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Monday, February 13, 2012
Friday, February 10, 2012
minecraft
Possible to purchase?
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Custom Gaming PC - AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 2.9GHz, GeForce 9800 GT, 4GB RAM
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What are the system requirements to play Minecraft?
- Any computer with the following hardware should suffice, however, for an enjoyable experience, we suggest looking at the Recommended Requirements.
- CPU : Intel P6/NetBurst Architecture or its AMD Equivalent (AMD K6)
- RAM : 256MB
- GPU : ATI Rage or GeForce 256 with OpenGL 1.2 Support
- HDD : At least 90MB for Game Core and Sound Files
- Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 and up is required to be able to run the game.
- Recommended Requirements :
- CPU : Pentium Dual-Core or AMD Athlon 64 @1.6GHz
- RAM : 1GB
- GPU : GeForce FX or ATI Radeon 9xxx and Up with OpenGL 2 Support (Excluding Intergrated Chipsets)
- HDD : 150MB
OS: Windows XP or better, Mac OS 10.5.8 or better, Linux
Processor, Dual core or better recommended
Memory 1.5GB or more recommended
Hard drive Space: 100 megs
Video card. Geforce 7 series or better, ATI radeon HD 2000 series or better. OpenGL standard of 2.0 or better recommended.
(Note: Newer Integrated Intel video cards, from 2008 on, may not run smoothly)
Java must be installed.
For more information visit: http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Hardware_performance
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| Product Detected | Intel® 865G |
| Current Driver Installed | 6.14.10.4396 |
| A customized computer manufacturer driver is installed on your computer. The Intel Driver Update Utility is not able to update the driver. Installing a generic Intel driver instead of the customized computer manufacturer driver may cause technical issues. Contact your computer manufacturer for the latest driver for your computer. | |
| Product Detected | "Intel® 6, 5, 4, 3, 900 Series Chipsets" |
| Current Version Installed | 5.00 |
| This version is valid. | |
| Product Detected | SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio |
| Current Driver Installed | 5.12.1.3620 |
| This device is unknown or unsupported. Please contact the manufacturer for possible updates. More information>> | |
| Product Detected | |
| Current Driver Installed | |
| This device is unknown or unsupported. Please contact the manufacturer for possible updates. More information>> | |
| Product Detected | PCI\VEN_14E4&DEV_1696&SUBSYS_12BC103C&REV_03 |
| Current Driver Installed | 6.34.0.0 |
| This device is unknown or unsupported. Please contact the manufacturer for possible updates. More information>> | |
I think, maybe, I need one of these, but I can't make out what it is, let alone which one I need. Wish I could actually SEE what I'm doing! Magnifier nearly useless here
Download Center
Find drivers, BIOS, utilities, firmware, patches, updates, plug-ins and other support software.http://downloadcenter.intel.com/SearchResult.aspx?lang=eng&ProductFamily=Graphics&ProductLine=Intel%C2%AE+Embedded+Graphics+Drivers&ProductProduct=Intel%C2%AE+Embedded+Graphics+Drivers&ProdId=2159&LineId=2159&FamilyId=39
I'm at a loss; don't even know what to do to fix this. I think the stress and anxiety of being responsible for your money is getting to me. And your time is at a premium. I sincerely don't know what to do now:
Bad video card drivers!
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Minecraft was unable to start because it failed to find an accelerated OpenGL mode.
This can usually be fixed by updating the video card drivers.
--- BEGIN ERROR REPORT 7fe0271 --------
Generated 2/8/12 2:15 AM
Minecraft: Minecraft 1.1
OS: Windows XP (x86) version 5.1
Java: 1.6.0_30, Sun Microsystems Inc.
VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (mixed mode), Sun Microsystems Inc.
LWJGL: 2.4.2
[failed to get system properties (java.lang.NullPointerException)]
org.lwjgl.LWJGLException: Pixel format not accelerated
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.nChoosePixelFormat(Native Method)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.choosePixelFormat(WindowsPeerInfo.java:52)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsDisplay.createWindow(WindowsDisplay.java:185)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.createWindow(Display.java:311)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:856)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:784)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:765)
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.a(SourceFile:230)
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run(SourceFile:648)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
--- END ERROR REPORT a6f965d5 ----------
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Hi,
I triple checked. I did everything right.
Sunday, February 05, 2012
Thursday, February 02, 2012
Debussy, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (complete)
Uploaded by smalin on Feb 1, 2012
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, by Claude Debussy, with an animated graphical score.
FAQ
Q: Where can I learn more about this piece?
A: Where else? Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prelude_to_the_Afternoon_of_a_Faun
Q: What do the different shapes mean?
A: The flute (which begins the piece) is shown in "walking ellipses." The woodwinds are shown with rhombi, the brass are shown with hollow elliptical "auras," the bowed strings are shown with rectangular bars (which flicker when the strings are doing tremolos), and the plucked and struck instruments (pizzicato strings, harp, and crotales) are shown with hollow rhombi that collapse.
Q: What do the colors indicate?
A: The colors are assigned by a system called "harmonic coloring" in which the twelve pitch classes, C, C-sharp, D, etc., arranged on the "circle of fifths," are mapped to twelve hues, arranged on the "color wheel." This allows you to see changes in harmony and tonality. You can read more about this here:
http://www.musanim.com/mam/pfifth.htm
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Tribute to Kent Hovind
Uploaded by TheLivingDinosaur on Jan 27, 2012
I was recently looking through some old material from the Golden Days of the YouTube Atheism/Theism debate and was reminded of this gem of a song by the one and only Eddy Goombah. What amazed me was that the original still has less 100,000 views and so it struck me that there might be a quite a few new Tubers who haven't seen this classic.
I therefore decided to give the song a facelift with some new animation and put it out there again so that we can all have a few laughs at the expense of that old shit-bag, Kent Hovind. Thanks to Eddy for giving me permission to make this video and I hope that you all enjoy it! Feel free to redistribute and mirror so that everyone else can too!
Original video and animation can be seen here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sEIiWKSzJA
Written and Performed by EddyGoombah:
http://www.youtube.com/eddygoombah
Graphics and animation by TheLivingDinosaur:
http://www.youtube.com/thelivingdinosaur
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
Capitalism is Dead
Uploaded by ncftTV on Jan 25, 2012
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Beethoven, Symphony 6, 1st movement
Uploaded by smalin on Jan 16, 2012
The first movement of Beethoven's 6th Symphony, performed by the Bezdin Ensemble, with a graphical score.
FAQ
Q: Where can I get this recording?
A: The recording was licensed from Magnatune, where you can listen to or purchase it:
http://magnatune.com/artists/albums/bezdin-beetfour/
Q: Where can I learn more about the Bezdin Ensemble?
A: Here is the Magnatune page for the group:
http://magnatune.com/artists/bezdin_ensemble
and here is the website for the group and its conductor, Adina Spire
http://www.adinaspire.net/
Q: The colors are dim.
A: Yes, you're right; I forgot to correct them; here's a better version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSCXB-zwiJg
(and here's the original ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0ZhcOmYwIk
Thursday, December 22, 2011
8 (Free) Books Every Intelligent Person Should Read
Neil deGrasse Tyson Lists 8 (Free) Books Every Intelligent Person Should Read
A Reddit.com user posed the question to Neil deGrasse Tyson: “Which books should be read by every single intelligent person on the planet?”
Below, you will find the book list offered up by the astrophysicist, director of the Hayden Planetarium, and popularizer of science. Where possible, we have included links to free versions of the books, all taken from our Free Audio Books and Free eBooks collections. Or you can always download a professionally-narrated book for free from Audible.com. Details here.
If you’re looking for a more extensive list of essential works, don’t miss The Harvard Classics, a 51 volume series that you can now download online.
1.) The Bible (eBook) - “to learn that it’s easier to be told by others what to think and believe than it is to think for yourself.”
2.) The System of the World by Isaac Newton (eBook) – “to learn that the universe is a knowable place.”
3.) On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin (eBook – Audio Book) - “to learn of our kinship with all other life on Earth.”
4.) Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift (eBook – Audio Book) – “to learn, among other satirical lessons, that most of the time humans are Yahoos.”
5.) The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine (eBook – Audio Book) – “to learn how the power of rational thought is the primary source of freedom in the world.”
6.) The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith (eBook – Audio Book) - “to learn that capitalism is an economy of greed, a force of nature unto itself.”
7.) The Art of War by Sun Tsu (eBook – Audio Book) - “to learn that the act of killing fellow humans can be raised to an art.”
8.) The Prince by Machiavelli (eBook – Audio Book) - “to learn that people not in power will do all they can to acquire it, and people in power will do all they can to keep it.”
Tyson concludes by saying: “If you read all of the above works you will glean profound insight into most of what has driven the history of the western world.”
He has also added some more thoughts in the comments section below, saying:
Thanks for this ongoing interest in my book suggestions. From some of your reflections, it looks like the intent of the list was not as clear as I thought. The one-line comment after each book is not a review but a statement about how the book’s content influenced the behavior of people who shaped the western world. So, for example, it does no good to say what the Bible “really” meant, if its actual influence on human behavior is something else. Again, thanks for your collective interest. -NDTyson
Monday, December 19, 2011
Deck the courts with bows to folly
Have you ever been: beaten, fired, evicted for not believing in Santa? Of course, you haven't. I've experienced ALL the above, for not believing in gods. Have you ever had someone tell you your loyalty to your country's principles, your commitment to informed democracy and your heart-felt support of the Constitution and Bill of Rights is un-American, even as your accuser tries to strip them from civil discourse? I do, every day. Have you ever been accused of aggression, hate, intolerance by someone who, under a Taliban-like banner of theocracy, uses exactly those same hate-mongering tactics to vilify you, for no reason except that you don't support totalitarianism? You're doing it to me, right now. The majority of the US citizenry doesn't have cerebral palsy, either. Does this mean people with CP should have no rights? I don't want to live in a superstitious, brutal Dark Ages. If I resist your hate speech, this is why. Last gasps of a dying mentality, overwhelmingly outdated by modern, scientific thought, rationality and unabashed curiosity about reality. Go live in North Korea; you'll be very happy there.