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Private user data contained within emails I know the government already has or can get any info they want/need about me. If government hired a private investigator they can find out all kinds of stuff on/about me. But that's costly. Sucking data up via an email is almost free. We have gone...

/rant begin. I'd really like to get off of Gmail as Google has really turned to crap these last few years but where to go? Any suggestions? Any interest and/or demand for a secure/private/encrypted <username> @ storageforum.net email service? I'd be interested in paying for such a private...

^^^^ Not completely accurate. It's actually warm here in AZ compared to the rest of the country.

Dell P2815Q 28" 3840x2160 for $699 TN panel and only 30 Hz @ 3840x2160 so not a gaming monitor.

Timex Sinclair 1000. One Kilobyte RAM and one Kilobyte of ROM. I was pimp when I got the 16k RAM upgrade module. Took 6 minutes to load a 16k program up from an audio cassette player. You had to mess with the volume on the tape player just so or it wouldn't work. Great fun.

Japan is the size of California (+-) 7-8% can't remember which. And "around" 120,000,000 people.

Very interesting. Is it possible to get a breakdown of the different versions of Windows: 95/98/ME/2000/XP/Vista/7/8 etc?

Anybody have one of those OBD-II readers? I'm willing to drop a few bills to get a tester that will let me read the codes. I don't have a laptop so I'd need actual hardware instead of just the cable and computer program. Yeah I've read that somewhere else as well. I don't know if that...

OMG what a pain in the ass today has been. tl;dr = Can't get my car's "drive cycle" to reset so I can get smog check. My "Service Engine Soon" light went on last week so I took my car in for servicing. The last time the light went on it was caused by a faulty gas cap which was an easy/cheap...

If you need a lot of SATA ports try this board. The ASRock Z87 Extreme11/AC. 16 SAS/SATA ports (LSI 3008) + 6 SATA (Z87 chipset) = 22 6Gbps ports.

Welcome to SF. I'm not even good looking! LOL. Not by a long shot. I'm the kid listening to the group of grown ups talk. I'm sure I'm less knowledgeable than you. Heck I just upgraded to win7 from XP THIS year.

Bozo and Lunar both beat me to it. Bozo for the link and Lunar for the Merc comment. LOL.

And now we have the AMD R9 290 video card. Only $400 and matches the GTX 780. HardOCP review here. Anandtech review here. Nvidia must be annoyed that the 290X and 290 are going to seriously cut-down the huge margins on their high-end cards. Competition is good. Nvidia's GTX 780ti is...

The Ars Technica article here.

Apparently 290X Crossfire is faster than Titan SLI in all cases. $900 cheaper than Titan SLI. Stuttering eliminated from multi-monitor setups and 4k gaming. 20-40% faster than 780 SLI. HardOCP review here. Nvidia is lowering their prices. Very impressive showing for AMD on the uber high...

Agree with the lower heat/power of Titan vs 290X. The 290X was designed to be run @95C with the fan @ 40%. That does seem very hot and would reduce the life of the card. And plus I DO NOT want 200+ degree air pumped into my room in the middle of the AZ summer.

I think they updated the driver to "fix" the problem, at least on single monitor setups. Can't recall if multi-monitor setups are fixed. Seems that Nvidia multi-card setups were always a bit to a LOT better. Don't know how the NO-SLI-Bridge required setup of the 290X will change this.

Title says it all. Hardocp review. Anandtech review. Highlights. - $549 vs $999 for Titan. - Titan like performance, slightly better @ 4k (3840x2160 res). - More power/heat than Titan. - 4 GB Vram. - 512-bit memory bus. - NO CF/SLI bridge needed for CF.

Dang that is pricy. I can get 150/20 for $100/month via Cox cable. I'm currently on the 50/10 plan for $68/month.

This one? It's $120 now. $110 if you enter the promo code by Sept 30th. Wonder if that is a 3 or 4 platter drive? I'm also looking for a 2 or 3 TB drive that uses one TB/platter tech. Edit: Holly crap...39% one egg reviews. I wonder if Newegg got a bad batch...or a bad batch of novice...

AFAIK shortly after the big-bang (10^-43 sec to 10^-35 sec) the universe expanded 40-50 orders of magnitude, AKA "inflation". Space itself expanded faster than the speed of light. It's the horizon problem. The observable universe is ~14 billion light years across while the actual universe is...

I think the easier cable routing plus the option of not installing unneeded cables is worth the tiny risk of a modular connection failure. The real problem with modular cables is that there is NO UNIVERSAL STANDARD for modular connectors. In fact modular connectors from the same vendor are...

My baby here. Quote from the review: "The Seasonic PLATINUM-660 is the newest member of the Seasonic PLATINUM line of power supplies we have reviewed, and when all is said and done it is probably the best power supply we have reviewed overall. The PLATINUM-660 posts the best voltage...

I started a thread in the "news" section but it looks like you beat me to it by several hours. Doh.

Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months.

Interesting. From the article linked... "Xbox One No Longer Requires Kinect to Function" "All core features will be available regardless of whether the sensor is connected." MS seems to be doing an Xbox180 on all the "important" features of their new game system. The next new feature will...

Working backwards from the suggestions above I gave Robocopy a try. I even found a GUI "front end" for Robocopy here but it just didn't work for me. Click the run button and instantly it would say complete, but it would not do anything. No worries. Just typed: Robocopy d:\sourcefolder...

Thanks for the suggestions.

My file/folder backup/copy need are very basic. I currently use SyncToy 2.1 (x64) to backup a folder (and sub-folders) from my internal 1TB HDD to a USB 3.0 external 1TB HDD. I use the ECHO option. Problem is that folders I delete from the "source" are not being deleted by SyncToy on the...

Anandtech tests the 31.5" ASUS PQ321Q UHD monitor here.

I've always been curious about people with "huge" media collections. Do you have all those files backed up OFFSITE somewhere in case of fire or theft.

Anandtech review of the EVO here.

+1 The bike riders blog is here if there is any interest.

http://boingboing.net/2013/05/07/dont-ever-speak-to-the-fbi-w.html

<cough> webcam with telephoto lens <cough>

Mid 4s are really hot.

Well that sucks ass. Sorry to hear about it. The van my brother drives for his van-pool had its catalytic converter stolen as well. In fact the company had at least a dozen stolen in one 48 hour period a few years back. It's a common crime here in AZ alone with copper thieves.

Are you referring to the "reviews on newegg" being POS or the Seagate? /sarcasm

I like my 212 EVO. I can barely hear anything from the HSF. I do have four, 140mm fans in my case (3 intake, 1 exhaust) + 120mm fan in my PSU (that never turns on) so maybe the sound is being masked. I love my Samsung 840pro, but to each his own I guess. Of course when the fan on my video...

I think MS saw the "pre-order" numbers after E3 and decided to do some damage control now before it was too late. Again, not that I will buy either, but I still think the Sony is the better deal. Unless you plan on getting the Xbone exclusive games. PS4 Advantages. - $100 cheaper. -...

Woops. MS changes policies for the Xbone. That was fast.

I hope you are wrong but I know you are probably right. Unfortunately.

Chewy and Merc make excellent points. MS is definitely taking a PR hit. I think MS was thinking Sony was going to go down the same road as MS so they weren't concerned with any backlash. The MS execs must be thinking, we screwed that up. Merc, do you think Sony will start requiring an...

I'm surrounded by desert so I know dust. Anyways. My OP was designed to start a conversation regarding the merits/drawbacks of the PS4 and XB-one systems, not the actual games. I found it interesting that the PS4 does not require an Internet connection of any kind for single player games...

I don't have a smartphone either. I do have an AT&T GoPhone. I just use for "emergencies" when out of the house/away from email.

How to share your PS4 games.

Yep. MC has always had decent prices. In fact, VERY decent for a B&M. I suspect MC's "computer parts" biz is a loss-leader to get people into their stores to buy "accessories" and other nick-nacks with huge margins. I miss the Tustin, CA store that was just up SR-55 from my house.

Asus 4k monitor.

Interesting bike headlight.

I'd wait for Haswell since it will be out soon. Might as well see what it brings to the table. Buy the RAM now as it seems prices are rising. I bought this RAM. It's $10 more, but you get normal looking heat spreaders that aren't too tall. And it's c9 instead of c10 but you'd probably never...