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Frankly, I'd be tempted to try a G4 - because it isn't Samsung. I'm unimpressed about the direction that Samsung has taken their product range in the last year. If it doesn't work out, it's a few hundred bucks down the drain - I could get over that, so Dave wouldn't even notice the speed bump...

I thought that this was just another Tannin rant (nothing wrong with that), but that last post gets a 9 out of 10 from me for real world insight. Chewy's post was, as usual, boringly accurate and relevant. :) That question about native apps vs web apps has been bothering me of late. In the...

Don't know what you were trying to say here - this is a nonsensical statement. That's the whole point of MDI - to avoid overloading the host windows manager with random client windows. As I said, Microsoft has now emulated this with flyover expansion of Taskbar tabs - bringing back the essence...

Firstly, there's absolutely nothing wrong with an MDI interface - it's just that Microsoft, in it's never ending quest to look new and cool, decided to abandon it (you haven't forgotten Metro have you?). So instead of being able to group our windows by application, we now have to hunt for them...

Smoother and lighter (no batteries of course). Good switches, well-designed 'feet' and precise response. Not sure whether these are all still available, but the range was divided into 3 sizes with variants: * Kinzu - small, great for most females. I use one at home so my wife is happy when she...

75% of taxis here are Camry Hybrids. A further 15% are Prius Hybrids and the balance are god-forsaken mini-buses:

Eneloops should be fine in a 2-cell configuration (single cell may not provide enough voltage for some low-drain devices, although older 2-cell cameras were problematic as well). However, I don't favor using them in mice because they're too heavy and too much hassle when they need charging at no...

440BX could handle a specific variant of 256MB DIMMs, but 4 DIMMs required the use of registered RAM. Three appears to be OK (at least on some motherboards), based on user reports. There's a lot of useful detail here.

Whoa! That's been a basic setup step for me since I can't remember when, regardless of where the PC is. The Ctrl-Alt keyboard shortcuts are a Windows feature - nothing to do with the application - so that's really bad. Humans still have fingers.

"The research" isn't very scientific, is it? I realize that people may react differently, but I find that even outside a car, wearing a bluetooth earpiece gives me more awareness of my surroundings when compared to holding a phone up to my ear. My ability to handle complex tasks is definitely...

Do you use it for calls, texts, email, web browsing or music? For music, calls and incoming texts, I use Ford Sync. For incoming texts and emails, I also use a smartwatch. For the rest, I wait until I am parked (bear in mind that it would otherwise be a $300 fine here if I held the phone in...

You mean a deadbeat like Thomas Edison (dropped out of school after 3 months), Richard Branson (dropped out of school at 16), Walt Disney (dropped out of school at 16), Ingvar Kamprad (dropped out of school at 17, founded Ikea), Simon Cowell (dropped out of school at 16, founded his own record...

Bozo's point was that it was irrelevant to worry about losses from DC-AC-DC conversions because it is a tiny part of a typical household's energy consumption. Even if you do not have A/C, you would need to have all-gas cooking and hot water before the potential efficiency gains of DC-DC started...

You should think harder.

I have a problem with this. While I'm sure his Porsche is easier to drive and has more cachet, shouldn't he be prosecuted for misleading advertising?

Sounds quite excruciating, to be honest. Shouldn't you be planning your next child first?

It's a point of honor with CougTek that his posts have to be grammatically superior to almost every native english speaker on this forum.

The problem is most likely the camera, especially if it uses just 2 AA cells. Such cameras are unduly sensitive to battery voltage dips and will constantly moan that the batteries are flat. If it's a 4-cell camera, the problem could be either your charger (no brand is perfect) or you may have...

Sorry, didn't make myself clear. According to TechPowerup, the GTX 970 can exceed 180W in game play. That's a long way from the 4770 with ~100W.

I disagree. The 4770 barely tops 100W in full cry - the most I could find in a googled test was 110W max without overclocking. There's a good chance that the PSU is only 300W, in which case you may prefer to either wait for a GTX 950 or settle for Merc's recommendation of a GTX 750. This is...

One of my own pet interests is comparing an artist's 'draft' version to the finished studio version. This was inspired by a solo recording that Jimi Hendrix made while he was working out how to play Voodoo Chile. I enjoyed listening to the amazing contrast of 8 minutes or so of his semi-acoustic...

Ed Sheeran is a great performer - my neighbors saw him live earlier this year. Live Lounge appears to be based on the long-running "Like A Version" slot on Australia's JJJ radio network. In near-unplugged conditions, artists perform one of their songs plus a cover of someone else's hit song...

Of course, this may be true just at a point in time, rather than universally. In other words, it depends on the firmware version ...

Yes. Wow. Engineering Heavy Hitters At Work. BIOS Split indeed. "Caller's responsibility" makes my skin crawl, but I do understand they were trying to provide a highly optimized interface. Luck of the draw made it appear to be Samsung's problem and not Intel's.

I don't understand what you mean. There are a few alternatives for the term "lounge chair", but I'm pretty sure the better-heeled opposition have them covered. And I'm not sure what the niche product would be.

Why? They're both still products of General Motors that share the same components and to some extent the same designers. Outside of the USA, GM is just a low-end car company that sources a bunch of models from a failed Korean manufacturer (formerly Daewoo Motors). When I was looking for...

The owner of a small furniture manufacturing/importing business has asked me why his web inquiries have stopped. After looking at AdWords, I assume he and millions of other small businesses are screwed. In a web search for lounge furniture in this city, he came in on the third page. The first...

ScriptBlock for Chrome stopped the redirection to shoppingdress.com. Unfortunately, it also stops some other sites working in a reasonable manner unless you add them to the whitelist. NoScript for Firefox stopped it even with "Allow Scripts Globally" enabled. Still looking for this kind of...

Using Live HTTP Headers: 90 http://duroflexworld.com/swf/location.swf 91 http://duroflexworld.com/swf/certificates.swf 92...

Even with a cracked screen? I'm not sure what sort of information on most people's phones would be valuable enough to attempt a recovery from an integrated flash device ...

As Mubs says, if you type the URL into the address bar, there is no problem. Also affects Firefox and IE. On my phone, affects Chrome and the default Android browser. Still affects Google if you load their web page and try to type in the search that way. BUT, it doesn't affect other search...

If I google Duroflex and click on any of the links, I am redirected to shoppingfordress.com. So it's not only nothing to do with you, it's nothing to do with your ISP or country either. No idea why it doesn't affect Merc, except that he lives in the center of the universe.

ISP? Haven't heard of this before, but certainly technically quite possible. The USD prices make this unlikely though ... Do you have another PC you can try, or even a phone or tablet on WiFi?

I must have missed or forgotten this - what happened?

If Tannin's parents are as smart as a certain orangutan, they should have little problem driving the web interface. That's not to say these TVs aren't tedious and annoying to use; I think only Samsung will work with a cordless keyboard, so otherwise, you're trying to use a joystick-style remote...

I know this video is 10 minutes long, but it gets better as it goes. It also helps if the song used to promote Chrysler Jeep in your country was "Don't hold back" by The Potbelleez.

I'm going to guess that the waveform from your online UPS is no longer a pure sine wave. Given a high efficiency PSU and the degree to which you're loading it, sharper slopes might lead to excessive stress on the PSU. You need a CRO or DSO (oscilloscopes).

The SMART scan shows that it needs to reallocate a ton of bad sectors, but has only successfully reallocated one. At least, that's how I'm interpreting it. The drive IS toast.

Turns out you did. There's a country-specific redirect on Bozo's link that sends me to this article, rather than the breathless one you were quoting.

Assuming the drives are blowing up because of excessive writes rather than just because they're cheap, all you need is a bigger drive. Pick a brand where you can actually monitor the life expectancy, such as Intel, Samsung or SanDisk. The premium models claim greater endurance; I think the...

Unfortunately, I would need two for night-time coverage and four for a rainy day, but this sounds like a major announcement. I'm impressed.

I suspect I would have liked being an actuary. :(

Probably irrelevant, but Intel specifies a maximum spreader temperature of just 66.8C for the i7-5930K. But PSU seems most likely if it's falling over under stress with normal settings. Or possibly the motherboard voltage regulation?

As Handruin will attest, I simply didn't believe it. The crunch was when Mercutio reported, "he was known as an entrepreneurial person but also a free spirit". I guess that sealed it for most of us. :( Yes, I would like to offer condolences, although his brother may well have been estranged for...

I may be hopelessly cynical, but from my perspective, a Google usability study would be a hopeless use case.

Is that a pun? And have you of all people become too careful with money to employ a cabinetmaker?

Doesn't this sum up the whole AMD vs Nvidia dilemma from the customer perspective?

This. But I feel for people like Mercutio trying to deal with the latest Microsoft effort to steal your identity data.

I really wanted to start a new thread with the title "F**k Google", but this will have to do for now. We have two "smart" TVs, Sony as it happens, and a Panasonic BluRay player with similar bundled services. In the end, that boils down to YouTube and a bunch of useless stuff (NetFlix has only...

I'll freely admit that I don't understand the allure of cruise ships. For a holiday, we're generally looking to get away from other people, not be cooped up with a couple of thousand of them. I can understand the appeal in years gone by, before jet travel completely changed the focus from...