After Lisa builds a perpetual motion machine,
"In this house we obey the laws of Thermodynamics!" ~ Homer
lol I love it.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Monday, September 08, 2008
Random tidbits, and my take on Vista.
First of all perhaps the best way to deal with stress . . . EVER! Here is NERF gun cubic warfare, just one word - Epic. To top that? Go Steampunk NERF style! On a more serious note, Hybrid or otherwise known as Binary Cycle Geothermal Power Plants are an innovative design that will enable us to utilize all the geothermal energy that is currently untapped because it does not reach water's boiling point and thus can not run a steam turbine, this hybrid design utilizes a secondary liquid to vaporize and thus drive a turbine, we need to make sure this gets used, geothermal is clean and in a closed system does not produce greenhouse gases or pollution, so while not a complete answer to energy it is part of the solution. Here are more details on how the technology works. I like newegg's solution to the New York State sales tax, go newegg, I love the dependably and quick delivery. For the international bit, I like the CFW clinics special on KWSU I think a PBS type channel. Finally I'm not sure whether I should be incredibly impressed or scared witless, as a little girl assembles an AR-16 aka M-16, at insane speeds.
Speaking as one of the relative computer experts in my family as well as friends, quite a few people have asked me what I think of Windows Vista, and I am sometimes surprised on how negative the general sentiment is towards the operating system. So here is my general advice on the matter, first of all it is relatively pointless to upgrade to Vista, unless you wish to build a new rig or your needs exceed what your current build can provide, otherwise for the most part, generally if your computer works, stick with it. [I feel the same about every iteration, not just this one] On the other hand for those who want the DX10 functionality and other perks, but are afraid to upgrade, I tell them that I have been running Vista on my rig since I built it more than a year ago, and it has been very stable. However if you are still afraid, due to lack of computer experience, a solid thing and nearly a rule of thumb that I say to those that do not want to be on the cutting edge, is just wait at least until service pack 2 comes out, because few people remember XP in it's early days, it was quite jumpy in some aspects but has calmed down quite alot, and now is remembered as a staple of the PC world, ironically its success is slightly hindering the success of Vista, that coupled with the negative image that has been built up on the Vista Operating System, which as far as I can tell is largely undeserved. And for those blog trolls, no I do not hate on Mac or Linux, I just have my main rig as a windows because I am a PC gamer, and I will be running Linux on my laptop once I get it fixed up, and the reason I don't run Mac is you pretty much have to buy their hardware or you get zero tech support.
Edit : I would be incredibly disappointed if instead of actually fixing the problems with Vista through a good SP2, they release what would basically be Vista SP2 as Windows 7. Don't F this up Microsoft.
Speaking as one of the relative computer experts in my family as well as friends, quite a few people have asked me what I think of Windows Vista, and I am sometimes surprised on how negative the general sentiment is towards the operating system. So here is my general advice on the matter, first of all it is relatively pointless to upgrade to Vista, unless you wish to build a new rig or your needs exceed what your current build can provide, otherwise for the most part, generally if your computer works, stick with it. [I feel the same about every iteration, not just this one] On the other hand for those who want the DX10 functionality and other perks, but are afraid to upgrade, I tell them that I have been running Vista on my rig since I built it more than a year ago, and it has been very stable. However if you are still afraid, due to lack of computer experience, a solid thing and nearly a rule of thumb that I say to those that do not want to be on the cutting edge, is just wait at least until service pack 2 comes out, because few people remember XP in it's early days, it was quite jumpy in some aspects but has calmed down quite alot, and now is remembered as a staple of the PC world, ironically its success is slightly hindering the success of Vista, that coupled with the negative image that has been built up on the Vista Operating System, which as far as I can tell is largely undeserved. And for those blog trolls, no I do not hate on Mac or Linux, I just have my main rig as a windows because I am a PC gamer, and I will be running Linux on my laptop once I get it fixed up, and the reason I don't run Mac is you pretty much have to buy their hardware or you get zero tech support.
Edit : I would be incredibly disappointed if instead of actually fixing the problems with Vista through a good SP2, they release what would basically be Vista SP2 as Windows 7. Don't F this up Microsoft.
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