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Rising Enterprise Data Disasters Blamed on Human Error
Posted 11/20/2009 at 11:14:40am
Link doesn't seem to work.
How To: Burn Your Student Copy of Windows 7 to DVD
Posted 10/23/2009 at 11:40:53am
Does this cd allow you to do fresh installs? Or does it require you to install on a computer with a licensed Windows install already on it?
The Comic-Con 2009 Cosplay Gallery -- 600 Amazing Costumes
Posted 07/27/2009 at 12:09:39pm
What movie/book/series/whatever are all the people from who are dressed up with the guys in vests and pocket watches and usually goggles or spectacles and sometimes holding steam-punk looking weapons and the girls typically wearing elaborate looking dresses or corsets often with lots of lace etc.? I've seen pictures of them in this gallery and in the previous ones, but I have no idea what they're from. I'd really like to know because I love the aesthetic.
Rumor: Asus Accounts for 80% of All P45-Based Motheboard Sales
Posted 10/07/2008 at 12:10:13pm
Not if I can help it. Their website is infuriatingly slow. Downloading drivers from Asus' website is the worst torture known to man. I'm not going to buy any more boards from them until they stop running their website on a pentium pro in their basement with a 56k dial-up connection. The only way I would buy from Asus right now is if the board is EXTREMELY compelling compared to the alternatives from MSI, Gigabyte, etc.
It's kind of sad because I like their boards and their features, but I'd rather take forty lashes than download another driver from Asus.
Maximum PC Gets Screwed So You Don't Have To: Ultimate Screwdriver Review Roundup
Posted 09/24/2008 at 12:33:14pm
This is an awesome idea. Though sadly I doubt something like this could be done that would appeal to minimalists or people like me who like the Unix philosphy ("Do one thing, do it well."). I have no interest in all these multi-bit ratcheting gadgets. I just want a good quality plain ol' phillips screwdriver. Fortunately for me I stumbled across one at a gas station in the middle of nowhere when I needed to buy a screwdiver to fix the mirror on a moving van. It has just the right shape to allow it to work very well with just about any kind of phillips screw regardless of size. It's unbelievably better than any other phillips screwdriver I've ever used. So for now I use it for all my computer work and I'm happy--until some day when I lose it or someone takes it or I can't find it. Then I don't know what I'll do. I'll have to either go back to using crappy screwdrivers or start a quest to find a new one.
Nvidia to Finally Deliver Multi-Monitor SLI Support in September?
Posted 08/05/2008 at 04:24:09pm
I would suggest that the GPU PhysX support may be more than just a pop.
Gaming Roundup 7/30/08: Jet Set Radioooo!
Posted 07/31/2008 at 12:30:09pm
I like good graphics. I don't think we should have to compromise on either graphics or gameplay. Give me both.
Gaming Roundup 7/30/08: Jet Set Radioooo!
Posted 07/31/2008 at 12:26:45pm
I can't get into MMO's because I'm not going to pay $200 a year to play a game when I can play Team Fortress 2 all year long for free.
Nvidia Will Be Ready for Bloomfield- But No Native Chipset
Posted 07/25/2008 at 03:45:32pm
bloomfield is to nehalem as yorkfield is to penryn
I believe what the author is saying is that Nvidia will not (at least initially) be making an nForce chipset for nehalem, nor will it be enabling SLI directly on Intel chipsets. What it will do is put out a special chip that can be added to an Intel chipset motherboard that will enable SLI
Edit: I can't believe this press release from nvidia is almost two weeks old and I haven't seen anything about this anywhere. This is major news. Here's a link to nvidia's press release since this author didn't link any sources: http://www.nvidia.com/object/io_1216019719164.html
Are Quad-Core Mobile Procs Overkill?
Posted 07/24/2008 at 02:06:40pm
Dual core is still good enough for desktops. Dual cores are actually better than quads for gaming due to higher clock speeds and the lack of games utilizing more than two cores.
The only people who need quad core are people who do photo and video stuff or lots of media encoding. Quads are also good for DC, but I doubt very many people base purchasing decisions on how well their rig can fold proteins.