The manufacturer probably only packages the product in a single method for all of their customers. They may not know it will be displayed inside a case, nor would they probably care.
Why they insist on hermetically sealing them, though, that is baffling to me.
I believe it is that way for as a theft deterrent. The harder it is to open the harder it is to open in the aisle in the store and not get caught.
There are replacements for clamshells that do an even better job of this though and without the bodily injury that occurs from people trying to open stubborn clamshells.
No, these with these types of overclocks you can normally only run the system long enough to run CPU-Z and get a screenshot. The majority of windows services are not running, only one CPU core is running, and you are cooling it with liquid nitrogen that tends to boil away rather quickly.
I set up a computer for my six year old nephew to use when he comes by and installed Linux Mint with the LXDE desktop for him, so far he isn't having any issues.
It's just like the classic Windows 95/98/2000 desktop.
Only on an OEM board and depending on which distribution you want to load. The total application fee to get included in the UEFI cert is $99 so unless you roll your own it shouldn't be too much of an issue.
With the Superpi contests they do, your checksum has to be validated for your score to count.
These max gigahertz records such as tfa, although interesting, are pretty useless. I do have to give them credit for what they do though, it ain't easy.
How meaningless is a overclocking speed? It's like saying: Your Smart will go 400km/h... if only we run it as ten bazillion RPM. It's still a Smart!! And you will never get this in real life! This is damn close to fraud, to spread such bullshit so people get a false feeling of it being so fast.
So please, tell me your thoughts in regards to auto-racing.
Ok, so how exactly is it better to use statistics from a period of time that doesn't have the same variables than this period of time?
You put a good example of that, the water that is extracted from fossil water wells, ie water wells that were filled millions of years ago, that is now unlocked and adding to sea levels rising.
There is an ice sheet nearly 3 kilometers thick sitting on Greenland, that is not floating in the water, if that one single ice sheet melted the oceans would rise by around 7 meters.
Now imagine how much worse it would be if the the Antarctic ice sheet also melted.
One will buy you a cup of coffee while the other will buy you room and board for a few years at a location so exclusive that a judge has to recommend you to be able to live there.
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The manufacturer probably only packages the product in a single method for all of their customers. They may not know it will be displayed inside a case, nor would they probably care.
Fry's puts taped up clamshells packages back up on their shelves.
True.
Here's an example.
http://www.ubergizmo.com/2009/01/mwv-natralock-offers-greener-packaging/
Even with a knife it is still very conspicuous to open in a store.
Why they insist on hermetically sealing them, though, that is baffling to me.
I believe it is that way for as a theft deterrent. The harder it is to open the harder it is to open in the aisle in the store and not get caught.
There are replacements for clamshells that do an even better job of this though and without the bodily injury that occurs from people trying to open stubborn clamshells.
Clamshells have been on their way out for a while now.
Here is an example of what is replacing it.
http://www.hpcorporategroup.com/the-benefits-of-natralockr-paperboard-packaging.html
I tend to watch F-1 and the Rolex series. The only interesting part of watching NASCAR are the crashes.
No, these with these types of overclocks you can normally only run the system long enough to run CPU-Z and get a screenshot. The majority of windows services are not running, only one CPU core is running, and you are cooling it with liquid nitrogen that tends to boil away rather quickly.
I set up a computer for my six year old nephew to use when he comes by and installed Linux Mint with the LXDE desktop for him, so far he isn't having any issues.
It's just like the classic Windows 95/98/2000 desktop.
Odd, I was going to type NASCAR, but I ended up typing auto-racing.
How did you respond to my first draft?
Only on an OEM board and depending on which distribution you want to load. The total application fee to get included in the UEFI cert is $99 so unless you roll your own it shouldn't be too much of an issue.
you can still buy vista
Oh god why? Can't they make that against the law or something?
With the Superpi contests they do, your checksum has to be validated for your score to count.
These max gigahertz records such as tfa, although interesting, are pretty useless. I do have to give them credit for what they do though, it ain't easy.
Last preview I downloaded was pretty miserable, is it even remotely useable yet?
If they quit offering Windows 7 when Windows 8 comes out then it may just end up being the year that Linux takes over the desktop market.
How meaningless is a overclocking speed? It's like saying: Your Smart will go 400km/h... if only we run it as ten bazillion RPM. It's still a Smart!! And you will never get this in real life!
This is damn close to fraud, to spread such bullshit so people get a false feeling of it being so fast.
So please, tell me your thoughts in regards to auto-racing.
Not only do they not do anything at these speeds, they cannot do anything at these speeds except run CPU-Z long enough to get a screen-shot.
Contests to see who can run Superpi the fastest are more interesting.
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=185163
Woah! So if time runs backwards, but you still measure it as going forward, does the cpu end up running at infinite hertz?
This is not for practical use, it's just to one-up the last guy.
I can't whistle =(
Considering Windows 8 is going to suck massively this probably will not effect you until the replacement for Windows 8 is out.
My current computer I built myself and it has EUFI, doubt it has a secure boot component to it though.
Ok, so how exactly is it better to use statistics from a period of time that doesn't have the same variables than this period of time?
You put a good example of that, the water that is extracted from fossil water wells, ie water wells that were filled millions of years ago, that is now unlocked and adding to sea levels rising.
There is an ice sheet nearly 3 kilometers thick sitting on Greenland, that is not floating in the water, if that one single ice sheet melted the oceans would rise by around 7 meters.
Now imagine how much worse it would be if the the Antarctic ice sheet also melted.
One will buy you a cup of coffee while the other will buy you room and board for a few years at a location so exclusive that a judge has to recommend you to be able to live there.
Other than that though no difference.
If you are unhappy about it you can exchange your fiat money for any durable goods you would like.
After reading the summary and the article what exactly did you think BT stood for?