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  1. Howell

    RAM disk

    Within the VM you are using ram if you give the vm enough and the OS preloads file to keep you for hitting the disk. I'm running VMs off of a 7200rpm laptop drive and my primary VM runnig XP runs chrome and iTunes for applications. I can tell you that except for initial application startup you...
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    Minimizing WmiPrvSE.exe and svchost.exe under Win7

    Is this sufficient? http://blogs.msdn.com/b/wmi/archive/2009/05/27/is-wmiprvse-a-real-villain.aspx
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    Router Build

    I found the x-wrt disty was much easier to get up and running than other combinations of openwrt. I just didn't have the patience to work on it.
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    Food and water proof keyboard?

    Where are my manners, g'day! I suppose as far as 2nd best options go black on white is a reasonable one! Not looking at the keyboard is decidedly more ergonomic.
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    Food and water proof keyboard?

    Racist. :)
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    Something Random

    No gas or TV other than Hulu. Garbage and sewer is on the water bill and already accounted for. Cell phone only and since it and internet are variable depending on personal tastes I left it out. For me it is about another $150. You?
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    Something Random

    My utilities (water, elec) in the dead of winter are less than $250. Normally, its about $150. I have a month each in spring and fall where it dips below $100.
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    Beverages

    I like a lot of distinctive flavors including nice cigars but something that has the aftertaste of licking a wet log is not one of them. My introduction was by way of Laphroaig.
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    Silent wind turbine is ultra-efficient

    "Silent Wind" sounds like an ESL mixed euphemism. I'm surrounded by ESL friends. I suppose a methane powered turbine could be combined with a windmill for periods of low flow. Probably best connected only electrically and not mechanically.
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    Something Random

    I say ship in bodyslam boy for a side job.
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    Ergonomic mice

    Neither I nor does anyone I know have RSI problems but I can confirm that the only time I have had numbness in my wrists is when the desk was too low relative to my shoulders. It causes me to have to cock the hand up and lean forward onto my wrist. Rarely are desks tall enough so I generally...
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    Silent wind turbine is ultra-efficient

    One of the companies in town makes towers for wind turbines and you can see the sections on site. Ps. Did anyone else think think this thread was going to be about cow flatulence?
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    Something Random

    Well that's what I got just READING your story so I think you're jstified!
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    Search Conduit : what a plague.

    Posted 6-7 days ago: http://www.ehow.com/how_5104414_remove-conduit-toolbar.html It has to be a joke.
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    Router Build

    I would think so though I would also try the WRT with the other brick. A few months ago I had very similar problems as you with my WRT54GL running x-wrt. I ended up flashing it back to the Linksys firmware and the problems went away. I'm still not convinced I wasn't having problems with my...
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    Router Build

    I have found that it is usually the power brick that gets flakey way before the actual FW goes out. Do you have a way to test?
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    Lenovo Thinkpads

    My T510 has the bios option. I also thought replacement keys would be a nice option but don't look at the keyboard that often anyway.
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    It's 34 degrees, and snowing outside, in Northern Kalifornia???WTF?

    You going cyborg on us LM?
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    Lenovo Thinkpads

    I used to hit the wrong key all the time but after a month I'm used to it now.
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    SSDs - State of the Product?

    Woohoo, REAL TRIM For SSD RAID! Instead of the passthrough from last year.
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    Why is Exchange OMA broken?

    Do any of the working websites use SSL?
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    UPS Help

    YOU CAN DO IT! :)
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    tsunami

    I suppose it is possible that some metal fractured due to temperature shock, releasing small amounts of radiation laden water.
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    USB Mouse won't connect quickly

    Alternatively, do you have the same symptom if you pull the KVM out?
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    USB Mouse won't connect quickly

    Is the processor or USB bus highly occupied on that machine? F@H maybe?
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    UPS Help

    Lunar, why not switch the new batteries into the working UPS to test the ? Or buy a used working UPS to match up with them.
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    UPS Help

    The electronics of a UPS do degrade over time. The warranty of the UPS should give an indication; though there are certainly other motivating factors for them wanting you to buy a new one. Too bad there is not a testing and replacement procedure for the internals. It's not like the form factors...
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    Something Random

    So let me get this straight, you left the apartment for something non work related. Jk. Nice understatement. Dude, speed dating or no, finding someone you can spend multiple hours with and want to do it again later is unique. Don't wait long to call her. :)
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    Something Random

    I have taken "sick days" when I wasn't sick but other than that I haven't taken time off work for sickness or been sick at work for as long as I can remember... at least 5 years. When germs think about attacking me they instead attack Chuck Norris.
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    tsunami

    Thanks for the clarification. I pulled what I used from the MIT site I linked to above. :roll::erm:
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    Virtual Desktops + Virtual Machines = Fun

    Hey! I like that!
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    tsunami

    Ive been thinking that the proper course is not to design the generators higher up as they could always be swamped by a bigger tsunami; but instead to design them to be submerged either inherently or in a vessel. This tsunami was in and out in what, two hours max. The batteries last 8 hours and...
  33. Howell

    tsunami

    It is worth noting that many of the radioactive particles have a very short half-life and so to sustain a reading that high would require a continuous release of radioactive particles. Also significant would be if the reading was taken right at the outlet.
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    tsunami

    Other than the first post which wa highly informative I'm not sure if this will be unique; but at least accurate. MIT Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
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    tsunami

    Sheesh, so sensitive.
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    Virtual Desktops + Virtual Machines = Fun

    To each his own but I've had no real difficulty managing switching between the main desktop and two running VMs; particularly with 7 taskbar grouping.
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    Storage curiosity: Write-Only media

    What makes the most sense is if the hardware is standard and the data is encrypted. The software on sight would only have the ability to write. The regulatory agency likely has the proper combination of hardware, reading facility and encryption key. If speed is not likely a criteria then the...
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    Virtual Desktops + Virtual Machines = Fun

    Do you run so many applications that you have trouble finding them on the task bar?
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    tsunami

    Thanks time.
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    tsunami

    Even with the advancements in reactor contruction, you still have to manage the legacy equipment. It would be a shame to throw away billions of dollars.
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    tsunami

    No.1&2 http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110311-715299.html
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    tsunami

    http://www.google.com/m/url?client=safari&ei=4qR6TbDLNZyntgeL49qmAg&hl=en&oe=UTF-8&q=http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/03/11/tsunami-makes-it-to-bay-area-photographed-in-emeryville/&ved=0CDkQFjAG&usg=AFQjCNFueMlde45NrNsOXt03JEW9fpTm_g
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    Laptop Drive has bad sectors - what should I replace it with

    As long as you accept that the device is only supposed to last as long as the warranty and plan for it's demise accordingly I don't think you can expect much more. If you have a proactive backup strategy for the laptop then you don't even have to replace the drive when the warranty runs out...
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    Video not displaying (black box over player) or cannot seek/scrub (weird or no scroll

    http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/youtube/thread?hl=en&tid=782d433caef8ec2b&start=240 I also saw problems with Hulu video not appearing in full screen.
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    iPad: any experience?

    I think I may have noticed that my phone doesn't notice when the WAP goes down (powered down). It may also have difficulty knowing what to do when when the WAP comes back. [/untested wild hair]
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    iPad: any experience?

    I just started using WPA2 over G with my new Netgear. I'm even (temporarily) going through an additional floor. No problems in the last week or so. I small range reduction but I'm attributing that to the change from larger external antennas.
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    Why is the site always slow?

    Many of the dynamic dns services have agents that run on a machine behind the router.
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    Why is the site always slow?

    We can modify our hosts file. You will want to use their DNS servers for resolution for an authentic testing experience.
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