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Thanks Merc, Lenovo is certainly at the top of the list.

Too good to be true? Sounds like it. The next day another bloke called from the place and said "AMD chip is dead, will cost $80+". Couldn't tell me if was the AMD CPU or which chip. Then I got an email that it was AMD chip 216-PQUY6A6VAR. Goggle knows nothing about this chip. I told them to...

Obama Selfie - what happened next. See the pics in sequence!

Not in New Delihi, but northern India is quite cold too. The Himalayan foothills have had a ton of snow and temps have gone negative Celsius. This happens every winter to some extent, but I believe it's been extra cold this year. Totally bizaorro.

Sheesh, you guys are going through some freaky weather. Shades of The Day After Tomorrow!

Dalwhinnie 15 yr 750 ml goes for ~ USD 88 here. Too much for me now; maybe one of these days.

I dropped off the laptop at a nearby repair place. The guy called now and said it could be fixed for ~ $46; something in the power circuit had gone wonky. I've asked him to fix it. We'll see how it goes.

Awesome. Which weather station is it? Am puzzled by the 99% outside humidity, though.

Chewy roasts while the folks in the US East/NE are getting frostbite. Oh, the irony.

Thanks DD, but no cigar. The power indicator stays lit for 7 seconds, then goes off. In this period, towards the end, the Bluetooth light flashes (going thru post). After this, the battery icon flashes once then all goes dead. Coug, I was talking about opening up the laptop's insides to see...

Thanks Mark & Merc. Everything seems to have a 1366 x 768 display. Is going to be tough to find something with more vertical pixels. I'll look.

If I get one with Win 8, am I automatically eligible to upgrade to Win 8.1 online? Thanks.

The Dell Lattitude D531 my previous employer allowed me to keep seems to have gone tits-up. 6 years and 4 months old. Won't post, can't go into BIOS. When the power button is pressed, the power on light comes on then goes off after half a sec. Battery fully charged, does same thing when plugged...

Tankless (flow-through) is quite popular, but so are storage units - anywhere from 10 liters to the 60 or 80 liter monsters we had at home when I grew up. The tankless are painful to use - the water flow is like a 3-year old pissing. Anything more and the water temp drops drastically. My...

Guess that's a polite way of saying I'm in over my head :rofl:, and you'd be right. The stuff's going to hit the fan when the wife finds out how much I've spent on "flashlights".

A testament to the tenacity of human beings. After we moved to our current location (which is about 3000 feet above MSL), I really miss the central heating that is common in the US. Minimums are ~ 14°C; nothing by your standards, but cold without heating. We are renting now, so no hot water...

Yup. I gave up trying to post in another thread because it just sat there spinning. Seems ok now.

Excruciatingly s-l-o-w right now.

Handy, be wary of claimed turbo output. Very few manufacturers will tell you run time at max output is limited - 3 mins, 5 mins, 10 mins, etc. Either the circuitry will step down the output, or you will because it'll get too hot to hold. Fenix lists this info in the manual for some of their...

Thanks for the info, jtr, very useful to know. I Really appreciate you sharing your knowledge here.

Way too many flashlights do not use LiFePO4, specifically banning their use. It's also difficult to find good chargers for them. Handy, please read the instructions for the charger before deciding the charging rate. At least for NiMH, chargers look for the termination signal to stop charging...

A Very Happy New Year to All! May it be filled with robust health, abundant joy and great prosperity!

Good you're noticing these things, Dave, you'll make your little girl a good dad!

Happy Holidays to all!

I'm pretty sure you took this shot to show us the mixed light. But I'll still risk stating the obvious - don't get mad at me! But when / where possible, you could position the subject so more of one type is on the critical parts like the face. Towards the large windows for natural light, or...

Thirded!

I know you guys cycle for the joy of it, but sometimes, this may be handy.

So what are you going to give them? Win 7? How long is Win 7 going to be available before they pull the plug on it (sales) and make Tannin even madder?

Thanks guys. I'm aware of the consumer / business lines most PC/laptop makers have. My question was for a family member who's price conscious, not tech savvy, but wants a reliable machine. The laptop in my home is a 6 year old Lattitude D531 that my company allowed me to keep when I quit it a...

So HP's ok to buy? Other than Dell & Lenovo, which brands are ok?

Absolutely awesome, thanks Merc! ROTFLMAO!

OT: Fushigi and Pradeep seem to have completely disappeared from the forum :(

Happy Birthday, jtr!

I don't see how is this different from a hybrid drive other than the amount of flash.

Your link's messed up, Lunar.

+1,000,000 to what Merc said. I am not on Facebook, but some people I know have uploaded group pics and identified me - without my permission. They just don't see it as a big deal. There goes my privacy down the toilet.

Resourceful little monkey, aren't you? Kudos to you for getting it to work and saving money at the same time.

Yeah. Some states got split about a decade back. More opportunity for more politicians to enrich themselves; where there was one govt. now there are two. Etc. Now there is talk of splitting yet another state. What was once a gazillion different ethnicities was united (mostly) by the Muslim...

Totally awesome, Merc. I too always wondered why you guys have so many states. They used to teach kids rhymes in school that put the states in alpha sequence so they could recount all of them. I guess my daughter's forgotten it now.

Gosh, SH, I had no idea OBD-II was so complicated. Curious to know if the stuff you linked to applies to Saturn only (obviously the link refers to Saturn), early implementations of OBD-II, or to all cars, even current ones. What a royal pain, indeed.

Thanks jtr, I'll read up on that link.

Sheesh, man, do you think I'm stupid? I never said I read every spam mail. I eyeball the sender column and if there's a genuine email, move that to the inbox. The rest get axed in one stroke. So much for helping people. Nasty sarcasm is the result.

Much of what you said is Greek to me, jtr, I know these chemistries exist, but know little else. Most chargers don't seem to charge LiFePO4, if I recollect right. Thanks for the info, it helps to learn more abut these things. I'll try to read up on them. For now I'm sticking to NiMh and AAA /...

I've been talking about one of these.

I always inspect mail in the spam folder first, because there sometimes will be false positives sitting there. Then I manually empty the spam folder by clicking on the trash can icon next to it. Do this almost everyday. I don;t find this to be a chore to do.

Thanks SD. I think those EagleTac 18650 batteries are protected; I'd be pretty darn surprised if Eagletac was releasing unprotected batteries this powerful. Oddly, their website has no link for accessories (where I'd think batteries would be), and no search function. Some of the 10 reviews on...

But the idea is that single retail units are packed so well that you can toss them around and the drive shouldn't get hurt. The "oem" drives are sold wrapped in an anti-static bag and noting else. If you drop that, then all the bits get mixed up inside.

Thanks SD, I forgot you had written about them earlier in the thread. I think I'll pass on 18650 for now; it gets expensive, and getting them delivered to me would be a pain. I haven't read the latest on TSA's rules for transporting primary and rechargeable LI batteries. I've finalized on my...

Even with WD Retail drives (I mean the single drives in full retail packaging) ?

Wow, the guy's all over the place. 'nix, Windows, apps, what not. Thanks Merc, this will come in useful someday.