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EDIT: As for speaker, I've read that normal speakers are better than PC speakers?
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Yes it's true generally. Generally home theatre speakers are better quality, the enclosure (the bit that houses the speakers) are better designed and suit the speakers. That is why I said if you wanted to listen to music I'd be recommending active monitors over pc speakers.
PC speakers are ok, but the expensive ones aren't very good value.
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2007-12-09, 21:11 | Link #183 | |
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Short answer: there won't be such a program. And if it ever happened, then it won't be much of a big deal... rm -rf is your friend (as in "rm -rf ~/*configuration folder*").
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2007-12-09, 21:24 | Link #184 | |
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The reason for a fresh install is largely because people don't want to risk messing something up. If you don't really modify your system, there's very little risk of something bad happening during an upgrade. If you heavily modify your system, such as installing programs that impact the system at a very deep level, that could cause problems with an upgrade. For example, after the latest version of Mac OS X was released, some people reported that their computers would enter the installation phase and promptly blue-screen, leaving them with an unusable computer that wouldn't let them upgrade the OS. The only option was to do a clean install. The problem was traced to a third-party program that supposedly had some security functions by monitoring the RAM, or some such thing. This isn't just a Unix system issue, as I actually had something similar happen to me on Windows. I believe I was upgrading from Windows ME to XP, when the update process failed without leaving DOS. There was a write-protected driver that was causing the update to halt. It was linked to my firewall. I figured I'd just go into Windows, uninstall the firewall, and be on my way, but no - the system couldn't boot. I couldn't reinstall Windows ME, and I couldn't upgrade to XP. I don't remember if I removed the file through DOS or if I ended up doing a full format, but it could happen to anyone The other argument is that a clean install will not produce unexpected behaviors, and that it may offer better performance. I think the performance issue isn't true in most cases. Upgrading is a more convenient way to go. If you have backups and wouldn't be screwed by having an unbootable system, I'd recommend trying to upgrade instead of doing a clean install - unless doing a clean install will be rather painless. (Mac OS X offers a third upgrade option, in addition to upgrading and doing a clean install, called "archive and install" - it backs up your old system and user folders, then installs the new system from scratch. If you select the option to do so, the installer will then import your user files and preferences back to the new system. That's probably the best upgrade mechanism.)
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2007-12-09, 21:40 | Link #185 | |
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Also, for $99.99, would you suggest the active monitors from the site you linked me to or the klipsch? Generally, what do you look for when you buy speakers? I have heard terms like Watts, Sub-Woofers, Amplifier, Equalizer, Bass, and a whole bunch of others I don't really remember... Quote:
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2007-12-10, 04:04 | Link #187 |
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This can get complicated (ie an essay per point but I'll keep it to one and two sentences)
Ok Watts does not equal instantly good, it has to be usable wattage. (have you ever turned a really crap set of headphones/speakers loud? and heard it distort? the speaker starts sounding fuzzy) Amplifier - What sends the signal to the speaker making it louder/softer etc etc. Equalizer - tool that tailors sound frequencies. You can make frequencies louder or softer. For example in a song with a lot of vocals you can boost the midrange frequencies to emphasize them. Speakers: 3 types specialize in different sounds -Midrange (for vocals) Tweeter (high frequency like violin etc), (sub)Woofer (low frequencies think "doof doof" drums). Then there's full range which can do all three but not quite as good as having dedicated speakers. Speakers also have to work in an appropriate enclosure. You will never get deep natural bass from a 25cm subwoofer in a enclosure the size of a shoebox. I'd probably go with the Klipsch, it's more rounded and for your application where you listen to music/movies on a 50-50 percentage. It will give a better "atmosphere" with gaming and movies. With any set of speakers placement is very important. The little speakers should be around desktop height, but the subwoofer should be on the floor. As I said you have to trust your ears in the end and look at what you like to do. AS to my example I'd rather buy this http://www.amazon.com/ONKYO-SKS-HT24...7276602&sr=1-1 over http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16836116142 On specs alone I know the Onkyo will deliver better sound in terms of atmosphere, has dedicated components for specific frequencies (all the surround speakers use appropriate size enclosures), the bass will be deeper an richer. The speaker designs are appropriate. It's probably a poor example and doesn't apply to you but it really start applying around $200
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2007-12-10, 18:13 | Link #190 |
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That's the point, Home theatre speakers sound better for less $ over PC speakers
Bass is omnidirectional (throw a rock in a pond, watch how the ripples spread out evenly that how bass frequencies travel) Midrange and Treble are not. They need to be focused towards your ears. People are idiots that's why subwoofers are so advertised heavily. It's by far the biggest and loudest speaker so it's used to show the supposed awesomeness of speakers. Never mind that good bass is easy to produce
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In any case, this thread has probably gone long enough. Time to stop it... I guess. I thank you very much and appreciate you guys help. (kudos to the huge amount of knowledge and kindness you possess )
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2007-12-11, 01:12 | Link #193 |
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@tiachopvutru - Happy birthday!
Hee hee I'm posting late again! What OS are you planning on running? Is it Ubuntu? If it is do you know how to set-up lm-sensors and gnome sensor applets to give you CPU monitoring?
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Thank you. Anyway, I've already ran Ubuntu since Saturday afternoon. I've downloaded sensors-applet along with hddtemp and lm-sensors, but I could only add hddtemp to the gnome panel. It doesn't detect lm-sensors for some reason.
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LAN teacher? Do you know anything about how to set up distributed computing over a LAN, specifically via Apple's XGrid? I requested that my boss buy us a 1 gbps switch to connect all our systems on, as the university's 100 mbps wasn't cutting it (we weren't even getting the full speed). All our systems support 1 gbps LAN as it is (except for a lonely Dell we have down here) so I figure it should be fast enough to do distributed computing on. And it'd help quite a bit to speed up DVD encoding and such...
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2007-12-11, 17:26 | Link #198 | |
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It'd be useful because we have a few systems down here of varying power. If I could tap into the more powerful systems while on a slower system, or use the slightly slower systems to bolster the computing power of a faster one, it should result in quicker encodes. The other aspect is that currently, to transfer files back and forth, I have two options: send through the network (which doesn't net me more than 3 MB/s, it seems), or store on one of our external drives and then unplug/replug the drive in to the varying systems. Some of our systems support Firewire 800, which is painless, but Firewire 400 is a pain when transferring 10+ GB files. A 1 Gbps link should give all systems closer to Firewire 800 speeds (in theory, they should be faster, but we'll see). I think the network switch came in today, so I'm rather excited. Unfortunately I can't set it up just yet - have to study for finals and write one last paper...
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