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  1. ddrueding

    Windows Home Server / Home Server OS

    If they were to simply enable the softRAID capabilities (5, 6, and 10 would be required IMO) I would consider sticking around. More significantly, this means MS has no good answer to the more advanced filesystems out there (ZFS, BtrFS, etc).
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    Windows Home Server / Home Server OS

    Indeed. I'll need to move on to something else as well. Looks like I don't need a server after all, and may just hang my storage off a workstation.
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    Wikileaks

    Wait, what? No. Fuck the bad guys. Let them to whatever they want. On 9/11 it was still safer to fly than drive. Terrorists have never done enough damage to justify all the damage our government has done to us.
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    Anyone have a suggestion on a new washing machine?

    Me neither. I have a couple ties still tied in the closet. Just slip them on twice a year when I need them and go.
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    Wikileaks

    Sorry, too tired to play at the moment. More tomorrow.
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    Wikileaks

    Sure, trying to identify everyone that might be described as "bad" is tricky. Here is my list of requirements before any kind of action is taken. 1. Wants to do harm to innocent others 2. Wants it badly enough to follow through 2. Has the means to do it 3. Said harm would be more significant...
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    Borked Internet Connection

    I now have two new systems with this issue, both XP, both significantly infected with malware. I've done: Full runs of NOD32 and Malwarebytes till they came back clean WinsockXPFix ipconfig /flushdns netsh winsock reset netsh winsock reset catalog netsh interface ip reset C:\log.txt netsh...
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    Borked Internet Connection

    I now have two new systems with this issue, both XP, both significantly infected with malware. I've done: Full runs of NOD32 and Malwarebytes till they came back clean WinsockXPFix ipconfig /flushdns netsh winsock reset netsh winsock reset catalog netsh interface ip reset C:\log.txt netsh...
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    Wikileaks

    The number of "bad guys" out there is much, much smaller than those in power would have you believe, though their actions are creating more enemies daily. Their scare tactics are what allow them to make us sacrifice our freedoms and grant them even more power.
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    Newegg's Craptacular Website!

    Yup. Same here. For as long as I can remember. I'm sure it's intentional.
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    Wikileaks

    The highest any of these docs was rated was secret, with the bulk being merely confidential. In government, people's shopping lists are confidential. If there was an active agent's name in there, someone really messed up.
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    Multitouch desk

    That is indeed very cool. I would pay considerable amounts of money for that, if there was the software to support it. I think the software development will have to come from the tablets and just get better until we get there.
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    PC Gaming = World of Suck

    CNC:Generals was awesome. But once you've experienced the flexability of full zoom control in Supreme Commander, nothing else is acceptable. Fallout 3 was so good that I won't buy Vegas. I don't have the time to spare. Civ5 can run in the background and have a turn or two an hour.
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    Wikileaks

    I think Wikileaks shot that one down first by releasing all the docs to the press in multiple countries well in advance. I would imagine they have a few other domain names on standby as well.
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    Anyone have a suggestion on a new washing machine?

    No self-respecting female will accept the assumption that they do it, but some are nice enough to take care of it anyway. I think my wife just fears the damage to her fragile clothes at my laundering technique (put it all in, wash it, if it doesn't survive, I don't need it).
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    RAID with mixed disk technology

    Probably not automatically, though you might be able to script it. I was just thinking about what I would need to talk the user through on the phone to get them back up and running.
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    Something Random

    Happy Birthday JTR!
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    PC Gaming = World of Suck

    $485 for the console, game, and a wheel. That is about 23% of my mortgage payment. I know. I got over that when I bought the Wii (my first console) for the fit.
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    Anyone have a suggestion on a new washing machine?

    My involvement with laundry ends with purchasing the hardware and installing it.
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    Wikileaks

    I would release this info in a heartbeat, same with the past releases. Many governments lied to those they are supposed to represent about many things. That is more important than affects on the policy they were trying to implement while lying. I don't believe that these docs put significant...
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    Something Random

    Installer? I'm afraid this project will be all me. I've secured a table saw, and have the other tools required from putting the house together. Once I finish the design, I'm going to go get some cabinet-grade oak plywood, recycle the super-straight 2x4s from some walls I took down, and start at...
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    problem Multiple Monitors

    I haven't had any issues getting mirroring working on Catalyst. What I do have an issue doing is playing bluray movies on mirrored monitors, even with AnyDVD HD and the latest PowerDVD.
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    RAID with mixed disk technology

    Disconnect SSD, reboot.
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    PC Gaming = World of Suck

    Tempted to buy a PS3 just for Gran Turismo 5, but I hate to give in to their "PS3 exclusive" pressure tactics.
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    Something Random

    Random observation for 2:40AM on a Tuesday: If at any time during the design/planning phase you think "It will be easier to sort that out during the build", you're wrong. Designing the island cabinetry for the new kitchen in Solidworks. I'm hoping that even I can't screw up a complete...
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    Anyone have a suggestion on a new washing machine?

    I remember that HP would sell the same item with slightly different model numbers at different types of stores to avoid price matching guarantees. (csi, xi, etc)
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    Something Random

    No doubt just a placeholder, but the very fact that they have "marketplace" infrastructure makes me wary.
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    Something Random

    Looks like Newegg is adding a "Marketplace". Crap. How long before you can't tell whether you are ordering from them, a reputable seller, or some random dude with no service?
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    Quiet server

    Sounds like you have it under control. I would run it on top of ESXi, just to make backup and restoration easier. It makes remote admin and troubleshooting easier if that is a consideration.
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    RMA Replacement Drive

    +1
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    Extra Computer

    That system could run Win7 quite well. You probably won't even have to install any drivers.
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    Something Random

    So long as that 11 is seconds, you're alright. If it is minutes, you are hosed.
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    Affordable graphics cards

    The only problem I had with it was adding it to a system with a huge custom passive northbridge cooler. If that hadn't been there, it would have been fine.
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    Affordable graphics cards

    I recently bought a PowerColor 5750 passive that has a pair of DVI and some other goodies.
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    940: how to use it....

    And yet Civ5 still lags on my even faster machine. What Intel gives, lazy programmers take away.
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    Such thing as 4x SATA to SFF-8087 cable?

    It should work just fine. If all you are trying to do it make your 4 onboard SATA channels talk to 4 ports on the hotswap array, just use the cable backwards. I may even have some spares.
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    Where to buy QuietZone Solserene

    Bing! (BangBop). The room is 12'x16', with doors and windows on the longer walls right at 12'. Adding 6 12' boards eliminated 6 seams. The first layer was easy; 8' ceilings with 8' boards vertically oriented.
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    Where to buy QuietZone Solserene

    Just finished getting the green glue and second layer of 5/8" Type-X sheetrock up in the master bedroom (did you know that a 12'x4' piece of 5/8 is 125lbs?). That combined with the super dual-laminated, dual-pane window put a big dent in noise from the street. Of course, I also removed the old...
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    Something Random

    Groupies have four holes? I only counted three....
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    I do want to buy a used car

    Me neither. There are grey-market RS6 Avants out there, one can only hope.
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    I do want to buy a used car

    My '09 A3 will be for sale as soon as I can get my hands on one of these.
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    SSDs - State of the Product?

    The machines are usually P4s and being upgraded to C2Ds or C2Qs, depending on task. The drive in the one I pulled today was a 7200.7
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    SSDs - State of the Product?

    40GB is still plenty for enterprise workstations; no data allowed on the machine at all, even the "My Docs" is forwarded to the network. Not unauthorized apps, either. The largest corp image I have at the moment is 28GB.
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    SSDs - State of the Product?

    Nope. Just got some more 40GB though. Never heard of the "Lost Planet" game I got with it.
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    Microsoft security vs. Avast?

    You should be fine. I wouldn't worry about it too much.
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    Something Random

    I've spent $45k on home improvements this year and we don't even have a kitchen yet. I've brought in two guys to do the finishing bits (I don't trust myself with stuff that is visible). They each make what I do each week, and it's been two weeks already. Hopefully just a couple more and we can...
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    Something Random

    I've always had the impression that living in that kind of climate was particularly rough on cars. I wonder if it is quantifiable? Anyone lived in both?
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    SSDs - State of the Product?

    Small "b" - 6.25GB/s - less than half a 16x PCIe 2.0
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    Small TVs

    Wow, how timely is that?
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    Major Appliances

    I suppose it depends on how you use it. In our freezer there are only two things. Ice cream and frozen veggies. I suspect it will do just fine for that.
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