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Mate the 300 series came out 3 years ago, AMIRITE

Go red team! ... Oh wait! Now we got two red teams?

I believe the 8 series chipsets aren't compatible with Broadwell even with an update. Only the 9 series boards pledged compatibility.

Surprisingly, Alienware is neither the most overpriced nor underpowered.

Well, thats it folks. It happened. ISPs are now utilities under Title II, the FCC passed it by 3-2. Net neutrality is a thing. 
 
Don't expect it to just be over, however. Many groups have strongly suggested that they will have lawsuits against the FCC over this ruling, what does it matter now that the FCC has a proper ruling in place AND most likely will have congressional backing from the democrats on this. 
 
 
 
 
 

 
So the big vote is happening today and since its a pretty important topic I figured I would make one thread to keep all the news of today in order. I think its important and I think people should care about what goes on. 

That being said, here is the first piece of news I've come across for the day, involving Google (and others) pushing the FCC to update their language on NN to prevent ISPs from having a loophole to abuse. 
 
The loophole in question would have allowed ISPs to charge websites for sending content to their consumers. We can argue that this is a good thing AND we can argue that Google (and others) are flexing their lobbying power after seeing how the game is played; we can debate if thats a good or bad thing later but for now its a good thing in this scenario. 
 
 
 
Update #2
Ajit Pai is going all out against NN and is making some frankly embarrassing statements for someone who should be better educated in the issue at hand. 5 guesses as to which ISP is funding his next political campaign. 
 
He claims that NN will hurt companies, which is ironic since stocks shot up when Wheeler announced his plans. Oh boy, someone is grasping at straws and edging closer to the "Think of the children" defence. 
 
This tweet really says it all about what the opposition to NN is like. 





 
 
Update #3
FCC overturns state laws that protect ISPs from local competition
 
Municipal broadband networks could expand because of FCC's controversial vote.
 
 
The FCC is on a roll today, effectively telling ISPs to tuck tail and run with a new ruling to allow municipalities to run their own show and not worry about ISPs blocking their moves. Something that supersedes state laws (as it should, since some states have no goddamn idea how to actually run the show)
 
 
Update #4
 

 
Okay, these next parts are from the Verge stream so thats the source, its mainly of Wheelers comments as he is dropping bombs and being fairly serious about this all (I guess he got tired of the speeches delivered by Pai) 
 
 
 
THE AYES HAVE IT.
NN PASSED!
 
The vote passed 3-2, net neutrality as Wheeler wanted it (or as close to) has been passed by the FCC. 
 

 
 
Overall, this went how many people hoped it would go. Wheeler essentially did this the entire time:
 

 
 
 
For those wondering what Wheeler is actually like, there is a nice background of the man and what he actually did before he became a FCC commissioner:
 

   
 
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/02/fcc-chairman-tom-wheeler-net-neutrality-plan-google-115502.html
http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/02/fcc-overturns-state-laws-that-protect-isps-from-local-competition/
http://live.theverge.com/fcc-title-ii-net-neutrality-live-blog/
http://www.engadget.com/2015/02/26/fcc-net-neutrality/
http://gizmodo.com/fcc-passes-strongest-net-neutrality-rules-in-americas-h-1688204371

Wonder how many hours will take the dealers to crack that and have them flying across the border again.

Please use auto for text colour. That is very difficult for dark theme users to read.

Why wouldn't you head directly to the website anyways? No need to even use a search engine, just go to the website...

He's not dead. If anything this gave him a serious popularity boost.
thanks, they're fixed now

What time is it Wendell?
 
Oh it's that time again
 
Alright.  Aside from bragging rights, looking cool etc, this is frankly silly in my opinion.  In about.. 2008 when Flat screens were.. about 6cm thick, I was fine with it.  I said "this is the point where the size no longer matters".  And yet, they get thinner and thinner.  Why?  It's like phones.  Iphone 4 was pretty slim.  I saw no reason to go further.  Really, I just cannot see the point to this, other than worse heat dissipation because it must be difficult to cool something that small, it just seems absolutely pointless.

ThisAnd for titanium's sake, make it a fanless supply. Its only a 400W unit

Anyone remember that oriental chick in the racing costume?. . . That was pretty bad too.

My favorite comment on it
"The question is can it run ACUnity 1080p 60fps stable on max settings?"

Because this is an art form. It takes time, precision, and patience to pull these type of runs. The CPU was overclocked to 5.6GHz that's a 5960X, then you have to properly overclock each card to work in unison together because obviously with 4 of them in SLI they aren't going  to take the same overclock as a single card. On top of that you have the application of Liquid Nitrogen thrown into the entire cluster fuck of things that can possibly go wrong in the midst of executing everything.
 
Anyone who can't appreciate this just never got into benching themselves and doesn't understand how hard it is to do. 

I cry ever time when i hear 4K.  
Don't have enough money for it.

I don't like the look, I prefer clean looks on everything, but I certainly see why people would like it.

The next hot phone is getting Kickstarted! The NoPhone!
 

 
It's basically an IPhone but better!
 

 
It even includes an upgrade for a selfie camera.

 
Basically it's a plastic block made to look like a smartphone and the "selfie camera" is just a mirror.
 
source: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nophone-usa/the-new-and-unimproved-nophone

The next hot phone is getting Kickstarted! The NoPhone!
 

 
It's basically an IPhone but better!
 

 
It even includes an upgrade for a selfie camera.

 
Basically it's a plastic block made to look like a smartphone and the "selfie camera" is just a mirror.
 
source: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nophone-usa/the-new-and-unimproved-nophone

The next hot phone is getting Kickstarted! The NoPhone!
 

 
It's basically an IPhone but better!
 

 
It even includes an upgrade for a selfie camera.

 
Basically it's a plastic block made to look like a smartphone and the "selfie camera" is just a mirror.
 
source: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nophone-usa/the-new-and-unimproved-nophone

Isn't linus a celebrity endorsement?

Isn't this what thunderbolt was made for?

I still don't understand all this hoora about Jim Keller. He's one man leading a team of engineers who havn't beat Intel since the Athlon 64 days versus a team of engineers who have pushed Intel's IPC consistantly higher every generation.
I can't believe that one man can make up a 60% IPC deficeit in the space of two years.

no ....

Well at least the city knows who to hang if Comcast gets their license.  

Pricing links have no results so maybe someone can post the price of it