"We have realized the first prototype of a quantum network”, Stephan Ritter concludes. "We achieve reversible exchange of quantum information between the nodes. Furthermore, we can generate remote entanglement between the two nodes and keep it for about 100 microseconds, whereas the generation of the entanglement takes only about one microsecond. Entanglement of two systems separated by a large distance is a fascinating phenomenon in itself. However, it could also serve as a resource for the teleportation of quantum information. One day, this might not only make it possible to communicate quantum information over very large distances, but might enable an entire quantum internet."

Though still a long way of in the future. The end goal here is quantum communication, no more wires carrying electrons, fiber optics carrying beams of light, but photons at the atomic level using quantum entanglement to transmit data over very large distances, nearly instantly. One of the major benefit side effects of this form of communication, is that by its very nature, is next to impossible to hack, intercept, or steal without the "transmitter and receiver" to know it happened. The reason being that quantum information can not be cloned. So if you intercept it, you intercept it, it stops there, you can not clone it and send it on. So it will be known its been done. Though there is no known way to even intercept it since quantum entanglement is a state of being where two atoms react exactly the same relative to each other over vast distances with no perceivable connection between the two. So there is no "stream" of data to intercept. Fascinating as hell is you ask me.

"As CPU core count goes up, communications between the cores begin to hit significant bottlenecks. This is because these cores are still using the decades old data bus model of transferring data between each other, which prevents multiple simultaneous communications and is because it only works between two cores at a time. To get over this, researcher Li-Shiuan Peh at MIT is looking to use internet-style packet-switched networks right within the CPU itself. The idea is to replace the long wires of the traditional data bus with much shorter ones connecting one core to another and using a router on each core to arbitrate the data exchange between cores. This work is still very much in the research phase however, so don't expect any products based on this technology anytime soon. This approach isn't all that surprising when one considers that the PCI Express bus uses a network-style connection model."

Something to keep an eye on, this "bottleneck" has been well known for a long time. Not just as core counts go up, since this is already a bottleneck on 8+ core processors, but as the speeds on those cores go up. If those cores had a more efficient way of communication between themselves on the die, you would be able to get more data processed faster, even at lower physical core clock speeds. Pretty cool stuff.

People ripped on Crysis 2 because EA rushed Crytek to get the game out, and the game we got on PC was a direct console port, DX9, and lightyears behind the original Crysis on the PC. Later on, they finally got to release the the full DX11 and high resolution version for PC. Yet even then it did not truly show off the power of the engine running DX11.

This is a short video that shows what this engine can actually do, rendering in real time, as it would in a video game. Amazing if you ask me. THIS is why CryEngine 3 hold top spot next to Frostbite 2 as my favorite modern game engines.

This video really needs to be watched full screen and in HD. Amazing.

On the same topic, Crysis 3 has been announced for release early next year, and you can pre-order it already! Wow, that's fast.

Nvidia has officially killed the GTX 580 in favor of the next gen 600's that hit the market recently. The GTX 580 is still a beastly card, so if you are in the market for an upgrade, you might see these cards hit a price drop soon. Might be able to pick one up before they are gone.

That being said, just like AMD, Nvidia is having trouble meeting market demand for its 600 series cards due to TSMC's tight supply of 28nm chips. So they are looking into contracting other manufactures to help meet demand. Such as Samsung Electronics, Globalfoundries and United Microelectronics. Both Nvidia and AMD need to meet market demand, and this may be the only way to do so, at least until sometime around first quarter 2013 when TSMC will be increasing its 28nm production line capacity.

As most of you know, I paid $500 for my Radeon 7950. Well, now that the GTX 680 is on the market, and was priced under the 7970, AMD has lowered its reference design prices to reflect this. Though the AMD 7900's and GTX 680's perform very similar to one and other, the AMD cards were more expensive, so this was a very welcome change.

The reference MSRP for the 7970 is now as low as $479, a drop of $70 in many cases, putting it $20 behind the GTX 680. The reference MSRP for the 7950 is now $399, a drop of about $50 on average. The 7770 was dropped by $20 to $139. AMD has also announced that the upcoming and much anticipated 7870 will sell for $330.

MIPS is an application ARM processor architecture designer.

AMD comes from a decades old presence in the microprocessor industry, while Google is a satrap with smartphones, tablets, and other mobile computing devices thanks to its Android operating system. With Microsoft opening up to ARM architecture with Windows 8 RT, it is in Google's interests to hedge its bets on an alternative machine architecture to both x86 and ARM. The easiest way to that is buying out MIPS and funding development of powerful processors based on it. For AMD, it's a bid to stay competitive in the low-power processor market as Intel began making inroads to smartphone processor market.

Will be interesting to see how this turns out.

"Well it seems Ivy Bridge wont be the successor enthusiasts were hoping for on socket 1155. The new Ivy Bridge processors look to carry 95W TDPs instead of the originally expected 77W TDP Intel had been seeking. On top of this, the next blow to Ivy Bridge comes in the form of overclocking headroom, these CPUs tend to hit the wall at after 4.6-4.7 GHz due to temps getting so high it throttles down to protect itself from damage. The fact Sandy Bridge has an extra 200-300MHz over Ivy Bridge in terms of overclocking headroom and runs cooler at max clock has Ivy Bridge not looking so good. It seems the blame for these shortcomings is being placed on the 22nm Tri-gate transistors which have further increased transistor density in an already small die size, so much so in fact that heat can't be removed quick enough with air or water for high clock speeds. The speeds seen with liquid nitrogen have the chips looking stellar, but don't let that cloud your expectations, on air and water Ivy Bridge looks to be disappointing compared to what Sandy Bridge offered."

I know I am a realist, not an enthusiast, but I think people are being too nit-picky about processors these days. "Sandy Bridge has an extra 200-300MHz over Ivy Bridge in terms of overclocking headroom", that's not that much in my mind, and it will make little system performance difference. Sure, its fun to see what numbers you can hit, see how far you can push your system, but seriously?

Too many people think that OC and core speeds on their processors somehow relate to e-penis size. Too much misinformation out there on the benefits of core clock speeds vs architecture, hardware environments, and software designed to use them. More MHz does not always translate into noticeable system performance improvement.

Bah, guess this is just an old school tech head ranting. I apologize. haha

• Kit Shortcut Bundle for all class unlocks for $25.
• Vehicle Shortcut Bundle for $18.
• Co-op Weapons Shortcut for $5.
• Individual class unlocks sell for $7 each.
• Air Vehicle and Ground Vehicle Shortcuts sell fro $10 each.

Needless to say, this has met with mixed feelings among gamers. On one side of the coin, not everyone has the time available to play the game for the hundred plus hours needed to unlock everything. On the other side, why should someone be able to pay $40 and bypass everything others had to work for?

Edit: These "shortcut bundles" are available on all three platforms. The PC versions available through Origin.

The Problem with Game Trailers

This GameSpot article brought up a good point that most of us have thought about, but have not really discussed. At what point does the gap between the game trailer and the game become too large? Too much Hollywood movie and not enough game?

Dead Island, Epic Games, and the Uncharted series are is used as examples in this video, but there are many others. You have games like Modern Warfare 3 making Hollywood style game trailers that do not represent the final product much at all. Then you have Battlefiled 3 where most all trailers are actual in-game footage, sounds, ect.

So what's your thoughts on this subject?

Personally, I would like to see less Hollywood CG or live video, and have trailers better represent what you get when you play the game.

Need for Speed Fan? Movie May be in the Works!

Warner Bros, Sony, and Paramount Studios have all expressed interest to Electronic Arts to make a movie based on the Need for Speed franchise. So far, no official word on anything else.
As long as its not just another "Fast and Furious" type film, and represents the franchise well. I am all for it.

• Socket compatibility for upgrades
• Largest number of cores per socket
• Four integrated memory channels per processor

So far this is unconfirmed by DICE, but considering that Microsoft and Sony usually take at least a week or two in order to approve content (whether it’s DLC, game download, etc.), it’s not entirely unrealistic to assume that the beta is in fact ready, and that all we (and DICE) are waiting for is a go-ahead from the console makers.

Remember, if you per-ordered Medal of Honor 2010 last year, or Battlefield 3 more recently, you will have access to the beta. At some point I think it will also be open to the public, but I am not 100% sure how this is going to be done.

For all BWH members that are looking to get into the beta, I will keep news updated as it develops.

Game on!

Update:  (4:00PM CST 9-17-11)

Rumor within the past several hours has it that beta has passed certification.

http://www.enterbf3.com/viewtopic.php?t=3931

Of course, no official word as of yet, but it would make sense. Now we just need to wait for an official word on the matter. "If" this is accurate, we could probably expect the beta to begin within the next few days to a week.

Update: (2:45PM CST 9-19-11)

The BF3 Multiplayer Beta is apparently set to launch this week across all platforms. At the http://bf3beta.battlefield.com/ sub-domain you are greeted with a simple message saying that "It Works!".

People from both Dice and EA have been leaving teasing tweets over on Twitter. Such as these.

This week is going to be off the hook #BF3

Tomorrow guys follow us... there are some news about something you have been waiting a long time...

Gonna be a great week. #bf3

Eluding that the beta may start as early as tomorrow? Maybe. I will keep you informed! 

Update: (8:00AM CST 9-20-11)

The Battlefield 3 Beta will start on September 29th. The announcement was made just moments ago.

Visit http://www.battlefield.com/battlefield3/1/beta for all details and a FAQ on the beta.

Here is a copy of the three most important questions in the FAQ I think most people will be interested in knowing. I have posted the system requirements for the game on the forums.

• I BOUGHT THE LIMITED EDITION OF MEDAL OF HONOR, HOW DO I GET EARLY ACCESS?
  

ON PC, YOU WILL RECEIVE AN EMAIL WITH INSTRUCTIONS AND YOUR PERSONAL EARLY ACCESS CODE. NOTE YOUR CODE AND FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS TO REDEEM THE CODE ON ORIGIN.

Also, a new patch for Bad Company 2 will be released on Wednesday the 21st.

Come on 9-29-11. You can NOT get here fast enough!

On September 11, 2008, a group of friends decided that they no longer wanted to play with people who didn't know the essence of gaming. They gathered together to create a fun place where everyone was equal and everyone had the choice to come and go as they please. As they talked more about what a gaming experience should be they came up with Bob's Whore House server. As their server began to grow and more people came around, they set down rules that not only were simple but they still stand today that’s when Bobswhorehouse.com was created. They brought to us the experience of a true gaming community. Where we didn't have to be picked on by one "power hungry" leader or where we had to play because we were in a clan. I am sure many of you have gone through all those clan times. The founders created Bobswhorehouse.com as a new start to a non-stop growing community that never left you with a dull moment. Three years ago, Propaganda Panda, KaitoZaras, KayossZero, Commie Joe, Cross.t.w, SandTiger, Dracallis, Dragonin, CrazyTits, Skyne, LordRaven, Dragon Mage, S281, Rok_it, and, last but certainly not least, ShadowE989, came together and created what we are now.....BWHgaming.com

What inspired you to be a part of BWH? (Message from our founders)

Sandtiger:  we played eve online for like... a month. I stole a whole bunch of money from people and gave a bunch to Shadow, rofl. It was pretty much the people, when we played killing floor it was awesome but after that everyone kinda does their own thing, but they still congregate in teamspeak. Its a large enough community that its pretty easy to find other people that play games you do, like bad company or dead island or left for dead small enough to be personal but big enough to find people to play with pretty much

Strider:  I got hooked on BWH in Killing Floor. Joined a BWH server one day after getting the game liked the people I was playing with. So I checked out the old BWH forums. Its hard for me to find gaming communities I actaully like. Mainly because I am often so much older then the people in them.  I did not have that problem with BWH.

LordRaven:  It was just a way for me to have fun and shadow and the gang at the time were good players who knew how to have a good time. Well i was merely a founder by luck i started playing with the originals like 3 years ago.  I really enjoyed it.

Dracallis: The people, we would always like to play together and we got eachother's back, we joined in groups and dominated the kill scores . we liked to play as a team. My girl friend and i would go and tell people about the server and invite people to play a lot

CraZyTits: Well at the time we were just playing KF a lot, and I enjoyed the server because it was consistant. Same people, more or less, each day. Well Dracallis and I took a hiatus for moving from one house to another, and I guess it's the fact that it's a familiar place.

CommieJoe: It all started when we first played the doom2 maps through, then we started putting more maps on the server, then i started making maps. I first got on bwh after meeting s281  then we did all the doom2 maps on bwh, back when it was just a single server, on gameservers.com.  the group supported me in what i did, and let me use the server to test my stuff on plus there wasn’t pressure and stuff like with a clan. we just wanted to be a place for ppl to game together, and to make it a relaxed atmosphere.

KayossZero: I would say the main one would be that it was the people who made the game for me, playing with them night after night and forming good friendships all across the community and having that close knit feel of a good niche game. The laid back atmosphere helped but also not having to worry about real griefers or idiots ruining your game.

Rok_It: I was not a fan of kf ... skyne was playing with me on left for dead... he skyne intro me to kf... and shadow was the one running the original bob's whore house server... it was the rave server that everyone wanted to be on... i got in with shadow... and commie. My investment into this is purely for don and the original thought of making bwhgaming one of the best gaming servers there is... i don't play it nearly enough

Unfortunately I could not get a hold of all the founders but thank you to those who helped.

Today is also the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attack. Ten years ago, I don't remember where I was but I do remember how I felt. We lost many innocent people that day and they will never be forgotten. Remember to take a moment of silence any time to day in honor for those who are no longer with us and their families. May they rest in peace and God Bless.