@Denver_80203:
Not quite
folding@home is an experiment in a sort of "cloud computing"
The PS3 has a very fast computer processor in it.
The people at folding@home ask people to allow their PS3's processor to be used when they are not using the system
The combined power of all these PS3 systems adds up to a massive supercomputer
The folding@home people use this "supercomputer" for potentially life saving disease research that requires tons of processing power.

hatboysam

tell us exactly the best way to make a gaming PC for minimal cash monies, please, i think more people would benefit from that than any other giz explanation.

thanks

marlow2689

What are nipples on a man for?

seriously, a quickie on HTML Editing for some guys that like italic and bold but don't know the secret.

oh and please avoid the tutorial on embedding video and pics in the comments. (only the chosen ones are aware)

B1663R

s inernet/intern

shamoononon

@geedots: "Can you please explain to me why I have a college degree and yet still can't find a job in the Bay Area that pays enough to live without dumpster-diving?"

Wrong degree maybe?

"Or why entry-level jobs require 1-3 years of experience? "

They expect you to have interned during your summers in college which would cover the 1-3 years experience. Best to get 'something' in your field for a while until you at least have a year experience. I couldn't internet either so when I got out of college i had to accept a job in my field for $13/hr. By the end of the year I was more hireable and tripled my salary my moving companies.

shamoononon

To help Giz out, the ones I know the answer to:
@flyboy: Everything and when we get that, we want something else, but we wont tell you what that is, since we dont know ourselves.
@Pluton: We didnt, refer to "Shady Accounting 101".
@SirNirian: Why do you want one? Its better to be part of the rabble, people have lower expectations of brilliance then.
@Sora57: Wait till she has had 3 or 4 more orgasms, then its ok to kiss her.

Curves

How light bulbs in projectors can be so expensive. Best choice for replacement. Also "burn in" effect in my LCD projector. and babies.

eagleapex

@xint: It's a scientific fact that German's love David Hasselhoff.

+ Watch video

Git Em SteveDave

how build a simple 2-channel audio amplifier. :)

tameanaka

I found a spider in my radon pump and let it bite me... it's been several hours, why haven't I turned into Spider-Man.

A completely unrelated question: I've been feeling really woozy for the past couple hours. It feels like my skin is burning and falling off. What do you think is happening to me?

Rabid Penguin

Where do babies come from? Seriously though, how about getting down and dirty and explaining the the REAL differences between Mac & PC.

maven2k

@Sora57:

However long it takes you to get over the fact that you're kissing a mass murderer.

geedots

@Curves:

werd, a tutorial on formatting comments would be nice

MrBlahBlah

@SirNirian: i did that and guess what all the pics disappear - nope.

flyboy

@WTFFTW: I have one word for you:

"Punk'd"

A regular Cary Grant...

...that's all I have to say.

xint

@Sora57: Snow Ball!

tamoko

@geedots: I second your rant Geedots. Come on Giz, slather some knowledge on me.

tamoko

How long should I wait after getting a blow job to kiss her on the mouth?

Sora57

@EBone: oh...

SirNirian

Dear Giz,

Can you please explain to me why I have a college degree and yet still can't find a job in the Bay Area that pays enough to live without dumpster-diving? Or why entry-level jobs require 1-3 years of experience? Thanks in advance.

geedots

More Dealzmodo!

EBone

How about a post explaining what you do when you run out of ideas. Oh wait, that's this post.

Actually, I would like to see a post kinda like zenpoet's idea, but explaining how to get the best bang for your buck at different price points, and when is it more cost effective to build a rig vs. buying one, etc.

Gann

Why does eBay not have anymore competition?

SigmundTheSeaMonster

@SirNirian: I believe Stars have more to do with how many followers you have than how many posts you make.

EBone

@flyboy: download this [www.mozilla.com] (unless you already have it)
then this [addons.mozilla.org]
@jdhuck: don't know.

and as for my question.How many comments do you have to make before you can be a star commenter?

SirNirian

What's the deal with quantum entanglement anyhow?

Crashproof

What's the status on Moore's Law? Is it time to panic yet?

itchytooth

A tutorial on how to comment at Giz would be nice. How to use formatting, how to embed pics and vids and tell the impatient assholes that always follow a comment with "where the hell is my comment you nazis" to wait a damn minute for it to post.

Curves

@xint: Because Germans LOVE David Hasselhoff!

EBone

@Munch: A few minutes?

shamoononon

How do the Democrats manage to screw up every presidential campaign they touch?

Monty

What asshat decided pictures of cats with unintelligible sayings under them was a good idea?

s017jrs

after Clark went up to space a couple of months ago and after re-reading 2001, 2010, and 2060 (still working on 3001), I was angered that I don't have a HAL 9000 yet to play chess against or plot to kill me. I would like to see what AI research is up to these days and whether those crazy futurist are ever going to see the singularity or even a semi-strong AI.

thechansen

What's this lump?

bucho54

Why did the ship arrive too late to save the drowning witch?

s017jrs

Why hasn't Informix died already?

shamoononon

Explain the Windows Registry to me.

Cobolman2

ESPLANE l33t Speak!!

N@tedog

Can you explain the banhammer's untimely absence? There's a few vermon in need of an extermination.

Oh, and how do I get to be a Star Commenter? Does it involve a few minutes of KY followed by a few weeks of Preperation H?

Munch

@xint: Actually, I meant to ask, why is he doing advertisements for Nikon when he could be working on finally getting that Oscar? I mean with such a prestigious career behind him you think the academy would have given him one sooner. His performance in "Dude, Where's My Car?"...... GENIUS

WTFFTW

Why does it burn when I pee?

jdhuck

how do you get rid of the Gawker Media Empire on the left column?

flyboy

TOTALLY SUPER SERIOUS QUESTION:

Why doesn't Giz have a Royal Rumble VS. Engadget? TOTALLY SERIOUS. My money is on Giz. Lam via German Suplex on anyone he gets his hands on.

DeCerbo

Wow. Sorry Giz. We're going nowhere at warp speed.

EBone

Virginia: Is there a Santa Claus?

Me: Why has Jack Thompson not caught on fire?

Me Serious: What is the best way to build my own gaming rig? I can build a decent one my own, but dammit, you guys are the gadget experts, you must have some insight.

zenpoet

every computer i buy, the cupholder never fits any of my cups. is there a certain type of cup i have to buy?

DeCerbo

Why did we elect Bush Again?

Pluton

@William Mize: Use Acquisition for file sharing and XTorrent for torrents. Great software, no bugs, you won't have any port problems. Well worth the $15 each. Can't recommend them highly enough.

[www.acquisitionx.com]

[www.xtorrentp2p.com]

EBone

@Git Em SteveDave: NO...
Puertorrican.
Why?

xint

Write about how OLED displays work. You can use my thesis.

OLEDRevolution

How about that last twenty page novel.. I mean 'post' on wimax-clearwire.

N@tedog

@strider_mt2k: Adam and Eve messed it up for everyone. There are no "good" people.

Joseph

Why is stupidity less painful than it should be?

s017jrs

Why aren't projectors more popular?

ABlueDuck

what do women want?

flyboy

Lazer TVs Giz, Lazer friken TVs MAN!!! With videos... (yes, videos of diplays are proof of nothing, I know, but still.)

MagnoliaBoy

Maybe you could enlighten us on why anyone would buy a stand alone Blu-Ray player for the same price as a PS3.

wolfenstein-3d

where do babies come from?

Walter

@elbweb: aha. I think I do remember figuring that out. Thanks for the reminder.

Denver_80203

@xint: Are you German?

Git Em SteveDave

@WTFFTW: Wasn't there an article one day about the celebrities that might be browsing Gizmodo? Maybe it was a comment someone made? ...can't remember...

xint

@Denver_80203: PS3's online server is just the Playstation Network. Folding@Home "is a distributed computing project which studies protein folding, misfolding, aggregation, and related diseases".

Fun Stuff

elbweb

Why do bad things happen to good people?

strider_mt2k

sooo...i send you guys an e mail with "giz explain" and you guys send me an answer back? or is it that if its worthwhile explaining you guys post the q on the site and sum it up?

jrghoull

I want to know why David Hasselhoff is so darn attractive... I can't stand it!

xint

Why Ashton Kutchner is on this site?

WTFFTW

What the hell is the Folding@home thing? Is that just PS3's equiv to Xbox Live? Somewhere I missed the memo and never caught on.

Denver_80203

I don't know if you're looking to impress the knowledgable or educate the clueless, but just in case it's the second one, here's mine:

1) I just made the switch from PC to a a mac mini, and for the life of me I can't get Azureus or Transmission or any other Bit Torrent client to work on it. Feel free to educate me on how that works. Open ports? Wha-?

2) How would I set up a wireless router with above mac mini that would allow me to use my soon to be purchased eeePC to connect to the internet from the comfort of my couch?

Yeah, I know.

William Mize

How is it that most, if not all the sites hosted by markmonitor.com seem to contain mostly hollow garbage content like Consumerist, Gizmodo, Jezebel, and Lifehacker?

framitz

@EBone and @Git Em SteveDave: I know!

...but I'm not German.

David Hasselhoff will remain a mystery that not even GIZMODO can explain...

xint

How come i never received my UK National Lottery Winnings Check??? I sent them all my info...

nutbastard

Why is there air?
(ref 1960's Bill Cosby)
:p

XJ_4x4

Please explain what WiMax is and how it will effect me. The last post on cell phone service types (CDMA, iDEn?, GSM etc.) was extremely helpful.

mikeyy

@shamoononon: Damn I'm proud of my non proof read posts and terrible grammar/spelling.

shamoononon

@geedots: There's always substitute teaching. Its the only fucking job I've found since graduating that doesn't require a masters. Between that, and my two other jobs I make as much as a first year teacher. Which means I live in poverty and only manage to have cash by not being able to have time to spend it. Now I gotta bite the bullet and apply to grad schools/law schools so I can get a job in a field that will make me miserable. I almost want to go back and get a programming degree. I'm having to much fun with my arduino and I think I made a poor choice in majors.

thechansen

@SirNirian:

"How many comments do you have to make before you can be a star commenter?"

star commenters are editor-selected, for example, lindsayjoy has hardly any posts at all, and not many followers.

nutbastard

@Rabid Penguin:

The torch requires intense electrolysis to break the hydrogen and oxygen bonds, so it's a net loss by quite a bit. It's interaction with metals and non-interaction with flesh is interesting though, and probably worth investigating.

All the magnet motors you see suffer from degaussing, so you're simply harvesting the magnets power until it's no longer magnetic.

There is a guy who claims that using a kind of turbo diesel engine he gets 60mpg in a 400hp hummer. look that one up.

sonoluminescence (ultrasonic standing wave cavitation which causes water to emit light) has potential, but i believe that's been dismissed recently as well as being a lark.

nutbastard

How about why my comments still don't show up for twenty minutes after posting?

drewdrawsPooh

@B1663R: I use mine to keep the clamps organized.

HeyBeav

@xint: Touché

WTFFTW

What's with all this cheap power I hear about that independent inventors are coming up with? Like modifications to cars to run purely off water, or new progresses in electromagnetics. Some of these "inventions" have been shown off (working) on different news stations, but why haven't I heard of any car manufacturers or anyone really pushing this stuff. Does it not work? Is it because there isn't really any money in extremely efficient low cost power alternatives, and they haven't been adopted due to greed?

This was a while ago even, but I saw a guy who had modded a gas torch to run off water instead, and he had also modded his car to run off water - and it was extremely efficient.

Is this stuff fake? Have I been duped? I don't think I have, but feel free to inform me.

Rabid Penguin

@Navin R Johnson: Because it is funny. I do the same thing to the word fart which i decided to bold for no apparent reason.

shamoononon

@Navin R Johnson: "Why do I laugh every time I read the word asshat?"

Empathy?

frigg

@thechansen:
Question 1: according to Ray, it's already here, you just have to let it in.
Question 2: so get a programming degree. Problem solved.

frigg

Why do I laugh every time I read the word asshat?

Navin R Johnson

@chinook11: You think there are people who actually pay other people to bash Microsoft???

They do a pretty good job on their own, if you ask me.

xint

How come we can't edit our comments after we post them?

ripfire4

How about you explain how much Apple is paying you to constantly bash Microsoft?

chinook11

seriously - how do I get my tivo saves onto a DVD drive that I can watch on my big screen TV?

ltcmurray

@SirNirian: So basically you have to put out.

shamoononon

Here's another question:

Where's GIZMODO hiding all the pron?

...and I don't mean the NSFW Category, I mean the good stuff. Like, where are the reviews for 2G1C? Seriously let us in Gizmodo's Dungeon Room...

xint

Please explain the EPP 2.0 spec for DDR3-2000 SLI partner ram.

I don't think it actually works so more info would help.

axiomatic

SUPER EDITING POWERS!
Why is it that I have them?

sisedi

WHy decent sound quality on cellphones is so elusive and why so few cellphone reviewers comment on sound quality and signal sensitivity.

Skeptical_Geezer

@flyingdream:Google rotating electrical contact

Gann

@Rabid Penguin: Always ask yourself where the energy is coming from. Many 'alternative fuels' are really just energy storage/delivery methods and do not produce any energy (like fuel cells). This is beneficial because it is an effecient way to convert and store electrical power from any number of source fuels (hydro, wind, nuclear, coal), but the energy still has to come from somewhere. The problem is that none of these fuel sources compare economically to gas yet.

Gann

@frigg:
1) Kurzzie is fucking nuts. My computer has yet to pick a fight or read my lips.

2) My ex-fiancee screwed my credit. Lack of money at this stage is hurting those plans and I fear having to take out a loan. I'm 23 so I'll just relax for the time being, I have the rest of my life to hate my job.

thechansen

also an electric psychic sensor. I want to have that too.

flyingdream

How to divide by Zero??? JK, but can you explain cablecard for us please?? or the best tv tuners or something like that.

Sam_Zebian

I need a part for a sculpture that can spin, but maintains contact with electrical wires (so I can have a string of spinning motors wired together without wires twisting ever tighter)

What is this called and where do I get it.

flyingdream

@Pluton: I thought Diebold elected Bush. Oh and a bunch of Americans who don't deserve the right to vote.

qbrad

@Munch: Previously being on the receiving end of the banhammer I would suggest YOU be banned (all that KY nonsense). It wasn't too bad, but it was eye opening. I second s017jrs comment/question on the stupidity of the icanhazcheezburger phenomenon.

And the serious question/comment: Which is the best [gaming?] laptop for less than $1300? Asus, Acer...other? Why so many minute differences for the same price, shouldn't there be a BEST, and most affordable? (Could use NewEgg as a price point comparison, and I am particularly interested in 14 inchers.)

jiggaman2

@MagnoliaBoy:
Comment on What Would You Like Giz to Explain? I did PR for this Bay Area laser company and they actually built a laser TV. Hay muchos videos following the link (still on 5 de mayo time) explaining how it works, what's improved over normal HDTVs and why it doesn't exist on store shelves. http://www.slashgear.com/slashgear-exclusive-video-demo-of-coherent-lase r-tv-tech-203032.php They also had a laser colonoscope...ew

WaylenTiberius

@thechansen: "1) Kurzzie is fucking nuts."

He has his quirks, sure, but we'll have to agree to disagree.

"My computer has yet to pick a fight or read my lips."

Needs more RAM.

"2) My ex-fiancee screwed my credit. Lack of money at this stage is hurting those plans and I fear having to take out a loan. I'm 23 so I'll just relax for the time being, I have the rest of my life to hate my job."

Evaluating your life from the position of someone who knows nothing about you: 1) you don't have serious financial or other obligations hanging over your head (you live with your parents, right?), 2) you're not too old to pursue any career you like from scratch with the exception of professional figure skater which requires an earlier commitment, 3) with the exception of dissing Kurzzie, you've said nothing to lead me to believe you couldn't get a programming degree if that's what you want. Since that's what interests you, why would you follow your period of meditation and relaxation by pursuing a degree in a subject that makes you anxious and twitchy instead?

frigg

@qbrad: That and there was no third option on the ballot that said, "Are you clowns kidding me? Go back and come up with some REAL candidates".

Rand

What's the deal with Twitter? I really don't understand why I would want to use it instead of just txting. It seems like it's just a txt chat room. What am I missing?

calebc

@nutbastard: "star commenters are editor-selected, for example, lindsayjoy has hardly any posts at all, and not many followers."

Editors have very little to do with it. As aging commenters die or leave the site, a congress of cardinals (birds, not baseball players, or members of a sacred religious order) cast ballots in a secluded room. If the birds are not able to reach agreement, a powder is mixed with the ballots, which are burned, creating a black smoke indicating the status quo. However, in the event that the birds agree to honor another commenter with a coveted star, the ballots are burned in their natural state creating white smoke signaling the joyous decision for all to witness. Considering the event is handled entirely by birds, many believe the process to be divinely-inspired, and not just because birds are religious symbols and all, but mainly because they're birds.

frigg

@nutbastard: ah i see.So that means i have to impress the editors with my wit and humor before i can be a star commenter right?@Curves: Good point.

SirNirian

@WaylenTiberius: Coool! Thanks dude! I've been begging and bugging the hell out of Gizmodo editors for like a year trying to see some LTV action. There was even one at their last and most infamous CES and they barely talked about it. Apparently their easily distracted by rubber phalluses.

MagnoliaBoy

I want a huge back-story full of behind-the-scenes videos on how a typical day at goes, what software you use, everyones setup, testing, a blooper reel etc....

LindsayJoy

you should have a royal deathmatch of all the best gizmodo tech jokes to determine the ultimate line. is it mr t or is it the death star

zsleek7

@flyingdream: it's called a helicopter. Call Sikorsky.

Sora57

Gizmodo... you got some splainin' to do!

scarbrtj

@nutbastard: Umm, is the niche for the limp-wristed dandy already filled? No particular reason I'm askin'...

bosskev

@SirNirian:
yup. but you're going to have to come up with a new angle - most of the more common niches are already filled:

asshole/guttermouth: nutbastard
father figure: strider_mt2k
token blonde: lindsay_joy
informed professional: kaiser machead
token canadian: ANoel
next in line: zenpoet
voice of reason: Curves

so you're going to have to find some unused archetype to fill... cranky, nay-saying old man is still available, as is the Confucius persona.

nutbastard

@EBone: Giz could explain "warp speed" and the meaning of life_

uberfu

Oh, I like the token Blonde thing. Maybe thats the real reason!

LindsayJoy

@nutbastard:

You bastard. You are mean. I know why.

I am not the only star commenter with not many followers.

For example, Geisrud, who has one more follower then I do, also has a star.

I will give you the official answer over e-mail.

And I still love you -- you Bastard.

LindsayJoy

Because my computer has 4gb of ram, a radeon 3870 video card, and a intel c2d e2180 processor @2.00 gb. What I want to know, is why does my computer choke when I am doing resource intensive things? For instance, the other day, I was running 2 firefox windows with about 8 tabs in each, I was running Adobe Lightroom, I was running an AVG antivirus scan, and I tried to load Team Fortress 2, and it took way longer than it usually does. In addition to this, Lightroom was acting groggy, when it used to be fast. Why do you guys think this is? what is the bottleneck? definitely not the ram, or the video card, could it be the processor or is it the hard drive? hd is a barracuda 7200.10 250 gb drive

vicsells

I would absolutely love it if you would explain what exactly a processor helps with in a computer

vicsells

@frigg:

So you are saying that I am born on Christmas day helps?
(Not kidding)

And, if we are talking about "birds" are they Lesbians?

"white smoke signaling the joyous decision for all to witness"

Well I am *LindsayJoy*

LindsayJoy

@LindsayJoy:

Wait. Token Big-Titted blonde would be more accurate.

LindsayJoy

@nutbastard: When things are so bad that I am considered the voice of reason, its time to be really afraid and abandon ship.
Immediately.

Curves

@frigg:
I meant that Ray Kurzweil is fucking nuts in the most endearing way possible.
My top 5 idols goes something like:
1) Bowie/Tesla (or even Bowie AS Tesla)
2) Kurzweil
3) Hawking
4) Lt. Columbo

But aside from that, I don't see why I couldn't just mooch knowledge off my friend who's in school for EET and do some small programs and projects on the side. I know C/C++ and I've been working on Obj-C, he can teach me Java and C#.
But I have a good amount of debt (not all of it is technically mine, she robbed me and ruined my powerbook) and even with moving back to my parents, I cant afford to move out again or go to school full time. It has to be part time school and full time work. Even lower ranked law schools (I did OK on my LSATs and my GPA was just over a 3.2, I'm realistic but I also don't buy into the elitism that if the school isn't top 40 that you aren't getting a job I will gladly take a public sector job in the mid $40s to start) are in the $15-20k a semester range. So I need to continue my 6 and 7 day work weeks until I have enough saved up. Gadget purchases have suffered dramatically and I think its best that "I want" rather than "I get". Also the internet is wayyyyyy cheaper than real counseling.

thechansen

@Curves:

Oh Curves, don't scare us here!

LindsayJoy

@nutbastard: I dunno if it's quite as regimented as all that. I think that maybe you just have to really be contributing something to the conversation in the majority of your posts. Of course, it's all idle speculation, anyway. Besides, did The Sneetches teach us nothing? Does it really matter whether or not we have "stars on thars"?

frndlybnny

i would like to know why it is i look SO damn good

godwhacker

I'd like Giz to explain how exactly one goes about building their own computer, because I'm about to start doing just that. More upgrading than building, I guess.

man_in_gauze

@Pluton: we didn't... neither time

One2ManyCords

Can you calculate pi to a thousand digits?

Barfolemew

how about copyright law...or the effect of the red lion decision on US telecom. policies?

TonyTriple

@Barfolemew:
This will help:
[pi.ytmnd.com]

scarbrtj

@thechansen: it all makes sense except the part about potentially going to school for something you don't want to do.

frigg

@LindsayJoy:
"So you are saying that I am born on Christmas day helps?
(Not kidding)"

Yes... the star is compensation for all those bastards who bought you only one gift for Christmas and your birthday, instead of your rightful two.

"And, if we are talking about "birds" are they Lesbians?"

If they are LUG-birds, I'd have to say yes as well! (Not the Linux LUG, btw).

frigg

If we evolved from monkeys, why are monkeys still around?

Captain_Awesome

"I need a part for a sculpture that can spin, but maintains contact with electrical wires (so I can have a string of spinning motors wired together without wires twisting ever tighter)

What is this called and where do I get it."

You need to use a slip ring or a rotary joint. slip ring is very simple, used in AC motors and alternators and can be fabricated easily.

framitz

@nutbastard: You've got to send it through a Nigerian barrister.

ideaman2020

@nutbastard: Oooh! Oooh! Pick me for the cranky, nay-saying old man...

Or don't.

Damn kids!

Get out of my yard!!!!

ideaman2020

How can you bypass the internet "regional" setting? Some websites you can only access/watch if you are in Europe (BBC iplayer, World SBK races)

Superjuanvi

@Superjuanvi:

Just use some proxies that originate in england. The end.

LindsayJoy

@bosskev:
* catches breath *
* holds back a tear *
With humility and sincerity, I acknolwedge and accept this newly-bestowed honor and pledge to carry out my niche duties faithfully, humorously and tastefully.
* bows to warm applause *
* exits, stage right *

* pokes head out from behind the curtain *
Oh, that whole "tastefully" thing? Fuck that nonsense.
* scoots back out the door *

bosskev

@scarbrtj: I loved it!!! I wonder if they'll mind me using it as my ring tone?

Barfolemew