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  1. ddrueding

    question PC may have died-need some feedback on MB/CPU/RAM

    Not the one I care about.
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    Buying a projector

    HDMI over optical is what we are looking at, not nearly as expensive as I would have anticipated (~$350 for this length).
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    Bicycle LED headlight

    Sounds good. Best to do it right than quickly I suppose, but this world of same-day shipping and overnight delivery has skewed the senses a bit.
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    question PC may have died-need some feedback on MB/CPU/RAM

    RAM still isn't so bad, it's the hard drives that are going crazy.
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    Buying a projector

    Got to drive a 959 at laguna seca once...in the parking lot...but it was still fun.
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    Buying a projector

    About 40 feet direct, the cable run will end up being closer to 75 feet. Thinking wireless? There are two very sturdy walls in between.
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    Buying a projector

    Yeah, I can propose whatever I want, but it has to be defensible. In my interest I'll be looking for as fool-proof a system as possible that offers quantifiably better performance than what he had for the lowest price. That price (of course) needs to be reasonably near the projected repair...
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    Annoyance of the day - ATM charge for usage

    How Canada's TD Bank Is Invading U.S. Market
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    Buying a projector

    Just sent the SIM2 back to Florida for repairs, when the bulb blew it sprayed molten glass all over the internals and caused the fan controller to fail. Now I get to decide what the "tipping point" repair cost is that causes us to evaluate new units. Also needing consideration is that most of...
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    Thailand Flooding Threatens Hard Drive Supply

    I wonder what the knock-on effect will be to SSDs? If this will push OEMs to offer SSDs in lower-end machines?
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    Annoyance of the day - ATM charge for usage

    I haven't cut a manual check in years, but the system is behind the times. I go online, and say who, how much, and when, and then the bank physically cuts a check and puts it in the mail. WTF?
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    Something Random

    Got plans for the 4GB DIMMs?
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    Bicycle LED headlight

    Sounds good. Honestly I could wait if Cutter will provide a higher-performing unit. Just upgrade any shipping options and I'll cover it.
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    Bicycle LED headlight

    Rotary would be fine. How big a deal is not being able to choose the bins? Will this be "water resistant"? I don't plan on riding in the rain, but it happens.
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    Better audio from a laptop v. Aune Mini USB DAC / Headphone Amp MkII SE

    That does look good, thanks Stereodude.
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    Bicycle LED headlight

    Sounds good. What would the charger look like, just a wall-wart? I already have an outlet in my bike storage. Of course, with the optics now missing on my 150+cd HL-EL135, I am in a bit of a hurry before I crash into something. What sort of timeframe can you manage?
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    Cycling

    Yeah, a female friend here showed me some of her data. 18mph average for 80 miles and her heart rate never exceeded 130bpm. I was interested in riding in their group, but it will take me a few years to get to that level.
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    Cycling

    She doesn't plan on riding the same way we do...this will very much be riding the bike trail along the beach from Sand City perhaps to Carmel. If I really push, I can imagine getting her up to 8mph. She hasn't ridden a bike in 25+ years, and she considers the step-through frame a safety...
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    Cycling

    Looks like I'll be getting a cruiser for my wife. I'd love to get her something with a touch more performance, if anyone has any recommendations.
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    Better audio from a laptop v. Aune Mini USB DAC / Headphone Amp MkII SE

    I would love one with a TosLink or SPDIF input.
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    Annoyance of the day - ATM charge for usage

    I'm a current BofA customer. Thanks to having a mortgage with them I have an upgraded account without charge. This also allows me to avoid the debit card fee. That doesn't change the fact that I'll be moving to the local credit union as soon as I can refinance.
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    Timing of building a new system

    Yeah, if SP1 isn't installed then the tool to remove the SP1 uninstall information should probably fail ;)
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    RAID Superblock disappeared from one of my disks after crash. Fix?

    I've used RAID Reconstructor before with positive results, but it sounds like those drives might be very dead.
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    Timing of building a new system

    The other thought I had is whether SP1 was already slipstreamed onto the disk you installed from?
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    Timing of building a new system

    Does your machine have SP1 installed? (Right-click on my computer and choose "Properties")
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    RAID Superblock disappeared from one of my disks after crash. Fix?

    How did your drives fail? If they can still be detected, you can try some RAID recovery programs and see what it can find. If the drives are completely inaccessible, time to throw in the towel. As every file is striped across every drive, you have lost some part of any file big enough to fill a...
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    Timing of building a new system

    I just installed CCleaner, ran all the options, then ran this command. This command saved an additional 4GB of space.
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    Timing of building a new system

    I don't know. It doesn't list it on the website.
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    question PC may have died-need some feedback on MB/CPU/RAM

    Nice work. I had quite a few of those back in the day...of course they are all scrap now.
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    Timing of building a new system

    If some of you try this with success, I'll add it to the toolbox section.
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    Timing of building a new system

    As an interesting aside to this, if you have installed 7 SP1 and are OK with making it permanent you can get some space back by clearing the uninstall files: Press the "Windows" key, type "CMD" Right-click on the "CMD" and choose "Run as Administrator" In the Admin command line, type the...
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    question Printer - Scanner

    Indeed. Laser certainly sounds like the way to go. If you want color and duplexing, you can go to the Konica Minolta for $400+. There are Brother printers for less, but as I said, I haven't gone there.
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    question Printer - Scanner

    I haven't bought a Brother product in years. The last time I did they all got recalled for a fire hazard. Admittedly, it has been years.
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    question Printer - Scanner

    I have sworn off all inkjet printers for all purposes. Laser+duplex will be tricky in that price range. Do you need color? I'm assuming you have a pretty decent photo printer already. The base-level monochrome HP is $250. Under that, I don't have much experience.
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    Something Random

    Depends on the house. I've bowled at my boss' house and he went to bed; can't hear the bowling alley from even halfway across the house.
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    Something Random

    Nearly two years old, but new to me. A decent documentation of a 100TB DIY server.
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    EVGA Dual-Socket 2011

    I noticed it only has 6 onboard SATA connectors, but it also has 2 SFF-8087 connections...sweet.
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    EVGA Dual-Socket 2011

    Very shiny.
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    RAID Superblock disappeared from one of my disks after crash. Fix?

    RAID5 only protects against a single drive failure. If you weren't able to replace that drive before another drive failed, you might be in big trouble.
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    Better audio from a laptop v. Aune Mini USB DAC / Headphone Amp MkII SE

    Very cool. I'm actually looking for something similar for use at my desk with my ultimate ears triplefi 10. With my mother-in-law living with us the headphones are getting used more and more.
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    Cycling

    Looks like I'll be getting a Roubaix Apex Compact in a month or so. I'm trying to work a deal where I'll get dealer cost + 20%. If that drops the price enough I might even step up the ladder a bit to the Rival Compact. I'll have a budget of about $3k, but that needs to include everything but a...
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    Something Random

    If they are close, I prefer the sub and midrange near the middle and the tweeters on the outside, as higher frequencies are more directional. Yes, this means that one of the labels is upside-down.
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    Something Random

    Coug is less filthy than time. Noted.
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    question easy liquid cooling?

    You can also usually disable the warning in the BIOS.
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    Bicycle LED headlight

    I'm not saying that some of their lights wouldn't work, just that you are paying a significant amount for a battery back as well that you wouldn't need (provided it has an alternator and a battery).
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    dSLR thread

    The ability to extract 3D information sounds useful, particularly if they let you combine multiple shots. With 3D printers getting cheaper and cheaper, anything that lets you capture 3D models more easily is a good thing.
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    TapaTalk

    x2
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    Bicycle LED headlight

    For something capable of those speeds offroad I would look for a little more light than that. Also you don't need to worry about the lights having their own battery pack, right?
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    Bicycle LED headlight

    Light and Motion seems to be the pricey/deluxe option. Their Seca 800 is kinda what I'm looking at.
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    Bicycle LED headlight

    That only looks like 300 lumens? And I don't need 180 degrees, even 90 is plenty. 60 with some falloff would be workable.
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