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"200 copies of Minecraft.exe in the download folder" rings very true. Along with the 200 copies of the new version of reader/flash that they were promped to update to, but then didn't realize that they had to do something beyond download it. Along the same lines, step one in repairing a printer...

Based on the marketing strategies of the major resellers, there is a very popular item sold at deep discounts (called a "loss leader") that is a good deal. Their hope is that you will also buy other stuff, which isn't discounted nearly as much. If they have targeted something that you want, and...

Faster fans will keep things cooler, and that is a good thing. The downsides are as follows: More noise More dust in the case Faster fan wear Noise is my biggest complaint, but if that doesn't matter to you, I would be wary of how much dust gets in there.

I guarantee if you wait long enough, such a configuration will be under a grand. It just might be for Christmas 2014.

I have about 500GB of microSD, so that is fine with me.

Yup. For $550. Wow, it better be awesome.

Thanks for the tip! I was in fact in the market for just such a thing ;)

Ah, that sounds like it is beyond my ability to test. If it isn't, let me know what to do.

I maxed out a BOXDC53427HYE and had it playing back a 4k sample on repeat for 2 days as a test?

Running again. Started the 8.1 update before I left for the weekend.

She'll be going back to Moscow. She's in her 70s and lived there her whole life, so yeah, endured a fair bit worse ;)

Interesting. AFAIK, my wife has never paid for mail from them. The account is very old though (1998?), could that have something to do with it?

My wife's primary account was Yahoo. My fix was to get her a Google account and forward the mail.

I don't notice any. Is there some kind of synthetic test that would be better and making it obvious?

This is the retirement home. So I have ~19 years to save up ;)

Ignoring the SPAM folder entirely is the best option, but OCD may prevent such things ;)

I'm a big fan of the "wet room" configuration, so having the toilet that close just makes it easier to clean ;) The weight bench (and even the bathtub) are out due to weight considerations. I've attached the floorplan.

At home now I have a high-end projector and a 92" screen. It hasn't been on for nearly a year. In front of a huge window (10' wide and 7' tall) we have our desks, each with wireless headphones and large (mine 30", hers 27") monitors. That is where we spend all our time when we aren't with the...

The EagleTac are protected, the first ones I got weren't. They will be going in other applications. I'm thinking of modifying some of my R.A.T. 9 mice to use them.

Perhaps it would still have thermal fluctuation in their crappy warehouses to deal with? Who knows. I just want as few people as possible to touch the drive as little as possible from the factory to me.

Like I said, I set the bar (for myself) pretty high at the start. I actually am pretty happy that that is the best thing someone who stays with us can complain about. When we started the rebuild we wanted a place that was a similar to a high-end B&B as possible in feel and comfort. Slowly making...

The idea first started after one of our regular walks around Carmel-by-the-Sea. We were looking at the different lots and discussing what we would do there. All of them had issues and all of them were high-7-figures. I suspect that such a craft could be constructed for ~$5 million and...

They say you get a song stuck in your head when you know one part, but then forget what comes next, so the part you know runs over and over. I get crazy ideas stuck in my head until I can confirm absolutely that they are impossible. Then I can move on.

The program is called Chief Architect Premiere (I'm running version X5). Got it for a general contractor friend, and I love it.

For the last several weeks I've been semi-obsessed with the notion that my dream house would be about 1000sq.ft. hanging from a Zeppelin. After a couple weeks of falling asleep visualizing it I finally got a couple hours tonight to sketch something up. Time to start doing the math on how large...

Been discovering Avicii over the last few weeks. Favorite so far is probably "Shame on Me"

She'll be here through the winter. I think she's leaving in mid-March. I think the problem is that I've set a pretty high bar as far as comfort and luxury go. If she only complains about one thing like this a week I can handle it.

I'm afraid that would require her to do something.

Sweet. I'd forgotten to restart in a couple days ;)

It needs to be. That Seiki was unusable @ 4k. I ended up selling it as a regular HDTV. For that purpose the user is quite happy.

I consider Ultrasharps to be the best of the non-reference-class screens. At any particular moment there may be another that offers similar quality, but you don't need to do the research with the Us, they just are good and have the features you might want. And that is a great price. Still...

I got the Nitecore Intellicharger i4 specifically because it can charge 3 batteries without issue.

I also agree. Which is why I buy in the largest quantities feasible (usually a dozen) from the largest supplier (Amazon) with the fastest shipping. Fewest hands touching it for the smallest amount of time.

First rain is upon us, and my mother-in-law is complaining that the water going down the downspout is making too much noise (the back of the house isn't as soundproof as our bedroom). I'm tempted to try two remedies: 1. Dynamat the inside of the lower spout. 2. Insert a plastic scrubbing pad to...

They are working fine for me. Perhaps it is your inferior browser? ;)

Yup. At the moment I'm using the EagleTac brand. They aren't the first ones I bought, but the others didn't have a bump on the positive contact and didn't work with the light. I'm currently considering modifications to the cells to allow them to work.

Thanks for that!

Sounds good, so long as it is stable enough.

Based only on your recommendation, I picked up the EagleTac MX25L3. Fantastic light. The brightness is utterly absurd, even compared to my 1700 lumen bike light.

My mother-in-law (for whom english is a very distant second language) managed to initiate the 8.1 update on her HTPC machine last night. Swears she didn't do anything. I haven't seen this upgrade yet, is it that easy to do? BTW: It broke Start8; doesn't start to the desktop anymore and the...

I know this won't fit your need, but I may as well stick the recommendation in this thread. I have both the Sennheiser RS180 and RS220 wireless headsets, and both are excellent at their price point. Perhaps double the cost of a corded set of the same quality. I just noticed that they do sell a...

The Linux and Apple bars are much larger than I would have anticipated. And there are no appreciable stats for resolutions above 1920x1600? The only screens I use are 2560x1600 and 2560x1440.

Yup.

Welcome to the community ;) We are a fairly small bunch, but some of the users are massively knowledgeable. I suspect your profile will open up with time. Probably one of the SPAM filters...

If the sound quit when you hooked up the HDMI monitor, check your default audio device. It may have switched to the HDMI...

I use Firefox because it was the first one I used after IE and haven't had a reason to switch. Because I am familiar with it I recommend it to my friends and clients just because it is easier for me to support.

Looking to get a fairly comprehensive service manual for my cars. One is an '09, and the manual is available. The other is an '11 with direct fuel injection and a dual-clutch gearbox. I can't find a reputable service manual for it anywhere. Help?

Indeed. In Two Years Before the Mast he describes traveling the California coastline in the mid-1800s. The hardest part seems to be getting the goods the ~200 yards to the coast.

The road from Katmandu to Pokara is actually pretty similar to that. When I saw all the locals riding on the roof instead of inside, I first thought it was because that was cheaper. During the drive I realized it was so that they could jump off if they had to. You could see the shells of other...

The local one here is open 24-hours ;)