Comment Re:Woahwoahwoahwoah.... (Score 1) 3
By the way, slander is spoken, print is libel.
Comment Woahwoahwoahwoah.... (Score 1) 3
Wait, you mean a manufacturer is suing and actually being reasonable!?
WAT?!
WAT?!
Submission + - Tesla Sues BBC's Top Gear For Libel (allcarselectric.com) 3
thecarchik writes: About two years ago BBC's Top Gear aired a test drive of the then relatively new Tesla Roadster. In the particular episode, Tesla Roadsters are depicted as suffering several critical “breakdowns” during track driving. Host Jeremy Clarkson concludes the episode by saying that in the real world the Roadster "doesn’t seem to work"
Tesla claims that the breakdowns were staged, making most of Top Gear'(TM)s remarks about the Roadster untrue. Tesla also states that it can prove Top Gear’s tests were falsified due to the recordings of its cars’ onboard data-loggers.
What's Tesla asking for in the lawsuit? Tesla simply wants Top Gear to stop rebroadcasting the particular episode and to correct the record.
Tesla claims that the breakdowns were staged, making most of Top Gear'(TM)s remarks about the Roadster untrue. Tesla also states that it can prove Top Gear’s tests were falsified due to the recordings of its cars’ onboard data-loggers.
What's Tesla asking for in the lawsuit? Tesla simply wants Top Gear to stop rebroadcasting the particular episode and to correct the record.
Submission + - Video Game Console Power Consumption (done right!) (cmu.edu)
An anonymous reader writes: Hello slashdot,
I am a PhD student and researcher in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University and I wanted to bring your attention to a recently-completed paper entitled "Power Consumption of Video Game Consoles Under Realistic Usage Patterns". I wrote this paper with the intention of correcting some of the inaccurate conclusions in other video game power consumption studies. In particular, previous studies have suggested that the Wii is an especially "green" console, but this conclusion is based on incomplete or unrealistic assumptions. Since I am both an electricity industry researcher and an avid gamer, I felt motivated to do a proper analysis, using realistic assumptions and available data.
This paper uses the recent Nielson data about console usage and recognizes the existence of the WiiConnect24 service (both of which were neglected/unknown in previous studies), and comes to two important conclusions: First, the Wii is not necessarily a "greener" console than the Xbox 360 or PS3 and might be considered substantially worse, depending upon the method of comparison used. Secondly (and perhaps most importantly), as long as a user powers down the console when not in use, the overall electricity consumption of any of the consoles is very low compared to other residential electricity use (1% or less). Thus, while debates about the relative energy efficiency of the consoles may be exciting for certain partisan elements of the gaming community, gamers who want to be green ought to focus on other more effective energy improvements, like home insulation or lighting. So the most important message here is that the way a game console is used is far more important than the choice of game console as far as energy use is concerned.
Interesting results from this research:
- The average Wii with WiiConnect24 enabled uses 550 Wh of electricity (including active and standby) for each hour of active use, which is significantly higher than the figures for the currently-available Xbox 360 S (125 Wh per hour of use) and PS3 Slim (107 Wh per hour of use) consoles. Even with WiiConnect24 disabled, the average Wii consumes approximately the same amount of electricity for each hour of use as currently available models of PS3 and Xbox 360.
- 97% of the electricity consumed by the average Wii with WiiConnect24 enabled occurs when it is not being used. For other consoles (including the Wii with WiiConnect24 disabled), this figure is 10 — 30%.
- The console with the highest annual consumption (a launch-model Xbox 360) accounts for only 1% of an average household's electricity use if it is powered down to standby mode after use. The other consoles vary down to 0.2% (for the Wii with WiiConnect24 disabled). If a launch-model Xbox 360 is left on continuously, the electricity consumption would jump to 15% of the average residential usage.
- If a game offering 30 hours of gameplay is played over 6 weeks on a launch-model PS3 (the highest consumption of the consoles examined), the total electricity consumed during this time is 6.7 kWh, which costs $0.80 at average residential electricity prices (other consoles range from $0.10 to $0.70). This is very low compared with the purchase price of a current-generation game (up to $60) and the cost of the system and peripherals.
My goal with this paper was to clear up the (surprisingly common) myth that the Wii is an especially green console and to point out that it doesn't really matter anyway as long as the console is turned off when not in use. Since my intention has been to inform the public, I hope that this research will be of interest to you and your readers. To this end, I have made the paper publicly available on the Carnegie Mellon Electricity Industry Center website (link to pdf at bottom of page): http://wpweb2.tepper.cmu.edu/ceic/papers/CEIC-11-01.asp
Eric Hittinger
ehitting@andrew.cmu.edu
Department of Engineering and Public Policy
Carnegie Mellon University
I am a PhD student and researcher in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University and I wanted to bring your attention to a recently-completed paper entitled "Power Consumption of Video Game Consoles Under Realistic Usage Patterns". I wrote this paper with the intention of correcting some of the inaccurate conclusions in other video game power consumption studies. In particular, previous studies have suggested that the Wii is an especially "green" console, but this conclusion is based on incomplete or unrealistic assumptions. Since I am both an electricity industry researcher and an avid gamer, I felt motivated to do a proper analysis, using realistic assumptions and available data.
This paper uses the recent Nielson data about console usage and recognizes the existence of the WiiConnect24 service (both of which were neglected/unknown in previous studies), and comes to two important conclusions: First, the Wii is not necessarily a "greener" console than the Xbox 360 or PS3 and might be considered substantially worse, depending upon the method of comparison used. Secondly (and perhaps most importantly), as long as a user powers down the console when not in use, the overall electricity consumption of any of the consoles is very low compared to other residential electricity use (1% or less). Thus, while debates about the relative energy efficiency of the consoles may be exciting for certain partisan elements of the gaming community, gamers who want to be green ought to focus on other more effective energy improvements, like home insulation or lighting. So the most important message here is that the way a game console is used is far more important than the choice of game console as far as energy use is concerned.
Interesting results from this research:
- The average Wii with WiiConnect24 enabled uses 550 Wh of electricity (including active and standby) for each hour of active use, which is significantly higher than the figures for the currently-available Xbox 360 S (125 Wh per hour of use) and PS3 Slim (107 Wh per hour of use) consoles. Even with WiiConnect24 disabled, the average Wii consumes approximately the same amount of electricity for each hour of use as currently available models of PS3 and Xbox 360.
- 97% of the electricity consumed by the average Wii with WiiConnect24 enabled occurs when it is not being used. For other consoles (including the Wii with WiiConnect24 disabled), this figure is 10 — 30%.
- The console with the highest annual consumption (a launch-model Xbox 360) accounts for only 1% of an average household's electricity use if it is powered down to standby mode after use. The other consoles vary down to 0.2% (for the Wii with WiiConnect24 disabled). If a launch-model Xbox 360 is left on continuously, the electricity consumption would jump to 15% of the average residential usage.
- If a game offering 30 hours of gameplay is played over 6 weeks on a launch-model PS3 (the highest consumption of the consoles examined), the total electricity consumed during this time is 6.7 kWh, which costs $0.80 at average residential electricity prices (other consoles range from $0.10 to $0.70). This is very low compared with the purchase price of a current-generation game (up to $60) and the cost of the system and peripherals.
My goal with this paper was to clear up the (surprisingly common) myth that the Wii is an especially green console and to point out that it doesn't really matter anyway as long as the console is turned off when not in use. Since my intention has been to inform the public, I hope that this research will be of interest to you and your readers. To this end, I have made the paper publicly available on the Carnegie Mellon Electricity Industry Center website (link to pdf at bottom of page): http://wpweb2.tepper.cmu.edu/ceic/papers/CEIC-11-01.asp
Eric Hittinger
ehitting@andrew.cmu.edu
Department of Engineering and Public Policy
Carnegie Mellon University
Submission + - Love Hurts (usnews.com)
gonzonista writes: Being rejected romantically can hurt just as much as physical pain.
Comment Re:Brilliant! I love this law! (Score 1) 617
By encouraging the business being sued to make their own damn products and do their own damn tech support.
Comment Re:Go for it! (Score 1) 617
I'm all for suing wally-world into the ground, but what about other, more reputable companies?
Comment One word... (Score 1) 617
Wat?
Comment This article isn't rendering properly... (Score 1) 1
You forgot to add your "canned-press-release" tags.
Comment Re: Sweetest Tune (Score 1) 3
Not only that, we could CC it and post it on Newgrounds/any other open music site.
Their pain is our original content. ;)
Submission + - SABAM wants truckers to pay for listening to radio (standaard.be) 3
guruevi writes: "SABAM, the Belgian RIAA wants truckers to start paying for the copyrights to listen to the radio in their cabin. SABAM already has a system in place to extract fees from businesses for having radio's in the work area for businesses with more than 9 employees and they find that truckers' cabins are areas of work and thus infringe on their copyrights. The local politicians think this is going too far, they believe truckers need a radio for safety reasons and view a truck cabin as 'an intimate place'.
Can you come up with other places to extract music copyright remittances? Maybe you may want to pay taxes every time you take a dump as your gas may form a tune."
Can you come up with other places to extract music copyright remittances? Maybe you may want to pay taxes every time you take a dump as your gas may form a tune."
Comment Re:Open hardware API (Score 1) 323
I really, really hope you aren't as ignorant as your statement makes you out to be.
Submission + - Portal 2 Sneak Peek, In-Game Footage (hothardware.com)
Ninjakicks writes: "At the PAX East show in Boston today, Valve Software was showing off some in-game footage from the highly anticipated puzzle-platformer Portal 2. Due to hit store shelves and Steam next month, Fans of the original Portal will no doubt recognize some of the gameplay elements, but the visuals seen here have been enhanced significantly and some new items like the blue Repulsion Gel (among others) are being introduced. And of course, like the original, there are plenty of laughs to go around as well."
Submission + - Windows users at risk of video file attacks (networkworld.com)
jbrodkin writes: "Microsoft warned users that a newly discovered Windows Media flaw could let hackers take over their PCs by tricking users into opening specially crafted video files. The video file vulnerability was rated critical in Microsoft's latest Patch Tuesday security announcement, and is "somewhat trivial for attackers to exploit," according to Symantec. The flaw "allows attackers to skip a few of the traditional steps needed to get malicious code to execute on a targeted computer." Microsoft has had to change the way library files and Windows media files are opened in order to prevent future attacks."
Submission + - Anon demands US give clothes back to Manning (forbes.com)
hajus writes: Anonymous has given the US one week to restore certain rights for Bradley Manning in his time in prison awaiting his trial including clothes, any religious texts, a ball, blankets, and bedsheets or they will begin to 'dox' Department of Defense Press Secretary Geoff Morell and chief warrant officer Denise Barnes. 'Dox'. "Dox" will involve digging up personal information on the two officials and mass harassment or public embarrassment. “Targets established,” reads the document, before naming Morell and Barnes. “We’re in the ruining business. And business is good.” The operation has been termed "Operation Bradical" by Anonymous.
