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Who are the idiots making these decisions and forcing them down our throats?

No password is safe from this new 25-GPU computer cluster I knew commuting was a dog's life, but I never expected this!

Don't know what happened. Try this.

This is why you pay attention to flashing yellow lights! World's Toughest Bridge. Near Durham, N.C. Note, when you click on the link, the video starts immediately.

Have you tried taking out the Startech, cold rebooting, checking Device Manager, then putting the card back in and rebooting?

Gosh, that's some very, very complex imagery, Merc!

Thanks Lunar.

They make you download sw that compromises the machine.

Does Photoshop allow multiple activations? 3 IIRC? My old PC died with the Photoshop CS3 install on it. I converted the partition to a VM. IN the VM it now says the install of Photoshop needs to be activated. The Deactivate option in the Help menu is grayed out. What is the best way to handle...

Exciting new technology to increase life of flash

Interesting read. How Windows tech support scammers walked right into a trap set by the feds

Many older phones didn't come with expanded storage. My current phone does, but I never stored anything on the MicroSD card other than Google Maps..

I've yet to install my ancient CS3 on my new Win7-64 PC.

What about phones? I've read that when you erase everything on the phone or do a factory reset (all through the phone's menu), nothing gets erased, only directory / pointers. It appears when the phone is connected with a cable to a PC with the right software (typically people who repair phones)...

Glad for you. Hope it all goes as you expect.

What's great is it does what it's supposed to do, so many years running. The interface is not that great; there was a learning curve I went through. I doubt you'll glean much from a screenshot of a small-window VM. For the last many years, I pretty much use it to only print out the calendar. I...

Not sure of what you want a shot. Calendaring program interface? It running in a VM? I was wrong; it's older than 1996. I print a two month calendar per page and it gets put on the fridge with magnets. It lists my and the wife's family members' birthdays, wedding anniversaries, birth and...

That was a good overview, thanks Coug.

's why I still use a circa 1996 Win 3.1 calendar program. Tried many successive versions and versions from other vendors, they were all horrible. I use it in a Win XP VM running on Win7-64. Amazingly, it will run on XP, and when Y2K happened, I was terrified it would fail. The moon phases part...

Interesting stuff. More than twice as efficient as CFLs, and on par with LEDs (today). Though it doesn't say, I suspect it is cool running like fluorescent tubes and not hot like LEDs. That gives FIPELs an advantage in certain applications. Once mass produced, I suspect it may be cheaper than...

Apparently they are clueless. More important, North Korea and China are fanboys of each other, so any positive press (even if satirical) gets their attention immediately.

Lunar, the cpu fan blows air onto the heat sink. This air dissipate in all directions. Since the CPU is located near the top of the board / case, I have two exhaust fans at the top of the case. I think this is good.

DD< I don't understand what you're saying. If you actually look at it, there are only two 140mm low speed fans pulling in air from the front, and one 140mm and one 120mm exhausting air from the top. The inside two fans are merely directing the air pulled in by the two front bottom intake fans...

I've got two fans in front of the drive cage, and two in the back of the drive cage in push pull configuration. I've always been paranoid about keeping my drives cool, and this way they are at room temperatures as they were in my old case. Never have had a drive fail on me so far. The fans at...

Thanks. So, should I move to Win 8 (I just moved to Win 7 from XP) for the reasons Tannin and you mentioned? I would be very interested in the speed enhancements related to storage / windows explorer, but am leery of incompatibility with programs. The $40 upgrade is available here as well.

Just for grins, I downloaded the Win8 compatibility checker and ran it on my new machine - built a month ago with new motherboard, / CPU / RAM. The checker says "Intel(R) USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller Driver" not compatible, and does not offer any suggestions or workarounds. H-E-L-L-O! I'm...

Heeeeeeeeeeeee's baaaaaaaaaaaaack!

Take care you guys in NorCal.

Why is this in the Something Random thread, DD? This is the case I bought for my new setup. They lie about the cooling though; you can't stick in as many fans as they claim, and certain combinations of fan sizes (140, 120) won't fit together. The wiring on the motherboard side is totally...

The S4 is avilable here now; about $82.4k at today's exchange rates. 3.0L supercharged V6 with 7-speed DSG. It is not clear if that includes road tax or not (probably not). Over here lifetime road tax is payable upon registration, which varies from 8 to 20% depending on the state in which the...

I'm more concerned about security than running out of RAM.

Things are getting interesting! In about 5 years, we can have it anyway we want.

It's sad that Mozilla has virtually halted work on a 64-bit version. ARS Techinca has a good article why that's a bad idea.

This Philips LED system seems awesome; check it out.

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The Onion strikes again!

hanks Santilli.

Thanks guys, I feel comfortable buying them now.

Fushigi! (John). Thanks Merc, had a mental block there. Thanks Bozo. Maybe someday I'll try the cheapest one and see how it performs.

I've never heard of TP-Link before. Newegg sells at least one product, Amazon a few, and they are widely available here. Are they any good? Overall, reviews seem favorable. I need to replace my ADSL wired modem soon, and was thinking of buying the TD-8840T. Solves my other problem of not...

Gosh. How do the buoys record wave height? If it's via communication with a satellite, the precision is astounding.

I'm sure Merc would absolutely love that!

Merc, can you be a little more specific with the recipe? Type pf oil, quantities used, etc. ? I think a lot of us suffer from the shaving routine, and I'd like to make my own magic concoction as well.

I thought the Hawkeye name was trademarked by Pradeep and our friend from Chicago who hasn't posted in years (I forget his handle & name, but he was using monitors with super ultra high resolutions like Pradeep).

Sandalwood oil is e-x-p-e-n-s-i-v-e! I like that fragrance, and was using a soap made with sandalwood oil. However, the price has risen steadily, and I've switched to a common, everyman soap now.

Years ago, there was an article that said boffins had figured out how to make your drink (beer, soda) go ice cold when opened. Unfortunately the idea never took off; probably too expensive to implement. In similar vein, I have wondered why nobody has invented a gizmo that dispenses warm shaving...

My only RMA experience with GB in circa 2005 was bad. They just sent a flaky video card back saying nothing was wrong with it.

Is Tea back in town from her wanderings?

Microsoft hands Windows 8 Pro to pirates by mistake Permanently activate Win 8 ...

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