I play the latest DirectX 10.1 games on a 1400 USD MacBook Pro
I am not sure you know what you are talking about. DirectX is a library. It is not a measure of speed or a processing requirement. Pacman can be written for DirectX 10.1. A $400 laptop running Vista can play DirectX 10.1 games as well. However, unless one invests on an SLI array, a laptop won't play any demanding games at a satisfactory speed.
Bypassing all the humiliating stuff you inflict upon yourself (I am sure your wife assures you that size doesn't matter) -- I also need to inform you that water cooling can be used to either cool an overclocked system which as you say can't be cooled by normal means or to achieve total silence in a normal PC. I could point to fanless water cooling solutions but I don't think its fun anymore.
You simply have no idea of these possibilities because you are a Mac User.
MXM is a format, like PCI express. MXM is used in laptops. So you can have an nVidia 8800 MXM or an 8800 PCI express. My friend's card is the 7300GT.
The difference between the two is performance: hardware meant for laptops is weaker compared to its desktop equivalent in order to save battery power.
There is a lot of criticism here for the poor guy (I was planning on showing him the thread but he doesn't have a stomach for Slashdot) -- to his defense I say that it is impossible to get a 2500 euro PC without the option to upgrade the hardware. His research at the time was that he could choose between the 7300GT and something more exotic while his PC-based experience assured him he could upgrade later.
People know the difference between a Mac and a crappy PC.
A friend of mine thought he knew the difference but after he found out that he couldn't upgrade the video card of his 24'' Apple he decided to turn it to a tv/media center for his bedroom. He listened to my advice to upgrade the PSU of his crappy Pentium system, install a low cost RAID array, get a modern 3D card, upgrade the memory to 4 GB and finally get a high quality Unicomp keyboard and a 26'' led monitor. Except for the monitor, the upgrades cost him little and his old machine feels twice as fast as the Apple.
He is fuming with Apple because he would really like to play a few modern games but the video card of this model cannot be upgraded. (He didn't research that possibility as he never thought it possible to get a desktop system for 2500 Euros with a crappy portable MXM video without the option to upgrade.)
So he often comes to my apartment just to play Gothic III on my watercooled system which by the way cost only 1500 Euros and turns his Apple to dust.
A year ago, he was about to buy a MacBook but I saved him from that mistake by asking him to compare an equally priced Lenovo. He was blown away and I think this is the time when the Apple myth started fading on him.
I am sure you are not convinced, correct? And this is my point: Apple is right. Their secret recipe is no longer how to make great computers but how to make their users feel superior. "The difference between a Mac and crappy PC" in the eyes of a Mac user is that the PC is crappy by nature while the Mac is not. It's a delusion, but one that feeds Apple since the 90s.
I understand spending a few skill points on "Small Guns" in the future, but keep in mind that when you find the Glow your programming skills should then come in very handy.
Of course your current "First Aid" improvement is a wise choice.
Geocities made me realize that it is not the medium people lack, but the talent. I would see thousands of people trying to communicate a message and it was really sad to find out that their message would be best if it wasn't communicated at all. Painters with no skill, musicians with no muse, writers who couldn't write an interesting paragraph etc.
I remember I was so optimistic about the freedom of expression and what I experienced in Geocities still remains one of the most bitter experiences about people in general. Perhaps the most. Seeing all those ungifted people patting each other in the back, refusing to accept what they created was trash it was disheartening every day.
I was raised with the philosophy that "whoever thinks freely, thinks well" and it was in Geocities that I discovered how false that is. I am thankful for that, but did it have to be so blunt?
That's the best answer I think. A normal PC requires too much power for its separate components (even if you choose 80+ PSUs and energy efficient motherboards/CPUs) while a portable is designed to draw as little power as possible. Replacing the HDD with an SD card decreases power requirements even more. And the fact that you also get an efficient UPS (the battery!) included is a plus for your server needs.
Keep in mind that many of these cheap laptops or netbooks can be safely undervolted (without underclocking) resulting in even higher savings. There is a Windows utility called RMclock but I am sure you can find such on Linux as well (I only use Linux remotely so I don't know much of it but while I was searching for undervolting utilities on Windows I found many discussions about possible solutions on Linux)
The funniest thing is that nobody moderated your post as funny. This isn't a flame, I do see a serious point, but when I read the "penny" point (I was ready for it) I did laugh.
That would allow businesses to hire workers at a low salary and let the taxpayers compensate the rest. Everyone looks happy until the unemployment benefit stops and you can no longer live with your current salary.
I think you would have figured out what is the point of this benefit: it is to help you stay on your feet while finding a real job. The reason people take ``part-time and temporary jobs,, is that they try to find what "suits them best" crossing out manual labor and anything they would consider good enough for illegal aliens only. Doesn't matter to them if these jobs would support a family, a dignified way to live -- what matters is that they were meant for "something greater".
And so they prefer doing temporary jobs in their university or pretending to be freelancer software developers living off small contracts and donations while time passes by.
(There is a lot of first hand experience on my posting as you can understand)
I agree on the point that this income is next to nothing, so I would have handled it differently by registering the ad revenue to an employed friend or a relative and then subtract their additional taxation.
I just said that the state should not provide benefits to those with an income because this can be twisted to the loss of taxpayers.
I think my comment was taken in a wrong way by some: of course she wasn't treated justly -- but I do see the reasoning of the state and I believe she can easily solve this.
Everyone who have started using Win7 already are saying it's great. Even those who skipped Vista completely.
Do you have any actual data on that? I am not asking for a research but two or three links on the web will do: from people who had a good reason to ditch Vista and they are seriously considering switching from XP to Windows 7. Of course they have to provide some reasoning about it.
I am asking because I found Windows 7 to have the same problem with Vista: namely it works fine on my personal powerful system but it crawls on 6 older systems I have (Duron 1Ghz with 512MB ram). So I would have to throw these away and this is really not justified by the advantages of Windows Vista/7.
I also found this link to be of particular interest as it is targeted on my problem:
readers who have older PCs that function perfectly well but are a few generations behind current gear and curious about upgrading to a new OS.
Windows 7 is too slow on such a system. But XP works fine.
So the question is: Should I contribute to a landfill and throw perfectly funtional systems (they are only used for browsing, old games, coding and printing documents) to enjoy the Windows 7 benefits? I find the answer to be too easy on that.
But then, once I decide to stick on XP to these systems I find a good reason to stick to XP to all my other computers. Why should I be switching through operating systems since I can do my job and play my games as it is?
There was a loosely related game to this for the Amstrad CPC home computers in the 80s. You would drive a miniaturized guy inside a human body, collect white cells and release them against infections (simple infections would be killed by your laser) until you could reach for the brain and find your ship for the way out.
It would also teach you the names of the various organs of the human body.
I thought the parent insinuated that drawbacks in early generation of technologies aren't anything new.
The question is how serious these drawbacks are and how much testing they require to reveal themselves. When I first read about the Lustron home (a few years ago on the web) I thought it was a great idea and wondered why it didn't succeed. I concluded as you did -- too institutional, despite the benefits (such as not requiring painting and easy cleaning).
Of course the Lustron didn't become the house of the future.
The same I think about ebooks and studying (In the context of the topic). I recently bought an HP2710p tablet and I found it OK to read literature, but when it comes to studying, its a joke compared to a cheap piece of paper and a book. Despite the great technologies behind it, it does look in my opinion just what the Lustron did in front of a real home: a new technology that makes no sense compared to an established solution. And this isn't just regular news.
Slashdot Mirror
http://reviews.cnet.com/4531-10921_7-6636341.html
Are you using eMule's throttling option? (Upload Speed Sense in Extended options)
I play the latest DirectX 10.1 games on a 1400 USD MacBook Pro
I am not sure you know what you are talking about. DirectX is a library. It is not a measure of speed or a processing requirement. Pacman can be written for DirectX 10.1. A $400 laptop running Vista can play DirectX 10.1 games as well. However, unless one invests on an SLI array, a laptop won't play any demanding games at a satisfactory speed.
Here are a few solutions for your problem: http://www.anandtech.com/mobile/showdoc.aspx?i=3660
Bypassing all the humiliating stuff you inflict upon yourself (I am sure your wife assures you that size doesn't matter) -- I also need to inform you that water cooling can be used to either cool an overclocked system which as you say can't be cooled by normal means or to achieve total silence in a normal PC. I could point to fanless water cooling solutions but I don't think its fun anymore.
You simply have no idea of these possibilities because you are a Mac User.
http://support.apple.com/downloads/iMac_MXM_Update_1_0
MXM is a format, like PCI express. MXM is used in laptops. So you can have an nVidia 8800 MXM or an 8800 PCI express. My friend's card is the 7300GT.
The difference between the two is performance: hardware meant for laptops is weaker compared to its desktop equivalent in order to save battery power.
There is a lot of criticism here for the poor guy (I was planning on showing him the thread but he doesn't have a stomach for Slashdot) -- to his defense I say that it is impossible to get a 2500 euro PC without the option to upgrade the hardware. His research at the time was that he could choose between the 7300GT and something more exotic while his PC-based experience assured him he could upgrade later.
People know the difference between a Mac and a crappy PC.
A friend of mine thought he knew the difference but after he found out that he couldn't upgrade the video card of his 24'' Apple he decided to turn it to a tv/media center for his bedroom. He listened to my advice to upgrade the PSU of his crappy Pentium system, install a low cost RAID array, get a modern 3D card, upgrade the memory to 4 GB and finally get a high quality Unicomp keyboard and a 26'' led monitor. Except for the monitor, the upgrades cost him little and his old machine feels twice as fast as the Apple.
He is fuming with Apple because he would really like to play a few modern games but the video card of this model cannot be upgraded. (He didn't research that possibility as he never thought it possible to get a desktop system for 2500 Euros with a crappy portable MXM video without the option to upgrade.)
So he often comes to my apartment just to play Gothic III on my watercooled system which by the way cost only 1500 Euros and turns his Apple to dust.
A year ago, he was about to buy a MacBook but I saved him from that mistake by asking him to compare an equally priced Lenovo. He was blown away and I think this is the time when the Apple myth started fading on him.
I am sure you are not convinced, correct? And this is my point: Apple is right. Their secret recipe is no longer how to make great computers but how to make their users feel superior. "The difference between a Mac and crappy PC" in the eyes of a Mac user is that the PC is crappy by nature while the Mac is not. It's a delusion, but one that feeds Apple since the 90s.
WYSIWYG was a new feature in the word processors in the early 90s but in HTML is has never been true.
That said, the Composer is a great and very useful feature for copying and pasting text from an HTML page.
Adblock?
I understand spending a few skill points on "Small Guns" in the future, but keep in mind that when you find the Glow your programming skills should then come in very handy.
Of course your current "First Aid" improvement is a wise choice.
Simple. Post the scriptures of an actual religion here and see what happens.
Then post the the "OT III" documents here and see what happens.
Did you not figure that out on the Usenet?
Geocities made me realize that it is not the medium people lack, but the talent. I would see thousands of people trying to communicate a message and it was really sad to find out that their message would be best if it wasn't communicated at all. Painters with no skill, musicians with no muse, writers who couldn't write an interesting paragraph etc.
I remember I was so optimistic about the freedom of expression and what I experienced in Geocities still remains one of the most bitter experiences about people in general. Perhaps the most. Seeing all those ungifted people patting each other in the back, refusing to accept what they created was trash it was disheartening every day.
I was raised with the philosophy that "whoever thinks freely, thinks well" and it was in Geocities that I discovered how false that is. I am thankful for that, but did it have to be so blunt?
That's the best answer I think. A normal PC requires too much power for its separate components (even if you choose 80+ PSUs and energy efficient motherboards/CPUs) while a portable is designed to draw as little power as possible. Replacing the HDD with an SD card decreases power requirements even more. And the fact that you also get an efficient UPS (the battery!) included is a plus for your server needs.
Keep in mind that many of these cheap laptops or netbooks can be safely undervolted (without underclocking) resulting in even higher savings. There is a Windows utility called RMclock but I am sure you can find such on Linux as well (I only use Linux remotely so I don't know much of it but while I was searching for undervolting utilities on Windows I found many discussions about possible solutions on Linux)
The funniest thing is that nobody moderated your post as funny. This isn't a flame, I do see a serious point, but when I read the "penny" point (I was ready for it) I did laugh.
That would allow businesses to hire workers at a low salary and let the taxpayers compensate the rest. Everyone looks happy until the unemployment benefit stops and you can no longer live with your current salary.
I think you would have figured out what is the point of this benefit: it is to help you stay on your feet while finding a real job. The reason people take ``part-time and temporary jobs,, is that they try to find what "suits them best" crossing out manual labor and anything they would consider good enough for illegal aliens only. Doesn't matter to them if these jobs would support a family, a dignified way to live -- what matters is that they were meant for "something greater".
And so they prefer doing temporary jobs in their university or pretending to be freelancer software developers living off small contracts and donations while time passes by.
(There is a lot of first hand experience on my posting as you can understand)
I agree on the point that this income is next to nothing, so I would have handled it differently by registering the ad revenue to an employed friend or a relative and then subtract their additional taxation.
I just said that the state should not provide benefits to those with an income because this can be twisted to the loss of taxpayers.
I think my comment was taken in a wrong way by some: of course she wasn't treated justly -- but I do see the reasoning of the state and I believe she can easily solve this.
Unemployment benefits are meant to help people with no income.
Others are getting much more than $238 through web ads. Should they be running for unemployment benefits too?
Everyone who have started using Win7 already are saying it's great. Even those who skipped Vista completely.
Do you have any actual data on that? I am not asking for a research but two or three links on the web will do: from people who had a good reason to ditch Vista and they are seriously considering switching from XP to Windows 7. Of course they have to provide some reasoning about it.
I am asking because I found Windows 7 to have the same problem with Vista: namely it works fine on my personal powerful system but it crawls on 6 older systems I have (Duron 1Ghz with 512MB ram). So I would have to throw these away and this is really not justified by the advantages of Windows Vista/7.
I also found this link to be of particular interest as it is targeted on my problem:
readers who have older PCs that function perfectly well but are a few generations behind current gear and curious about upgrading to a new OS.
Windows 7 is too slow on such a system. But XP works fine.
So the question is: Should I contribute to a landfill and throw perfectly funtional systems (they are only used for browsing, old games, coding and printing documents) to enjoy the Windows 7 benefits? I find the answer to be too easy on that.
But then, once I decide to stick on XP to these systems I find a good reason to stick to XP to all my other computers. Why should I be switching through operating systems since I can do my job and play my games as it is?
There was a loosely related game to this for the Amstrad CPC home computers in the 80s. You would drive a miniaturized guy inside a human body, collect white cells and release them against infections (simple infections would be killed by your laser) until you could reach for the brain and find your ship for the way out.
It would also teach you the names of the various organs of the human body.
Though if you remove the letter m you get the rule of asses...
But "here" was new as well (actually non existing) when these forms first appeared on the Usenet.
This particular form is quite right and not just funny.
There are others, especially of flamebaiting nature, which are really creative.
Now that's too bothersome.
+1 insightful
I thought the parent insinuated that drawbacks in early generation of technologies aren't anything new.
The question is how serious these drawbacks are and how much testing they require to reveal themselves. When I first read about the Lustron home (a few years ago on the web) I thought it was a great idea and wondered why it didn't succeed. I concluded as you did -- too institutional, despite the benefits (such as not requiring painting and easy cleaning).
Of course the Lustron didn't become the house of the future.
The same I think about ebooks and studying (In the context of the topic). I recently bought an HP2710p tablet and I found it OK to read literature, but when it comes to studying, its a joke compared to a cheap piece of paper and a book. Despite the great technologies behind it, it does look in my opinion just what the Lustron did in front of a real home: a new technology that makes no sense compared to an established solution. And this isn't just regular news.
Take for example the great technologies behind the Lustrom Home. But the few drawbacks didn't keep it from becoming the home of the future.
Mediacoder is mencoder, ffmpeg ripoff -- it has (or had 2 months ago) an entry on ffmpeg's hall of shame.