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    Slow site performance?

    I'm getting faint whiffs of a canned meat product...
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    Nvidia’s GTX 1080 and GTX 1070 revealed: Faster than Titan X at half the price

    I also didn't get that impression from what I read in the coverage of their event in Texas Friday night.
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    question Where'd the X79 motherboards go?

    Grr... So I finally got around to setting up the dual E5-2670 system for some real x264 compression jobs, I get two going, one on each CPU and the system reboots somewhere into the jobs due to DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL. I analyzed the .dmp file and traced it back to iaStorA.sys, which is...
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    Windows 10

    I don't know if you can use a previously used key for a different Windows flavor or not. But, if you want to save your W7 Pro key why not run the upgrade, make sure it's activated, wipe it, and the clean install? It'll take an extra half hour or so, but you can guarantee no problems and you...
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    Nvidia’s GTX 1080 and GTX 1070 revealed: Faster than Titan X at half the price

    The GPU is still way more important than the CPU in gaming. An old Sandy Bridge i7-2600k with a 1080 is going to be probably impossible to tell from a Skylake i7-6700k, or one of the 8 or 10 core Broadwell-E CPUs if you crank up the eye candy settings (where it becomes GPU limited). To a point...
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    Music

    I was listening to your suggestions and got this one automatically after Alexa Lusader. I thought it was worth sharing: Vonikk - Freefall (Dubstep Violin)
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    Music

    I must have hit my head or something. The Jeff Beck album is 16/48, not 24/96, but it sounds incredible none the less (24/96 is all nonsense anyhow).
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    Windows 10

    I you reinstall clean on a system that has already has Windows 10 happily running on it, it will activate automatically. During install you can skip entering any key.
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    Music

    I picked up a few concert / live performance Blu-rays. Within Temptation & Metropole Orchestra - Black Symphony and Jeff Beck - Live at Ronnie Scott's. Both have 24/96 audio tracks that are very well done mixes. Blanket ft. Imogen Heap on the Jeff Beck Blu-ray is incredible. I've got a few...
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    Politics

    So the retort to what the executive orders have attempted do is to focus on the number of them? :confused: Sorry, but the President can't re-write existing immigration legislation with executive orders. It doesn't matter if that was his only executive order of the term. He doesn't have that...
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    Politics

    Uh... Rush is most definitely not part of the "Republican establishment" as he defines them. He's said all along he would support the nominee whoever it was because stopping Hillary was goal #1. You're trying to connect some subtle dots by ignoring clear unambiguous statements he's made.
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    Even better audio from a laptop v. Audio-gd NFB-15.1 + Emotiva Pro Airmotiv 4

    It works like a champ. Windows 10 found drivers on it's own. WASAPI works correctly. No glitches when scrolling a web page. Time to order up...
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    Politics

    My bad, I forgot about that...
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    Politics

    More than Kim Jong-Un (has 'em) or the nutjobs in Iran (will soon thanks to Obama and John Kerry)? They said the same thing about Reagan... To the best of my knowledge he didn't nuke anyone.
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    Politics

    While I'm not sure what your political leanings are I find it strange that so many people only have a problem with extra-constitutional behavior when it's the other guy doing it. Regardless, he can't be another Obama. It won't work. He won't be able to get away with it. Should Trump try to...
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    Politics

    I don't see how you can draw that conclusion. Yes, the markets like stability. But, he's not the Heath Ledger Joker character in Christopher Nolan's Batman movies causing chaos for the sake of chaos. First, Trump is a business guy. Eliminating red tape and creating a pro-business environment...
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    Something Random

    YGPM
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    Politics

    Rush has never said that. He's said he will support the Republican Nominee whoever it was to stop Hillary. I'm not a Trump guy. I preferred and voted for someone else in the primary. I'd say it's questionable how much different Trump will be from Hillary in office on some issues since he's...
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    Politics

    Think of him as an older whiter version of Obama.
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    Politics

    The founding fathers wanted gridlock and a gov't that had a hard time getting things done. That's not a problem, it's a feature. When they get things done the rest of us generally get screwed with bad legislation. Like the TPP, NAFTA, out of control spending, etc.
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    Politics

    I guess they should have just rigged the game with superdelegates like the Democrats did. You know, where Bernie keeps winning primaries yet keeps falling further and further behind. The reality is that Bernie is just a placeholder to make Hillary look more moderate and to make it look like...
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    Even better audio from a laptop v. Audio-gd NFB-15.1 + Emotiva Pro Airmotiv 4

    I sent them one last appeal via e-mail to not be evil (using other words) since apparently doing the right thing (sending me a replacement woofer on their dime) is out of the question...
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    Even better audio from a laptop v. Audio-gd NFB-15.1 + Emotiva Pro Airmotiv 4

    Don't worry, they will sell you new packaging. :rolleyes:
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    SACD "ripping" over HDMI?

    Yeah, that's pretty much my thought even though I spent $300 on the card and can't return it. Hence why I haven't gotten back to messing with it.
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    Even better audio from a laptop v. Audio-gd NFB-15.1 + Emotiva Pro Airmotiv 4

    Time to revisit this thread with some gripes. One of the two Emotiva Airmotiv 4 speakers has a woofer that buzzes slightly. The voice coil on the driver is rubbing on some part of the motor. It's been that way for a long time but I don't use them all that often and I've been lazy. So I...
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    SACD "ripping" over HDMI?

    I downloaded and tried their updated SDK. It got rid of the major glitching. It looks like there's still some sort of static pop / glitch that occurs in the audio every 4-5 minutes, but I'm not 100% sure about that. It happened at about the same amount of time from the start of the recordings...
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    Politics

    That's more like: 4a) Claim you'll pay for 4 with the increased tax income from sales and income taxes from 3. 4b) Get much less tax revenue to pay for 4, or have the cost of 4 far exceed estimates leaving the program upside down.
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    Politics

    I enjoyed looking up some of my former employers, competitors, and large customers in the industry I'm in.
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    The storageforum Audi S4 Thread

    I'd expect the price will drop, not sure exactly when though. B5 tunes are pretty cheap now AFAIK.
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    The storageforum Audi S4 Thread

    Different SKU AFAIK. They are explicitly listed at Tire Rack as DWS 06. They were selling both for a while. For my S4 they now only have the DWS 06.
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    Intel lays off 10% of its workforce

    I'm guessing those aren't the employees they're laying off.
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    Intel lays off 10% of its workforce

    So, Intel requested 8,351 H-1B visas and 5,172 permanent green cards for foreign workers between 2010-2015, citing that they could not find enough skilled American workers. Now they're laying off 12,000 workers. I'm sure it's just a coincidence...
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    4k TVs and Monitors

    I must be the only person who isn't infatuated with IPS. No, that doesn't mean I want a TN panel. Those suck. In general, I'd rather have a good VA type panel. 5000:1 contrast ratio is hard to argue against. Yes, I understand the pros and cons of each. Unless you're sitting absurdly close...
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    The storageforum Audi S4 Thread

    The main reason I'd avoid APR is because of Arin Ahnell. I'd really like a flash at home solution. I think EPL has one for the B8.5. Unitronic was also working on one.
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    The storageforum Audi S4 Thread

    Have you tried the newer 06 version yet?
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    The storageforum Audi S4 Thread

    Looking good. I need to get new tires here soon. I need to get my buddy motivated so he'll buy me a set of 18" 40/245 Conti DWS 06 with his discount. I passed 50k miles about two weeks ago so my warranty is now gone. I guess it's time to revisit the stage 1 tunes that are available.
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    Intel lays off 10% of its workforce

    Some people are hoping VR will be the catalyst to drive requirements for advances in HW the next bit.
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    Politics

    Yes, vote for the career criminal / pathological liar. Somehow being the wife of a philandering / womanizing husband qualifies her for the highest office. Her supporters can't point to a single accomplishment she's had. Her foreign policy has been a debacle. Libya anyone? Toppling a stable...
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    Politics

    This is what happens when you take over the student loan program and effectively let people borrow as much money as possible. The schools jack the prices so they can get as much of that "free" gov't money as possible. I saw something the other day that showed for every dollar of grants and the...
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    Politics

    It's a problem because the people coming we don't need or want. It has nothing to with the rate at which they're coming. We should get rid of the visa overstayers too. They're less than 50% of the illegals from the data I've seen. As far as the "wall", it's already a matter of Federal law...
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    Politics

    The same people pushing a $15 an hour minimum wage argue that business should just raise prices a little to offset the cost of it are the same people who say we can't stop illegal immigration because our produce costs would go up without them working in the fields and the price of fruits and...
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    Politics

    You really think the unemployment rate is ~5%? The gov't is cooking the books with the U3 number. They don't count people who aren't actively looking for a jobs. Look at the labor participation rate, the number of people on food stamps, disability, etc. They've all gone up as the...
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    Politics

    He's delusional if he believes any of that economic data he presented.
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    Something Random

    Clearly you don't work for the IRS. Must be the CIA, like I've said all along.
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    SACD "ripping" over HDMI?

    So I sent Magewell a link to a zip file with 95MB of audio samples containing 15-20 second recordings of: 2.0-16-176kHz.wav 2.0-16-44.1kHz.wav 2.0-24-192kHz.wav 2.0-24-44.1kHz.wav 2.0-24-48kHz.wav 2.0-24-88.2kHz.wav 2.0-24-96kHz.wav 5.1-16-176.4kHz.wav 5.1-24-48kHz.wav 5.1-24-88.2kHz.wav...
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    Something Random

    Way to miss the joke. Every four years some celebrities swear they're going to leave the country if ______ wins. I was wondering if you were making that sort of threat, or if you were worried about being deported because you're an illegal. :razz:
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    Something Random

    I think you mean Colombia...
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    Intel lays off 10% of its workforce

    They've got to get to work on Skynet.
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    Something Random

    You're that worried about Donald Trump that you're going to leave the country if he wins? Or are you worried he's going to evict you?
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    Something Random

    That's not 1.0. 1.0 has a different look to the GUI. Do you mean one of the many cities/towns in the US with that name, Columbia University in NY, or Colombia the country in South America?
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