Posted 08/05/2008 at 04:23:20pm
Heh, it was only a matter of time and now the consequences of open wi-fi are rearing it's ugly head. Don't get me wrong, public hotspots are great, I'm referring to the bumbling homeowner who just lef ...
Posted 07/25/2008 at 05:15:54am
"Towards the end of August, you'll also be able to pick up an 8GB or 16MB model in black for $249. Plan on getting one?"16 megs? When did we go back to the stone age?- mike_art03a IT Technic ...
Posted 07/21/2008 at 04:59:10pm
Well, looks like the nVidia vs. ATi war is over for the most part now. Either way, if it ain't broke why fix it? Dream machine is supposed to be about cutting edge hardware, why is everyone bitching a ...
Posted 07/21/2008 at 04:24:41pm
I always knew that there was a loophole in things. Our contracts at work prohibit us from taking old 'surplus' PC parts and peripherals (printers, scanners, large items) home because they're tagged wi ...
Posted 07/17/2008 at 02:58:28pm
Oops, my bad. Hehe... -.-;;- mike_art03a IT Technician Gov't of Canada ...
Ehh.... on Take That, Jessica Chobot and Olivia Munn! Maximum PC Scores Voodoo Envy Hands-On and First Licking (Size Comparisons Too)
Posted 07/17/2008 at 02:56:31pm
Yeah... that's a prime example of how not to handle a laptop....- mike_art03a IT Technician Gov't of Canada ...
Posted 07/16/2008 at 03:47:00pm
Well, didn't take the fanboys long to start flaming again... I don't even know why people even bother to post junk like that in the threads...Just a quick reminder for those of you who haven't perused ...
Posted 07/15/2008 at 04:42:17pm
Well, now the fanboy sound off has started... In my experience, security levels vary amongst users. Your average run of the mill user will have issues, the above average won't have as much, and your p ...
Posted 07/15/2008 at 04:08:38pm
There's alot more to do with the 360's lead other than price or looks...From what I've seen to date that pushes sales- Xbox Live- Media Centre Extender capability- The internal UI is fairly easy to us ...
Posted 07/15/2008 at 03:58:45pm
Maybe we ought to see if the RIAA can come after these companies, I'm sure a number of their employees have illegally downloaded music. :P- mike_art03aIT TechnicianGov't of Canada ...
Posted 07/15/2008 at 03:44:31pm
Ah yes, I remember windows 3.11. One of MS's few stable and non-bloated operating systems or yore next to DOS and Win95 (in my opinion still one of their best OSes). I still have my original install d ...
Posted 07/10/2008 at 05:32:08am
I'm gonna chime in here about off shore tech support. Personally, I think it's kinda hogwash to have some (heavily underpaid) guy that you can barely understand answer calls from a pre-written dialogu ...
Posted 06/30/2008 at 03:55:43pm
I'm inclined to agree with you, alot of the 'I hate Vista' crowd is basing their opinion on misconceptions and also the majority of them are running on archaic desktop (sub-2.0ghz CPUs, 1gb ram, < ...
Posted 06/30/2008 at 02:54:45pm
Interesting approach to getting broadband in the rural areas. In theory, an initiative like this sounds great if it were to receive the proper support from both public and private sectors. However, if ...
Posted 06/27/2008 at 04:43:56pm
Another thorn in the RIAA's side and it still intends on going ahead, I wonder how many thorns will it take before it realizes that it's sue-em-all tactic is gonna cost it big time? With the current n ...
Posted 06/27/2008 at 04:12:37pm
Ever thought about http://maximum.pc?- mike_art03a IT Technician Gov't of Canada ...
I'd be looking to join ya if on Microsoft's "Olympics on the Go" Download Coverage Only Going to Vista
Posted 06/27/2008 at 04:03:46pm
I'd be looking to join ya if I wasn't tied to PhotoShop and Illustrator on my WinPC- mike_art03a IT Technician Gov't of Canada ...
Posted 06/25/2008 at 03:46:10pm
I'm inclined to agree with you there. I've been a bit of an ATI fan over the years as their cards performed pretty well at a decent price and they were Canadian owned prior to the AMD buyout. I'd reco ...
Before you go knocking a venerable OS... on Dead OS Walking! Microsoft Reaffirms Plans to Kill Off XP
Posted 06/25/2008 at 03:17:50pm
Before you go knocking a venerable OS, I think you should make sure that Vista absolutely works with all the stuff you have. My little brother thought that Vista was far superior to XP before he fo ...
Posted 06/24/2008 at 02:54:18pm
I've got a simiarly specced box here that pulls server duty at home with ubuntu and it runs fine? Also, XP runs fairly decently, quick enough for everyday browsing, e-mail, typing, etc.
Specs:
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Posted 06/17/2008 at 05:28:39am
Ok guys, quit apple bashing. In some ways, they're good and in some they're not, just like PCs. I'm still more of a PC guy.
- mike_art03a
IT Technician
Gov't of Canada ...
Posted 05/03/2008 at 10:31:26am
I was just pointing out that people need to relax about the whole Ironman thing...
- mike_art03a
IT Technician
Gov't of Canada ...
Posted 05/02/2008 at 11:58:06pm
Interesting stuff you got going on there. I see that you're using a piece of carpetting to help dampen speaker vibration on the pull out trays. Not too many people think of doing that. I use a small p ...
Posted 05/02/2008 at 11:14:48pm
Well, I'm not surprised to see this coming at Creative. Their driver kerfuffle and now this MP3 player size lawsuit. Let's face it, that driver fiasco left one too many feathers ruffled and now people ...
Posted 04/28/2008 at 02:46:33pm
Geez, grow up kids. Everyone knows that his suit is CG and that it's a movie, thus the laws of physics don't apply to a fictional character. As for Wiis, great little system. Not too hard to find here ...
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