News and other tidbits that Chad Cloman finds interesting enough to share
Kim Komando explains why you probably don’t need more than 3GB of RAM for a standard 32-bit Windows machine. In the old days, video cards had to manage with the 384KB of memory space between 640KB and 1MB. Now some use half of the 4GB space defined in 32-bit systems. She also predicts that we’re going to see 64-bit computers become more popular—especially for gamers with cutting-edge video cards.
Link: http://komando.com/…
At the level of quantum vacuum (or quantum foam), elementary particles just pop into and out of existence from nothing. But it turns out that these “virtual” particles comprise the majority of what we know as matter. Note also that some theorists believe the Big Bang, and the existence of space and time, came from a similar sort of quantum fluctuation.
Link: http://www.newscientist.com/…
(via naacal)
Bruce Lee playing ping-pong with nunchucks.
Link: http://www.youtube.com/…
(via naacal)
System Information for Windows tells you most everything about your Windows computer. It’s free for personal use. I suggest selecting the “Secrets” option at the bottom of the “Software” section—you may be surprised at what it uncovers.
Link: http://www.gtopala.com/
(via Lifehacker)
Much like the DVD of The Matrix which I believe was the first major release to fully exploit the new medium, the Blu-ray version of The Dark Knight has a bunch of bells and whistles. Note that you’ll need a Profile 2.0 player to use BD-Live.
Link: http://arstechnica.com/…
This thief stole from a billboard company and now has his own personal ad campaign. No word on whether he was actually caught.
Atlantic Records is the first major music label to have more than half of its revenue come from digital sales (e.g., iTunes, mp3s, ring tones, etc.).
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/…
(via Slashdot)
Chad’s News has previously discussed the concept of using graphics card GPUs to do regular computing tasks. Now NVIDIA has released a card that’s full of GPUs yet doesn’t have a video output—it’s meant to be used solely for heavy computational tasks.
From the article: “No matter what, if someone asks you to deposit a check and send them a smaller amount of money — you are about to get screwed.” This applies to money orders as well. Way too many people fall for this type of scam, even those who should know better.
Link: http://consumerist.com/…
Science vs. mysticism in the realm of firewalking.
Here’s a way to get a two-for-one deal on airline seats. It appears that Canada officially considers obesity to be a disability.
Thanks to Josh for this topic.
Link: http://www.reuters.com/…
And I always thought it was because they were too out of touch with technology.
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/…
(via Lifehacker)
Update: Turns out that he may be keeping his Blackberry after all.
Update #2: Yes he can.
