MaximumPC 2008 04

STOPPING TRAFFIC

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Lightweight Profi ling refers to

Apt-get is

BD+ is

A next-gen optical disc format

A programming language

The predecessor of BD++

A form of copy protection

The use of carbon-fi ber materials

An AMD hardware extension spec

Prejudice against newbs

A feature of the UMPC spec

A *nix administration certifi cation

A package-handling function for GNU/Linux

A Web 2.0 apartment-fi nding service

A DOS command

DisplayPort is unique among display

interfaces because it

Carries both audio and video signals

Supports HDCP

Serves as both an external and internal interface

Supports 10-bit color

Intel’s follow-up to Penryn is code-named

Memory maker OCZ recently purchased

Which GPU vendors support stereoscopic

imaging in their consumer device drivers?

The acronym OLED stands for

Maingear

Overdrive

CyberPower

Hypersonic

Orthogonal Lithographic Emission Display

Organic Localized Electronic Device

Organic Light-Emitting Diode

Organically Loud Electronic Demagoguer

Bulldozer

Nineveh

Nehalem

Bethlehem

Nvidia

AMD/ATI

Via/S3

A and B

HD DVD movies are cheaper than Blu-ray

movies to manufacture because

They involve standard DVD production processes

The spec has fewer features

They carry just one encryption license

All of the above

On February 5, 2001, Bay Area commuters were greeted by the

sight of a Volkswagen Bug hanging off the side of the Golden

Gate Bridge. Daring? Creative? Stupid? Yes to all of the above,

but we must admit, the audacity of the prank is impressive.

The California Highway Patrol, as one might expect, was not

so amused. And while the exact perpetrators remain unknown,

members of the University of British Columbia Engineering

Undergraduate Society are known to have pulled off similar

stunts elsewhere. By running a cable along the underside of

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the bridge, the car, which had been stripped of its

engine, wheels, and windows, was safely harnessed to

the cable and hung without fear of damaging the bridge

or the ship traffi c below.