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Re: Fuck GoGamer |
Mar 21, 2006, 13:43 |
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Creston, I have an X800XT. Please let me know how it plays at 1600 x 1200, if your monitor resolution goes up that high.
And another question you can answer right now: Can you bind actions to more than one key this time? Like move forward, back, etc.?
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Re: Samsung |
Mar 21, 2006, 12:47 |
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how are they going to cope with the limited write life of Flash chips? My first thought too. Don't those things die after, like, 500 R/Ws? I love my 2 GB memory key. Probably my best purchase in years. I found if I have a lot of files to copy, thousands say, it's MUCH faster to zip them up into a single file. I mean it's shockingly fast. But doing them as individual files takes 100x as long. Copying single zipped file also extends the lifetime of the key I figure. The article didn't address the lifetime issue. Is this new Flash tech or something?
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| News Comments > NVIDIA Gets Physical |
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Re: Cool |
Mar 20, 2006, 15:05 |
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You can't ever forget preconceptions on the part of buyers, whether correct or incorrect. If the majority of customers who would be interested in this feat harbors some suspicion that sharing the GPU would reduce framerates--not an unreasonable suspicion either--then it will fail in the marketplace.
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Product placement |
Mar 20, 2006, 13:02 |
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Rented "The Island" last night. Peeuuw, what a stinky movie. The product placement was the most heavy handed I've seen yet. The two stars are playing a virtual fight game against each other in a big holographic chamber and XBox is prominently displayed everywhere. When they're on the run they check an information kiosk with a big MSN Search logo on the side of it. On and on it went. I don't mind subtle product placements, when they fit in with the theme of the movie and you don't even notice them--in fact those can be kind of fun when your looking for them--but these heavy handed in-your-face ones really detract from the movie.
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Re: Cool |
Mar 20, 2006, 12:52 |
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This looks like a pretty sweet idea. Sure does.
If they can pull it off, it'll definitely be nicer than buying a seperate PPU. Exactly.
I can't tell by the press release but is there separate hardware on board for the physics, a PPU? Or does the physics and graphics have to share the same GPU? As others have said, bottlenecks occur in the graphics card and almost never in the CPU.
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Re: No subject |
Mar 16, 2006, 14:35 |
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how's your conversational Hindi? Urdu? If I worked on the phone doing tech support for people who spoke Hindi or Urdu I would hope it'd be pretty damn good. If not, I should be doing something else. I'm pretty impatient with people in public service who don't speak English well enough to be understood. I'm not rude, but I do demand they understand what I'm saying and if I can't understand them I keep asking until I do. When I'm on the phone trying to resolve a problem quickly I resent that. I've noticed most people shy away from that, either pretending they understand or giving up and saying "never mind." I can tell you THAT's rude. Ask anyone who's command of English is poor or who has a hearing or speaking problems.
I have no problem with tech support people with accents, but if there's a communication problem because of it then they should be shifted to something else until their English improves.
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Japanese Robot |
Mar 16, 2006, 12:36 |
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The 100-kilogram (220-pound) robot can also distinguish eight different kinds of smells Eeew. By itself just an interesting statement. When taken in the context of caring for the elderly though ... eeew.
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Re: Southpark |
Mar 15, 2006, 12:45 |
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I do know that I have this need/calling/inner voice telling me that there is more out there than I can logically explain away through science. I agree with the second part of that, though I personally don't have that need/calling/inner voice thing going on. That's why I'm not an atheist. As someone educated in science and with a solid scientific worldview, I just don't get atheists. Now that all of Blue's thinks that I'm a religious nut Nah, I have religious friends. I even know a couple of catholics. My sister keeps telling me she wants to go back to church and I understand why--it has nothing to do with God or Jesus or salvation--so I keep my mouth clamped firmly shut. My comments about rationality applied only to comparing one organized religion to another, not individuals. My original point still holds: that often in our culture the deeply entrenched mainstream religious dogma we've been exposed to all of our lives will seem instinctively reasonable when compared to other dogma associated with the "cults." I finally reached the point where I can get past that: Mormons, Catholics, Jehovah's Witnesses, Hari Krishna's, Scientologists, Christians: they're all equally nutso. Except I will concede something to you Heather. I now change that to "almost all."
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Re: No subject |
Mar 14, 2006, 18:28 |
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Its very good. But unless you're into that kind of game, don't bother. You might want to read some reviews first, in order to get a better idea of what kind of game it is. I loved Starcraft. And Dungeon Keeper. Those had building things and resource management and that kind of thing. Is GC like that? I haven't played one of those kinds of games in a looong time. I'm in an FPS rut. Or is it more of a space combat sim? I've never cared for those.
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Re: Southpark |
Mar 14, 2006, 14:36 |
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I'm uncomfortable carrying on the same debate people wiser than you or I have engaged in for centuries. Especially on a place like Blues News. But what the hell ...
I'll mention first that as far as abortion, homosexuality, etc., the flavor of Presbyterianism described on that website is far less "in your face" than most Christian religions. I'll give it that. But as this is a discussion about rationality I'll return to that.Presbyterians don't condemn people to go to hell. Period. Wait. From that survey, 51 percent do, right?
It looks like your Presbyterianism has shed much of the hard and explicit dogma that makes so many other religions look, frankly, pretty stupid (And I say "your" Presbyterianism because I simply don't know who that website claims to speak for). It prefers to take a very safe approach, outlining the most general of theological beliefs and letting members fill in the details themselves. I can't decide whether that's admirable or just wimpy. since Hell isn't on the table, and God saves us all...where do we go? Still, hell or not, I find it hard to believe any mainstream Christian religion allows that everyone will go to heaven whether or not they accept Christ. Surely only a small minority of Presbyterian's believe that.
My own background was with the non-denominational Christian Church. A little hazy on hell, depending on the pastor, but most emphatic about heaven only through Jesus.
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Re: Southpark |
Mar 14, 2006, 13:48 |
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Oh come on, Heather. Nowhere did you answer whether some people go to hell and other people go to heaven. I even went to the site you mentioned and it didn't say either. Not surprising considering the current theological split occurring in the Presbyterian church today. As far as I know, mainstream Presbyterianism has always condemned some people to hell while others go to heaven. As far as non-mainstream, of course there's even more variation there than among the mainstream religions. There will be people attached to mainstream religions who hold their own contradictory views, naturally. So perhaps you personally believe that everybody goes to heaven (you didn't say) but I don't think that opinion is shared by the majority of Presbyterians. I think the concept of any kind of hell is the most irrational component of any religion, but certainly not the only one. Even if there is no hell per se, the belief that some people will get to heaven but not others is pretty high up there too. But this discussion was a comparison of irrationality among religions, not individual people (whose beliefs paint a continuous spectrum from absurd to plausible).
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Re: Southpark |
Mar 14, 2006, 12:55 |
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You realize that not all Christian sects believe this, right? Take a look at Presbyterian or Methodist churches for example. There are endless variations on the same theme, all equally irrational. I just picked one. So what do the Presbyterians and Methodists believe that makes them more rational? Does everybody get to go to heaven in their thoeologies?
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Re: Southpark |
Mar 14, 2006, 12:18 |
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I'm continually amazed at the seemingly intelligent people who beleive in that wacked out religion. (Then ahgain all religion is utterly ridiculous when you look at it under the light of rational thought) It was a hard mindset for me to shed, that the major mainstream religions were somehow more rational than the cults (I used to be religious). Typically I would think: Become a god and own your own planet after you die? Man, those Mormons are messed up. Or whatever for the various mainstream religions. But really, compared to: God has no choice but to condemn everybody to hell, newborn babies, all the Jews, lost Jungle people in the deepest reaches of the Amazon, it doesn't matter. They're going to hell and burn in a lake of fire for all eternity unless they bathe themselves in the blessed warm and steaming blood of Jesus. Sure, God is all powerful and he loves everybody, there's nothing he can't do since he's the one who created the universe. Oh, except keep people from going to hell.
So next time I think, man those Jehovah's Witnesses are whacked, or those Hari Krishnas have a seriously messed up theology--I have to force myself to remember they're no worse than any other religion. I judge a religion's goodness or badness solely on how much it keeps out of my face.
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No subject |
Mar 14, 2006, 12:02 |
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I kind of want to buy this Galactic Civilizations II now. Is it any good? I normally wouldn't look twice at it, but seeing as how I'm currently out of stuff to play until Oblivion arrives ...
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Re: What's an energy drink? |
Mar 8, 2006, 13:32 |
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Bah, just drink plain old water You sound like my dad. He simply cannot tolerate or understand personal weakness in others. His answer to drinking, smoking, eating bad, watching too much television, whatever, is always the same. Just stop doing it. Drives my family crazy. We have to talk about that sort of thing in secret or else he gets riled.
Course he'll be a hundred next year. Maybe he knows a thing or two.
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Re: What's an energy drink? |
Mar 8, 2006, 13:17 |
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And while I had high hopes for Splenda (sucralose) in the diet drinks, so far it's a bust Isn't that a shame. I used to make protein shakes--yogurt + whey protein powder + frozen strawberries--in a blender and I would dump in a load of Splenda. THAT was good. No funny taste whatsoever. But all the stuff on the market with it tastes seriously strange. i was 198 in early/mid december, i'm now down to 181 (i'm 5' 10"). my goal is to lose 30 pounds, and i'm 2/3 there... if my lazy ass can do it, anyone can. And for luck, everyday, Borage Oil, Alpha Lipoic Acid, GNC's Megaman, Pomegranite extract, CoQ10, Ester C, and Green Tea Extract.
Because you know you want to ...
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Re: What's an energy drink? |
Mar 8, 2006, 12:45 |
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Really - kick the daily caffiene habit and you'll be feeling fine before long You're right about that. I was also off caffeine during my healthy phase. I often give up caffeine right around New Years then I'm right back on it three months later. Always after little sleep when I need a pickup "just this once." But I notice without caffeine I'm calmer and sleep a LOT better. Life just seems brighter and happier when I'm off caffeine. I've only ever had one cappuccino a day--I'm not a huge coffee drinker--and going to half-decaf for a few weeks is a great start and I hardly notice any withdrawal when I kick it completely.
Eh, there are some studies that indicate that multi-vitamins do close to nothing whatsoever for you, but I take one every day anyway. And why do you do that? Just in case?Tuna ... You know what I *still* have in my desk drawer here at work? Cans and cans of sardines. All those great Omega 6's but supposedly less Mercury. I never thought I'd like sardines but I did get so I looked forward to them as a mid-afternoon snack!
I'm six feet tall and this time last year I was 180 lbs. Now I'm pushing 210!
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Re: What's an energy drink? |
Mar 8, 2006, 12:18 |
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Tried Fruit-2-0? Their Orange isn't bad...stay away from Lemon, though Thanks, I'll look for some. I've never liked carbonated drinks, Coke and Pepsi and whatnot. My big weakness is for Country Time Lemonade. The stuff is horrible for you I'm sure. Coke Zero is pretty decent but I just don't crave soda. I'm looking for something non-carbonated to help me get that Country Time monkey off my back.
you know what is the best? not drinking any of this over-priced crap Funny, my brain tells me you're absolutely right, but my heart wants to spend money on things I should know better. Haven't you ever just felt like spending money on the coolest fad just to see what it's like, or put you in a certain mental state or mood? For awhile I was taking vitamins and supplements every day: Chromium Picolinolate, Ester C, Borage Oil, Alpha Lipoic Acid ... the trendy stuff. Now I have always felt vitamins were a complete waste of time and money. Sensible people know we get everything we need from the foods we eat. Anything extra is just flushed out, or in some cases can be harmful to you. I know this is true. I've never fallen for the hype. But wouldn't you know it, I started taking a few of the most trendy stuff, then heard about more things and started getting those, then added this and that, and after a year I was spending *serious* money every month on that crap. I had one of those weekly pill things, with the seven little containers that I would fill up each week. Then it got so I was taking so many things I had to buy a bigger one!
Okay, but I was also exercising and eating sensibly and I looked and felt fabulous. Yes, I *know* the supplements had little to do with it. But I stopped taking them and low and behold fell into my old slovenly ways and now I'm a fatso again. I was in a certain mental state for awhile, and then suddenly I wasn't.
Bottom line: if the supplements were helping to keep me in that mental state then they were working for me. Period. Placebo or not, they were effective.
So now I'm thinking a couple of over-priced, trendy energy drinks every day might be just the thing I need ...
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What's an energy drink? |
Mar 8, 2006, 11:31 |
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Seriously. I've heard of them of course but never had one. Are they good for you or do they just have a bunch of stimulants in them? I've been trying to get my weight down recently and have been looking for a sugar-free drink but they all taste like crap.
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