I thought the use of Pentium M CPUs in desktops was the movement toward this sort of thing. What's AMD doing with their low-to-midrange processors these days? I ask because I just recently built an Athlon XP 2700+ desktop machine for my parents and cooling-wise, it could have performed a bit better. 57 degrees C idle and 63 under a full load when using fans on the power supply and CPU. The case is uncluttered and quite open (Another thing Serial ATA is good for). That's quite hot, but so far the computer is rock-solid stable.
Pretty cool, though probably too tacky for some. Looks nice and quiet (the fan supposedly runs at a pretty low RPM) I probably would avoid it just because it wouldn't be easy to replace the nonstandard fan if it were to break. Plus, the door thing.
I would love to start seeing more cases come with 120mm fan mounts and mainboards with more precise fan RPM control, but alas, very few of either exist.
Non-standard DNS resolving with the help of special software on the client side. Yeah, that sounds like a good business plan. Run a web site on a.family or.poop fake TLD you need special software for and you'll get a huge customer base doing that!
Just what is running on most websites that use those, anyway, I wonder?
Hey, just look at the cellphone viruses from recent news. It's getting there. Though, that could have just been an exploit specific to a few phone models done in executable code.
This is true for pretty much all spyware because of the lack of an always-on connection. Plus, you tend to notice things going wrong on a slow connection.
This reminds me of a couple years ago when many piece of software came bundled with spyware called NewDotNet that claimed to be "needed for next generation internet applications" - just around the same time MS started pushing.NET
I remember uninstalling it from a bunch of machines because people asked, "Do I need this?" Yes....
Nice troll. You can't even touch the BIOS settings on a Toshiba laptop last time I checked unless you use a Windows-only frontend they provide. Do they even use TFT screens yet?
Which FPSs are military sponsored? Dude, loose the tin foil hat.
a) America's Army and Full Spectrum Warrior b) Does this particular model of tinfoil hat have a tightening strap? c) You have to get people interested in getting into the service in the first place. Then you can start the undesirable, harsh training.
It's all subjective. If you prefer the way an FM synth + some PCM (YM2612 for FM and Z80 for single channel PCM) sounds over the way very limited multichannel PCM hardware sounds, then yeah, the Genesis had better sound hardware.
I thought the SNES sounded way more advanced since I mainly played PC games at the time which usually didn't have any PCM music at all.
Dude, gameplay where you navigate a massive world and unlock certain areas by gaining abilities in order to get through them never gets old. That's why Nintendo keeps doing it.
It sure beats "do a mission, come back, get some arbitrary award, go do another mission" that seems to plague most of the 3D platformers.
What's so innovative about ICO? The way it makes you put up with 45 minutes of cinematics before you even start playing? Most games already have too many splash screens and whatnot, but this just beats a dead horse.
Yeah, because the Apple II had all sorts of well-made software because it was a little more difficult to develop for than other, more multimedia-friendly machines, right? It allowed for such blazingly fast games to be made, such as F-15 Strike Eagle, The Bilestoad, and Battlezone.
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I thought the use of Pentium M CPUs in desktops was the movement toward this sort of thing. What's AMD doing with their low-to-midrange processors these days? I ask because I just recently built an Athlon XP 2700+ desktop machine for my parents and cooling-wise, it could have performed a bit better. 57 degrees C idle and 63 under a full load when using fans on the power supply and CPU. The case is uncluttered and quite open (Another thing Serial ATA is good for). That's quite hot, but so far the computer is rock-solid stable.
Ugh...doors on computer cases - another one of my peeves. Those things are just asking to be broken.
I'm trying to find this one case as I type that has a huge front fan on it that looks like a turbofan intake.
Oh, here, I found it.
Pretty cool, though probably too tacky for some. Looks nice and quiet (the fan supposedly runs at a pretty low RPM) I probably would avoid it just because it wouldn't be easy to replace the nonstandard fan if it were to break. Plus, the door thing.
Not to mention consume way more power.
I would love to start seeing more cases come with 120mm fan mounts and mainboards with more precise fan RPM control, but alas, very few of either exist.
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Does anybody know why the ATMs would be any more useful because they have been web-enabled? Perhaps people wish to do online banking at the kiosk?
Then again, it could just be for ads.
Non-standard DNS resolving with the help of special software on the client side. Yeah, that sounds like a good business plan. Run a web site on a .family or .poop fake TLD you need special software for and you'll get a huge customer base doing that!
Just what is running on most websites that use those, anyway, I wonder?
Hey, just look at the cellphone viruses from recent news. It's getting there. Though, that could have just been an exploit specific to a few phone models done in executable code.
This is true for pretty much all spyware because of the lack of an always-on connection. Plus, you tend to notice things going wrong on a slow connection.
Maybe if you get a Mac, it'll buy a PC for you. Free computer!
This reminds me of a couple years ago when many piece of software came bundled with spyware called NewDotNet that claimed to be "needed for next generation internet applications" - just around the same time MS started pushing .NET
I remember uninstalling it from a bunch of machines because people asked, "Do I need this?" Yes....
So, how's that new AmigaOS 4? Oh, wait...
Nice troll. You can't even touch the BIOS settings on a Toshiba laptop last time I checked unless you use a Windows-only frontend they provide. Do they even use TFT screens yet?
And it seems to affect peoples' ability to moderate properly also.
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Which FPSs are military sponsored? Dude, loose the tin foil hat.
a) America's Army and Full Spectrum Warrior
b) Does this particular model of tinfoil hat have a tightening strap?
c) You have to get people interested in getting into the service in the first place. Then you can start the undesirable, harsh training.
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It's all subjective. If you prefer the way an FM synth + some PCM (YM2612 for FM and Z80 for single channel PCM) sounds over the way very limited multichannel PCM hardware sounds, then yeah, the Genesis had better sound hardware.
I thought the SNES sounded way more advanced since I mainly played PC games at the time which usually didn't have any PCM music at all.
Dude, gameplay where you navigate a massive world and unlock certain areas by gaining abilities in order to get through them never gets old. That's why Nintendo keeps doing it.
It sure beats "do a mission, come back, get some arbitrary award, go do another mission" that seems to plague most of the 3D platformers.
It takes balls to make not one, but two games about bass fishing - and to provide special controllers for it.
What's so innovative about ICO? The way it makes you put up with 45 minutes of cinematics before you even start playing? Most games already have too many splash screens and whatnot, but this just beats a dead horse.
The only thing Halo and Marathon had in common was the horridly narrow field of view you had to put up with while playing it.
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Yeah, because the Apple II had all sorts of well-made software because it was a little more difficult to develop for than other, more multimedia-friendly machines, right? It allowed for such blazingly fast games to be made, such as F-15 Strike Eagle, The Bilestoad, and Battlezone.