So while i was banned, i decided to do crack open the big o bastard and do some modding.
[t]http://i.cubeupload.com/FQynZs.jpg[/t]
A chopped up SPDIF cable, one end goes to the graphics card, the other goes to the optical and coax ports.
[t]http://i.cubeupload.com/SODMyC.jpg[/t]
A graphics card upgrade
[t]http://i.cubeupload.com/VOxOWz.jpg[/t]
And the ports at the back.
I see you have a Firewire card, which made me realize that I have 8 Firewire ports between my two desktops (one 2x400+2x800, other 4x400) and not a [i]single[/i] Firewire device.
I've been tempted to buy one just so I have a use for them, but I've managed to come to my senses each time.
I don't even know why motherboards still comes with Firewire. I haven't seen a device coming out with Firewire port since 2006
Anyone who knows AutoCAD, could you message me on steam or something? I'm working on this small job and I need to convert some DWG meshes to a 2D grey heightmap.
[QUOTE=~Kiwi~v2;43468404]The hell? It sounds like NA ISPs(even Canadians) are just retarded. Can a company not get their shit together?
Vodafone I know has issues and always will do(random DC's DNS failures and data cap tracker failing e.g it will read 0GB half way through the month) but come on big companies.[/QUOTE]
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I downloaded a whole lot of shit last month and I used 120GB
I honestly never knew my old monitor had shit colors until I got this one today. This is incredible.
I really need to crack my older monitor (which I use as a secondary now) up and see if I can fix the DVI input, VGA is awful
because samsung is too busy making phones to care about anything else
GIMP's gif optimizer sucks.
From 42.8mb to 42mb.
Come on, there has to be better.
[QUOTE=B!N4RY;43469241]because samsung is too busy making phones to care about anything else[/QUOTE]
and refrigerators
[QUOTE=gman003-main;43468409]I see you have a Firewire card, which made me realize that I have 8 Firewire ports between my two desktops (one 2x400+2x800, other 4x400) and not a [i]single[/i] Firewire device.
I've been tempted to buy one just so I have a use for them, but I've managed to come to my senses each time.[/QUOTE]
IEEE 1394 is also a networking standard. Plug computers together and you can run a 400mbit LAN.
[QUOTE=B!N4RY;43468460]I don't even know why motherboards still comes with Firewire. I haven't seen a device coming out with Firewire port since 2006[/QUOTE]
I didn't even think they still were.
I use firewire devices on a daily basis and for the the past couple of builds I've had to install a Ti PCI-E Firewire card. The device in question was only released late last year.
USB just doesn't stack up to firewire when you need to pull 48+ channels of digital audio. It's not a question of speed, latency and the nature of the protocol just make firewire better for this. Shame it's disappearing. USB audio interfaces have got better but I have yet to use one that comes close to the reliability of the firewire gear.
Luckily there's PCI-E interfaces, Audinate Dante and RedNet
oh man.. i remember me and a couple of friends making a terrible jackass parody thing everybody did
we used a top of the line camcorder ala 2004 with tapes and transferring footage to the pc live
premiere 2.0 was the shit, got me into moviemaking
I still have a bunch of MiniDV I need to digitize.
[QUOTE=pentium;43471377]IEEE 1394 is also a networking standard. Plug computers together and you can run a 400mbit LAN.[/QUOTE]
Do you just daisychain all the computers together? So one computer shuts off and you've got a netsplit
[QUOTE=TrafficMan;43471660]Do you just daisychain all the computers together? So one computer shuts off and you've got a netsplit[/QUOTE]
Firewire hub.
[img]http://imagehost.vendio.com/a/3578944/view/belkinfirewirehubmacf5u526-slv.jpg[/img]
Most of our external hard drives at work use Firewire 800, because they're all older than USB 3.0 and only a couple have eSATA while none of our editing Macs do. Before Thunderbolt and eSATA and USB 3.0, FW800 was your best option for external high speed data transfer.
[QUOTE=Trekintosh;43472132]Most of our external hard drives at work use Firewire 800, because they're all older than USB 3.0 and only a couple have eSATA while none of our editing Macs do. Before Thunderbolt and eSATA and USB 3.0, FW800 was your best option for external high speed data transfer.[/QUOTE]
It's a pretty good standard, and Apple did offer anyone to use it for free. But if memory serves they were kinda dicks with it and if they didn't like your use of it, could completely kill it at any time.
[QUOTE=wingless;43472155]It's a pretty good standard, and Apple did offer anyone to use it for free. But if memory serves they were kinda dicks with it and if they didn't like your use of it, could completely stop it at any time.[/QUOTE]
I just wish they had finished FireWire 1600. I feel it would have been more valuable than Thunderbolt to the majority of people because it would have been much cheaper and more immediately applicable for data transfer.
[QUOTE=pentium;43467986]There's no way you could replicate the chassis of the G4 without ruining the awesome handle eject.
[img]http://archive.arstechnica.com/reviews/4q00/g4cube_cd/images/cube-core-big.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
An Intel Intel NUC D54250WYB board would fit in just fine.
[QUOTE=Trekintosh;43472132]Most of our external hard drives at work use Firewire 800, because they're all older than USB 3.0 and only a couple have eSATA while none of our editing Macs do. Before Thunderbolt and eSATA and USB 3.0, FW800 was your best option for external high speed data transfer.[/QUOTE]
I still question why people keep saying USB 2.0 is faster than firewire. I can move almost 2tb in three days. On USB that would take about a week.
Can you do file sharing with Thunderbolt?
10.9 supports IP over Thunderbolt but the cables are so expensive it's more practical to setup a 10gbit network.
[QUOTE=Trekintosh;43472132]Most of our external hard drives at work use Firewire 800, because they're all older than USB 3.0 and only a couple have eSATA while none of our editing Macs do. Before Thunderbolt and eSATA and USB 3.0, FW800 was your best option for external high speed data transfer.[/QUOTE]
Isn't eSATA essentially a SATA cable with a more ruggedized connector?
[QUOTE=pentium;43472273]10.9 supports IP over Thunderbolt but the cables are so expensive it's more practical to setup a 10gbit network.[/QUOTE]Does it use standard cat6 ethernet cables? Also what's the easier way to make a PXE server?
[QUOTE=TrafficMan;43472292]Isn't eSATA essentially a SATA cable with a more ruggedized connector?[/QUOTE]
Yeah, and a different shaped connector.
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I need to get my eyes checked
[QUOTE=TrafficMan;43472292]Isn't eSATA essentially a SATA cable with a more ruggedized connector?[/QUOTE]
Another reason FireWire 800 is superior is that it carries enough juice for 3.5" external drives. ESATA always needed an external power supply, which is a hassle.
Comcast could be worse.
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[QUOTE=pentium;43469296]GIMP's gif optimizer sucks.
From 42.8mb to 42mb.
Come on, there has to be better.[/QUOTE]
In my experience automated gif optimization is complete garbage and it's better to delete frames/resize/etc by hand
god damn how does microsoft do this
it keeps me logged in on a page until i close the browser, no cookies used
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