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That is worse. Someone on Slashdot said something about their change in architecture killing the GPGPU capabilities in exchange for better power consumption and slightly better graphics.

Nope. I won't put money on it until I can see an option list and know exactly what I'm getting. There is a looming issue that might scrub this whole thing anyway...more details later.

If the next one is blue you'll have to let us know. ;)

My new helmet must attract bees. Twice this morning they flew into my helmet, got stuck, and stung the top of my head. Sucks. For a moment I was concerned, having never been stung, that I might have an adverse reaction all alone in the boonies. Nope, doesn't even hurt anymore.

Now you sound like my wife :p

I've always felt that if a decision is really that difficult, it means all the choices are nearly equally as good, and you aren't really making a mistake with any of them.

I like the blue, but I still want white with black everything else.

Indeed. The only thing we won't have to wait for is them taking our money. :(

The Campagnolo stuff is excellent. Of course, anything made by the major manufacturers within the last decade will be lighter/faster, made from carbon fiber with ceramic bearings. My dream wheels at the moment are the Zipp Firecrest 404s shame they cost more than my bike.

;) A special thanks to the Coug for helping me get a ridiculous machine up and running for the cause! Not sure how long it'll be around, but it is making a mess of things while it is here!

That looks quite usable. Just wait until one of my users gets on it and tries to install some free games...then it will be crawling. I've looked at those screens so often I didn't notice it wasn't in English for quite a while.

You can see the exact tech specs under the second tab of my link above. I ride in the rain at least once a week this time of year; just hose the bike off and re-lube the chain every couple weeks.

Nope. I am now on a Specialized Roubaix Apex Compact. There is no way I could deliver that kind of performance on my old bike.

Within a processor family you don't need benchmarks for these, either. Performance scales fairly linearly with clock speed.

I don't check benches either. By default I go to the latest architecture/process/socket, and then choose either: 1. The fastest. 2. The best bang/buck 3. The cheapest This is determined exclusively by clock speed and price at the time. Occasionally there is variable cache to worry about, and I...

Encoding?

If you mean for duplicating a configured VM and then changing the key to another you have, 2008 and 7 will let you do that in the "Computer Properties" screen after the clone. If you are too lazy to do that, just keep activating with the same key until they refuse activation. At that point you...

Hah. I can make your day better. This thing is now reporting 403223PPD.

I should take some pictures the next time I'm near the beach in Santa Cruz or Carmel. You might like California a little more.

Nice.

For the record, the Zalman CNPS11x Performa is a great cooler. A pair of them (in series - one takes in the exhaust of the other) are able to keep a pair of 150W E5-2687W CPUs (at 100% load 24/7) between 55C and 68C very quietly. Just don't try to fit them in a 4U rackmount chassis...they are...

Today was the first (attempted) ride with my teammates. Of course, it was a race simulation on the local crit course. I managed to barely hang on when their pace up a false flat (2% grade) exceeded 30mph. Then someone started an attack, and they were gone. Still happy with my pace, particularly...

I use a drill, it is much faster.

I'll second that. An exhaust is mostly noisy behind you, where it doesn't matter. And the ricers aggressive driving includes driving on the shoulder, and merging into tight spots without signalling. Not safe no matter what. I always stop at stop signs, always signal, and never tailgate. Compared...

Got it and tested it. TightVNC was able to connect no problem. Thanks!

I've found VNC, and I even found the GUI configuration module that is pre-installed on this version of Ubuntu. Setting it up now and forwarding ports (5800 and 5900, correct?)

damsel in distress....dd....fitting ;) Why is it that people for whom English is their second language are so clever with the little things? My wife does the same all the time.

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I completely agree. That might explain why I've never heard of G-Data. The other office suites I've heard of are all based on OpenOffice/LibreOffice, and will likely have the same issues. Unless you want to go the Google Apps route and use their word processor and spreadsheet stuff.

I'm assuming you've already tried to hardcode a bypass for the file into G-Data?

This is true even on my bicycle. Above 30MPH for sustained periods is awful noisy.

There is a header on the motherboard specifically for the CPU fan. Many motherboards allow automatic fan speed variation with CPU temp. 73C may not be high enough to cause it to spin faster (80C+ is still safe according to Intel)

Apple products are a tremendous waste of money. I recommend them all the time. Any one of the following will cause me to recommend a Mac: 1. I want a computer but don't know what computers are for (massive training, no particular needs, no family/friend support) 2. I want a Mac because they are...

So to sum up, I could configure a couple dozen VMs that would happily run off a single HDD on a GbE connection (DCs, DNS, light web server, etc). I could also configure a single VM that would die at the end of a GbE connection (SQL or Oracle DB with lots of IO)

I've had good experiences with those if you can get the brick thing figured out. They also need the auxiliary 12v plug for the CPU.

Posted: Jul 10, 2001 Sweet. I wasn't even legal to drink at that point.

I guess it comes from commuting on a motorcycle in traffic in a big city. Simply assuming that no-one sees you is being too optimistic. You need to assume that they are out to kill you and actively deny them that opportunity.

Way too hot for me; spent the evening in a button down and a sport coat. Didn't look too different from the secret service guy...ok, I guess I did :(

Quite. They took the tips of my fingers more than once.

I'll try that as soon as I get back to work. Thanks!

Agreed, except that the AC->DC brick itself can be quite inefficient and unreliable. If anyone has a source for high-quality bricks I would be very interested. If it really matters I get a scientific/lab power supply on the inside of a Voltage Regulator (that may or may not be inside a UPS).

It shows stable in Memtest86 and some others, but I don't know how to test within Linux. Nope. I went to the beta download page, downloaded the three modules there pertinent to Ubuntu and AMD64, and installed them. During install it asked for my username, team number, and passkey. It also...

Of course, and my car got pretty good safety ratings and has a million airbags, but I'd rather not be in an accident in the first place.

My brain translates this to "If you were a sitting duck you might need your seatbelt when someone hits you" No thanks.

I would take a 2000lb car (with my amenities) any day. Active safety (avoiding an accident) has served me much better than passive safety (airbags, seatbelts, etc).

Don't forget all those amenities that folks like me insist on. I don't know what a heated seat or a navigation system (or even air conditioning, power steering, assisted brakes, etc) weigh, but I'm sure it is a bit.

Ubuntu 11.10 64-bit, fully updated. Got the client, control, and viewer installed. Got the credentials input. Choose the SMP client. It succesfully downloads a project, and then immediatly fails with the following error: It then continues to retry and return the same. Googling returned so...

I'm not 100% on the physics of transistors, but I suspect that these "light writes" would have a smaller impact on the drives longevity. IIRC, it is all about building an electrical differential, and this differential leaks over time. Building less of a differential should have less of a...

My favorite supplier of boxes (Lenovo) ships with some Norton nastiness, but it doesn't slow the machine that much for the single reboot it takes to have it removed.

I did a bunch of research on these and the Synology devices looked nice, but I didn't get one. The performance loss compared to DAS SSDs was too great. I'll also second Merc's main comment. No matter what, having your data at one location isn't a backup. Accidental deletion or virus or...