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Inquiring minds want to know (me). I'm invested in the AA format, and don't want to start investing in other formats. I have a Zebralight that runs on 1xAA, and it's beyond awesome. I just checked their website, and it appears they've gone the 18650 way for all their new stuff. :cursin:

18 Advils is a lot. A lot. Without a prescription, I think you're not supposed to exceed 2.4 gms per 24 hours. Ibuprofen (in Advil) can ruin your kidneys if you don't drink sufficient water. A doctor in the US I know almost died because of this and was saved at the last minute. Was touch & go...

If you do go this route, make sure to pay in US $. Amazon's exchange rates suck - always higher than what your Oz cc will charge.

The AU seems to be hit or miss. I finally got my two production systems installed with the AU; just kept trying and for no reason, it'll work. I also got one W10 VM updated on the first try. The other W10 VM just won;t; I've tried about 6-8 times over the last week. Same issue I described earlier.

I read a brief news item about the movie Arrival, based on the book Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang. Piqued me enough to want to buy the book to read it. Comments?

I'm in trouble. Firstly, I thought the Anniversary Update comes with the regular updates. In my case it didn't. I read somewhere how to get it; Start Menu --> Settings --> Update & Security --> Learn More. This takes me to a MS web page where it says click here to get the AU. I click, and it...

Is it safe to delete the Windows.old folder? I presume it's there to revert back to your previous OS. But if they don't let you do that after 30 days, they should delete that folder after that period, no? IMP: What is the correct version / build after the anniversary update? My clean install...

Damn, this is insightful. Keep us posted, SD, I'll be waiting eagerly.

Shit, what's happening? Since I've been out of the US for the last 10 years, I hope my SSN isn't being abused. My US tax returns are filed annually by a CPA there, and so far there hasn't been an issue. I hope it continues that way.

Both my W10 installations have the Anniversary update. The W10 that was initially clean-installed does not now have the Windows.old folder. The installation that was upgraded from W7 Ultimate has, and this folder is taking 24.5 GB on disk. I confess I don't know if this popped up right after...

You nailed it. It is frustrating dealing with this kind of moronic stupidity and self-centeredness on the part of institutions. Sorry to hear of your problem. At least you had the foresight to have your credit frozen.

Mine is a clean install using a W7 Pro key; this is the one that does not have the Windows.old folder. SSD is a Samsung 840 Series 240GB, partitioned as follows: - 72 GB for my previous W7 Ultimate installation now upgraded to W10 - 96 GB for the main, above-mentioned clean-installed W10...

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.