter if you can compensate in your brain though. I have no problem seeing the peripheral view just fine.
The thing to remember is that for almost ALL use in FPS games the peripheral vision is not for seeing details, it is for noticing when an uber-charged demo-man comes around the corner to rape you with a spiked sticky-bomb:p When you see something you can turn to see WHAT it is (in game, not your head). The distortion doesnt matter much in that case.
It was a bit odd at first, but I rapidly got used to the FOV distortion.. Maybe it is because my brain has had to deal with a rather severe distortion of my peripheral vision due to strong glasses for years (-10.5, -10.75).
Then again... Playing Quake with 'fov 120' was quite common on one screen, which was odd but you got used to it fast and could see more.
You don't need to be a healer in D3 to make use of the health bars, in fact the best usage of them is to tell whether a party member is dead or alive without having to scan the bloody screen looking for their marker.
I rarely if ever play Diablo without friends on skype so this is not an issue to me.
Information and objects clustered closer to the center of the screen to minimize eye and mouse movement.
The "need to be available all the time, with no delay" I agree. It is a benefit to have it all on the center screen. There is however a pile of information that you need to glance at once in a while. An aggro meter is a good example as most DPS do not really need to stare at it, so having it off at the side so you can just have a quick glance every once in a while works so it does not clutter the center screen drowning out the higher priority messages. Again, this is a choice.
There's no advantage to being able to have various UI elements on other displays since you cannot swap equipment, talents, or a hundred other things that you cannot do while in combat.
Have a big-ass grid of all the raid members on a side of the screen with various flash warnings can be hugely useful as any class that need to remove debuffs and such. It is a choice of what works for the individual.
So I say again. Multimonitor display for a game is a fucking useless expenditure for some pointless eyecandy or to show off your e-peen. It's nothing more than a waste of money.
But for me it all boils down to this: I find the gaming more enjoyable when using all 3 screens. I also find using the computer for most tasks is more enjoyable when I have this much screen space available. That alone makes me consider it worth the money. I do not expect everyone to find this to be the best way to consume their entertainment but for me it works, and that is really all that matters to me.
You also see mobs far before anyone else. Unless you're playing a healer in D3 (trololo?) you really dont need the party health bars all that much...
It is not nearly perfect, but it works ok. As far as I have seen no modern blizzard game 'breaks' when run in eyefinity. That was the point of the screenshots.
If you look at the WoW screen-shot you cannot really say the same can you?
It is a trade-off in many games, diablo for sure. In WoW and SWTOR however there is no issue at all with multimonitor displays, on the contrary the games are improved by it as you dont have to fill your screen with all the UI elements (raiding, monitoring etc) if you have the misfortune of being a raid leader:p
I find that the peripheral vision is awesome in most FPS games. I have none of the issues people seem to state as 'main problems'.
* Vertigo?.. um no. * Driver support (amd eyefinity) works ok for me. Some games have a shitty implementation assuming the aspect ratio can be found from just the width (which in my setup is 5760 pixels...). Most work fine though.
But really, for gaming it is nice. For everything else it is flipping awesome.
Reference docs on right monitor, visual studio or putty on the center, and browser/spotify/skype/debug windows on the left screen. I've gotten so used to it now that I feel almost cramped on the two 22" monitors at work.
It DOES take up a bit of space. I'm considering spending the 500 bucks for a proper 3-screen mounting rig. It would free up all the desk space under the monitors and allow me to adjust the height easier.
To address your specific points:
Eyefinity has bevel compensation. It is surprisingly easy to set up. You get some angled lines that you "line up" across the bevels.
Most FPS games will give you a much wider field of view when you use such a wide display. In Battlefield and counter-strike I get almost 180 degrees of vision. Toptip though... If you stand looking parallel to a wall in CS/Halflife/TF2 the side screen will 'cross into' the wall... not rendering it... You in effect have a limited wallhack in the driver. It is fairly amusing at times;)
I also found that I rapidly adjusted to the way the aspect ratio and 'distortion' of sorts at the edges of my vision. It just becomes natural. Same thing in WoW and SWTOR. It works -excellently- in those MMOs. Both support eyefinity out of the box.
Multimonitor gaming is almost always 3 displays. That is why it has taken so long to catch on, up until the past few years 3 displays was not very commonly supported on decent gaming adapters.
Assuming you have a good idea of WHAT to export. That is really the issue.
Most apps are not even remotely well behaved and shove junk into all sorts of places in the registry. If they stayed in one place it would be easy to export and import, but that is rarely the case:(
I do not buy sony products. I do not 'forgive' them for the asshattery.
The researchers in the article are not doing "evil crap". They're doing research into reducing glare. It is an interesting piece of tech and has very little to do with rootkits or screwing the customer.
When it comes to morality it is worth pointing out that almost no research is immune to being used for Evil(tm). No matter who you work for, or what research it is, someone will use it in a negative way. In addition almost all corporations have some form of Evil in its past or present... To varying degrees for sure, but refusing to acknowledge positive contributions because of previous negative ones is just plain stupid. Weighting the positive and negative and making an informed decision is the way to go, not going all out 'hurr durr rootkitz!!!' like so many seem to be stuck doing.
I can set up any playlist on my PC or portable device and hit "Download playlist" while on WIFI. That lets me use it without spending data. I have a 1 gig cap on my current plan, and I manage just fine with WIFI syncing.
Spotify is just acting as my library with the option to stream. I rarely stream on my phone but play back the playlists that I have downloaded. Paying 99 NOK a month to have access to millions of songs is a whole lot better for me than paying for individual songs.
The songs I -do- buy I just add to my spotify library and sync them to my phone that way.
So... the 'whole cost' of my spotify usage is 99 NOK a month.
I love being able to set up a playlist on my PC, then hit 'download playlist' on my phone and have the whole thing sync to the phone over WIFI. It is fairly quick too. At that point I do not have to blow my cellular data on streaming, yet it has most of the same convenience.
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You do not wait for the pumps to hit the rated lifetime... You replace them in a revision/maintenance stop with time to spare.
If a pump fails you determine why, and if it is warranted replace it.
The time wouldnt be used for that though, it would be used to delay the rollout of ipv6.
Just like every excuse out there has been used... sigh
When traveling I keep an external battery with me (7000mah) that can charge any usb-charged device. It works great.
Easy to understand, not easy to convince management that they do not need live production stats from sites all around the world on their office computers.
Sometimes the specification of what the system "MUST DO" rules out air gaps... It is stupid, but if the customer signs off on the security implications fuck it... Their problem, not mine.
The hard part is getting the emotional part of your brain to join the rational brain.
Much easier said than done *sigh*
Torx is a superior head for a variety of reasons.
Having had to deal with a myriad of the options of screws for server racks I can say without a doubt that torx saves you a ton of time and annoyance.
All the force is applied in rotation and you do not have to keep pushing the bit into the screw-head to avoid slipping (like with positive or phillips heads).
That, and they are a hell of a lot more durable when abused (which will happen in real world situations...)
Use the wrong bit on a phillips head just once and it will be a PITA to work with later. Torx screws are much more forgiving there.
The article has already been appended with a "Whoops, this is an anti-malware issue" so time to chill.
That there is no message or indication that the file is protected in such a way is of course a failing but protecting system files has been part of most anti-malware kits for years... Even 3rd party tools do this.
Amusingly the host file behavior has not changed in win8. Just the code protecting it so your rage is misdirected at best ;)
The Google Play store accepts my DNBNOR Debit card just fine. It is a fairly standard VISA card.
That there is no decent software solution doesnt matter if you can compensate in your brain though. I have no problem seeing the peripheral view just fine.
The thing to remember is that for almost ALL use in FPS games the peripheral vision is not for seeing details, it is for noticing when an uber-charged demo-man comes around the corner to rape you with a spiked sticky-bomb :p
When you see something you can turn to see WHAT it is (in game, not your head). The distortion doesnt matter much in that case.
Buuut, it works ok in practice.
It was a bit odd at first, but I rapidly got used to the FOV distortion.. Maybe it is because my brain has had to deal with a rather severe distortion of my peripheral vision due to strong glasses for years (-10.5, -10.75).
Then again... Playing Quake with 'fov 120' was quite common on one screen, which was odd but you got used to it fast and could see more.
You're missing the point.
No, I'm disagreeing with your point.
You don't need to be a healer in D3 to make use of the health bars, in fact the best usage of them is to tell whether a party member is dead or alive without having to scan the bloody screen looking for their marker.
I rarely if ever play Diablo without friends on skype so this is not an issue to me.
Information and objects clustered closer to the center of the screen to minimize eye and mouse movement.
The "need to be available all the time, with no delay" I agree. It is a benefit to have it all on the center screen. There is however a pile of information that you need to glance at once in a while. An aggro meter is a good example as most DPS do not really need to stare at it, so having it off at the side so you can just have a quick glance every once in a while works so it does not clutter the center screen drowning out the higher priority messages. Again, this is a choice.
There's no advantage to being able to have various UI elements on other displays since you cannot swap equipment, talents, or a hundred other things that you cannot do while in combat.
Have a big-ass grid of all the raid members on a side of the screen with various flash warnings can be hugely useful as any class that need to remove debuffs and such. It is a choice of what works for the individual.
So I say again. Multimonitor display for a game is a fucking useless expenditure for some pointless eyecandy or to show off your e-peen. It's nothing more than a waste of money.
If you're buying it for JUST the gaming aspect I might be willing to accept that point, but in my experience this is rarely the case. I have several friends with eyefinity 3x screen setups and the benefit when doing other things (even work related stuff) is immense.
An example of my work computer usage:
http://omglolbah.net/ksh/mobilkamera/IOGraphica/IOGraphica_4.1_hours__from_16-59_to_21-05_with_text.png
But for me it all boils down to this: I find the gaming more enjoyable when using all 3 screens. I also find using the computer for most tasks is more enjoyable when I have this much screen space available. That alone makes me consider it worth the money.
I do not expect everyone to find this to be the best way to consume their entertainment but for me it works, and that is really all that matters to me.
You also see mobs far before anyone else.
Unless you're playing a healer in D3 (trololo?) you really dont need the party health bars all that much...
It is not nearly perfect, but it works ok. As far as I have seen no modern blizzard game 'breaks' when run in eyefinity. That was the point of the screenshots.
If you look at the WoW screen-shot you cannot really say the same can you?
It is a trade-off in many games, diablo for sure. In WoW and SWTOR however there is no issue at all with multimonitor displays, on the contrary the games are improved by it as you dont have to fill your screen with all the UI elements (raiding, monitoring etc) if you have the misfortune of being a raid leader :p
I find that the peripheral vision is awesome in most FPS games. I have none of the issues people seem to state as 'main problems'.
* Vertigo?.. um no.
* Driver support (amd eyefinity) works ok for me. Some games have a shitty implementation assuming the aspect ratio can be found from just the width (which in my setup is 5760 pixels...). Most work fine though.
But really, for gaming it is nice. For everything else it is flipping awesome.
Reference docs on right monitor, visual studio or putty on the center, and browser/spotify/skype/debug windows on the left screen.
I've gotten so used to it now that I feel almost cramped on the two 22" monitors at work.
http://omglolbah.net/ksh/mobilkamera/random/triplehead_setup.jpg
It DOES take up a bit of space. I'm considering spending the 500 bucks for a proper 3-screen mounting rig. It would free up all the desk space under the monitors and allow me to adjust the height easier.
To address your specific points:
Eyefinity has bevel compensation. It is surprisingly easy to set up. You get some angled lines that you "line up" across the bevels.
Most FPS games will give you a much wider field of view when you use such a wide display. In Battlefield and counter-strike I get almost 180 degrees of vision. ;)
Toptip though... If you stand looking parallel to a wall in CS/Halflife/TF2 the side screen will 'cross into' the wall... not rendering it...
You in effect have a limited wallhack in the driver. It is fairly amusing at times
I also found that I rapidly adjusted to the way the aspect ratio and 'distortion' of sorts at the edges of my vision. It just becomes natural.
Same thing in WoW and SWTOR. It works -excellently- in those MMOs. Both support eyefinity out of the box.
Diablo3: http://omglolbah.net/ksh/mobilkamera/random/diablo3_5760x1080.png
WoW (with a heavily modified TukUI package) http://omglolbah.net/ksh/pictures/wow/uimods_2012_01_01__21_34_comments.png
One 1920x1080 display at 30 inches... or three 22" displays for a total of 5760x1080?
I went with the spiffy option of fine resolution. It works great.
http://omglolbah.net/ksh/mobilkamera/random/triplehead_setup.jpg
Multimonitor gaming is almost always 3 displays. That is why it has taken so long to catch on, up until the past few years 3 displays was not very commonly supported on decent gaming adapters.
What does BASH have to do with the kernel?
Assuming you have a good idea of WHAT to export. That is really the issue.
Most apps are not even remotely well behaved and shove junk into all sorts of places in the registry. If they stayed in one place it would be easy to export and import, but that is rarely the case :(
start -> control panel -> Administrative Tools -> Local Security Policy
There you go. The menu item.
I suspect the reason most if not all guides use the 'start, run secpol.msc' is because it is easier to explain/quicker to do.
I do not buy sony products. I do not 'forgive' them for the asshattery.
The researchers in the article are not doing "evil crap". They're doing research into reducing glare.
It is an interesting piece of tech and has very little to do with rootkits or screwing the customer.
When it comes to morality it is worth pointing out that almost no research is immune to being used for Evil(tm). No matter who you work for, or what research it is, someone will use it in a negative way.
In addition almost all corporations have some form of Evil in its past or present... To varying degrees for sure, but refusing to acknowledge positive contributions because of previous negative ones is just plain stupid.
Weighting the positive and negative and making an informed decision is the way to go, not going all out 'hurr durr rootkitz!!!' like so many seem to be stuck doing.
They have quite a few researchers which are far from the decisions to be asshats to consumers.
I loathe the company's customer fuckups and asshattery in general, but love the researchers doing this kind of work even so.
Syncing music to your device is free over WIFI.
I can set up any playlist on my PC or portable device and hit "Download playlist" while on WIFI. That lets me use it without spending data. I have a 1 gig cap on my current plan, and I manage just fine with WIFI syncing.
Spotify is just acting as my library with the option to stream. I rarely stream on my phone but play back the playlists that I have downloaded. Paying 99 NOK a month to have access to millions of songs is a whole lot better for me than paying for individual songs.
The songs I -do- buy I just add to my spotify library and sync them to my phone that way.
So... the 'whole cost' of my spotify usage is 99 NOK a month.
Not if you use a service that allows syncing the playlists to your device using WIFI.
I use spotify like this and it works great :)
Streaming with local storage is awesome though.
I love being able to set up a playlist on my PC, then hit 'download playlist' on my phone and have the whole thing sync to the phone over WIFI. It is fairly quick too. At that point I do not have to blow my cellular data on streaming, yet it has most of the same convenience.
You have to keep that paid for mp3 on multiple backed up systems to be sure to not lose it.
Most people do not want that hassle. I sure dont.
I do not even trust my raid5 as it is just redundancy, not backup. Backing up data is tedious.
Setting up a streaming server is orders of magnitude above what the average user can manage...
Spotify has an exceedingly easy system for this.
Hit "Available Offline" and you sync the songs to your local storage. Works both on mobile and PC version. Works great too.
There are several options to limit use of 3G (sync only on WIFI etc).