So I spent 1.8GB on LTE by only doing SpeedTests. 32 results which leads to about 50-60MB per speedtest.
[QUOTE=.Lain;45028022]it's an 'ok' monitor if you don't mind sacrificing build quality and panel consistency with bad calibration on arrival[/QUOTE]
the massdrop ones are better than the ones you buy directly from monoprice
they promise 100% pixelperfect, direct from monoprice doesn't
[QUOTE=LordCrypto;45028115]the massdrop ones are better than the ones you buy directly from monoprice
they promise 100% pixelperfect, direct from monoprice doesn't[/QUOTE]
any source to back up their claims?
[QUOTE=.Lain;45028135]any source to back up their claims?[/QUOTE]
The word of a guy with a dollar store magnifying glass who looked over the monitor for a few seconds.
[QUOTE=garychencool;45028106]So I spent 1.8GB on LTE by only doing SpeedTests. 32 results which leads to about 50-60MB per speedtest.[/QUOTE]
Sounds like you're having some kind of an obsession issue there
[img]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6Vz1XJ3Oqkg/U5N9soHhNfI/AAAAAAAAJek/_vymGLsPGfU/s0/2014-06-07_14-01-45.png[/img]
vs monoprice website:
[img]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JpUk02KQyL4/U5N9zVBqh_I/AAAAAAAAJes/uXzvdS-GnR4/s0/2014-06-07_14-02-12.png[/img]
Yeah that's what they claim. Even if that was the only issue with it it's not like they're being super truthful about other things so who knows how legitimate that is.
[QUOTE=Massdrop]
Apple only uses A+ panels while most of the folks online use A- panels, prone to false coloration and defects. This Monoprice 27” IPS uses the exact same A+ grade panels as Apple and HP.[/quote]
I mean once you hear "false coloration" you know the writer has no idea what they're doing. But since people own these things there's also this
[img]http://images.anandtech.com/galleries/3000/Pre-Calibration%20Gamma_575px.png[/img]
I'd sure give that an A+! For anyone who doesn't know it's supposed to line up with the yellow.
To be fair, the monoprice one with the glass cover (not this one) is actually a really good display. But the thing is that both of these monitors approach upon $400 or in the case of the glass one even more. I've seen HP, Asus, and Samsung 27" 2560x1440 monitors go for $500 CAD and they have good build quality and good panels. Maybe if you can get them closer to the $300 range through things like massdrop I can see the appeal but not on their own.
That drop wouldn't matter anyways, since it's only shipping to US / CA
Are there any careers that just have to do with hardware? That's my shit, and I hate programming. Right now working on networking because it doesn't drive me up a wall. Something I'm missing?
[QUOTE=Levelog;45028583]Are there any careers that just have to do with hardware? That's my shit, and I hate programming. Right now working on networking because it doesn't drive me up a wall. Something I'm missing?[/QUOTE]
Doing really in depth review stuff (like Anandtech stuff) lets you work with a lot of hardware but it's not something you can sort of just apply to as a job. Unfortunately a lot of jobs that have a lot to do with hardware still have a significant amount of software work too.
Question related to software, I think.
Why do I get different results on Google's calculator and Windows' when passing bytes to Mbits?
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/KlWvCyC.png[/IMG]
First number, 495566.56 , is multiplied by 8 to get the bits. We get 3964532.48 bits.
Now, from what I've found, 1 Mbit is 1,000,000 bits. So we divide the ones from the previous operation and we should get the Mbits...
But, for some reason, Google is adding 0.18366 and I don't know why.
Any step I might've missed?
(commas instead of dots are because different location)
[QUOTE=Kaabii;45028599]Doing really in depth review stuff (like Anandtech stuff) lets you work with a lot of hardware but it's not something you can sort of just apply to as a job. Unfortunately a lot of jobs that have a lot to do with hardware still have a significant amount of software work too.[/QUOTE]
Yeah. I'd love to get hardware to review, but ya know, not a walk in and apply job. And I don't get how someone can just sit and program all day. Seems like a masochist's job to me. Love that in depth architecture type sheet tho.
[editline]7th June 2014[/editline]
[QUOTE=Coment;45028627]Question related to software, I think.
Why do I get different results on Google's calculator and Windows' when passing bytes to Mbits?
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/KlWvCyC.png[/IMG]
First number, 495566.56 , is multiplied by 8 to get the bits. We get 3964532.48 bits.
Now, from what I've found, 1 Mbit is 1,000,000 bits. So we divide the ones from the previous operation and we should get the Mbits...
But, for some reason, Google is adding 0.18366 and I don't know why.
Any step I might've missed?
(commas instead of dots are because different location)[/QUOTE]
Binary (base 2 number system) man. One MB is 1048576bytes. Just like 1kb is 1024 bits
[QUOTE=Coment;45028627]Question related to software, I think.
Why do I get different results on Google's calculator and Windows' when passing bytes to Mbits?
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/KlWvCyC.png[/IMG]
First number, 495566.56 , is multiplied by 8 to get the bits. We get 3964532.48 bits.
Now, from what I've found, 1 Mbit is 1,000,000 bits. So we divide the ones from the previous operation and we should get the Mbits...
But, for some reason, Google is adding 0.18366 and I don't know why.
Any step I might've missed?
(commas instead of dots are because different location)[/QUOTE]
iirc google uses the 2^x definition of [I]x[/I]byte/[I]x[/I]bit
which is 1048576 bits to a Megabit (technically mebibit but whatever)
[editline]7th June 2014[/editline]
even more confusingly
windows displays sizes as MB/GB/KB, meaning megabyte/gigabyte/kilobyte (in the decimal sense, where each prefix is 1000 larger than the one before it)
but the number being displayed is actually binary (so one MB in windows is actually 1024KB, not 1000KB)
This is why we use MiBs and KiBs and friends
[editline]8th June 2014[/editline]
Specifically because software [I]almost always[/I] uses 1024, whether it's written kB or KiB, whereas HDD manufacturers [I]exclusively[/I] use 1000 - resulting in the fact Windows will tell you your 500GB HDD has a capacity of 465.7GB.
This is the reason the binary prefixes exist.
except for mac os after snow leopard iirc it uses MB and base 10
so a 500GB advertised hard drive will be displayed as 500GB in mac os
I guess in the end I wish I could be an informationologist. In which I spend 8 hours a day clicking on wiki hyperlinks. And needing 64gb RAM for all dem chrome tabs
[QUOTE=LordCrypto;45028947]except for mac os after snow leopard iirc it uses MB and base 10
so a 500GB advertised hard drive will be displayed as 500GB in mac os[/QUOTE]
Apple is literally Hitler with following any sort of standards, and they have to invent their own ones in every case.
I'm surprised they didn't use base 16 or something.
[QUOTE=nikomo;45029126]Apple is literally Hitler with following any sort of standards, [B]and they have to invent their own ones in every case.[/B]
I'm surprised they didn't use base 16 or something.[/QUOTE]
they do?
[editline]7th June 2014[/editline]
as far as i'm aware most of apple's hardware standards only exist because what is available is often lackluster for what they want
Imagine the Macintosh being a 12-bit machine instead of 16-bit.
[QUOTE=pentium;45029390]Imagine the Macintosh being a 12-bit machine instead of 16-bit.[/QUOTE]
or 13 bit.
Everything goes wrong on the machine.
[QUOTE=.Lain;45029208]they do?
[editline]7th June 2014[/editline]
as far as i'm aware most of apple's hardware standards only exist because what is available is often lackluster for what they want[/QUOTE]
Computer history tells us that it's not really accurate to say that Apple avoids standards. The iMac was the first computer to get rid of all the old peripheral standards in favor of USB. Like you said, the only reason they do their own thing is when the other options are terrible or non-existent. Their PCI-E SSD interface is a great example. If the SATA-IO group had kept up to pace then M.2 would have existed when SSDs had saturated SATA3, but it's only shipping now and that happened years ago. Reversible Micro USB still is non existent in a real product, and it caps at 9W while lightning can do 12W which makes charging the iPad a lot faster. If we want to go back and look at the original 30pin connector, there was absolutely no other standard that could do firewire and USB, and USB still can't do video out on its own, it has to be over MHL. Obviously the problem with all these things is that they end up being apple proprietary and that limits support. However, it doesn't seem like Apple has much luck when they adopt the latest standards either. Because...
They're the only company pushing thunderbolt. Most PCs sold are part of the low end market and it's too expensive to include. It's a way better standard than USB and it's only hampered by its low adoption.
[QUOTE=Levelog;45024168]More of a downgrade imo. Lost dat solder. But really, nowadays if you buy a high end Intel proc, you're good for 3-4 generations.[/QUOTE]
Except I never experienced the bad thermals of most people. My 3770k idles and loads significantly lower than my 2600k.
Anyone know a good ShareX alternative for Linux?
[QUOTE=Kaabii;45029456]Computer history tells us that it's not really accurate to say that Apple avoids standards. The iMac was the first computer to get rid of all the old peripheral standards in favor of USB. Like you said, the only reason they do their own thing is when the other options are terrible or non-existent. Their PCI-E SSD interface is a great example. If the SATA-IO group had kept up to pace then M.2 would have existed when SSDs had saturated SATA3, but it's only shipping now and that happened years ago. Reversible Micro USB still is non existent in a real product, and it caps at 9W while lightning can do 12W which makes charging the iPad a lot faster. If we want to go back and look at the original 30pin connector, there was absolutely no other standard that could do firewire and USB, and USB still can't do video out on its own, it has to be over MHL. Obviously the problem with all these things is that they end up being apple proprietary and that limits support. However, it doesn't seem like Apple has much luck when they adopt the latest standards either. Because...
They're the only company pushing thunderbolt. Most PCs sold are part of the low end market and it's too expensive to include. It's a way better standard than USB and it's only hampered by its low adoption.[/QUOTE]
It's a bit crap that there are no PCIe thunderbolt cards around apart from that asus card, but those only worked on a few boards.
[QUOTE=B!N4RY;45028279]Sounds like you're having some kind of an obsession issue there[/QUOTE]
Nah...
I only did 26 speed tests in a day...
[QUOTE=garychencool;45029504]Nah...
I only did 26 speed tests in a day...[/QUOTE]
I think the point at which I saw Bell send people angry letters is after 26GB or so. You'd better watch out for the Rogers PR department!
[editline]7th June 2014[/editline]
[QUOTE='[EG] Pepper;45029499']It's a bit crap that there are no PCIe thunderbolt cards around apart from that asus card, but those only worked on a few boards.[/QUOTE]
It should be on chipset. Even with Broadwell it isn't. I don't think anywhere on their roadmaps does it say "oh by the way we're putting more PCI-E lanes for thunderbolt ports." Intel definitely takes some blame for it here but it doesn't help that every PC sold to consumers is made to be as cheap as possible.
[QUOTE=Brt5470;45029463]Except I never experienced the bad thermals of most people. My 3770k idles and loads significantly lower than my 2600k.[/QUOTE]
my i5-3570k@3.9 idles at like 50 and goes to like 75-80 under load. really bothers me, probably should get another fan for my 212 evo.
[QUOTE=Levelog;45028583]Are there any careers that just have to do with hardware? That's my shit, and I hate programming. Right now working on networking because it doesn't drive me up a wall. Something I'm missing?[/QUOTE]
Like kaabii said, reviews and stuff will likely get you into that area. Just start a blog and review stuff you have. I'm starting on this with games and already I'm having slightly larger publishers contacting me for coverage, which is kind of cool.
[editline]7th June 2014[/editline]
[QUOTE=TonyTheBean;45029563]my i5-3570k@3.9 idles at like 50 and goes to like 75-80 under load. really bothers me, probably should get another fan for my 212 evo.[/QUOTE]
My 3770k idles at like 24c and Loads around 58c. That's with my encoding and AE rendering which pegs it 100% though
[QUOTE=Kaabii;45029456] If we want to go back and look at the original 30pin connector, there was absolutely no other standard that could do firewire and USB, and USB still can't do video out on its own, it has to be over MHL. [/QUOTE]
I like the 30 pin connector. It has dedicated pins for Line In (stereo), Line Out (stereo), Composite video out, S-Video out (chrome and luma pins), USB, firewire and power, so it does do some pretty neat shit that Micro USB can't.
[QUOTE=Brt5470;45029665]
My 3770k idles at like 24c and Loads around 58c. That's with my encoding and AE rendering which pegs it 100% though[/QUOTE]
damn. what heatsink do you have?
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