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You shouldn't, but some of the replies do give additional info on the move... Like, H, I would give a quick glance at the headlines 2-3x a week... Pity all the good review sites are slowly disappearing... I remember the days of ArsTechnica giving in depth reviews of the Netburst based P4's or...

/. response... https://news.slashdot.org/story/19/03/20/2151221/hardocp-is-getting-mothballed-as-kyle-bennett-accepts-job-at-intel

Glad to hear you're well.

The only issue I see, IIRC, hasn't MS been removing hardware support during Windows 10 development? (eg what was fully supported on the initial release/update, may not be supported with the latest 1809 release)? IIRC some Intel/AMD CPUs are no longer supported, along with some older chipsets...

On Saturday the family and I ate at McDonalds for the first time in about 6mths. (We were out grocery shopping in an area we don't normally go, so unsure of the local options). I got a Big Mac meal... My wife asked how the Big Mac was, and I said, "Well, the meat had no flavour, I'm not sure...

In some respects it's laughable how easy, yet so difficult MS make creating installation media...

I guess the only advantage of having the ISO directly, is that you can use the Window USB/DVD download tool or another 3rd party tool like Rufus to convert the ISO to a bootable USB.

Download the ISO directly from MS: https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/software-download/windows10ISO

+1 to what sechs mentions. Download the latest Win10 ISO, use the Windows Media Creation Tool to create a installation USB, and install. Barring any hardware incompatibilities it should be fine. As for activation see: https://www.storageforum.net/forum/threads/windows-10.10394/post-206565

IIRC, you need at least a Z97, X99 or Z170/270 Intel based chipset (and BIOS/UEFI) to support booting from NVMe. (Unless the add in card has the appropriate firmware to allow it to boot on legacy systems, ala SAS cards). This seems to confirm: https://forums.evga.com/NVMe-M2-on-X58-m2609961.aspx

I think it's a case of the market for mods for Japanese based cars is a lot less than say Ford or Chev, not to mention the "made is US" factor going against foreign designed/made cars... Likewise here we see a lot of utes being favoured locally... One example...

FYI, 2015 Evo was AU$53,700 (+ on road costs), or it seems in the US, was US$38,805 (+ on road costs) on release. Agree, locally "hooning" / street racing has become a real problem... It would be nice if they went to the local track(s) for that stuff... Source...

Evo, an economy car?

Seems we all had a plumbing story this week... I had to replace the tap valves in the ensuite shower last week, due the shower having a slight leak with the taps turned off. (The nylon/rubber ends on the valves had deteriorated due to over tightening).

I've read quite a few complaints about how finicky some UHD BR players are with even with a tiny bit of dirt/grease/oil/fingerprint on the disc, and that while 4K contents looks gorgeous, having to polish discs before playing was getting old, very fast. The days of playing super-scratched discs...

Since he mentions CyberLink, I would assume physical UHD Blu-Ray purchased from a retail store. Looks like the specs are from here: https://www.cyberlink.com/products/powerdvd-ultra/spec_en_US.html

Did you install W10 onto it any time? If so, just grab the latest ISO from MS and install. It should activate, as the prior installation/activation would have been recorded by MS... Otherwise, keep 8.1 or fork over some cash for W10 upgrade. (IIRC you can purchase direct from MS online store)...

Referring to this? https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-internet-divided-between-the-u-s-and-china-has-become-a-battleground-11549688420

Kids are waiting for Lego Movie 2 to come out...

The Australian Government has setup "My Health Record" in which all your personal medical records are stored in a central DB/service and can be accessed by medical practitioners as needed... In the short time it's been operational, at least 99 (reported) breaches have occurred... It appears...

Yet another day, yet another security breach... https://support.500px.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017752493-Security-Issue-February-2019-FAQ Is it time to give up on the 'net?

Something worth checking, is your states regulations regarding internal cabling. (Is there a state/federal requirement for licensed/registered persons to do the work). Also, having done lots of cabling in the past, whilst there is a sense of achievement in DIY, the WTF moments on trying to feed...

Seems to have really died down... Hopefully all the old regulars are well?

Unfortunately, I don't think you will (easily), especially with the heavy push for thinner/lighter laptops. If you want something with mechanical keys, then an external keyboard is your best bet. (There are quite a few 68key keyboards out there and even a few 49key ones). Actually, just found...

Likewise, as sd mentions, HP stuff orientated towards business users tends to be decent, stuff orientated towards mass consumers can be very hit/miss... HP Probooks and Elitebooks tend to be decent across the board, but their Pavilion can be very hit/miss (especially the Intel ones, the AMD...

Mirroring what H mentioned, it's best to use the same vendor SFP+ transceivers as the card being used. However we've had some good experiences with 3rd-party transcievers from FibreStore (https://www.fs.com/), as they make transceivers to suite vendor specific cards.

Yesterday was pretty good, daughters 9th birthday... Took the day off work to spend with her (and the rest of the family), went and saw "How to train your dragon 3" at the cinema, and had a sushi banquet for lunch after the movie... and she played with all her new toys in the afternoon...

I would hope/assume either rhinovirus or influenza?

We have a few 2TB, 4TB and 6TB Toshiba's at work (about 40 all up), haven't had any issues with them so far...

Just like to wish those of the Orthodox Christian faiths, a Merry Christmas. (Christmas in most Orthodox faiths is celebrated on the 7th of Jan : https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/common/orthodox-christmas-day ).

Interesting little ARM based system kit... https://www.anandtech.com/show/13584/nvidia-xavier-agx-hands-on-carmel-and-more I wonder how hard/possible it would be to convert this into a small NUC desktop system?

IIRC, Thunderbird can import mbox natively.

Happy New Year to all...

Looks really good. Can you please double check the edit time for posts, I seem to be able to edit really old posts...

So it's true, Aquaman does suck...

Just like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and hope you enjoy a safe and pleasant holiday period. For all others who also celebrate other events at this time I also wish a: Happy Hanukkah Io, Saturnalia! Happy and Joyful Kwanzaa Happy Constitution Day Joyful Feast of Winter Veil Happy...

AMDs CPUs weren't vulnerable to Meltdown, only some the Spectre variants, most of which performance loss due to mitigation were minor. My only concern with Ryzen are the mobile parts, and how AMD has handled the driver situation with them...

And the comments/reviews certainly have a good sense of humour about them! ;)

A quick browse through the article, suggests that a debian based userland is now available whilst running in ChromeOS (no dual boot), allowing users to install GNU/Linux applications (via the debian repos) and have those applications run along side your native ChromeOS apps and Android apps...

OK, here is the data from the Australian BOM for: Amberley RAAF airbase: 1941-Present... http://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/ncc/cdio/weatherData/av?p_nccObsCode=36&p_display_type=dataFile&p_startYear=&p_c=&p_stn_num=040004 Logan City: 1993-Present...

Source?

None.... ;)

It was refreshing to see an honest review on the durability of the device as well, something I think that is often skipped in most reviews.

IPad Pro review...

Due to an administrative billing error with our ISP, we had our service restricted/shaped to 256/256Kbps (down/up) yesterday.... (all corrected now). It was an eye opener to see how bloated the web has become, and what interesting, was the customer portal (for accounts/services/payments/etc)...

Today the family took a drive up to O'Reillys @ Lamington NP, and went for a short bushwalk... Enjoying all the birds and other flora/fauna we came across this cute little guy... Sorry for the bad pic, but off the camera on the mobile using digital zoom, as didn't want to get too close...

I don't understand it, I always tend to go for decent without spending $$$. (The tyres I got were AU$270ea and have a 80K km (50K mi) rating - I'll be happy with 60K km (38K mi) from them). Last set of tyres on the car (Dunlop SP Sport 01) we changed at 55K km (34K mi), as while they were still...

Just a short post... Was getting new tyres on the car last weekend (Cooper CS5 Ultras for our Suzuki Grand Vitara), and whilst waiting for them to fit them whilst in the waiting room, a rather smug looking individual comes in asking about getting two new tyres for their car (Merc C63 AMG about...

Not surprised at all, especially schemes that rely on using SMS/txt delivered pin codes. (really easy to hijack/listen in on phones these days). Thanks for the link. ;)