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Psst. Tale. That isn't the best stratagem for inveiglement.

Forgive me for pointing out the obvious, but, if you chose psychology then it wouldn't have been for the cash remunerations ... so it makes sense to get out there and enjoy doing it, after all that is the trade-off ($big to do stuff you don't like versus enjoying what you do = never working a day in your life).

The review has screenshots side-by-side, and highlights the differences. I know Shader Model 4 is all about volumetric smoke effects, but it seems the CoH DirectX10 patch has done a lot of work on soft shadows and adding support for more than one light source. Incidentally, there is a comprehensive review of every video card, and even the top end (the new 8800 Ultra, @

... Because they'll release the new game for DOS.

Yes, men are easily entertained.

At least he'll be able to tell a little in advance if the customer is really a psychopath and about to kill him. Not all the other drivers could do that.

What's a wild mage? One that didn't get their weetabix?

There's a clich

You're only two-and-a-half years old? That explains a lot ...

I like your avatar.

The overwhelming majority of homicides are between close family members. "Crimes of passion."

Not commercially.

CPUs (and other components) are "clocked", or rated for a particular cycle speed and voltage. A new batch of CPUs is baked. A sample of them are tested to see what performance they have. Some headroom is left for safety. The Core2Duo line is remarkable for its HUGE headroom ... lots of room for overclock due to a very conservative clockspeed set by Intel. Also, if a batch of high-end CPUs, say the Core2Duo Extreme Edition E6700, fails to be reliable at a given speed, they are branded at a lower speed, say the E6320. Overclocking, via the BIOS on the motherboard and all handled in software these days, allows the direct control of the voltage across the component (CPU in this case), as well as the multiplier and base frequency configurations ... all of which combine to give the final speed of the CPU. Case in point: the E6320 has two cores, both of which are clocked at 1.86GHz. In their test published in the current issue, Custom PC overvolted the CPU to 1.525V to raise the clock speed to 2.8GHz. This is faster than the stock speed of the fastest Core2Duo on the market, the E6700, which runs at 2.66GHz. Pumping more power through a CPU may cause it to lose some longevity (what do you do with your ten-year-old CPUs?), but the main side-effect is a higher power bill and more waste heat, hence the need for good cooling to overclock further. (Some people like to indulge in extreme overclocking, using liquid nitrogen and attempting to see how fast they can clock the CPU for one safe boot of Windows at a time, for example: speeds of 10GHz have been achieved.)

One reason was that I was waiting for a better I/O process.

I think we'll all just have to wonder, as this topic has certainly passed from PG-territory into something a lot less remarkable.

Well it might just be the CoH implementation: the new DX10 patch has soft shadows from multiple light sources, whereas the DX9 game does not (I'm looking at the ingame screenshots as I type this).

Historical note: Neil Armstrong landed on the moon on 20 July 1969. Personal note: I want to work in space, too.

Which is a separate issue in regards to how well it pleases diehard fans, yes? Yes, although they may be mutually inclusive. "

Motherboards: LGA775 Core2. expensive futerproof (i.e. uses technology not implemented by the daughterboards yet): Asus P5K Deluxe Wi\Fi-AP This P35 chipset has for support 1333MHz FSB but only supports DDR2 ... the DDR3 support is in a board suffixed with PK3 Abit FP-IN9 SLI nForce 650i SLI chipset is a great overclocker, too If you are considering a PC for tv reception and HD viewing, etc, you might still look at an AMD ... their CPUs start at

The QWERTY typwriter keyboard was designed to put the most used letters separate and in more awkward positions ... to help limit the stress on the graticule from the metal keys. August Dvorak created a much better design, and until very recently (with in the last decade was the last time I checked) IBM would ship you a Dvorak keyboard for no extra charge instead of a Qwerty. It was for this reason (amongst others ) that I obstinately refused to learn to touch type until a few years ago.

Most Coreans are pleased that someone not from their culture has the taken the time and respect to point it out. (Kyle I would have thought that the fact that I was DELIBERATELY spelling it differently from what you expected might have prompted you to look up why.) South Corea has Seoul! :D

What if I meet them in July?

What do you suggest?

But SOFT SHADOWS and MULTIPLE light sources!

It's worth digging up; well written and (obviously) a fresh idea: it still reads well over half a century later.