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by rootbear
Thu Aug 03, 2017 3:32 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: Best low profile video cards available (April 2018)
Replies: 345
Views: 484073

Re: Best low profile video cards available (July 2017)

I'm fond of the Nvidia Quadro line for reliable, low end cards. They are professional graphics cards, not consumer gamer cards, and are very well made. We have a lot of the K600 and K620 cards driving two monitors in our Linux systems and they never fail. The K620 has recently been replaced by the P...
by rootbear
Mon Mar 03, 2014 4:58 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: What are you drinking RIGHT NOW?
Replies: 4088
Views: 786398

Re: What are you drinking RIGHT NOW?

Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

No, really.
by rootbear
Tue Sep 25, 2012 8:27 am
Forum: Developer's Den
Topic: Fortran will be the Death of me
Replies: 30
Views: 14647

Re: Fortran will be the Death of me

I think this whole thing is going to drive me crazy : ) CALL MATOUT(S,2,2,2,2,4HS) needed to be.... CALL MATOUT(S,2,2,2,2,4HS ) why this works I have no earthly idea... Just so you'll know, the 4HSbbb (where b is a blank) construct is a Hollerith constant, which is how strings were represented in o...
by rootbear
Tue Mar 08, 2005 12:00 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Ultra High Definition (7,680 by 4,320 pixels BABY!)
Replies: 15
Views: 2998

This ultra high resolution might have some interesting specialty applications, but as a general format for video, it's a waste of effort. Spatial resolution is only one aspect of making an image look "real". I'd much rather see the industry move to a higher frame rate (720p at 60fps would be fine fo...
by rootbear
Thu Sep 26, 2002 8:21 pm
Forum: Linux, Unix, and Assorted Madness
Topic: MicroBSD
Replies: 10
Views: 4405

Small BSDs

I've heard of picoBSD, but microBSD is new to me. Personally, I always thought that a small derivative of FreeBSD ought to be called WeeBSD...

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