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Yes, I was just picturing the guy doing the interview being wheeled out to the ambulance as Coug "breaks a leg" :D Congrats Coug you crazy bastich.

The question to be answered is if this is a deliberate crippling by nvidia so that they can push Quadro's with ungimped FP64 capability for thousands per card. Rumours are that the GTX680 was in fact originally designed to replace the 560Ti card, but outperformed expectations and was renamed...

Seems like the 680 has been crippled compared to the GTX580/590 series http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-680-review-benchmark,3161-15.html

The issue in this case only affects Windows Phone 7.5 phones.

At least with Android on Verizon you get a little widget on your phone that shows your usage and limits (if any). Much better than having to login to a website IMO. And Ice Cream Sandwich (for those phones that eventually receive it) also helps keep track of usage and alerting you as you...

Looks like the Labor party got absolutely destroyed in the Qld elections. "Labor was last night reduced to between six and eight seats in the 89-seat Queensland Parliament in a debilitating defeat." Of course prob more resentment in the electorate than just the flooding issue but what a loss...

AMD had the lead with the 7970 for nearly 3 months. Now to see what the 7990 holds in store, performance wise.

A cool running Llano based APU (CPU+GPU on same die) is more than sufficient to decode Blu-ray, and pretty much any other HTPC playback duty. No need for another video card. Now if you want to do a whole lot of encoding, the i7 range would be the better performer. but for bang for buck a Llano...

Hmm, fan next to a tub full of water, whatever could go wrong.... On the plus side you are fully prepared for a bushfire now :) Have you considered hooking up some underfloor radiant heating and just hook up to a tap, draining to waste? Maybe if CA continues to turn into a glacier whilst the...

Serial Attached SCSI (SA-SCSI), the next step after Ultra320 (where they go from parallel to serial signalling). Available on-board some server motherboards but generally not cheap, cheapest one I've seen is this single socket C32 model for $340...

Bringing this back up: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-16/flood-report-paves-the-way-for-compensation/3895130 "Some of the most serious findings in the report relate to Brisbane's Wivenhoe Dam. It says the dam's manual was not properly followed on the weekend leading up to Brisbane's flood...

Interesting. I got locked out of SiteScan at work and had to get the boss to unlock my account. It was then I realised that SSWeb and Firefox don't make a happy couple. I have to have an IE window open for legacy apps like this :)

The geometry of bikes like Harley's aren't conducive to fast response/handling, and their brakes aren't really too flash. Floorboards extend out so they hit the pavement when lean angle increases (most bikes the side stand would be the first thing to hit at lean) So you get a lot of novice...

Yes the V-Star 250 would be a fine choice if I wanted another cruiser style bike. Those Harley's tend to have serious issues with handling, also with their running boards they tend to hit the pavement way earlier than most other bikes, can cause quite a mess if you aren't expecting it. This is...

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My current bike: Cutting edge from 1979 :)

With my commute at $4 per gallon I would be saving around $20 per week, close enough to $1000 per year, if I just count commuting mileage. If I add in the $10 per week parking saving for six months of summer riding, $1260 per year. Now obviously there's maintenance costs and new tires etc as...

Hope you recover soon. I'm assuming the Jolly Roger wasn't involved.

OK, in the interests of road safety I will go with the CBR with ABS. And if it fails at tsunami escape my spirit will find it's way to Montréal to haunt you :p

Yeah there's little adjustment on the suspension as these are made to a price, in a Thai factory for a global market. I see your point, either would be used on the highway for 95% of the time, I guess the CRF points more towards the utilitarian side, it's the dream of a "Deep Impact" moment...

So the price of petrol is again on the rise and has breached the $4 per gallon barrier here. Shortly I will also be losing my garage parking privileges at work, and will be sent to an outdoor lot, which costs about $10 per week. Therefore it is time to upgrade the motorcycle (free parking in...

Is there a reason you didn't go for a Sony VPL-VW1000ES with real 4K display input/output capability? A little more at 30k retail but prob around $25k street pricing. Looks like existing dual layer BD discs (50GB) will be sufficient for 4K once the H.265 codec is finalized, prob need a new BD...

Yup the kiddie vomit should clean up easily out of those baby soft leather bucket seats.....;)

The AMD 7750 should be around the $140 mark (which should cause further downward pricing pressure on the 6770 range). http://news.techeye.net/chips/amd-hd-7770-details-leaked

Prob already mentioned: http://brisbanetimes.drive.com.au/motor-news/hotshot-wagon-audi-rs4-avant-20120215-1t4qy.html

Interesting that the first tow truck was too small for the R8. Usually these low ground clearance cars with a fat overhanging chin make a nice grinding noise as they hit the ramp of the flatbed truck on the way up. I wouldn't think an R8 is a candidate for a dolly tow.

Haven't you seen Merc's version of "The Club"? Some call it "The Tree". It's not something the average gang banger can remove in a hurry.... :) Can't find the pic now.

Surely you are bench pressing over 1200 pounds by now with the 'roids? ;)

It could be worse, you could be a 12 year old child in Australia getting strip searched twice. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-01-29/outrage-after-12yo-girl-strip-searched/3798640 Why the second search? Apparently the victim was acting nervous. Well wouldn't you be nervous if you've just been...

Doesn't sound like high pings would be an issue for her ...http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/08/viasat-residential-satellite-broadband-internet-hands-on-video/ She should be under the cap, unless she takes a liking to streaming Netflix etc.

Luckily the 2nd and 3rd in command tripped on the same rock and fell into the same lifeboat immediately after the "Captain". And the whole "I dropped the anchor to do an emergency turn and beach the ship, saving countless lives" turns out to be yet another lie, as the anchor was dropped after...

So we now know that the gutless wonder "tripped and fell into a lifeboat", refused several orders from the coastguard to return to the ship to oversee the evacuation, and compounded his gross error in judgement of steering too close to shore by delaying the order to abandon ship for over 1 hour...

Happy 10 years Coug!

Yeah a stellar piece of work there, he was going to "man the shore based rescue" whilst leaving the remaining crew with little command or direction. Hours later they choppered off the remaining passengers. The purser was just found alive and the honeymooning South Korean couple earlier so...

Anyone think a little drinky was involved in this cock-up by the Captain? http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-01-15/pair-rescued-from-cruise-ship/3773212?section=world http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-01-14/cruise-ship-sinks-off-italian-island/3773174 He ripped the guts right out of her, way too...

Seems like an excellent reason to skip Windows 8. Given Win 8 on ARM doesn't have any backwards compatibility with x86 Windows apps, doesn't seem like a difficult choice. As for why there aren't any Windows (Phone) tablets currently, that's just arbitrary idiocy (like netbooks being limited...

Does the 2711 have an HDMI port? http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=224-8284 I don't see HDCP compliance listed on the DVI connection so its not going to work with general consumer gear. It is a 2560*1440 monitor after all. Alternatives like the 30"...

Assuming you aren't trying to feed it frame packed 3D (which requires a subset of HDMI 1.4), the 2711 should support any device that outputs over HDMI - or DVI with HDCP I.e. HDMI has backwards compatibility Is input scaling turned on? IIRC the older 30" model would only work with native res or...

Ok I'm running a little slow tonight. Does this mean that after 5200 power on hours, the turdburger starts pooping the bed after 1 hour of power? I understand that SSDs are finite life devices unlike a rotating HDD, but this is taking the cake. My 128GB M4 is still waiting for installation in...

Home button->Menu button->Settings->Language and keyboard->Touch input->Text input. You can turn off prediction, spell checking and auto complete there. This is also where they hid the toggle to turn off vibrate/haptic feedback when you hit a character on the keyboard (was driving me crazy).

Samsung Galaxy S II is getting the upgrade to ICS (prob sometime in Q1 2012), the potential upgrade to ICS for the Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab remain up in the air (apparently some potential issues with TouchWiz). All of Sony-Ericsson's 2011 phones are also getting ICS sometime in 2012.

The S III will likely be announced in January, though product won't ship for a while after that. There's talk of 2.5GHz.

Have you considered a backpack? Should act as extra back protection (assuming you have some back protection already in your jacket). I ride with my 15" on the back and it's not an issue. Of course if you are wearing thongs and a singlet to beat the heat ....

"How about decent FPS's for me?" Not on the Wii. Maybe on the WiiU coming out 2012 that will be more technically proficient. Gonna cost far more than a Wii 1 tho.

Getting a wee bit of clutch slippage (manual transmission) now as the Elantra gets close to the 80,000 mile mark. Now for a change this is the one under the 10 year/100,000 mile bumper to bumper extended warranty, we'll see if they fight the fix.

Happy Holidays everyone.

Welcome back Gary: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2076287/Cat-strokes-baby-YouTube-video-pet-soothing-crying-Connar-Grant-sleep.html

Meanwhile on the other side of the country we are on track to have the least amount of snow in December since 1939. Some places get warmer, other places get cooler.

Review of the new AMD 7970 3GB card: http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/49646-amd-radeon-hd-7970-3gb-review.html Impressive in terms of performance per watt, I'm not excited by the fan noise. Will wait for 3rd party cooling solutions with monster big fans. Of course...

Working Christmas Day and New Years Day, triple time delights (actually double time and a half).