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IIRC, most alloy type rims can't be repaired as the heating process to make the metal malleable so it can be repaired will actually harden the metal making it brittle. (And just pushing/hammering it back without heat will leave micro-fractures which are just as dangerous). IIRC, I've never...

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Having been a student at Uni, when most of my peers were young enough to be my child, is a strange feeling indeed. However in your case I would go, as I've found most young students to be accepting of older students.

Happy B'day Dave.

Just did my first Windows 2012 installation today, and to be honest, I'm not too sure how to describe the experience. Firstly, joining the domain and promoting it as a DC seemed way too cumbersome, and some operations seemed to take a long time (but the latter could be a result of ESX not...

I certainly agree with Merc had to say on this.. they have transitioned to a utility and not a driver of technology. However where MS will struggle is the transition of the wider paradigm of the switch back to centralised services, eg the current trend back to the mainframe/terminal setup that...

Used to do a lot with HP from the Gen3 to Gen 7 series, but since going to Uni a few years ago haven't really touched their server stuff. (Where I work now, we custom build the desktops and the servers are either HP Gen6 based or Supermicro based, and not scheduled for replacement for 1-2 years).

Thanks, I've always liked MSE for Windows machines, especially for those that are more technical savvy and those that use NoScript, AdBlock, etc. (Where the plugins reduce the attack vector)... My parents have Trend on their laptop, but my wife is still using MSE on her laptop... might be time...

Gut feeling or some empirical evidence to back up the sentiment? (Not that I don't trust your gut instinct).

Just noticed that the RC for Win8.1 is available in DreamSpark... Anyway, the boss got a new workstation this week (along the lines of Dave's monster build minus the GPUs), and I joked with him about putting Windows 8 on it... Not a good move... We instead put Win7 on it for him... (since we...

1. Even MS was struggling with maintaining backwards/forwards compatibility. 2. Governments (particularly EU), wanted an open standard to avoid vendor lock-in for basic documents. MS wanted theirs to be an open ISO standard, but the ODF saw this as a golden opportunity to get something that was...

Tannin, very well put. A lot of people I know simple dislike Windows 8, and a lot of change Microsoft has made in Windows recently seems to be solely for change, not as an improvement to an underlying issue. A lot of people I've spoken to recently certainly believe Microsoft is on a downside...

Sorry for your loss.

Hard disk hacking: http://spritesmods.com/?art=hddhack

Not evil at all, I've disabled Java in the browser as well. (No need for Java in the browser, as no where I go to uses Java Applets for functionality). AFAIK, most public sites no longer use Java Applets anymore, as doing it in plain HTML4/5 w/javascript will give you a better experience and is...

MX Player for video (since it can take advantage of hardware acceleration from my phone/tablets) and just the stock music player that comes with the HTC Desire X. (Don't play music on the tablets, so no recommendations there).

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Highly doubt cancer... but don't be surprised if you get the occasional head-ache. (localised EM fields off the speakers can cause weird stuff to happen to the brain, either causing blood flow issues, or the occasional neuron misfire, especially if you jack up the volume and have several hundred...

999 could be: Ghana Mauritius Uganda Sudan Bahrain Hong Kong Macau Malaysia Oman Qatar United Arab Emirates Ireland UK Solomon Islands Your choice? PS. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_telephone_number

Stock image maybe? Australian emergency number is 000, and has been for a llloooonnnggg time. (For as long as I can remember, but being a young'n, could be wrong).

nVidia GeForce4 cards back in '02 had DVI on all but the entry level models. IIRC, All Quadro's based on the nv2x GPU had DVI as standard. Also here is a pic of a GeForce 3 Ti 500 with DVI (circa '01): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:GeForce3_Ti_500.jpg Apologies, that wasn't my intention...

According to VESA (to standards body), DisplayPort supersedes/replaces DVI. PS. For those are not aware DisplayPort is defined by VESA, but HDMI is defined by a loose collection of companies... One of the reasons for HDMI was HDCP and audio as default and not as optional implementation extra.

You do realize there are some advantages of DP over HDMI? eg, native support for 4K monitors @60Hz with 30bit colour (10bit per colour channel), double the bandwidth (~20Gbps vs ~10Gbps) and support for multiple streams/monitors on a single cable?

Up to until 9 mths ago (before I started) the company was 100% Windows (everything, servers, desktops, etc), and it's only been recently that we have been migrating away. Since the company is now focusing on Windows and Linux solutions most of the developers run some form of *nix and use VMs...

I second Timwhit, anything rsync based will work... But, here is a review of some other choices: http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-file-copy-utility.htm

Nearly 100% of the staff are developers, ex-developers or security specialists. (Everyone has a degree in either IT, CS, Sci or EE).

We're 10% Windows 7, 20% OpenIndiana and the rest is Ubuntu 12.04LTS or Lubuntu 13.04... (We have a two Windows 2008 servers, one as the DC and the other for Exchange, the rest of the servers are either OpenIndiana or Ubuntu 12.04LTS). We're not anti-MS or anything, we just use the best tools...

Mozilla's main bug reporting system: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/ How to write a good bug report: https://quality.mozilla.org/docs/bugzilla/starter-kit/how-to-write-a-proper-bug/ and...

So why don't you file a bug report then?

OwnCloud seems to be very well liked as well (lot's of positive reviews)... (OwnCloud was/is written by one of the KDE maintainers).

http://www.gladinet.com/serviceprovider/selfhosteddropbox.aspx http://web.appstorm.net/reviews/file-management/owncloud-your-self-hosted-dropbox-alternative/ Not recommendations, but DropBox like services that can be self-hosted and themed...

I shiver as I type this, but will DropBox (or similar service) work?

They seem to be making a come back here in Australia. I see lots of 207's, 208's and 508's on the road. Also Fiat seems to be advertising heavily as well recently.

Some more randomness, for those with lots of money... Dude I want that: http://www.dudeiwantthat.com/ eg, http://www.dudeiwantthat.com/autos/motorcycles/predator-helmet.asp http://www.amazon.com/dp/3836526603//ref=cm_sw_su_dp?tag=duiwath-20 (NSFW)...

Out of interest, are there any consumer orientated SLC based drives left on the market? Everything I've read up on recently, has all consumer grade stuff as either MLC or TLC.

Agree with sd and h. Nuke it. Also have her change any and all passwords in use... could be a case of he has remoted in, zipped up the user profiles, ftp'd them to another server - low and behold he has copies of all internet browsing history, cookies, email, etc... not to mention any...

+1 from my experience as well.

From my experience this seems to be the case... we have a bunch of red drives spread across various zpools, and none have had problems... green drives on the other hand, nothing but problems so these have been migrated to other duties... yet both have the same performance characteristics...

Stumbled upon this site whilst looking for something else... http://completenerdom.com/ Very NSFW but geeky as hell...

Only if running Xen, VMWare, VirtualBox, QEMU or DOSBOX... In most cases if all you're doing is running a Windows environment, then no...

I actually met someone today that is completely convinced that the New World Order exists... and had some interesting theories on 9/11, the war in Afghanistan, China's rise as a super power, etc... PS. For those unfamiliar with the theory...

@Merc, thank you good sir for the video clip...

Damn double post... something is up? any recent changes to SF software?

It's most likely to do with topic validation or topic verification... His site is related to delivery of adult material, and your site is a blog? or tech site? He's trying to ensure that his site doesn't get tagged as related to blogs, tech sites, etc... (The more topics a site is linked...

1. Take an image of USB Key ASAP, and ONLY do recovery on copies of the image. NEVER, NEVER, NEVER attempt recovery on the original. Ensure you get a MD5 or SHA1 of both the source and the copy and ensure they match. 2. Try GetDataBack, or one of the free recovery tools. 3. Try ProDiscover (free...

Just like to wish our US friends a happy 4th of July... (even thought it's 5th July here).

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Is it just me, or do recent actions of Microsoft as a whole seem really misguided and not customer focused? Killing Technet, gonna suck a lot for a lot of smaller MS shops, be it development shops, resellers or just small support companies. Most small Mum'n'Dad PC shops I know run all their...

yes, but too long ago to have an opinion that is relevant today...

As Merc said, on the Intel side you're limited to Xeon's or SB-Es, AMD side any AM3+ Opteron will do 64GB with ECC to boot. eg. SuperMicro X9SRA with a Xeon E5 will get you 256GB of RAM... AMD side is more limited as most server boards with C32 or G34 sockets don't have audio...