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    Image of macpatrik macpatrik
    10/22/09

    In reply to How to Comment: Stylings
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    05/04/09

    In reply to Myst Comes to the iPhone/iPod Touch
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    Image of Rabid Penguin Rabid Penguin
    05/04/09

    @bobmarley101: Next time you post how to beat a game you should preface it with SPOILER:
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    05/04/09

    In reply to Myst Comes to the iPhone/iPod Touch
    I spent many frustrating hours playing that game on my Gateway P5-75.


    That an SimCity2K

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    Image of Xeno Xeno
    05/04/09

    In reply to Myst Comes to the iPhone/iPod Touch
    There is a reason that this genre of gaming has died off. It is boring as hell.
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    Image of Rabid Penguin Rabid Penguin
    05/04/09

    @Xeno wishes there was a preview button: I enjoy the genre... bit I did think Myst was boring as hell. I enjoyed the Zork series though.
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    Image of Xeno Xeno
    05/04/09

    @Rabid Penguin: I think games like Space Quest and Maniac Mansion would work well for touch phones though. Now there is something I could get behind.
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    Image of Rabid Penguin Rabid Penguin
    05/04/09

    @Xeno wishes there was a preview button: You could get the iPhone SCUM emulator and play Monkey Island ;c) I don't know what I like better Space Quest or Monkey Island.
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    05/04/09

    @Xeno wishes there was a preview button: You know, they never DID get around to making all the other space quests that they alluded to in IV.


    I was personally very interested in Space Quest IX, the latex babes of estros. Ah well.

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    05/04/09

    @ALT: I'd settle for Leisure Suit Larry.
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    Image of Dave J. Dave J.
    03/26/09

    In reply to 10 Gadgets That Provide Perpetual Pleasure
    If they made one that replicated the experience of opening a can of tennis balls, I would be all over that.
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    Image of Christian Black Christian Black
    03/09/09

    In reply to 24 Solid State Drives Open ALL of Microsoft Office In .5 Seconds
    2GBps (2000MBps) is pretty weak considering my 4x Intel x-25e drives push 768MBps.
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    03/09/09

    @Christian Black: pffft...that's 2048MBps, thank you very much!
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    Image of cowboyshootist cowboyshootist
    03/09/09

    In reply to 24 Solid State Drives Open ALL of Microsoft Office In .5 Seconds
    Here's the problem with SSD. First they are expensive. While they can be 30X faster than a Fiber Channel drive they cost 20X as much. So, that's a pretty good price/performance ratio but they are still $$$$$.


    Second problem is useable life. SSD has limitations on write cycles which means that you'll be replacing those SSD drives much sooner than a standard drive.


    Last but not least while the drives may be wicked fast, the interfaces are still too slow to take full advantage of the increase in speed.


    As the technology matures most of these issues will go away but for now I don't really see the cost-benefit for the typical home user.

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    03/09/09

    @cowboyshootist: Show me some proof on #2. Everything I have heard was that they were extremely rugged and have STUPID high MTBF (mean time before failure) numbers....something like having it on 24/7 for like 20 years type of numbers or something.


    What makes them not last that long? No moving parts...and it's just like memory...and memory changes write data ALL the bloody time.


    Screenshot or it didn't happen!

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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    03/09/09

    @phoenix27: Flash memory has a finite number of write cycles to it. There's a reason why Intel has developed controller software to spread out where writes occur on the unit to help spread this out.


    Rugged has nothing to do with the maximum number of writes one can perform to flash memory.


    Maybe you should learn more about the technology involved before demanding proof.

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    Image of Alfonzo Alfonzo
    03/09/09

    @Lite's Posse: Is on Broadway: @cowboyshootist:


    Yes, you're right. ssd's haave a finite number of write cycles to it. but as phoenix27 said, it's pretty damn high. Its really only a problem for the parts of the drive containing the FATs, so that might require some ingenuity right there (again phoenix has a good point; RAM is flash memory that's being written to fuckloads), but the point is that this limit will without any doubt be pushed higher and higher as ssd technology is developed.

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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    03/09/09

    @Alfonzo: Flash and RAM are not the same thing at all.


    Secondly, it's not just FAT tables but caching, temporary file storage for web browsing, and anything else that writes to your drive over and over and over again.

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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    03/09/09

    In reply to 24 Solid State Drives Open ALL of Microsoft Office In .5 Seconds
    What I want to know is how many raptor 300 gig drives you can purchase for the same amount of money as the 24 SSD drives, and if placed in a large SATA array which would have a faster throughput.
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    Image of the facetious feline the facetious feline
    03/09/09

    @Lite's Posse: Is on Broadway: I think a 24+ Raptor array may produce 300+ decibels of noise.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    03/09/09

    @obese feline: Apparently you don't own one then. They're actually surprisingly quiet.
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    Image of philibuster philibuster
    03/09/09

    @obese feline: Two non-coherent sources of noise at the same volume do not cause a doubling of decibels. You'd get +3dB from two coherent sources.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    03/09/09

    @philibuster: Right, and another +3 every time you double that.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    03/09/09

    In reply to 24 Solid State Drives Open ALL of Microsoft Office In .5 Seconds
    Why aren't they building raid array SSD's (Raid array inside one SSD enclosure) that can do this?
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    Image of MikeSWelch MikeSWelch
    03/09/09

    @Lite's Posse: Is on Broadway: One of the main reasons for raid is data security. If one of the drives inside your drive dies, how do you replace it?
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    03/09/09

    @MikeSWelch: Make them modular perhaps? And only Raid 1 and Raid 5 are for redudancy. A raid 0 stripe has no redundancy.
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    Image of Daniel Rosenbloom Daniel Rosenbloom
    03/09/09

    @Lite's Posse: Is on Broadway: You couldn't do that on a single SATA bus. The throughput limit on a SATA port is 300MB/s. I'm curious what RAID controller they used for this to get 2GB/s.
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    Daniel Rosenbloom was starred Daniel Rosenbloom was unstarred
    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    03/09/09

    @Daniel Rosenbloom: Right, but most drives, including SSD's don't come close to 300MB/s sustained throughput.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    02/12/09

    In reply to Pranksters Bring "Grande" Desktops to Starbucks
    Yes folks. We New Yorkers are passive-aggressive shitheads. Not one of these toolbags had the cajones to confront them.


    It's real simple. You walk up. You say, "Hey. How's it going? I guess you think you're doing some cool guerrilla style State humor? Cute. Clever. Inconsiderate, but clever."


    Never be afraid to confront jackassery. Trust me. When jackasses are confronted with a challenge to their antics, they scatter.

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    Image of ThisCharmingMan ThisCharmingMan
    01/29/09

    In reply to What a $5 GarageBand Artist Lesson Actually Includes
    Unless Johnny Marr is going to teach me how to play the Queen is Dead front to back...I'm sure Ultimate Guitar and a good ear will teach me everything else I need to know.
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    Image of madog madog
    01/29/09

    In reply to What a $5 GarageBand Artist Lesson Actually Includes
    Thanks for the info, Mark. Appreciate it! This'll help me explain it to customers without me actually purchasing one and fumbling through it with my many thumbs.
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    Image of Jacksonville12 Jacksonville12
    01/29/09

    In reply to What a $5 GarageBand Artist Lesson Actually Includes
    Number of times the word "Sting" is used in this article: 12.
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    Image of Mark Wilson Mark Wilson
    01/30/09

    @Jacksonville12: Crap, I didn't hit my quota.
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    Image of SegamanXero SegamanXero
    01/29/09

    In reply to What a $5 GarageBand Artist Lesson Actually Includes
    Nice, If my powerbook G4 12" can handle this new garage band ill download this lesson from sting ASAP. If it can't then ill wait till I put OSX on my dell optiplex or buy a mac pro...
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    Image of sp00nix sp00nix
    01/29/09

    In reply to What a $5 GarageBand Artist Lesson Actually Includes
    What if your right handed?
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    Image of Gann Gann
    01/29/09

    @Rollo Tony: The iMirror is sold separately.
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