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French kick Sarkozy to the curb - Hollande to tax rich at 75%

The EU is basically us (UK), Germany, and France. The rest we prop up in return for security and stability. That said... 75%... hey rich French people! Come over here! It's only a few miles and we have cheese too! You have to drink beer though. And fucking like it.
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- Post #50
- May 6, 2012
- Forum: Politics and News
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UK to use American contractors for police.

The guy (JohnOfSheffield) is special forces - he bragging because he thinks he's the man and he thinks he's the man because... well he probably is. Besides he means boots on the ground obviously, not missiles, and he may well be correct. How the hell would you know what British special forces...
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- Post #38
- May 6, 2012
- Forum: Politics and News
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Falklands War part 2?
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- Post #999
- Feb 12, 2012
- Forum: Politics and News
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Falklands War part 2?

I have no idea what the immigration system is in the islands, but no developed country has 'unlimited immigration' with no checks and balances. If the law prohibits Argentinians from moving to the islands, then I disagree with that, and as you say below, I am happy to discuss the point...
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- Post #763
- Feb 11, 2012
- Forum: Politics and News
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Falklands War part 2?

This is the only legitimate reason for the British to maintain control of the islands. Speaking as a Brit by the way - the 'we found it first' argument is bullshit. If a bunch of Argentinians move there (and why not if it's so great you'd send men to die for it), over time start to outnumber the...
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- Post #739
- Feb 10, 2012
- Forum: Politics and News
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Am I drawing too much power or something?

Okay I'm going to take the measurements now and try to rule out the PSU and mobo if I can - quick question though - are you asking me to probe these wires while everything is connected? How do you recommend I do this? Connect a paperclip to the meter probe and stick it down the header? Cut some...
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- Post #13
- Jan 18, 2012
- Forum: Power Supplies
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Strange instability problems - what's going on?

Well, maybe, it depends if it's the humidity or the foundation sinking causing the doors to stick 0_o I mean obviously you'd want to replace the foundation anyway, but if you follow the analogy, we only know the doors stick - we don't know for sure the foundation is going. There's no need...
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- Post #3
- Jan 18, 2012
- Forum: Computer Building
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Server won't boot

Okay that's pretty weird... Are you in a datacenter? Sounds a bit like it. Is everything else good? I wouldn't think it was some weird power thing unless there was more than one machine affected. The TV static has to be coincidence surely...
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- Post #3
- Jan 16, 2012
- Forum: Computer Building
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Loud buzzing sound, almost like an old fridge.

^ This one. Probably. They have a distinctive smell - they can slowly burst and leak - or they can just go bang. I've seen one go and did actually smoke. Surprised the machine POSTs... If you've checked the mobo, the only other place with big elecrolyitic capacitors is the PSU, so that's...
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- Post #5
- Jan 16, 2012
- Forum: Computer Building
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Am I drawing too much power or something?

@stahlhart - the AX750 'Gold'- it was well reviewed. All the lines are black. I haven't taken those VDC measurements yet; I decided to try some other (easier) stuff first, including a BIOS flash, since which it has not turned itself off... however it did screw up a memtest... I ran it for 24...
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- Post #11
- Jan 16, 2012
- Forum: Power Supplies
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Strange instability problems - what's going on?

Hi all... Following on from this thread in the PSU forum... http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2218815 I'm no longer sure it's a PSU problem so I'm moving the discussion here. If you haven't read it, basically I've had some (assumed) power problems, in which the machine turned itself...
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- Thread
- Jan 16, 2012
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Computer Building
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Am I drawing too much power or something?

Westom thanks for the detailed reply - I guess you're an EE? I only ever took one EE class and it was all about ICs... guess I've got some reading to do here... After seeing you both mention memory I reset the CMOS to default, and it did turn on, but only lasted a couple of hours. I ran the Win...
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- Post #8
- Jan 12, 2012
- Forum: Power Supplies
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Am I drawing too much power or something?

Different power socket, no surge protector, no change... :( Need this machine for work...
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- Post #6
- Jan 10, 2012
- Forum: Power Supplies
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Am I drawing too much power or something?

Extra molex plugged into a spare port on the PSU reads 0.13v on multimeter - still no lights and fans - just the light on the surge protector... the low voltage must be leftovers in the caps... trying another power point elsewhere in the house...
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- Post #5
- Jan 10, 2012
- Forum: Power Supplies
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Am I drawing too much power or something?

I'm gonna get a multimeter and see what the 12v reads when the machine won't power on...
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- Post #4
- Jan 10, 2012
- Forum: Power Supplies

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