Yeah, fuck you mars, you're crappy tectonics aren't nowhere near as goods as ours, and don't even think about copying our plate movements because we're patenting them.
Their analysis of the RightMark audio benchmarks are also complete fail, they do not seem to either understand the Decibel scale / they can't read a graph / they don't understand the limits of human hearing or how Psychoacoustics fit in with the graph.
check out the Xonar DGX in the frequency response plot. Again, it starts dropping at lower frequencies than the competition
A less than 1/2 a Hz difference in a 10,000Hz frequency is not going to be audible, stupid people.
And:
Also worth noting: the higher noise and distortion exhibited by the integrated audio in several of the graphs.
The only way you'd actually hear any of the noise is if your amp+speakers where out-putting at ~150Db but not playing any sound (noise only), unlikely I think.
As for the distortion level, it's far too small to be humanly perceptible.
Actually their RightMark audio analysis's don't show this at all, frequency response, THD, noise, are all so close between devices that a human wouldn't be able to tell the difference between them, the ignoramuses at TechReport however don't know how to read the graphs/understand the limit of human hearing and came to erroneous conclusions.
Their section on different peoples opinion of the various audio devices does not state the result of the blind listening test and so is useless, why even bother with tests that are not blind?
I bought a nice 520W Corsair PSU has lasted well for years now, only audible if you stick your ear next to it.
With a ASRock Z77 Extreme4 - has THX certified sound out, which I was a little skeptical of but it does seem to eliminate motherboard interference noise
Previously when using a cheap mobo audio, a browser page being scrolled up and down would cause noise, maybe not noticeable with small speakers but very obvious when connected to an amp + large speakers.
Of course it is 'Digital Rights Management' because it affects your *right* to *manage* your *digital* equipment, there's no two ways about it, secure boot very much affects your ability to use any software you like and to use your machine how you want to. If that's not DRM then nothing is.
I was bored, decided to throw some viruses in a VM and see what it took to root them out without AV. I found several quickly by downloading the newest keygens and cracks off of pirate bay, so it depends on where you get your warez from I guess. noCD cracks often have trojans.
If boring, repetitive quests and lack of challenge is your thing, sure you'll have a great fun playing Oblivion.
So you didn't do the Mages Guild quests then, or the divines quests, a lot of uniqueness there. If you rushed to complete the game's main storyline then you're doing it wrong.
So if Oblivion is not interesting then what single player game is?
Or perhaps you are the 1 in a hundred person who hates Oblivion when everyone else, myself included thinks the game is brilliant, I think it was more fun than Skyrim (fights too balanced and orchestrated - you can always win).
No, of course you're right, the rest of the world is delusional and millions of people just imagined having great fun playing Oblivion.
How did your drivel get modded up? Have you been living in a cave for the last decade, if you actually read the news you might have noticed the continuous stream of stories about improvements in battery technology.
The anti-new-energy-technology mindset on Slashdot is just sad, thankfully this doesn't matter because renewable energy is catching up pricewise with fossil fuels and large-scale energy storage is feasible. Renewables are the future whether nuclear and fossil fuel loving slashdot ignoramuses like it or not.
I had a strong password "sXbi51VN" and I don't use yahoo voice and I checked out ok with the compromise database but my password was still changed! Got the account back thankfully.
So you tell me, if the lines are super-conducting and/or you using a couple of 10,500Kw (electric) trains and you settle for going 4000km/h after 15 min's instead of 3 min's, and a vacuum removes the air resistance and mag-Lev removes rolling resistance so perhaps the idea is feasible.
And correct me if I'm wrong but the 'have to lift itself above a rail.' is done by magnetism and saves energy overall.
The real problem actually seems to be the cost of creating thousands of miles of expensive track in an airtight tube and how to deal with sudden loss of vacuum.
It would take 3 minutes to get to that speed with a constant 1G acceleration and require a 17MW output engine, and would travel 160km while getting up to speed.
You say that like it's a bad thing.
After a hundred miles it's probably used under $200 worth of energy, and 3 minutes!! really - why not chill out and take 10-15 minutes instead.
Copyright law was written to ensure the artist was rewarded for their work and encouraged to create more, do you feel that The Beatles have not been adequately recompensed?
I now have 16gb ram, previously I had 4gb - why would I not want Firefox to use this? I don't get this strange aversion to using RAM that Slashdotters have.
If someone wants to test how Firefox works on low-memory systems then do that but don't moan about having gigs of ram which get used, that's just silly.
I don't think the hostility is towards progress, I think it is against statements that are highly likely untrue and insult our nerd intelligences, with statements like 'And as the whole unit spins, you aren't going to get dust build up (ever)' and 'in the order of 30x more efficient than your typical heatsink-fan setup'
If it where in the order of 30x more efficient then why isn't it 1/10th of the size? What do they regard as a 'typical heatsink-fan' setup? etc, '30x more efficient' sounds like bs, the article and Sandia seem to offer very little in the way of actual benchmarks and hard facts.
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Mars is at a primitive stage of plate tectonics.
Yeah, fuck you mars, you're crappy tectonics aren't nowhere near as goods as ours, and don't even think about copying our plate movements because we're patenting them.
Just support both and see which wins, as long as the standards are good ones and not crap like Open XML.
I find this page handy:
http://www.behardware.com/articles/843-1/components-returns-rates.html
The site gets these statistics from time to time.
Their analysis of the RightMark audio benchmarks are also complete fail, they do not seem to either understand the Decibel scale / they can't read a graph / they don't understand the limits of human hearing or how Psychoacoustics fit in with the graph.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychoacoustics
For instance:
check out the Xonar DGX in the frequency response plot. Again, it starts dropping at lower frequencies than the competition
A less than 1/2 a Hz difference in a 10,000Hz frequency is not going to be audible, stupid people.
And:
Also worth noting: the higher noise and distortion exhibited by the integrated audio in several of the graphs.
The only way you'd actually hear any of the noise is if your amp+speakers where out-putting at ~150Db but not playing any sound (noise only), unlikely I think.
As for the distortion level, it's far too small to be humanly perceptible.
Actually their RightMark audio analysis's don't show this at all, frequency response, THD, noise, are all so close between devices that a human wouldn't be able to tell the difference between them, the ignoramuses at TechReport however don't know how to read the graphs/understand the limit of human hearing and came to erroneous conclusions.
Their section on different peoples opinion of the various audio devices does not state the result of the blind listening test and so is useless, why even bother with tests that are not blind?
I bought a nice 520W Corsair PSU has lasted well for years now, only audible if you stick your ear next to it.
With a ASRock Z77 Extreme4 - has THX certified sound out, which I was a little skeptical of but it does seem to eliminate motherboard interference noise
Previously when using a cheap mobo audio, a browser page being scrolled up and down would cause noise, maybe not noticeable with small speakers but very obvious when connected to an amp + large speakers.
Not a cheap mobo / you get what you pay for.
Of course it is 'Digital Rights Management' because it affects your *right* to *manage* your *digital* equipment, there's no two ways about it, secure boot very much affects your ability to use any software you like and to use your machine how you want to. If that's not DRM then nothing is.
"Your PC is now Stoned!"
I was bored, decided to throw some viruses in a VM and see what it took to root them out without AV. I found several quickly by downloading the newest keygens and cracks off of pirate bay, so it depends on where you get your warez from I guess. noCD cracks often have trojans.
If boring, repetitive quests and lack of challenge is your thing, sure you'll have a great fun playing Oblivion.
So you didn't do the Mages Guild quests then, or the divines quests, a lot of uniqueness there. If you rushed to complete the game's main storyline then you're doing it wrong.
So if Oblivion is not interesting then what single player game is?
In -15 mobile phones and cameras last only very short time comared to room temperature.
Hmmm, better stop storing my phone in the freezer then.
Or perhaps you are the 1 in a hundred person who hates Oblivion when everyone else, myself included thinks the game is brilliant, I think it was more fun than Skyrim (fights too balanced and orchestrated - you can always win).
No, of course you're right, the rest of the world is delusional and millions of people just imagined having great fun playing Oblivion.
Why do you hate it anyway?
How did your drivel get modded up? Have you been living in a cave for the last decade, if you actually read the news you might have noticed the continuous stream of stories about improvements in battery technology.
The anti-new-energy-technology mindset on Slashdot is just sad, thankfully this doesn't matter because renewable energy is catching up pricewise with fossil fuels and large-scale energy storage is feasible. Renewables are the future whether nuclear and fossil fuel loving slashdot ignoramuses like it or not.
I had a strong password "sXbi51VN" and I don't use yahoo voice and I checked out ok with the compromise database but my password was still changed! Got the account back thankfully.
So you tell me, if the lines are super-conducting and/or you using a couple of 10,500Kw (electric) trains and you settle for going 4000km/h after 15 min's instead of 3 min's, and a vacuum removes the air resistance and mag-Lev removes rolling resistance so perhaps the idea is feasible.
And correct me if I'm wrong but the 'have to lift itself above a rail.' is done by magnetism and saves energy overall.
The real problem actually seems to be the cost of creating thousands of miles of expensive track in an airtight tube and how to deal with sudden loss of vacuum.
It would take 3 minutes to get to that speed with a constant 1G acceleration and require a 17MW output engine, and would travel 160km while getting up to speed.
You say that like it's a bad thing.
After a hundred miles it's probably used under $200 worth of energy, and 3 minutes!! really - why not chill out and take 10-15 minutes instead.
How many MW output does a normal train have?
http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2001/RadmilaIlyayeva.shtml
6-7.5MW looks like the norm.
Copyright law was written to ensure the artist was rewarded for their work and encouraged to create more, do you feel that The Beatles have not been adequately recompensed?
I live in the UK, so I'm just going to send my toenails to Her Majesty the Queen instead, Royal Mail will do this for a much better price.
I now have 16gb ram, previously I had 4gb - why would I not want Firefox to use this? I don't get this strange aversion to using RAM that Slashdotters have.
If someone wants to test how Firefox works on low-memory systems then do that but don't moan about having gigs of ram which get used, that's just silly.
What are you, 9?
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/USA_wars
Don't tell me democracies don't like wars, USA is a massive warmonger, if that psycho Romney gets in you'll probably go to war with Iran.
Just bought a years worth, at only £3.63 per month even a UK unemployed person could afford that.
Screw the governments monitoring, we didn't elect them to act like East Germany's Stasi.
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I don't think the hostility is towards progress, I think it is against statements that are highly likely untrue and insult our nerd intelligences, with statements like 'And as the whole unit spins, you aren't going to get dust build up (ever)' and 'in the order of 30x more efficient than your typical heatsink-fan setup'
If it where in the order of 30x more efficient then why isn't it 1/10th of the size? What do they regard as a 'typical heatsink-fan' setup? etc, '30x more efficient' sounds like bs, the article and Sandia seem to offer very little in the way of actual benchmarks and hard facts.
Article is completely off-topic
Join the free bit of the site (community), signup for the vulnerability list in the profile page.
Example:
http://secunia.com/advisories/49457/
They send 10-20 emails a day approx, easy enough to filter them to delete the irrelevant ones etc.
Fuck sorry, as a cyclist I want people paying attention to what they're doing on the road, most of the time 'sorry' just does not cut it.