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  1. Re:Only 4 displays, sticking to AMD. on NVIDIA Launches Maxwell-Based GeForce GTX 980 and GeForce GTX 970 GPUs · · Score: 4, Informative

    No you are still limited to 4 displays, NVIDIA did a dick move and limits it to 4 in the driver. You have to have quadro card to have more than 4 displays. Note when I first got my 2 gtx 760 cards I could drive 6 displays, and then a driver update and they limited to 4 displays even in SLI.

  2. Re:Only 4 displays, sticking to AMD. on NVIDIA Launches Maxwell-Based GeForce GTX 980 and GeForce GTX 970 GPUs · · Score: 3, Informative

    If you want more than 4 , you have to pay up from the quadro series. I had more than four in SLI on GTX 760 cards , until they did a driver update and set the max to 4.

  3. Re:Only 4 displays, sticking to AMD. on NVIDIA Launches Maxwell-Based GeForce GTX 980 and GeForce GTX 970 GPUs · · Score: 2

    Nope http://www.geforce.com/hardwar... . Trust me I have tried and they don't allow you to drive more than four even in SLI mode.

    Finally it has monitor ports, which implies you can drive 5 , nope only 4.

  4. Only 4 displays, sticking to AMD. on NVIDIA Launches Maxwell-Based GeForce GTX 980 and GeForce GTX 970 GPUs · · Score: 1, Informative

    Can only drive up to 4 displays , pretty much any AMD card can drive 6 displays. I don't want to play games but want more screen real estate for software development.

  5. Re:Ted Postol very bias opinion. on A Skeptical View of Israel's Iron Dome Rocket Defense System · · Score: 2

    Reality is there have been more than 600 hundred rockets lanched, 137 were calculated as a threat. With 0 fatalities, either the rockets are really crappy, Israel is incredibly lucky or no shit they are being intercepted.

  6. Ted Postol very bias opinion. on A Skeptical View of Israel's Iron Dome Rocket Defense System · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Ted Postol cannot be, even from being from MIT be considered a realable source for opinion. Postol has a large bias against anti-missle systems, which is down right dumb. The rockets are almost the size of small airplanes, but we don't consider anit-aircraft missles to be completely ineffecitive.

  7. Re:A good thing on Oklahoma's Earthquakes Linked To Fracking · · Score: 1

    Mod parent up. NOVA had a earthquake eposide. The more the plates stick, the more energy builds up and then leads to a major quake. The actually can calculate the amount of energy that is current stored because of the sticking.
    So frack away.

  8. Re:Peeping Toms in the Neighborhood on That Toy Is Now a Drone · · Score: 1

    Reality this would be no different from the US government coming out and regulating baseball by whether you are paid.
    Regulation should really be addressed by safety concerns, ie weight. Be hit by small model plane is no different then being hit by golf ball or baseball or puck.

  9. Re:Peeping Toms in the Neighborhood on That Toy Is Now a Drone · · Score: 1

    Another angle that has been missed and the FAA is really screwing up is having different rules for the same action. Somehow if you get paid for flying a model aircraft it is now against the rules. Good example brought up on RC forums.
    Examples would be:
    1) Sponsored pilots.
    2) Competitions with cash prizes.
    3) You get paid to build RC aircraft.
    4) Pilots that get paid to come fly at events.

  10. Re:Not anything new on That Toy Is Now a Drone · · Score: 1

    No the law says nothing about line of sight. Your full of shit.
    No the AMA(Academy of Model Aeronautics) is also going against the rule. Another case of a slashdot reader who didn't actually read the article.
    "The FAA interpretive rule effectively negates Congress' intentions, and is contrary to the law. Section 336(a) of the Public Law states that, 'the Federal Aviation Administration may not promulgate any rule or regulation regarding a model aircraft', this interpretive rule specifically addresses model aircraft, effectively establishes rules that model aircraft were not previously subject to and is in direct violation of the congressional mandate in the 2012 FAA reauthorization bill."

        "AMA cannot support this rule." said AMA Executive Director Dave Mathewson. "It is at best ill-conceived and at worst intentionally punitive and retaliatory. The Academy strongly requests the FAA reconsider this action. The AMA will pursue all available recourse to dissuade enactment of this rule."

  11. Re:Not surprised, mixed feelings on That Toy Is Now a Drone · · Score: 1

    Wrong AMA, Academy of Model Aeronautics http://www.modelaircraft.org/ . Its in the article.

  12. Peeping Toms in the Neighborhood on That Toy Is Now a Drone · · Score: 3, Informative

    No the AMA(Academy of Model Aeronautics) is also going against the rule. Another case of a slashdot reader who didn't actually read the article.
    "The FAA interpretive rule effectively negates Congress' intentions, and is contrary to the law. Section 336(a) of the Public Law states that, 'the Federal Aviation Administration may not promulgate any rule or regulation regarding a model aircraft', this interpretive rule specifically addresses model aircraft, effectively establishes rules that model aircraft were not previously subject to and is in direct violation of the congressional mandate in the 2012 FAA reauthorization bill."

      "AMA cannot support this rule." said AMA Executive Director Dave Mathewson. "It is at best ill-conceived and at worst intentionally punitive and retaliatory. The Academy strongly requests the FAA reconsider this action. The AMA will pursue all available recourse to dissuade enactment of this rule."

  13. Re:Not surprised, mixed feelings on That Toy Is Now a Drone · · Score: 1

    The FAA should delegate or allow delegating to the AMA. IE if you are flying at AMA field , the rule doesn't apply. Or that you must have insurance.

  14. Re:Annoying. on Hundreds of Cities Wired With Fiber, But Telecom Lobbying Keeps It Unusable · · Score: 0

    Um after the healthcare.gov disaster you want a government organization to provide your local internet. I will pass on the bright idea.

  15. Fire all the workers. Brilliant! on HP Makes More Money, Cuts 16,000 Jobs · · Score: 2, Insightful

    MBA1: We should fire all the workers, look how much money we would save. MBA2: Brilliant!!

  16. Re:Use confiscated drugs on Botched Executions Put Lethal Injections Under New Scrutiny · · Score: 1

    Actually the electric chair was brought about because it was thought be more humane than hanging. So hanging is out.

  17. Common at colleges for shared computers. on Emory University SCCM Server Accidentally Reformats All Computers Campus-wide · · Score: 2

    When I worked in the IT in my work study program, shared computers would be re-imaged often. We would usally re-image 300-400 computers at time. Often it was just some professor wanting certain program, it was just easier and safer just to wipe the machines. Malware was big problem at the time, sasser hit all of are computers, that sucked.

  18. Re:They stop for them anyway? on Traffic Optimization: Cyclists Should Roll Past Stop Signs, Pause At Red Lights · · Score: 1

    Your story really doesn't fit. The biker in your story was still failing to yield the right-of-way. So even if the Idaho law was applied, the biker would have still been in the wrong.

  19. Re:Repeatinghttp:/ something does not make it true on For the First Time Ever, the FAA Is Trying To Fine a Drone Hobbyist · · Score: 1

    The AMA also provides insurance if you are following all there rules, it is part of the membership.

  20. Re:Trade secrets, not patents on Zenimax Accuses John Carmack of Stealing VR Tech · · Score: 1

    Thanks I now know how hedgehog piss tastes like, wondering how you ending up drinking hedgehog piss .

  21. Re:Militia, then vs now on Retired SCOTUS Justice Wants To 'Fix' the Second Amendment · · Score: 1

    My 9mm quickly ended an attempted car-jacking/robbery, while I was driving back from school late at night. The nice individuals attempted to box me in at an intersection. I was in the right lane, they pulled into my lane so I couldn't move. The driver jumped out with some kind of hand gun, unfortunately for them they picked an combat infantry veteran. By the time he jumped out, I was already aimed center mass. The driver quickly jumped back into his car and drove off as fast as he could. No shots fired, no injuries. My ROE is always that the barrel has to be pointed at me.

      I don't carry everywhere. If I am in the "nice" part of town, the 9mm is locked, loaded and my finger is the safety.

  22. Intellij == Speed on Google Android Studio Vs. Eclipse: Which Fits Your Needs? · · Score: 1

    I use pretty much every editor you can imagine. I miss it when programming in c++ .
    Intellij is proof you can make very fast editor in java.

  23. Re: In otherwards on Virtual Boss Keeps Workers On a Short Leash · · Score: 1

    Nope BSD is simultaneously alive and dead.

  24. Go with NVIDIA on Ask Slashdot: Hardware Accelerated Multi-Monitor Support In Linux? · · Score: 1

    After weeks of trying to get AMD/Gigabyte motherboard and video card to drive 4 displays on linux, it just didn't work.
    Tried 3 different distros, god knows how many xorg confs and driver combinations.
    In the end I broke down and bought a NVIDIA GTX 760 for the following reasons.
    *Drive 4 displays in Linux no problem with HW Acceleration.
    *4 displays can be driven at 1920x1080.
    *OpenCV has Cuda support , nothing for OpenCL yet.
    *Openscenegraph has Cuda library, nothing for OpenCL yet.
    *The Nvidia settings manager actually works.
    *Xrandr is is working correctly.

    I am happy now, it just worked. I want to tell NVIDIA **** you also about the linux/drivers /open source issue but there shit is just working and I will pay for working linux driver.

  25. Simple on Ask Slashdot: What Will IT Departments Look Like In 5 Years? · · Score: 1

    A department of the NSA.