xactoguy - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Thunderbolt 3 dubious for external GPU (Score 2) 296

by xactoguy on Friday June 03, 2016 @12:23PM (#52243047) Attached to: Apple Reportedly Developing 5K Retina Thunderbolt Display With Integrated GPU

Seeing as the purpose of this setup seems to be more for the ability to drive the 5K display than to actually use the power of the GPU for gaming or other heavy tasks, I don't think it's going to be a huge issue. As well, the 4x lane isn't as huge a limitation as you'd expect

Comment Re:Did Microsoft ever claim it was? (Score 4, Informative) 152

by xactoguy on Thursday April 14, 2011 @07:36PM (#35823574) Attached to: Groklaw: Microsoft Cloud Services Aren't FISMA Certified

The GSA has declared that Google's product does have FISMA certification so (at least on this point) they are not lying.

Comment Re:Need a Blizzard game signed up w/ your account (Score 1) 123

by xactoguy on Thursday May 07, 2009 @01:47PM (#27863363) Attached to: <em>StarCraft II</em> Beta Signups Open

By "US only" they mean North America (or possibly the Americas) ... which still may or may not help you (I'm Canadian and merged my account just fine).

Submission + - Can Govt Study Says P2P Downloaders Buy More Music 2

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 02, 2007 @05:50PM

An anonymous reader writes: Michael Geist reports that a newly study commissioned by the Government of Canada, which includes some of the most extensive surveying to date of the Canadian population on music purchasing habits, finds what many have long suspected — there is a positive correlation between peer-to-peer downloading and CD purchasing. The Impact of Music Downloads and P2P File-Sharing on the Purchase of Music: A Study For Industry Canada was conducted collaboratively by two professors from the University of London, Industry Canada, and Decima Research, who surveyed over 2,000 Canadians on their music downloading and purchasing habits.

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