You know what? I occasionally listen to the few low digit Slashdotters who bother to hang around. Sometimes they have something to offer, either through experience or through some strange osmotically gathered wisdom.
However, concerning this comment:
What. The. Actual. Fuck. Is nobody allowed to do what they do BECAUSE THEY SIMPLY ENJOY IT? Must everybody be forever beholden to the GOLDEN FUCKING DOLLAR? What kind of sad fucking world do you even live in? Must EVERYTHING be paid and even SUFFERED for?
"Do what you love and the money will follow" vs "do what this small protectionist market wants and fuck you" and you seem to actively choose the latter? You would actually PREFER to have people working as cab drivers because they have NO OTHER SKILLS than having experienced, happy and motivated "amateurs" who know their territory, know their clientele and, most importantly, understand their market?
If your country isn't bankrupt, it's a stroke of luck, because you and your ilk are completely and utterly redundant. Enjoy your bizarre take on protectionism while it lasts. I truly hope for your sake that your retirement isn't far off because I think you might have already lost your marbles.
Check out this boingboing article about a CNN video interview with the author of the ST story. Watch the linked video; it's stunning. The guy essentially admits the whole thing is a fabrication with zero evidence, and all they do is "report the position of the British Government".
I've experienced audio issues relating to graphics cards with poor EMI shielding on the soundcard causing it to pick up noise from some gfx card circuit or component. This usually manifests itself as a high-pitched whine audible in headphones or speakers that varies with gfx card load/framerate - this is not the same as coil whine that is audible inside the actual PC case.
If your soundcard is properly designed and manufactured, this shouldn't be an issue.
Also, PCI-E timing issues like on older Creative (yeah, I know) PCI-E cards that used a PCI to PCI-E bridge chip caused things like crackles, horrible latency issues and all sorts of fun symptoms all the way up to BSODs. This can obviously be alleviated by using a decent soundcard with good drivers from a reputable company.
I also doubt these issues are confined to just nVidia or just AMD. The quality of your motherboard and even your PSU can play a part in this too and it's either a lot of research or expensive trial-and-error.
It's not a stronger painkiller. It's exactly the same. Emphasis mine:
The choice of heroin and morphine over other opioids by former drug addicts may also be because heroin (also known as morphine diacetate, diamorphine, or diacetyl morphine) is an ester of morphine and a morphine prodrug, essentially meaning they are identical drugs in vivo. Heroin is converted to morphine before binding to the opioid receptors in the brain and spinal cord, where morphine causes the subjective effects, which is what the addicted individuals are seeking.[23]
I've played a bunch of the mobile FPS games and none of them are worth a damn, and the mobile gaming "market" might be huge in terms of population but it's also fragmented to hell, absolutely filled with garbage, and only a tiny number of games make any kind of decent return while the rest instantly become indistinguishable from background noise in the appstore cosmos.
Don't even get me started on the "freemium" thing.
The problem I have with modern windows is not what is under the hood-- it's what they are doing with the userspace. The UI is horrible! It's like Microsoft is taking every "popular" thing, and gluing it to the UI like a tawdry bauble. "let's stick twitter integration icons EVERYWHERE! Facebook too! You know what, let's display thumbnails of our news service's top story every time you click the start button!" and all that shit.
Yep, it's just like the crapware that HP/Dell/etc. used to (and to some extent still do) preinstall on their consumer-grade PCs and laptops, only this time it's actually baked into the damn OS.
It's crystal clear you've never had to care for (or even had contact with) someone with severe dementia, so please refrain from voicing your myopic and ignorant opinion.
I'm in my mid 30s and haven't exactly taken care of my hearing, but I can still hear the irritating high frequency whine from nearby CRTs.
Fortunately, CRTs are few and far between these days. I do have an old Commodore monitor attached to one of my C64s and I can hear that thing whine from several rooms away:P
Doctor Who is at the precise midpoint between Here Comes Honey Boo Boo and The Wire.
Determining which end of the spectrum each of those shows represents is left as an exercise for the reader.
Simple: a lot of Brits have an authoritarian streak that applies to everyone but themselves. They want the State getting into everyone else's business, but not their own. It's a weird combination of self-righteousness and paranoia.
If you think this might influence how they vote in elections, you'd be dead right.
Exactly this is what's wrong with Windows 8.1. I really don't care about Modern UI, I can live with it or there are alternatives, but the weird selection of changed/removed features is what really bugs me about Windows 8.1.
Also, it seems you don't have to registry hack to switch between Public and Private networks, but the interface to do so is hardly intuitive.
Samsung do it too. The show "Suits" on USA being the most obvious example. The characters basically do product demonstrations and even drop Samsung's name as part of the plot of one of the episodes.
So, I guess only people who blindly agree with every policy and excuse every stupid mistake made by every Conservative administration are allowed to call themselves Conservatives?
the convenience of not having to drive yourself or pay attention to the road, coupled with the convenience of because able to go directly from point A to point B at your convenience. I too would opt for this convenience if it was a mature enough technology.
This is purely anecdotal (as are all the other comments on here, tbh) but I've been gaming on 8.1 since it came out and have had absolutely no issues whatsoever. If anything it's better than before.
Maybe the fact that I have a Logitech gaming mouse with its own special software and drivers helps? I always turn off Windows' control of the mouse drivers in the Logitech panel and set it up in there, which means I get a consistent feel, even across reinstalls.
Yep, I've used Pale Moon for quite a while now. It's great to have a properly optimized 64-bit Firefox build on Windows. Moonchild (the dev) is generally very responsive on the forums and quick to fix bugs.
I use 13 popular Firefox Add-ons and they all work absolutely fine in Pale Moon. I'd recommend it.
Dude, you're Australian. You're lucky to have some pretty strong consumer protection law on the books.
According to my Aussie friend if you have a problem with Telstra, or any other Aussie telecoms company, you contact the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman and your problem will almost always get sorted quickly. He's had to call them when Telstra have dragged their feet fixing his Internet connection. After he complained to the Ombudsman, Telstra were calling HIM back and apologising, and had a team out in his neighbourhood fixing the problem the next day.
Of course white people can still be called terrorists, but only if they've DDoSed a corporate website or similar... simply add the "cyber-" prefix and you're ready to go (to court).
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You know what? I occasionally listen to the few low digit Slashdotters who bother to hang around. Sometimes they have something to offer, either through experience or through some strange osmotically gathered wisdom.
However, concerning this comment:
What. The. Actual. Fuck. Is nobody allowed to do what they do BECAUSE THEY SIMPLY ENJOY IT? Must everybody be forever beholden to the GOLDEN FUCKING DOLLAR? What kind of sad fucking world do you even live in? Must EVERYTHING be paid and even SUFFERED for?
"Do what you love and the money will follow" vs "do what this small protectionist market wants and fuck you" and you seem to actively choose the latter? You would actually PREFER to have people working as cab drivers because they have NO OTHER SKILLS than having experienced, happy and motivated "amateurs" who know their territory, know their clientele and, most importantly, understand their market?
If your country isn't bankrupt, it's a stroke of luck, because you and your ilk are completely and utterly redundant. Enjoy your bizarre take on protectionism while it lasts. I truly hope for your sake that your retirement isn't far off because I think you might have already lost your marbles.
Check out this boingboing article about a CNN video interview with the author of the ST story. Watch the linked video; it's stunning. The guy essentially admits the whole thing is a fabrication with zero evidence, and all they do is "report the position of the British Government".
http://boingboing.net/2015/06/16/cnn-interview-with-author-of-d.html
My anecdotal experience:
I've experienced audio issues relating to graphics cards with poor EMI shielding on the soundcard causing it to pick up noise from some gfx card circuit or component. This usually manifests itself as a high-pitched whine audible in headphones or speakers that varies with gfx card load/framerate - this is not the same as coil whine that is audible inside the actual PC case.
If your soundcard is properly designed and manufactured, this shouldn't be an issue.
Also, PCI-E timing issues like on older Creative (yeah, I know) PCI-E cards that used a PCI to PCI-E bridge chip caused things like crackles, horrible latency issues and all sorts of fun symptoms all the way up to BSODs. This can obviously be alleviated by using a decent soundcard with good drivers from a reputable company.
I also doubt these issues are confined to just nVidia or just AMD. The quality of your motherboard and even your PSU can play a part in this too and it's either a lot of research or expensive trial-and-error.
It's not a stronger painkiller. It's exactly the same. Emphasis mine:
The choice of heroin and morphine over other opioids by former drug addicts may also be because heroin (also known as morphine diacetate, diamorphine, or diacetyl morphine) is an ester of morphine and a morphine prodrug, essentially meaning they are identical drugs in vivo. Heroin is converted to morphine before binding to the opioid receptors in the brain and spinal cord, where morphine causes the subjective effects, which is what the addicted individuals are seeking.[23]
Source
I've played a bunch of the mobile FPS games and none of them are worth a damn, and the mobile gaming "market" might be huge in terms of population but it's also fragmented to hell, absolutely filled with garbage, and only a tiny number of games make any kind of decent return while the rest instantly become indistinguishable from background noise in the appstore cosmos.
Don't even get me started on the "freemium" thing.
The problem I have with modern windows is not what is under the hood-- it's what they are doing with the userspace. The UI is horrible! It's like Microsoft is taking every "popular" thing, and gluing it to the UI like a tawdry bauble. "let's stick twitter integration icons EVERYWHERE! Facebook too! You know what, let's display thumbnails of our news service's top story every time you click the start button!" and all that shit.
Yep, it's just like the crapware that HP/Dell/etc. used to (and to some extent still do) preinstall on their consumer-grade PCs and laptops, only this time it's actually baked into the damn OS.
It's crystal clear you've never had to care for (or even had contact with) someone with severe dementia, so please refrain from voicing your myopic and ignorant opinion.
I'm in my mid 30s and haven't exactly taken care of my hearing, but I can still hear the irritating high frequency whine from nearby CRTs.
Fortunately, CRTs are few and far between these days. I do have an old Commodore monitor attached to one of my C64s and I can hear that thing whine from several rooms away :P
"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by Microsoft's incompetence."
Doctor Who is at the precise midpoint between Here Comes Honey Boo Boo and The Wire. Determining which end of the spectrum each of those shows represents is left as an exercise for the reader.
Simple: a lot of Brits have an authoritarian streak that applies to everyone but themselves. They want the State getting into everyone else's business, but not their own. It's a weird combination of self-righteousness and paranoia.
If you think this might influence how they vote in elections, you'd be dead right.
^This.
Exactly this is what's wrong with Windows 8.1. I really don't care about Modern UI, I can live with it or there are alternatives, but the weird selection of changed/removed features is what really bugs me about Windows 8.1.
Also, it seems you don't have to registry hack to switch between Public and Private networks, but the interface to do so is hardly intuitive.
Samsung do it too. The show "Suits" on USA being the most obvious example. The characters basically do product demonstrations and even drop Samsung's name as part of the plot of one of the episodes.
Not blatant at all.
So, I guess only people who blindly agree with every policy and excuse every stupid mistake made by every Conservative administration are allowed to call themselves Conservatives?
No true Scotsman, indeed.
Oblig. Gordon Ramsay EA meme.
Buffer overflow.
I still play Quake1 from time to time. It's still my favourite FPS of all time.
As for Carmageddon, if you have a decent Android or iPhone, you'll definitely want to pick this up: http://www.carmageddon.com/funsize/carmageddon
the convenience of not having to drive yourself or pay attention to the road, coupled with the convenience of because able to go directly from point A to point B at your convenience. I too would opt for this convenience if it was a mature enough technology.
This post needs more convenience.
This is purely anecdotal (as are all the other comments on here, tbh) but I've been gaming on 8.1 since it came out and have had absolutely no issues whatsoever. If anything it's better than before.
Maybe the fact that I have a Logitech gaming mouse with its own special software and drivers helps? I always turn off Windows' control of the mouse drivers in the Logitech panel and set it up in there, which means I get a consistent feel, even across reinstalls.
This post made me think immediately of this comic strip.
Yep, I've used Pale Moon for quite a while now. It's great to have a properly optimized 64-bit Firefox build on Windows. Moonchild (the dev) is generally very responsive on the forums and quick to fix bugs.
I use 13 popular Firefox Add-ons and they all work absolutely fine in Pale Moon. I'd recommend it.
Dude, you're Australian. You're lucky to have some pretty strong consumer protection law on the books.
According to my Aussie friend if you have a problem with Telstra, or any other Aussie telecoms company, you contact the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman and your problem will almost always get sorted quickly. He's had to call them when Telstra have dragged their feet fixing his Internet connection. After he complained to the Ombudsman, Telstra were calling HIM back and apologising, and had a team out in his neighbourhood fixing the problem the next day.
You still would though. You know you would.
This is just a guess.. but might they not have been playing on a association with a certain historical event.
"Liberation kits", after all.
Of course white people can still be called terrorists, but only if they've DDoSed a corporate website or similar... simply add the "cyber-" prefix and you're ready to go (to court).
Yes, it's ridiculous.