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  1. DrunkenBastard

    Audio Equipment

    Will you be running your PSA sub in conjunction with those? They certainly look glorious.
  2. DrunkenBastard

    Audio Equipment

    Got some Yamaha NS-IC800 in ceiling speakers for Atmos/DTS-X height channels. Need to build a little support so they can be nestled between the floor joists on the ceiling.
  3. DrunkenBastard

    Lots of Snow

    We've been lucky so far, the neighbour down the street plowed our driveway a couple of times with his truck so no buildup at the road, just stepped out for the first time since Monday to clear snow around the furnace/hot water heater vents. There was about 3 feet of drifts and 1 foot of space...
  4. DrunkenBastard

    Lots of Snow

    18-24" of snow forecast thru tomorrow night, Thruway closed to tractor trailers. Hello Stella.
  5. DrunkenBastard

    Something Random

    Replaced the $5 plastic Y connector that distributes coolant to the front and rear heaters on the Suburban. Got home last week and was wondering why the rear wheel was wet, last pothole I hit must have sheared it off, part of it still in one of the hoses. Luckily the temp gauge hadn't maxed out...
  6. DrunkenBastard

    Defect with Intel C2000 Atoms, multiple NAS units affected

    https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/03/03/netgear_recalling_hardware_with_bad_intel_atoms/ "The four product lines – ReadyNAS devices RN3130 and RN3138, and Wi-Fi managers WC7500 and WC7600v2 – happen to have a common component, Intel's Atom C2000 line chips, which Intel has acknowledged had...
  7. DrunkenBastard

    AMD Ryzen pricing released, Intel cuts prices in anticipation

    So it's a monster at 7zip, still not as fast as Intel cpus if you are looking for ultimate refresh rates, but apparently smoother with no hiccups: http://www.techspot.com/review/1345-amd-ryzen-7-1800x-1700x/page7.html
  8. DrunkenBastard

    Replacing my office phone headset with my computer

    Does this do what you need? http://old.esi-estech.com/devices/features/device_details?id=201 VIP 7 Softphone Essentially an ESI IP phone on your PC screen. If you’re a “road warrior,“ connects you right back to the ESI system back at the office. Audio is provided via PC (USB headset required
  9. DrunkenBastard

    Replacing my office phone headset with my computer

    So with our Avaya voip phones at work, there's a soft phone software component you can install on your PC that gives you full control over the physical phone over IP. There's a virtual keypad to control the physical phone, or you can set the soft phone to receive and make calls using a usb...
  10. DrunkenBastard

    Audio Equipment

    This part "End customers, having paid a premium for MQA music via licensed content providers, will also have to buy MQA certified players at increased cost, with a license paid for each unit shipped". The former doesn't make sense when there is no cost premium to access the MQA encoded songs on...
  11. DrunkenBastard

    Audio Equipment

    Has anyone claimed that MQA is lossless? It's clearly applying compression when compared to a 24 bit / 96kHz encoding. Seems more like a potential option if you are in a bandwidth limited scenario. Anyway didn't want to create the impression that MQA is some kind of miracle, the reference was...
  12. DrunkenBastard

    1080 Ti announced, $699 on March 5th, 1080 price drop to $499

    http://www.anandtech.com/show/11172/nvidia-unveils-geforce-gtx-1080-ti-next-week-699 Looks like around the same performance as the Titan X at $1200.
  13. DrunkenBastard

    Annual Job Review

    Maybe go with "Lead Systems Administrator". Still has the connotations of having the technical chops but also responsible for others as you clearly are.
  14. DrunkenBastard

    Annual Job Review

    If he doesn't want to give up the Director role what about switching titles from sys admin to it manager? I would say being able to put a manager title in your resume would be more valuable down the line than just sys admin. Sounds like the only thing you aren't doing for that role is the evals...
  15. DrunkenBastard

    Folding@Home

    My 480s have been rock solid folding on Win 7. Yes, around 300k points per day each. The blower version of the XFX 8GB model is down to $199 after $20 mail in rebate: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01H3P9CKI/
  16. DrunkenBastard

    Folding@Home

    My friend brought an RX480, he's folding under my account for us at least temporarily, I'll pay him for his additional power usage.
  17. DrunkenBastard

    Annual Job Review

    Good luck Coug. I could see this working out if you have a solid relationship with your pseudo boss. Have you brought any inkling of this up with him before?
  18. DrunkenBastard

    AMD Ryzen pricing released, Intel cuts prices in anticipation

    Thinking of doing a build with Ryzen 7100 and an ROG Crosshair VI Hero mobo.
  19. DrunkenBastard

    AMD Ryzen pricing released, Intel cuts prices in anticipation

    http://www.anandtech.com/show/11143/amd-launch-ryzen-52-more-ipc-eight-cores-for-under-330-preorder-today-on-sale-march-2nd Starting at $329 for 8 cores at 3 GHz base / 3.7 GHz boost, on sale March 2nd. Intel trimming prices: http://wccftech.com/intel-amd-price-war-ryzen-processors/
  20. DrunkenBastard

    Audio Equipment

    Ended up getting a Chord Mojo, at about twice the price of the Henry. Tidal to Chord to Sony XBA-Z5 IEMs, sounds fantastic. Getting about 7 hours of battery life with Tidal Masters (desktop app doing the partial unfolding and outputting @96kHz)...
  21. DrunkenBastard

    I want to buy a new car

    So the Honda Clarity fuel cell vehicle is available in certain areas of California: http://automobiles.honda.com/clarity?DFACID=1#can-i-purchase $2,868 due at signing and then $369 per month on a 36 month lease. Interesting part is the lease comes with a fuel card for $15,000 worth of...
  22. DrunkenBastard

    Something Random

    Ideally it's just lymphedema, a blockage of the lymph node which can cause swelling/pain.
  23. DrunkenBastard

    Lots of Snow

    So that's not looking good, mandatory evacuations for tens of thousands as the emergency spillway may give way. Talk of dropping rocks from helicopters to avoid total disaster. http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/12/us/california-oroville-dam-failure/index.html
  24. DrunkenBastard

    Politics

    "SNL mocks Kellyanne Conway's massacre blunder In the SNL sketch, Baldwin's Mr Trump claims "everyone loves" his immigration ban, after Mr Turnbull queries him about the backlash. "We had to do it because of that huge massacre at bowling green," he says — a jab at a gaffe made by White House...
  25. DrunkenBastard

    Really?

    Looks like I need to order that flashlight with strobe soon....... ☺
  26. DrunkenBastard

    8k TVs and Monitors

    Yes, sorry my mistake. HDMI 2.1 has exceeded DP 1.3 and 1.4.
  27. DrunkenBastard

    Something Random

    In Real Life. Full bandwidth required.
  28. DrunkenBastard

    8k TVs and Monitors

    Yes looks like they have caught up with display port 1.3 in that regard. - to snowhikers post
  29. DrunkenBastard

    Really?

    A standard can of beer is 12 US fluid ounces assuming 5% alcohol or 1.5 ounces of spirits assuming 40%. USA uses 14 grams of alcohol as the definition of a standard drink. IIRC Australian equivalents for the above would be 8 oz and 1 oz respectively. There's no labelling law that requires...
  30. DrunkenBastard

    Nichia Develops 60 Lumen Per Watt White LED

    No metal detector but subject to searches.
  31. DrunkenBastard

    Nichia Develops 60 Lumen Per Watt White LED

    I don't require a striking bezel as I don't plan to get that close to the criminal. I'm parked in an outside lot, was thinking more of something very bright that I could use to dazzle/temporarily blind them from a distance to give me an extra few seconds to get away. Maybe in strobe mode? Pepper...
  32. DrunkenBastard

    Nichia Develops 60 Lumen Per Watt White LED

    So at work recently one of the employees was car jacked at 5.30pm at the adjacent multi story car park. How would something like this flashlight shined in the face fair in terms of dazzling criminal scum enough to make them go after an easier target? Lethal options are forbidden per work...
  33. DrunkenBastard

    Recommended UPS device for basement NAS

    Looks like a nice unit you have there. What kind of load do you have on the UPS? 14 gauge should be fine for a 15A run, assuming you don't have anything else plugged into the circuit? I went with a Tripp Lite 1500VA/900W ups for my folding pc in the basement...
  34. DrunkenBastard

    Something Random

    Easiest way to think of U.2 is the speed of an M.2 slot but with a cable to a 2.5" drive. Both can deliver 4 PCIE lanes. Advantage of the 2.5" drive is much better cooling potential and sustained speeds without the slowdowns M.2 drives suffer from due to heat build up. Many motherboards with an...
  35. DrunkenBastard

    LED flashlights

    So based on a days use of the HC90: http://flashlight.nitecore.com/product/hc90 - Impressive amount of light, with a wide angle. Tint is a little on the cool side. Can't see much of a bump from 900 lumen turbo mode compared to high setting of 530. Generally just keep it at high or lower. - Rock...
  36. DrunkenBastard

    Something Random

    800 GB Intel 750 2.5" drive for U.2 for $480 https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B011HYVOY8/
  37. DrunkenBastard

    Something Random

    Is U.2 form factor in a drive bay a consideration? http://edgeup.asus.com/2016/06/06/m-2-ssd-throttling-tests-vindicate-asus-motherboard-designs/
  38. DrunkenBastard

    10TB hard drive

    So something interesting has happened, Seagate releasing Enterprise Capacity drives with the above specs but with 1 and 2 TB capacity, few platters and no helium. Depending on the pricing this could be the way to go for reliability without the premium pricing of the 8 and 10 TB models...
  39. DrunkenBastard

    LED flashlights

    Ordered a Nitecore HC90 headlamp, and a C3100 v2.2 charger. Will use the colored leds when hunting. Went with a couple of the Nitecore NL189 18650 3400mAh protected batteries.
  40. DrunkenBastard

    Case with most 5.25 bays, to use multiple removeable Hard Drive bays?

    Sounds like Santilli already has some supermicro 5.25" to multiple 3.5" drive hot swap bays. Greg, would something like this work for you? 8 hot swap 3.5" SAS/SATA bays in a tower form factor, and two 5.25" external bays. https://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=N82E16811152135
  41. DrunkenBastard

    8k TVs and Monitors

    The major issue is that to drive a 4k TV at 60Hz using HDMI your video card will need to support HDMI 2.0. In the case of the 295, you would need to use a Display Port to HDMI dongle (active is recommended) with which you can drive 4k at 30Hz. For video playback or 2D work 30Hz should be ok...
  42. DrunkenBastard

    Problems with adopting Ubiquity AC-Pro access point

    Thanks for the info Dave. If I do the factory reset, what credentials do I use to connect using SSH?
  43. DrunkenBastard

    Problems with adopting Ubiquity AC-Pro access point

    So I've installed Java, and the latest UniFi 5.3.8 controller (running on Win 7). Upgraded the firmware on the AC-Pro to the latest release (3.7.29) AP shows as pending adoption, I choose "Adopt" and it eventually times out saying "Adoption Failed". Tried forgetting and re-adopting several...
  44. DrunkenBastard

    10TB hard drive

    Which Seagate 8TB? IIRC the Enterprise Capacity model is 2.5 million and 550 TB per year? Edit to bump 1.2 to 2.5
  45. DrunkenBastard

    Something Random

    I believe his store is Red Hill Computers. This sounds like a much larger building. However this may be Tea taking out the compeition.
  46. DrunkenBastard

    Folding@Home

    Nice Doug, what hardware are you running?
  47. DrunkenBastard

    Lots of Snow

    Late response but: A roof rake will let you do that from the safety of the ground.
  48. DrunkenBastard

    Lots of Snow

    Had about a foot of snow on Thursday, the Winterforce tires perform well with snow but have issues with ice buildup below the snow on my uphill driveway. Ended up ordering some chains for the rear drive axle, Thule XG12 Pros, which seem to be a decent quick mount solution for the really bad...
  49. DrunkenBastard

    Folding@Home

    Going to try out CentOS to get a production boost this week. I see some recent activity from Coug and also Doug with his experimentation, in addition to strikers solid output.
  50. DrunkenBastard

    Western Digital He12, 12 TB and 14 TB HDDs

    So the 12TB is using PMR and the 14TB is a shingled turd. 8 platters on both.
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