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    problem USB flash drive refuses formatting, due to write protection

    The SanDisk process was really easy. Except for taking a picture of the serial number on the black and blowing it up 10 times so I could read it.
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    Smartphone and plan advice (v. clean slate)

    Quick charge 2 sounds like useful tech. If you're device supports it... http://m.androidcentral.com/these-are-android-devices-support-qualcomms-quick-charge-20
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    problem USB flash drive refuses formatting, due to write protection

    It was a 3rd party utility I don't remember the name of and I wasted several days of research and testing with. My working theory now is to get the manufacturer involved as early as possible so that whatever troubleshooting they may lead you through is also leading toward an rma. Sandisk did...
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    problem Stupid website security questions

    Ditto. Even the fingerprint reader for the datacenter gets an unconventional digit.
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    problem USB flash drive refuses formatting, due to write protection

    My SanDisk claimed it was in write protect and there was a program to change it. End the end it needed an rma.
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    Microsoft Moving to Per-Core Licencing for Server 2016

    The max recommended cores per server for exchange is fewer than that. This shouldn't affect exchange implementations. This looks more targeted at hyper v
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    Tsar Flashlight

    Sounds fun. I have popcorn.
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    Nichia Develops 60 Lumen Per Watt White LED

    Kill a watt it is then. Thanks guys.
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    Nichia Develops 60 Lumen Per Watt White LED

    Yeah it's a brick transformer. I don't have a good way to measure input power yet. I was going for a keyword in the specs to look for.
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    Nichia Develops 60 Lumen Per Watt White LED

    How can I tell how much power the 12v power supply actually draws when the load is turned off? I'm trying to decide where to add in my switch for some ribbon lights.
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    Something Random

    I've looked at ecovent in the past too. HVAC systems are not designed to run with all vents closed so their needs to be a mechanism to turn off the fan when approaching the danger zone. Since we moved we've taken a few steps back in air sealing the envelope so I need to take that before...
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    Something Random

    I have seen specially made gloves but I just sewed metallic thread from ebay into my favorite gloves.
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    Best movie you've seen

    Same. My wife and I have been enjoying Jessica Jones. Very interesting perspective of humans in a time of supers.
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    Portable Computing Envronment

    Don't forget to make accomodations for UEFI and BIOS. What about taking a mini pc around with you? NUC, HP mini, etc.
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    Driver headache under Manjaro linux... (Arch base)

    Note: the ratio of time one spends installing vs using an os is directly proportional to the impotence one places on install speed. :)
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    Something Random

    Just so it's clear, that was a joke. Coug, what is the acreage limit you would more manually?
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    Something Random

    A push mower? How pedestrian.
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    LG V10 available with intro deal - 200GB micro sd, 3000MaH battery, charge cradle

    I use Nova Launcher on my S4. I agree, it is nice.
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    Factory reset: Thinkpad Yoga S1

    The restore feature is capable of a bare metal restore, theoretically, when run from a thumb drive. I turned off secure boot and set the boot mode for both UEFI and Legacy with CSM turned on. My crash course was in UEFI started with getting Arch to install. I think part of the problem is...
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    Up to date Malware Removal

    Was it a browser pop or true windows dialog box?
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    Firefox/Palemoon Android Issue

    I'm using "mobile style" under chrome and don't have an issue.
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    Windows 10

    Cool. The next best setting was changing the default first screen that pops up when hitting the windows key from tiles to apps. I'll have to look into win X.
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    Windows 10

    Right click on the windows button is what made all my frustration with 8 go away. I hope they kept that in 10.
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    Factory reset: Thinkpad Yoga S1

    FWIW, I'm trying to restore to a previously used SSD with the partitions removed.
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    Laptop Recommendations

    Context is everything. ;)
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    Factory reset: Thinkpad Yoga S1

    I made the USB recovery drive from my coworker's Yoga. I just think there is some minor flaw in the automated process; or there is a manual process I don't know to do. In particular I don't know what the error message means and. There are various txt/xml/cmd files on the drive with contents that...
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    Factory reset: Thinkpad Yoga S1

    1. I want to see how the manufacturer intended it. This is my first machine with UEFI/GPT and I'm learning the edges. 2. If I can figure this out I will understand how the push button restore feature works in W8/10 and the underpinnings it requires. 3. I have less need for the hard drive space...
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    Laptop Recommendations

    I never use the nipple; not enough precision in my hand and it feels like extra effort to reach beyond the pad. To each their own.
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    Laptop Recommendations

    My touchpad continues on automatically when I get to the edge, for exactly the reasons you mention. I'd be surprised if this wasn't available in a newer driver.
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    Factory reset: Thinkpad Yoga S1

    I inherited my Yoga from my coworker and he had removed the restore partition. I want to restore the hard drive to how it came from the factory including the original partition structure. I have created the USB restore drive from another Thinkpad Yoga but I get an error when I boot from it and...
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    Laptop Recommendations

    I'm a huge fan of the new touchpad. It took about 2 days of on and off use to get used to it and be able to right-click consistently. I can more easily use my wife's Apple. That said I don't hate the old one either.
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    Windows 10

    Not having done any of the fixes, I would expect using policy editor to be less swimming against the current.
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    Moving 800GB MS Exchange 2010 Database

    I don't handle storage, virtualization or backups here and I think that might help me understand your post better. Is the exchange server itself running somewhere you don't want it? Since you are not now under a time crunch I would suggest migrating the mailboxes to new databases. At the same...
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    Nichia Develops 60 Lumen Per Watt White LED

    Aye, the most important characteristic in the led bulbs I've been buying is not color temp or cri. It's zwave.
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    Moving 800GB MS Exchange 2010 Database

    Glad you got it fixed. Sorry I was unavailable before. I've had a good bit of experience with this in the past year moving from 2003 to 2010 to 2013. Since you could afford the downtime, obviously, and were in a time pinch I would also have moved the database rather than migrating to a new...
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    Nichia Develops 60 Lumen Per Watt White LED

    Time's second para describes the difference between lumen and lux that might affect perceived brightness.
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    SSDs - State of the Product?

    Hopefully they are burned in before you get them. Ours are not, and Lenovo sends an employee when they don't work.
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    Nichia Develops 60 Lumen Per Watt White LED

    As had been mentioned, leds are directional. They simulate the less directional output by using multiple leds inside the bulb. I have some that are clearly dimmer in the axial direction, and you can see the subtle hot spots in the radial direction. And as you've already mentioned, your cfls...
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    SSDs - State of the Product?

    We've decided to move away from Lenovo after several 3850 x6s we've been getting had to have major parts replaced during burn in. One had every part replaced but the case.
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    Windows 10

    There was an optional update that was accidentally pushed out as mandatory and then corrected. If a machine received the bad one would it queue up even if the checked one had been released before installation time?
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    Smartwatches

    I have seen the winder boxes that can hold 4 or 5 at a time. Some people collect watches and have had them since before flip phones were old hat.
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    I want to buy a new car

    Ditto. Also, whether you believe the VW US head's ignorance of the fakery or not, in an interview with the local NPR station he pointed out the incongruity of building a LEED certified plant to produce cars that can't pass emissions tests.
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    Windows 10

    I have assumed that "get started" installed the W10 update; I had a different button when I clicked through. Something more expected like "install selected updates".
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    WiFi Access Point suggestions

    Long and narrow? The G router I have currently will barely go 20', through 2 walls. My 8 year old Aruba solution will do that, it's not terribly unique. It is handy though.
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    Windows 10

    Yes, when you click the link you get the previous ability to pick recommended or optional updates. Look closely for the link. ;)
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    WiFi Access Point suggestions

    Never used any ubiquity. If I remember correctly your place is old multi wythe brick. You very well might have to go with multiple APs hard wired or relayed through fewer obstructions. Maybe down the side of the building. I have a hard enough time with 70 yo plaster and lathe.
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    Windows 10

    I have to manually install the updates. The next update it wants me to install is W10 and I have to click a link below "to see other updates" . The link takes me to the view I'm used to. Edit: I will also say that I never reserved by copy.
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    Laptop Recommendations

    There is a fair bit of border around my screen before the bezel. I would not be surprised if the 14incher is mostly the same machine. There would of course be a slight battery life penalty.
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    Laptop Recommendations

    I love my S1 yoga. Just don't have all the specs at hand but it might suit your needs. I would expect support in China to be good. ;)
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