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    Windows 8.1

    Java does not try to install anything extra in an automatic update scenario
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    Everyday monitors

    Monoprice has monitors but I am not informed enough to evaluate them
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    question old power supply compatibility

    http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini-ITX Indicates that the hole patterns and placement are compatible. Mine fits at least
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    question old power supply compatibility

    I'll have to check about the board size. The case is discontinued and difficult to get specs on. I'll probably end up taking physical measurements.
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    question old power supply compatibility

    Thanks for pointing out the GPU freqs, for some reason I read that as CPU. I do have the 4-pin connector on the PS. Are those required these days? I'm building up a media box/NAS so I'm not too worried with staying on the cutting edge. Even going to Ivybridge is going to depend on power...
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    Helium filled hard drives

    You can't float the head in a vacuum. It is the tension between the head arm and the force of floating the head that allows for precise head height positioning. Coincidentally the lighter gas means the head arm force may be less which means less resident to shocks.
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    question old power supply compatibility

    I'm looking into getting an H61 Express mb and dropping it into a low profile case I already have. Has anything about the power supply specs changed in the last 5 years that would keep me from using a Gigabyte GA-H61N-USB3 with a CASETRONIC LPF-200CP 200 Watt Power Supply (20 wire connector + 4...
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    LED flashlights

    The biggest problem I have found with the car bound fl is that the batteries tend to leak. You'd have to have a regular maintenance cycle to make sure they haven't leaked and at that point you might as well charge them. Storing the batteries separate from the light at least preserves the light...
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    PCIe riser?

    Did you go with the flexible one or the hard card?
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    Merc's Useful Tools of the day

    What does the foreach command do? :)
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    "Seagate introduces a new drive interface: Ethernet"

    It is probably closest in concept to iSCSI but with thinner overhead and storage web instead of point to point.
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    "Seagate introduces a new drive interface: Ethernet"

    For some reason im having trouble understanding the Ars article. From the press release It sounds a lot like NAS on drive with a simplified interface between the two because they can use custom firmware on the drive.
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    How to let a user send e-mails with a different address in an Exchange environment?

    Background that may be useful. http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/aliases.htm
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    DVI KVM switches, any progress?

    I thought rdp/vnc/synergy was good enough for my 2 computers and 5 monitors.
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    Multi-monitor with the secondary a touchscreen?

    http://bit.ly/1csOaHG Control Panel/TabletPC/calibration I can't actually test it.
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    Something Random

    Sorry you're having such troubles.
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    PC Gaming = World of Suck

    In sofar as meth dealers get you hooked and continue to meet your need even at your own expense you are right, it would be hard to apply to apply that label to Republicans. However, meth dealers run a far more ruthless and socially destructive capitalism than Republicans. Ideas are bigger than...
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    Something Random

    I think they might be pulling your leg.
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    Something Random

    Just beautiful
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    LED flashlights

    I repkaced my petzl tikka with a prinectontec remix. One drawback to these backbacker's lights is that they are made from plastic which fatigues over time, particularly from changing batteries. My new one has a lifetime warranty which would be enough of a pain if I were just in the woods, never...
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    Something Random

    Que?
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    Paid antivirus

    They crowd source discovery of new applications and threats. It makes a lot of sense.
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    Something Random

    :)
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    Something Random

    Yeah she's at Hammond, but she's also at Fermilab.
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    Something Random

    I thought my friend's group down at GaTech won the prize for chemistry, but it was somebody else doing the exact same thing.
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    http://chattanoogagig.com/

    At the beginning of the month EPBFI simplified their plans and pricing. Now it is just two levels, 100Mbs for $58, and 1Gbs for $70/month. At this pace I'm going to have to buy new network gear soon if I don't want to be the bottleneck. https://epbfi.com/gigsupport/ Amazon, Vudu, and Netflix...
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    Something Random

    There are a couple of Notes in my department that I can test if requested. I have an S4 coming for myself tomorrow.
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    Something Random

    That would make for an awkward cell phone without a Bluetooth earpiece or watch. The Galaxy Note is already pretty awkward. I admit I understand the utility though once paired with Bluetooth. Pun intended.
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    Windows 8.1

    Apparently Metro Apps do not play well with authenticating web proxies.
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    Some work on my A3

    Mine too. And mubs idea is good.
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    Something Random

    And what Larry Ellison has been doing instead of work.
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    Something Random

    If the machine works fine once you give it to someone else is it a software problem? Can you give him the machine with software installed that tells you later what he did to it?
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    Fujitsu blade servers

    Do not underestimate the value of local support as well as a local neck to wring.
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    ASUS problems

    Oops you're right, the 3rd should have been low/high.
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    ASUS problems

    Low client variability, low additional software= oem install High client variability, low additional software= oem install High client variability, high additional software= image install In between, it's a judgement call.
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    dSLR thread

    If you are having thunderbowel problems, head to the thunderbowl. Side note: my phone wanted to correct the first to thunder vowel and by the time I made it to the second it wanted to correct it to the first. I'm sure one or both will embarrass me with an unententional autocorrect one day.
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    Remote Administration

    Teamviewer is incredibly easy and free for home use.
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    Paid antivirus

    I'm running the free version of Bitdefender on my home machines and have not seen an impact. Bull guard has bit defender under the hood.
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    Expertise on HP new generation servers and switch

    I've worked with HP servers in the past, non-virtualized. I have some HP switches I work with now. Cisco and Brocade sets up VRRP similarly. HP should be similar as well.
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    Battery life, nothing else matters

    What is it you actually want to accomplish? Send/recieve of messages (text only?) from a place where only satellite can reach? And you don't yet have form factor requirements? And you want as much battery as you can get?
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    Paid antivirus

    Opendns?
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    Something Random

    I read through some of the CAH deck. The fact that this game "needed" to exist explains a lot about why I never win at apples to apples.
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    SSDs - State of the Product?

    That was HxWxD of the one drive.
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    PSEXEC

    When you run it manually and it works, are you using the same account that you use with psexec?
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    Ivy Bridge-EP (Xeon E5) specifications leaked

    If it's that important you should have enough hardware to have one down for maintenance and one down for failure. Whatever the bane of your infrastructure is, it will come to visit with friends when you can least afford it.
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    DR friendly DNS administration tool

    The scenario is to fail over the externally facing servers in a production environment to another location with a different IP block in case of catastrophy and complete loss of physical site. I would like to have the failover complete in under an hour, faster is cake. Services are a mix of...
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    Something Random

    Sorry for your loss Handy. You have my sympathies and prayers.
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    ReRAM, a possible flash replacement by 2017

    Lower power requirements high endurance bits Faster writes manufacturable with existing fabs http://www.extremetech.com/computing/163058-reram-the-new-memory-tech-that-will-eventually-replace-nand-flash-finally-comes-to-market
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    Good HD Setup for a small office server

    Since you have so few users and are at a transition point, have you considered doing away with exchange and going to a hosted solution.
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    Crap selection of laptops

    Needless except for all the needs met you mean?
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