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Comment How does it compare with a PC? (Score 1) 46

by sugarman (#25818101) Attached to: Gaming Benchmarks For the New MacBook Pros

15 fps in Crysis? What could you get for a comparably priced (ie $2000+) laptop or desktop PC?

I know the Very High Quality setting in the http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-4870-x2,2073-18.htmlrecent Video Card rundown at Toms Hardware was seeing in excess of 30. So how does the Mac really stack up for gaming?
The Almighty Buck

Fuel Efficiency and Slow Driving? 1114

Posted by timothy from the practical-interest-here dept.
vile8 writes "With the high gas prices and ongoing gas gouging in my hometown many people are trying to find a reasonable way to save gas. One of the things I've noticed is people driving exceptionally slow, 30mph in 45mph zones, etc. So I had to take a quick look and find out if driving slow is helpful in getting better mileage. I know horsepower increases substantially with wind resistance, but with charts like this one from truckandbarter.com it appears mileage is actually about the same between 27mph and 58mph or so. So I'm curious what all the drivers out there with the cool efficiency computers are getting ... of specific interest would be the hemis with MDS; how do those do with the cylinder shutoff mode at different speeds?" Related: are there any practical hypermiling techniques that you've found for people not ready to purchase a new car, nor give up driving generally?

Feed The Register: Upgrade drags Stealth Bomber IT systems into the 90s (theregister.com)

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Pentium, code written in C - cutting edge stuff

US aerospace heavyweight Northrop Grumman has revealed some details of a planned upgrade to the computing system of the famous B-2 Stealth Bomber, one of the most expensive and unusual aircraft in the world. According to reports, the well-known but seldom seen ghost bomber will be finally moving up to Pentium processors and code written in C. The B-2 will also get a new disk drive.
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Submission + - New Solar Energy Technology

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qazsedcft writes: The BBC is reporting:

A new way capturing the energy from the Sun could increase the power generated by solar panels tenfold, a team of American scientists has shown. The new technique involves coating glass with a specific mixture of transparent dyes which redirect light to photovoltaic cells in the frame. The technology, outlined in the journal Science, could be used to convert glass buildings into vast energy plants. The technology could be in production within three years, the team said.
The Internet

Submission + - The Culture of Startup Mediocrity (twigged.net)

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Frank Spinetti
Frank Spinetti writes: "Back in early June, TechCrunch launched its 'Elevator Pitches', a key component in the popularization of the venture capitalist funding process. Securing funds for a startup is less and less the stuff of closed door meetings, suits and briefcases, it's fast becoming the everyman game. How far do sites like Elevator Pitches go in contributing to a culture of startup mediocrity? To what extent are web entrepreneurs hoodwinked by the prospect of 6-7 figure VC seed money? Have startups become a form of speculative Web currency?
This article takes TechCrunch Elevator Pitches as an example to explore some of these themes."
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Submission + - Second Life OSS client victim of GPL violation

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sithlord2
sithlord2 writes: "A while ago, Linden Labs,the creators of the 3D Virtual World "Second Life", released the sourcecode of their viewer under the GPLv2. This lead to various improvements in the SL-viewer.

Recently however, someone created an alternative viewer called "NakedLife", which is a derived version of the GPL viewer, that allows the user to see other avatars naked. While this is probably a violation of LL's TOS, the creator refuses to release the changes to the sourcecode.

Linden Labs has been made aware of the issue, but the discussion is still going on"
Math

Submission + - The Best Mathematics Reference?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: As my kid goes through school I'm going to have to clean out the cobwebs on some parts of the brain that haven't seen light in 20 years. Long division, calculus... algebra... etc. Can anyone recommend the best mathematics reference? Preferably electronic, but book form also considered. I'm actually hoping for something that starts with the basics and covers everything up to university level mathematics subjects, but I realise that might be a hard ask.
Math

Submission + - Riemann Hypothesis -- The Other Sabot Drops

Submitted by jim.shilliday
jim.shilliday writes: A recent Slashdot article ( http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/07/02/1418214 ) notes the publication of a preprint by Xian-Jin Li of Brigham Young University claiming to prove the Riemann Hypothesis. The proof cites and appears to be based in part on the work of the leading French theorist Alain Connes. A few hours ago, Connes posted a comment on his blog stating that the purported proof is so badly flawed that he stopped reading it: http://noncommutativegeometry.blogspot.com/2008/06/fun-day-two.html?showComment=1215071400000#c8876982000013974667 Connes is one of a relatively few people qualified to express an authoritative opinion. Li will have to respond.
Quake

Submission + - Next Quake to be Free and Run on your Browser (tfot.info)

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Iddo Genuth
Iddo Genuth writes: "The next version of Quake is going to be different, very different. According to id Software it will be free and will run on a web browser instead of a huge install on your computer. Did the guys at id Software lost their minds and decided to join Mother Teresa? probably not. The company is planing to introduce a substantial amount of advertisement into the game all that while drowning new players into the Quake world which would normally not buy the software. Is it a sharp move or another a huge potential failure — only time will tell. In the meantime, we are more interested in how Quake Live graphics will look..."
The Internet

Submission + - Andrew Keen: Internet Anonymity Breeds Criminals

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Renowned for his radical, anti-Internet views, Silicon Valley author, broadcaster, and entrepreneur Andrew Keen argues that Internet anonymity breeds faceless criminals. He insists that posting anonymously on social forums is fast becoming the norm and is the reason for inhumane consequences such as Megan Meier's death. Falling short of suggesting implementing tyrannical legislation against anonymous Internet users, Keen insists that those who do not want to reveal their true selves online have no business using the Internet.
Graphics

Submission + - NVIDIA Unleashes GeForce 9 Series

Submitted by
Eddy Luten
Eddy Luten writes: "Quoted from NVIDIA's Press Release:

NVIDIA® Corporation, [...], has unveiled the first graphics processing unit (GPU) of its next-generation GeForce® 9 Series that may offer the largest single-generation performance jump in the Company's history. Introduced today, the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT GPU delivers up to 116%[i] more performance than its predecessor at a price below $199.
"
AMD

Submission + - AMD Quad-GPU Performance revealed (pcper.com)

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SizeWise
SizeWise writes: "If the idea of combining two different graphics cards for better PC gaming is appealing to you, then AMD's offering of up to four GPUs in a single system will definitely peak your interest. The new CrossFireX technology on display allows for any combination of up to four AMD RV670 GPUs including different cards such as the HD 3850 and the HD 3870 X2. Performance scaling is proving to be somewhat difficult for four GPUs even though three GPUs seem to be working very well on the handful of current titles that were tested. However, the flexibility of the CrossFireX technology over NVIDIA's SLI will allow many more gamers to see the benefits of multi-GPU technology."
The Courts

Submission + - RIAA expert debunked by Prof. Pouwelse (blogspot.com)

Submitted by
NewYorkCountryLawyer
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes: "Last year the Slashdot community "went medieval" on the testimony of the RIAA's "expert witness", Dr. Doug Jacobson, in UMG v. Lindor. Our friends at Groklaw did likewise. Now you can compare notes with a formally retained expert witness, Prof. Johan Pouwelse of Delft University — one of the world's foremost experts on the science of P2P file sharing and the very same Prof. Pouwelse who stopped the RIAA's Netherlands clone in its tracks back in 2005 — who has weighed in with his expert witness report characterizing Dr. Jacobson's work as "borderline incompetence". p2pnet calls the report a devastating blow to the RIAA's expert. (And in the shameless-plug department, if you enjoyed reading Prof. Pouwelse's report, and want to continue helping to get the truth out to judges and juries about the technology and science of the internet, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to the Expert Witness Defense Fund maintained by the Free Software Foundation, which provides funding for expert witnesses and other technical consultants who are assisting defendants in the RIAA cases)."

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