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    Something Random

    It all depends what method is being used to crack it. It should be robust against a dictionary or brute force attack.
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    Nichia Develops 60 Lumen Per Watt White LED

    What sort of fixtures did you two have them in? You have to follow the guidelines on the packaging or they're not going to last since they are sensitive to heat. They also have warranties, so you should have some potential remedy if they weren't installed in a fixture that violates the rules.
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    NAS Drive

    Yes, if it has a webcam and you put it in front of a mirror.
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    Another Digital Camera Thread - Point and Shoot

    Yes, if you find yourself always trying to get wider.
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    Another Digital Camera Thread - Point and Shoot

    Nothing. It's still working fine.
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    Something Random

    I had a meeting with come coworkers at a large corporation yesterday. On the customer side one of the people was from purchasing. He started out regaling us with his career prior to being a buyer at said large corporation. He finally proceeded to tell us that he got his current job in...
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    Another Digital Camera Thread - Point and Shoot

    The Nikon DL models aren't available anyhow due to the most recent earthquake in Japan. The DL24-85 is interesting to me as a potential successor to my Sony RX100 II.
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    Another Digital Camera Thread - Point and Shoot

    The RX100 IV only has a 24-70 equivalent, which is not 3.6x. Nikon and Panasonic also make models with a 1" sensor. Nikon has three, DL18-50, the DL24-85, and the DL24-500. The latter is not pocketable. Panasonic has the LX100 (24-75). Canon also has a G7x II (24-100).
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    Another Digital Camera Thread - Point and Shoot

    He asked for a decent zoom, which takes the current RX100 out of contention... That and he already bought a camera.
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    Something Random

    I should have mentioned that Windows can control it. Change the power profile from Max performance to balanced and then leave it alone.
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    Something Random

    You can't leave well enough alone can you? Has it occurred to you that the processor's control of the clocks might be better than you can do?
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    Something Random

    I sent you a PM.
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    Windows 10

    It can write the image to any drive in the system, including USB drives. I usually boot from a USB flash drive and save the image to a 2.5" USB3/eSATA hard drive. I think it can save the image to a network share as well.
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    Windows 10

    Clonezilla clones exactly what's on the drive in the various partitions without care for what it is. It can restore to a drive of the same size (number of sectors used on the source drive) or larger. AFAIK, it can't restore to a smaller drive.
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    Something Random

    That's fine as long as he's not been sent from the future to destroy us...
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    NAS Drive

    Yes, depending on the number of drives in the system, but that's a reasonable ballpark number.
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    Windows 10

    Clonezilla is my go to.
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    Even better audio from a laptop v. Audio-gd NFB-15.1 + Emotiva Pro Airmotiv 4

    I received the replacement woofer yesterday along with my CM6631A USB to SPDIF board. The woofer is installed and working nicely without any rubbing. The CM6631A board I got is a V1.3 board. The one I had at home was V1.2. No idea how they differ, but both worked with Windows 10 without...
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    Windows 10

    I did eventually figure out how to make it forget the network so it would prompt me for a key when connecting where I could enter the new key, but it was a lot harder than I would have ever dreamed was possible. It seems to me that if the key doesn't match / work it should prompt you for the...
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    Windows 10

    Windows 10 is extremely being words stupid. I changed my WPA2 key. It can't seem to figure that out. I can't find a way to change the key and it just keeps trying the old one. This is incredible! I can't get it to forget the old key. How could they screw up something so simple? I've spent...
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    The storageforum Audi S4 Thread

    I presume he didn't just have them measured, he also had them re-weighted and balanced correctly.
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    The storageforum Audi S4 Thread

    But does it drive smoothly now?
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    Something Random

    I think I've professed my love here of the Bosch 12V Li-Ion tools. The batteries are entirely in the handle. I've got 2 drills, one brushless, a power driver with torque clutch, and an impact in the 12V Bosch lineup. I also have some 12V Hitachi Li-Ion and some 18V Hitachi Li-Ion. The Bosch...
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    Windows 10

    Well, there's no realistic alternative for most of my machines. If I have to use Wine for what I want to do I might as well just use Windows. In any case, I disabled automatic reboots, which should take care of this particular annoyance. The MS verbage makes it sound like it will only reboot...
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    Windows 10

    Okay, I have to change my mind. The most annoying thing about Windows 10 is the overnight reboot for updates. It's not smart enough to postpone the reboot if the system is doing something and not idle. I set up a video compression job that needs 8+ hours to run overnight and find out the...
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    Something Random

    Not that long, but I'm not going to mess around with some rechargeable Bluetooth crap.
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    Politics

    Yes, there are absolutely people who support it. At a very bare minimum there are hundreds of them who support it in Congress. Elected Democrats and party leaders support it because it's a long term voter campaign drive to give them permanent majorities nationally like they have in California...
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    Something Random

    I spy Haswell-EP...
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    Something Random

    I'm going with something a bit more structured and less sucky. I'm using 2-way co-ax marine / car audio speakers mounted in the ceiling in a sealed backer box of sorts, or at least that's the plan. The speakers are en route.
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    The storageforum Audi S4 Thread

    Who did you buy from? I want to make sure I never do business with them.
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    4k TVs and Monitors

    Don't worry, your neighbor is enjoying their new "4k" monitor.
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    The storageforum Audi S4 Thread

    I've had a little hemming and hawing, but after I tell them what I paid for the tires they usually mutter something about it being well below their cost and they quickly move on. That depends. If they have multiple balancers they may charge extra for the GSP9700 if you want it, otherwise you...
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    The storageforum Audi S4 Thread

    Handy has Michelin PSS tires, not DWS's. I had DWS tires (not the 06 version) on two cars and didn't notice any sort of balance issue. You could have had a bad tire or some sort of balancing issue. Usually with the sort of problem you're describing you want to unmount the tire, rotate it...
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    The storageforum Audi S4 Thread

    Do they have hubcentric rings? Have you have them roadforce balanced?
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    Something Random

    So I decided I need the ability to jam tunes in my master bathroom while showering and getting ready in the morning. Speakers have been ordered. :bglaugh:
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    The storageforum Audi S4 Thread

    DWS 06 tires are ordered. Delivery is supposed to be Monday.
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    Politics

    Of course not. His summary of illegal immigrants from Mexico wasn't factually in error, nor was it based on on an underlying irrationally based hatred of Hispanics. Illegal immigration is not a benefit to the US. It should be stopped. It has nothing to do with the ethnicity of who is coming...
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    Politics

    You'd have to be intentionally obtuse to make that claim. That's not what he said and you know it. He didn't say all Mexicans are rapists. Since some illegal immigrants from Mexico have in fact committed rape and the other crimes he attributed to illegals, there's nothing untrue about his...
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    Politics

    I'm not insulted by it. I thought it was funny, in a sad and pathetic way. It's just a perfect example of typical clueless mainstream elite thinking based on imagined caricatures of people they thumb their noses at. They think everything is fine because they're insulated from the mess they're...
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    IBM FlashSystem A9000

    Enjoy being a beta tester. :p
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    Politics

    And this is why political discussions on any forum are generally forbidden... "You all" can't debate ideas so you resort to name calling in an attempt to stigmatize the opposition. You can't explain why illegal immigration is good and something that should be promoted. You can't explain why...
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    Politics

    Did you actually read it? The word is most certainly in there. Twice... You'd have to be quite dense not read the article, and not see the correlation they authors are attempting to draw throughout the entire article.
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    Even better audio from a laptop v. Audio-gd NFB-15.1 + Emotiva Pro Airmotiv 4

    I received an e-mail back from their VP clarifying that the remaining warranty wasn't void, but that the replacement part was sold without warranty. Regardless, I called and bought my replacement part since it turns out I don't have all the polystyrene that was inside the double boxing...
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    Politics

    Yup, Trump's supports are Nazis. I knew it. :rolleyes: Because believing the fact that the current two parties are driving the country over the cliff makes you a protectionist nut job in search of your "Hiltler" aka Donald Trump. Edit: It's not possible that the current system is broken and...
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    Nvidia’s GTX 1080 and GTX 1070 revealed: Faster than Titan X at half the price

    Founders Edition cards are just a way for Nvidia to fleece the early adopters. You want the card when it launches... Pay an extra $100. HardOCP has a decent write up on them: http://hardocp.com/article/2016/05/09/nvidia_founders_edition_cards_yea_or_nay But honest, it has craftsmanship...
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    Windows 10

    I've not noticed it on 7 or 8.1. I only have one 8.1 machine. I have several with Windows 7. I should point out I haven't tried running NextPVR on any of them. The prior system that also ran NextPVR had XP x64 as the OS. I think it may have something to do with user accounts. I believe the...
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    Windows 10

    My biggest annoyance with Windows 10 is the that the modified dates of folders don't always update. NextPVR record shows to .ts files that are placed in existing folders. Some of the time the view in File Explorer will show the folders with the dates corresponding to the newest files. Most of...
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    Politics

    Hawk? John McCain is a turncoat. Since when is having a failed Presidential run a resume enhancer? On most of the important issues, replacing John McCain with a democrat would make no difference.
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    Politics

    That might just be the best reason I've heard of yet to support Trump and make sure he's at the top of the ticket!
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    Politics

    I could see some number of the Republican in Congress joining forces with the Democrats to play Veto override games in an attempt to make him irrelevant since they both really want the same things. Whether there's enough of them to hit the veto override threshold, I don't know. Considering...
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