Attention, there is a new email going around asking to update your details for netbanking, please DO NOT INPUT YOUR DETAILS!!!!!!!!!!!
The URL is:
http://www.commbankupdate.com/netbank/bankmain.htm
Hope this helps!!!!!
Friday, November 04, 2005
Wednesday, November 02, 2005
Audio Cards - PCI-e Vs PCI 2.1
Steve Erickson, vice president for Creative's audio products , has explained why new powerful and high performance Sound Blaster Cards are not available in PCI-e technology:
As far as PCI Express (PCIe) is concerned, which is the next bus, what we found is that the performance of PCIe is truly bad for audio. We are seeing four times degradation on the bus for audio.
PCIe is designed for graphics and high data transfer, but audio sends very small packets and the overhead can be very big! Moving the data across PCIe is much, much higher than PCI. So what we have to do is go back to the drawing board and work on the transport part of the chip and re-design it to add more silicon to overcome some of the problems we had with PCIe. So for us to come up with a PCIe solution is going to take a while because we have to overcome the problems we're facing with that bus.
Did you know ? I didn't!
As far as PCI Express (PCIe) is concerned, which is the next bus, what we found is that the performance of PCIe is truly bad for audio. We are seeing four times degradation on the bus for audio.
PCIe is designed for graphics and high data transfer, but audio sends very small packets and the overhead can be very big! Moving the data across PCIe is much, much higher than PCI. So what we have to do is go back to the drawing board and work on the transport part of the chip and re-design it to add more silicon to overcome some of the problems we had with PCIe. So for us to come up with a PCIe solution is going to take a while because we have to overcome the problems we're facing with that bus.
Did you know ? I didn't!
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
Davis take that building!!!!!!
Yes, Its COD Time
Call of duty 2 is out and Gonza has been playing 3 days killing bloody Nazis across Russia and Africa and France.
The game has not changed since COD -United Offensive some graphics, same AI some gameplay but more difficult and I have to say... ACTION NON STOP!!!!
Enemy soldiers come out from buildings like ant, while you platoon will remain covered and firing their guns but nobody will move forward if you don't do it first.
Sometimes is very silly, because you have 3 MG-42 + 5 soldiers firing at you but if you drop a smoke grenade .......@........ Silence.... They stop fighting!!!!! So you can advance and kill them all!
in 3 days I've finished the Russian Campaign and almost finished the British one and playing in HARDENED!!!
I'm very disappointed with the game, because is identical to COD United Offensive and this should be a completely new game
Good: Very addictive, lots a different weapons, KILLING SPREED!!!!!!!!
Bad: New scenarios in an old game, very lineal and very poor AI
My Review: 6/10
Call of duty 2 is out and Gonza has been playing 3 days killing bloody Nazis across Russia and Africa and France.
The game has not changed since COD -United Offensive some graphics, same AI some gameplay but more difficult and I have to say... ACTION NON STOP!!!!
Enemy soldiers come out from buildings like ant, while you platoon will remain covered and firing their guns but nobody will move forward if you don't do it first.
Sometimes is very silly, because you have 3 MG-42 + 5 soldiers firing at you but if you drop a smoke grenade .......@........ Silence.... They stop fighting!!!!! So you can advance and kill them all!
in 3 days I've finished the Russian Campaign and almost finished the British one and playing in HARDENED!!!
I'm very disappointed with the game, because is identical to COD United Offensive and this should be a completely new game
Good: Very addictive, lots a different weapons, KILLING SPREED!!!!!!!!
Bad: New scenarios in an old game, very lineal and very poor AI
My Review: 6/10
Saturday, October 29, 2005
I've finished F.E.A.R
What a game!!!!!!
Good Story Line, strange ending, but good game.
But I have to admit, as the game riches the last levels the amount of combat decreases as the "scary visions" become in something very common and anoying, plus that you lose all you arsenal 3 times in the game >:-s
It's an open ending, so we can expect an Expansion pack in a future not to far.
Now is time for COD 2.
Good Story Line, strange ending, but good game.
But I have to admit, as the game riches the last levels the amount of combat decreases as the "scary visions" become in something very common and anoying, plus that you lose all you arsenal 3 times in the game >:-s
It's an open ending, so we can expect an Expansion pack in a future not to far.
Now is time for COD 2.
Thursday, October 27, 2005
My new Media Player
After evaluating between a Windows Media Center PC and a Media Player device, I choose a Buffalo LinkTheater. It has Built-in DVD, Network connectivity (Ethernet and Wireless), support almost all the video and audio formats available now. Also allows you to attach a USB device to it or if you have the many, a NAS!
The cost is approximately half the price of a basic Media Center PC and provides the same functionalities, however it doesn't have a TV tuner, but I never record air TV , so that's ok.
I've also spent some extra dollars in a Vantec NexStar 3 hdd enclosure. This way my Media files are stored in this external drive, which is attached to the LinkTheater.
Have to say.. Excellent buy!
The cost is approximately half the price of a basic Media Center PC and provides the same functionalities, however it doesn't have a TV tuner, but I never record air TV , so that's ok.
I've also spent some extra dollars in a Vantec NexStar 3 hdd enclosure. This way my Media files are stored in this external drive, which is attached to the LinkTheater.
Have to say.. Excellent buy!
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Think twice before buying an Internet domain
It's not always easy choosing the right domain name... but you can't do much worse than these people. What were they thinking?
Firstly there is "Who Represents?" - A database for agencies to the rich and famous:
Second is the Experts Exchange, a knowledge base where programmers can exchange advice and views:
http://www.expertsexchange.com
Looking for a pen? Look no further than Pen Island:
http://www.penisland.net
Need a therapist? Try:
http://www.therapistfinder.com
Finally we have the Mole Station Native Nursery, based in New South
Wales:
http://www.molestationnursery.com
Friday, October 21, 2005
New place for Gonza's Corner
After long time without new entries Gonza is back in this new location, thanks to Blogger.com.
I'm still setting up the entire site, however I will continue posting :-)
Hope you like it
After long time without new entries Gonza is back in this new location, thanks to Blogger.com.
I'm still setting up the entire site, however I will continue posting :-)
Hope you like it
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