A Techie Thread About Absolutely Nothing!

[rockdrummer]

according to statistic - many people use IE7/8... not 6.

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I work for a global company of about 65,000 employees and we are still on IE6. They are slow to move forward for some reason.

 

[rockdrummer]

because you mean nothing to me. be gone, pest.

Start a nothing thread about bite me dude.

 

[somedeafdudefromPNW]

Wirelessly posted

Wonder why Seinfeld haven't sued Jiro yet.

 

[rockdrummer]

Wirelessly posted

Wonder why Seinfeld haven't sued Jiro yet.

Good point. Doesn't Seinfeld have the copyright on the concept of something about nothing??

 

[dogmom]

Botti <hubby>

 

[Christer]

Christer, nice one! how much range from TV tower to your home? VHF and UHF clear HD picture for all channels?

All HD!

 

[Grummer]

If happen to me and simple use reimage everything and it done under 20 minutes and done. Reformat,reinstall software/driver,then update is waste of time and old fashioned. Reimage FTW!!!!

thats really interesting way to do it, I am also (it hardly happens but when it does its a real pain in the arse) sick and tired of the old fashioned, format, install and install apps...geez .. so whats the name of program/appz which does this reimaging, ( i am aware of image CD loading...but not familiar as i haven't done it for quite a long time now, just been too busy in uni doing uni stuff leaving me little time to play/fiddle with computers...
thanks for your response in advance..
Cheers

 

[KristinaB]

Let's see if someone can help little old me.

I just got my computer back from Best Buy Geek Squad. Had to have a new hard drive and Windows re-installed. They put what I had previously on it so I have Vista on this baby. I cannot seem to enlarge things to I can read them. Everything is so tiny. Please, can someone help?

 

[The Highlander]

Christer, nice one! how much range from TV tower to your home? VHF and UHF clear HD picture for all channels?

VHF and UHF are not HD picture, I believe ATSC use HD picture only.

 

[The Highlander]

thats really interesting way to do it, I am also (it hardly happens but when it does its a real pain in the arse) sick and tired of the old fashioned, format, install and install apps...geez .. so whats the name of program/appz which does this reimaging, ( i am aware of image CD loading...but not familiar as i haven't done it for quite a long time now, just been too busy in uni doing uni stuff leaving me little time to play/fiddle with computers...
thanks for your response in advance..
Cheers

I use acronis true image app, it's work great for any Windows and some Linux. Also RAID Arrays support. I remembered I reimage from single hdd to two hdds with RAID 1 under 30 minutes for computer server.

I love that software since 2003 (not sure how long I use it since) it is much better than Norton ghost.

 

[purplecatty]

because you mean nothing to me. be gone, pest.

Spray him with Raid, he's a cockroach (j/k)

Fiddling around my new Dell Mini 10 (P3) Netbook. Installed Ubuntu 9.10 w/ poulsbo driver compiled. I am typing on this now. My Acer laptop is now tucked under the workbench waiting for me to repair it. It had been overheating and BSOD often now. I believe it's a corrupted driver that need to be reinstalled. Preferably I would reinstall XP anyway to shut up problems.

MY kids can't touch my new netbook. I'm selfish over it and locked away with user password.

Catty

 

[Christer]

Alexander Graham Bell invented the first telephone in 1876, then 130 years later.....iPhone! Now what's next 130 years later (2140)??

 

[rockdrummer]

LOL that is the only way a geek will get a girlfriend..

Alexander Graham Bell invented the first telephone in 1876, then 130 years later.....iPhone! Now what's next 130 years later (2140)??

 

[GraysonPeddie]

Antenna homemade is so EASY!!

How to Make a TV Antenna for HDTV | TV Antenna Plans

So I made it myself and successful! I gain more channels than a regular antenna.

Please pardon me if others haven't asked, but what's wrong with the web page?

 

[Secretblend]

Please pardon me if others haven't asked, but what's wrong with the web page?

Can't see the picture??

 

[GraysonPeddie]

I can see the picture just fine.

But it's this: How to Make a TV Antenna for HDTV | TV Antenna Plans



I'm using the latest version of Google Chrome. It happens in IE8 and Firefox 3.6.

 

[Secretblend]

I can see the picture just fine.

But it's this: How to Make a TV Antenna for HDTV | TV Antenna Plans



I'm using the latest version of Google Chrome. It happens in IE8 and Firefox 3.6.

Didn't happen for me and I'm using IE8.

 

[GraysonPeddie]

Well, I guess there's nothing I can do, then.

 

[Glenn]

My antivirus puts up a malware alert when clicking on that link. Google it and find it somewhere else.

 

[naisho]

I am glad that I've been able to curb energy efficiency the past year.

In 2007 and 2008 and some of 2009, I had supercomputers that sucked up a lot of energy. Talking about ~150 watts idle and ~250-300+ on full loads with those beast machines. In 2005, I hadn't upgraded my PC's yet so it kind of explains the sudden surge in average KWH consumption.

Lately beginning the end of December 2009 last year, I was trying to work on energy efficiency (and performance) for a change. I underclocked, undervolted and swapped components and the fruits of the labors are now showing itself out.

Average change was ~$-15 off the electricity bill, with no change in usage habits. Not bad at all.

For future PC builds I am always going to be looking at this perspective - idle and peak wattage load per KWH consumption ratios and the ability to underclock. Currently my main system runs at ~59-60w idle, with only a 24.7% difference in processing speed, not too noticeable unless under full load. A vast improvement over the previous.

Most of the credits of the discovery belong to stuff I read once in awhile on other forums. I'm glad it does make a difference if you try downgrading and looking at the "green" path.