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Pop quiz: What do you think are the deadliest jobs in the U.S.? If you answered fishers and fishing workers, loggers, pilots, farmers and miners, you're correct. These were just some of the top occupations with high fatal injury rates, according to 2011 workplace fatality data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. When it comes to the total number of injuries, however, one vocation is the most dangerous of all: drivers and truck drivers.
You've heard the rumors about Gen Y - tattoed, rebellious and very tech-smart. What are the facts? And, how does this generation function in the workplace?
PayScale gathered up stats on Gen Y workers' typical education levels, job choices, salaries, favorite cities and more. See our infographic below for a look at the Millennials, close up.
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The rise of recruiting via social media means that employers are monitoring sites like Twitter and Facebook like never before. This infographic by Jobvite explores all the various scenarios in which your social media updates can land or cost you a job.
You might think that remote workers have it easy when it comes to balancing the demands of work and play, but this infographic by BestVendor shows this isn't the case. The firm polled 97 global telecommuters to arrive at this list of the best work-life apps for freelancers. Did any of your favorites make the cut?
This infographic plays on the fears of many a manager: can you trust employees to work from home? It's packed with statistics that shed light on how people spend their time when they work remotely, including what they do to procrastinate and what they did with the extra hours they would have otherwise spent commuting.
In Malcolm Gladwell's book "Outliers," he discusses the theory that 10,000 hours of practice makes perfect. That's the amount of time, roughly, someone needs to dedicate to a particular task before becoming an expert. This infographic by Zintro visualizes this theory as it pertains to success and career development.
Despite what many might think about the merits of doing several things at once, for 98 percent of us, multitasking kills productivity. This infographic details some of the many reasons why.
Millennials' job prospects aren't as bad as you might imagine, according to this infographic by Red Tree Leadership. By 2020, millennials will comprise almost half of the workforce, and that percentage will only rise as boomers retire.
How do you get the most bang for your MBA buck? It can depend on how you focus your studies. PayScale's latest infographic compares the stats for graduates of four common MBA routes: finance, marketing, technology management and human resources.
What do multitasking, email programs and uncomfortable office chairs all have in common? They all destroy your work productivity. This Column Five infographic for Marketo outlines seven practices that actually hurt our efficiency rather than help it. What other office habits made the list?
We all know that not all jobs are created equal, and this infographic outlines some of the most thankless jobs in the U.S. based on public opinion, salary, stress and work environment. Can you guess what service workers have the worst combination of pay and job conditions?
This handy flowchart will help you discern whether to send an email or keep it to yourself. Although the infographic has a lighthearted tone, it's meant to proactively ease the burden of overflowing inboxes. It uses the case study of tech company Atos, which banned internal email after discovering that managers spent some 20 hours a week reading emails -- many of them irrelevant ones.
Women may earn less than men on average, but in some careers, women out-earn men as a matter of course. This infographic outlines some of the ways in which the ladies leapfrog their male colleagues in terms of salary.
BYOD policies are increasingly gaining favor at U.S. businesses, and this infographic reveals some pros and cons of the bring-your-own-device phenomenon using research conducted by SAP and NetBase. Should companies let employees use their own gadgets in the office?
During the recession, plenty of people's wages dropped or stagnated, but how was that experience different for men versus women? It turns out that, overall, men's wages plummeted further and faster than women's during the toughest years of the recession, but they have since regained strength more quickly than women's.
How does working out during the workday influence productivity? This Gist infographic reveals that even brief sweat sessions can boost employees' work performance and mood.
If you had to choose to wear a white coat or a white apron to work in the last six years, your bank account would probably have preferred the coat. According to PayScale's Q2 2012 results from The PayScale Index, wages for jobs in healthcare outgrew wages in every other job category, while earnings in food service have barely risen 1 percent since 2006.
How much does a bad hire actually cost companies? Nearly half of companies think that each bad hire costs at least $25,000, but one-fourth said that each actually cost them over $50,000, according to research from Vitamin T. This zombie-themed infographic outlines some of the costs bad hires rack up, including lost business, salary, benefits, recruiting, training and even legal action.
How much has your income increased or decreased since 2006? Maybe you should have moved to make more cash. According to the Q2 2012 results from The PayScale Index, if you were living in Houston, Seattle or Dallas, you might be a little richer right now.
College is more expensive than ever before, with many schools costing upwards of $200,000 for a four-year degree. What's a non-millionaire to do?
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Yes, finding out whether a blog had fewer than 200 followers was quite a challenge for me. I couldn't find out subscriber numbers so went off Facebook but those numbers can be deceiving, I think, if someone only recently joined Facebook. Oh well! Like you said, I think it's the spirit of the thing that matters.ReplyDelete
See my blog later today for my 5 picks for up-and-coming blogs. :) Oh, and I totally would've picked you, too - I love your blog!Replies
Yep. You were high on my list! But Kathy snagged you first. But in the end it was good because it made me think.Delete
She probably has TONS of followers, but my Sister-In-Law has an amazing gift. Her blog is House Unseen. Life Unscripted.ReplyDelete
I like it because she can take an ordinary day, see the joy in it, and turn it into a hilarious adventure in her writing.Replies
Okay, Miss Kitty, I kinda figured out who you are based on the name (kyrie eleison) but went to visit your blog, too. That is a great blog! Bacon roses? You are my new best friend. I just signed up to follow your blog.Delete
Your SIL's blog is so much fun! I love her energy and cheer. Very cool. I am so glad that you told me about it.
- Michele4/12/2012
I have a few favorite blogs, and yours is one on my list. I rarely comment on them--but felt compelled to encourage you to continue writing. I am amazed and inspired by your seemingly endless energy and devotion to family, food and God.ReplyDelete
Also...Often when I do the dishes, I think of you (no kidding). I have nothing to complain about in comparison!
Best wishes to you and your family.Replies
Michele, that was so sweet! Thank you for writing that! I think that when you are doing what you are meant to do, you will have the passion and energy in all parts of your life. God means for me to raise these children and he gives me the strength to do it, and that means energy to wash dishes, clean bathrooms and read to kiddos, too.Delete
You are producing great work and you deserve recognition. Yay, you!ReplyDelete
Melissa, this has been so much fun! I've enjoyed reading your picks here and plan to continue down the chain until I'm swamped with new blogs :-)ReplyDelete
Comments make me squeal with delight, so PLEASE do it! Just remember that trolling, abusive or otherwise inappropriate comments will be deleted. I currently am having trouble with a troll so for the short term, all comments will be moderated. Thanks!

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NEW YORK (CBS/AP) — Mike Pelfrey pitched his first complete game in nearly three years, Carlos Beltran hit a mammoth home run (estimated at 460 feet) and the New York Mets handed Dan Haren a rare beating Saturday night in a 6-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.
National League batting leader Jose Reyes sparked the offense with his latest big game from the leadoff spot and Jason Bay showed more signs of breaking out of his season-long slump.
Pelfrey (4-5) gave up five hits in his first win since May 10 at Colorado. He entered 0-2 in his previous six outings, though he pitched well in most of those.
The big right-hander struck out five and did not walk a batter for the third consecutive start. He threw a season-high 123 pitches in his third career complete game — the last one was Aug. 25, 2008, against Houston.
The Mets also scored four stolen bases and each of those runners ended up touching home plate.
First baseman Mark Trumbo hit a solo home run for the Angels in the 6th inning to end Pelfrey's shut out bid.
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Deal for June 4th - 27-in 1080p Display for $209
Subject: Editorial | June 4, 2012 - 03:30 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: deal of the day
One of the most frequent questions we get on the PC Perspective Podcast and This Week in Computer Hardware is what component of their PCs a user should be looking to upgrade. No matter what configuration they mention to us, one of the first things that crosses my mind is the monitor.
You would likely be surprised how many users are still using lower resolution and smaller screens - the Valve Hardware Survey tells us that 27% of gamers are using either 1366x768 or 1280x1024 resolutions on their primary screens!
If you are one of those people or are maybe looking for a step up to a larger display, you might be interested in today's deal, a 27-in Planar PX2710MW 1080p LCD monitor.
You can grab this display through LogicBuy and Dell for $209 using the coupon code on the LogicBuy.com site.
This same monitor is available on Amazon.com for $269 (with great reviews as well!) giving this deal from LogicBuy a lot more credibility!
Deals for June 1st - Dell XPS 17 Quad-core Gaming Laptop for $1000
Subject: Editorial | June 1, 2012 - 11:35 AM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: deal of the day
PC Perspective has partnered with LogicBuy.com to bring our readers a collection of deals and coupons for computers, laptops and other miscellaneous technology products on a near daily basis. If you have any thoughts on the deals or the process, feel free to leave them in our comments section!
17.3" Dell XPS 17 Core i7-2670QM 2.2GHz Quad-core Laptop w/8GB RAM, dual 500GB Hard Drives, Backlit Keyboard, 3GB GeForce GT 555M graphics and 9-cell battery for $1000 with free shipping (normally $1,663)
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23" Alienware OptX AW2310 3D-ready 1080p LCD Monitor for $400 with free shipping (normally $450)
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Know CPUs were made of sand? Yes, but I like your video.
Subject: Editorial, General Tech, Processors | May 30, 2012 - 06:42 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: Intel, fab
Intel has released an animated video and supplementary PDF document to explain how Intel CPUs are manufactured. The video is more "cute" than anything else although the document is surprisingly really well explained for the average interested person. If you have ever wanted to know how a processor was physically produced then I highly recommend taking about a half of an hour to watch the video and read the text.
If you have ever wondered how CPUs came to be from raw sand -- prepare to get learned.
Intel has published a video and accompanied information document which explains their process almost step by step. The video itself will not teach you too much as it was designed to illustrate the information in the online pamphlet.
Not shown is the poor sandy bridges that got smelted for your enjoyment.
Rest in got
My background in education is a large part of the reason why I am excited by this video. The accompanied document is really well explained, goes into just the right amount of detail, and does so very honestly. The authors did not shy away from declaring that they do not produce their own wafers nor did they sugarcoat that each die even on the same wafer could perform differently or possibly not at all.
You should do yourself a favor and check it out.
It is June 1st ... cope with it!
Subject: Editorial | May 25, 2012 - 06:52 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: friday
It has been a while since last we visited the PC Perspective Forums on the front page but that does not imply that nothing has happened. There are still problems to be solved with Operating Systems, ancient system BIOS upgrades and the ever popular driver questions to be answered. You can learn about IvyBridge motherboards or finagling your second wireless router to behave as a WAP. Drop by the Leaderboard Forum where you can discuss not only my picks for the Hardware Leaderboard but also any other PC builds you might be considering.
If your concerns are more specific then move on from the more general Forums to get help, be it recommendations about ASRock Z77 boards or maybe you have a Phenom II you want to overclock and enable extra cores on. Pop by the Graphics Forum and discuss AMD's new Catalyst release as well as the new schedule or get right to the heart of the system with the Processor and the Overclocking Forums.
Our BOINC and Folding@Home teams are always looking for new members and new debaters in The Lightning Round are welcome to hope into the fray. Those who like swap meets will love The Trading Post and for those of you just looking for a little high weirdness can hit the Off Topic Forum to create their own or witness ours in the latest PC Perspective Podcast!
Windows 8 -- Aero? Plain.
Subject: Editorial, General Tech | May 20, 2012 - 04:03 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: windows 8, Aero
Paul Thurrott reports that Microsoft will dump Aero Glass in lieu of a more flat user interface for Windows 8. How far is Microsoft willing to distance itself from the desktop market to entice a foothold in the mobile space?
Remember that image I did with a turd on a desktop workstation a few days ago?
Microsoft has killed their glass-based design which they established almost a decade ago with the Longhorn technical preview.
Windows 8 Release Preview is set to release within the next two weeks and will contain Aero Glass as its desktop chrome. The shift to the flat layout will occur before release of the full version. It is still unclear whether users will be able to see it hands-on before they are expected to own it.
The ironic part is that is probably a glass aquarium.
You may be wondering why I claim this as an offense against the desktop. Later in his article Paul gives his prediction into why Aero Glass shattered -- since Microsoft did not directly say so themselves. Aero is not the most difficult interface for a computer to render but it does require a steady amount more computation than a flat layout. Transparency, blur, and other effects take up computation power -- hence why Windows harasses you to turn off Aero if your framerate dips in a game -- and that computation power translates to battery life.
Remember when Aero was touted as a driving reason to in-place upgrade to Vista Home Premium?
I guess Microsoft believes that they do not want their tablet customers to feel like second-rate citizens. At least we know that they will be willing to throw it all away and do it over yet again. At this point that should be the most clear above anything else.
AMD will not chase Intel making "needlessly powerful" CPUs
Subject: Editorial, General Tech, Graphics Cards, Processors | May 19, 2012 - 04:52 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: ultrabook, trinity, cloud computing, cloud, amd
Bloomberg Businessweek reports AMD CEO Rory Read claims that his company will produce chips which are suited for consumer needs and not to crunch larger and larger bundles of information. They also like eating Intel's bacon -- the question: is it from a pig or a turkey?
Read believes there is "enough processing power on every laptop on the planet today".
I disagree.
The argument revolves around the shift to the cloud, as usual. It is very alluring to shift focus from the instrument to the data itself. More enticing: discussing how the instruments change to suit that need; this is especially true if you develop instruments and yearn to shift anyway.
Don't question the bacon…
AMD has been trusting that their processors will be good enough and their products will differentiate in other ways such as with graphics capabilities which they claim will be more important for cloud services. AMD hopes that their newer laptops will steal some bacon from Intel and their ultrabook initiative.
The main problem with the cloud is that it is mostly something that people feel that they want rather than actually do. They believe they want their content controlled by a company for them until it becomes inaccessible temporarily or permanently. They believe they want their information accessible in online services but then freak out about the privacy implications of it.
The public appeal of the cloud is that it lets you feel as though you can focus on the content rather than the medium. The problem is that you do not have fewer distractions from your content -- just different ones -- and they rear their head once or twice in isolation of each other. You experience a privacy concern here and an incompatibility or licensing issue there. For some problems and for some people it makes more sense to control your own data. It will continue to be important to serve that market.
And if crunching ends up being necessary for the future it looks like Intel will be a little lonely at the top.
Podcast #202 Aftershow - Much Ado about Storage
Subject: Editorial, General Tech, Storage | May 17, 2012 - 05:05 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: podcast, aftershow
After the normally scheduled podcast recorded last night, the PC Perspective staff hung around in the chat room to talk with our fans and readers about various random hardware topics. Rather than just throw that data away, we decided to save it and post the video here as a sort of "aftershow" for those of you that want a bit more PCPer in your life.
Podcast #201 - GTX 690 review, ASUS G75V Ivy Bridge Notebook review, a Vertex 4 update and more!
Subject: Editorial | May 10, 2012 - 03:56 PM | Ken Addison
Tagged: Vertex 4, podcast, nvidia, Ivy Bridge, Intel, gtx690, g75v, amd, 690
PC Perspective Podcast #201 - 05/10/2012
Join us this week as we talk about our GTX 690 review, ASUS G75V Ivy Bridge Notebook review, a Vertex 4 update and more!
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- Win a Netgear R6300 802.11ac router!!
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 Review - Dual GK104 Kepler Greatness
- ASUS G75V Review: Gaming Goes Ivy
- Greater than 20 Percent of Malware Articles Miss the Point
- Trinity Improvements Include Updated Piledriver Cores and VLIW4 GPUs
- More Leaks Emerge on NVIDIA's Kepler Based GTX 670 GPU
- Ready for Diablo III? Not with Catalyst 12.4 you're not.
- Corsair Launches Air Series of High Airflow and High Static Pressure Fans
- Steam Allows Remote Installation of Games
- OCZ Updates Vertex 4 Enthusiasts to 1.4 Release Candidate Firmware
- Windows Media Center To Be A Pro Only Feature In Windows 8
- Good news from TSMC for NVIDIA and you
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- Ryan: ASUS N66U Dual-band Router
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Win a Netgear R6300 802.11ac router!!
Subject: Editorial, General Tech | May 8, 2012 - 12:39 AM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: netgear, giveaway, contest, broadcom, 802.11ac
Broadcom and Netgear came to PC Perspective recently to discuss some upcoming products based on the new 802.11ac protocol, a new technology that will enable a minimum of 1 Gigabit wireless networking in the 5 GHz spectrum.
While we are learning about the new products that the two companies are partnering on, they offered up a few prizes for our readers: one of three new Netgear R6300 dual-band, 802.11ac routers!!
While not on the market yet, these routers will offer some impressive new features including:
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The NETGEAR Genie® app provides easy installation from an iPad®, tablet, computer or smartphone. It includes a personal dashboard, allowing you to manage, monitor, and repair your home network. NETGEAR customers can download the app at http://www.netgear.com/genie or from the Google Play or App Store.
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This is why anti-piracy is not simple and intuitive...
Subject: Editorial, General Tech | May 4, 2012 - 10:07 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: piracy
The Pirate Bay has recently been blocked by a number of British ISPs but single-day traffic increased to the highest it has ever been. If there was a need for yet another example of where intuition opposes reality when it comes to content piracy, please -- let this be that so we can move on to actually solving problems.
The biggest issue with anti-piracy campaigns is that so many have opinions but so few have acknowledged facts -- even when proposing litigation.
The intuitive perception is very simple: see a quantifiable amount of what could wrongfully be considered theft and assume that sales were reduced by some factor of that value. Also, if you block access to that cesspool of theft then most of the theft will go away or move somewhere else. Both of those suggestions are fundamentally flawed statistically and have no meaning besides feeling correct.
Content companies: Do not blame piracy. Sales before sails -- think before you sink.
In reality there are many situations to show that an infringed copy has counter-intuitive effects on sales. More importantly to this story is the latter situation: blocking The Pirate Bay appears to have substantially increased their single-day audience by 12 million views. This seems to be yet another conundrum where no action would have been the optimal solution.
If you were to take away a single point from this article it should be the following:
Just because something seems right or wrong does not mean it is. You should treat intuition as nothing more than a guide for your judgment. Never let instinct disrupt your ability to understand the problems you are attempting to solve or ignore completely valid possibilities at solving them.
Objectivity really is a good virtue to embrace.
Questions for GTX 690 Live Review - Win an NVIDIA Crowbar!!
Subject: Editorial, General Tech, Graphics Cards | May 2, 2012 - 02:37 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: video, nvidia, live review, live, kepler, GTX 690, geforce
Yes, we realize it's actually a "flat bar" but that's nearly as cool to say. Either way, wouldn't you like to win one of these?
Tomorrow at 1pm EDT / 10am PDT we are going to be streaming a LIVE talk between myself and Tom Petersen centered around the GeForce GTX 690 dual-Kepler graphics card at http://pcper.com/live. We will talk about performance, power consumption, features, show demos and of course take user questions through our live chat room, twitter accounts and more.
But we also want to get your questions TODAY to help prepare for the event. If you have a burning question about the GTX 690 or the Kepler architecture and its features, leave us a comment below! (No registartion required.) Both NVIDIA's Tom Petersen and I will give you our feedback. The best question will take home an NVIDIA crowbar so you too can be prepared for the coming apocalypse!
If you want, you can also send me a message on Twitter @RyanShrout or on our PC Perspective Facebook page.
Hurry though, we want them in tonight so we can sort and pick our favorites for the live event tomorrow. For all the details on tomorrow's show, make sure you check our post right here!!
PC Perspective and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 Live Review - Thursday, May 3rd @ 1pm EDT
Subject: Editorial, Graphics Cards | April 30, 2012 - 09:55 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: nvidia, video, geforce, GTX 690, live, live review
We all know the reviews are coming soon - the GeForce GTX 690 is set to be launched this Thursday. The dual-GK104 Kepler solution with the $999 price tag will likely be the highest performing graphics card on the market (and by a lot) and we are going to be discussing the launch, the technology and a lot more in our PC Perspective Live Review.
Starting Thursday, May 3rd at 1pm EDT / 10am PDT, NVIDIA's Tom Petersen will join me at our live page (http://pcper.com/live) to talk about the new graphics card, the performance and feature characteristics that go into building a high-end solution like this and take questions from the viewers.
You might have seen our original GTX 680 Live Review where Tom and I hosted a similar event - this is definitely something you won't want to miss out on!
Be sure to set your calendars and join us Thursday afternoon for the event! You can use the chat room at http://pcper.com/live to interact and ask questions or follow me on Twitter and reply to me during the show.
Blender 2.63 released! Major feature: BMesh integration.
Subject: Editorial, General Tech | April 27, 2012 - 04:42 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: Blender
The latest version of Blender has been released to the public officially. This version integrates, after much anticipation, BMesh and in the process reengineers how Blender handles geometry. Models are no longer constrained to triangles and quadrangles and can have any number of sides.
I do a bunch of illustration work for PC Perspective and elsewhere. Most of my work is in 2D these days although originally I worked in 3D applications almost exclusively. When occasions allows it, scarce as they are these days, I return to 3D if new projects need it or old projects get returned to.
Here today, n-gon tomorrow.
I originally started with Rhino3D when I was introduced to it for a high school shop technology class. When 3D shifted to a persistent hobby I shifted to Maya and purchased an educational license. That license has become well used for game design contests and personal art projects over the past several years.
Faced with the greater than three thousand dollar price tag of a new license of Maya -- I could buy a Wacom Cintiq 24 and another used car (minus repairs) with that -- I looked at Blender once again. I am not against paying for software which gives me value over the alternatives. The GIMP just cannot replace Photoshop for my current illustration work, try as I might, and I eventually was led to purchase one of Adobe's Creative Suites. Maybe Blender would have a different fate?
Sorry boy, cannot play today.
After a few attempts at getting used to its interface -- I mean the man-hours must be cheaper than a license of Maya, right? -- I was about ready to give it up again. The modeling flow just did not suit my style well at all. After exercising my Google-Fu I found an experimental Blender project called BMesh and loaded one of its experimental builds. After just a short period of usage it felt more natural than Maya has felt.
I felt as though I would actually choose Blender over Maya, even if given either one for free. Best part: for one, I am.
So why do I mention this in the post proclaiming the launch of Blender 2.63? Blender 2.63 fully integrates that experimental branch into the trunk core application. BMesh is, as of this release, officially unified with Blender.
For current users of Blender, Game From Scratch has put up an article which demonstrates the benefits which BMesh can provide. If you focus on modeling predominantly, your grin should grow as the article moves on. More tools should be developed for the new geometry engine too. Keep grinning.
Admittedly, again, I do not have too much time to play in 3D lately and as such your mileage may vary. Still, I can honestly say that as of what this release's preview builds demonstrate: the water is finally warm for 3D modelers to try Blender. Is there room for improvement? Of course, but now is a great time to give it a try.
Intel Announces Q1 2012 Earnings: Not a Record, but Close
Subject: Editorial | April 23, 2012 - 05:12 PM | Josh Walrath
Tagged: trinity, Q1, Ivy Bridge, Intel, earnings, atom, arm, amd, 2012
Guess what? Intel made money. A lot of money. This is not surprising. The results were not record breaking, but they did beat expectations. Intel had a gross revenue of $12.9 billion for the quarter, with a net income of $2.7 billion. Gross margins decreased (slightly) to 64%, but the reasons for this are pretty logical as we discover down below. Compared to Q4 2011, results are still significantly down, but this is again expected due to seasonal downturns. In Q4 they had $13.9 billion in gross revenue and $3.4 billion in net income with a gross margin of 64.5%.
NVIDIA continues to tease, sends us a crowbar
Subject: Editorial, General Tech, Graphics Cards | April 23, 2012 - 09:58 AM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: nvidia, crowbar, kepler
Remember when NVIDIA updated their Facebook page with "It's Coming..." and a picture that you had little chance of learning its origin? Well the marketing team is at again, this time sending over a crowbar. No, seriously.
"For Use in Case of Zombies Or...<NVIDIA LOGO>". So either something BIG is coming later that I am going to need to open with said crowbar or maybe NVIDIA is partnering with Valve to announce Half-Life 3. That second guess is just wishful thinking, sorry.
If nothing else I guess we'll thank NVIDIA for the additional weapon for the eventual zombie apocalypse until such time as they sit fit to clue me in on the joke.
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Epic talks a storm of bullets. Piracy hurt the sequel?
Subject: Editorial, General Tech | April 10, 2012 - 10:45 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: piracy, epic games, bulletstorm
Mike Capps of Epic Games, among many other developers and publishers, completely misses the point about piracy. No-one can control piracy, they can only control factors which influence it -- but controlling those factors is meaningless if sales are sacrificed in the process. No-one gets paid by not being pirated; people get paid by making sales.
Frequent readers of my editorials are probably well aware that I am quite vocal about many topics including piracy, the consumables model of art, censorship, and used content sales. I take a very mathematical approach to a lot of complicated topics. Unfortunately, a lot of what is considered common truths is based on fundamentally invalid statistics. It gives me a lot to write about.
Mike Capps of Epic Games was interviewed by GameSpot during PAX East and at some point in the discussion the topic floated across Bulletstorm. On the topic of its lower-than-expected sales, Capps added that the PC version was adversely affected by piracy.
Piracy gnashing its teeth?
Similar statements have been made for countless other games at countless other times. Each of those statements makes a subtle but gigantic mistake in formulating the problem: piracy is not something which does, piracy is something which is. Piracy does not affect your sales, but whatever affected piracy might also affect sales in one way or another.
The intuition is that sales decrease as piracy increases and vice versa. That assumption is nullified by counter-example: do not release a product. Piracy and sales, if you do not release a game, will trend in the same direction: to zero. It is now obvious that sales and piracy do not always inversely correlate.
As Mike Capps also stated in the interview, Bulletstorm had a very rough launch and lifespan on the PC. Bulletstorm required for Games for Windows Live, encrypted its settings, and did other things to earn a reputation since launch as a bad console port to the PC. Customers complained about the experience on the PC which fueled an inferno of uncertainty and doubt for potential buyers.
Being pirated is not losing a sale, but losing a customer before their purchase is.
I was personally on the fence about Bulletstorm and this negative word-of-mouth lead me to ignore the title. I did not purchase the game, I did not pirate the game; I ignored the game. Perhaps those who pirated your title did so because they were interested, became discouraged, but were not discouraged enough to avoid giving it a chance with piracy?
What I am saying is -- piracy cannot reduce your sales (it cannot do anything, it is a measurement), but perhaps whatever combination of factors reduced your sales may also have increased your piracy?
Piracy is an important measurement to consider -- but it, like sales, is just that, a measurement, nothing more. Strive to increase your sales -- keep an eye on your piracy figures to learn valuable information -- but always exclusively strive to increase your sales. It is the measurement that will pay your bills.
Anonymous hacks China, climbs hacker food chain.
Subject: Editorial, General Tech | April 5, 2012 - 04:14 AM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: China, hack, Anonymous
China has been the target of numerous successful hacking attempts by Anonymous over the last week. Many sites were defaced and in some cases data such as accounts and e-mail addresses were compromised.
Anonymous has ramped up their activism over the last six months beyond their usual DDOSing and intrusion of US government and corporate websites. Last autumn Anonymous threatened to expose members of Mexican drug cartels although that initiative faded away without too much controversy later in the year. This year they have instead assaulted the Chinese Government.
This could get just as messy as the drug cartels.
Much of the defacing attempts broadcast, in both English as well as Chinese, messages about the Chinese Government and their practices. One such message states:
Your Government controls the Internet in your country and strives to filter what it considers a threat for it. Be careful. Use VPN for your own security. Or Tor.
The attacks have been sustained for over a week at this point. 486 compromised sites have been listed on Pastebin as of March 30th. There does not appear to have been any public response from the Chinese Government at this point.
What sticks out to me the most is how widespread the attack on Chinese online infrastructure appears to have been despite China's traditional focus towards cyber security. Regardless of who you are, or what you have previously been capable of, you need to take security seriously as true security is extremely difficult.
NVIDIA urges you to program better now, not CPU -- later.
Subject: Editorial, General Tech, Graphics Cards, Processors | April 4, 2012 - 04:13 AM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: nvidia, Intel, Knight's Corner, gpgpu
NVIDIA steals Intel's lunch… analogy. In the process they claim that optimizing your application for Intel's upcoming many-core hardware is not free of effort, and that effort is similar to what is required to develop on what NVIDIA already has available.
A few months ago, Intel published an article on their software blog to urge developers to look to the future without relying on the future when they design their applications. The crux of Intel's argument states that regardless of how efficient Intel makes their processors, there is still responsibility on your part to create efficient code.
There's always that one, in the back of the class…
NVIDIA, never a company to be afraid to make a statement, used Intel's analogy to alert developers to optimize for many-core architectures.
The hope that unmodified HPC applications will work well on MIC with just a recompile is not really credible, nor is talking about ease of programming without consideration of performance.
There is no free lunch. Programmers will need to put in some effort to structure their applications for hybrid architectures. But that work will pay off handsomely for today's, and especially tomorrow's, HPC systems.
It remains to be seen how Intel MIC will perform when it eventually arrives. But why wait? Better to get ahead of the game by starting down the hybrid multicore path now.
NVIDIA thinks that Intel was correct: there would be no free lunch for developers, why not purchase a plate at NVIDIA's table? Who knows, after the appetizer you might want to stay around.
You cannot simply allow your program to execute on Many Integrated Core (MIC) hardware and expect it to do so well. The goal is not to simply implement on new hardware -- it is to perform efficiently while utilizing the advantages of everything that is available. It will always be up to the developer to set up their application in the appropriate way.
Your advantage will be to understand the pros and cons of massive parallelism. NVIDIA, AMD, and now Intel have labored to create a variety of architectures to suit this aspiration; software developers must labor in a similar way on their end.
Used Game Sales -- Tempest Cartridge in a Teapot
Subject: Editorial, General Tech | April 2, 2012 - 02:39 AM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: used sales
I start to wonder how people got so successful at business with such a short-sighted mindset.
When I arrived home tonight I cautiously browsed the tech news as I often do. Many complain about April Fools being difficult for journalists due to the plausibility of certain pranks conflicting with the fact checking process. In my travels I came across an editorial from Don Reisinger about the ethics of used game sales. While it is marginally possible to have been an early joke, the sentiments contained in the post are too common in the industry.
Piracy and used game sales are sore spots for an industry of companies who believe you either make a sale or you lose a sale. The truth of the matter is that you should be thankful that your product was not flat-out ignored and attempt to derive as much value from that relationship as possible.
First they came for my used copy of Mechwarrior 3...
Used game sales have been mostly extinct on the PC platform since the wonderful invention of recorded product keys. Users have flocked to the consoles to retain the second sale and have often berated the PC platform for it. As consoles move closer and closer to denying used sales I wonder where they will flock to next. Perhaps maybe they should instead demand that the publisher accept used sales?
For a publisher, a used game sold is a new user of your product. Your retail partner gained extra revenue and brought users closer to your other products which might be first-sale. The user might purchase DLC, sequels, spin-offs, sister-titles, expansion packs, merchandise, and franchise tie-ins as a result of that used game. The user will probably end up playing more video games altogether than they otherwise would. Do you really wish to give up all of that value by indulging in how you feel ripped off by your own paying customers? Also, what about the first sale customer who sold their game to make up the used sale?
They are your customers -- and they are always right. Shut up and take my money when you can.
In North America it is MC Hammer, Celine Dion and Tracy Chapman's birthday. In South Africa it is National Cleavage Day ...
Subject: Editorial | March 30, 2012 - 07:10 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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It is nice to see new members on the PC Perspective Forums, or even members who have been around for a while but haven't been as active as they once were. We especially love the ones that aren't afraid to overclock their first machine, if you are going to jump into building your own machine you might as well do it with both feet. Doing so leads to all sorts of interesting roads, first you start out buying your first UPS and the next thing you know you are building amazing mods like this.
Unfortunately after a while you become older than dirt and may become jaded after forty 'leven releases of GPUs you cannot buy even if you have the money to do, or you run into one too many audio card issues. If you do hit that point, why not try a new operating system? Go for a walk with a well dressed flightless waterfowl or jump through a Window you've never tried before ... if you haven't tried an OS recently you can be guaranteed it will be different from the last time you tried it.
If that doesn't do it for you then sell all your kit at the Trading Post, though that means you won't be able to argue at The Lightning Round, game with the Fraggin' Frogs, chug with the BOINCers and F@Hers or even watch this weeks podcast ... so maybe one more hour of troubleshooting before you toss all your high tech out.
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Great American Bites: Rhode Island Stuffies at Legal Harborside
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The most impressive thing about the vast three-level structure is its location on Liberty Wharf. While Boston has a large harbor, the city offers few prime waterfront restaurants. Harborside has a ship-like feel, with an open kitchen, including raw bar and pizza zones. There are indoor and outdoor dining areas, with picnic tables along the water's edge.
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Third-generation Legal owner Roger Berkowitz visited harbors from Tasmania to South Africa trying to capture a relaxed aesthetic, and the result appeals equally to everyone from families to tourists to local workers in suits. "Too many waterfront restaurants are limiting, either by price point or menu, and we wanted the opposite. We wanted to be inviting, casual, more of an eating experience than a dining experience."
In addition to the main eatery, Harborside has a rooftop bar overlooking the water, and a second floor fine dining restaurant. It also has a retail market with both fresh fish and prepared foods, such as Legal's famous New England clam chowder.
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The new Legal Harborside, a vast three-level structure, is now the city's biggest at 20,000 square feet.
Despite the large menu, the majority of choices are seafood classics like fish and chips, crumb-baked Boston scrod, a fried Fisherman's platter, and of course fresh lobsters, steamed or stuffed and baked. But the standout dish, created specifically for Harborside, is the stuffed clam appetizer, aka Rhode Island Stuffie.
"Rhode Island is credited with creating the baked stuff clam," said Berkowitz, "and every town has its own recipe. We tried to capture the best of each, and it took us 9 months of tinkering to get it right." The result is a big, meaty clam, well-seasoned and spicy but not too bready, allowing the clam and added diced chorizo sausage to shine through.
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The second-floor fine dining restaurant serves exotic seafood choices such as sea urchins, abalone, cockles, cuttlefish, and rarer fishes, at much higher prices.
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Exposed as in streaking through life naked without a stitch of security. There are things I do and things I don't do, and no security isn't on my "do" list. Come on, people!
McAfee used its Windows-based Security Scan Plus scan an average of 17 million PCs per month in 24 different countries. This was the first industry study of its kind, thought to be the most accurate snapshot of consumer PC protection to date.
83% of computers scanned were found to be protected with the basics. Basic security protection includes working antivirus software, anti-spyware protection, and firewalls. That leaves 17% with no or essentially no protection from malware and other threats.
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Finland is the most protected country with only 9.7% of PCs lacking any security protection
Singapore ranked at the bottom with 21.75% of consumer PCs completely unprotected
11.75% of Singapore's PCs have security software installed, but it is disabled
Spain had the highest percentage of PCs without any installed basic security protection at 16.33%
The United States is the 5th least protected country, with 19.32% of Americans browsing the Internet without any protection; 12.25% of consumers have zero security protection installed; 7.07% have security software installed but it is disabled
If you are part of the 17% without security software installed, listen up: there are millions of viruses out there that will ravage your PC to death. Some can make your PC completely inoperable, while others allow criminals to control your PC remotely, making it part of a "botnet," used for nefarious ends by a criminal network. But worst of all are viruses that allow criminals to access your data in order to steal your identity.
So please, protect your PC with comprehensive security software that includes antivirus, anti-spyware, anti-spam, anti-phishing and firewall protection, and save us all the discomfort of having to look at your naked PC.
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They both rap and now they both sing albeit Kanye gets help from
the auto tune a lil bit, but he's still singing...
"leggooo" lol
They both rap and now they both sing albeit Kanye gets help from
the auto tune a lil bit, but he's still singing...
"leggooo" lol
They both rap and now they both sing albeit Kanye gets help from
the auto tune a lil bit, but he's still singing...
"leggooo" lol
Yes I believe that is when he started having difficulty.
He needs words of encouragement.
Jesus Walks is one of my favorites. I like his first cd.
I like Kanye but I dont think he and Trey are on the same level. I tell you every time my mother hears him rap she says she doesnt think he is a good rapper. LOL
Hes runway song is okay, but I like Treys version better.
Im going to give Kanye a pass because I really think that brother is going through some inner turmoil.
Kanye Who? oh, that guy... The Crybaby, mic Stealing, egotistical, arrogant, cocky for nothing, "Now i can sing", annoying jackass of a man,,, Ummmm
#TeamTrey on this
@Tricia - LMAO CTFU RMAOTF!!!!!!!! Well said well said! I wish I could cut it out and mail it to Kanye! Yeaaaaaah (in my Trey voice) there IS NO competition................
To all the fans. I left you something from Trey in my post (Trey Songz - The Stupid Things - responding to Does Trey Songz REALLY appreciate ALL of his fans)
@nalston - I think that is one of my biggest problems with Kanye - he is an attention whore, he's rude, and his ego is the size of the solar system. Trey has an ego too, but his is tamed and respectful. You don't see him running up on stage saying, "I shoulda got this award" or interrupting somebody else's speech to say someone else shoulda got an award (his ego is big when it comes to women). That's just rude, classless, and childish. For me that blocks a lot of the shit he does b/c he's too immature. Besides - one quality an artist needs for me to love them is humility. Realize you're only in this place b/c someone gave you a chance. Just like you got it - it could be taken away. I strongly believe in that saying, "Be careful of the heads you step on going up, because it'll be the same ones you have to face coming back down." He gone be Taylor Swift's butler one day.
Kanye is a genius but Trey is holla talented. He has the flow, lyrics, and creativity. Ye has the mouthpiece. So Trey hands down, is that a trick question. And may I add no auto tune.
@ S Shorty - Hands down Trey (if you could compare them) Honestly though I see them as un-comparable because they have 2 totally different styles of music (to me). Trey is sensual even when he is doing crossover. It's more grown and sexy. Trey's music makes me want to lovingly pounce on him and whisper answer back lyrics in his ear, or hold him and softly sing him to sleep! Kanye makes me want to walk up to him and shake my damn head LOL! Kanye I will agree is a one of the greats but for the music he makes, not for his lyrics or performance. Kanye is like an adult that has this inner child bursting out from time to time and he is a attention whore most often and it is not attractive. He is a musical genious as far as making music but I never felt his lyrics were strong and his flow is all over the place. Have you seen Runaway? It is an absolute atrocity, and very very sacreligous to say the least. I was truly apalled and I found myself wondering what happened to the old Kanye? Yuuuuuuuuuuuup for me it's Trey all day hands (and anything else) down LOL!
@SShorty - I must be the only person on the planet that is not a Kanye West fan (oh my bad - Taylor Swift ain't either). I can't STAND him. Every time "Runaway" comes on I want to SCRREEAAAAAAAAMMMM! Some of his stuff has been nice, but overall I'm just not a fan. So hands down Trey for me simply b/c I have never, EVER been a Kanye fan.


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Lakenheath Fen nature reserve in East Anglia - previously a carrot field - is a fantastic example of the kind of new waterscapes we would like to see across the country.
Our new project to restore 900 hectares (ha) (2,223 acres) of saltmarsh and mudflat at Wallasea Island in Essex is one of the most ambitious habitat re-creation schemes in Europe.
Meanwhile the Ouse Fen (previously known as Needingworth) reserve in Cambridgeshire is replacing 700 ha (1,729 acres) of gravel extraction with a beautiful wetland complex.
As well as safeguarding reserves, we also want to improve what happens in the wider countryside and make sure that funding is available to achieve this. In England, this means influencing the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), which decides water management policy.
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I moved the home folders to tidy the computer up a bit and reset all the permissions. When you select one user and change the home folder to \\servername\Year11$\%username% it comes up with a nice message saying it already exists, would you like to make the user have full control.
Problem is when you select a full list of users it doesn't work. Saying it already exists and doesn't change the permissions. Shame really as I thought it was quite nice.


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Rising Star Chefs 2011: a passionate group
PROFILES Expect to see more of these kitchen pros with a passion for the craft
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The road to becoming a Chronicle Rising Star Chef is diverse, but there are guideposts along the way. The main one: passion.
Yet, while passion is always an element in a chef's success, the feeling is palpable with this group. This is the 19th year the Food & Wine staff has recognized young Bay Area chefs who we feel are making - and will continue to make - a national impact. The Bay Area is a breeding ground for trends, and this group is at the forefront.
As you read their profiles and look at their recipes that we've tested for the home kitchen, you'll be able to experience their magic firsthand.
How they got to where they are today is diverse, but many started in the restaurant business while they were teenagers, forgoing college for on-the-job training. Two are culinary school dropouts, yet still discovered their true expression in cooking. Three started as dishwashers; a strong work ethic and love of preparing food propelled them to the limelight.
Three of our six chefs have strong Bay Area roots; the other three are from, or worked on, the East Coast. However, all of them have found a comfortable and inspiring home in the Bay Area. They're doing what they love, whether it's cooking Italian, Chinese, vegetarian or locally inspired food.
So welcome the 2011 class of Rising Star Chefs. We think you'll be hearing a lot more from them in the future.
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Rising Star Chefs' restaurants
Flour + Water, 2401 Harrison St. (at 20th Street), San Francisco; (415) 826-7000 or flourandwater.com. Dinner nightly. For Michael Bauer's review, go to sfg.ly/hdVcbN
Mission Chinese Food, 2234 Mission St. (near 18th Street), San Francisco; (415) 863-2800. Open 11:30 a.m.-10:30 p.m. Thursday-Tuesday. For Michael Bauer's review, go to sfg.ly/hYCrws
Oenotri, 1425 First St. (near Franklin Street), Napa; (707) 252-1022 or oenotri.com. Dinner nightly. For Michael Bauer's review, go to sfg.ly/aYOsVy
Plum, 2214 Broadway (near Grand Avenue), Oakland; (510) 444-7586 or plumoakland.com. Lunch weekdays, dinner nightly. For Michael Bauer's review, go to sfg.ly/fgELlr.
Ubuntu, 1140 Main St. (near First Street), Napa; (707) 251-5656. Lunch weekends, dinner Thursday-Sunday. For Michael Bauer's review, go to sfg.ly/fcbStU


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In an effort to offset electrical load and decrease its carbon footprint, the city of Reno, Nevada is investigating various types of wind turbines (and photovoltaic solar cells too).
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