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Valve Hardware Pt. 3: Steam Controller
Subject: General Tech, Cases and Cooling, Systems | September 27, 2013 - 02:42 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: SteamOS, Steam Controller, reverse-consolitis
Steam Controller is the third, and final, announcement in the Steam Hardware event. Sure, the peripheral looks weird. It looks very weird. The first thing(s?) you will notice, and likely the driving influence for the iconography, is... or are... the touch pads which replace the expected thumbsticks. The second thing you will notice is the "high resolution" (no specific resolution or dimension was provided) touchscreen.
The most defining aspect of the controllers, as previously stated, is its pair of trackpads. This input method might actually stand the chance of precise controls while maintaining comfort for a couch. To start, I will quote Valve:
In addition, games like first-person shooters that are designed around precise aiming within a large visual field now benefit from the trackpads' high resolution and absolute position control.
The emphasis was placed by me.
Last year, almost to the date, I published an editorial, "Is the Gamepad Really Designed for Gaming?" In it, I analyzed console controllers from an engineering standpoint. I blamed velocity-based joystick control for the need to enable auto-aim on console titles. Quoting myself, which feels a little weird to be entirely honest:
Analog sticks are a velocity-oriented control scheme where the mouse is a relative position-oriented control scheme. When you move a joystick around you do not move the pointer to a target rather you make it travel at some speed in the direction of the target. With a mouse you just need to move it the required distance and stop. It is easier to develop a sensitivity to how far you need to pull a mouse to travel to the target than a sensitivity to how long to hold a joystick in a given direction to reach a target. Joysticks are heavily reliant on our mental clocks and eye coordination.
Each trackpad can also be clicked, like the thumbsticks of current controllers just probably more comfortably, to provide extra functionality. From a User Experience (UX) standpoint, I can envision a first-person shooter which emulates a (velocity-based) joystick when the right trackpad is pressed (assuming it is very light to press and comfortably to rub your thumb against while pressing) but switches to position-based when touched but not pressed.
The implication is quick rotation when firing from the hip, but positionally-based targeting when precision is required. Maybe other methods will come up too? I find the technology particularly exciting because Valve, clearly, designed it with the understanding of position-based versus velocity-based control. This challenge you rarely hear discussed.
The touchscreen is also a large clickable surface. The controller recognizes touch input and overlays the contents of the screen atop the user's screen but it will not commit the action until the touchpad is pressed. This is designed so the gamer will not need to look at their controller to see what action they are performing.
Personally, I hope this is developer-accessible. Some games, as the WiiU suggests, can benefit from hiding information.
Haptic feedback also ties into the trackpads. Their intent is to provide sensations to the thumbs and compensate for loss of mechanical sensation with thumbsticks. Since they are in there, Valve decided to offer a large, programmable, data channel to very precisely control the effect.
They specifically mention the ability to accept audio waveforms to function as speakers "as a parlour trick".
The devices will be beta tested, via the Steam Machine quest, but without wireless or touchscreen support. Instead of a touchscreen, the controller will contain a four-quadrant grid of buttons mapped to commands.
Thus wraps up the three-pronged announcement. Valve directs interested users to their Steam Universe group for further discussion.
Dell Latitude 10 32GB Windows 8 Tablet @ $400 with free shipping
Subject: General Tech | September 27, 2013 - 02:14 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: deals
If you need a tablet that can do a bit more than an Android or eReader you can pick up Dell's 10" Windows 8 tablet. The 1366 x 768 IPS display is made of Gorilla Glass and for communications it features both a 720p front facing webcam and a 8MP rear camera. Powered by an Atom Z2760 it may not be the fastest machine out there but with the optional 64GB SSD upgrade it will certainly perform well for a tablet.
Top Deal
- Dell Latitude 10 32GB Windows 8 Tablet for $399.00 with free shipping(normally $570.00).
Additional Deals
- Toshiba Satellite C855-S5346 15.6" Dual-Core Laptop for $299.99 (normally $399.99).
- ony 10.1" Xperia Tablet Z 16GB w/Free Headphones ($40 value) for $499.99 with free shipping
- SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB 2.5" Laptop SSD for $174.00 with free shipping(normally $219.00 - use coupon code: DIG5).
- Seagate Backup Plus 2TB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive for $89.99 only (normally $129.99)
- Olympus SP-810UZ 14MP Digital Camera w/ 36x Zoom for $149.99 with free shipping. (normally $129.99)
A pair of gaming peripherals from CoolerMaster
Subject: General Tech | September 26, 2013 - 05:46 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: input, coolermaster, CM Storm, Havok, quickfire xt, gaming mouse, mechanical keyboard
Up for review at Overclockers Club is a pair of CM Storm peripherals, the Havok gaming mouse and the Quckfire XT mechanical keyboard. Their review unit had Cherry Blue switches but you can choose your favourite Cherry switch when you order the keyboard. For those who prefer a minimalistic looking keyboard with a lot of hidden features this is a great choice. The Havoc gaming mouse is also fairly plain looking and also hides a variety of features. This model is definitely a right handed mouse and best avoided by those with tiny hands but for right handed folks who like to have a hand full of mouse the Havoc could be the peripheral you are looking for.
"Overall I really enjoyed the CM Havoc gaming mouse. I usually don't go for the fat mice, but this is one you can definitely be a chubby chaser for and still be thought of as okay. It is definitely set to fancy those with a palm grip and despite having small hands there's not too much there. It is built nice and sturdy and even some rage smashes of the mouse have not shown any instant signs of loss. The little bit of lighting really adds to the mouse in my opinion; for some reason I fall into the category of loving a little bit of customization through a little bit of lighting on my peripherals. The lighting is subtle enough and you can turn it off completely without it looking like it is broken. I didn't like that I couldn't have my full RGB spectrum, but I can settle with the standard options provided. The mouse glides quite well even on the cheapest of mouse pads and is great for many hours of game play, work, and whatever else you use your mouse for. It's just a nice simple connection between you and your machine."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Gigabyte Force K7 Stealth Gaming Keyboard @ eTeknix
- CM Storm Mech Gaming Keyboard @ Kitguru
- eSPORTS MEKA G-Unit Gaming Keyboard @ Modders-Inc
- Corsair Vengeance K70 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Review @ Legit Reviews
- GAMDIAS HERMES GKB2010 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard @ Benchmark Reviews
- SteelSeries Apex Gaming Keyboard Review @ Madshrimps
- CM Storm QuickFire XT (Cherry MX Blue) Gaming Keyboard Review @HiTech Legion
- Logitech G602 Wireless Gaming Mouse @ NikKTech
- Tesoro Colada Mechanical Keyboard @ Rbmods
- Roccat Ryos MK Pro Keyboard @ Kitguru
- Mionix Avior 8200 Laser Gaming Mouse @ NikKTech
- CM Storm Quickfire XT Mechanical Keyboard @ Benchmark Reviews
- Cooler Master CM Storm Havoc Gaming Mouse Review @ Legit Reviews
- TteSports Theron Infrared Gaming Mouse @ eTeknix
- Mionix AVIOR 8200 @ techPowerUp
APC Plays Rock, Paper, Firefox OS. Fix Bug? Free Device!
Subject: General Tech, Systems, Mobile | September 26, 2013 - 05:25 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: Rock, Paper, Firefox OS, APC
Update: (9/28/2013) APC responded to my email and confirmed all models support up to 32GB microSD cards (so, microSD or microSDHC).
Firefox OS is an operating system which boots into a web standards rendering engine. All applications and user interface elements are essentially web sites, often hosted by the device but could obviously have online components as the creator desires, web standards making it easier to port and manage code.
Hardware designers are continuing to adopt the platform.
APC Paper
APC, an initiative of VIA Technologies, got our attention over a year ago when they launched their smaller-than-a-banana Android desktop. It was an interesting design which came out at roughly the same time as the Raspberry Pi. I cannot tell whether that boost or harmed consumer interest.
From behind
Either way, the APC has announced two successors: The APC Paper and the APC Rock. Both devices dropped Android (side note: the $50 APC 8750 based on Android 2.3 is apparently still available) replacing it, instead, with Firefox OS. Both devices are in the Neo-ITX form factor although that should not matter too much, for Paper, as it includes a case.
APC Rock
Paper covers Rock, get it?
The raw specifications are as follows:
- SoC: VIA ARM Cortex-A9 @ 800 MHz
- GPU: Built in 2D/3D up to 720p
- Memory: 512MB DDR3
- Storage: 4GB NAND Flash
Expandable Storage: microSD (maximum 32GB)
- Update: APC confirmed all models support up to 32GB, which is microSDHC
- I/O: HDMI, VGA (Rock-only), 2x USB 2.0, MicroUSB, 3.5mm Headphone/Mic
This build of Firefox OS contains mouse and keyboard support. If you wish to install your own operating system, while you are on your own, the kernel and bootloader are available on the APC website and the hardware is unlocked. They also provide access to the ARM debug headers for the real developer types.
If you are one of these developer types, would you consider fixing a known issue? APC will donate free devices to users who submit fixes for specially tagged bugs on their Github repo. Think of it like investing time fixing a product which, if you would have bought it, probably would have crushed the bug anyway.
It would have been nice to see a bump in processor performance and graphics functionality, and perhaps more than 512 MB of RAM, although it should be sufficient for light web browsing. As a developer of GPU-intensive web applications, which I expect to have an article on soon, I am not sure how much that colors my view of these devices. Then again, we are also talking about devices in the Roku price-point, so (apart from sticking with 720p... come on now) I may not have a valid complaint.
Both devices are available now, in limited quantities, through the manufacturer website. The Paper carries a price tag of $99 USD while the Rock is slightly cheaper at $79 USD.
Podcast #270 - AMDs new GPU lineup, SteamOS, the Steam Box, and more!
Subject: General Tech | September 26, 2013 - 02:41 PM | Ken Addison
Tagged: video, valve, SteamOS, Steam Box, steam, razer, R9 290X, R9, R7, podcast, Naga, corsair, amd
PC Perspective Podcast #270 - 09/26/2013
Join us this week as we discuss AMDs new GPU lineup, SteamOS, the Steam Box, and more!
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Hardware/Software Picks of the Week:
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Alienware 18 "Haswell" Core i7, 2GB GTX 765M SLI @ $2050 with free shipping
Subject: General Tech | September 26, 2013 - 01:28 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: deals
For serious gaming power in a small form factor this Alienware 18 is hard to beat, though hardly mobile with dual GTX 765s and an i7-4700MQ. 8GB RAM and a 750GB HDD come on this particular model but there are possible upgrades including a 4 x 256GB SSD RAID-0 for the truly well off consumer. The 18.4" screen is 1080p and is non-touch which is not a problem as this machine ships with Win7.
Top Deal
- NEW! Alienware 18 "Haswell" Core i7 1080p Gaming Laptop w/ Dual 2GB GeForce GTX 765M SLI for $2,049.00 with free shipping(normally $2,099.00 - use coupon code: 2M66J?BPVPP$F3).
Additional Deals
- Toshiba Satellite L70-ABT2N22 17.3" Core i3 Laptop w/6GB RAM (Customizable) for $499.99 with free shipping (normally $794.99).
- Microsoft Office365 Home Premium (5PC, 1yr) [download] for $85.97 with free shipping (normally $99.99).
- Dell XPS 8700 Core i7 "Haswell" Quad-core Desktop for $749.99 with free shipping(normally $874.99).
- Belkin N600 Dual-Band Wi-Fi Range Extender for $74.99 only (normally $89.99 - use coupon code: HSBTS5).
- ZAGGwipes for $4.99 with free shipping.
The Steam Machine lottery
Subject: General Tech | September 26, 2013 - 01:21 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
If you are worried that you will not make it into the beta test for the Steambox on Steam you may still have a chance to get your hands on one, at least for a little while. Several versions of the Steambox are going to exist, coming from different manufacturers and while they may not all be called Steambox they will have the same OS but perhaps different hardware. If you keep your eyes peeled you may spot a chance to try one of these devices at an expo or perhaps even on your own. In the mean time your best bet is to apply now on Steam for a chance to test the new machine and you can do so with the handy link provided at The Inquirer.
"GAMES DEVELOPER Valve isn't set on the idea of a Steambox as a hardware console, and is hoping that its fans will help it refine its plans"
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Blackberry Z30 hands-on @ The Inquirer
- T-Mobile pulls BlackBerry products from US retail stores @ The Register
- Android App Development for Beginners: Layout and UI Options, Part Two @ Linux.com
OCZ Announces Availability of New Fatal1ty 550W and 750W Power Management Solutions
Subject: General Tech | September 26, 2013 - 01:13 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: PSU, ocz, fatal1ty series, 550W, 750w
SAN JOSE, CA— September 26, 2013—OCZ Technology Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:OCZ), a leading provider of high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs) and power management solutions for computing devices and systems, today announced the availability of its new Fatal1ty Series power supply products, first unveiled at Computex 2013. This refreshed lineup for gamers features high efficiency, a fully modular cable design, and a robust feature-set to meet the demanding needs of multi-GPU systems and provide exceptional system stability.
The latest enthusiast-grade series from OCZ, these new Fatal1ty PSUs were co-developed with twelve-time world champion Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel to meet the specific needs of fellow gamers, and will be available in 550W and 750W models designed to offer performance and reliability coupled with an updated feature set. With up to 85% energy efficiency at typical loads, the Fatal1ty series features an excellent 80-Plus Bronze rating. Both models feature a powerful single +12V rail for exceptional power distribution, along with 135mm temperature and load-controlled fans with trademark glowing red LEDs for stylish and silent operation for high-end gaming rigs.
"The Fatal1ty line of PSUs have been popular among gamers looking for high quality, reliable power for the latest GPUs and power hungry system components," said Bob Roark, VP of Power Management at OCZ. "The new Fatal1ty 550 and 750W PSUs feature a brand new core and are not only quieter and more energy efficient but also provide customers with enhanced flexibility with a complete modular cable design."
"I've been working with OCZ for many years and these latest PSUs continue the string of quality products for which the Fatal1ty brand is so well known," stated Fatal1ty.
Fatal1ty Series PSUs are built-to-last with premium components and heavy-duty protection circuitries that utilize specialized DC-to-DC converters for compatibility with Intel's®Haswell™ platform, and are able to operate at lower power usage when off or in standby mode. Equipped with a fully modular cable management system and complete array of connectors, these latest PSUs promote an organized case environment that maximizes airflow by eliminating unnecessary wiring, ideal for case-modders and system builders opting to maintain the aesthetics in customized PC builds.
With an improved feature-set in a sleek, modular design for gamers, the latest Fatal1ty power supply models are available immediately and are backed with a 3-year (550W model) or 5-year (750W model) warranty.
TechReport: AMD Plans Frame Pacing Driver for CrossFire, Eyefinity, and 4K... This Autumn
Subject: General Tech, Graphics Cards | September 26, 2013 - 03:35 AM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: frame rating, frame pacing, amd
Scott Wasson of The Tech Report just received an interview with Raja Koduri, head of Graphics Hardware and Software Development at AMD, a few hours ago. Part of the interview discussed frame the frame pacing issues we, as well as The Tech Report, published over the last year. In short, the news seems good for owners of Radeon graphics cards, future and even current.
The "Hawaii" powered Radeon R9 290 and R9 290X graphics cards are expected to handle CrossFire pacing acceptably at launch. Clearly, if there is ever a time to fix the problem, it would be in new hardware. Still, this is good news for interested customers; if all goes to plan, you are likely going to have a good experience out of the box.
Current owners of GCN-based video cards, along with potential buyers of the R9 280X and lower upcoming cards, will apparently need to wait for AMD to release a driver to fix these issues. However, this driver is not far off: Koduri, unclear whether on or off the record, intends for an autumn release. This driver is expected to cover frame pacing issues for CrossFire, Eyefinity, and 4K.
Koduri does believe the CrossFire issues were unfortunate and expresses a desire to fix the issue for his customers.
Keep checking PC Perspective for more information as it comes out!
Editor's Note: I just spoke with Raja Koduri as well and he basically reiterated everything that Scott noted in his story on The Tech Report as well. The upcoming 290X will have frame pacing at Eyefinity and 4K resolution at launch while the cards below that in the R9 series, and users of Radeon HD 7000 cards (and likely beyond) will need some more time before the driver is ready. I'll be able to talk quite a bit more about the changes to BOTH architectures very shortly so stay tuned for that.
AMD GPU Lineup Announced: R9 and R7 Series
Subject: General Tech, Graphics Cards, Shows and Expos | September 25, 2013 - 05:23 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: radeon, R9 290X, R9, R7, GPU14, amd
The next generation of AMD graphics processors are being announced this afternoon. They carefully mentioned this event is not a launch. We do not yet know, although I hope we will learn today, when you can give them your money.
When you can, you will have five products to choose from:
AMD only provides 3D Mark Fire Strike scores for performance. I assume they are using the final score, and not the "graphics score" although they were unclear.
The R7 250 is the low end card of the group with 1GB of GDDR5. Performance, according to 3DMark scores (>2000 on Fire Strike), is expected to be about two-thirds of what an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti can deliver. Then again, that card retails for about ~$130 USD. The R7 250 has an expected retail value of less than < $89 USD. This is a pretty decent offering which can probably play Battlefield 3 at 1080p if you play with the graphics quality settings somewhere around "medium". This is just my estimate, of course.
The R7 260X is the next level up. The RAM has been double over the R7 250 to 2GB of GDDR5 and its 3DMark score almost doubled, too (> 3700 on Fire Strike). This puts it almost smack dab atop the Radeon HD 6970. The R7 260X is about $20-30 USD cheaper than the HD 6970. The R7 is expected to retail for $139. Good price cut while keeping up to date on architecture.
The R9 270X is the low end of the high end parts. With 2GB of GDDR5 and a 3DMark Fire Strike score of >5500, this is aimed at the GeForce 670. The R7 270X will retail for around ~$199 which is about $120 USD cheaper than NVIDIA's offering.
The R9 280X should be pretty close to the 7970 GHz Edition. It will be about ~$90 cheaper with an expected retail value of $299. It also has a bump in frame buffer over the lower-tier R9 270X, containing 3GB of GDDR5.
Not a lot is known about the top end, R9 290X, except that it will be the first gaming GPU to cross 5 TeraFLOPs of compute performance. To put that into comparison, the GeForce Titan has a theoretical maximum of 4.5 TeraFLOPs.
If you are interested in the R9 290X and Battlefield 4, you will be able to pre-order a limited edition package containing both products. Pre-orders open "from select partners" October 3rd. For how much? Who knows.
We will keep you informed as we are informed. Also, the announcement is still going on, so tune in!
AMD GPU14 Event Live Stream and Live Blog
Subject: Graphics Cards | September 25, 2013 - 03:08 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: live, hawaii, amd
In case you didn't know, AMD is hosting a live stream to talk about the new AMD Hawaii series of GPUs. You should definitely be on our PC Perspective Live! page right now to participate and watch!
Valve Hardware Pt. 2: Steam Machines Announced
Subject: General Tech, Systems | September 25, 2013 - 02:16 PM | Scott Michaud
If you were hoping to purchase a Valve-stamped device then you will be disappointed.
Valve, as it becomes increasingly clear, does not want to limit SteamOS to specific hardware. With the tag line, "Finally, a multiple choice answer", Valve wants consumers to purchase from OEMs or create the devices themselves.
Valve will make 300 of their own boxes and deliver them to selected beta testers, for free, after an "eligibility quest" ending October 25th. No specifications have been announced for these devices except that they are high performance, upgradable, and open. Even if you do not get one of these boxes, completing the quest will earn you a Steam badge so, that is something, right?
The most important announcement, hidden in the FAQ, is that game streaming will be available during the Beta test. I could assume, from this, that it will be available at launch. This allows users to access "the 3,000 games on Steam" whether running natively or networked to your gaming computer. Also in the FAQ, SteamOS will have mouse and keyboard support although it clearly is designed for gamepad input, too.
The longer this goes, the more correct I feel about Valve picking up the slack left behind by Microsoft. These boxes look at consoles from the model of "Media Center Extenders" except with Steam and other streaming partners being the Media Center server instead of actual Windows Media Center. Sure, I expect them to be more powerful than Roku boxes and many even more powerful than the Xbox One and PS4, but they are looking to follow that market segment.
I do not see these devices even trying to compete with PC market share.
You can purchase your own Steam Machine from a number of OEMs in 2014. The beta contest closes October 25th and those devices will be shipped between now at the end of the year. For details on the "eligibility quest", check out Steam's page.
Make sure to come back on Friday for the last of three announcements. Also, if you're around in 45 minutes (after publish), check out AMD's Hawaii GPU announcement live stream.
Alienware 17 "Haswell" Core i7 Gaming Laptop @ $1,450
Subject: General Tech | September 25, 2013 - 02:08 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: deals
Alienware have updated their 17" lineup of notebooks and LogicBuy is offering you a way to knock a bit off of the premium price they are charging for it. Built around an i7-4700MQ processor and 8GB of DDR3-1600, supplemented by a GTX 765M with 2GB GDDR5 this will be a gaming powerhouse if you are willing to foot the bill. The 1600 x 900 screen does not support touch but as the machine runs Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit that should not be a problem at all.
Top Deal
- NEW! Alienware 17 "Haswell" Core i7 Gaming Laptop for $1,449.00 with free shipping(normally $1,499.00 - use coupon code: 2M66J?BPVPP$F3).
Additional Deals
- AASUS "Haswell" Core i7 17.3" 1080p Gaming Laptop w/12GB RAM, NVIDIA 765M for $1,354.00 with free shipping (normally $1,399.00 - use coupon code: LaborSaving25BG).
- SLenovo G500 15.6" Pentium Dual-Core Laptop for $420.06 with free shipping (normally $630.09).
- Logitech K600 Windows 8/Android Tablet Wireless Bluetooth Keyboard w/ Stand for $56.09 with free shipping(normally $65.99 - use coupon code: QG3G$33HH3QP0?).
- Samsung DA-F60 20-Watt Portable Bluetooth Speaker for $219.99 only (normally $279.99).
- Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX50V 20.4MP Digital Camera w/ 30x Optical Zoom + FREE 32GB SD Card for $379.00 with free shipping (normally $449.99).
Happy 10th anniversary Hammer!
Subject: General Tech | September 25, 2013 - 01:49 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: fx-51, decade, athlon 64, amd
Back on September 23, 2003 a site called AMDMB did a review of the Athlon 64 FX-51 processor, which turned out to be the fastest desktop processor on the planet at the time and could handily beat Intel's offerings even with their higher clock. As Slashdot has pointed out that this is indeed the 10th year anniversary of the release of that processor they thought it would be nice to look back on a better time in AMD's history. Head to Slashdot to read through the comments and click through to ExtremeTech who have put together a retrospective.
"It's been a decade since AMD's Athlon 64 FX-51 debuted — and launched the 64-bit x86 extensions that power the desktop and laptop world today. After a year of being bludgeoned by the P4, AMD roared back with a vengeance, kicking off a brief golden age for its own products, and seizing significant market share in desktops and servers."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Apple blings up new iMac with latest Intel chips, next-gen Wi-Fi @ The Register
- HTC staring down the barrel of a US sales ban after Nokia's patent coup @ The Register
- Nikon Coolpix S9500 Review @ TechReviewSource
- Win a Titanic £2,000 gaming system with PCSpecialist and Kitguru
NVIDIA Mends Open Sores? Documentation for Nouveau.
Subject: General Tech, Graphics Cards | September 25, 2013 - 02:59 AM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: nvidia, Nouveau, linux
AMD commit numerous updates to the open source driver community, three months ago, and has otherwise assisted the Linux community in the past. The same has not been true for NVIDIA. Despite a respectable (albeit lacking compared to Windows) proprietary driver for Linux, this GPU vendor was not adored by the community. They have not been accused of malice, it would just seem to be control over both the end-user experience and, of course, their secret sauce.
Well, NVIDIA is being more cooperative.
I, obviously, do not have a crystal ball of fortune telling (the journalist house of auction ran out and the gift shop is just too expensive) so it is anyone's guess the future extent of NVIDIA's involvement. For now, their assistance included 42 pages of Device Control Block documentation and proprietary developers answering questions on the Nouveau mailing list.
Many, from Ars Technica to our staff discussions at PC Perspective, note how the change of heart aligns with the SteamOS announcement. I do not really believe these events are related if only because I doubt NVIDIA would wait to contact developers until Valve spoke up. I would have to expect that SteamOS would not be a surprise to NVIDIA especially after Gabe Newell discussed Maxwell virtualization all the way back at CES.
You would think they would have come about while working with NVIDIA on the game streaming technology. You know, allow a single desktop to utilize multiple games across multiple devices. Even still, you would think NVIDIA would just put even more effort into their proprietary driver rather than help Nouveau.
Either way, we will keep an ear out for NVIDIA involvement with the open source community.
Corsair Announces Obsidian Series 750D Full-Tower PC Case
Subject: Cases and Cooling | September 24, 2013 - 03:42 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: obsidian 750d, corsair
Fremont, California — September 24, 2013 — Corsair®, a designer and supplier of high-performance components to the PC hardware market, today announced the immediate availability of the Obsidian Series® 750D performance full-tower PC case. Like all Obsidian Series cases, the 750D features an elegant black monolithic design, brushed aluminum and solid steel construction, and generous expansion flexibility.
The Obidian Series 750D's rigid, rugged exterior surrounds a frame that has ample room for high-performance components as well as sophisticated cooling for users who want to push their components to the limits. The case is designed to make building a PC fast and simple with features such as tool-free side panels and drive bays, cable routing grommets and mount points, and motherboard rear CPU access and alignment pegs.
"When we launched our enormously successful, supersized Obsidian 900D case, enthusiasts raved about its sleek design, solid metal construction, and expandability, but not everyone needs so much room," said Xavier Lauwaert, Director of Product Marketing at Corsair. "Obsidian 750D is built for those users that demand full-on Obsidian quality in a standard full-tower form factor with plenty of innovative features and cooling options."
Obsidian Series 750D Specifications
Expansion Room
- 9 expansion slots for larger motherboards and running multiple graphics cards or expansion boards simultaneously.
- Six tool-free 3.5"/2.5" combo bays in two modular hard drive cages, with room for two more cages for up to 12 total combo drive bays.
- Four tool-free 2.5" side-mounted drive cages for SSDs, out of the airflow path.
- Three tool-free 5.25" bays for expansion
- Four front mounted USB ports for easy peripheral or external storage device connection.
Cooling Flexibility
- Three included AF140L high-airflow 140mm fans (2 front, 1 rear) for excellent airflow and low noise levels.
- Room for up to 8 fans
- Radiator compatibility: Top – 360mm or 280mm Front – 280mm or 240mm Bottom – 240mm Rear – 140mm or 120mm
Storage Layout Options
- Modular hard drive cages can be located in four separate mounting locations.
- Side-mounted 2.5" cages allow quick, easy removal of the 3.5" drive cages for better airflow or room for radiators, while maintaining capacity for up to four 2.5" drives.
Builder Friendly Features
- Thumbscrew side panel removal and expansion slots and tool-free 3.5", 2.5", and 5.25" drive bays.
- Center-post standoff holds motherboard in place while you secure the other screws.
- Easily accessible (and removable) front, rear, and top dust filters.
- Outstanding cable routing with rubber grommets for superior airflow and cleaner, neater builds.
- Four USB ports (two USB 3.0) and headphone/mic jacks in the front panel for easy access.
Dimensions and Weight
- Length x Width x Height 21.5 x 9.25 x 22 inches or 546 x 235 x 560mm
- Weight 9.7kg or 21.4 lbs
Pricing, Availability, and Warranty
The Obsidian Series 750D has a suggested retail price of $159.99 in the US and is available immediately from Corsair's worldwide network of authorized distributors and resellers. It is backed with a limited 2-year warranty and Corsair's excellent customer service and technical support.
"The Obsidian Series 750D is, according to Corsair, the successor to the acclaimed 650D. This newcomer is priced at $159.99, making it cheaper than its predecessor, and it has a different mix of features. Is it a worthwhile choice, or are you better off springing for the 650D?"
Here are some more Cases & Cooling reviews from around the web:
- Corsair Obsidian 750D @ Kitguru
- Cooler Master Cosmos SE Full Tower Case Review @ Legit Reviews
- Corsair Obsidian 350D @ Hardware.info
- Corsair Obsidian 750D @ eTeknix
- In Win Tou Tempered Glass Special Edition @ eTeknix
- Cooler Master COSMOS SE Review @ OCC
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- Cooler Master Silencio 352 mATX Mini Tower @ eTeknix
- X2 6018B MOD Series chassis @ NikKTech
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OCZ Introduces new 19nm Enterprise SATA III SSDs to Its Popular Deneva 2 Series
Subject: Storage | September 24, 2013 - 03:23 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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SAN JOSE, CA – September 24, 2013 - OCZ Technology Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:OCZ), a leading provider of high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs) for computing devices and systems, today announced the latest addition to the popular Deneva 2 Series which now utilizes 19 nanometer (nm) NAND flash. The new models are 2.5-inch, 6Gbps SATA III-based Multi-Level Cell (MLC) drives that implement the Deneva 2 SSD Series feature-set and are built around a smaller NAND flash process geometry. This cutting-edge drive solution also features a completely new power architecture that was designed from the ground up to optimize server back plane functionality, providing enhanced management of in-rush current and power fluctuation. The result is an advanced SSD series that delivers superior storage performance, enterprise-class endurance, reliability and quality, and excellent total cost of ownership for customers.
"Our Deneva 2 has been a popular SSD series among IT professionals not only as an HDD replacement but to dramatically accelerate I/O access of such popular enterprise applications as OnLine Transaction Processing, database warehousing, read intensive data caching and server boot-ups," said Daryl Lang, SVP of Product Management for OCZ Technology. "By implementing new features and the latest NAND flash process geometry we are able to deliver an optimal balance of I/O performance and cost-efficiency to our customers."
The new Deneva 2 SSDs continue to utilize the proven and effective LSI SandForce® SF-2281 processor and delivers exceptional performance with 19nm toggle mode NAND flash. The performance specifications support read bandwidth up to 550 MB/s, write bandwidth up to 520 MB/s, random read throughput (4K blocks) over 45,000 input/output operations per second (IOPS), and random write throughput (4K blocks) over 34,000 IOPS. It provides consistent sustained performance over time so that users can achieve faster file transfers, boot-ups and benefit from a more responsive storage experience. With a priority on reliability and flash-optimized enterprise endurance, the new Deneva 2 includes advanced features such as data fail recovery, intelligent block management, wear leveling and robust error correction. Additionally, power consumption has also been lowered in the new models as well.
The new Deneva 2 SSD Series are now available in three models supporting 120GB capacity (Model D2CSTK251M3T-0120), 240GB capacity (Model D2CSTK251M3T-0240) and 480GB capacity (Model D2CSTK251M3T-0480). For more information, visit www.ocz.com/enterprise.
Dell E2414H 24" 1080p and Free $100 Gift Card @ $199.99
Subject: General Tech | September 24, 2013 - 01:32 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Dell's brand new E2414H, a 1080p 24" LED backlit display is on special today, rated at a 5ms average response time making it decent for gaming. It is perhaps not the best deal to pick one up alone as your purchase comes with a $100 Dell gift card. Instead why not think of it as buy two and get one free and now you've got triple monitors to play on!
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Beware VMWare VSphere 5.5
Subject: General Tech | September 24, 2013 - 01:14 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: vmware, oops, vsphere
Words like irreversible are enough to turn a sysadmin's hair grey and fall out in large clumps and unfortunately that is a word that applies to those who upgrade to VSphere 5.5 while running VMWare 5.1. The good news is that if you have not upgraded yet, you can now get the VMWare 5.5 update which is compatible with VSphere 5.5 and will ensure you do not have to install VMWare 5.1 again from scratch and rebuild everything. Follow the knowledge base links from The Register to update or to attempt to save your replications if you upgraded prematurely.
"But as explained in this knowledge-base article, "if you have Automatic Check and Install updates selected the vSphere Replication appliance will automatically upgrade to version 5.5". If that happens on an existing vSphere 5.1 installation, very bad things will happen."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Roll Your Own Customized Ubuntu With UCK @ Linux.com
- World Maker Faire: 3D printed tower defense @ Hack a Day
- Teardown reveals Samsung built A7 chip inside the iPhone 5S @ The Inquirer
- Microsoft unveils Surface 2, Surface Pro 2 @ DigiTimes
- Nvidia announces own-brand Tegra Note tablet @ DigiTimes
- BlackBerry inks deal to go private for $4.7bn @ The Register
- Hoax fools iPhone users into thinking that iOS 7 makes their device waterproof @ The Inquirer
- Boot To Zork @ Slashdot
JavaOne 2013: GPU Is Coming Whether You Know It or Not
Subject: General Tech, Shows and Expos | September 23, 2013 - 09:38 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: JavaOne, JavaOne 2013, gpgpu
Are the enterprise users still here? Oh, hey!
GPU acceleration throws a group of many similar calculations at thousands of simple cores. Their architecture makes it very cheap and power efficient for the amount of work they achieve. Gamers, obviously, enjoy the efficiency at tasks such as calculating pixels on a screen or modifying thousands of vertex positions. This technology has evolved more generally than graphics. Enterprise and research applications have been taking notice over the years.
GPU discussion, specifically, starts around 16 minutes.
Java, a friend of scientific and "big-data" developers, is also evolving in a few directions including "offload".
IBM's CTO of Java, John Duimovich, discussed a few experiments they created when optimizing the platform to use new hardware. Sorting arrays, a common task, saw between a 2-fold and 48-fold increase of performance. Including the latency of moving data and initializing GPU code, a 32,000-entry array took less than 1.5ms to sort, compared to about 3ms on the CPU. The sample code was programmed in CUDA.
The goal of these tests is, as far as I can tell, to (eventually) automatically use specialized hardware for Java's many built-in libraries. The pitch is free performance. Of course there is only so much you can get for free. Still, optimizing the few usual suspects is an obvious advantage, especially if it just translates average calls to existing better-suited libraries.
Hopefully they choose to support more than just CUDA whenever they take it beyond experimentation. The OpenPOWER Consortium, responsible for many of these changes, currently consists of IBM, Mellanox, TYAN, Google, and NVIDIA.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, Inc., a nonprofit educational organization honoring the achievements of outstanding individuals and encouraging youth to pursue their dreams through higher education, today announced it has awarded the 2013 Dennis R. Washington Achievement Graduate Scholarship to nine Horatio Alger Scholars across the United States. This scholarship was established in 2008 by Dennis R. Washington, founder of the Washington Companies and chairman emeritus of the Horatio Alger Association, and his wife Phyllis Washington through the Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation. This organization has since funded more than $2 million in graduate grants.
The Dennis R. Washington Achievement Graduate Scholarship Program is a distinguished academic endowment established to provide financial assistance exclusively to exceptional Horatio Alger Scholars who are committed to pursuing graduate, medical or law degrees. The program is designed for undergraduate recipients of Horatio Alger Association scholarships who have completed a bachelor's degree with a minimum grade point average of 3.0, demonstrated leadership, entrepreneurial qualities and a passion for service to their community. Additionally, candidates must be accepted into a master's, professional, or doctoral program at an accredited institution in the United States and must be a United States citizen.
"Together with Horatio Alger Association, the Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation is dedicated to ensuring that exceptional undergraduates who wish to continue their academic careers are able to do so, in spite of any and all financial limitations," said Dennis Washington. "The nine 2013 Dennis R. Washington Achievement Graduate Scholarship recipients are a wonderful reflection of Horatio Alger Association and its mission of inspiring youth to pursue the American dream."
Awarding nearly $500,000 in graduate grants in 2013, the Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation scholarship recipients will receive up to $90,000 for a master's, doctoral or professional degree. The 2013 Dennis R. Washington Achievement Graduate Scholarship recipients are:
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Founded in 1988, the Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation is the major philanthropic organization for The Washington Companies and the Washington family. Funding for the Foundation comes from the profits of The Washington Companies and personal contributions from the Washington Family. The Foundation focuses in the areas of education, arts and culture, health and human services, and community services. Since its inception, Foundation giving and the Washington family's personal contributions and pledges to charitable causes total more than $130 million. The Foundation website is located at http://www.dpwfoundation.org.
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Founded in 1947, Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, Inc., fulfills its mission of honoring the achievements of outstanding individuals who have succeeded in spite of adversity and of encouraging young people to pursue their dreams through higher education. Horatio Alger Association supports various undergraduate and graduate scholarship programs and, since 1984, the Association has awarded more than $100 million in college scholarships to deserving young people. For more information, please visit www.horatioalger.org.
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On three separate occasions this week I have had people tell me that they could never home school because it takes a special kind of person to be able to do it. This of course made me wonder if they were trying to be nice and give me a compliment at being able to do it, or if they were flat out calling me a nut. I chose to go with the compliment. It got me thinking though, what do they mean by that? Who is this special person and what makes them so special? I can assure you I am not special, I am just a Mom, plain and simple. What special powers do people think we home schooling parents possess?
For me, one of the things you need as a homeschooling parent is the ability to admit you do not know everything. This is hard for some, but you have to be able to say, "I have no idea what the smoothest surface in the world is, let's go look it up", just as an example. Some think this makes you look weak in front of your kids. I think it makes you look human. Being able to learn along side of your child shows them that you can learn something new at any age, that learning doesn't stop because you are an adult and that learning isn't something that is done at a certain time of day or in a certain setting. Learning is constant, it is everywhere and everyone is in the same boat.
This was the case with me recently. Julien is learning to ski this year. Our local homeschooling group meets at the hill by our house every Monday and we decided to try some lessons to see if he liked it. He did. He loved it actually, but seeing as he sometimes needs help going down , and my husband only snowboards and that makes it difficult to take little ones down the hill, I decided to learn to ski as well. Now, despite being a professional ballet dancer for, oh 15 years, I am really not that athletic. Heck, my Mom put me into ballet because I was so clumsy. She thought if I was going to fall down all the time, I might as well do it gracefully.
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My first lesson didn't go that well. A combination of not the greatest teacher coupled with the before mentioned clumsiness left me feeling discouraged and a bit off skiing. Then I looked at my five year old watching me. He was seeing my reaction to it all. He was watching, just as I have watched as he learned to swim, learned to skate, learned to ski, he was watching me struggle. Then he smiled and told me I had done well and that I just had to work on my "pizza", aka snowplow, a bit but not to give up, it would get easier. He watched me struggle and he watched as I learned. I realized that this was perhaps one of the best things I could teach him. Sometimes things are hard, and we all struggle, the thing that matters is what you do with that challenge.
So this week, I hopped on the skis again, and it was easier, and my snowplow did get better and together we went down the mountain, cheering each other along. Learning side by side and growing a little bit closer. I realized that the magical power that everyone thinks we have isn't magic, it is just curiosity and the desire to keep learning. One of my main reasons for wanting to home school is to instill a lifetime love of learning. What better way to teach that than to learn along side of them?
So next week we are heading to the hill early. We want to get a few runs in before our lesson. Julien thinks we can master our turns before the afternoon. I am not as confident, but it doesn't really matter. We are having fun and we are learning, together.
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Jennifer, this is sooooo well written and soooo spot on. wow. I've linked this post on my blog (on the side bar) because it resonates so much. Thank you for sharing.
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oh and how fun that Dom took photographs! I didn't realize he was doing that! :) those are great to have!! :)
This is a wonderful post!
This is a wonderful post! Thanks for sharing. I wrote about a similar topic last month - watching my boys watch me practicing the piano. Time for our own learning is so important, isn't it?
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What a beautiful story of learning! Kids pay such close attention to us and we have so much potential to model behavior and emotion and all the things that make us be. And how fun to learn together!
I love your thoughts about living and learning together!
I wish I had the chance to at least consider homeschooling but in Germany it is not allowed. Every kid has to attend school for at least 8 years. People even move to the states to be able to teach their own kids.
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As far as a nosing kit, and since you say everyone is new to whisky, recognize that it's likely every one in the group has never considered training their nose. This is perfect setting to start to do so, thus your idea of having one is GREAT! My thought is that untrained noses will not yet identify as many things as say a master blender's will, so concentrate on the easiest things.
(cigarette/cigar ash, iodine, guaze) to cover peaty and medicinal characters,
(apples, pears, bananas),
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These are also kind of base descriptors anyone will be capable of. If you want to try some more difficult things for novices to try and identify, thy some of the following:
(carbonic soap, unscented candles or wax),
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(un-petrol treated charcoal, sawdust of oak, apple, and cherry woods, and pine to understand resin),
(black coffee, white vinegar, sharp blue or cheddar cheese),
(honey, Pedro Ximenez sherry).
To make a kit using these things, I find a great vessel is a zip-loc plastic bag. For any of the liquid items (like liquid vanilla or black coffee) simply pour a little of it on a swath of paper towel and put swath in a plastic bag. Lable each bag with what is in it. Don't fret if you cannot get everything here, but see if you can affect getting at least one thing from each of the catagories highlighted above.
During your tasting, the bags are easily passed around to everyone. Of course, you could make a set for everyone, which would allow them to take a kit home after the nosing and tasting.
Four to six whiskies is ideal for beginners. Have paper and pencils for everyone to write on. If you want a more specific guide, down load a tasting sheet from somewhere. Balvenie has a decent one on their website, additional their recently released video series on their website would be entertaining to watch and fit right in to your evening.
Finally, if you don't have enough glasses for everybody to have every whisky in front of them, see if you can have at least two glasses for each taster. I like to have one with the whisky neat and one in which you can add water to bring the whisky down to about 30% ABV. It's amazing how much your nose will learn and be educated by nosing something neat next to the same thing with a little water added. For me, the water of choice is distilled water. Most spring water has to much going on in it and starts to affect the whisky. Novice tasters, thus, notice the water more than the whisky because they are more familiar with the water than the whisky and they identify in the whisky-water blend what they're familiar with - namely the salts, chlorine or other compounds.
Tell your friends, DO NOT where cologne or aftershave, and try and limit the affects of anyone in the group who might be a smoker (unless everyone smokes).
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I can't believe that.
At a time when working families in this country are struggling paycheck to paycheck when we need them to have the resources to buy things in our economy.
To create well for them profitability and more jobs that the Republican position is still raise the payroll tax on working families.
I think that that just defies logic.
That was senator Dick Durbin and he's the majority whip in the US senate he's from a Democrat from Illinois on FOX News Sunday with Chris Wallace.
The last thing Republican that refusals to go along with the president's request.
To extend a temporary.
Payroll tax holiday for all Americans.
And this is power play welcome back we are still with -- Tucker Carlson and any -- Who I think have a few more things that they would like to say to one another about various issues as it relates to governance.
But let's talk one of the people doing the actual governing.
And that is congresswoman Hayworth -- represented New York's Hudson Valley she joins us from our studios in New York congresswoman how you doing on them all -- -- That's -- good it's good -- I'm very glad to talk to you today because.
It turns out that Dick Durbin says you want to raise every American's taxes hugely and don't want America to get back to work.
And we're just trying to understand why you Republicans are so got started me.
For help or Russo gushed down a darn caring Chris and that's -- we care about.
Our economy now in for the future we care about the fourteen million Americans are unemployed the ten million or underemployed and desperately need an economy.
We're not gonna have that happen for as long as our businesses are entrepreneurs are employers.
Null and that they are facing cliff come 2013.
When the L want to know three tax structure expires when the 2010 help -- really starts cranking up in terms an employer mandates.
This isn't this isn't badly affecting the climate and there isn't a lot of common ground that we could've.
Really utilized with the super committee's work but the president's attitude and fortunately was divisive.
And I think he was the unseen.
-- all those.
Generally felt presence in that committee room.
So it.
Do you think there's any chance that this payroll tax.
The holiday will be extended.
Do you see any scenario where that could happen.
I absolutely do I think there's tremendous sympathy for extending the payroll tax holiday.
I've been beaten with the understanding.
That we all have to have that these payroll taxes are used to pay.
For the great and programs that are seniors rely on -- Those and revenues to support social security and Medicare have to come from somewhere so they do come.
From a -- of the taxes structure and how ever we may configure it.
And we don't want to see America's so working families and -- very hard working middle class.
Taxpayers further burden there's no question that we should -- and we can find ways.
All of the cutting in the federal.
The government to the right size so that we can afford to do these things and give them the break that they need as well.
Same thing on unemployment.
Benefits that are due to expire for the long term unemployed -- now that the biggest chunk.
Dealing with this the long term problem do you favor an extension with the pay for their.
I think all of these things Chris I have to be responsibly.
Dealt with -- pay for us.
And their pay -- -- to be had and I even joined and colleagues I've been calling.
Since these threats in the -- committee's progress became clear.
I'm calling for us to return to the issue of the 2010 health care overhaul which we absolutely can't afford.
-- is a brake to growth.
And the way to raise the revenues that we need is to provide for growth so part of the pay for could be in anticipated.
It's getting revenues through growth but we have to score dynamic -- if we're gonna have that happens so we need to address the whole budgeting process far more effectively.
And last thing congresswoman.
You are part of bed fairly elite club.
Freshman Republicans who are really knocking the fundraising staff.
More than a million dollars in fund raising you're doing very well we see a lot of democratic retirements.
Are you starting to feel a little more confident about keeping your -- in keeping your majority.
Well I can certainly help for the sake of the American people that the majority that favors efficient effective right size government does prevail we've been working very very hard in our district we've made.
A lot of progress for the district and I and I'm grateful that our constituents and people who care about our district have.
Recognize that are supporting this effort.
And I know -- I'm sure you have but that Barney Frank has just announced that he will not be running for 2012.
So that -- tell you something about -- -- the climate.
As we go forward for the congressional aspect of the of this ethical year.
And congress who we should let you know that you have a real Fannie -- did Angelo who says it's about time man came -- she's one of the smartest women in Washington.
So no that -- is out there for you.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Beth thank you so much have a great day and into Chris thanks.
Okay let's get back to this conversation with -- Tucker Carlson and -- Lee.
On on this subject so we hear from the congresswoman that we need to pay for.
And this -- -- and she used it a dangerous term in Washington which is dynamic scoring.
Better dynamic scoring is also known about what some wild golf partners do which is as you get closer to the -- -- get a sense of maybe what it's gonna be.
-- maybe just go ahead and write it down now maybe you could just say this feels like a part of this is obviously going to be -- our.
-- who knows we don't even worry about the final number but we can just go ahead estimate the eighteen now so.
-- do you see a chance to start with you Tucker do you see a chance.
That using dynamic scoring another dynamic accounting devices that they'll be away that the Republicans can sort of -- up an extension of the unemployment insurance and an extension of this payroll tax holiday.
As -- -- that yes I think that's likely to happen horrors they will tell the truth which is obviously the harder thing which is that.
You know most Americans don't pay federal income taxes are ready we're getting we're moving toward a system very very small percentage of Americans pay for everything.
This is by the way that the congressman put out of the middle class -- that's -- not a partisan brink of people however Charles price -- brand new book studying the work habits of Americans among other things.
It points out that the average working class person as many more hours of free time week.
In the average taxpayer -- Right higher income personally I.
I -- not supposed to bring reality to this because it doesn't comport with the cliche is pleased and that's the truth -- -- -- -- so if you don't pay taxes you don't have skin in the game I'm for.
Everybody paying the same rates and -- and as a keen understanding of how much all of this nonsense costs.
And maybe we'd have some sort of change of everyone felt the bite but he said that.
Accidentally I think that there should be town work that you do you -- to actually contribute to an actually a little -- just the skin in the game.
All I I have seen we agree with that however that we are having an income disparity right now where -- middle class is feeling a greater burden.
-- -- much what they are taking home the knee operated in the upper income and it wasn't paid for.
-- didn't federal didn't -- fuel tax holiday was paid for Democrats put a proposal out there.
It's not what -- would want -- yet it is in the -- and those making over a million dollars would have to pay a little bit more.
All but it was going to be paid for and the whole notion want to put troops into reality.
The notion that -- just gonna get ya everything as it sounds like just just how Obama care paid for -- happy -- rescinding of obamacare Paper that is not going to happen in the next one here.
That's what they talk about that it has been weeks since yesterday everything you wanna throw up almost right let's get rid of Obama they -- tell everybody that Christmas shopping season -- of the.
They're going to jam something through -- I don't think it and something will -- on -- and I was say it's reasonable to ask.
For those making over a million dollars pages a little bit more about what everybody else could be something to that be nice because they don't currently trying to get standard Jim Johnson went over the back.
Does America really.
-- of America why even -- cater to the same as everybody else.
Percentage of seniors and others that -- honest account we're working for the next coming years -- he's from working families of the rest was -- before is what I'm not working -- Our New -- I've seen that they are.
Outraged that phrase working family came over here -- -- all this isn't.
This this will not be -- today but we've had a good discussion and I really appreciate you both being here Internet you voted I'm allowed to continue to call you the Internet that's what the -- says so I'm sticking with that because.
In my heart -- number one you're the Internet just as I'm sure it is for Tucker over the daily caller.
And we also want to say that.
Can now in North Carolina says money for bailing out unions banks in Europe came from increasing borrowing over 40% more than what we're currently -- in the real scandal probably.
Can now is that the Federal Reserve is we're just seeing today bummed out about.
Fourteen trillion dollars to banks and -- classified -- We'll talk about that another day no word from Charles de.
Because he was enjoying his Thanksgiving -- but hopefully we'll have one for you tomorrow thanks for being with this Internet have a great day we'll see you soon.
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