November 29th - The WAN Show Document

[Slick]

Topic Callouts

Star Citizen, 31Mill on the 25th… 32Mill on the 26th…

Snapdragon 805

~Kyle from Newegg joins us!

24” 4K Panels are a thing

US Military the biggest pirate of them all

< News Items >

Snapdragon 805

http://anandtech.com/show/7537/qualcomms-snapdragon-805-25ghz-128bit-memory-interface-d3d11class-graphics-more

- 805 will be shipping beginning of 2014

- features Qualcomm’s Adreno 420

- Rumors saying its a “tablet” proc… but that seems to be going away imo

- Full profile OpenCL 1.2

- Texture performance improves by over 2x per pipe, and also gains ASTC(Adaptive Scalable Texture Compression) support

- The GPU has a new dedicated connection to the memory controller

- 128-bit wide LPDDR3 memory interface

- up to 25.6GB/s of peak memory bandwidth from a previous 12.8GB/s

- 20nm successor likely in 2014 or early 2015

- hardware accelerated decode of H.265 content. Hardware encode is still limited to H.264

Lady recorded 140000 VHS tapes of the news from 1977 to 2012

http://holykaw.alltop.com/140000-vhs-tapes-from-1977-2012-found-in-storage-unit?tu4=1

- Don’t news stations already archive their work?

- Funny because this was so hard but now everything will just be on youtube

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Guest Topics

290 can no longer be flashed to 290x

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/80437-the-290-can-no-longer-be-flashed/

- That was short lived and tbh, expected...

- models that could be unlocked have the 215-0852000 code chip which is the full Hawaii XT variant but locked.

- only R9 290 graphics cards, which have a chip from before the 38th production week can be unlocked.

- only some companies cards worked anyways, like Powercolor, VTX3D

780Ti 6GB edition

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/81332-evga-kingpin-780ti-6gb-edition-with-pictures/

- So they are coming…

- So close to Maxwell, makes me even more excited for maxwell

- All I see is air coolers, with that no TDP/ unlocked Voltages WTB watercooling

Ibuypower announces their Steam Machine prototype

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/80388-heres-ibuypowers-steam-machine-prototype/

-”Multicore AMD CPU”

- R9-270 GPU

- I think this was a good move as the money in pre built steam boxes will likely be in the mass sales cheap appliances

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Rapidfire Topics

Black version of a GTX Titan?

http://forums.ncix.com/forums/?mode=showthread&forum=215&threadid=2640628&pagenumber=0&msgcount=0&subpage=1

- Could have easily been user painted

- Seems like a really weird product launch, I personally don’t really see this being a thing right now

Powercolor releases crazy fan design

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/80724-just-when-we-thought-all-types-of-fans-were-invented-asus-no-thats-a-powercolor-cooler/

- Crazy fans

- weird curve, mini blades… wat

- new turbo timer technology, maxes out fanspeed when you go to power off your computer until it is at a “safe to cool without fans” temperature, bah

Omg someone made branded perifs lets all freakout...

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/80902-razer-to-introduce-evil-geniuses-branded-gaming-peripherals/

- Why is this getting so much hype, Steelseries does gaming branded stuff all the time

- They DO look pretty cool, thats a really nice blue

- “giving the formidable pro-gamers of Evil Geniuses the fastest, smoothest glide to get the last hit on enemies effectively.” Man I hate gaming branding…

 

Star Citizen makes a lot of money again again again again… again?

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/80848-star-citizen-cracks-32million-in-crowd-funding/

- Kinda insane… That being said both Linus and I have invested in it

- I don’t know why anyone would anymore… IMO without LTI its REALLY not worth it

- The thing that bugs me is they’re closing off LTI and stuff before we have even been able to play the game

- There is no way I would invest more into this game before i can try the flight mechanics...

The best paper airplane ever isn’t really a paper airplane

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/80879-give-your-paper-airplanes-some-extra-horsepower-with-the-powerup-30/

- It’s 30 bucks and it actually looks really cool for the right person

- Claims its crash proof… I think Inigo Montoya may have something to say about that

- smart phone connectivity is a really nice add - and the simplification of the charger is pretty sweet as well, easy to charge on the go cell phone chargers

Bitcoins are kinda worth like… a lot

http://t.co/71qsQZMUGa

- It’s still going up, which i checked earlier today it was sitting at 1,157$

- Becoming very popular in China

- Is this a ready to pop investor bubble or is it just settling into its price now due to mining getting more and more difficult

Black Friday is kinda stupid… Buy things online

http://blackfridaydeathcount.com/

- Extremely self explanatory, actually lays it out quite nicely

- Oh my god there are 7 injuries so far this year and its 12:30...

 

24” 4K IPS Display… that’s all I need to say

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/81640-dell-24inch-4k-display/

- UP2414Q is a Ultra HD 3840 x 2160 resolution monitor, IPS panel

- If they can make this why in the hell can’t I get a pro art at 2560x1600 in 24”?????

- comes with 100% sRGB coverage, and 99% AdobeRGB coverage

- he monitor is fully adjustable, and comes with as input: HDMI, DisplayPort, and mini-DisplayPort. It has a 6-1 media card reader and 4 USB 3.0 ports on the back

- Still no price

 

Galaxy S5 incoming - new design direction was unexpected

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/81144-samsung-galaxy-s5-to-enter-mass-production-in-january-coming-in-two-versions/

- average version sporting a normal OLED and a plastic body as was expected

- “Premium” version sporting  a metal case and a flexible OLED

- 64-bit Exynos or a Snapdragon processor

- 3or4 GB RAM

- 16MP front facing camera

- 4,000 mAh battery

- All of these are rumors and there is even a rumor of its 5.3” screen being 2560x1440p

- Even some very vague rumors about a retina scanner

Vancouver has nothing better to do than ban doorknobs

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/81714-vancouver-bc-bans-door-knobs/#entry1118341

- Really?

- I searched far and wide and couldn’t find anything saying this wasn’t real… but really? This can’t be real

- I could see it for public buildings but BANNING it for private as well seems a little excessive

US Military pirates more than anyone ever, gets off on ⅕ the charges

http://torrentfreak.com/u-s-caught-pirating-military-software-pays-50-million-to-settle-131127/

- The government pirated a TON of copies of logistics software

- Had purchases licenses for 5 servers and 150 standalone devices

- Installed it on 93 servers and over 9000 standalone devices

- Sued for the actual cost, which is around 250 Million… Settles at 50 Million… Go Go military power

 

People are freaking out over Google Glass in Seattle again

http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/28/5155932/battle-over-google-glass-etiquette-erupts-in-another-seattle-diner

- Another Google Glass battle in Seattle, diner owned by the same guy as the last time

- This is gonna get a lot more interesting once you can have prescription Google Glass...

James Howells lost 7.5Million worth of bitcoins

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-25134289

- Thats… a lot of bitcoins

- Completely opposite story of that guy that bought them because he was writing a paper on cryptography

- I wonder if he is ACTUALLY gonna spend any time in that landfill

 

Silicon Valley is going crazy again

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/27/technology/in-silicon-valley-partying-like-its-1999-again.html?=_r=6&_r=1&

- So many companies with such massive investment making no money…

- Reddit, Snapchat, etc, all these companies are bleeding money but it doesn’t seem to matter

- equipment depreciation showing as losses? They will have to replace it at some point…

- Article is talking about a venture capitalist that is investing in all the things and making tons back, and while its great that they’re rolling in money I can’t help but wonder….

 

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< After Party >

Next Week?

 

[beebskadoo]

Slick! I LOVE YOU!

[beebskadoo]

I think I speak for most everyone who watched the WAN show, this weeks show went off without a hitch! Congrats Linus and Slick on a fantastic show and many more to come

Wish it was longer though

Kyle was pretty funny too

Cheers.

[iAsuno]

that was fast....

[MeltyMoon]

Woot! Thanks @Slick

[Nino]

So no buildlogs?

[Raphael_123]

No audio on intro

[Feeterican]

I've had no problems with Shadow play not syncing in Sony Vegas. and if you go to my channel you can see what I'm talking about.

[TheRisingMyth]

I've had no problems with Shadow play not syncing in Sony Vegas. and if you go to my channel you can see what I'm talking about.

 

The support for variable framerates is absent on Sony Vegas, that's why.

 

Adobe might be a better solution for that, although not sure.

 

And by the way, fantastic show you guys, the guest was awesome, and that TigerDirect ad just knocked me down on my knees, it was just epic.

[colonel_mortis]

I'm sure you said you would announce the winners of the #HTCSpareChange giveaway in this livestream (the forum post says end of the month, which is 10 minutes here in the uk ). Have you decided on a winner yet or are you still undecided?

[Hans Power]

The audio sounds like dog. The bass is so dominant that I had to stop watching after a few minutes. When you guys laughed everything crackled. Not even tuning my bass on my speakers and the system equalizer down made it barable. Sounded like that would have busted my headphones had I used them. Please fix it for the next WAN show or I have to stop watching it all together which would be a pity because I actually love it.

[Tataffe]

Hey @Slick & @LinusTech the video title says "[...] nov 22", not 29th. Also, the audio is not a good as usual.

[colonel_mortis]

Hey @Slick & @LinusTech the video title says "[...] nov 22", not 29th. Also, the audio is not a good as usual.

And the description says that the afterparty was "included with the video. There was cake", but that was last week.

Did somebody take a few shortcuts to get the video out asap? (not that I have an issue with that, the sooner the better in my eyes but yeah...).