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Stereodude

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Oh, that is no good. Just some of the security can be an issue, though it changed again in 2014. I have not been there yet in 2017 though.
Supposedly my bag will arrive the local airport tonight at 10:20pm'ish local time. I'm not sure when it will get to my hotel. I expect tomorrow.
 

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Supposedly my bag will arrive the local airport tonight at 10:20pm'ish local time. I'm not sure when it will get to my hotel. I expect tomorrow.

That's not bad, but expected if in Europe. Did you bring critical items onboard? I hope they fly you in Business class.
 

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Did you bring critical items onboard? I hope they fly you in Business class.
No to both of those. I've not had this problem with my bags before so I was not as careful in the distribution of my items as I probably should have been.

And business class. Ahahaha, no. I've never worked for any company that would pay for that.
 

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No to both of those. I've not had this problem with my bags before so I was not as careful in the distribution of my items as I probably should have been.

And business class. Ahahaha, no. I've never worked for any company that would pay for that.

Toothbrush, toothpaste, anti-perspirant, meds, and a pair of black nylon-spandex underwear are mandatory in my personal carry-ons.
On business travel I'll carry on the first day of clothes if it is a longer trip and I have checked luggage.
 

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In person or conference calls?

Mostly they are by telepresence rather than in-person meetings, since I am at a satellite office for a while.
It's much better to meet in person, but sometimes there are people on 2-3 continents. The sound quality nowadays is often worse than in the 1930s, so communication is challenging.
 

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Nope. Though I am a bit notorious for my battle against meetings. I find it far better to talk to a dozen people for 5 minutes each than have everyone sit in a room for an hour. And in the process save 11 hours of productivity.
 

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Well that depends on how much interaction there should be between those 12 people.
 

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Ebay prices for DDR3 RAM are ridiculous, but I think I managed to find a decent (sub $100 per kit) listing for a 2x8GB kit that should work with my board and have ample clearance for my CPU cooler if the sheet I cross-referenced is accurate. If it is in fact working with my board I'll grab another of the kits next week when I get paid again for 32GB total, assuming I can. I don't need 32GB right now but I can probably put it to use even if only for caching, and I have a feeling I'll need it sometime soon. I want to get it now while the getting's still semi-sane.

In other news having six whole Nehalem-competitive cores is unreal -- I don't think I've once managed to push this thing to 100% CPU usage since putting it in. I have a feeling that I'll have to become very intimitely acquainted with setting CPU affinity to get proper usage out of the cores, I think it may just be leaving the last two alone. With the higher-clocked DDR3 RAM I plan to OC the FSB to get it to 1600 and push the CPU a bit harder than just 2.8GHz since I now have ample thermal headroom. I think a 230-240MHz FSB clock should do it? I'll be sure to lower the hypertransport ratio to compensate (otherwise it'll run at, what, almost 3GHz itself?) Maybe a slight overvolt will help me. This is my first time messing with overclocking in any serious manner, but I'm not looking to get crazy performance, just push a 1055T to ~1090T levels of performance while actually running my RAM at its rated speed.
 

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6 whole cores? :rofl:

You don't need to do squat with affinity when you have 6 cores. If you have 20 cores each with HyperThreading then you may have do something.
 

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I found on the hexacore Gulfton that a few programs were better with the hyperthreader off.
 

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The forum software probably trucnates your posts when it detects too many spelling snafus in order to spare you some embarassment. At least that's my theory.
 

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Just to be sure I'm not misunderstood, like it so easy happens with written communication, I do find your posts entertaining. Some of your typos are true gems.
 

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I used to like watching "House of Cards" on Netflix. It's a very well made TV series. However, even though the latest season has been available for some weeks on Netflix, I haven't even been tempted to watch it yet. Cable news about the White House these days is so much more entertaining. Reality has made an award-winning fictional show boring compared to it.

It's quite a feat.
 

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The forum software probably trucnates your posts when it detects too many spelling snafus in order to spare you some embarassment. At least that's my theory.

:rofl::rofl::rofl: It seems to be mostly an Androids issue, but not always. Sometimes I am in process of drafting a post with two devices/computers at the same time, which probably is not the best plan.
 

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I don't know ways happening these days. Every German train I have been on today has been late. And here I thought the trains ran on time.
 

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I don't know ways happening these days. Every German train I have been on today has been late. And here I thought the trains ran on time.

You work for the Germans? When I was stationed in West Germany the trains were decent, but I think they got worse after the reunification. Once I missed a connection through the Alps and did not have a sleeper. :(
I'd assume by now everything in the world is various degrees of inefficient crap. I try at all costs to avoid trains.
 

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You work for the Germans? When I was stationed in West Germany the trains were decent, but I think they got worse after the reunification. Once I missed a connection through the Alps and did not have a sleeper. :(
I'd assume by now everything in the world is various degrees of inefficient crap. I try at all costs to avoid trains.
No, I don't work for the Germans. However, I'm in Germany now for two weeks visiting one of the company's German offices. They were all a few minutes late. 5 minutes max, but when your train change is 11 or 12 minutes it matters.
 

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Ebay prices for DDR3 RAM are ridiculous, but I think I managed to find a decent (sub $100 per kit) listing for a 2x8GB kit that should work with my board and have ample clearance for my CPU cooler if the sheet I cross-referenced is accurate. If it is in fact working with my board I'll grab another of the kits next week when I get paid again for 32GB total, assuming I can. I don't need 32GB right now but I can probably put it to use even if only for caching, and I have a feeling I'll need it sometime soon. I want to get it now while the getting's still semi-sane.
I bought 32GB (4x8gB) of used DDR3 1866 registered server memory for $75 a few weeks ago on eBay. The prices of the standard consumer stuff is so much higher?
 
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