Tech News
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Thermaltake Lanfire Review @ ModSynergy
Published: Sunday, November 9, 2003 | By: Dennis"The Thermaltake VM2000A spells cooling as the side window also features the same 92mm fan and is covered with a speaker type grill (impedes air though). The side panels of this case are easy to remove and vice versa as they are really light but strong."
By the looks of it the grill used on this case would flow better than many of the other solutions out there.
BTW I wonder where my LanFire case is..... -
Tri-Cool Review @ myWorld Hardware (CoolerMaster Stuff)
Published: Sunday, November 9, 2003 | By: Dennis"Musketeer and Aerogate II, both of them are one of the best products that I can appreciate from CoolerMaster. Besides looking sleek and cool design, the functionality of those accessories is second to none."
The final view of the case even features a ThermalTake Volcano Heatsink, nice touch.
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Asia Carrera Speaks, Matrix Blows
Published: Sunday, November 9, 2003 | By: DennisI almost busted up laughing after reading her latest bulletin posting, Here is a snip.
"11/8 - I very rarely use my bulletins page as a soapbox, but my conscience insists I make this public service announcement to you! If I can help just one person save $10 and 2 hours of their life from being wasted on "The Matrix - Revolutions", then this post won't be made in vain! We all know the "Matrix" movies are like big-budget porno flicks - whenever the characters start talking, you start looking for the fast-forward on your remote."
So there you have it, from a pr0n queen herself.
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asetek WaterChill Review Posted
Published: Saturday, November 8, 2003 | By: DennisWatercooling is not much different than any other cooling system but when used on a small scale, like in a computer system, the parts tend to get rather complex. The asetek WaterChill makes it easy.
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The Matrix: Revolutions - Back from the show
Published: Saturday, November 8, 2003 | By: DennisMuch like everyone else I know the GF and I broke down and went to see the latest Matrix movie, Revolutions. We decided to go on a Friday night around 7:30 and even went early thinking that the theater would be packed.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
What truth do you ask? how about a maximum of 30+ people in the theater truth. That even includes the 5 very annoying kids that whispered through the entire show.
The film was a nice piece of eye candy though lacked many story elements that I think would have better explained what was going on. The ending of the movie tried to cover-up any good ending that the movie could have had. I think is why everyone I spoke to needed to think about it for a while.
-- Spoiler Below --
For me understanding the movie was pretty simple. Neo ended up doing what he was supposed to do, just prolonged it by making the "choice" that he thought was right.
- Trinity dies for like 15min, touching but kinda lame.
- Zion was spared from total destruction.
- The Architect is going to allow some of the people to leave.
- The oracle has prophesized the return of 'The One'.
Basically, the machines won the war and everything starts over again.
-- End Spoiler --
I would not be surprised if "Revolutions" is not out on DVD by January.
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Matrix Imploded: Trouble in Zion
Published: Friday, November 7, 2003 | By: Dennis"The film borrows heavily from Superman, Japanese animé and Starship Trooper to produce a world that is much closer to a video game than a movie. Which is perhaps the point, as the film precedes a multiplayer game.
Still, while critics and Neo-philes seem to hate this movie as much as The Matrix Reloaded, that may not matter to the film's backers.
Indeed, everybody hated The Matrix Reloaded, except the cinema-going public -- which made it the highest-grossing movie in 2003. "
Isn't it sad how if a movie is said to suxX0r everyone will still go to see it due to the marketing hype behind it.
I have yet to see the film, though initial reports from friends are inconclusive except that they need to "Think about it" first. -
Danger Den - RBX Waterblock
Published: Thursday, November 6, 2003 | By: DennisLooks like the 3-nipple bug and bitten Danger Den as well.
"Anyone who knows me or is a regular reader of The Modfathers will be very aware that watercooling is a great passion of mine. Why! is a very good question as I do not aim to build purely beautifully looking systems nor do I overclock. However since I built the Purple Bomb, my first system, I have been hooked." -
Migrating to 64-Bit. Is it worth it?
Published: Thursday, November 6, 2003 | By: Dennis"Already in the past few months we have seen a lot of information appearing on the web highlighting the AMD64 architecture, however with the lack of a workstation class chipset available, editors and analysts have only been able to focus on server applications."
By this they are speaking of the AMD Opteron, which is not unlike the Athlon64 FX.
You have to ask yourself. Do I like AMD enough to upgrade to 64bit? or should I switch to the Intel side of things? Each solution has their good things and bad things but really it comes down to "How much money am I willing to spend?"
The way I see it, with current prices each solution will cost you about the same given the initial cost of the hardware and time spent after the purchase. If you are an early adopter of any new technology there are also additional costs involved while the manufacturer works the bugs out. (i.e. Intel Willamette P4 vs Northwood P4. Early buyers got stuck with a non-upgradeable motherboard due to the pin and package changes with each chip.) -
Intel pushes Alderwood to replace Canterwood
Published: Thursday, November 6, 2003 | By: Dennis"ntel early this week updated its chipset roadmap and decided to add a new Alderwood chipset to its Grantsdale family. Positioned as the flagship product in the Grantsdale line, the Alderwood chipset will be the successor to the 875P (Canterwood).
The new chipset will be available in the second quarter of next year. It will support an 800MHz FSB (front-side bus) and DDR2 dual-channel memory, in common with the 875P."
I can just taste the bandwidth. -
Voyager: at edge of solar system
Published: Thursday, November 6, 2003 | By: Dennis"Whether Voyager 1 has reached the first boundary or is still on approach remains unclear as, scientists provided evidence for both possibilities on Wednesday.
"This is very exciting: Voyager is beginning to explore the final frontier of our solar system," said Edward Stone, a Voyager project scientist based at California Institute of Technology.
"It's a totally new region we've never been in before."
And should continue on until 2020.
