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+1 Looks like an absolute disaster to me. The question you need to ask yourself is, "Why would I buy one of these instead of a Phenom X6?". The X6 uses less power and delivers comparable performance (if I read the article right). WTF is AMD management smoking? And this is in a declining...

You're the electronics guru, but I'd still counsel you to prepare for a replacement. In that vein, here are some tips: Changing from an nForce 2 motherboard is always a drama. As Merc said, you will need to run a Windows upgrade-repair. The train simulator has very low GPU requirements that...

Did you actually disconnect the HDD while trying the Ubuntu CD? What about the graphics card? I'd be reluctant to spend too much on an AMD solution these days - I think it makes more sense when you use one of their cheaper CPUs, and when you're actually going to utilize the GPU capabilities...

Chewy, I don't know what to say - that's a terrible setback for your wife and you. Do you have relatives in SEQ? I take it hormonal therapy isn't applicable for the type of tumor she has? My sister-in-law is on that, although that's post-surgery for her. I hadn't realized the full extent of...

Alas, I'm afraid I have now reached that milestone. I guess that means the warranty's up?

Thanks everyone. Lunar, I forgot to mention that I've managed to lower my BP to 120/80, although under stress (like when I'm at the hospital), it went up to 130. So far, I've refused to take all medication. I gave up alcohol for a few weeks and all sources of caffeine forever. :cry: Part of...

So apparently I'm not immortal after all. Haven't had a heart attack yet - I think. Felt light-headed walking up hills. Cholesterol very high, Systolic BP 147, local doctor gave me an ECG and diagnosed ischemia. Felt really unwell a few days later and spent 3 days in hospital (BP 152, abnormal...

I don't know if it's anything to do with PFC, but things are not always as they seem with UPS load ratings. Xbit Labs tests UPS compatibility. For example: Working with my APC SmartUPS SC 620, this power supply was stable at loads up to 384 watts when powered by the mains and up to 300 watts...

Smarthome I think that one's going to be a tad too expensive for your needs ...

PointSix 802.11b - battery lasts 1 year with temperature updates every 6 minutes. Sengenuity battery-less multiple sensors - really, no batteries or wires. Powercast offers much the same, but on a grander scale that Tesla might almost have been proud of. Omega offers a sensor with an onboard...

Lord Vader has left the building.

Samsung to seek injunctions today against Apple iPhone 4S. This comes after Apple refused Samsung's last offer of conciliation and to lift their own injunction on the Galaxy Tab in Australia.

Now that Apple has finally released the iPhone 5 - oops, sorry, I meant the iPhone 4S - I'm surprised that no-one has linked this cartoon from The Oatmeal, although I'm sure many have seen it.

It shows the correct version for me under Firefox 7.01, Chrome, Opera 11.51 and Opera 12 alpha. However, when I tried the upgrade under Windows 2000, it only offered me 10.3. Are you running Windows 2000? :lol:

Das Boot is easily the gold standard, but Morning Departure made an even greater impression on me. It's based on a stage play, so it's a dramatic situation that relies on great acting and dialog rather than action. And being British, the heroes don't get to ride off into the sunset, so its...

How many miles has it done, 130,000? I didn't think you bought it more than about 5 years ago - I guess time flies.

I haven't been able to find one - I think they stopped making them 5 or 6 years ago. Is your heart set on dual monitors, and do they have to have big pixels like the 19" 5:4 monitors did? If not consider the Dell Ultrasharp U2711 (although you'd want a better price than that). That has the...

Apple fears Samsung tablet will 'seduce' customers I found this report of Apple's legal arguments quite illuminating and well worth a read (it confirms much of what people here have said). If half true, Apple's future looks a lot less rosy than the halcyon days since the iPhone release. And...

SOLVED This problem may have been due to a disk image recovery with Bounceback or even damage from an antivirus disinfection. However ... The original install was Windows 7 without any Service Pack; SP1 was downloaded and installed later. I performed an inplace upgrade with a Windows 7 SP1...

Against an 18 wheeler, an SUV is little more than a critter. ;)

Do you write your own material?

Budget electric sports car. Performance is probably deliberately restricted to balance range and battery weight, but I found it interesting because they managed to get the weight down to just 850kg (including battery) in a vehicle that might actually pass safety tests. Unfortunately, the range...

Meet the Urbee Hybrid, the first car to come out of a 3D printer.

The $450 ProBook 4530s he referred to in his earlier post, I assume.

And I hate slowing down. Time doesn't slow for the observer, BTW.

Wow, that's almost as fast as an IBM PC XT.

I saw what you did there. :)

1. The email is already uploaded to Gmail (i.e. Google Apps). 2. I'm talking about Outlook WITHOUT Google App Sync, just native IMAP. 3. That's one reason I resorted to using Google Apps Sync instead in the first place. 4. The other reason is that Outlook was unusably slow with IMAP, but I'm...

Me neither. It appears to be an Outlook 'feature'.

I've given it some thought, and I don't think I'd show Star Wars to preschoolers (we didn't). That's probably THE most impressionable age - I'd stick to harmless fantasy or something that doesn't have shooting in every second scene. Have you forgotten the scene in the bar, or the death of...

Germany is f**ked either way, the masses are just too stupid to realize. If they reintroduced their own currency, it would be the world's premium currency. The crippling exchange rate would destroy their exports. They've basically been getting rich at the expense of their poorer cousins in the...

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I'm uncertain what you mean. I take it Google Apps Sync is not using ActiveSync, but some other unknown piece of technology? That's how the Outlook client is set up, and it describes its connection method as MAPI - which probably just means it's not POP3 or IMAP I suppose. I've actually...

Offhand, I imagine the phone cross-sectional area would give some indication of how pocket-friendly it is: HTC Wildfire S 3.2" screen, 105g 101.3 x 59.4 x 12.3mm (731mm² cross-section) Apple iPhone 3GS 3.5" screen, 135g 115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3mm (764mm² cross-section) Apple iPhone 4 3.5" screen...

That's what I'm trying to tell you - it doesn't work! Google lets me specify aliases and a return address, but these are not being picked up by Active Sync or Outlook.

We got the Galaxy S II. It's way better in the flesh than the already impressive specs suggest. Battery life is great so far and the screen is to die for. I don't know what people who claim they prefer LCD have been smoking - this is easily the best phone display you can get, a very significant...

Do you even understand what the word terrorism means? If, by some miracle, the nation was capable of ignoring the attack, or at least ignoring those responsible, then of course the action becomes unsuccessful. But we're human, not automatons, so we quite understandably become fearful and want...

In other words, yet another half-assed effort from Google. So it looks like I'm screwed - time to tell the client to give up Outlook?

Wow, what's he eating - bird seed?

More tears. :( With the MAPI (ActiveSync) connection to Gmail, Outlook won't let me change the email settings. Specifically, I need to change the return address to a meaningful alias - the underlying email address is just a code, eg "ABC03". When I click on 'Change' email settings, it brings...

Two great projects Jtr. I'm curious as to why you chose copper over aluminium though. I can understand copper for the pill, but isn't copper pipe like that super-expensive? And I seem to recall that aluminium is actually slightly better at dissipating heat, as opposed to conducting it?

Total = $274 to $369, depending on whether or not you count the PSU. OR GIGABYTE s1155 with USB3 $80 Intel G840 CPU $89 Kingston 4GB (2x2) DDR3 $26 Total = $195 and it out-performs all AMD X2 solutions and uses less power. Or you could drop $30-50 off the CPU with a Celeron or AMD X2 and $20...

So it sucked the steaks off the grill and launched them into low orbit?

Really? I didn't think any phone had useful value after two years. So you're saying that you might get $300 instead of $100 for a 2-year old iPhone? Hmmm, based on eBay listings, perhaps you might! Not a day does past when there's not yet another example of people's stupidity. The battery will...

11 years ago, there was the ProGear webpad. 18 years ago, there was the EO Personal Communicator They both look pretty minimalist to me, and I see they both have rounded corners. :roll: Mind you, so does my kitchen table, and it's pretty thin as well. Will A**le sue me?

We've been looking at new Android phones. Purchase plans here are usually $0 up front and then $x per month for 2 years. The number of minutes and texts are just examples. The shortlist came down to 3 in different price brackets: Google/Samsung Nexus S: 53 mins + 450 texts + 400GB for $25pm HTC...

Erm, the tool I linked to times the reads for each block to try to detect failing media. But I would have thought you could just check the SMART data after you'd tested to see if reallocations had occurred.

Can't find a free one in the Windows world, but Hard Disk Sentinel Pro is only $35 and should do what you want.

Fluorescent lights use a UV light source to stimulate 3 or 4 different types of phosphor. The phosphors emit 3 or 4 different color spectrums that combine to produce white light with a reasonable spectrum width. Power LEDs use a blue light source to stimulate different types of phosphor. The...

Most enclosed incandescent light fixtures in this country are limited to 60 or 75W. Exceeding this can damage the fixture or make it brittle enough to crack. Given that you only need about one fifth of the power for a CFL (or less because of the superior color temperature), I've never found heat...