well thankfully SLi is a useless feature except for the most hardcore gfx enthusiasts.
i consider myself a gfx groupie but i wouldn't touch SLi with a 256ft pole. too much expense for too little return. gfx technology is moving too fast for SLI to become viable to more than a very small set of people.
you're also looking at extra cost in electricity in running 2 gfx cards. extra juice from the PSU is also required; meaning a more beefier unit which most people lack. it also takes up 2-4 slots total depending on the cards in question. it's a good option for the very few who have the money and willingness to go for it. otherwise, save up your money and in 6 months, you can buy a virtually similar performing card in a single slot solution.
if someone can find another reason to buy a motherboard with an extra high speed PCI-e slot... that's another story though.
industry wide as in all taiwanese brand capacitors. they stole part of the formula from a japanese company but couldn't figure out how to make it work well. or so i've read.
this problem has been pretty much worked out since apparently the reports of motherboards dying have mostly faded away in the past year or so.
to save a few pennies, they doomed millions of motherboards. i just love when they make quality products.
pass the damn costs onto the customers, don't scrimp and save and cut major corners!!
it's probably not a troll. just another user lacking insightful knowledge in the right context. it's not that legacy components are good but in his case he has no right to complain. a sub-ghz athlon, just upgraded his 9GB hd?
seems like by the time he gets around to upgrading his computer, Terabit ethernet would be long forgotten.
how can you "take" a copy, if it's still there afterwards?
in order for something to be stealing, it has to completely removed, either tangible or non. though people in general tend to take tangible more seriously.
to make a copy, by definition isn't stealing. it's copying. the original is still there.
hence the legal system has called this kind of illegal activity COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT.
oh btw, it's not just ms that sold us out to please hollywood/RIAA.
apple, intel, amd, ati, nvidia and a lot of other companies.
all forms of DRM is selling us out.
there are macrovision and HDCP in graphics products in case you didn't know why i mentioned ati/nvidia/etc. hell, even some "pragmatic" open source people are implementing it in linux.
so it's the whole electronics and computing industry.
do you think a sig change is warranted or should you simply ignore this post?
they dropped support for ppc because apple refused to provide them specs for the then new g3's. rather than reverse engineering it and getting in trouble with apple legal, they went ahead and moved the much friendlier (in terms of support) x86.
this is common knowledge, i mean if you follow BeOS related news.
it was also published in the BeOS Bible (i know, i have a copy).
as to your other comments, had BeOS not died financially, it would have continued to mature, adding in multi-user capabilities and it would have made an excellent server due to it's pervasive multi-threading and outstanding file system. i have no doubt it would have been a major player in the niche market at least. think of niche in terms of linux and mac os.
this was almost 5 years ago. 5 years is a lot of time in the computing world. where would BeOS be now had it continued to develop?
they didn't abandon it, apple refused to provide specs to them for the g3 machines. and they didn't want to reverse engineer the systems and maybe have to deal with apple legal. so they went to x86 where they had support from the get go and were even encouraged to write for that platform.
apple was even scared that many mac users wanted BeOS more than mac os. it was cooler than macs for the small amount of time it existed on the ppc world.
all good things must come to an end, sometimes prematurely.
current OSs are just now trying to implement the same things that beOS had many years ago. but the difference was that BeOS was built from the ground up for those features; they cannot be bolted on without serious compromises. massive multi-threading is the future and BeOS had it done well almost a decade ago. etc etc.
if it had lived, today it would be a huge leap, technologically ahead of competing systems. there weren't any serious flaws in the design. it would have continued to mature and incorporate more of the features that made other OS's popular.
calling it "homebrew" does a disservice to people who try to own their own property.
it's called Arbitrary Code Execution.
you wouldn't call programs written by non-corporate people as "homebrew", would you?
they're all just programs but full access to those devices are willfully denied to you, the true owner of the product. using legal and technical means to remove property rights is immoral and unethical.
if you want to rent devices, then call it renting and treat it accordingly. but if you sell something then after the fact prevent full access to it, that by definition is stealing. it should be illegal to engage in this disgusting business practice if it weren't for those meddling lobbyists and their pet congresscritters.
Gamepark just doesn't STEAL your access to your own hardware.
"homebrew" is a red herring. other manufacturers block access to your property through legal and technical means.
arbitrary code execution = "the right to read". that's the logical conclusion.
over the next 2-3 decades, DRM/Insidious Computing will creep its way through society (it's international) and will become more and more generally accepted.
enjoy these carefree days because your children won't be able to, not without paying a per-fee for everything.
want to take a picture of the run-down Statue of Liberty? sure, that'll be 20 bucks err credits. (why print worthless money when you can have worthless electronic credits instead).
being in the Eye of the Storm, it's hard to see where you are or where you're headed.
enjoy your DRM/Insidious lifestyle... unless you keep fighting back.
in the words of John Connor " there's no fate but what we make for ourselves". if you like having these artificial restrictions, then just keep it up. if on the other hand, you are reasonable, intelligent and have a lick of sense, you'll oppose it in all its forms.
no one is even remotely going to tell you that in the coming years we'll get LESS DRM. no, it will ONLY INCREASE. that is certain unless we fight those greedy sons of bitches who want to turn back the tide of property rights to the feudal age.
the most important first step is simply being mindful of the implications. it's virtually impossible to avoid DRM/Insidious Restrictions in this modern age unless you happen to live in a cave. so for now, enjoy the gadgets/computers/music/videos you already own. to deny geeks shiny electronic things is heresy and punishable by death. but i merely ask that you keep these matters in your immediate consciousness. when you buy that next gadget/shiny thing/etc try to remember what you are owed and what you are really getting through legal and technical restrictions imposed on you by the manufacturers.
that's the first step. knowledge and education is key. so pass on some information you have gathered from online resources to your friends and family. you don't have to sell it to them, just help them become aware of the sitauation a little bit more than they are. god knows the mainstream media won't tell them why DRM and Insidious Computing are not in their benefit.
remember, ALL DRM is about preventing the owner of the property in question from exercising their rights and preventing full access to what they legally and ethically own.
well the thing is, those kind of tactics and behavior isn't ethical for any company to engage in, let alone an illegal monopolist.
so i definitely don't condone bad business practices from any company, regardless of how i feel about them or their potential for monopoly etc.
but as you can see, the courts aren't doing a darn thing to change their ways. they're doing all the things they've been doing since they were "caught". the courts are obviously not doing their job but good luck trying to remedy that situation.
perhaps but it's very misleading... hence it's marketing/advertising.
just like how they misrepresent the size of the hard drives using the non-standard method of measuring. and also how they use different ways of determining the seek time, latency etc.
frankly people buy drives anyway... why lie about what they're really capable of.
can you take out your motherboard, cpu and upgrade to a newer mac?
that's what i mean by expansion.
so in order to get a really newer machine, you'd have to replace the core. and that isn't possible on the macs. so the fact that most pc "hobbyists" upgrade every year or two... they'd have to buy a whole new machine.
no macs really are expensive. notebook macs even more so. you get a lot less hardware for your money. and since building your own mac is out of the question, it isn't a red herring. it's not even an option. equivalent notebooks and desktops have less memory, less hard drive space, smaller LCD screens and less cpu speed for the same amount of money. it's not a myth... i just did a comparison very recently. you might like buying new machines every time you want a new computer but i certainly don't. apple won't allow businesses to sell motherboards and cpus that are mac compatible, i mean new ones not refurbished etc.
frankly i find it hard to believe apple doesn't allow stores to sell mac hardware (not complete systems) to expand their customer base. sure 75% of mac users will still buy the fully built systems from apple but what about people used to the open nature of the pc hardware industry? the answer i inevitably get is "apple doesn't care about you and you are insignificant (financially)" what a wonderful reason to migrate to a mac.
and apple taking extreme measures to make sure people who buy copies of OSX cannot install them on non-apple brand hardware just goes to show how far they'll go to prevent fair use. and yes, installing a purchased copy of osx on any hardware is indeed lawful and fair. yeah, new laws keep popping up every day saying you must abide by the wishes of the manufacturer... whatever. they are clearly not intended for the public benefit.
apple would do well to take on the slogan of burger king "have it your way". cause as far as i can remember, it has always been their way or the highway.
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yeah, it's cause they are ****suckers.
so i do agree with you.
being smart in this case, means being immoral and unethical.
yeah, owning one's property and having full access is good for "consumers"... go figure.
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then you bust them but to make some ignorant and deceptive excuse as to why you don't want people to modify their own property... that's the domain of shills and RIAA/MPAA marketing.
if it's your property, do with it as you please. but if your modification harms society or other people, except a big something to invade your sunless features.
modifying one's property almost never involves harming others, but when it does then the law can act.
sounds like the way console manufacturers prevent "piracy" under the guise of locking you out of your own hardware. in that case, no harm can even remotely fall on anyone else. games can be made to only play if they are genuine and it can be accomplished without locking you out of your property.
thank you for that information. i assumed incorrectly that at least this one spec from the manufacturer wasn't a complete and utter sham. now i shall remain ever more vigilant.
gee, one wonders if anything the manufacturers of products say is true.
LCD monitor manufacturers lie just about everything on the specs. Hard Drive manufacturers lie about an enormous amount about their products. software vendors lie a ton about their products and "fitness or lack of for a particular purpose" (then why the hell are you allowed to sell junk if you don't guarantee at least a minimum set of suitability).
and the list goes on and on.
now when i see 1 Million hours of MTBF i'll know it's just another piece of crap marketing/advertising lie.
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well thankfully SLi is a useless feature except for the most hardcore gfx enthusiasts.
i consider myself a gfx groupie but i wouldn't touch SLi with a 256ft pole. too much expense for too little return. gfx technology is moving too fast for SLI to become viable to more than a very small set of people.
you're also looking at extra cost in electricity in running 2 gfx cards. extra juice from the PSU is also required; meaning a more beefier unit which most people lack. it also takes up 2-4 slots total depending on the cards in question. it's a good option for the very few who have the money and willingness to go for it. otherwise, save up your money and in 6 months, you can buy a virtually similar performing card in a single slot solution.
if someone can find another reason to buy a motherboard with an extra high speed PCI-e slot... that's another story though.
industry wide as in all taiwanese brand capacitors. they stole part of the formula from a japanese company but couldn't figure out how to make it work well. or so i've read.
this problem has been pretty much worked out since apparently the reports of motherboards dying have mostly faded away in the past year or so.
to save a few pennies, they doomed millions of motherboards. i just love when they make quality products.
pass the damn costs onto the customers, don't scrimp and save and cut major corners!!
it's probably not a troll. just another user lacking insightful knowledge in the right context. it's not that legacy components are good but in his case he has no right to complain. a sub-ghz athlon, just upgraded his 9GB hd?
seems like by the time he gets around to upgrading his computer, Terabit ethernet would be long forgotten.
my, grandma. what an obfuscated URL you have.
these motherboards contain intel's DRM technology.
pass it on.
http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.aspx?i=2449
search for DRM in the above site for confirmation and some extra info.
yeah that's true.
teaching logic and reasoning on slashdot...
how can you "take" a copy, if it's still there afterwards?
in order for something to be stealing, it has to completely removed, either tangible or non. though people in general tend to take tangible more seriously.
to make a copy, by definition isn't stealing. it's copying. the original is still there.
hence the legal system has called this kind of illegal activity COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT.
oh btw, it's not just ms that sold us out to please hollywood/RIAA.
apple, intel, amd, ati, nvidia and a lot of other companies.
all forms of DRM is selling us out.
there are macrovision and HDCP in graphics products in case you didn't know why i mentioned ati/nvidia/etc. hell, even some "pragmatic" open source people are implementing it in linux.
so it's the whole electronics and computing industry.
do you think a sig change is warranted or should you simply ignore this post?
Mothers Against Copyright Cartels.
hmmm.
they dropped support for ppc because apple refused to provide them specs for the then new g3's. rather than reverse engineering it and getting in trouble with apple legal, they went ahead and moved the much friendlier (in terms of support) x86.
this is common knowledge, i mean if you follow BeOS related news.
it was also published in the BeOS Bible (i know, i have a copy).
as to your other comments, had BeOS not died financially, it would have continued to mature, adding in multi-user capabilities and it would have made an excellent server due to it's pervasive multi-threading and outstanding file system. i have no doubt it would have been a major player in the niche market at least. think of niche in terms of linux and mac os.
this was almost 5 years ago. 5 years is a lot of time in the computing world. where would BeOS be now had it continued to develop?
they didn't abandon it, apple refused to provide specs to them for the g3 machines. and they didn't want to reverse engineer the systems and maybe have to deal with apple legal. so they went to x86 where they had support from the get go and were even encouraged to write for that platform.
apple was even scared that many mac users wanted BeOS more than mac os. it was cooler than macs for the small amount of time it existed on the ppc world.
all good things must come to an end, sometimes prematurely.
current OSs are just now trying to implement the same things that beOS had many years ago. but the difference was that BeOS was built from the ground up for those features; they cannot be bolted on without serious compromises. massive multi-threading is the future and BeOS had it done well almost a decade ago. etc etc.
if it had lived, today it would be a huge leap, technologically ahead of competing systems. there weren't any serious flaws in the design. it would have continued to mature and incorporate more of the features that made other OS's popular.
you can also not financially support DRM by not buying inSECURE digital technology.
compact flash is cheaper and more robust and is free of Insidious Computing Inside. (pronounced icky).
so you support OPEN source but not OPEN hardware.
maybe you can change your alignment at a local shrine. i hear they don't charge for first timers.
it's not wise to prop up the rope companies who are looking to hang you.
calling it "homebrew" does a disservice to people who try to own their own property.
it's called Arbitrary Code Execution.
you wouldn't call programs written by non-corporate people as "homebrew", would you?
they're all just programs but full access to those devices are willfully denied to you, the true owner of the product. using legal and technical means to remove property rights is immoral and unethical.
if you want to rent devices, then call it renting and treat it accordingly. but if you sell something then after the fact prevent full access to it, that by definition is stealing. it should be illegal to engage in this disgusting business practice if it weren't for those meddling lobbyists and their pet congresscritters.
Gamepark just doesn't STEAL your access to your own hardware.
"homebrew" is a red herring. other manufacturers block access to your property through legal and technical means.
arbitrary code execution = "the right to read". that's the logical conclusion.
over the next 2-3 decades, DRM/Insidious Computing will creep its way through society (it's international) and will become more and more generally accepted.
enjoy these carefree days because your children won't be able to, not without paying a per-fee for everything.
want to take a picture of the run-down Statue of Liberty? sure, that'll be 20 bucks err credits. (why print worthless money when you can have worthless electronic credits instead).
being in the Eye of the Storm, it's hard to see where you are or where you're headed.
enjoy your DRM/Insidious lifestyle... unless you keep fighting back.
in the words of John Connor " there's no fate but what we make for ourselves". if you like having these artificial restrictions, then just keep it up. if on the other hand, you are reasonable, intelligent and have a lick of sense, you'll oppose it in all its forms.
no one is even remotely going to tell you that in the coming years we'll get LESS DRM. no, it will ONLY INCREASE. that is certain unless we fight those greedy sons of bitches who want to turn back the tide of property rights to the feudal age.
the most important first step is simply being mindful of the implications. it's virtually impossible to avoid DRM/Insidious Restrictions in this modern age unless you happen to live in a cave. so for now, enjoy the gadgets/computers/music/videos you already own. to deny geeks shiny electronic things is heresy and punishable by death. but i merely ask that you keep these matters in your immediate consciousness. when you buy that next gadget/shiny thing/etc try to remember what you are owed and what you are really getting through legal and technical restrictions imposed on you by the manufacturers.
that's the first step. knowledge and education is key. so pass on some information you have gathered from online resources to your friends and family. you don't have to sell it to them, just help them become aware of the sitauation a little bit more than they are. god knows the mainstream media won't tell them why DRM and Insidious Computing are not in their benefit.
http://www.eff.org/IP/DRM/
http://www.drmadness.com/
remember, ALL DRM is about preventing the owner of the property in question from exercising their rights and preventing full access to what they legally and ethically own.
neither do people who consider themselves having an IQ greater than 50.
well the thing is, those kind of tactics and behavior isn't ethical for any company to engage in, let alone an illegal monopolist.
so i definitely don't condone bad business practices from any company, regardless of how i feel about them or their potential for monopoly etc.
but as you can see, the courts aren't doing a darn thing to change their ways. they're doing all the things they've been doing since they were "caught". the courts are obviously not doing their job but good luck trying to remedy that situation.
perhaps but it's very misleading... hence it's marketing/advertising.
just like how they misrepresent the size of the hard drives using the non-standard method of measuring. and also how they use different ways of determining the seek time, latency etc.
frankly people buy drives anyway... why lie about what they're really capable of.
naughty vampire!
can you take out your motherboard, cpu and upgrade to a newer mac?
that's what i mean by expansion.
so in order to get a really newer machine, you'd have to replace the core. and that isn't possible on the macs. so the fact that most pc "hobbyists" upgrade every year or two... they'd have to buy a whole new machine.
no macs really are expensive. notebook macs even more so. you get a lot less hardware for your money. and since building your own mac is out of the question, it isn't a red herring. it's not even an option. equivalent notebooks and desktops have less memory, less hard drive space, smaller LCD screens and less cpu speed for the same amount of money. it's not a myth... i just did a comparison very recently. you might like buying new machines every time you want a new computer but i certainly don't. apple won't allow businesses to sell motherboards and cpus that are mac compatible, i mean new ones not refurbished etc.
frankly i find it hard to believe apple doesn't allow stores to sell mac hardware (not complete systems) to expand their customer base. sure 75% of mac users will still buy the fully built systems from apple but what about people used to the open nature of the pc hardware industry? the answer i inevitably get is "apple doesn't care about you and you are insignificant (financially)" what a wonderful reason to migrate to a mac.
and apple taking extreme measures to make sure people who buy copies of OSX cannot install them on non-apple brand hardware just goes to show how far they'll go to prevent fair use. and yes, installing a purchased copy of osx on any hardware is indeed lawful and fair. yeah, new laws keep popping up every day saying you must abide by the wishes of the manufacturer... whatever. they are clearly not intended for the public benefit.
apple would do well to take on the slogan of burger king "have it your way". cause as far as i can remember, it has always been their way or the highway.
yeah, it's cause they are ****suckers.
so i do agree with you.
being smart in this case, means being immoral and unethical.
yeah, owning one's property and having full access is good for "consumers"... go figure.
then you bust them but to make some ignorant and deceptive excuse as to why you don't want people to modify their own property... that's the domain of shills and RIAA/MPAA marketing.
if it's your property, do with it as you please. but if your modification harms society or other people, except a big something to invade your sunless features.
modifying one's property almost never involves harming others, but when it does then the law can act.
sounds like the way console manufacturers prevent "piracy" under the guise of locking you out of your own hardware. in that case, no harm can even remotely fall on anyone else. games can be made to only play if they are genuine and it can be accomplished without locking you out of your property.
same thing with cars and other products.
but it's fairly good at getting ad impressions, which is all it's designed to do.
most "reviews" on the web are are extremely basic done by people with little knowledge in the methodology of testing hardware/software.
it's useful in that it exemplifies how not to review products.
thank you for that information. i assumed incorrectly that at least this one spec from the manufacturer wasn't a complete and utter sham. now i shall remain ever more vigilant.
gee, one wonders if anything the manufacturers of products say is true.
LCD monitor manufacturers lie just about everything on the specs. Hard Drive manufacturers lie about an enormous amount about their products.
software vendors lie a ton about their products and "fitness or lack of for a particular purpose" (then why the hell are you allowed to sell junk if you don't guarantee at least a minimum set of suitability).
and the list goes on and on.
now when i see 1 Million hours of MTBF i'll know it's just another piece of crap marketing/advertising lie.
yep, more "honest commerce" at work.
i feel for you. i can't imagine how tough it must be that you can't afford a slashdot account.