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No worries. I thought it dropped for me last night around 10PM PST. That could have been on my end.

Nope, no AES. Could it be Jumbo packets or something? I doubt it as the send and receive are different speeds; if it was network related they should be limited to the same value, no?

The other HDMI source is a wireless HDMI bridge that I'm not in control of. My current thoughts are to strip the audio from the HDMI, mix it in the mixing board, and then send it via RCA into the receiver. Then program the receiver to play the audio from the RCA while playing the video from the...

Down for about 16 hours I think...

As a performance test for the QNAP TS-831X, I set up a RAID-0 of 8x 8TB drives after updating the firmware to the latest. I then set up the direct connect networking described above using the 10.0.0.2 and 10.0.0.3 addresses (with no gateway or DNS) on the workstation and NAS respectively...

You've nearly done it. The part you are missing is to make sure that the static IPs used for the direct connections are in a separate subnet altogether. For example, if your normal network uses the 192.168.xxx.xxx, you can use the range 10.xxx.xxx.xxx for the dedicated links. Then you use the...

We can probably sort out your networking issues pretty easily. What configuration did you have in mind? The easiest for administration is a setup where the computer and NAS both connect to a switch that has the right ports. A solution that requires less hardware takes a little setup...

Switched the chassis to a Corsair Carbide Air 240, and rotated it so that the windows is on the top. This is an astonishing case for the money. The look is distinctive and to my taste, the case shows the motherboard very well while hiding everything else. The 2x120mm Corsair Hydro AIO CPU cooler...

I've always enjoyed games where you can build things. I've also enjoyed games where there are multiple levels of understanding and design involved in success. EVE Online is way too good at these things, and is taking most of my game time from other things. If anyone here is interested, I now...

There can, but typically it only effects a single PCIe slot (they are electrically connected, basically the same slot in two different form factors). Just move the card to another slot.

I have a system that uses a standard receiver and HDMI to switch between sources, and amplify the speakers. The customer would like to add talk-over capability to one of the HDMI inputs. We already have XLR mics, but is there a box that can add additional audio to an HDMI stream without removing...

I purchased it as soon as you linked it. I've been looking for something in this configuration (10-gig, 8-drive) for a while and it was not a hard decision. I'll be populating it with 8TB HDDs and a direct-connect cable to a high-end machine with SSDs in RAID0. We'll see how it performs. Might...

TDU and TDU2 were both fun games, but quite dated at this point. Some of the Need for Speed games had a lot going for them in this regard.

Works fine. By the way, I now have a QNAP TS-831X sitting on my workbench. I'll be populating it later today if anyone here wants tests or screenshots of config screens.

Rainbow tables for common passwords are not only common, but usually google-able. I'm sure I've posted this before: https://youtu.be/8ZtInClXe1Q

Not only was it more than 3 years ago, but that entire setup would fit in half a rack and cost less than $100k. The thing that makes you most susceptible to this kind of attack is having a file that you can beat on. If there is a file that you can copy into a system such as this and try as...

Yup, that is the one I've been buying. Not the cheapest, but I haven't had any issues.

I wouldn't be surprised if it did throttle in normal use. Before I put a heatsink on mine it was idling at 65C. Granted, this is a low-airflow very quiet case, but not unreasonably so.

No vulnerability has ever been found. Someone did get to the parts of the database that need to remain open, that is it. And it was a year ago.

Some kind of password management system should be considered required at this point if you have things of value accessible over the internet. Keepass is one, I use LastPass. Any of the recent hacks highlight four attributes that passwords need: Unique - You should never use the same password on...

Did the Annapurna Circuit from Pokara when I was younger, including a detour to base camp. Probably won't do another 30+ day hike again.

Integrated 16x10GbE seems to be screaming for the supercomputer space. Or just really extreme routers?

5000k at home, 6500k at work. Lower than 4000k makes things look wrong.

The GPU cooler itself is likely fairly optimal, but the backplate would probably benefit from more thermal mass and larger surface area (at least that has been the case with previous GPUs). If you are willing to compromise the slot above it provides an effective secondary route for heat...

Bah, I'd fix them, but you can at least see what I was looking at. I wanted a newer Lian-Li chassis, featured in the video below. The 950Pro will certainly get heatsinks, and possibly the 1080 as well. https://youtu.be/CQXIyvsWTNA There is a NAS, no significant local storage is necessary. 512GB...

I always just considered Lightroom "easy mode" and Photoshop "expert mode". It makes sense in that way.

You don't need a disk, just download the program called Rufus, it will take the ISO and make a bootable USB out of it. https://rufus.akeo.ie/

Once microtransaction systems become ubiquitous, there is a plausible solution to this and SPAM. No message or call is delivered without a small payment. The payment goes to the recipient. If you send and receive about the same number of messages and calls, you break even. If you try to contact...

It is just an absurd gaming box. Additional cores beyond 4 is nearly useless. Max clock (and IPC) is key. Only PCIe device will be the single GPU. I've never seen a game successfully eat even 32GB of RAM, much less 64. Expandability is not relevant. This system will be replaced entirely when...

Got my first order for a 1080 build. Current thoughts ($3000+): ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition GTX1080-8G 8GB GDDR5X PCI Express 3.0 Intel Boxed Core i7-6850K Processor (15M Cache, up to 3.80 GHz) FC-LGA14A 3.6 6 BX80671I76850K Corsair Dominator Platinum...

Indeed. Those kinds of scams are awful. From personal experience, I can attest that the IRS first sends a letter to your employer to withhold your pay. This is how I first found out, anyway.

Sometimes?

Even two is enough to setup RAID-1 (mirroring), 3 is enough for RAID-5 (parity) and 4 is enough for RAID-6 (double parity).

Indeed. It isn't tricky, particularly if you have a reasonable budget and are buying new hardware specifically for this task.

It seems that I've had this position long enough that lots of sales peoples CRM databases must know that I am in charge of evaluating and purchasing IT stuff for my company. The receptionist is great at routing all these calls to my desk voicemail that I never answer (currently 98 new...

Flash is tricky enough that I avoid it whenever possible. I prefer LED panel lights attached to Magnetic Gpods. The lights stay on so you can better understand where and how much light you need.

That is a tricky one. All other things being equal, what you are looking for is a sensor with less noise at higher ISO. There isn't a good metric for this, just have to read the reviews. The other thing that allows better low-light pictures is to open the aperture, but as we discussed this...

I'm typically 5-10' away. My wife doesn't complain about feature distortion so long as I stay above 18-20mm. A smaller f-number means that the aperture is larger. This lets in more light, but narrows the depth of field. Putting the camera in Av mode (this lets you set the aperture and the...

I end up shooting from much closer, and my wife likes full-height photos. I use the 24/1.4L.

I cleaned a sensor once a long time ago with success, but haven't in years. Now that kid pictures are the norm, I don't change lenses often.

I actually had a spare mixing board. Problem identified-ish. Swapping the Onkyo receiver with a spare resolved the problem. This is hard to explain, as other inputs to the receiver played fine, and swapping the mixer to a different input didn't resolve the issue. I'll be picking up the old one...

Yup. Thanks for joining. Multiple batteries for everything.

Jaybird does seem to have the best rep out there for this kind of thing. Good review of their latest here: https://youtu.be/GiNSOLpC1-Y I have a pair of AfterShokz Bluez 2S that I use in nasty conditions. The audio quality is poor, the maximum listening volume is low, and they feel cheap...

Swap one of the chips with one running some code, wire the chip to the contacts. Install memory modules at doors that can interrogate the chip for some kind of crazy authentication. Or just find a way to use some of the traces on the DIMM to act as the RFID antenna...

Sorry, something I forgot to mention. This system worked for nearly a year before it failed in this way. It is, however, operated by randoms of unknown technical expertise.

The Behringer Xenyx 802 mixer board is serving as pre-amp. The mic receiver has a battery and doesn't require phantom power. The "Main Out" from the mixer is connecting via RCA to the Onkyo as "CD in".

I've tried with two separate, identical mics (Sennheiser AVX e835) each with their own receiver, two copies of the Behringer Xenyx 802, then wired into an Onkyo TX-NR646 and onto some speakers. Other sources play fine, but either mic only plays the lowest frequencies. I've made sure all the...

My home NAS lives in the garage. Dusty and with thermal fluxuations. It has been on for about 4 years, being restarted two or three times for drive upgrades. I wouldn't worry about that.

That is a cool looking device. Would be awesome if they had a 2x and 3x unit.

Tannin likely got this one right as well. Using the thermal camera, the ceiling is no warmer than interior walls. The insulation is likely sufficient; 1.5" of expanding foam (R-7 per inch in addition to being air-tight), R-30 fiberglass on top of that, and 3/4" outdoor-rated plywood on top of...