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Because it appears that nothing has changed on your side, I'd be looking at the ISP. Eg: What can an ISP do to block IPSec traffic

Double post bug strikes again.

That's a whopping 48 x 29 cm - long and skinny. It's also an inkjet, which I personally have sworn off completely. Smallest color laser MFP I can find quickly is the Samsung CLX-3305FW: 40.6 x 36.2 cm. A bit slow at color printing but available from AU$229 inc tax.

Logitech charges $10 for spare receivers. Just buy 2 more and all your Laotians will be covered.

The adapter is intentionally tiny so that you can leave it permanently plugged in and therefore not lose it. :dunno:

As mentioned, I also bought an MG RX-1 "Thrower" and a Romisen RC-T602 for less than $30 each (the MG was discounted due to minor cosmetic damage). The MG has a particularly big, but orange peel, reflector. Predictably, it throws very well (lights up trees a couple of hundred meters away), but...

Sunwayman D40A mini-review: I can't believe I thought this truncated brute was "relatively small". :) With 4x 2550mAH XX Eneloops onboard, it's definitely a solid, even hefty flashlight. You would have to have seriously baggy pants to accommodate this in your pocket. :o The other negative...

OK, I realize my Olight S15 review was schizophrenic, but here's a more considered review after a couple of weeks usage: It's exquisitely made and all that, and I know it has excellent battery life, but illumination is still limited by the 2xAA battery configuration and the tiny reflector...

That's a nice sentiment. I suspect it will apply to Bozo, although gardening can also be exciting. ;) I'm worried that Bozo will throw SF out with the bathwater, and not feel any need to carouse with his fellow tech-heads. :( Bozo, you're an especially valued member, regardless of whether or...

They arrived and are indeed second generation HR-3UWXB with 85% retention and 2550mAh typical capacity. :)

OK, disregard that premature review. I was using 2 of the old NiMH that I 'salvaged', i.e. that the Maha reported as fine. I swapped to two Eneloops and the difference was (literally) like night and day. Green tint gone, now excellent color, maybe 5000-5500K? Clear difference between medium and...

Nazareth: Hair of the Dog Probably NSFW.

Received the Olight S15 "Baton". Meh. :( It's exquisitely made and all that, and I know it has excellent battery life, but I would have been more impressed 5 years ago. The tint is woeful. It's not supposed to be neutral, but it's not really daylight either; just green. :( With the clip...

Aren't dwarf rabbits vicious little monsters? My wife still bears the scars from one we had more than 20 years ago. :o

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I can't think of a strong enough expletive to offset my anger and frustration at this. I don't WANT fucking Cubby, Dropbox, Box, Google Drive and SkyDrive, OR the ability to manage and transfer cloud and local files, remote printing and more. :( I CAN think of what I would like to see happen to...

Lunar, what makes you think it's overcharging AAs? The test I referred to concluded the Nitecore stopped at about the same point as the MH-C9000. The MH-C9000 actually undercharges cells slightly - it's not the benchmark for maximum possible charge. As long as your batteries are not...

Mubs, I don't want to start a flame war, but I don't believe the 'Maha' Mh-C9000 adds value except as a capacity measuring tool, which is why I bought one. I recently had a cleanup and checked about 20 old Sanyo NiMH of various vintages. After many days carefully tending the "Break-In" mode...

Thanks for that quite useful info, but my expectations were already set by the very low price. :) Having said that, several more expensive flashlights also don't maintain flat regulation, either steadily declining or reducing in distinct steps. I'm not concerned about the 500 cycles, but the...

This time around, I plan to get: Romisen RC-T602 neutral white MG RX1 X-Thrower Sunwayman D40A neutral white Olight S15 with the extender tube Plus some of those multi-chemistry Nitecore chargers, some 3400mAh Li-Ion 18650 batteries, and some Eneloop 2500mAh AA batteries. Later, I think I'll...

Sorry, out by miles with the lux number - I grabbed it from someone's graph without double-checking. :oops: My XP-G is actually below 10,000 lux in the center.

I'm starting to question the value of the 'name' brand options. For instance, I'm not sure what's wrong with a MG P-Rocket II for $39? I already have the older version with an XP-G emitter that yields 25,000-30,000 lux @1 meter. The XM-L emitter doesn't throw as well, but obviously you get a...

Sorry, the link I used refers to a group of 3 Eagletac lights; the GX25L2 I wanted is the relatively small one and the MX25L2 is the whopper. I think if I could get a GX25L2 with turbo head for a reasonable price, it might be worth keeping for myself.

Nearly $600 is a bit pricey for me ... :o

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Indeed. :) OK, I've been doing some research and have come up with these so far: Heavily-modified Small Sun aspheric: 100,000cd Olight M3X: it's 2 x 18650 and doesn't have a low mode, but does manage 90,000cd and seems to be available for around US$100? Sunwayman D40A: 30,000cd, takes 4 x AA...

Preferably under $100, 5 minutes will do, preferably more than one level, and "Wow! That's bright!" rather than useful. It's for someone who just likes to collect bright flashlights.

Need a spectacular light for someone as a thank-you (they're not easily impressed). Good throw (i.e. high lux in the hotspot) would be good. I saw Stereodude's triple-18650 suggestions, but frankly I'd prefer a single 18650 unless there's a huge advantage. Any ideas?

That's really, really impressive. I'm starting to think it will take a controller failure to take out one of these current SSDs. Now that more cycles have been completed, I'm not worried about the Samsung 840 like the author is. It's using up its overprovisioning at a slow - and more...

The bigger the monitor, the more TN is a problem. Whereas I could easily live with 30Hz for non-video applications - an LCD doesn't have anywhere near the problems that a 30Hz CRT would have.

I've always had a soft spot for Dalwhinnie - a 1 liter bottle was my last 'duty-free' purchase. It used to be popular in desserts or in coffee, thanks to its smooth (for Scotch whisky) nature. If you're not really into peat, this is probably the ultimate highland whisky. Cheers, LiamC!

Sorry, been a bit preoccupied, and also living vicariously through the national cricket team's thrashing of their English counterparts: five matches of up to five days each with the risk of serious injury - cricket really is the ideal gladiatorial sport for nations to settle their differences...

I admit I didn't read the 'paper' that thoroughly, because it rapidly became crystal clear that there was almost a complete absence of scientific rigor. There is plenty of hearsay and innuendo, with unwarranted conclusions drawn from unrealistic tests. Rather than losing data through power...

It has been for the last hour for more than half the country. Several percent more joined half an hour ago, and about 22% are joining right now. No snow, just heat waves (although we've escaped them in this State so far).

Donate it back?

Only 50%? There will be some certificates that are well-subscribed but others that no-one wants at all. Because these are gifts, overall I can't see much more than 20% utilized (this is an anecdotally-influenced guess). And frankly I think 30% additional revenue is wildly optimistic - if you...

These are the early computers I had at home, as opposed to used or built at work: My first computer was the HP-25. It was surprisingly powerful for something that could only handle 49 instructions, but severely limited by the 7-segment numeric display and non-persistent memory. My favorite...

Sort of. Near as I can tell, each channel has (up to) 3 speakers wired in parallel and then in series with a 5 ohm resistor, yielding a minimum of 7.7 ohms. You can disable the "protection circuit" and bypass the resistor, but that would overload your amplifier with more than 1 or 2 speakers...

To me, none of this makes any sense. 1. Why would you deploy ESXi when you only have one server? 2. Why do you need dual Xeons to service 8 users? 3. Why do you need dual Xeons when you're running virtual servers to service 8 people? 4. Why do you need 6 SSDs in this day and age? Will you be...

I, for one, do not believe in shooting fish in a barrel.

I'm really, really interested in how people think this compares with everything else out there. I can get it in Oz for about US$6 more plus tax, and I've been hanging out for a 1200 line IPS monitor to replace my Samsung TN unit. Of course, a 30" 2560x1600 unit would be even better, but at 4...

I can see them all just fine in both Chrome and old Opera (12.15). So it's not a browser issue in isolation. Perhaps the monkey has lost the knack?

Microscopic crack in the motherboard. Playing with the power connector or reseating DIMMs flexes the board. At a few hundred megahertz, even a minor change in capacitance across part of the board could cause major problems.

Mubs, if text quality on a laser printer sucks, there's something wrong with one or more components such as the drum. Forget the infamous PC Magazine tests of yesteryear; any correctly functioning laser printer produces excellent black text. The effective resolution has stayed around 600dpi for...

For duplex scanning, you need the MFC-9340CDW rather than the MFC-9330CDW. I have the Samsung CLX-6260FR. Apart from double-sided scanning, it's one of the few laser printers to support cloud printing, so I can use two different methods to print from my phone. It's also fast and the software is...

+1. Another advantage for me is that I can get good quality 3rd party toner cartridges for it, which drops the running cost to peanuts.

Even Java updates do this now, threatening to infest your machine with McAfee's pestilence. I guess Larry must need the money to pay for his America's Cup defense.

I received the two Zebralight floody headlamps (high CRI AA and 18650). The AA model is a bare LED with a reflector and comes with a pocket clip. As expected, it's not very bright (140 lumens) and is really only suitable for night-time use. But it's amazingly lightweight (with an Eneloop) and...

You can tell Micro ATX by the 4 expansion slot covers at the back. These will almost certainly be perpendicular to the plane of the motherboard (just like a full ATX setup). Mini-ITX, on the other hand, will have only 1 or 2 expansion slots, and they may be horizontal like the motherboard (for...

Thanks Merc, that was spot on. :thumbright: