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Where's the search box?

Thank you for replying in a controlled manner even though my attitude was ... "a sardonic and lyrical expression of irritation."
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- Post #4
- May 14, 2010
- Forum: Forum Issues and Feedback
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Where's the search box?

Nevermind... seems as though once I posted something to the new bulletin board system, the search feature mysteriously appeared..... This is screwed up.....
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- Post #2
- May 13, 2010
- Forum: Forum Issues and Feedback
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Where's the search box?

Seriously, I don't get a search box in Firefox or Chrome. No search button. No advanced search button. And please don't tell me to "search" for the answer....
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- Thread
- May 13, 2010
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Forum Issues and Feedback
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Why is the speed of light our "speed limit"?

I am going to blow your mind. Things do travel faster than the speed of light. We just cannot perceive them because the fastest methods we have for detection are light based. Additionally, we cannot transfer the information that is carried at faster than light to a speed we can detect...
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- Post #32
- Jul 31, 2008
- Forum: Ask a Technical Professional
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Can microwave sterilize food?

Nuclear radiation will sterilize things, though. Many things, including milk, are sterilized this way in europe. Once this is done, the containers may be put on the shelf (no refrigeration) and keep for several years without additional preservatives. It is of course necessary to assure that...
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- Post #12
- Jun 4, 2008
- Forum: Ask a Technical Professional
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Scattered ideas on human evolution

There was no evolving to overcome bubonic plague (black death).
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- Post #10
- Dec 18, 2007
- Forum: Ask a Technical Professional
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What gauge wire do i need?

In free air, 32AWG will handle 500mA, but for power transmission 24AWG is recommended (but very conservative). Basically, the larger the wire (smaller the gauge number) the less voltage drop will occur between the power supply and the load. One must trade-off between mechanical...
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- Post #5
- Dec 6, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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Could my PSU be causing this??

This was happening to me, but only during gaming. I replaced the power supply and BAM! .... no more freezing. I had a similar setup.
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- Post #3
- Aug 3, 2007
- Forum: Power Supplies
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What's the best book for emag?

I went to a ... ummm ... state school. Took EM three times and it wasn't until the last one that I got a teacher (lecturer, not a professor) that spoke English as a primary language. Now, I love math and I am an abstract learner. I have never, ever had such a difficult time as I did with...
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- Post #7
- Aug 3, 2007
- Forum: Ask a Technical Professional
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Different views on Time.

order. Time things keeps in
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- Post #15
- Aug 2, 2007
- Forum: Ask a Technical Professional
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Different views on Time.

Time just keeps everything from happening at once.
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- Post #14
- Aug 2, 2007
- Forum: Ask a Technical Professional
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How long do electrical transformers last?

Heat: outright melting of parts or accelerated degradation or corrosion of parts. Mechanical failure: if not properly secured by design or manufacture, transformer coil windings will vibrate as power cycles through them. If allowed to vibrate unchecked, they will bang into each other and/or...
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- Post #8
- Aug 2, 2007
- Forum: Ask a Technical Professional
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Can a reversed polarity outlet damage a power supply?

This electrician's causality gene has mutated and rendered them unable to determine proper chicken vs. egg outcomes. This is a design or component failure on the part of the power supply. If the power supply required a certain configuration of line-neutral, it would only be an issue with...
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- Post #3
- Aug 2, 2007
- Forum: Ask a Technical Professional
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So microwaves really do fubar wireless

Yum .... 90GHz ..... punches through unobtanium .....
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- Post #7
- Jul 31, 2007
- Forum: Networking
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ValVe, what the hell?

/assembles camping chair next to lupi /nods and smiles while sitting /hands lupi a golf pencil and scorecard: ___ "No way in hell I am... ___"...paying for same game again." ___"...giving anything away." ___"...ever buying a damn thing again from those...
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- Post #20
- Jul 25, 2007
- Forum: PC Games
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What is the benefit of Gibabit Ethernet on motherboards?

I found a need for gigabit in my home network because trying to watch a video file on my desktop computer that was hosted on my server became a jittery mess due to the number of users (wife and 7 kids). I got a decent jumbo frame capable switch and some intel PCI-E gigabit cards and I hit...
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- Post #14
- Jul 25, 2007
- Forum: Networking
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Water cooled condenser coil and compressor (A/C)

Proper water cooled condensers are specially designed (tube inside a tube, for example) and typically use a brine loop (water + antifreeze/anticorrosion chemicals). This approach can be used with a geothermal type installation where the brine loop dumps the heat generated by the condenser into...
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- Post #7
- Jul 18, 2007
- Forum: Ask a Technical Professional
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Looking for store/hardware suggestions for a multi-port switch

Sounds like a contractor needs to get their ass chewed.
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- Post #8
- Jul 18, 2007
- Forum: Networking
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I need a quality 802.11n router... ideas?

Jack knows what the hell he is talking about. Everybody running around buying pre-spec stuff reduces the market's drive to finalize the spec. If everybody took the attitude that they should not buy pre-spec equipment, the market would say "Holy crap, we better finalize this spec because the...
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- Post #23
- Jul 17, 2007
- Forum: Networking
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Need a router that works from the basement.

I have a 2 story with basement. I put a network outlet in one of the 1st floor rooms and located the wireless router there. Signal reaches 2nd floor fine. I cut the sheetrock in the 1st floor room, stood under the wall in the basement, drilled a hole up into the wall through the wall's...
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- Post #2
- Jul 17, 2007
- Forum: Networking
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So i'm moving and thinking about wiring the house w/ ethernet...need some help

I have a 2-story with a basement. I put a shelf in the basement next to the circuit breaker panel and installed an outlet right next to the shelf to power all my routing and server gear. I bought 1000 feet of stranded Cat5e (this was in 2001 before I had a clue about solid vs. stranded and...
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- Post #10
- Jul 17, 2007
- Forum: Networking
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AMD Dual Core Query...

*BZZZTT!!* Thank you for playing! No...both cores in the X2 processor are operating. You don't have to max out one before the other starts working. Having said that...this issue can be an operating system issue. An OS theoretically could (by design or by an OOPS!) assign tasks to one...
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- Post #13
- Jul 17, 2007
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Why are parabolic wifi antennas not solid

Modern satellite dishes may very well be mesh encapsulated in plastic or fiberglass. Don't know...haven't cut one up or studied them. But I do know that it is difficult to print and read a marketing logo on a mesh. Much better for Dish and DirecTV to paint dishes with solid surfaces.
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- Post #12
- Jun 27, 2007
- Forum: Ask a Technical Professional
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Technical reason for a computer feeling slow?

Probably it has to do with your computer having a heavy lunch and wanting to take a nap.
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- Post #19
- Jun 27, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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AMSOil Vs. Mobil1 Vs. ?: A test. Update: Pennzoil Platinum samples taken, results pending.

Is there a difference between Mobil 1 and Amsoil (beside additive package)? I seem to recall some talk about short-chain polyolester vs. long-chain, but I dont' remember what the conclusion was.
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- Post #16
- Jun 27, 2007
- Forum: The Garage
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Computers can see and connect to Wireless router but no internet, Please help :)

Read this. Pay attention to the part about LAN configuration and Advanced DHCP (pp. 28 & 29). If you cannot figure it out from these instructions, do one of two things: 1) Find a technically astute friend to help you do the initial configuration. 2) Call Buffalo 866-752-6210
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- Post #7
- Jun 15, 2007
- Forum: Networking
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"Bigfoot Networks Killer" - >$200 Network Adapter

I have a cool ringtone. Mine sounds just like a real telephone. BRRRRINGGGG!.......BRRRRINGGGGG! "Hello.........this is he..................................OK......I can start Monday. Bye." See.....my cool ringtone got me a job.
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- Post #7
- Jun 15, 2007
- Forum: Networking
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sharing net access over bluetooth

There is a way to do it involving bridging your wired or wireless computer network connection to the bluetooth device. I tried it many moons ago with a Belkin 2.0 bluetooth USB dongle. It was a finicky connection at best and I don't recommend it.
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- Post #2
- Jun 15, 2007
- Forum: Networking
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Best Cable Modem for use with Comcast?

I had the same Toshiba. I replaced it with a Motorola Surfboard and things got a LOT better. Cable companies are upgrading their infrastructures to DOCSIS 2 and planning for 3, so support of version 1 is starting to suck (I am on Charter). By the way....do your homework on which surfboard to...
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- Post #7
- Jun 15, 2007
- Forum: Networking
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Computers can see and connect to Wireless router but no internet, Please help :)

A little clarification.... I'm assuming the router is connected with its WAN port to the DSL device and that your DSL service is dynamic (or DHCP). Then the wireless computers are connecting to the router. Here is what has to happen. 1) The router has to be setup to be a DHCP client on...
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- Post #5
- Jun 15, 2007
- Forum: Networking
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My home Gigabit Network

Ooops....I got my products confused. Sorry, HP....I besmirched your golden name when it didn't need....er.....um.....besmirching. (While you are reading this....please continue making RPN calculators.......please!) But, I am happy with 4088 frame size. I don't really see the need to go to...
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- Post #19
- Jun 15, 2007
- Forum: Networking
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My home Gigabit Network

That's great. I might go back and try combinations of the realtek or the NV talking to an intel card and see whether or not it was the realtek or the NV or the combination that was causing my problem. I went through extensive sessions trying to adjust the OSes to accelerate the realtek/NV...
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- Post #14
- Jun 15, 2007
- Forum: Networking
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My home Gigabit Network

Server=openSuSE 10.2 running a KDE desktop. I just VNC into it to make changes. I have a user named "share" and have set up Samba to allow guest connections and I force all connections to take on the "share" attributes without providing a password (don't do this unless you are thoroughly...
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- Post #13
- Jun 15, 2007
- Forum: Networking
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My home Gigabit Network

Declare victory and retire in relative obscurity! No.....I am working toward being able to have a server(s) feed multiple video streams to various clients throughout the house. I have a wife and seven kids, so at some point I anticipate that everyone will want to watch/surf/online game...
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- Post #4
- Jun 14, 2007
- Forum: Networking
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Wireless for my store customers

Look here.
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- Post #2
- Jun 13, 2007
- Forum: Networking
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My home Gigabit Network

I have learned much from AnandTech forums over the years, so I thought I would report how it has helped me. I recently bought a barebones system, CPU, memory, drives, gigabit switch, and a cheap gigabit NIC to replace an aging server. I put it all together and started testing throughput to...
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- Thread
- Jun 13, 2007
- Replies: 18
- Forum: Networking
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Cable Vs. DSL

Have them call and ask what speed the DSL company will guarantee. Except for people that live right next to the CO or a booster device, DSL is crap speed in comparison. I hate paying Charter for their overly lopsided 3Mbps/256kbps, but I wouldn't trade it for the 768kbps/384kbps that Verizon...
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- Post #2
- Apr 3, 2007
- Forum: Networking
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(Sautering)FC-PGA2 Socket 370 broken

You need a "solder sucker" and/or some copper braiding. With the solder sucker, you heat up a pin until the solder gets runny, then put the sucker over it and activate it. It uses a vacuum to suck the liquified solder into it. With copper braiding, you heat the solder until runny and touch...
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- Post #7
- Apr 3, 2007
- Forum: Ask a Technical Professional
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Need a material with extremely high friction but no adhesion.

A glue that adheres to the grippers but not the object you want to pick up. How about acrylic in very small spheres. Same kind of thing used on Post-it notes. I think you can buy spray forms of it.
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- Post #24
- Mar 13, 2007
- Forum: Ask a Technical Professional
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if you could transfer

Some thoughts: I think the brain is just an interface/translator with housekeeping duties. Emulation in a computer would also require proper simulation of all stimuli the human needs in order to prevent deprivation psychosis. I would think all one would want to emulate is the conscious...
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- Post #10
- Feb 28, 2007
- Forum: Ask a Technical Professional

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