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  1. Santilli

    dSLR thread

    Canon Eos Rebel SLI Tamron18-270 F 3.5-6.3
  2. Santilli

    Heat management: Water Cooling in an Apartment?

    Lava is really humbling. I don't know of anything that stops it, or even affects it, short of a nuclear bomb. The only good news is, at least on the Big Island, it doesn't move at high speed. The only thing that slows and finally stops it is water. But, it takes a LONG time. We have been lucky...
  3. Santilli

    dSLR thread

    SD zoo has three teen males, who are huge. Maybe 12k lbs? Female has her own area. Shes about 45, and she has large tusks for a female. We go there, ALOT, and coming out of a tunnel, and seeing her at under 25 feet was shocking. Plus, she's very well behaved and quiet. I really don't know what...
  4. Santilli

    dSLR thread

    As for the focusing: at the zoo you want to take the fence, or screen out of the picture. Autofocus on my Canon tends to put those items in focus, and the animal not. Hence manual focus to get rid of the foreground stuff. I'm too old to be an Adobe money slave.. :puke: Oddly, the stuff I want...
  5. Santilli

    dSLR thread

    Canon Eos Rebel. I take a LOT of animal pictures, mainly at San Diego Zoo, or Safari park 17-300 zoom. Using mainly manual focus. I tried to post a great pic of an elephant, at very close range, but it was too big. So mainly change photo sizes, clarity and sharpening, cleaning up bad focus.
  6. Santilli

    dSLR thread

    Anyone have feed back on any of these: Here are some alternatives to Photoshop: Free Alternatives: Krita: A free and open-source raster graphics editor that offers many of the same features as Photoshop, including support for layers, filters, and effects. GIMP: A free and open-source raster...
  7. Santilli

    dSLR thread

    What do you use instead of Photoshop? I've been using Photoshop 7, but lost the CD in the move/eviction, 2019. I refuse to use Adobe Acrobat, or any subscription software.
  8. Santilli

    Windows 11

    I'm really getting sick of a lot of the 11 features. How do I get rid of them, and make 11 like 10? Windows Explorer windows, etc.?
  9. Santilli

    Windows 11

    Bought it! Thank you!
  10. Santilli

    Windows 11

    I clear my cache daily. Mainly because Hulu won't run with much over 320 mb in the file. Guess it's a blessing in disguise~~
  11. Santilli

    Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

    Being the head of the board in SD, he's very busy, but down to earth. IIRC, appt is in August.
  12. Santilli

    Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

    I was referred by my nuerosurgeon, head of pretty much everything down here, to the person that tested for it. Thought it might be due to a pinched spinal column, but appears it isn't. Changed mice. Using a cold pack as a wrist rest when it hurts, or I'm numb. Had not thought of a different chair.
  13. Santilli

    Heat management: Water Cooling in an Apartment?

    My experience in warming was Honolulu, and the Hawaiian Islands, in particular, the Big Island. Things like volcanos create updrafts, warm thermal towers. The BI has two forms of warmth. The volcanic, and the sun beating down on lava rock. Pretty much never been hit by a hurricane. Hurricanes...
  14. Santilli

    Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

    I was just diagnosed with CTS in both arms. Anyone else have it, and have any solutions? Wake up with numbness in one or the other hands. Sometimes hands just go numb. Left can be so bad I can't feel if I've pressed down enough to activate the mouse buttons. Been using a cold pack for a wrist...
  15. Santilli

    Something Random

    Figured it out. The dehumidifier they are running upstairs causes electronic beeps. When it's off, no problems.
  16. Santilli

    Something Random

    Not really. It's like someone is either connected by Bluetooth, or they are connected and sending morse code..Beep, Beep, etc. No words
  17. Santilli

    Something Random

    Monitor speakers have a weird sound. It's like someone is tapping on a morse code key when I try and use the speakers on the monitor. Only reason I want to use them, is with old hearing, I need to direct the sound at me, close. I have my Klipsch, but they are on the floor. Can't put them up on...
  18. Santilli

    Ryzen

    Thank you!!!
  19. Santilli

    Ryzen

    AMD Ryzen 7 5700G 8-Core, 16-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor with Radeon Graphics for 164.00 with Wraith cooler. Return the 5500, and the RD-15, and I'm about 50 bucks richer.
  20. Santilli

    Ryzen

    Thanks. Was wondering about that. Looks like I'll stick with the 1060. Should be ok for her stuff... I assumed, and look at what it did for me, that the 5500 had a gpu, since the motherboard has an HDMI out...
  21. Santilli

    Ryzen

    https://versus.com/en/amd-ryzen-5-5500u-vs-amd-ryzen-7-5700u Seems these are pretty much the same in graphics.
  22. Santilli

    Ryzen

    Great word use! Had to look up cromulent!! The most this machine is going to do is output to a 55" TV Hulu. Rest of it is word processing, or really old games, like Oregon Trail. My SO is math and computer retarded. She did pass the Calbar, though. She's not dumb. Just retarded in computer and...
  23. Santilli

    Ryzen

    You suggested another site for cpu evaluation. I went to that one, before I bought the 7900X3D. It indicated a single digit difference, like 2, between the 78900X3d, and the 97950X3D. As you said, the benchmarks for passmark, in this case, are a bit questionable.
  24. Santilli

    Ryzen

    Hi What cooler would you use on a 5 5500? 65w, and why? What Power Supply for it? What power Supply for 105W, and 4070 video card?
  25. Santilli

    Here is a thread to talk about gaming

    The Oregon Trail, 5th edition, plays on 11! No drama. Just works.
  26. Santilli

    Heat management: Water Cooling in an Apartment?

    A stable landlord is a wonderful thing. Ours is trying to raise the rent every year, 10%. Sounds like you have a nice place. It's been cold down here, in San Diego, it's mid June, and it's constantly overcast, 55-75. Wind is cool. Just open the windows. About a mile from the beach. Down side is...
  27. Santilli

    Heat management: Water Cooling in an Apartment?

    Most effective air cooling ever was in Bakersfield, and they are illegal in Kali now. Swamp coolers. https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/blog/do-swamp-coolers-work/ requires fairly dry air outside to be effective. The one I saw was about 5 feet around, with sheets of cloth on each side of the...
  28. Santilli

    Here is a thread to talk about gaming

    + New rig is up and running. CODMW 4 is SPECTACULAR WITH THIS HARDWARE!
  29. Santilli

    Windows 11

    Anyone used pdfFiller?
  30. Santilli

    Video Cards

    I remember running 3 monitors off one of those cards. Think it was the 450. One DVI, and a DVI splitter for the other two. One 21", two 17"s. No games, but crystal clear screen...
  31. Santilli

    Here is a thread to talk about gaming

    CODMW4 is my favorite. Ordered Oregon Trail 5th addition. I'll be lucky if it runs on 11. Looking at GOG for the Tex Murphy stuff. Like games I can run on my rig, without going on line.
  32. Santilli

    Mech keyboards

    Anyone have specs on the Unicomp/IBM buckling spring switches? How do they compare to the above mentioned switches? trying to figure out how they compare to the above clicky switches.
  33. Santilli

    Mech keyboards

    How about Glorius Pandas., clear?
  34. Santilli

    Mech keyboards

    By the way, the Corsair with Cherry reds, and the donuts are growing on me. I also love my Model M, but, some of the switches feel like they need lube, and they could be slightly quieter. What would you suggest.?
  35. Santilli

    Mech keyboards

    What switches do you like, H, and why?
  36. Santilli

    Ryzen

    Cooler is in and being tested. I REALLY hope this all works. I can't believe I've got to pay 200 for 11 Pro, and if I don't, Wifi 7 doesn't work...
  37. Santilli

    Mech keyboards

    Has anyone tried these switches, or keyboard? https://www.cherry-world.com/kw-x-ulp
  38. Santilli

    Ryzen

    Thanks. I noticed the 7900 had a higher clock speed at idle, and considering I'm highly unlikely to really push it, DD's suggestion was right on, as usual. Reviews on the NH D-15 have been really high, higher then anything I've ever looked at with a reasonable review size. I am going to be...
  39. Santilli

    Mech keyboards

    Suspected as much. I'm just using it as a backup. Just put donuts on the Corsair Strafe, and it actually works to quite the keys down a LOT! The Cherry Reds are now nearly silent. Feels a little mushy, but liveable.
  40. Santilli

    Ryzen

    Has anyone had heat problems with the 7900X3D Chips? Adequate airflow in the case? Using this cpu cooler: 6 VIDEOS Play Video Click to see more videos Noctua NH-D15 chromax.Black, Dual-Tower CPU Cooler (140mm, Black)
  41. Santilli

    Mech keyboards

    Working off a Panasonic CF-53 with a Reddragon K671. Red switches, swapable. Amazing for 25-35 dollars.
  42. Santilli

    Video Cards

    Anyone using Matrox cards?
  43. Santilli

    Video Cards

    Just watched the movie! Fantastic! Thank you!! Needed something cheerful!
  44. Santilli

    Video Cards

    I LOVED THAT CLIP!!! I have to find the movie now.!!!
  45. Santilli

    Video Cards

    Thinking of moving to Florida. Where are you?
  46. Santilli

    Video Cards

    It cuts a tremendous amount of mouse options out. I needed a CTS friendly mouse. NOT many options. Have to reprogam all games unless you just want to move your keyboard over, and you have room.
  47. Santilli

    Wi-Fi

    WOW! Just ran OOKLA on their suggested server, in LA. 16ms, which is by far the fastest ever, and 292 mb/sec, which maybe the record for this rig!!!
  48. Santilli

    Mech keyboards

    Plan B is to take the dampeners and put them on the Corsairs Cherry Red silents (which aren't) and see what that does. Needed a puller first, to take the caps/keys off. Finally getting everything I need for that project.
  49. Santilli

    Wi-Fi

    Is there any antenna that you could connect to the router through a ethernet port, use a cable, and then have an access point on the end of it? Or just an antenna to extend the area of coverage?
  50. Santilli

    Wi-Fi

    Yes, it does: "10. Wi-Fi 7. This is the future of Wi-Fi. Although you might not think about it since most companies are advertising Wi-Fi 6, this motherboard is more future-proof than others because it offers Wi-Fi 7. It even comes with a small antenna you can put on top of your case, which...
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