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Thanks Chewy, didn't know that.

It's your fault, Merc, you bought so much and got so much back, Chase had to lower the rate!

What's that? Have I missed something here? I did the upgrade, but don't have a Windows.old in the root directory or inside the Windows folder.

Thanks guys. A few models of Ubiquity are available here, but are terribly expensive. As I said in my first post, only reason I'm still going to have the telco broadband is because it's bundled with voice and I'll save ~ 70% on voice costs this way. Since broadband is anyway available, I might...

So what did you get? And what happened to your previous car?

Not sure I understand, DD. Buffalo Master is connected to the DSL modem now, so it will need WAN config to connect to WAN directly. Anyway, surprisingly the guys came, strung the cable, and another guy came, configured everything, checked it, and left. The WAN Ethernet cable is connected to a...

Ironic that Google is "enabling" guys like copperhead instead of fixing the problem themselves.

I don't need something that sophisticated, Merc. If it wasn't for the need for voice services, I'd just have given up the entire telco connection. Since I'll be having it, wanted a "throw the switches" sorta manual backup.

Google ain't the good boy they're made out to be.

This is a question about using two ISPs interchangeably (when one goes down). I currently have a local telco as my ISP, DSL over copper, 8 mbit down, 0.7 mbit up, 100GB bandwidth. There is a DSL modem connected by Ethernet cable to my ancient G-class 54-mbit Buffalo Router/Wi-Fi (called Master)...

You must be one of the rare ones with "golden ears" :) The author also says that the high sampling rate introduces unwanted artifacts. I don't know if this is bull or not.

That video was good. That seems to be what's happening now.

I've never, ever, trusted automatic payments. I'd rather pay manually. Too many moral-less sharks out there.

Unfortunately, fb, natural selection doesn't work here. My daughter and I often joke that Darwin's laws don;t apply here. The idiots are breeding faster than they're dying.

For the last 10 odd years, whenever I open a bank account or cc, I explicitly make sure that they don;t send any paper to my physical address. I won't deal with anyone that will not send me statements etc. by email. I'm very good with sorting soft copies and storing them appropriately and...

This is the approach I take. What's worrying is that even on the desktop, repeated vulnerabilities are found with https, and internet financial transactions are something that will be extremely difficult but not impossible to live without.

Android seems worse than Swiss cheese. Sheeh. People like me with Samsung phones that are not top of the line never get updates, ever.

Amen. Here, two-wheelers outnumber 4-wheelers, and they drive like they're invincible. I tell my family everyday that I'm a hero because I saved 8 lives or 10 lives because these shits zoom past on the side and cut in front as though laws of physics don't apply to them or my vehicle. When I'm...

A friend sent me a link to this: 24/192 Music Downloads...and why they make no sense Didn't read all of it, but got the gist.

Maxburn, thanks, will check it out. Merc, the only "social media" I'm on is Whatsapp, primarily for exchanging info with immediate & extended families. No Facebook, Twitter or any of that stuff.

Thanks, will try xnview.

But you mentioned it ???

How? Are you straddling the case? The power switch is usually in the front or the top. How could you turn it off with the inside of your knee?!!

Congrats, Bozo!

Is xnview better than irfanview? The latest versions of irfanview suck.

What are antifungals? Can I buy some to protect my gear (they're stored in a dry cabinet, but still) ?

Sad stuff. The victims ought to sue the company responsible.

Valid points, all. Happy that my post sparked off a frenzy of comments :) I'm excited because electric buses will solve two big problems here: pollution and noise. Also hopefully maintenance; they're pretty awful about that now. Most buses groan to climb a small incline. Also small trucks and...

Something we always knew, but sense isn't so common: Frequent password changes are the enemy of security, FTC technologist says Dark Patterns are designed to trick you (and they’re all over the Web) See the video Backblaze data on 8TB HDDs - sorry I couldn't find where this should go. Mods...

While this article is deceptively titled, I found the rationale for electric large vehicles (buses, city trucks) intriguing.

I just got done creating two W10 VMs, both W10 Home, one 32-bit and one 64-bit, just for grins. Two is plenty for me. 72 would drive me nuts! I still have a couple of W7 keys left, which I'll hang on to for my next build when this PC dies. I'll probably just buy the W10 upgrade at that time.

:) I've had bizarre, unexplainable problems go away when I wiped the HDDs. There's something in the way of the setup - partition table, MFT, etc., that sometimes cause problems.

How DNC, Clinton campaign attacks fit into Russia’s cyber-war strategy Was it to cover for hack, or part of info-war on NATO? Putin won't tell.

I know guys who drink like that all the time. I have to think they're genetically different in that their liver doesn't get shot with regular high dosing. There's a town called Patiala in Punjab. A "Patiala peg" is 120 ml of booze undiluted. That's the standard drink size there. The king of...

I probably have more SF performance issues than anybody else here on a recurring basis, but everything's been quite good for the past few weeks with Chrome on W10.

Just being a newsbot here, didn't read the article. AMD unveils Radeon Pro SSG graphics card with up to 1TB of M.2 flash memory. Features two PCIe 3.0 M.2 slots for adding memory and costs a mere $10,000.

Q.E.D. I don't know any non-pro who has a dozen bodies (and the lenses to go with them).

The problem is when the manufacturer does it for you.

My motherboard is an Asus P8Z77-V. During research before buying, it was clear that many of these shipped with a few bent pins. I bought mine, inspected it closely, and sure enough there were a few bent ones. I had to take it to the outfit doing RMAs for Asus in that town; they admitted it was a...

Maybe zero the old drives for the first 5% using a tool like DBAN or Minitool Parition Wizard?

Fantastic. Thanks for all the hard work, Handy and the mods. Because of you, we have a peaceful existence here!

Sed, Bravo! Now is the time to do this kind of thing. When you get to be my age, you become cranky and terribly impatient, and you won't be wanting to do this stuff then. So, go for it!

I have a few Technet keys for W7. Is it worth creating a couple of W10 VMs using those keys? I don't foresee a need, but wouldn't want to lose the opportunity. I'm just wondering if the W10 VM will be invalidated (keywise) when VMWare player gets updated. Any idea?

About 200, all with flash. Indoor event (engagement of my wife's niece). Didn't enjoy it since I don't like shooting under pressure. My best shots are when I have time to compose and frame, not in a hurry to click because the ring will be put on the fiance in a jiffy. I've told them to get a pro...

You talk like a pro, Lunar (which you are). I'm an amateur. I took out my Nikon D700 from the dry cabinet after not touching it for 4 years.

As always, thank you Merc!

I certainly wouldn't want to walk around with that monster mounted on the camera.

I upgraded my W7 to W10 just now. Amazingly, it retained my dual boot config, replacing the "Windows 7" option with "Windows 10". I was puzzled, since my W7 Ultimate should be eligible for W10 Pro, but the boot menu said "Windows 10". However, Control Panel --> System shows W10 Pro. All programs...

Wouldn't the fans for high static pressure be noisy?

Thanks Merc for all the info.