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Bob
Bob
00:45
@DragonLord It's almost always better for the marketing dept, though.
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
;p
 
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Bob
Bob
01:58
smbc-comics.com/?id=3554
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
02:49
rofl.
There was an announcement for "Benje", Coworkers were confused. ;p
Bob
Bob
03:00
Benje?
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
*benji
Benji
Benji is the name of a fictional dog who has been the focus of several movies from 1974 through the 2000s. It is also the title of the first film in the Benji series. The eponymous canine character is a small, lovable mixed-breed dog with an uncanny knack for being in the right place at the right time, usually to help someone overcome a problem. Joe Camp is the creator and director of the Benji films. The first dog to play Benji was a shelter dog named Higgins, trained by Frank Inn. Later, Higgins' offspring Benjean took the name for a few films. == Filmography == === Films and televisi...
DragonLord
DragonLord
Just signed up for PCPartPicker
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
I didn't realise Benji's actor was a mystery mutt ;p
XKCD
XKCD
04:01
Haha, you'll see!
 
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Psycogeek
Psycogeek
06:50
Sound got stuck in my game, the Sprint Breathing , is repeating , so now my charachter sounds like a panting Dog.
Just change the hand to a paw and it is all set.
My real dog is going WTF
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
lol
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
07:19
user image
Psycogeek
Psycogeek
must need a caption? Challengers final moments?
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-36/html/…
Psycogeek
Psycogeek
the Japanese HTV-4 cargo spacecraft as it entered Earth's atmosphere on Sept. 7, subsequently burning up. HTV-4 was launched by Japan's Aerospace Exploration Agency
 
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Hennes
Hennes
11:31
I thought ECC was standard on AMD CPU's.
But yeah. Jane standard users do not need more cores.
Nut udimm and rdim seem weird.
Ben Richards
Ben Richards
@Boris_yo Ah ok. Thanks! Will probably give it to a friend though since I don't have a use for it. :)
 
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Boris_yo
Boris_yo
14:40
@BenRichards Or sell it locally or on CraigsList so you get some form of compensation?
allquixotic
allquixotic
14:55
o/
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
15:09
Woof.
2
allquixotic
allquixotic
15:22
.fooW
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
15:34
Stuff broke 10 minuetes before go home time ;p
I worked till 11 today ;p
allquixotic
allquixotic
15:46
ouch
Bob
Bob
16:09
@JourneymanGeek are you paid for overtime?
Bob
Bob
16:35
@allquixotic So, apparently Sharp is coming out with 4k 5.5" LCD panels.
Say bye to battery life!
allquixotic
allquixotic
@Bob Samsung and LG will be first in line to get their hands on them. :/
BECAUSE PIXELS!
Bob
Bob
@allquixotic Samsung is AMOLED
Mokubai
Mokubai
17:03
@Bob Is there any real reason to have a 4k screen on a mobile phone?
Bob
Bob
16 hours ago, by Bob
@DragonLord It's almost always better for the marketing dept, though.
Same reason applies to a lot of things :P
Mokubai
Mokubai
I keep seeing mention of it in regard to the next generation of flagship phones but I honestly can't see a point going past FullHD or 2560*1600 (whatever that one is called)
Bob
Bob
It's also apparently useful for VR, if you're attaching the phone right in front of your eyes. But that's a rather rare usage, and not worth sacrificing battery life for everyone else.
@Mokubai ...I don't see a point going past 1920x1080.
In fact, I'm pretty happy with 1240x720 on a phone.
DragonLord
DragonLord
@Bob Heck, even Apple tops out at 1920x1080 on the iPhone 6 Plus phablet.
Bob
Bob
s/1240/1280/
hmm
@allquixotic ever had Spotify just come up with a blank screen?
DragonLord
DragonLord
17:09
iPads are 2048x1536.
I can see justification for 2560x1440 QHD on a 6-inch device, but that's about it.
Text and vector graphics will look sharper on a QHD display than an FHD display of the same size, but any more is not worth it.
allquixotic
allquixotic
@Bob yep.
when my SD card was being encrypted
Bob
Bob
hm
my phone just crashed (again)
it booted into safe mode
I didn't even know it could do that!
> com.android.phone has stopped
oh here it is
Canadian Luke
Canadian Luke
18:13
Morning all
allquixotic
allquixotic
18:35
afternoon
Bob
Bob
...not sure which, but I'll go with "morning" (almost 5am)
Canadian Luke
Canadian Luke
19:09
Well, now it's "afternoon" for me too
DragonLord
DragonLord
19:24
Still dreaming about building a PC...
Here's what that dream Lucifer build would look like using current parts:
2-way SLI GeForce GTX Titan Z; more only if the application needs it.
Hang on, PCPartPicker seems to be glitching on me
Bob
Bob
I wish Jimmy still came around here :P
DragonLord
DragonLord
Okay, PCPartPicker is handling SLI video cards on a parametric filter incorrectly
Okay. 
PCPartPicker part list: pcpartpicker.com/p/TXBZK8
Price breakdown by merchant: pcpartpicker.com/p/TXBZK8/by_merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5960X 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($1002.98 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Nepton 120XL 76.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($90.98 @ Newegg)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste  ($7.12 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus RAMPAGE V EXTREME EATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($455.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 series 64GB (8 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($755.98 @ Newegg)
Ben Richards
Ben Richards
20:03
@Boris_yo Going through all that is a hassle. I usually prefer to just give things away. :P
DragonLord
DragonLord
20:52
...and I meant Titan X.
Not sure how I got that confused with the older, more expensive Titan Z.
 
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DragonLord
DragonLord
22:41
5
Q: Does RAM cooling make a difference to performance?

EveryoneJust what the title states. I'm looking to add a heat-spreader to my DDR3-1333 CL9 chips, and wondering whether it might make a difference ... and if so, how much

memory cooling
Bounty started. The question is 3-1/2 years old and sorely needs an update.
Psycogeek
Psycogeek
23:05
if your getting x99 chipset will you be doing ECC ?
I hate spreaders with a passion, but for more than single reasons. I hate Pads for thermal transfer, they have some insulative effect , while attempting a heat transfer.
Todays Dimm slots are tight together, so the design of the spreaders actually Blocks normal air flow that would go past the ram chips
Seeing these things apart , ram chips are not like a CPU with a tiny little chip, that even the first (block) spreader on the chip, spreads the heat across a larger surface area. Rams chips instead take much of the area of the PCB up, they have already a large surface area , not that much bigger than poor thermal conducting Covers :-(
The "jaws" or top art , do assist in spreading the heat (finnaly) over a larger surface area. Then they tick me off by being way to high, for fans and large cpu coolers.
DragonLord
DragonLord
@Psycogeek No ECC support on this processor.
X99 can theoretically do ECC, but that requires a Xeon.
Psycogeek
Psycogeek
Then finalise it by . . . if your going to do all that, then put a fan above it Ram fans are tiny poop fans that do not last time, and squeal like pigs.
But generally i hate the whole marketing , slap some junk on it, paint it, and put stickers all over it, then make stupid top designs all based on some of the poorest thermal transfer methods to start.
Soo Ya live with it and go on, because generally they come that way, and changing it voids the warrenty and can destroy them $$$.
DragonLord
DragonLord
In addition, due to funding limitations, the aforementioned Lucifer build is not something that's happening anytime soon. This is more to get a sense of what my dream PC would look like.
Selecting parts that play nice with each other, getting to know what case and thermal solution choices exist and how they differ, etc.
This is a more realistic build: pcpartpicker.com/p/MsWDNG
This is the build I call Alastor and it fits in a more reasonable, although still high, budget. 
PCPartPicker part list: pcpartpicker.com/p/MsWDNG
Price breakdown by merchant: pcpartpicker.com/p/MsWDNG/by_merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($341.98 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($80.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($243.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Gaming Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($232.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($292.86 @ Amazon)
Psycogeek
Psycogeek
23:26
@DragonLord certannly is more reachable. the #1 "base" item (for me) is always the motherboard, if it sucks the whole computer does :-) and it is the hardest to replace, or even upgrade. I would spend the most time picking da big mama.
As in hours reading reviews, and users threads on the specific board, for what ticks them off, and will it bother me for my purposes.
DragonLord
DragonLord
For me, motherboard and PSU are the first things to select.
The Noctua NH-D14 thermal solution comes with its own thermal paste, so I don't need to add a tube of AS5
Psycogeek
Psycogeek
they have come out with ~4 air coolers that beat the noctura finnaly, within the same general noise levels. but it is still a premium sink still recent applied by overclockers.
Canadian Luke
Canadian Luke
WOO HOO! I AM INVINCIBLE!
I uninstalled all the Apple products on a Windows machine in the correct order!
Psycogeek
Psycogeek
23:42
sure but how do you know they did uninstall?
Canadian Luke
Canadian Luke
They disappeared from the Start Menu and from the Programs list... I'm working on a 3 year old image at work
Worst case scenario, I know to Nuke it From Orbit (TM)
Psycogeek
Psycogeek
Well dont look in the registry, there are just some things better off not seen :-)

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