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I highly doubt the driver for this is to make AMD/NVIDIA play nicely together, but rather is a result of the fundamental changes in DX12. It does grab headlines though. IMHO, DX12 is all about re-architecting how GPU work is performed. If you think functionally, it may be possible to "stream"...

Good hardware recommendations: https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/hardware-recommendations-read-this-first.23069/

General rule of thumb of ZFS is "power of two disks, plus parity." For five disks, you should use Z1 (4+1) or Z3 (2+3)..and shouldn't use Z1 IMHO. If you really want Z2, try 2+2 or 4+2. This is best practice due to the way ZFS writes across a vdev. It will work as Z2 (3+2), but may not provide...

It appears to be Armor Piercing Incendiary, aka API. That and the regular Full Metal Jacket, aka FMJ, are by far the most popular of the pulled military bullets due to availability and low cost. Look at the video still before playing, notice the "fire" right before the second xbox, that's the...

That's the problem with all biometric IDs. If you create a society which relies on them to be a fully functioning member (as suggested above), once hacked you're SOL. You're going to look really suspicious if you can't use the standard iris scan (or whatever) verification because you can't...

The law in question is the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA), as amended by the 1968 Gun Control Act (GCA) and the 1986 Firearm Owners Protection Act (FOPA), as well as a variable minefield of BATFE regulations. The proper term is Title II firearms, not the Class III, etc. which is a type of...

I suspect, like all electric cars for sale to date, that those range numbers are only valid for the "comfort" setting and poking around town driving. In sport mode you're not going to get that range. Also, batteries don't like the cold. Range can be cut in half when it's cold outside...or very...

All other electric car issues aside, these bother me the most: Sound. High speed electric motors may make interesting sounds, but they just don't seem as emotionally involving as an internal combustion engine at full song. FYI, it's not about being loud either. You can have a great sounding...

+1 Those low capacity mags were created because of the previous ban. The guys shooting competitions are often using mag plugs so they can load single rounds.

If the media and gun control politicians will stop trying to cash in on children's deaths, I want nothing more than to drop the subject and get on with my life. I don't even want to argue about pancakes vs. waffles unless you're talking about restricting/regulating my access to them. I simply...

Touche! :D

+1 Locks in that case are a good idea, but locks are not 100% effective. They can be picked and they can be broken or even the locked container destroyed. It doesn't take much knowledge of how locks/safes actually work to defeat all but the most expensive.

I doubt you would be relaxed if we were discussing restricting or banning high power "assault GPUs."

You still want to punish people who have done nothing wrong, but at least you're correct that restricting firearm ownership based on the mental faculties of those you dwell with is something new. Once again, you know little to nothing about actual firearms. The previous assault weapon ban and...

Already exists. The law already will prohibit such a person from purchasing a firearm under the exiting background check system. FYI, it's a felony to lie on that form and attempt to purchase one if you have mental issues, illegal drugs, not a citizen, a felon, and even if you just have a...

That's a silly thing to say. Everyone takes steps to prepare for unknowns, regardless if those unknowns are theft (e.g. locking doors, safes, etc.) or murder (e.g. firearms, tasers, avoiding bad areas, etc.) or hurricanes (e.g. food, water, batteries, etc.). We each decide the appropriate level...

All those things existed in CT and failed. In fact they existed well beyond the usual point of sale checks and regulated mere possession regardless of how long you've owned the firearm (e.g. moving into a state). It's no coincidence that those states which require registration are now talking...

What have I or the other millions of gun owners done that justifies your unethical desires to use the force of state to restrict or register or confiscate our firearms and firearm accessories? We have done nothing, but your pushing to do so based on the assumption of what you think we *might*...

Actually several politicians have: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/21/nyregion/cuomo-says-he-will-outline-gun-measures-next-month.html?_r=1&

Nice twist on words to avoid the concept. All actions *could* have good or bad outcomes, but making decisions based on assumed consequences is bad policy. It's far better to examine the ethics of a policy and then proceed, realizing that an unethical human can abuse anything. Criminalizing...

Sorry, I forgot to delete the end of the previous quote. It was below the message entry window and I failed to notice!

+1 Using consequences rather than ethics as a policy guide you can justify anything, and you don't even have to try hard. For example: Bitcoin is an alternative currency which is not state controlled and which the very concept of defies “modern” state banking practices. If Bitcoin were to...

At least you're being honest about it now. It's not about regulation, it's about complete baning and confiscation of private firearm ownership. By “those” firearms you essentially mean all private firearms. It's entirely arbitrary to ban the ownership of a firearm with a pistol grip because...

I did read it. I did know that in this specific incident they didn't die. However, China has had similar incidents where they did die. Arguing over the effectiveness of a killer like some score system is hardly mature. You, like all gun control advocate, completely ignore the fact that it was...

Of course you ignore the fact that your controls already failed in CT. The next step for CT is confication as they already implement strict registration requirements which extends to simple possession, not just purchasing. Is this what you mean by controls? Most likely, although precise few are...

For those who want more restrictions and process put upon lawful gun owners, realize that this happened in Connecticut which already has all of these things. It's a felony to possess an unregistered "assault weapon" in CT: http://www.jud.ct.gov/lawlib/law/firearms.htm Yet this tragedy...

+1 I have no problem with a business trying to find alternative pricing models, etc., but without real competition it's a one sided contract negotiation. In a free market alternative pricing models could be accepted or rejected by the customers while still retaining access to a similar...

They should have just released BD for servers and "workstations." Let the handful of fanboys buy a workstation to play with BD. Then die shrink PII for the mobile and desktop space; aka everyone else. At least then they could claim they are trying to drive a software/enterprise change with BD...

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It's good news that they are using less power, but... Isn't the the whole point of virtualization efficiency? Sure it's not just energy-efficiency, but that seems like an artificial box to me. What really matters is how much work is performed for that energy. If virtualization and "other...

I'm hoping AMD does well (competition is a great thing), but I don't expect BD to be very good desktop chips. Everything about BD appears to be optimized for only the heaviest threaded/integer workloads and that doesn't bode well for general desktop performance. If these specs are true and BD...

Sweet case! I've contemplated doing something like that before, but never got around to it. My hats off to you.

My thoughts too...except why not make the liquid side of the heat exchange the liquid pump as well? One motor, an air pump/exchanger and a liquid pump/exchanger.

That it is! I've cooked up some backstrap for people and they are blown away with how good it is. The only down side is it kind of ruins going out for a steak now. It's just not as good.

I know a lot of people who do that too. IMHO, the key difference is they put in the effort to hunt the animal (hunting != just killing). I don't know of any processing shop which allows you to bring an animal that hasn't been field dressed. The odd thing here is that it appears he has someone...

Agreed. People love their meat, but don't give a bit of thought about what it took to get on his plate. I think it's kind of silly because he's only doing the killing (the easy part). If you've ever hunted (I have), it's a lot of work to clean and butcher an animal. It's messy, it's not fun...

I agree that F@H is more valuable for my donation, but you know what? That's the great thing about the free market (what little we have left of it), you and I can freely donate our resources to F@H and others to S@H. Isn't the the freedom to choose how you spend your limited resources great...

Looks like I'll have to get another box up and running because Asus is taking too long to replace my P67. I got a replacement due to the Intel bug, it runs for 3 days and then dies. :mad: Now they are taking forever to ship my replacement!

So who will be the first to implement real FDE for cells?