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I know it's EA game... but still worth a watch...

Yes, he was...

Sad if it is him... However, if he was unwell for a few years prior, that could explain the reduced involvement in forums, selling of equipment, etc. PS. I first meet Mark on the 2cpu.com forums**, very helpful with my Tyan K8W setup and understanding the AGP issues with AMD-8151 chipset...

Thanks for the work, working really well... The only problem I had was when accessing the new site, attempting to login would show the "thank you of logging in" message, but then get an immediate logout. Fixed it by deleting all cookies for this site in the browser, after doing that, login...

For those with Sony TVs/BR players, here is the official list of devices to lose YouTube on 20-Apr... https://esupport.sony.com/US/p/news-item.pl?news_id=487 Panasonic hasn't issued a list yet... And Google themselves have said that earlier generation GoogleTV devices (honeycomb or ICS based...

Hi Liam, Most of the stuff I know that will do HFS+ costs $$$$, however FTK Imager should be able to read HFS+ partitions/filesystems assuming the MBR/GPT hasn't been overridden. However I don't know if the free version will let you extract the data needed, but it should at least let you see if...

Any problems with newer BR discs not working in the older BR player? (due to DRM/key changes over time)

Unsure about Roku, but I've got 2x Chromecast that we use with different apps on our TVs (mainly Presto and Youtube). Whilst we've got a Sony TV that is most likely affected (KDL40CX520 - approx 4yr old), we have found the YouTube app on the TV is limited compared to using a tablet+chromecast...

Exactly... I've got a friend who works at a regional ISP on the Gold Coast (OnTheNet), and even he admits both Telstra and Optus are putting a lot of financial strain on their wholesale users, where Telstra and Optus are not just quite undercutting their own wholesale pricing plans, making...

This exactly... What you could see is that general consumer based models are locked, but corporate models are not (due to HP, Lenovo, Dell, etc support RHEL on the corporate models). For those of us that build our own desktops, I don't see Asus, Gigabyte, MSI, etc locking the BIOS down for the...

Secure Boot It's becoming widely reported that the option to turn off Secure Boot will be optional for OEMs under the Windows 10 partner program... http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/03/windows-10-to-make-the-secure-boot-alt-os-lock-out-a-reality/ Not nice for those of us that...

At work we've been looking for mini-ITX motherboards with onboard SAS, and opions are very limited. The nice thing about the ASRock board, is both the SATA and SAS ports exported via 8087 mini-SAS connectors, allowing easy connection to hot-swap bays...

For those that are building your own NAS, are you aware of this little motherboard from ASRock? ( http://www.asrockrack.com/general/productdetail.asp?Model=E3C224D4I-14S#Specifications ) Extended mini-ITX Socket 1150, i3/i5/i7/Xeon E3 upto 32GB DDR3 RAM LSI 2308 controller + Intel C224...

For those Australians using iiNet, Internode, Westnet or Adam, iiNet is set to be purchased by TPG... fun times ahead for all... http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=2382526

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-au/windows-8/upgrade-from-windows-vista-xp-tutorial and http://windows.microsoft.com/en-au/windows-8/upgrade-assistant-download-online-faq

It's okay for Youtube, TuxPaint and GCompris which is what my 5yr old daughter does with it... (The 2GB RAM helps, as Win7 will use 700MB for itself). I've still got another Asus 1001HA netbook kicking around (Atom N270, 2GB RAM) running Arch Linux, and besides the slow startup is still very...

User data for me is approx 800GB; documents, home movies, photos, source code, application assets, etc. Home 1 (mine): Intel i7-4790, 32GB RAM (4x 8GB DDR3-1600), ASRock H97M-PRO4, eVGA GTX760 OC 2GB, Intel 530 240GB SSD, Hitachi 2TB 7200rpm HDD, LG BluRay-RW, Hyper212 Evo HSF, SilverStone...

Interesting, but for a drive that is really designed for near-line backup/archive (write once, read many), it's not surprising that such a low sustained performance was seen with 1 application. I did note, that raw IO write tests did show 180MB/s+ sustained, so could be an artefact of that one...

Install one of the kiosk mode add-ons, eg http://www.brighthub.com/internet/google/articles/107735.aspx

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Very said news indeed. Leonard did lead a full life and did bring joy to many people, and for that we should be greatful and not mourn the loss, but celebrate the life and joy he gave us all.

Review of the ARM based NAS... 8x 3.5" bays, 2x 1 GbE RJ-45 + 2x 10GbE SFP+ http://www.anandtech.com/show/8985/synology-ds2015xs-review-an-armbased-10g-nas

Just no more security updates for the core OS... You may still get updates for things like IE and other shared/common components like .NET, etc after this date, but nothing for the core OS itself. IIRC, the MS policy is to stop support for a version once the next service pack has been released...

Actually, implementation of the NX bit solves a host of issues with exploit mitigation, stopping both remote and local exploits from occurring... Whilst NX won't stop trojans, it can and does stop a whole range of other malware of performing the initial infection... And with AV solutions being...

Using all available bundle options and discounts: iiNet: OffNet Home - 3 Turbo w/300GB (150GB peak/150GB offpeak) ($59.95) + landline ($29.95) + call pack ($20) = $109.90 pm. No further discounts available, unless current sale offer (there is an offer to double quota for new customers)...

Out of interest, how many of you are just using the OEMs installation on mass deployments and not your own OS image? If you were using your own, then crap like this should never be an issue...

@time, thanks. I've looked at Internodes offerings, but my wife is pushing for us to switch back to Telstra... Mainly for a number of reasons: 1. Telstra appears to be the only provider to offer Priority Assistance on landline repairs. (iiNet stopped offering this 12mths ago). She's undergoing...

Quick follow up. Coug how are you liking the Moto G? As mentioned in another thread, my wife and I are looking at switching ISPs, but since we tend to keep all services with one provider will need to switch carriers and hence may require a new handset. My wife is looking at the Sony Xperia Z3...

Sorry for the necro thread rebirth... For the Australian members, are you still using the ISP you may have mentioned above? Or any recommendations? For the long story, When we first joined iiNet, things were much, much better than Bigpond, support was responsive and issued corrected quickly...

Both Intel and AMD can issue a microcode update to include new instructions (LAHF-SAHF, CMPXCHG16B and PREFETCHW), BUT it'll require support from motherboard vendors (CPU microcode updates can be shipped as part of the BIOS image or as part of the OS) and OS vendors. In reality, both AMD and...

@Tannin, yep it sucks for those with viable and working hardware to be stuck on an EOL platform... But their version won't stop workling on the EOL date, and they also have the option to move either Win8.1 32bit or GNU/Linux (choose your poision) to remain with a supported product. Or they can...

For anything other than glossy photoes, lasers are just as good, if not better than inkjets when using decent paper... However, when I went shopping for a colour laser AIO, the killer was not the printer cost itself, but the toner cost. (Most of the entry level laser AIOs are more expensive...

We purchased an Epson WF-3520 about 6mths ago, and very happy with it. (The WF-3620 replaced this model recently). We also have a simple BW laser for bulk printing, and use the Epson for scan/fax and occassional colour printing for the kids when required. Uses common easy to get ink cartridges...

I'm still shooting with a 6MP camera... And while there have been some instances I would have liked more MP, for 99% of the stuff I shoot with it, 6MP is good enough, considering we rarely get prints above 5"x7".

Why does this remind me of the nail gun in quake? I don't know how to classify this? cool? need, not want, but need one? Or just someone with too much time on their hands?

Other than what the OS provides, no... You may need to check both the master volume and application volume controls. (I can't remember if Win7 has per application volume controls or not). Also the sound driver may have some tweaks available... (but unlikely). If handy with a soldering iron...

Anandtech review of Acer 4K with g-sync: http://anandtech.com/show/8910/acer-xb280hk-4k-gsync-monitor-review

It's all about the feel, the texture and the feedback...

Not that I'm aware of...

What's your current keyboard? Also mechanical keys (ala Cherry MXs) or membrane based desired?

I can only assume MS did that to force people onto their hosted solutions instead of relying on local installations... I know SBS was very very big here in Australia. Even the last company I worked for, installed SBS instead of regular server editions, as it was the cheapest way to get MSSQL...

I guess the only couple of question are: do you want SSO (Single Sign On) with the hosted email? eg Google authentication, OpenID, etc... Number of desktops, OS of the desktops... For centrally managed setups, you can either run a single Windows Server acting as a DC, DNS and DHCP server and...

With a drive so old., I'm 99% certain it won't support UDMA which pretty much all USB/IDE convertors require... Unfortunately you'll need an old IDE controller that supports all PIO modes to get it to work. (FYI, Drive ID is done by PIO, but data transfer is done using UDMA in modern IDE...

Re: swap/pagefile size... According to MS, (from the NT4/2K days), pagefile should be 2.5x the amount of RAM to allow for full crash dumps and hibernation. Since XP/2K3, the MS guideline was allow the OS to determine it. (but most admins will set 2-2.5x times) In the Solaris world, swap should...

Something in the event handler configuration... See if Option "TouchpadOff" is listed in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf or /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf (you may have similar files in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ ) Also I assume you're using the xf86-input-synaptics driver...

Something to try for sh*t's and giggles... That 512K *.img file will most likely be an actual floppy disk image. If you open it up in a hex editor (ghex), look at offset 510. (0x1fe). It should be 0x55 0xAA (or 55 AA). And somewhere in that you should see stuff like "MSDOS" and "NO NAME" and...

Is there no option to install a BIOS update through the BIOS itself? Re: touch pad. What model is being reported (dmesg output, or lsusb) and what driver is being installed by the kernel and XOrg? Also, if you have the ISO, you may be able to modify the ISO to be USB bootable, or see here (...

http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/lg-shows-219-ultra-wide-monitor-line-at-ces-2015/ In two minds about this, but certainly leaning towards the "like" side of the spectrum since I do run a dual monitor setup and would like to get rid of the center separation between the two monitors

Like to wish everyone a happy new year as well...

Also like to mention that for many Christian Orthodox churches, Christmas is celebrated on the 7th Jan...