[QUOTE=Darkebrz;28948084]My friend found out that, if he yells into his desktop, it actually has a microphone somewhere inside of it.
Why :colbert:[/QUOTE]
Tap around the case with audacity recording, watch the wave spike more as you get closer to the mic
Track that fucker down
When websites don't have the logo bring you back to the home page. It's just annoying, because most websites do it and it has become instinct.
[QUOTE=kaze4159;28944804]And if the wall-transformer cable breaks?
Don't worry, they're a standard cable that you can get near anywhere
But somehow a lot of companies (coughdell) manages to make a proprietary version of those too[/QUOTE]
Even Dell use a standard figure of eight or cloverleaf plug.
[QUOTE=Oicani Gonzales;28951484]i went to a store and they had a conceptual kitchen system with full integration and shit
i was bored waiting for the rest of the peeps to check shit out so being the nerd i am i started messing with win7
for some reason opened recorder
there was a mic
i tracked it down
it was under a fucking [U]stove[/U][/QUOTE]
So your woman can talk to friends while doing her job, duh.
[QUOTE=Darkebrz;28948084]My friend found out that, if he yells into his desktop, it actually has a microphone somewhere inside of it.
Why :colbert:[/QUOTE]
Better than the microphone in front of my Inspiron 1525 that barely even works even if you scream 1 mm away from it :colbert:
Is there some easy way on Youtube to just see a big list of all unwatched videos from channels you subscribe to? (And then to add them to a queue and watch them all in a row). Such a feature would seem obvious to me, but I have not been able to figure it out. The best I can manage is to go down the main page and click "Add to Queue" on every video I haven't seen, but clever old Youtube keeps mixing in recommended videos, liked videos, favorited videos, and videos I've already seen! And then once I watch them, I have to go back over the list and click the X on each video so that they don't show up on the main page anymore.
The fact that there isn't just a button that says "Enqueue all unwatched videos from your subscriptions!" is an asshole design move.
[QUOTE=Oicani Gonzales;28951484]i went to a store and they had a conceptual kitchen system with full integration and shit
i was bored waiting for the rest of the peeps to check shit out so being the nerd i am i started messing with win7
for some reason opened recorder
there was a mic
i tracked it down
it was under a fucking [U]stove[/U][/QUOTE]
So your computer can hear the oven timer.
[QUOTE=Larikang;28952128]Is there some easy way on Youtube to just see a big list of all unwatched videos from channels you subscribe to? (And then to add them to a queue and watch them all in a row). Such a feature would seem obvious to me, but I have not been able to figure it out. The best I can manage is to go down the main page and click "Add to Queue" on every video I haven't seen, but clever old Youtube keeps mixing in recommended videos, liked videos, favorited videos, and videos I've already seen! And then once I watch them, I have to go back over the list and click the X on each video so that they don't show up on the main page anymore.
The fact that there isn't just a button that says "Enqueue all unwatched videos from your subscriptions!" is an asshole design move.[/QUOTE]
Click on your username on the top right > Subscriptions > Check all > Add to Queue
[QUOTE=Contag;28946431]Why?
DVI is still decent, considering it's more than a decade old.
[editline]2nd April 2011[/editline]
It's a bit like comparing Windows 98 SE to Windows 7.
[editline]2nd April 2011[/editline]
Wow I don't think the problem is the volume slider if an increase of 20% is [I]'an attempt to blow my fucking ears out'[/I].
I use it, it works fine.
[editline]2nd April 2011[/editline]
What the hell, no?
Squirt some fuel into a tube, check for water, if none all's good.[/QUOTE]
To many contaminants; air, water, metal and you can't put the new fuel on top of the old fuel. Quite a lot of in depth reasons why we don't and you can't, it normally gets sold off to farmers too.
[editline]2nd April 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=Number-41;28947191]That's not a designer dick move, that's just inherent to the design, not something that is easily fixable...[/QUOTE]
In the future we could create more efficient engines with less drag (parasitic drag etc) which would require even less fuel for them to take off, or change the compound/type of fuel so it has works with contaminants.
The problem with aircraft is that they are always a decade or two behind the current generation because anything new has to be tested over and over again to make sure its safe that's why its normally old tech (bar the avionics)
[QUOTE=ZeroMinus;28946048]Any fuel left in an aircraft after flight can't be used again, it has to be discarded or sold off, if an aircraft takes off it can't land back down straight away because the weight of the fuel would wreck the aircraft.[/QUOTE]
The fuck are you talking about? I do practice emergency landings with full fuel all the time in flight school. And since when do you have to remove and sell the fuel? Top of the tanks, we're all good to go. You must be high or something.
[QUOTE=ZeroMinus;28956453]To many contaminants; air, water, metal and you can't put the new fuel on top of the old fuel. Quite a lot of in depth reasons why we don't and you can't, it normally gets sold off to farmers too.
[editline]2nd April 2011[/editline]
In the future we could create more efficient engines with less drag (parasitic drag etc) which would require even less fuel for them to take off, or change the compound/type of fuel so it has works with contaminants.
The problem with aircraft is that they are always a decade or two behind the current generation because anything new has to be tested over and over again to make sure its safe that's why its normally old tech (bar the avionics)[/QUOTE]
There are so many more things than just the weight of the fuel. The aircraft have a weight limit restriction for landing. You could have a plane set up to fly on a half tank of fuel, but if it has a full cargo it could still be over the weight to land on half a tank.
And this doesn't even apply to all aircraft, many aircraft can land with full fuel. The only ones that can't are usually larger cargo planes.
[QUOTE=Oicani Gonzales;28958410][I]eggs complete eggs complete[/I][/QUOTE]
You have selected microsoft sam as the kitchen's default voooooice
Video ads. I just sat through one that was literally longer than the actual video (a flyover of the X37 spy spacecraft). And then, when I wanted to watch part of it over again after the end, it went straight back into the same ad, keeping me from watching the video.
Not only that, but the ad was for construction waste disposal. There is zero overlap between "people who want to watch classified spaceships" and "people who produce 3,000 lbs (over a megagram) of debris during a project".
[QUOTE=Larikang;28952128]Is there some easy way on Youtube to just see a big list of all unwatched videos from channels you subscribe to? (And then to add them to a queue and watch them all in a row). Such a feature would seem obvious to me, but I have not been able to figure it out. The best I can manage is to go down the main page and click "Add to Queue" on every video I haven't seen, but clever old Youtube keeps mixing in recommended videos, liked videos, favorited videos, and videos I've already seen! And then once I watch them, I have to go back over the list and click the X on each video so that they don't show up on the main page anymore.
The fact that there isn't just a button that says "Enqueue all unwatched videos from your subscriptions!" is an asshole design move.[/QUOTE]
Whatever team is behind YouTube (yes, I know it's owned by Google) can't even get videos posted by someone to all of their subscribers. That, and that the more they change the look and feel of the site it fucks it up.
[b]For example,[/b]
They changed the bar at the bottom of the player. I like it the old way because you can simply click twice to go from 360p to 720p. To change it you now need to click the resolution menu and then click the resolution. Which also is very picky, as you can't click on the button around the text, you have to click exactly on the text. [b]tl;dr - they fucked up the player bar resolution selector[/b]
They're fucking with the layout of the front page. I liked it the way it was before.
They also screwed with the layout of the comments section.
[b]tl;dr - GOOGLE, LET ME OPT OUT OF ANY FUTURE DESIGN CHANGES TO YOUTUBE[/B]
[editline]2nd April 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=gman003-main;28959435]Video ads. I just sat through one that was literally longer than the actual video (a flyover of the X37 spy spacecraft). And then, when I wanted to watch part of it over again after the end, it went straight back into the same ad, keeping me from watching the video.
Not only that, but the ad was for construction waste disposal. There is zero overlap between "people who want to watch classified spaceships" and "people who produce 3,000 lbs (over a megagram) of debris during a project".[/QUOTE]
You do know that Adblock Plus blocks virtually every ad inside of the YouTube player, right?
EDIT: (that wasn't YouTube, perhaps)
[QUOTE=Shooter;28960428]You do know that Adblock Plus blocks virtually every ad inside of the YouTube player, right?
EDIT: (that wasn't YouTube, perhaps)[/QUOTE]
It wasn't YouTube. Hell, I'm not even sure what it was (it was an embedded video).
[QUOTE=MacTrekkie;28957114]The fuck are you talking about? I do practice emergency landings with full fuel all the time in flight school. And since when do you have to remove and sell the fuel? Top of the tanks, we're all good to go. You must be high or something.[/QUOTE]
Agreed. I have my PPL, and part of the training was doing a whole bunch of touch and goes.
Regarding the fuel, I have to squirt some into a vial, check it for water, and if there is none, then you're good to go.
Are you talking about some commercial jets?
Rocketfish
Seriously, the guy who designs their PSUs deserves a slap to the nuts.
My friend had a tiny Acer case and his 9800GTX+ needed some more room, I told him to buy a Rosewill Destroyer (it was on sale, something like 30$). The PSU is bottom mounted and the fan is pointing upwards.
I see the Rocketfish PSU and I think to myself "What a fishy name", then I noticed my pun had the same level of quality as this PSU.
You know how regular PSUs have their fan in a pull positon? Well Rocketfish decided they were too cool for that. It sucks air from behind the computer and pushes the resulting air inside, pointing right at the already overheating 9800GTX+
:downsbravo:
[QUOTE=R3400i;28945660]DVI still being the dominant connectors on video cards over HDMI. :/[/QUOTE]
Personally, I wish HDMI never existed.
Technically, as far as the digital interface and signalling specifications are concerned, HDMI is [i]exactly the same[/i] as DVI-D. You do not get better quality or reliability out of a HDMI connector. They both have roughly the same bandwidth capabilities (DVI [i]might[/i] actually be better in this regard, as it has a duplicate set of signalling lines built-in to increase bandwidth without increasing clock rate).
DVI also includes analog signals (like VGA) in the same connector. This means you can still process the video output without going through all the trouble of implementing the more complex digital interface. The digital signalling (in both HDMI and DVI) is done at high frequency and the actual encoding used for pixel values is rather involved and, most likely, cannot be accomplished without the aid of a dedicated codec IC or a really fancy FPGA design.
There are three problems I really have with HDMI though:
1. It was an unnecessary specification. Change for the sake of change without adding any substantial value. DVI was already prevalent at the time and the addition of HDMI just created unnecessary incompatibility.
2. The flimsy connector.
3. It is strongly tied into the whole HDCP mess. Yes, HDCP isn't solely a HDMI feature, but they were sort of pushed out together. HDMI is one link in that "content-provider approved operating system", "content-provider approved software", "content-provider approved content", "content-provider approved video card", "content-provider approved drivers", "content-provider approved cable", "content-provider approved viewing device" chain that screws over everyone who values choice.
[QUOTE=ROBO_DONUT;28962800]Personally, I wish HDMI never existed.
Technically, as far as the digital interface and signalling specifications are concerned, HDMI is [i]exactly the same[/i] as DVI-D. You do not get better quality or reliability out of a HDMI connector. They both have roughly the same bandwidth capabilities (DVI [i]might[/i] actually be better in this regard, as it has a duplicate set of signalling lines built-in to increase bandwidth without increasing clock rate).
DVI also includes analog signals (like VGA) in the same connector. This means you can still process the video output without going through all the trouble of implementing the more complex digital interface. The digital signalling (in both HDMI and DVI) is done at high frequency and the actual encoding used for pixel values is rather involved and, most likely, cannot be accomplished without the aid of a dedicated codec IC or a really fancy FPGA design.
There are three problems I really have with HDMI though:
1. It was an unnecessary specification. Change for the sake of change without adding any substantial value. DVI was already prevalent at the time and the addition of HDMI just created unnecessary incompatibility.
2. The flimsy connector.
3. It is strongly tied into the whole HDCP mess. Yes, HDCP isn't solely a HDMI feature, but they were sort of pushed out together. HDMI is one link in that "content-provider approved operating system", "content-provider approved software", "content-provider approved content", "content-provider approved video card", "content-provider approved drivers", "content-provider approved cable", "content-provider approved viewing device" chain that screws over everyone who values choice.[/QUOTE]
That, and you have to buy a new fucking TV every 3 months because a new spec comes out, it's also destroyed the monitor market in a sense, every fucking thing has to be 1920x1080 just so fucking manufacturers can stick a shitty HDMI 1.1 Port on it, Remember when they used to be fucking 2560x1600? We've fucking degraded in technology because of shitty HDMI.
[QUOTE=wingless;28962984]That, and you have to buy a new fucking TV every 3 months because a new spec comes out, it's also destroyed the monitor market in a sense, every fucking thing has to be 1920x1080 just so fucking manufacturers can stick a shitty HDMI 1.1 Port on it, Remember when they used to be fucking 2560x1600? We've fucking degraded in technology because of shitty HDMI.[/QUOTE]
In that case, I'm glad I never hopped on board. You can find some great monitors for cheap these days just because they lack HDMI. Very happy with my better-than-1080p-resolution ultra-cheap budget monitor.
[QUOTE=ROBO_DONUT;28963065]In that case, I'm glad I never hopped on board. You can find some great monitors for cheap these days just because they lack HDMI. Very happy with my better-than-1080p-resolution ultra-cheap budget monitor.[/QUOTE]
linky? i need a new monitor.
Why can't you move a 360 while the game is running? I do that all the time with my PS3 and Wii.
[QUOTE=LordWoot;28963193]Why can't you move a 360 while the game is running? I do that all the time with my PS3 and Wii.[/QUOTE]
It will eat your disc.
Almost literally.
[QUOTE=SuperDuperScoot;28963213]It will eat your disc.
Almost literally.[/QUOTE]
I know I ruined my Fallout 3 disc like that
[QUOTE=LordWoot;28963222]I know I ruined my Fallout 3 disc like that[/QUOTE]
it's because the disc reader is shit
[QUOTE=Johnbooth;28963123]linky? i need a new monitor.[/QUOTE]
I bought it about a year ago while it was being discontinued. Probably can't find the same model now.
just give me the model number or SN or something.
[QUOTE=Johnbooth;28963446]just give me the model number or SN or something.[/QUOTE]
Samsung 2343BWX
[QUOTE=SuperDuperScoot;28963213]It will eat your disc.
Almost literally.[/QUOTE]
Reminds me of when I was at a friend's place playing Burnout
"Hey dude can you move the 360, I think it's getting hot"
"Yeah okay"
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