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David, Will, Katherine, Gordon, and Jeremy talk about the latest tech news this week, aside from the occasional Gladiator-style argument or two. This week, we're taking a look at:
All that, plus a report from the Lab, Ask the Doctor, Gordon's rant of the week, and tons of reader questions!
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holstein13
August 31, 2007 at 5:10pm
If you are using an LCD monitor, don't use blackle. It actually uses more power than google.com. Please see the video where we tested it.
http://cableorganizer.com/electricity-power-meter/
captrespect
August 01, 2007 at 7:35pm
You guys are all starting to sound like Maaaxx Headroom. Maybe it's because you are cramming an hour of audio in a 10 meg file?
It also happens on the PC Gamer podcast. I don't blame you, I blame Jeremy.
Tobe_Dog
July 31, 2007 at 10:35am
hahahahaahahahahaahhahahaahahahahahahaha.
Thats awesome, back of the envelop calculations meaning crap is awesome. Between that and "argument defeated by weird noises" a couple of podcasts ago. And is it me, but whenever I listen to these guys, I always think of the guys in Grandma's Boy. Gordon is awesome, Dave doesn't know how to drive, and Butters is Butters. Great Podcasts guys. By the way, the guy that called in and asked if he should buy a PC or a Console for gaming. Are u serious? PC Gaming has and will always be better, not only for the graphics reasons, but the extent of the games and controls alone, make PC Gaming superior. Console games have there place and are fun don't get me wrong, but own a PC Gaming machine first then get your Guitar Hero and Rock Band for your Consoles.
Celsius
August 01, 2007 at 9:35am
WTF? Please hammer that out. You guys are supposed to best the hardware GODLIKE experts.
It was horrible.
TheMurph
July 30, 2007 at 5:09pm
Hey all,
Yeah, the audio was a bit lagged up for this podcast. I'm not entirely sure why, but at least most of the podcast (if not all) is decipherable. Hopefully that'll be ironed out for good ol' podcast number two-eight. :D
Starlyght
July 29, 2007 at 3:26pm
I'm on my laptop right now and decided to check for myself how much difference a black background makes in power consumption. It confirms your suspicions, I saw no difference (-28W before and after).
The reason I checked is because before I started listening to the podcast I saw a drop in power consumption after closing FF (which was displaying a predominantly white site) of a few watts, guess it must have been something else that triggered it.
I'd use blackle if I wasn't already using googles 'personalized' homepage, can't live without it anymore.
Keep up the good work :)
catylist
July 30, 2007 at 10:43am
did some quick research and found out that on lcd displays white consumes less power then black but on a crt monitor white consumes more power
Bin3ry
July 29, 2007 at 1:55pm
Just wondering is everyone experiancing the audio gliches at the same part in the podcast. Like when I listen I hear some audio problems, during Gordan's Rant when he is talking about working on someones machine, when he says work, it is stretched out and sounds wierd.
Oh and Jason bye a PC cause the xbox, playstation 3, and the Wii, are all out dated. MaximumPC recently had an issue comparing the Xbox and the PC, pick it up and read. Just my 2 cents.
soggybomb
July 28, 2007 at 9:15pm
i originally thought the mp3 may have corrupted during download, which could have explained the metallic-sounding digital glitches. I will definitely try to get my cat to meow for the hotline. I have a better idea than 45 mins of silence: the audio from an entire south park episode.
willsmith
July 29, 2007 at 12:52pm
The glitches are a Skype problem, we're not exactly sure what's causing them, but it does seem limited to Gordon and Dave's machines.
n0ctis
July 28, 2007 at 11:20am
Interstate arson over posting? Talk about a flame war... Gordon's Rant theme coming soon
Scapegoat
July 27, 2007 at 10:49pm
I never have noticed audio troubles, which makes me think it's on your end. But anyways, for the past couple podcasts it seems as though, especially when Gordon and Dave are speaking, that there are often sharp drop offs in the volume of their voices, as well as some frequent indescribable auido glitch-like sounds that occur during the podcast (I haven't determined whether it's just Gordon and Dave). That's not even to mention their frequent low volume. I always have to cram up the volume while listening to the podcast. I love it though!!
Thanks for listening and responding to readers and listeners so well!!
ponchato
July 28, 2007 at 9:35am
Yeah, I've noticed that too. Sometimes, it makes a weird noise, like a skip; it makes the same sound for half a second and sounds really weird. I think it's on their end.
