The intentions indeed are good. They are doing the internet (and themselves, since they are probably the biggest player in the internet game) by attempting to curtail the spread of malware. Malware, and its repercussions thereof, are tremendous forces that very well handicap network capacity, are the causes of incredibly large spending, and destroy (financially or otherwise) companies and lone users alike through data and identity theft. Malware, quite simply, is one of the worst things on the internet.
if I wanted some sort of protection from malware there are many places where I can get it by asking, I do not need to be protected involuntarily.
...but most people don't know (and don't want to know) how to protect themselves.
This isn't outright censorship. I don't think of it as the works of a "nanny state" at all. I, for one, commend Google for their service, and hope they don't experience an event like this one again.
It's not all about the cost per byte. A lot of people are willing to pay that sort of money for the benefits. People already spend big on RAID and fast disks because they need the performance. Others probably want silence and battery life, or resistance to bumps and other movements, and (probably, not sure) lower or more predictable failure rates. Whatever the reason, I'm sure there are plenty of people who will buy them. $700 is "affordable" even though it's a lot of money. And once these early adopters buy them, they will be cheaper and better for us the next year.
Sexconker is a troll. I recall that name quite vividly because he trolls many threads and somehow gets modded up (sockpuppets, perhaps). I used to get angry about how someone could be so bad, wrong. or disagreable with at so many different subjects, but then it became rather obvious that he enjoys the trolling. Just ignore him.
My personal experience is the same as yours. The motherboards are great, if you can get your hardware to work on them. I've found compatibility with different kinds of memory to be especially terrible, but they usually work after BIOS updates which, thankfully, Asus seem to release often. Of course, one could argue they should get it right the first time; I do, and it's why I don't buy Asus anymore.
They were able to achieve throughput speeds above 1.2 Terabits per second, which they say beats the previous wireless data transmission speed record of 160 Gigabits per second by Korean scientists.
Monopolies and their typical game of artificial scarcity. It seems that most countries each have their own token monopoly telecom giant who is holding everyone back so they can make an extra few million $ while selling back something that is relatively cheap for them to produce at a much higher cost.
Exactly. This has been one of the most entertaining things to have happened in a long while. It's being discussed on nearly every board (there's 35 if you don't count the BBS) where it would usually only be isolated to one. If anything, this is seen as a great victory. We got FOX to say "LULZ" on television, and that's pretty damn awesome.
Apart from that, I can't say what Fox are in for with regards to their messageboard and blog feature thing. They've had to close them because they got spammed, and I suspect they won't have those back for at least another year without them being vandalized. (Yes, someone will always check and notify everyone once they're back -- it's been done before with many other targets.) When you become Anonymous' enemy, you're really in for a rough time on the internet. Oh well, their loss, and more entertainment for us.
Actually I think it's a little sad that you're embarrassed of your own hobby. What's so shameful about it, exactly? Cooling computers and warming vaginas don't have to be mutually exclusive.
I think you're a little angry because you could never overclock your processor an extra megahertz past stock. Maybe it was noisy in the past, what with those 9 fans and all, but now there's some very good technology to cool all the hot components well enough that it works passively. Of course, you'd add on a fan if you want to overclock it, and even then they run at inaudible speeds. There are heatsinks for your RAM now! See, 3000RPM fans. They do pick up a bit if you do something intensive, like play one of those fancy new games, but usually you don't mind if your CPU fan is going 300RPM faster when you have your headphones in, enjoying your lag-free, eye-candy-full game.
Also, rearranging your overclock due to the weather is merely wise to practice, and it's just one of those things that come with the hobby. Likewise with controlling your fans manually.
Oh, and this Hexus review is garbage. In case anyone was wondering, it's an established fact (in the overclocking community, at least) that the best CPU cooler on the market right now is the Thermalright Ulta 120 Extreme (yes, yes, I know). Of course, it's expensive, but if you want to pay for it, it's the best you can get.
Actually I'll take back what I said. I just fetched my Code 2 Duo's stock cooler and plugged it in. It's actually fairly quite, although still somewhat audible since it's using an 80mm fan (or around that).
Now, about those "back then" stock coolers. They were NOT quite. That's where my prejudice against them came from. I'm talking as late back as the Northwood Pentium 4's, since I never bothered with another one since.
A lot more people are aiming to have silent computers nowadays. While the cooling capabilities may suffice, they are very loud. Personally, I can't understand how anyone can be in the same room with the sound of a stock cooler, let alone try to sleep in the same room with one.
Imagine how much more money Wikipedia could have to put towards projects like this if they introduced advertisements. Would people be more accepting because they're for a good cause? What about donations? Wikipedia has raised some good amount of money in the past. Imagine if people can donate to create a surplus that can be used to free more works. Picture having a goal set to achieve "4 Million dollars to free texbook X". It's certainly more motivating to donate that way. I certainly would.
Just a few thoughts.
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if I wanted some sort of protection from malware there are many places where I can get it by asking, I do not need to be protected involuntarily.
...but most people don't know (and don't want to know) how to protect themselves. This isn't outright censorship. I don't think of it as the works of a "nanny state" at all. I, for one, commend Google for their service, and hope they don't experience an event like this one again.
I guess the Slashdot editors were too eager to get the news out that they didn't even bother to read the entry.
It's not all about the cost per byte. A lot of people are willing to pay that sort of money for the benefits. People already spend big on RAID and fast disks because they need the performance. Others probably want silence and battery life, or resistance to bumps and other movements, and (probably, not sure) lower or more predictable failure rates. Whatever the reason, I'm sure there are plenty of people who will buy them. $700 is "affordable" even though it's a lot of money. And once these early adopters buy them, they will be cheaper and better for us the next year.
Sexconker is a troll. I recall that name quite vividly because he trolls many threads and somehow gets modded up (sockpuppets, perhaps). I used to get angry about how someone could be so bad, wrong. or disagreable with at so many different subjects, but then it became rather obvious that he enjoys the trolling. Just ignore him.
My personal experience is the same as yours. The motherboards are great, if you can get your hardware to work on them. I've found compatibility with different kinds of memory to be especially terrible, but they usually work after BIOS updates which, thankfully, Asus seem to release often. Of course, one could argue they should get it right the first time; I do, and it's why I don't buy Asus anymore.
There is no way in hell I would trust important data with a system that ran the HDD hot. Absolutely no way.
And yet you trust having all your important data in a room with a pissed off cat?
They were able to achieve throughput speeds above 1.2 Terabits per second, which they say beats the previous wireless data transmission speed record of 160 Gigabits per second by Korean scientists.
They did the maths so you don't have to!
Monopolies and their typical game of artificial scarcity. It seems that most countries each have their own token monopoly telecom giant who is holding everyone back so they can make an extra few million $ while selling back something that is relatively cheap for them to produce at a much higher cost.
Exactly. This has been one of the most entertaining things to have happened in a long while. It's being discussed on nearly every board (there's 35 if you don't count the BBS) where it would usually only be isolated to one. If anything, this is seen as a great victory. We got FOX to say "LULZ" on television, and that's pretty damn awesome. Apart from that, I can't say what Fox are in for with regards to their messageboard and blog feature thing. They've had to close them because they got spammed, and I suspect they won't have those back for at least another year without them being vandalized. (Yes, someone will always check and notify everyone once they're back -- it's been done before with many other targets.) When you become Anonymous' enemy, you're really in for a rough time on the internet. Oh well, their loss, and more entertainment for us.
Actually I think it's a little sad that you're embarrassed of your own hobby. What's so shameful about it, exactly? Cooling computers and warming vaginas don't have to be mutually exclusive.
I think you're a little angry because you could never overclock your processor an extra megahertz past stock. Maybe it was noisy in the past, what with those 9 fans and all, but now there's some very good technology to cool all the hot components well enough that it works passively. Of course, you'd add on a fan if you want to overclock it, and even then they run at inaudible speeds. There are heatsinks for your RAM now! See, 3000RPM fans. They do pick up a bit if you do something intensive, like play one of those fancy new games, but usually you don't mind if your CPU fan is going 300RPM faster when you have your headphones in, enjoying your lag-free, eye-candy-full game. Also, rearranging your overclock due to the weather is merely wise to practice, and it's just one of those things that come with the hobby. Likewise with controlling your fans manually. Oh, and this Hexus review is garbage. In case anyone was wondering, it's an established fact (in the overclocking community, at least) that the best CPU cooler on the market right now is the Thermalright Ulta 120 Extreme (yes, yes, I know). Of course, it's expensive, but if you want to pay for it, it's the best you can get.
Actually I'll take back what I said. I just fetched my Code 2 Duo's stock cooler and plugged it in. It's actually fairly quite, although still somewhat audible since it's using an 80mm fan (or around that). Now, about those "back then" stock coolers. They were NOT quite. That's where my prejudice against them came from. I'm talking as late back as the Northwood Pentium 4's, since I never bothered with another one since.
A lot more people are aiming to have silent computers nowadays. While the cooling capabilities may suffice, they are very loud. Personally, I can't understand how anyone can be in the same room with the sound of a stock cooler, let alone try to sleep in the same room with one.
Imagine how much more money Wikipedia could have to put towards projects like this if they introduced advertisements. Would people be more accepting because they're for a good cause? What about donations? Wikipedia has raised some good amount of money in the past. Imagine if people can donate to create a surplus that can be used to free more works. Picture having a goal set to achieve "4 Million dollars to free texbook X". It's certainly more motivating to donate that way. I certainly would. Just a few thoughts.
Ok, which one of you have a big, big antenna and a spare room?