Modern turbo props are extremely sophisticated. It bugs me no end when someone gets annoyed at flying an "old plane" when they see they're getting on a prop.

The GE9X will power the 777-8 and the 777-9, the next gen 777.

The 787 uses either the GE GenX or the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000, both with significantly lower thrust than GE90 and GE9X. The GenX highest thrust version has 76000 lb.ft. of static thrust, while the GE90-115B has 115000.

That bit about ejected gas bugged me as well, especially as a GE-90 gets 80-90% of thrust from the fan.

The main operating difference between Otto cycle engines (internal combustion) and Brayton cycle engines (gas turbines) is that in Otto engines have intermittent combustion and varying pressure and temperature, while Brayton engines have constant combustion and constant pressure and temperature (assuming a constant…

There is no real criteria,

+1.

Quite.

Except that not eating garlic isn't really an option. ;)

Happy that works for you, but I'm unluckily endowed with rather sensitive skin, so I can only use the most expensive Gillette razors if I don't want to be all red and blotchy. :(

Then again the method above has extended the life of the cartridges by 3-4 times.

Works just fine against the bare skin on the inside of my forearms.

Special formulated ceramic coating with stealth technology for ultimate heat dispensing.

Gorgeous. Thermalright?

I definitely understand what you mean about seeing the end result from a parts list. There also a lot to be said for the beauty of a machine where all the cables are neatly organized and where colors and styles are coordinated even inside a closed case.

Mmmm. RAMdisk...

This!

Gorgeous case. However I'm more into minimalism. My current Lian-Li is both understated and elegant. Lovely solid construction as well. Under my desk and I can't hear the thing even at very high loads.

(No, it's not resting on the carpet, in case you're wondering.)

I agree. Every small build I've done has been "needlessly noisy". Big, slow fans and lots of space mean a quiet, cool PC even when gaming.

Not quite apps, but I'd mention Start8 and ModernMix for Windows 8. For less than US$8, they tweak 8 into a really quite lovely desktop OS instead of the unholy schizophrenic mess of Modern + Legacy Desktop that now lives on Windows 8 PCs.

4k indeed. Kinda makes the 16 gigs I just installed in my new desktop seem like, well, a lot... I wonder if this new machine will let me do more stu-... Ooooh shiny!