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Comment Re:I'd prefer something that tests for undervolt (Score 1) 39

If you want to undervolt to make your Nvidia card work less during games or any sort of GPU-intensive app, get MSI Afterburner and choose one of the options below. Note that I'm using my 1080Ti as an example.

Make a Voltage/Frequency curve with Ctrl-F. The lowest you can manually set is 800 mV, and with that I set my frequency to 1632 MHZ. This is dependent on the card type and also the specific card that you have, so start lower than those if you try this.

Slide the Power Limit downward, and it will bring the voltage and frequency down. I've seen it as low as 693 mV. This is a much easier and safer way to underclock and undervolt, though the numbers will shift around somewhat, unlike the first option.

Both of these methods will let your card run cooler and quieter in games (and it's pretty much necessary if mining cryptocurrency), and when your card is idle it'll still drop down to its idle voltage and frequency. (139 MHz and 650 mC) I recommend creating a profile for each one and testing them to see which works best for you. Test for stability too! If things crash or show visual artifacts, dial down the frequency. This is mainly an issue if you're locking at a specific voltage and frequency like in the first method. You can also mess around with the memory clock and drop as low as -502 MHz

Also make sure to cap your FPS if you're running a game that normally goes well above your refresh rate. You don't need to run Minecraft at 300 FPS. Combine that with the above methods and your card won't be doubling as a space heater.

Comment DEFCAD (Score 1) 404

I'm surprised that nobody's mentioned http://defcad.com/ yet. It's an "Open-Source Search Engine for 3D Printing.", and they've got quite a few firearms (with the intent of having the plans for everything else too), and they're immune or at least resistant to takedowns and such. The site is apparently not complete, needing funding for the search functionality or something like that, but they do have downloadable plans already. The video on the site explains it a bit better.
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Bradley Manning Makes Statement 440

Bradley Manning, the 25-year-old U.S. Army soldier who allegedly leaked hundreds of thousands of internal memos about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, has been held by the government for two and a half years. On Thursday he pleaded guilty 10 of 22 charges brought against him, and now he has released an official statement. Here's an excerpt: "On 3 February 2010, I visited the WLO website on my computer and clicked on the submit documents link. Next I found the submit your information online link and elected to submit the SigActs via the onion router or TOR anonymizing network by special link. ... I attached a text file I drafted while preparing to provide the documents to the Washington Post. It provided rough guidelines saying ‘It’s already been sanitized of any source identifying information. You might need to sit on this information– perhaps 90 to 100 days to figure out how best to release such a large amount of data and to protect its source. This is possibly one of the more significant documents of our time removing the fog of war and revealing the true nature of twenty-first century asymmetric warfare. Have a good day. After sending this, I left the SD card in a camera case at my aunt’s house in the event I needed it again in the future. I returned from mid-tour leave on 11 February 2010. Although the information had not yet been publicly by the WLO, I felt this sense of relief by them having it. I felt I had accomplished something that allowed me to have a clear conscience based upon what I had seen and read about and knew were happening in both Iraq and Afghanistan everyday."

Submission + - Electric Velomobiles: almost as fast as cars, but 80 times more efficient (lowtechmagazine.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Both the velomobile and the electric bicycle increase the limited range of the cyclist — the former optimises aerodynamics and ergonomics, while the latter assists muscle power with an electric motor fuelled by a battery. The electric velomobile combines both approaches, and so maximises the range of the cyclist — so much so that it is able to replace most, if not all, automobile trips. A quarter of the existent wind turbines in the US would suffice to power as many electric velomobiles as there are Americans.

Comment Re:"Zero Knowledge" Services (Score 1) 531

Right now my only costs are from my internet connection. :) I also do have offline backups of course, but I like SpiderOak because it'll monitor for file changes and upload right away if you have it set for that. (uploading only the changed sections too, and it has versioning built in) It's great for text files and pictures and other things that I just want to backup automatically throughout my day. I don't want to have to hook up my external drive every time I edit a document or download a single song.

Comment Re:"Zero Knowledge" Services (Score 1) 531

I've used SpiderOak for about 10 months now, and it's the only cloud backup service that I trust won't be handing my data over to anyone. Everything encrypts client-side, and they (supposedly) have no way of accessing this data even if forced. It's basically online backup for those paranoid about privacy.

The client does need several improvements, but overall I'm quite pleased. The company offers extra free permanent storage to those who refer others, email with a special promotional code, or participate in online "tests". My favorite was their context for System Administrator Appreciation Day, where you had to fix a broken system and were rewarded with storage space. The contest is over, but the challenge is still up: https://sotss.spideroak.com/ (It was originally won if you managed to get the right program running, and it would ask for your username for the reward space. This doesn't seem to happen anymore.)

So far I've managed to get 29 GB of free space with them, which is permanent and accessible to even free users. So far, SpiderOak is the only cloud backup I've seen that has this "zero knowledge" service. If there are others, I'd love to hear about them.

Comment Re:IT IS WIN + WIN !! (Score 1) 362

Even if killing civilians or even killing them all WORKS, how does that make it right? These are human beings we're talking about, not mindless robots or monsters. This isn't like a video game where you win if you completely destroy the opposing side. If you go around intentionally killing innocent civilians, that is an evil act according to most of the world. You might win the battle, but you end up becoming what you had opposed.

Sadly, some people just chant "USA! USA!" and think that we can do no wrong. They'd cheer even if we bombed and killed everyone in the country. With this sort of black and white thinking, they're just "bad guys" deserving of death. If you are one of the people who thinks this way, I doubt that I could convince you otherwise.

Comment Re:IT IS WIN + WIN !! (Score 1) 362

The only problem is that it does not reduce the number of "bad guys". If you bomb someone, their friends and family are going to be angry and take up arms against you. If you kill them too, THEIR friends and family will take up arms against you. You're literally creating enemies because they want revenge\justice. The better option is to stop killing them and withdraw our troops. They can't kill us if we aren't there. They'll still be angry and some may still take up arms against the US, but they'd have to come here to do that. This is what a military is meant to protect us from.

Imagine it this way: If a foreign country started using drones or occupying troops to kill people in the US that it considered to be dangerous, don't you think that we'd be angry? I would hope that Americans would be angry and fight back. How many of you would say "Oh well. They're killing our people, but it's none of my business."?

Comment Re:But he said space was stupid before.... (Score 1) 378

Ron Paul hates Social Security but doesn't mind collecting it. Is that a flip-flop or just outright hypocrisy?

He paid into Social Security, so he deserves to collect it. He wants there to be a way for people to opt out of it. Some people may wish to put the money toward something else instead of giving it to the government.

http://www.ontheissues.org/2012/Ron_Paul_Social_Security.htm explains his view on this in more detail.

So no, I don't think it's hypocritical or flip-flopping. If you were forced to pay money into the program, why shouldn't you collect from it later on?

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