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At what age do you consider women to have hit their peak attractiveness?

Ah, right - sorry, read your post wrong.
- Fallingwater
- Post #26
- Jul 3, 2012
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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HD6670, HD4470 and DX11

Mind sharing the technical motivations? I ask not out of doubt, but mere curiosity.
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- Post #12
- Jul 3, 2012
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Now this is a tight fit!

We have a tunnel like that in my hometown, with the difference that no bus driver would be mad enough to try going through it - wide cars (like mine) have enough of a problem. I consider it a miracle that I haven't scraped its walls yet, but they're full of paint marks from people who weren't so...
- Fallingwater
- Post #12
- Jul 3, 2012
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Oscillating fan repair: best grease?

WD40 is a decent unlocker, but a bad lubricant. When it dries out it actually leaves a sticky mess. Use generic lubrication oil; they sometimes sell it as sewing machine oil. I use it everywhere and it does the job. In case the squeaking continues, I've found a solution that has worked in...
- Fallingwater
- Post #14
- Jul 3, 2012
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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What lead singers from big bands make you think "How the F did they get the gig??!"?

The ability to write good music does not imply an ability to sing the same. He should have stuck to writing and let someone else do the singing. I find his voice acoustically offensive to disturbing levels.
- Fallingwater
- Post #11
- Jul 3, 2012
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Did we jump the gun on Futuristic technology?

Let me get this straight - you think massive technological miniaturization and a global information network are not significant upgrades? Scifi works on what's flashy, science works on what's effective. Scifi sees jetpacks and moon colonies, science sees bandwidth and efficiency.
- Fallingwater
- Post #5
- Jul 3, 2012
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Hey, how come we're not using vacuum for transportation yet?

Some research has been done in this direction. There is one huge problem: while creating a vacuum is not in itself very hard or unmanageably expensive, maintaining said vacuum over a very long stretch of tunnel that also has to let people and vehicles/capsules in and out is. It's cheaper to just...
- Fallingwater
- Post #14
- Jul 3, 2012
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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At what age do you consider women to have hit their peak attractiveness?

There is too much variety to make a general argument. There are many that look ridiculously hot at 20 and then degrade; there are others that look funnily odd at 20, but stupidly hot at 30; there are yet others that benefit greatly from a certain mature look that they get at around 40. I don't...
- Fallingwater
- Post #24
- Jul 3, 2012
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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HD6670, HD4470 and DX11

I don't have access to all three. The one I pick will be mailed to me.
- Fallingwater
- Post #9
- Jul 3, 2012
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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HD6670, HD4470 and DX11

Sorry, my mistake - I meant a HD4770. Also, a new choice has popped up - an old 8800GTX, 1GB. Heat- and energy-wise it's a monster compared to the other two (though the PSU can take it), but I'm unsure of the performance benefit as it's the oldest design of the three.
- Fallingwater
- Post #6
- Jul 3, 2012
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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HD6670, HD4470 and DX11

Edit: title fail - I meant HD4770. Due to some dealings with a friend I have the option of choosing one of the two cards in the title as a freebie for my backup gaming box. I've googled, but I haven't come to a definite conclusion over which is faster. Both have 1GB of RAM, and the 6670 has...
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- Jul 2, 2012
- Replies: 16
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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86 mpg focus? ford, y u no sell this in america?

From what I recall the diesel cycle doesn't lend itself well to hybrid operation. I think it has to do with the continuous stopping and starting. Fuel costs three times as much here as it does in the US, so we save as much as we possibly can, hence diesels. If we had US gas prices I'm fairly...
- Fallingwater
- Post #68
- May 10, 2012
- Forum: The Garage
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Replacement MXM card for an Acer 5920G

I've been given a 5920G laptop for repair. Boots and runs the system, but there's no video output whatsoever, even on the external VGA. When I diagnosed the fault to its MXM card (something far from unheard of, apparently), the owner gave up, bought a new laptop, and I got the half-dead Acer as...
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- Apr 22, 2012
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Laptops
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Atom N270: difference in performance where no difference should exist

Kernel changed (it had the old -486 one for old computers, changed it to -686), hyperthreading enabled, benchmarks now almost the same. The 1005HA is still some 5% slower, for some reason, but I'm too lazy to hunt down whatever weirdness is causing this tiny loss of performance. It's not like...
- Fallingwater
- Post #9
- Apr 5, 2012
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Atom N270: difference in performance where no difference should exist

Good sir, I gift you seven internets. No idea why, but the distro I'm using (Crunchbang Statler) enables hyperthreading on the 901 but not on the 1005HA. Booted up Puppy and suddenly hardinfo sees two processors on the 1005HA as well, and the benchmarks have gotten close enough to the 901's...
- Fallingwater
- Post #7
- Apr 5, 2012
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Atom N270: difference in performance where no difference should exist

During the tests hardinfo reports the CPU speed, and it said 1600MHz in all tests. Unless some weird powersaving stuff is going on behind the scenes, but then I've no idea what's up - the distro running on both netbooks is exactly the same, down to the version number. I can run other...
- Fallingwater
- Post #3
- Apr 3, 2012
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Atom N270: difference in performance where no difference should exist

I have an EeePC 1005HA. I also just received a freebie EeePC 901, which has the very same CPU - Atom N270. So why is it that all hardinfo benchmarks show the Atom in the 901 to be considerably faster? Internet browsing is affected too, the 901 loads websites noticeably faster - as it should be...
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- Thread
- Apr 2, 2012
- Replies: 8
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Where to buy lots of tiny thumbdrives

I'd like to add a bunch of dead drops to my city. Buying a bunch of thumbdrives at the store or on eBay would exceed the expense I can justify for what is essentially an exercise in idle amusement, so I'd like to find some place that sells old thumbdrives for the tiny value they actually have...
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- Thread
- Mar 9, 2012
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Add side scrolling to non-supporting touchpad

Gah, it was a case of PEBKAC. Touchpad is an Alps unit, not Synaptics. Switched to the proper driver and everything is fine. *facepalms at self*
- Fallingwater
- Post #3
- Oct 26, 2011
- Forum: Windows
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Add side scrolling to non-supporting touchpad

I've reinstalled Windows XP on a Toshiba NB200 netbook. The touchpad is an old Synaptics that doesn't, apparently, support side scrolling - strange as it might sound, the Synaptics driver (which I installed the latest version of) doesn't let me enable it in any way. Is there a third-party...
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- Thread
- Oct 26, 2011
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Windows
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Defeating TinEye and Google Image Search

On another forum, I've been playing in a "guess the videogame" thread, where people post a screenshot and everyone has to guess what game it is. Yeah, it does tend to devolve in retrogaming nostalgia - and it's a good thing. Problem is, with Tineye and ImageSearch, one just has to copypaste the...
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- Oct 1, 2011
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Computer Building
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Reusing HDs with bad sectors (I know, I know, this is not the usual

Yeah, I've done it to two drives so far, and the first for some reason would always crash the computer when bad areas were found. Partitioning it the way I described fixed the issue (for now), but it did take about five or six reboots - though they weren't a problem as I was running Puppy Linux...
- Fallingwater
- Post #18
- Sep 28, 2011
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Reusing HDs with bad sectors (I know, I know, this is not the usual

Typically, when a HD starts developing bad sectors, it means that it'll die soon and you should toss it. It's possible to low-level scan it with the manufacturer's software and mark the bad sectors so you can continue using it for a while, but eventually more bad sectors will develop and you'll...
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- Sep 25, 2011
- Replies: 17
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Software that draws always-on-top black frame

I've been trying to play Deus Ex Human Revolution in windowed mode, which it doesn't natively support. I need this because my HD4770 can't run it at my 27" LCD's 1920x1080 resolution at decent detail and frame rate, but lowering resolution in fullscren causes ugliness aplenty. I'm going to buy a...
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- Thread
- Sep 8, 2011
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Windows
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Computer and several consoles to one screen

Ordered the LG. Should be here in a few days.
- Fallingwater
- Post #11
- Aug 13, 2011
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Computer and several consoles to one screen

Well, it seems the 5ms thing isn't a big deal - I've been using a 5ms screen myself and I have no problems with it (I really should have checked this sooner). I've read a forum thread where everyone's happy with the picture quality of the LG; I'm going to see if I can find it on exposition in a...
- Fallingwater
- Post #7
- Aug 12, 2011
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Computer and several consoles to one screen

Yeah, they ain't crazy about the other one, either. After a good read at this, it seems the screen that best fits my needs is the LG M2780D-PR. It costs about €300, so €100 more expensive than my previous limit, but hey, it's 27", and I've always fancied having a screen bigger than...
- Fallingwater
- Post #5
- Aug 11, 2011
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Computer and several consoles to one screen

Yeah, sadly here in Pizzaland we don't have the options you people in the US do... on the other hand, you can't touch us on food :P I can't find the 2408wfp anywhere, but based on the opinions I'm reading that's probably just as well. As for the U2410, it costs about three times as much as I'm...
- Fallingwater
- Post #3
- Aug 11, 2011
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Computer and several consoles to one screen

I'm in the market for a new screen (24"), but the computer is not all I want to hook up to it - I've been given for free two old consoles, a gamecube and a ps2, and I'd like to connect them to the screen as well. I also want the possibility to connect more modern consoles, in the event someone...
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- Thread
- Aug 11, 2011
- Replies: 10
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Disable Aero vs Disable theme service altogether

I've read this and now I'm not sure what to do. Edit: no way, no how. I've given it a try with Aero turned on, and it's about as fluid as Crysis on a 3Dfx. Edit, again: I've tried it with the Windows classic theme and with the service disabled entirely, and it's a bit faster (or should I say...
- Fallingwater
- Post #4
- Apr 16, 2011
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Disable Aero vs Disable theme service altogether

I've just installed Win7 x86 on a netbook. Said netbook (Acer Aspire one A0571h) has one of those awful, awful 1.3GHz Z520 Atoms that even ordinary N270 Atoms laugh at, and a similarly awful GMA500 video adapter that I've just discovered is a *shudder* PowerVR product. Obviously, it's...
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- Thread
- Apr 16, 2011
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Operating Systems
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GSM dongle in GSM-less tablet = tabphone?

Were I ok with spending all that money I'd just get a Galaxy Tab that can do it now and without hacking. But there's a reason the word "cheap" figures prominently on all those links in the first post...
- Fallingwater
- Post #3
- Feb 13, 2011
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Just played with a WP7 phone, what a treat!

The way I understand it, WP7 is only suitable for high-power devices, while Android can run acceptably on comparatively weedy devices (see: Huawei Ideos). Which isn't at all surprising, considering the respective sources (Windows and Linux). That's bound to have effects on the market. Not...
- Fallingwater
- Post #12
- Feb 13, 2011
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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GSM dongle in GSM-less tablet = tabphone?

Step 1: buy cheap 7" Android tablet Step 2: buy cheap bluetooth headset Step 3: buy cheap GSM dongle Step 4: ??? Step 5: enjoy a relatively cheap mobile phone with a proper multitasking OS that doesn't frustrate me with a tiny screen like, oh, every other bloody phone I've ever tried. Space is...
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- Thread
- Feb 13, 2011
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Sad day at work.

My dad didn't like computers. I handed down to him my Pentium and PII when I couldn't use them for serious school research anymore (or at least, that's what I told him), and he never upgraded from those. More importantly, he never really used them very much - he did most of his work on an...
- Fallingwater
- Post #15
- Feb 12, 2011
- Forum: Computer Building
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Do Dumbphone users discriminate against you?

It's irrelevant what you're doing with your phone, dumb or smart - your friends are probably complaining that you're spending too much time paying attention to the phone and not enough paying attention to them - a complaint I can certainly understand, as I find it extremely annoying when people...
- Fallingwater
- Post #20
- Feb 9, 2011
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Kindle now, or wait for something cheaper

Calibre can convert epub to mobi so you can read them on the Kindle.
- Fallingwater
- Post #13
- Feb 7, 2011
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Kindle now, or wait for something cheaper

I care nothing for the Kindle app. In fact, I care nothing for the whole Kindle service altogether - I'll have no DRM-infected media of any kind, and while I know it can be stripped from .azw files I have no intention of financing those who want to sell any sort of DRM whatsoever. As for the...
- Fallingwater
- Post #10
- Feb 6, 2011
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Kindle now, or wait for something cheaper

It used to, but that's no longer the issue - tech is now released more or less everywhere at the same time. It's more a problem of price. See, EU laws require almost every item sold to have a 2-year warranty (though some somehow manage to only give you 1), as opposed to the 2 months in the US...
- Fallingwater
- Post #8
- Feb 6, 2011
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Kindle now, or wait for something cheaper

I tried ZXReader on my Nokia 5230 and I use my netbook for reading often, but I'd rather not use a backlit screen for reading. It beats paper, sure, but e-ink is more pleasant for me.
- Fallingwater
- Post #5
- Feb 3, 2011
- Forum: Mobile Devices

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