Did you even read the summary? They mentioned using *TWO* Geforce 8800 Ultra graphics cards. From Nvidia's own technical specs, each 8800 Ultra uses up to 175 watts under load. Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_8_Series and look at the "Technical Summary" table if you don't believe me.
If you think that's bad, the new R600 series from ATI/AMD supposedly uses up to 270 watts.
The fact is, Uri Geller claims to be using supernatural powers, when in fact it's just illusion magic. Hense why people like James Randi are exposing him for the fraudster he is. If Uri Geller didn't lie and just admit he was a magician, then there would be no issue.
I'd have to agree. I've never even heard of James Randi before, or Uri Geller for that matter, but now I'm a huge Randi fan. Also, he's from Toronto, Canada, double plus good!
Personally, the most interesting feature of DX10 is the hardware virtualization, so programs can share the card. Should make it possible to play a game on one monitor while playing a movie on another, for example. Presumably these cards wouldn't have a problem with this...
Decent graphics cards have been able to do this for ages. My Radeon X1900XT can do this just fine while playing games in Windows XP, and I play games at 1650x1050 with max settings and 4xAA 8xAF, and I still have plenty of "juice" left over to power videos on my second monitor. Even my friend who has a slower PC than me, watches movies on 1 monitor and plays games on the other with his geforce 7800.
Cards from a year ago have been able to do this, without DirectX 10.
I mean really.. more then 500 bucks for a game machine? Thats is nuts. I really dont know too many people who spend so much money just to play video games.
You obviously haven't met many PC gamers...
I'm a bit of a hypocrite myself. On one hand, I balk at the price of a PS3, yet on the other hand, I spent $2500+ building and upgrading my gaming computer.
I still wouldn't risk buying an xbox 360. Nothing is more fustrating to me than having to return hardware (possibly several times), before I get a working unit.
Now, if they're deleting it after copying it, then it's stealing, and that'd be news.
Taking something without my permission is still considered stealing, it doesn't matter if it's a file that is still there afterwards. I don't copyright my personal files, so how could it be copyright infringement? The act of taking something that belongs to someone else without that persons permission is considered theft.
define:Theft (also known as stealing) is, in general, the wrongful taking of someone else's property without that person's willful consent.
First of all, they're not kids. They're at least young adults: junior and senior high school students who are interested in enrolling at the university. These are kids who are interested in going to a school that concentrates on engineering...
Even then, I don't think HDTV penetration will matter as much. I have an extremely nice 42" Pioneer plasma and DVD's look very good on it. Maybe I'm alone on this, but I don't feel the need to replace my dvd player and 150+ dvds for a whole new format, dvd is good enough for me.
(state system funded by everyone) + (private sector paid for by those who want to use it) > (state sector only) OR (private healthcare only)
I'm not so sure about that. There's already doctor and specialist shortages here in Canada in the public health sector, the last thing we need is more health care practitioners leaving for the private sector. All that would do is reduce the level of care delivered in the public sector while people who could afford it would get better care in the private sector. That goes against everything (most) Canadians stand for, in that everyone has the right to the same level of health care, rich or poor. I really hope the Canadian government and individual provinces fight off companies that seek to profit off of peoples health. Privatizing health care will only hurt the public system in the long run.
On a side note, that's exactly what happened to public schools here in Ontario after the government started funding Catholic schools, the quality of public education went down hill. Why the hell do private catholic schools get government funding? That money would be better served going to help public schools. Hopefully they stop funding catholic schools in the near future (http://www.thestar.com/article/223079)
I'm a Canadian citizen, and as far as I know, our health coverage is at the Provincial level... For example I carry an OHIP card in my wallet (stands for Ontario Health Insurance Plan).
The Canadian government sets health-care standards for the whole country while the provincial ministries of health run the health care system. In general, Medicare is paid for through taxes. Three provinces (British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario) however, charge premiums.
So it's up to the individual provinces to run the health care system, which explains why I have an Ontario Health Insurance Plan card and not a Canadian-HIP card.
In general, the Ontario health care system is very good. I'm well aware of the system since I've required treatment on several occasions over my life time. One thing I find lacking is mental health professionals (I suffer from chronic depression, anxiety, stress, etc..) and I have trouble finding good care in my area (I could drive to Toronto, but that's 30-45min each way). Also, there has been recent government cutbacks (no more free eye exams for example). Things like prescription drugs and dental aren't covered either, but luckily my mom works at a company that provides dental and drug coverage to make up for that.
Overall, I'm happy with most of the services provided. I've had some serious stomach issues over the last 7 years and I've required several tests (endoscopes, ultrasound, etc..). The average wait times for these tests was 1-3 months. I've also had MRIs and CAT scans for a seperate head issue and the wait time for those was around a month (since it wasn't a serious problem). So ya, wait times could be better. But since I wasn't dying, it wasn't critical and people with more serious issues got priority over me.
I think one problem is your average non-technical consumer wants to use a 64 bit OS with his or her new 64 bit processor. People assume that they need a 64bit operating system in order for their new 64 bit cpu to work at its full potential or ever work at all. People want the "latest and greatest" and have no real insight into some of the limitations of 64bit Windows.
Who's to blame? Microsoft for feeding us half supported 64bit operating systems or the software vendors for not supporting it? Either way, the average consumer suffers because of it.
I'd agree about the Apple DRM. On one hand they want to sell DRM-free music (since they didn't make the music, they don't care), and on the other hand, they sell DRM-laden hardware and software since they want to maintain control. A bit hypocritical, no?
We've given-up supporting Windows with our newest products because Microsoft will not allow our drivers to be installed into Vista because we make a health-care product that they are going to attempt to compete against in the near future.
If that's true, that's anti-competitive... time to contact the DOJ and/or your company lawyers.
AGP?
AMD's realised that whilst PCIe makes the most implicit sense as the conduit of choice, there's still a huge AGP market that wants to leverage the benefits of a DX10 architecture that's also strong with respect to multimedia. That's why, the firm states, AGP-equipped models will be released by partners a short while after today's announcement. The cost may go up a touch, thanks to the need for a bridging chip, but it's a wise move designed for mass-market appeal.
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There are two primary types of addictions that I'm aware of, substance addiction (drugs, alcohol, etc..) and process addiction (gambling, shopping, etc..) A gaming addiction would be a process addiction.
So you are correct when you said "Gaming addiction != Alcoholism", but it's still a form of addiction (just not a substance addiction).
But this time was different... (Don't get your hopes up, it wasn't different in a good way. I was on the phone with a Microsoft offshore call center, remember?) Not only was my personal system down, but apparently their whole call center system was down. They were unable to validate my install and told me I'd need to call back later after they got their system back up and running. Apparently there was no other backup call center online, I simply had to hang up and call back another time when their system was back up.
I had this exact same problem trying to activate a copy of XP over the phone a couple months ago. The automated system never works, I always enter the long series of numbers, it fails and I get forwarded to a live indian tech support. One time I was told to "call back in 30 minutes" because their systems were down at the time.
A "limited hangout" is a form of deception, misdirection, or coverup often associated with intelligence agencies involving a release or "mea culpa" type of confession of only part of a set of previously hidden sensitive information, that establishes credibility for the one releasing the information who by the very act of confession appears to be "coming clean" and acting with integrity; but in actuality by withholding key facts is protecting a deeper crime and those who could be exposed if the whole truth came out.
"Between 1963 and 1973, the CIA funded research in some institutions, apparently including academic institutions, on the general subject of behavioral modification. According to Colby, these activities included the participation -- on a "unwitting basis" -- of some U. S. citizens, who were not told of the true nature of the testing. The examples given by Colby was that of a pole put in the middle of a sidewalk, with peoples' observations recorded as to which side of the pole they would walk. Apparently, some of the other testing also included reactions to certain drugs, although it is not known whether any "unwitting" individuals were used with respect to that type of experiment. In response to a question from LHS, Colby and Warner indicated they would provide more information on these activities, but that their own knowledge of them was very limited at this point."
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Did you even read the summary? They mentioned using *TWO* Geforce 8800 Ultra graphics cards. From Nvidia's own technical specs, each 8800 Ultra uses up to 175 watts under load. Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_8_Series and look at the "Technical Summary" table if you don't believe me.
If you think that's bad, the new R600 series from ATI/AMD supposedly uses up to 270 watts.
The fact is, Uri Geller claims to be using supernatural powers, when in fact it's just illusion magic. Hense why people like James Randi are exposing him for the fraudster he is. If Uri Geller didn't lie and just admit he was a magician, then there would be no issue.
I'd have to agree. I've never even heard of James Randi before, or Uri Geller for that matter, but now I'm a huge Randi fan. Also, he's from Toronto, Canada, double plus good!
Decent graphics cards have been able to do this for ages. My Radeon X1900XT can do this just fine while playing games in Windows XP, and I play games at 1650x1050 with max settings and 4xAA 8xAF, and I still have plenty of "juice" left over to power videos on my second monitor. Even my friend who has a slower PC than me, watches movies on 1 monitor and plays games on the other with his geforce 7800.
Cards from a year ago have been able to do this, without DirectX 10.
You obviously haven't met many PC gamers...
I'm a bit of a hypocrite myself. On one hand, I balk at the price of a PS3, yet on the other hand, I spent $2500+ building and upgrading my gaming computer.
I still wouldn't risk buying an xbox 360. Nothing is more fustrating to me than having to return hardware (possibly several times), before I get a working unit.
Taking something without my permission is still considered stealing, it doesn't matter if it's a file that is still there afterwards. I don't copyright my personal files, so how could it be copyright infringement? The act of taking something that belongs to someone else without that persons permission is considered theft.
define:Theft (also known as stealing) is, in general, the wrongful taking of someone else's property without that person's willful consent.
Well...which one is it?
Sounds like entrapment to me.
Even then, I don't think HDTV penetration will matter as much. I have an extremely nice 42" Pioneer plasma and DVD's look very good on it. Maybe I'm alone on this, but I don't feel the need to replace my dvd player and 150+ dvds for a whole new format, dvd is good enough for me.
On a side note, that's exactly what happened to public schools here in Ontario after the government started funding Catholic schools, the quality of public education went down hill. Why the hell do private catholic schools get government funding? That money would be better served going to help public schools. Hopefully they stop funding catholic schools in the near future (http://www.thestar.com/article/223079)
This site explains the benefits of Canadian health insurance to "newcomers": http://secure.vec.bc.ca/health-care-canada.cfm
So it's up to the individual provinces to run the health care system, which explains why I have an Ontario Health Insurance Plan card and not a Canadian-HIP card.
In general, the Ontario health care system is very good. I'm well aware of the system since I've required treatment on several occasions over my life time. One thing I find lacking is mental health professionals (I suffer from chronic depression, anxiety, stress, etc..) and I have trouble finding good care in my area (I could drive to Toronto, but that's 30-45min each way). Also, there has been recent government cutbacks (no more free eye exams for example). Things like prescription drugs and dental aren't covered either, but luckily my mom works at a company that provides dental and drug coverage to make up for that.
Overall, I'm happy with most of the services provided. I've had some serious stomach issues over the last 7 years and I've required several tests (endoscopes, ultrasound, etc..). The average wait times for these tests was 1-3 months. I've also had MRIs and CAT scans for a seperate head issue and the wait time for those was around a month (since it wasn't a serious problem). So ya, wait times could be better. But since I wasn't dying, it wasn't critical and people with more serious issues got priority over me.
I think one problem is your average non-technical consumer wants to use a 64 bit OS with his or her new 64 bit processor. People assume that they need a 64bit operating system in order for their new 64 bit cpu to work at its full potential or ever work at all. People want the "latest and greatest" and have no real insight into some of the limitations of 64bit Windows.
Who's to blame? Microsoft for feeding us half supported 64bit operating systems or the software vendors for not supporting it? Either way, the average consumer suffers because of it.
I'd agree about the Apple DRM. On one hand they want to sell DRM-free music (since they didn't make the music, they don't care), and on the other hand, they sell DRM-laden hardware and software since they want to maintain control. A bit hypocritical, no?
On their support page, they indicate that "64-bit editions of Windows are not supported".
Date Created: June 19, 2007 Date Modified: June 27, 2007
That page was modified on Friday (release date), maybe they added that tidbit after some complaints on release day? Just a wild guess...
I already mentioned this in another thread, but take a look at the iPhone: Minimum system requirements page
1. 64-bit editions of Windows are not supported
Not sure if Apple added this after the fact or whether this little tidbit of information was there all along...
I don't know if Apple recently updated this site, but take a look at the iPhone: Minimum system requirements page.
Specifically, it says at the bottom of the "Microsoft Windows Requirements" table:
1. 64-bit editions of Windows are not supported
If that's true, that's anti-competitive... time to contact the DOJ and/or your company lawyers.
See this blog: http://shawn-news.blogspot.com/2007/06/my-sugary-c anadian-coca-cola.html
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Or a direct link to the image of the Coke can with ingredients: http://bp3.blogger.com/_yepdryo6x-A/RmbpSd3a7OI/A
Looks like Canadian Coke uses sugar.
There are two primary types of addictions that I'm aware of, substance addiction (drugs, alcohol, etc..) and process addiction (gambling, shopping, etc..) A gaming addiction would be a process addiction.
So you are correct when you said "Gaming addiction != Alcoholism", but it's still a form of addiction (just not a substance addiction).
I had this exact same problem trying to activate a copy of XP over the phone a couple months ago. The automated system never works, I always enter the long series of numbers, it fails and I get forwarded to a live indian tech support. One time I was told to "call back in 30 minutes" because their systems were down at the time.
Actually....yes (althought very briefly). From the last paragraph on page 3 of http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB222/fam
"Between 1963 and 1973, the CIA funded research in some institutions, apparently including academic institutions, on the general subject of behavioral modification. According to Colby, these activities included the participation -- on a "unwitting basis" -- of some U. S. citizens, who were not told of the true nature of the testing. The examples given by Colby was that of a pole put in the middle of a sidewalk, with peoples' observations recorded as to which side of the pole they would walk. Apparently, some of the other testing also included reactions to certain drugs, although it is not known whether any "unwitting" individuals were used with respect to that type of experiment. In response to a question from LHS, Colby and Warner indicated they would provide more information on these activities, but that their own knowledge of them was very limited at this point."