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- Sat Oct 06, 2012 10:18 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Voting in America just got a bit harder
- Replies: 183
- Views: 249490
Re: Voting in America just got a bit harder
I believe the line " a more perfect union " is actually in reference to the Articles of Confederation , which was the first governing document of the United States. The Constitution replaced it. I find our Constitution both unfair and poorly constructed compared to more modern documents. At the time...
- Tue Oct 02, 2012 6:55 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Are SSDs really that bad?
- Replies: 46
- Views: 50414
Re: Are SSDs really that bad?
Of course they are perfectly silent and super fast but you can't get anywhere without seeing someone commenting on their high-failure rate, defragmentation issues, firmware data loss etc.etc. Is this really the case, is it still untested technology? Because I would rather prefer reliability over si...
- Tue Oct 02, 2012 6:17 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Properly functional illuminated keyboard?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5271
Re: Properly functional illuminated keyboard?
(disclaimer: I work for Logitech, but not on any product related to keyboards/mice) So I have the K800 , which is the "wireless" version of the Logitech illuminated keyboard linked above, and I love it. The weird thing about it is you can really use it wired or wireless--it charges via a supplied US...
- Mon Aug 24, 2009 4:21 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Intel 34nm SSD released
- Replies: 237
- Views: 304245
Yes, but that's sort of obvious and not the point I was making: filemon is a misleading way to understand how much read/write activity windows does. The vast majority of that is totally cached and won't go anywhere near the disk. That said, I'd be on the SSD bandwagon today if I had a few hundred bu...
- Thu Aug 20, 2009 3:31 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Intel 34nm SSD released
- Replies: 237
- Views: 304245
Install FileMon and watch in awe how much read/write activity windows does even when it's supposed to be "idle", and most of it for small files/registry/checking if file is there or not, etc... Although it looks like this conversation already degraded, I will say that Windows has very aggressive ca...
- Thu Jul 16, 2009 8:36 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Transform 'Cuda 7200.11 1.5tb into Velociraptor Killer
- Replies: 78
- Views: 86879
Re: Transform 'Cuda 7200.11 1.5tb into Velociraptor Killer
Transform 'Cuda 7200.11 1.5tb into Velociraptor Killer TechWare Labs posted a mod article by Artiom that transforms a $120 Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB into a speed demon that outperforms a $230 VelociRaptor 300GB in almost every way. The mod only requires the use of Seagate's own Sea Tools util...
- Sun Feb 15, 2009 5:51 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Xonar HDAV1.3 Deluxe: Asus HTPC sound card does Everything
- Replies: 68
- Views: 73654
True hardware, no matter what brand, is always better than crappy software. Who in the world would use software based Dolby Digital Decoding anyway, if they are serious about audio? This is completely faulty reasoning, given that almost all hardware produced these days has some firmware component, ...
- Sat Nov 01, 2008 9:49 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Obama Is Not Black
- Replies: 44
- Views: 14488
Re: Obama Is Not Black
Obama Is Not Black Umm, no. You are wrong. He is black. Obama gets to be black because A) that's the ethnic and cultural heritage he identifies with, and B) what is he supposed to call himself? White? Black? Should he preface every description of his ethnicity with a disclaimer that he is the produ...
- Mon Oct 06, 2008 3:56 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Firewall and server, which mobo?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5497
Re: Firewall and server, which mobo?
Hi all, I'm building a firewall and a server. The firewall will boot from a CF disk. The server will boot from a pair of Western Digital RE2-GPs (RAID 1). Which motherboard/cpu/power supply should I use? I am running these out of my house and would like to keep power consumption low. I'm not sure i...
- Tue Sep 23, 2008 10:26 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Since when is 1680x1050 resolution 1080p?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7792
Re: Since when is 1680x1050 resolution 1080p?
Lately I've been noticing monitors with 1680x1050 resolution being marketed as "1080p", even though it's smaller than 1920x1080 all around. I could understand 1366x768 being marketed as "720p", since it's more larger than 1280x720...but this 1080p thing is simply deceptive. When did this start? Grr...
- Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:25 am
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Asus Eee Box B202: An Atom-based mini PC
- Replies: 49
- Views: 56432
Nice review. Looks like a very compelling system. Maybe this is asking a bit much, but did you think about cracking it open and having a look at the innards? It'd be interesting to see whether or not it'd be possible to add more memory, tweak fans and heat sinks, see what sort of internal connectors...
- Tue Aug 05, 2008 1:26 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: 100Mbit Fiber - WD Caviar GP enough? Or is F1 better?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7404
Re: 100Mbit Fiber - WD Caviar GP enough? Or is F1 better?
There are two issues. The first is whether or not you can sequentially read/write 100 mb/sec, which any modern hard drive should be able to handle. 100 mb/sec is 12.5 MB/second, and realistically you'll only get a fraction of that. Any recent drive should have no problem meeting that speed. I think ...
- Mon Jul 21, 2008 11:33 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: How to Disable Windows Media Player
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7226
Re: How to Disable Windows Media Player
Windows Media Player is used by many of us, loathed by some of us (me included), and annoys and frustrates the rest of us. I've always liked WMP, to be honest. I always find it odd that people vehemently dislike it. And rarely do these people clearly enumerate why they dislike it. WMP is used by nu...
- Mon Jul 21, 2008 11:17 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Al Gore & Guy Dauncey's Energy Challenge to the World
- Replies: 133
- Views: 69641
Dear Mr Gore, If I were you, I'd solve the energy crisis in my own back-yard with my miracle devices, long before I told everyone else how to do things. Your own energy usage off the grid has been raising rapidly these last few years, even after the installation of your solar panels, wind machine, ...
- Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:28 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: OCZ Core series -- Affordable, high-performance SSDs
- Replies: 128
- Views: 71847
The 64GB can be bought in the UK for £175 inc VAT (pre Order), and the 128GB for £290. That's $350 for the 64 GB drive. It's almost $600 for the 128 GB drive. :lol: It is "cheaper," but I don't know that I'd consider it competitive to the new raptor. Maybe they'll have pricing more in-line with w...
- Tue Jul 15, 2008 6:36 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: OCZ Core series -- Affordable, high-performance SSDs
- Replies: 128
- Views: 71847
It would be interesting to see how a single SSD compares to the new VelociRaptor, though -- I suspect it would reduce the performance gap a good deal, although the SSD will probably still come out ahead. If these new SSD have comparable performance to MTRON drives, the velociraptor is soundly beste...
- Sun Jul 06, 2008 3:03 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: SPCR'ers: Different from rest computer nuts?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 10343
Yes, I know. I'm a petty soul for remembering this, more then 2 years old censorship. But... I told you so ;). Sorry I just had to say it. In my defense, Conroe did infact destroy AMD. I disagree. "Destroys" is something that is completely undefined. Intel definitely doesn't "destroy" AMD with resp...
- Sun Jul 06, 2008 1:17 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Why is it always a router reset that fixes the problem?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5898
- Sun Jul 06, 2008 11:27 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Why is it always a router reset that fixes the problem?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5898
Re: Why is it always a router reset that fixes the problem?
It seems 9 out of 10 times home broadband connectivity problems are solved by a power up reset of the router. I've seen this: - with both cable and dsl systems - with wired and wireless routers - with one pc or a host of PCs connected to the router - in one case, the wired PCs had connectivity issu...
- Sun Jul 06, 2008 11:05 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: My touchscreen setup
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4764
- Fri Jul 04, 2008 3:07 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: best option for moderate performance, very low power?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 11977
For AMD I think Ninja is still plenty good. Gigabyte is getting soon new MicroAtx board for 780G which has onboard 128Mb GDDR3 and all solid capacitors. its called: GA-MA78GPM-DS2H. It also has bigger heatsink. Similar to my GA-MA78G-DS3H and that chipset is cool. HWmonitor shows 39 to 41 degree's ...
- Sun Jun 15, 2008 11:10 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: AVG Anti-Virus.....New Version.
- Replies: 48
- Views: 24159
Re: AVG Anti-Virus.....New Version.
Get it soon . Shortly the old 7.5 version will not update any longer. It's still free, and now combines the anti-virus program with their anti-spyware and malware program. The new version is working fine for me so far.....nice program, nice price. :D ...or you can just patch your computer regularly...
- Sun Jun 15, 2008 10:59 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The answer without a question
- Replies: 147
- Views: 60694
[in fact it was the biggest mistake the Japanese ever made, if they had not done that the Axis powers may have won and we (or me at least) would now be speaking German. Nitpicker's corner: you'd probably be speaking Russian. Although, to be honest, I've always found these "we would now be speaking ...
- Mon Jun 09, 2008 3:07 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Where's the US going?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7069
- Fri Jun 06, 2008 12:43 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Where's the US going?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7069
Re: Where's the US going?
I have no reason to doubt you, but I believe he made similar remarks about the Federal Bank after he signed a bill in regards to it. I seriously doubt it. Wilson is one of the most mis-quoted presidents ever . For example , Aaron Russo reads a quote widely attributed to Woodrow Wilson: I am a most ...
- Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:52 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Where's the US going?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7069
Re: Where's the US going?
How many sheeple are enjoying the ride? A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible. Woodrow Wilson Do you actually know the origin and meaning behind this quote? Wilson was speaking in refer...
- Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:22 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: wood working question
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4573
Re: wood working question
Wood working question, I come to SPCR naturally... .75 inch thick oak, I would like to remove a "core" from it...like a small circle piece that would then later fit back in place floating there (supported from behind the board on something else basically). A regular hole saw bit requires the pilot-...
- Mon Apr 14, 2008 7:52 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: English isn't going to cut it according to OR politicians.
- Replies: 23
- Views: 8096
Re: English isn't going to cut it according to OR politician
This is what happens when incredibly stupid people report the news. The real story is here.aristide1 wrote:OK, maybe now I've seen everything.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR5MjzHn ... re=related
Ummm, maybe not.
- Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:34 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Build home web server vs hosting offsite
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8779
Holy crap, the Asus WL500G Premium looks perfect. Newegg's got them for $69. Reading reviews... Another perk with DD-WRT is it has DDNS clients (like no-ip.com) built in, so you can have the router update some remote DNS server. Makes having your own domain name a lot easier. One other option I can...
- Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:54 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: E8400 is amazing!
- Replies: 105
- Views: 64819
Looking at this thread, I can't help but wonder: how feasible would it be to run an E8400 system with a decent video card on a picopsu? I'd love to run a minimalist system (say, 3850?) with an E8400, one of those Western Digital green drives, and a good video card for my primary system... No chance...