Comment So that Serverfault question wasn't a hoax (Score 5, Funny) 64
Looks like that Serverfault question about running rm -rf / was real then
Comment Do you think it's overkill? (Score 3, Informative) 71
If you worked for Amazon Kindle support you'd be doing all you can to head off the hoard of screaming customer wanting to know why their device has stopped working.
Comment Re:vulcanization of chatting apps (Score 3, Funny) 242
I'm sure rubber covered chat is called something else....
Submission + - 'Kryptonite' Discovered in Serbian Mine
Rubinstien writes: A mineralogist at London's Natural History Museum was contracted to help identify an unknown mineral found in a Serbian mine. After its crystal structure was analyzed and identified, the researcher was shocked to find the material already referenced in literature. Says Dr. Chris Stanley, "Towards the end of my research I searched the web using the mineral's chemical formula — sodium lithium boron silicate hydroxide — and was amazed to discover that same scientific name, written on a case of rock containing kryptonite stolen by Lex Luther from a museum in the film Superman Returns." "I'm afraid it's not green and it doesn't glow either — although it will react to ultraviolet light by fluorescing a pinkish-orange," he told BBC News.
More details can be found in the BBC News article.
Comment Why one box (Score 1) 301
I might be missing something here but why would you want one box that does all this?
Modern games require vast amounts of processor time for the graphics and AI's that gamers demand and on the other side video encoding codexs are pretty processor intensive as well. Taking all this into account what happens when your mid game and the PVR function deciedes that your missing you favourty program and kicks in to record it? It finds it's got no RAM to use as a buffer and no CPU time as little billy is busy beating up the end of level boss in this months top of the game chart?
If all this has been separated out then you don't get these conflicts and you can upgrade/replace each part as and when needed.
Just my 2p
Modern games require vast amounts of processor time for the graphics and AI's that gamers demand and on the other side video encoding codexs are pretty processor intensive as well. Taking all this into account what happens when your mid game and the PVR function deciedes that your missing you favourty program and kicks in to record it? It finds it's got no RAM to use as a buffer and no CPU time as little billy is busy beating up the end of level boss in this months top of the game chart?
If all this has been separated out then you don't get these conflicts and you can upgrade/replace each part as and when needed.
Just my 2p
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