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    Barnes & Noble Nook Won't Be Sold in All B&N Stores, for Some Reason [Updated]

    Computer Benchmarking: Why Getting It Right Is So Damn Important

    Fixing a Computer Is Easy

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    Image of Soldier_CLE says DON'T STOP AT THE STAR! REVOKE THE WHOLE DAMN THING, OWEN!!! Soldier_CLE says DON'T STOP AT THE STAR! REVOKE THE WHOLE DAMN THING, OWEN!!!
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    10/27/09

    In reply to Barnes & Noble Nook Won't Be Sold in All B&N Stores, for Some Reason [Updated]
    So will this be the hot 'it' gift this christmas/holiday season? #barnesnoblenook
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    10/27/09

    @van_line:
    Do americans like to read. #barnesnoblenook
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    10/27/09

    @Kerfudle: : If the almost 3000 books in my house are any indication, yes. #barnesnoblenook
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    10/06/09

    In reply to Computer Benchmarking: Why Getting It Right Is So Damn Important
    The first graph makes GPU processing appear to take far longer.

    The second graph states that actual HDD speed is the same as theoretical HDD speed for SATA 150 and 300.

    What happened there?
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    10/05/09

    In reply to Computer Benchmarking: Why Getting It Right Is So Damn Important
    Benchmarks typically measure the performance of the bottlenecks in your system. Benchmarks of your car measure its speed

    Ugh okay I don't often whine about grammar or writing because generally I don't care, even though I'm an M.A. Lit. Whining about grammar/spelling isn't very popular.

    But okay.... A Benchmark is a criterion. A single point of reference to compare different data with. A benchmark is a measurement, a benchmark does not itself measure anything.

    Woo that felt good. Sigh.
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    10/05/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: Will Smith don't gotta cuss in his posts to get views, well I do, so fuck him and fuck you too, you think I give a damn about some grammar, half of you critics can't even punctuate, let alone clamor.
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    10/05/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: Grammar correction is justifiable if the correction changes not only the writer's delivery/syntax but the audience's understanding or mimicked behavior, methinks.
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    10/05/09

    @PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: : Hahaha! You're as popular as Will Smith and his nice, clean rap!

    [www.youtube.com]
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    10/05/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: Aaargh. "A single point of reference to compare different data with." I don't know how you can call that a sentence. There's a loose rule against using prepositions at the end of sentences, and I would hope that, given the pedantic nature of your post, you'd try to follow it. Regardless, your construction is more of a subordinate clause, at best. May I suggest "A benchmark is a criterion: a single point of reference used to compare different data." If you're going to call yourself a grammarian, at least set a good example.
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    10/05/09

    @ninjagin: The difference is, my good gentleman jackass, that my work isn't being published officially. I'm just commenting here so I can be as fuckin slang as I want. And I don't generally nitpick grammar for precisely the reason that I'd end up looking like you. And to be accurate I'm not, in fact, nitpicking grammar but am simply picking at the BASIC DEFINITION OF A WORD.
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    10/05/09

    @ninjagin: Oh and by the way, that preposition rule does not really exist in any form, "loose" or otherwise. Just so you're aware.
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    10/05/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: you're wrong. sorry to be a straight dick about it, but the rule does exist. in fact the word itself states the rule in its etymology. The prefix pre- would imply before and the root -position would ... well I think you've probably caught on by now. if this rule did not exist, would the word not in fact be omniposition?

    Just so you're aware! :)
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    10/05/09

    @thetiminator69: Don't be an idiot. The preposition modifies the noun and pronoun, and often comes before them when indicating place or relation, but that is by no means a rule of any sort. A rule means that there is a categorical guide to use. It changes with each sentence and with each usage, and always changes to enforce the clarity of the sentence. There are plenty of sentences that would sound idiotic were they forced to not end with a preposition. Thus, Churchill's famous quote ""This is the sort of bloody nonsense up with which I will not put", when an editor changed one of his speeches to avoid that "error".
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    Image of dingus dingus
    10/05/09

    In reply to Computer Benchmarking: Why Getting It Right Is So Damn Important
    Lies, damn lies, statistics, and benchmarks.
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    10/05/09

    @dingus:
    That's why all benchmarks that are designed to make Macs look better than PCs go straight to Photoshop (which is tailored to Mac architecture), while all benchmarks that are designed to do the opposite go straight to games (knowing that what few games do get ported over to Mac are more likely to be shoe-horned in).
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    Image of Yuri Dambyotch Yuri Dambyotch
    10/05/09

    In reply to Computer Benchmarking: Why Getting It Right Is So Damn Important
    Is that Ben Stiller?
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/05/09

    @3Djesus: Well let's make a comparison...
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    10/05/09

    In reply to Computer Benchmarking: Why Getting It Right Is So Damn Important
    OMG WILL SMITH! BIG WILLY STYLE!!!

    *gets jiggy with the article*
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    10/05/09

    @Anonymoose: yes. i know. i'm stupid. but i am also a great dancer.
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    10/05/09

    @Anonymoose: I purchased a video card about DirectX7 or 8
    And I yelled to the Best Buy employee 'Yo homes don't you sell DirectX9 or later'
    I looked at my card
    I was finally there
    To shit on Best Buy as the Prince of Bel Air
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    10/05/09

    @PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: : haha, awesome
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    Image of G.O.B.: Come on! G.O.B.: Come on!
    10/05/09

    @PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: : Somebody star this.
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    10/05/09

    In reply to Computer Benchmarking: Why Getting It Right Is So Damn Important
    I tried making my own benchmarks, but the police department considered it vandalism.
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    10/05/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_@Gmail.comNeedsAWaveInvite: Serves you right. Etching "SD <3 Cartesian Coordinate System" into the bench with a sharpened graphing calculator is just plain wrong. Sick and wrong.
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    10/05/09

    In reply to Computer Benchmarking: Why Getting It Right Is So Damn Important
    I can't help but think that all of this benchmarking, quality of rendering and Ultimate Answers to the Ultimate Questions (Will it play [insert meme-grade game here]?) won't help me recall the same giddy pleasure I used to get when I used to fire up the old NES to play Super Mario Bros.
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    10/05/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: can you honestly say youve ever felt that way since? i know i havent.
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    09/01/09

    In reply to Fixing a Computer Is Easy

    I prefer this chart.
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    Image of CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton) CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton)
    09/01/09

    In reply to Fixing a Computer Is Easy
    This was awesome. Thanks Matt!
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    Image of Adam Hummel Adam Hummel
    09/01/09

    In reply to Fixing a Computer Is Easy
    Wheres the printable version, i cant even read this thing.
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    09/01/09

    @Adam Hummel: Seconded.
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    09/01/09

    In reply to Fixing a Computer Is Easy
    Mac user Flow---
    1-Does not boot>CMD+OPT+P+R>Reset SMC>Take to Apple Store

    2-Genius takes Mac>Logon to GSX and look up service manual>Follow Apple's exact procedures.

    (If 1 go back to 2, repeat)
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    09/01/09

    In reply to Fixing a Computer Is Easy
    It's been a while since I've seen a flowchart that wasn't a joke.
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    Image of dingus dingus
    08/31/09

    In reply to Fixing a Computer Is Easy
    It's been about 10 years since I've had to fix a SCSI bus failure. It's time to terminate it.
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    Image of Brian Sexton Brian Sexton
    08/31/09

    @dingus: Bah dum dum!

    [www.instantrimshot.com]
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