If you are going to do that, why don't you just record the down-rezed to 480p content coming out of it? That's the same resolution as today's dvd
The point is to watch the movie in HD (i.e 1080p). Why would anyone spend thousands on a HDTV, HD-DVD player & HD-DVD movies just so that they can watch the "down-rezed to 480p content". If he wanted dvd resolution, he wouldn't have bought a HDTV or HD-DVD setup.
Looking at that wiki link, I see that one of the divers was "Jacques Piccard". I wonder if the STNG writers actually got the idea for the captains name from him.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Piccard
You raise a good point, but I don't listen to conventional bands that would fall under the RIAA's umbrella. I listen to DJ sets recorded from live events or via the radio (BBC Radio One for example). I listen to Anabolic Frolic for example, he has recently starting putting his entire collection online, for free, for everyone to enjoy.
I don't buy RIAA music nor will I listen to it, there are plenty of other artists out there to choose from. If I didn't have severe anxiety and agoraphobia, I would actually pay for tickets to go to an Anabolic Frolic event/party and support him that way, if only I was physically able to..
The attack was juvenile, certainly, but flying off the handle and trying to smother it was the worst thing that he could have possibly done.
I would agree. If the husband didn't bring up the DMCA charges, I bet no one here would have ever heard about this story. Thanks to the husbands antics, he caused the opposite effect of what he was going after, largely increasing the viewership of said video. I almost feel bad for his wife...almost.
I got a threatening email from my ISP & The ESA a few months ago. Basically I got caught red handed downloading a game via BitTorrent (was a torrent from TorrentSpy). But nothing ever happened to me, all they did was send my ISP a threatening email, which they forwarded to me.
I don't think I've tried to download a game since then, I rather play it safe for a while (I guess the ESA's tactics worked). I just stick to music now, since us Canadians already pay for our music through blank CD fees (RIAA can't sue us because of double dipping laws here in Canada).
DJ Drama and DJ Cannon we're recently arrested on January 17 for selling illegal CDs on the internet. His recording studio has been raided for investigation. All the CD waiting to be sold will be destroyed while the other CD and mixtapes are being confiscated for investigation. His official website has been shut down until further investigation.
Not only did the RIAA use cops (supposedely a SWAT team), to break into this guys studio, they are also destroying the evidence?
To be fair, the United States is the one starting a new arms race. USA backed out of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in 2002. USA plans to put weapons in space, etc..
The US government reminds me of 'Tweek' from South Park, but with a gun. Perhaps if the US government changed their appauling foreign policies, they wouldn't be so 'tweeked' out about people coming to kill them. I don't know about you, but living in a constant state of fear and anxiety isn't fun. Maybe that's the plan, get everyone so scared and anxious that anti-anxiety medication sales go through the roof! I think I just found step 3...
I use http://www.gamerankings.com/ they're way better than those annoying review sites like IGN or Gamespy. They compile the scores from all the various review websites (like IGN or Gamespy) in an easily readable format. It's by far the best site for game reviews, you can see what all the different review sites are saying in one place, and find user reviews, etc..
Funny that you mention System Shock, because a "spiritual successor" to System Shock is currently being developed, it's called Bio Shock. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioshock
Yes, SCSI drives run hotter and use more power than a consumer drive. A typical consumer drive runs at 7200rpm, while a 15k SCSI drive is over double that, at 15000rpm (they are quite a bit louder too).
According to this review, the Savvio 2.5" 15K drive uses less power than older 10K drives. Also, it is twice as quiet as previous 10K models, that's pretty impressive IMO.
These drives aren't cheap either, the 36GB version goes for around $450 while the 73GB version goes for around $840.
Higher capacity = lower speed. Most SCSI drives sacrifice capacity for higher speed.
They probably have smaller platters, and also, less total platters in the drive. This means the drive has a smaller capacity, but the read head has the advantage of not having to move as far across the disk to read data, reducing latency and increasing performance (AFAIK).
And here is some anecdotal evidence to counter your claim that Western Digital drives suck.
I have 4 250gig WD SATA drives (all model WD2500KS). I've had 2 of them for a year and not a single issue. Recently I bought two more and I've had them set up in a RAID0 array for the past 3 months without any problems. I use Acronis True Image just in case, but I haven't had to restore any images yet... IMO, these western digital drives are great, they are fast and quiet, and they cost less than $90 a piece.
One major problem I've seen is people with crappy power supplies causing hard drive corruption. If your power supply isn't able to keep your hard drive(s) powered correctly, you can have corruption, blue screens of death, etc.. It's pretty important to have a good PSU that delivers stable power across all rails. A bad power supply won't be able to keep your drives powered at all times, causing data loss, etc..
Both are incorrect. The current PCIe spec allows for 250 megabytes/sec per lane, or 8 gigabytes/sec over all 32 lanes. The new PCIe 2.0 spec doubles that to 500 megabytes/sec per lane, or 16 gigabytes/sec over all 32 lanes.
So a x16 connector can transfer data at up to 8 gigabytes per second, not 16 gigabits or gigabytes per second.
Each x1 lane of PCIe 1.1 offers a 250MB/s transfer rate, which puts a x16 link like the ones that host some GPUs at 4GB/s. The new PCIe 2.0 spec will double the per-lane speed to 500MB/s, boosting a x16 link to 8GB/s.
I've seen him on Discovery Channel several times, he is definitely a bit looney, but he has also produced some pretty cool inventions, like his fire paste.
Why they even bother? Notebooks and rack servers have won.
So you're suggesting that I use a notebook or a server rack as a Home Theatre PC (HTPC). I'm sure a notebook would look great sitting on the floor next to my TV...
Seriously though, this would make an awesome HTPC. Like I pointed out in a previous post, AMD can use ATI All-In-Wonder cards to build a sweet HTPC/PVR setup. AMD made the right decision here, they are entering a "new" market which Intel doesn't control. Intel might be winning right now in the high-end desktop market thanks to Core 2 Duo, but AMD is winning in the budget market.
All these posts about how this won't catch on don't see the big picture. DTX isn't meant to compete with current desktops....That's because it's not supposed to, it's a completely different market!!
I wonder if AMD plans on entering the HTPC market anytime soon.. Now that AMD owns ATI, they can utilize ATI All-In-Wonder cards to build a complete PVR or HTPC setup. Imagine a low cost machine that comes with something like MythTV preloaded. *Drool*
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Looking at that wiki link, I see that one of the divers was "Jacques Piccard". I wonder if the STNG writers actually got the idea for the captains name from him. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Piccard
You raise a good point, but I don't listen to conventional bands that would fall under the RIAA's umbrella. I listen to DJ sets recorded from live events or via the radio (BBC Radio One for example). I listen to Anabolic Frolic for example, he has recently starting putting his entire collection online, for free, for everyone to enjoy.
Anabolic Frolic's myspace page
Anabolic's Happy 2B Hardcore Chapters 1 to 7 (This is some of the best Happy Hardcore...ever)
Anabolic's Hullabaloo Collection (Amazing collection of classic rave events, from 1997 to 1999)
Anabolic Frolic & Silver1 HappyHour.com Radio Archives (8GB torrent, around 140 radio sets from 2000 to 2004, most are very good quality sound (128kbit mp3s), but some are lower quality Real Audio files)
I don't buy RIAA music nor will I listen to it, there are plenty of other artists out there to choose from. If I didn't have severe anxiety and agoraphobia, I would actually pay for tickets to go to an Anabolic Frolic event/party and support him that way, if only I was physically able to..
I would agree. If the husband didn't bring up the DMCA charges, I bet no one here would have ever heard about this story. Thanks to the husbands antics, he caused the opposite effect of what he was going after, largely increasing the viewership of said video. I almost feel bad for his wife...almost.
I got a threatening email from my ISP & The ESA a few months ago. Basically I got caught red handed downloading a game via BitTorrent (was a torrent from TorrentSpy). But nothing ever happened to me, all they did was send my ISP a threatening email, which they forwarded to me.
I don't think I've tried to download a game since then, I rather play it safe for a while (I guess the ESA's tactics worked). I just stick to music now, since us Canadians already pay for our music through blank CD fees (RIAA can't sue us because of double dipping laws here in Canada).
Not only did the RIAA use cops (supposedely a SWAT team), to break into this guys studio, they are also destroying the evidence?
Unbelievable...
To be fair, the United States is the one starting a new arms race. USA backed out of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in 2002. USA plans to put weapons in space, etc..
The US government reminds me of 'Tweek' from South Park, but with a gun. Perhaps if the US government changed their appauling foreign policies, they wouldn't be so 'tweeked' out about people coming to kill them. I don't know about you, but living in a constant state of fear and anxiety isn't fun. Maybe that's the plan, get everyone so scared and anxious that anti-anxiety medication sales go through the roof! I think I just found step 3...
I use http://www.gamerankings.com/ they're way better than those annoying review sites like IGN or Gamespy. They compile the scores from all the various review websites (like IGN or Gamespy) in an easily readable format. It's by far the best site for game reviews, you can see what all the different review sites are saying in one place, and find user reviews, etc..
See the gamerankings page for Dark Messiah
Avg Ratio: 74%
Based On 43 Media Outlets
I have a lot of old beige computer cases that are now yellowish, I always assumed they turned yellow from prolonged exposure to the Sun.
Why don't you just uncheck Internet Explorer 7 from Windows Update? No more annoying popup windows asking you to update...
EA purchased Bullfrog around 1995, ever since then Bullfrog has been dead IMO. Yet another great game company swallowed and killed by EA...
Funny that you mention System Shock, because a "spiritual successor" to System Shock is currently being developed, it's called Bio Shock. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioshock
Yes, SCSI drives run hotter and use more power than a consumer drive. A typical consumer drive runs at 7200rpm, while a 15k SCSI drive is over double that, at 15000rpm (they are quite a bit louder too).
According to this review, the Savvio 2.5" 15K drive uses less power than older 10K drives. Also, it is twice as quiet as previous 10K models, that's pretty impressive IMO.
These drives aren't cheap either, the 36GB version goes for around $450 while the 73GB version goes for around $840.
Higher capacity = lower speed. Most SCSI drives sacrifice capacity for higher speed.
They probably have smaller platters, and also, less total platters in the drive. This means the drive has a smaller capacity, but the read head has the advantage of not having to move as far across the disk to read data, reducing latency and increasing performance (AFAIK).
And here is some anecdotal evidence to counter your claim that Western Digital drives suck.
I have 4 250gig WD SATA drives (all model WD2500KS). I've had 2 of them for a year and not a single issue. Recently I bought two more and I've had them set up in a RAID0 array for the past 3 months without any problems. I use Acronis True Image just in case, but I haven't had to restore any images yet... IMO, these western digital drives are great, they are fast and quiet, and they cost less than $90 a piece.
One major problem I've seen is people with crappy power supplies causing hard drive corruption. If your power supply isn't able to keep your hard drive(s) powered correctly, you can have corruption, blue screens of death, etc.. It's pretty important to have a good PSU that delivers stable power across all rails. A bad power supply won't be able to keep your drives powered at all times, causing data loss, etc..
10 bits in a byte, that's crazy talk! In my day we had 8 bits and we were happy to have them!
So a x16 connector can transfer data at up to 8 gigabytes per second, not 16 gigabits or gigabytes per second.
See Ars Technica article
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Oops, good point, I was only thinking about read speeds. Write speeds would be lower.
May I suggest Minesweeper or Solitaire? Or perhaps a challenging game of War or Go Fish.
(Sorry, but calling Mario a complicated game is extremely sad, negative modding be damned!)
I've seen him on Discovery Channel several times, he is definitely a bit looney, but he has also produced some pretty cool inventions, like his fire paste.
2 004. It's the 6th link down, titled "Fighting fire with fact".
See the video here, http://www.exn.ca/dailyplanet/view.asp?date=8/31/
So you're suggesting that I use a notebook or a server rack as a Home Theatre PC (HTPC). I'm sure a notebook would look great sitting on the floor next to my TV...
Seriously though, this would make an awesome HTPC. Like I pointed out in a previous post, AMD can use ATI All-In-Wonder cards to build a sweet HTPC/PVR setup. AMD made the right decision here, they are entering a "new" market which Intel doesn't control. Intel might be winning right now in the high-end desktop market thanks to Core 2 Duo, but AMD is winning in the budget market.
All these posts about how this won't catch on don't see the big picture. DTX isn't meant to compete with current desktops....That's because it's not supposed to, it's a completely different market!!
DTX looks promising for the budget PC or HTPC market. See pics, http://dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=5648. I actually like the look of the case, would look nice next to my tv.
I wonder if AMD plans on entering the HTPC market anytime soon.. Now that AMD owns ATI, they can utilize ATI All-In-Wonder cards to build a complete PVR or HTPC setup. Imagine a low cost machine that comes with something like MythTV preloaded. *Drool*