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[Crashman]

I always wash the dust off my cards under a medium-pressure warm water spray. And now you want me to buy an aeresol can?

 

[pshrk]

Hmmm... water? I'll have to try that... I usually just rub my video card on the carpet really really fast.

 

[Crashman]

Yeh, you don't want to spray acetone around, it can make you very ill, cause brain damage, or even kill you. Acetone is for SOAKING, not spraying, sorry.

 

[pshrk]

Anyone know any practical uses of Markov chains? I looked it up on wikipedia but I need more/better sources!

Edit: discrete time markov chains

 

[Crashman]

Water works great! I was sent this sample motherboard that had been handled by numerous people and was covered in sticky stuff. I had to photograph it, but as soon as I unwrapped it all the dust and hair in the entire room got sucked in! Stuck in the mess of course.

I had to use very warm water to rinse the junk off, but after letting it dry it really photographed nicely.

 

[pshrk]

Actually when i spilled beer on my keyboard once i had to take it apart and clean it with warm water. Worked like a charm.

 

[Crashman]

crap !!! so all the times i soaked my work gloves with acetone and lit them on fire will kill me?

Nah, but it could cause hot flashes...

 

[the_pulp]

But earlier i got 26-32 fps on Carbon,what happen now....

My 690 KG Uncle said 'i need to wash my graphic card in bath tub with soap' 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O WTF :lol: :lol: :lol: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[CompTIA_Rep]

Actually when i spilled beer on my keyboard once i had to take it apart and clean it with warm water. Worked like a charm.

Water doesnt hurt anything, as long as there is no current.
Most keyboard manufacturers recomend you wash your keyboard in the dishwasher w/o soap and let it dry for 3 days.

I have needed to soak a laptop before to clean out all the dog hair (stupid people let their pets sleep on their computers).

 

[kaotao]

Sorry to say but 8-9 fps is right on target for a puny 6600GT in NFS:Carbon or Oblivion if you don't dumb the settings way down. Look what happens to it's big brothers in Carbon, never mind Oblivion: http://www.elitebastards.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=193&Itemid=29&limit=1&limitstart=3

The 7600GT is twice the card and it's choking without FSAA even.

WTF Paul :?: :?: :?: :?:

this was a perfectly good hijack until you posted.It took hours to stay that distracted and it was almost complete :twisted:

well have to start over on another newbies thread now 🙁 ....... :twisted:

I guess all good things must come to an end.
I bought a X1900XT for my old HP. It won't fit in my PCI slot. After much stuggle, I finally got it in there, but I think I may have broken it. So, I bought another one, and broke that too. The third one, the same thing happened...WTF? BTW, are those little round cylinder thingies inportant? A few broke off in the process... 8O :twisted:

 

[CompTIA_Rep]

Heh that happened to me once. Super glue those round long thingys back on man WTF! OMG WTF OMG :twisted: :twisted: 8O

 

[CompTIA_Rep]

BTW where is the game SPORE?

Been waiting for that game forever. Last I heard, it was a joke.

 

[kaotao]

Kinda like Duke Nukem Forever

 

[CompTIA_Rep]

They promise to finish that game. It will see the light of day to kick your ass and chew bublegum.

 

[kaotao]

I wouldn't mind seeing another Soldier of Fortune. I had a lot of fun with the first 2.

 

[CompTIA_Rep]

Heh Sof2 is the best multiplayer fps game ever.
<-- Best sof2 online player....

 

[pauldh]

AH, sorry to ruin your fun. I wasn't paying any attention to what was going on in the hijack, just responded to the red writing. 😳

 

[kaotao]

It's sort of like someone walking in on a bank robbery, just to see what all the fuss is about. "Is this a bad time, or should I come back later to deposit my check?" 8O

 

[dean7]

Haha interesting analogy 😀

Are you saying we're bank robbers???

 

[dean7]

Oh, and since this thread is almost back to being about the OP 😱 I have something completely off-topic! 😀

http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/12/07/drm_free_music/

Tom's article on DRM-Free music. I especially like this quote.

The entire purpose of the DRM architecture is to prevent illegal copying and playback of purchased content. However, devoted music pirates don't even need to worry about this barrier because there are other illegal, peer-to-peer options that allow users to download MP3 files for free with no DRM restrictions attached to them.

Additionally, users can burn CDs from most online music stores and rip the tracks back onto a computer to get rid of the DRM restrictions. The fact is that sticking a digital tag to a purchased music file does very little to prevent music piracy and is mainly something for the content providers to use to maintain exclusivity for their platform.

Go Tom's!

 

[mesarectifier]

DRM sucks. Did I mention that it doesn't work either? Oh, and it sucks.

 

[pshrk]

The DRM for Hi-Def video discs like Blu-Ray has a good chance of working, which sucks for those of us that like to make backups because we are paranoid about scratching the originals.

Another Technology that may eventually lead to something DRM related is the trusted hardware proposed by the Trusted Computing Group or TCG. Although there is alot of misinformation out there about this topic.

 

[dean7]

Whatever... I give HD-DVD and Blu-Ray a month or 2 before "DVD Jon" cracks 'em! 😉

 

[CompTIA_Rep]

Well for the time being, I belive HI-Def is a great way to copy protect movies. Who wants to download a 40gig movie?

As for music DRM.... That point is quite valid, and applies to software as well. People who entend to pirate, will without too much trouble. People who dont are the ones who lose out. YOu can go to any bittorrent site and get the latest software / games, and entire diskographies of music, but the people who actualy buy the music from Itunes are punished by the limited use they are entitled to.

 

[kaotao]

Yup.