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Yeah I saw similar articles like this on the web when I was deciding what to get for my new system a few months ago. I just couldn't bring myself to put together a RAID0 setup when reliability is a concern and the cost is higher to get no negligible performance boost. I find the Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 SATA drives to perform well enough for my needs for the time being.
IMO, copying large files across the disc is faster noticeably with RAID0 configurations.
Loading levels in FC and UT2K4, OTOH, is not so much quicker... It depends on what you plan on doing with it IMO. I use DVD2One to compress discs down before I burn them sometimes and IMO the extra throughput comes in handy there.
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That article is questionable at best. They aren't exactly using the best test scenarios.
For gamers, yeah, I gotta agree with it. Game level loading isn't usually slow because of disk I/O. It comes into play, but there's other factors.
But if you're working with large files constantly (who isn't with 4.7GB worth of RAR files coming down off usenet) or using apps that benefit (Photoshop, which i'm constantly working with), you'll never go back to anything but RAID0 on a desktop. As a hobby, i'm a photographer. On the weekends after taking a healthy amount of pictures, I create a big ole photoshop batch job to do certain things to my images. I'm usually working with 15-30GB in RAW files (6-8MB each) that expand to 36MB TIFF files (16bit/channel) each. The time I save when crunching these files is measured in HOURS with a dual Raptor setup as opposed to a single drive setup. On a weekend, that's significant to me :)
They also didn't install the Intel Application Accelerator RAID edition. For me that made a noticeable difference in performance.
Load times can be a lot faster depending on the stripe size. @ 16k my Far Cry load times were very very very fast. The downside was the near 10% CPU usage so I took it to 128k. And even @ 128k my load times are noticably quicker than my best friend's rig which is nearly identical, except he's only running one 36 gig Raptor. And there's definetely no doubt about it when ripping DVDs either.
I wouldn't worry at all about reliability with these Raptors. I haven't heard any horror stories and there's no reason to think anything bad will happen when they're really SCSI hds that come w/ 5 year warranties. Of course I backup every week or two anyways, but I don't feel any pity for people who don't do that nowadays, it's just common sense.
I had a single Raptor and then added a second one, the speed increase was not noticable in games, so I sent it back and just kept the one.
I agree with Anandtech. For games, it is a waste. It does have advantages for other applications, but most people here wont be using those.
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You will never see a weirder ending to an important baseball game in your life. Guaranteed.
1. An amazing play at second. An out at home. An obstruction call at third base. This all took less than 15 seconds to happen. When it was over, St. Louis had won Game 3 of the World Series in the most spectacular, bizarre manner you could imagine.
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2. With one out in the bottom of the ninth and runners on second and third, Jon Jay smoked a ball to Boston second baseman Dustin Pedroia, who snagged it and threw to home to get Yadier Molina. Two outs. So far, so good for Boston.
3. Then, Jarrod Saltalamacchia throws to third to try and get Allen Craig, but the ball sails into left field.
4. But then Daniel Nava's throw to the plate gets Craig. THREE OUTS, TO EXTRA INNINGS WE GO, RIGHT?
5. NOT SO FAST. The umpires call obstruction on third baseman Will Middlebrooks for tripping up Craig as he ran toward home. The run counts, ballgame over, St. Louis now leads the World Series, 2-1.
6. With obstruction, Middlebrooks' intent is not relevant. He tripped Craig on the way to home. Ergo, Craig gets the next base free of charge, which just happens to be the winning run.
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7. That would be Rule 7.06 of the Official Rules.
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8. And here's Section 2.00.
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9. Allen Craig couldn't believe it.
10. Dustin Pedroia and the Red Sox couldn't believe it.
11. And it all happened because of this inadvertent trip, which some are arguing was perhaps not interference due to Craig not being in the baseline when he fell, though that doesn't appear to matter.
13. Game 4 is Sunday night, and if it's a fraction as exciting as this finish was, we're all in for some fun.
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One of the central problems faced by autonomous agents is the selection of the action to do next. In AI, three approaches have been used to address this problem: the programming-based approach, where the agent controller is hardwired, the learning-based approach, where the controller is learned from experience, and the model-based approach, where the controller is derived from a model. Planning in AI is best conceived as the model-based approach to the action selection problem. The models represent the initial situation, the actions, the sensors, and the goals. The main challenge in planning is computational, as all the models, whether accommodating feedback and uncertainty or not, are intractable. Thus planners must automatically recognize and exploit the structure of the given problems.
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Eric Robinson (13 December 1908 – 24 July 1974) was a conductor and presenter of music for the BBC.[1]
During the war, Eric Robinson served in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps: in 1943, he was with the depot band at Chilwell Central Ordnance Depot, and conducted "The Blue Rockets", a section of the band who provided light music. He was twice the musical director of the Eurovision Song Contest when staged in London in 1960 & 1963 and on other occasions between 1957 & 1965, Robinson conducted the orchestra accompanying the United Kingdom's entry in the competition.[citation needed]
In 1962, he provided the financial support and backing for the Mellotron tape-replay keyboard, and was heavily involved in the original marketing and promotion. He hoped the popularity of a new and novel instrument would revitalise his career.[2]
His daughter Vivienne Robinson married the magician David Nixon in 1961.[citation needed] He died 24 July 1974 aged 65.
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INDIANAPOLIS - JANUARY 06: Dwight Freeney #93 of the Indianapolis Colts celebrates a defensive play against the Kansas City Chiefs during their AFC Wild Card Playoff Game January 6, 2007 at RCA Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
Dwight Freeney was surprised to find out that the franchise he expected he would retire with no longer wants him to be a part of the team. It is not because Freeney is overpriced either, because he was not expecting a lot, according to USA Today Freeney was caught off guard by the news. "I'll be honest with you, I was surprised the way it happened. I figured they would offer me something low, and I would just accept it, go the last few years and retire a Colt and that would be it. That didn't happen," stated Freeney. The strip-sacking defensive end was primarily professing interest in playing for a New York team, whether it is the Giants or the Jets. He said he likes Rex Ryan, but he also grew up a Giants fan, so either works. When asked about joining his arch-rival in the New England Patriots, he was very open and would "be honored" to play for Bill. Should the Patriots show interest? YES! If the Patriots can pay a small fee to get a good defensive end, do it. Freeney had a c...
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Aviva Premiership match preview: London Wasps v Northampton
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Lock Tom Palmer has been included in Wasps' starting XV for Saturday's Aviva Premiership clash with Northampton Saints at Adams Park.
Palmer, who has spent over three months on the sidelines with injury, returns to partner Marco Wentzel in the hosts' second row.
Wasps also welcome back their international contingent this week with Joe Launchbury, James Haskell and Andrea Masi all returning to black and gold following their efforts in the Six Nations.
However, coach Dai Young has resisted the urge to name those three players in the starting line-up and they instead take their places on the bench.
There are starts for Chris Bell, who will make his 150th Premiership appearance in the centres, and Billy Vunipola, who gets the nod at number eight; while another landmark sees scrum-half Joe Simpson line up for his 100th appearance for Wasps.
Hartley wary
Also back from international duty, Dylan Hartley has been named as Northampton's captain for Saturday's trip down the M1, while England colleague Courtney Lawes also makes the Saints starting XV.
Tom Wood, who was so impressive for England throughout the Six Nations, has to make do with a spot on the bench, and elsewhere there are starts for Ben Foden, Dom Waldouck and Tom Mercey.
Hartley insists the visitors will be well aware of the dangers that will be posed by Wasps, stating: "Wasps are a good team and if you don't turn up on the day they can put a lot of points on you. Their wingers get talked about a lot, but if you look at people like Billy Vunipola in their back row they've got a lot of quality there as well.
"Saturday's game isn't about setting down a marker, but more about a matter of winning and securing our place in the top four, especially against a team that's hot on our heels. We've got some tough games coming up, so we need to put some space between us and the teams below us and try to keep going forward."
London Wasps: 15 Hugo Southwell, 14 Tom Varndell, 13 Elliot Daly, 12 Chris Bell 11 Christian Wade, 10 Stephen Jones, 9 Joe Simpson, 8 Billy Vunipola, 7 Sam Jones, 6 Ashley Johnson, 5 Marco Wentzel, 4 Tom Palmer, 3 Phil Swainston, 2 T Rhys Thomas, 1 Tim Payne
Replacements: 16 Tom Lindsey, 17 Zak Taulafo, 18 Will Taylor, 19 James Haskell, 20 Joe Launchbury, 21 Stuart Cummins, 22 Nick Robinson, 23 Andrea Masi
Northampton Saints: 15 Ben Foden, 14 James Wilson, 13 George Pisi, 12 Dom Waldouck, 11 Jamie Elliott, 10 Stephen Myler, 9 Lee Dickson, 8 GJ van Velze, 7 Phil Dowson, 6 Samu Manoa, 5 Christian Day, 4 Courtney Lawes, 3 Tom Mercey, 2 Dylan Hartley (c), 1 Soane Tonga'uiha
Replacements: 16 Ross McMillan, 17 Alex Waller, 18 Brian Mujati, 19 Tom Wood, 20 Ben Nutley, 21 Martin Roberts, 22 Ryan Lamb, 23 Tom May
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