Also, she said quit arguing with 200+ years of usage of 'comprised' as it's been used from legal settings to science. Try again once you've graduated high school, child.
Actually, not even close. The 680M, while supposedly on par performance with a 580 according to notebookcheck (the physical specs on the cards makes me seriously doubt that given the 680M has roughly double the core count and about 300 gflops higher theoretical performance than the desktop 580) is still quite a top-notch mobile GPU.
Terribly crippled? Physically speaking, the 680M is just a typical desktop 670 chip with lower power consumption.
" Basically bigger system = better cooling. Airflow, heat exchangers, etc are all very much volume dependent."
Wrong, it's surface area then airflow dependent. Since the heat exchange happens pretty much in a layer 0.0001" on the surface of the heat conducting material, large volume isn't needed, large surface area is.
"Stealing the source to sell the game on Steam? In what world does anyone think that they could get away with that? Even major corporations aren't that stupid. It's literally the dumbest idea I've ever heard."
Wrong. We don't even have the logistics in place to feed half of this planet. You think doubling or tripling the lifespan is going to fix that problem? You're sorely mistaken. Source: I'm a horticultural research director, and I do this globally. You're so off base it's not even funny.
You do understand you're being called retarded due to your absolutely stupid and ludicrous statement of 'impenetrable security' yea? Are you really that retarded to not see this?
Man can make it, man can break it. Impenetrable security is BULLSHIT, son.
"Untempered expression of thoughts comes from anonymity."
You haven't looked at my posting history on this site, have you? If you had, you'd know that A. these words you're uttering are total bullshit, and B. you're a fucking moron for thinking otherwise.
Oh and the fun part, alcohol may or may not have had a factor in what I've posted in the past. I'll leave the answers to that as an exercise for your obviously under-developed brain.
They advertise being able to play all of my favorite online console and PC games.
Except many have to run their own server (in fact they run server-client model as the base) and this becomes a big no-no, and thus I can't play these games.
Pisses me right off. I'm not paying for a SLOWER business class line which is more expensive and does NOT come with a 5-9 guarantee.
They should use tinier Long-Throw subwoofers so they can have the explosions be more lined up with the objects being destroyed, also a finer RGB LED array so that the explosions are more colorful.
"There is still the possibility to fix the government's wrongdoings"
Take your blinders off - that won't happen without extreme bloodshed against the entirety of the government staff, from alphabet agencies to the military to the local police.
And I bet you won't bother doing so. Which means you're part of the problem.
At least I earned my felonies standing up for you immigrants and the rest of the native population.
Sacrifice some freedom to gain more freedom, or shut the fuck up.
"The amount of poverty (or near-poverty) here compared to my home country (Australia) astounds me. Huge portions of the population barely getting by...the run-down infrastructure etc. Not to say there's not nice areas too... but it's really inconsistent."
Welcome to our lack of forced-by-law nationalization of certain things, like healthcare and housing. You may have higher taxes and such in AUS, but you're actually better off than we are.
" Education seems a bit lacking too "
For America? Education has gone downhill since the early 90s. What I learned back in the 80s and 90s most new adults today don't know about, and it shows.
"On top of that, I don't feel any more (or less) free here than in Australia."
Wait a couple of years. Bet you'll change that train of thought FAST.
" The US is also far more censored - it's actually quite hilarious seeing what they blur out or beep out on TV here."
Welcome to part of the religious right takeover. What were you saying about freedom, again?
"Ironically, even though rights are arguably more strongly protected, on paper, in the US than Australia, it also seems that they are more regularly violated or infringed upon in the US too."
And that's due to the sudden drop in the education system. Civics and government courses are being wiped out almost as fast as classes on cursive handwriting.
"I do feel more 'monitored' here. More subject to suspicion, identification, verification."
Welcome to 1940's Germany again. You thought we got rid of this shit after WWII? Fuck no, Communism was right behind it. Better learn you some McCarthy.
"Every man and his dog asks you for ID or the ubiquitous SSN"
Because if we don't verify your identity and you do something bad, it's us on the hook more than you.
"I was prevented from doing basic things like buy some over-the-counter cold medicine (because I didn't have a US driver license... they wouldn't accept a passport, even a US passport!) or open a checking account at a bank (because I have no credit record... why does that matter when I'm not even trying to borrow any money!?)"
Because they think you're going to smuggle shit out to make methamphetamines, and on top of that, no credit record = you're fucking useless to our current banking system which runs RAMPANT based upon debt.
"Cops seem aggressive, paranoid and unfriendly here"
You better read more US-based news. Cops are fucking scum of the earth here, low-IQ yokels with nowhere else to go in life. Their only chance of retirement is to violate you every which way they can and make their career look good. (See Christopher Dorner.)
"It just feels... very unwelcoming... not like the America I expected."
Bet 10:1 you bought into the bullshit your own country allowed the USA to advertise over there.
"The other thing that really surprised me is the bloatedness and inefficiency of the government."
This surprised you? Tell me, just how ignorant are you of world happenings? Here in America, before it was nixed almost across the board (like cursive handwriting classes,) we used to have a 'current events' class.
"In the US, even getting a straight answer on what process you need to follow is hard!"
Because we made that information worth money.
"I love the ideals of America, but they differ greatly to the reality on the ground........ Can I just say that as someone who has just moved to the US four MONTHS (not years) ago, "
No, you may not. You're not even educated properly about this country. Blame your own country for that, because they're in bed with us. That you couldn't see that means you are just as much of a fool as 80% of this country.
Just speaking as a 31-year old NATIVE of the country. Your 4 months of DREAMS means nothing compared to a full-lifetime of living in this hellhole, across several states, and having done it all from prison time to poli
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"I guess you like having it both ways."
I know your mom does.
Also, she said quit arguing with 200+ years of usage of 'comprised' as it's been used from legal settings to science. Try again once you've graduated high school, child.
Actually, not even close. The 680M, while supposedly on par performance with a 580 according to notebookcheck (the physical specs on the cards makes me seriously doubt that given the 680M has roughly double the core count and about 300 gflops higher theoretical performance than the desktop 580) is still quite a top-notch mobile GPU.
Terribly crippled? Physically speaking, the 680M is just a typical desktop 670 chip with lower power consumption.
" Basically bigger system = better cooling. Airflow, heat exchangers, etc are all very much volume dependent."
Wrong, it's surface area then airflow dependent. Since the heat exchange happens pretty much in a layer 0.0001" on the surface of the heat conducting material, large volume isn't needed, large surface area is.
"Ummm... FUD? You're using that term incorrectly. So where's the fail?"
You're the fail, as the AC above you never mentioned FUD at all. Moron.
"Not only that, but one cloud in the sky and it's game over, man."
And that shows you know jack shit about wavelengths or even basic modern satellite design.
Plenty of wavelengths that don't get absorbed or scattered by clouds.
Yea, FOR THOSE AREAS. Despite you'll get those exact same cans with that exact same printing in Texas.
In several states I've lived in, never had to pay costs for any time I won, criminal or civil.
Maybe you should move to states that at least pretend to respect your rights.
"This is really some amazing stuff, imagine transistors using the properties they're researching?"
I could only assume they'd be very large given three states need to coexist simultaneously., and thus these are possibly inefficient, even if novel.
" Even if TF does win they're still out a considerable amount of cash and time."
If TF wins, then they're entitled to attorney fees and lost money.
That's lawsuit 101. Loser pays.
"The licensed the commercial version of Quake 3 so they could use anti-cheat and such."
Umm, Quake 2 had punkbuster.
"Stealing the source to sell the game on Steam? In what world does anyone think that they could get away with that? Even major corporations aren't that stupid. It's literally the dumbest idea I've ever heard."
Never heard of Zynga, I see.
Which means that it's very likely that in the presence of glyphosate their yield will drop.
Which means glyphosate is acting on other biological pathways we still do not yet understand.
And yet we still consider this stuff to be safe to use.
I'd rather just use bacillus thuringiensis.
In a single-atom thick layer, which 'side' stretches?
There's your answer. Back to school with ye.
Oh you silly 7-digit UID holder. You know what we call transparent aluminum?
Sapphire. Been known as that for a couple centuries.
"we can sustain doubling the population _now_,"
Wrong. We don't even have the logistics in place to feed half of this planet. You think doubling or tripling the lifespan is going to fix that problem? You're sorely mistaken.
Source: I'm a horticultural research director, and I do this globally. You're so off base it's not even funny.
Psst! This is /., facts be damned, we're right!
You do understand you're being called retarded due to your absolutely stupid and ludicrous statement of 'impenetrable security' yea? Are you really that retarded to not see this?
Man can make it, man can break it. Impenetrable security is BULLSHIT, son.
"Untempered expression of thoughts comes from anonymity."
You haven't looked at my posting history on this site, have you? If you had, you'd know that A. these words you're uttering are total bullshit, and B. you're a fucking moron for thinking otherwise.
Oh and the fun part, alcohol may or may not have had a factor in what I've posted in the past. I'll leave the answers to that as an exercise for your obviously under-developed brain.
Faggot.
They advertise being able to play all of my favorite online console and PC games.
Except many have to run their own server (in fact they run server-client model as the base) and this becomes a big no-no, and thus I can't play these games.
Pisses me right off. I'm not paying for a SLOWER business class line which is more expensive and does NOT come with a 5-9 guarantee.
They should use tinier Long-Throw subwoofers so they can have the explosions be more lined up with the objects being destroyed, also a finer RGB LED array so that the explosions are more colorful.
I've got projects in the works that would combine space AND humanity welfare at the same time.
How about space-based farming where we have higher solar energy to collect using LED tech?
Would you put money to that? From where we farm in space, getting it to the intended destination would literally take an act of 'God' to stop.
A few spaceports here and there, and we could solve world hunger given the nearly-infinite (compared to earth) area we could farm in orbit.
Would that get you into space? I can give you all the stuf the other companies won't tel you, so we can discuss the merits and demerits of the idea.
You seem to be intelligent enough to understand what I'd say within a couple of minutes. What do you have to lose?
Let's take the internet losers, and show them how real world-changing technology is done.
Quit drinking Starbucks and get some real coffee from an ethnic market, you fool!
I like my coffee like I like my weed; Strong, ground-up, and easily converted into other substances with just a few basic chemicals!
"I like my coffee like my men - strong and black."
Not black but I'm strong as fuck. How about we hook up? As long as you're not fat, that is. I draw the line at 6'/240lbs
I like my men like I like my nature - quiet, present, useful for food, and available for me to use at any time.
"There is still the possibility to fix the government's wrongdoings"
Take your blinders off - that won't happen without extreme bloodshed against the entirety of the government staff, from alphabet agencies to the military to the local police.
And I bet you won't bother doing so. Which means you're part of the problem.
At least I earned my felonies standing up for you immigrants and the rest of the native population.
Sacrifice some freedom to gain more freedom, or shut the fuck up.
"The amount of poverty (or near-poverty) here compared to my home country (Australia) astounds me. Huge portions of the population barely getting by...the run-down infrastructure etc. Not to say there's not nice areas too ... but it's really inconsistent."
Welcome to our lack of forced-by-law nationalization of certain things, like healthcare and housing. You may have higher taxes and such in AUS, but you're actually better off than we are.
" Education seems a bit lacking too "
For America? Education has gone downhill since the early 90s. What I learned back in the 80s and 90s most new adults today don't know about, and it shows.
"On top of that, I don't feel any more (or less) free here than in Australia."
Wait a couple of years. Bet you'll change that train of thought FAST.
" The US is also far more censored - it's actually quite hilarious seeing what they blur out or beep out on TV here."
Welcome to part of the religious right takeover. What were you saying about freedom, again?
"Ironically, even though rights are arguably more strongly protected, on paper, in the US than Australia, it also seems that they are more regularly violated or infringed upon in the US too."
And that's due to the sudden drop in the education system. Civics and government courses are being wiped out almost as fast as classes on cursive handwriting.
"I do feel more 'monitored' here. More subject to suspicion, identification, verification."
Welcome to 1940's Germany again. You thought we got rid of this shit after WWII? Fuck no, Communism was right behind it. Better learn you some McCarthy.
"Every man and his dog asks you for ID or the ubiquitous SSN"
Because if we don't verify your identity and you do something bad, it's us on the hook more than you.
"I was prevented from doing basic things like buy some over-the-counter cold medicine (because I didn't have a US driver license ... they wouldn't accept a passport, even a US passport!) or open a checking account at a bank (because I have no credit record ... why does that matter when I'm not even trying to borrow any money!?)"
Because they think you're going to smuggle shit out to make methamphetamines, and on top of that, no credit record = you're fucking useless to our current banking system which runs RAMPANT based upon debt.
"Cops seem aggressive, paranoid and unfriendly here"
You better read more US-based news. Cops are fucking scum of the earth here, low-IQ yokels with nowhere else to go in life. Their only chance of retirement is to violate you every which way they can and make their career look good. (See Christopher Dorner.)
"It just feels ... very unwelcoming ... not like the America I expected."
Bet 10:1 you bought into the bullshit your own country allowed the USA to advertise over there.
"The other thing that really surprised me is the bloatedness and inefficiency of the government."
This surprised you? Tell me, just how ignorant are you of world happenings? Here in America, before it was nixed almost across the board (like cursive handwriting classes,) we used to have a 'current events' class.
"In the US, even getting a straight answer on what process you need to follow is hard!"
Because we made that information worth money.
"I love the ideals of America, but they differ greatly to the reality on the ground........ Can I just say that as someone who has just moved to the US four MONTHS (not years) ago, "
No, you may not. You're not even educated properly about this country. Blame your own country for that, because they're in bed with us. That you couldn't see that means you are just as much of a fool as 80% of this country.
Just speaking as a 31-year old NATIVE of the country. Your 4 months of DREAMS means nothing compared to a full-lifetime of living in this hellhole, across several states, and having done it all from prison time to poli