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Wireless inline volume control?

I have a 2.1 speaker set that I really like (Logitech z623), and I'd like to connect it to a TV that only has a fixed-level audio output. Is there a such thing as a standalone wireless volume control to attach between my TV and speakers (for maybe $20 or less)? For inputs, I can work with 3.5...
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- Jun 15, 2013
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Audio Components
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Ubuntu 12.04 good for older Acer laptop?

My favorite method on old hardware is to install Ubuntu 11.10 Server first with only the default packages. (SSH is ok if you intend to use it.) Then "apt-get install lubuntu-desktop" will get you on your way.
- kevinthenerd
- Post #29
- Nov 16, 2012
- Forum: Operating Systems
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P2V on same box? (Win8 Home)

I've considered VirtualBox, but I'm looking for comparable performance between my two guest operating systems, and bare-metal virtualization is just more fun anyway. ;-)
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- Post #2
- Nov 14, 2012
- Forum: Operating Systems
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P2V on same box? (Win8 Home)

With Black Friday approaching, I'm looking to add a box at home with 16GB RAM, and instead of dual-booting, I'd like to virtualize multiple operating systems and run them simultaneously. I have 2-3 questions. First, how would licensing work if I intend to move Windows 8 Home from the bare...
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- Nov 14, 2012
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Ubuntu 12.04 good for older Acer laptop?

Lubuntu is nice, and supposedly 256MB is doable, but I doubt it would be enjoyable for you. I have a Dell Inspiron 4000 kicking around with 256MB, and I ended up just keeping it for console work. (Project Gutenberg is pretty cool if you use Lynx.)
- kevinthenerd
- Post #14
- Nov 14, 2012
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Bookmark that Follows You for Android?

I think you're missing the question. If I bookmark this page: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Korean/Alphabet and follow the link to this page: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Korean/RWP I'd like the bookmark to automatically update to the new page, so when I close the browser, I can pick up...
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- Post #3
- Jun 26, 2012
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Bookmark that Follows You for Android?

In the "real world", there's a bookmark that follows your progress and automatically updates what page you're on: http://www.geekosity.org/2012/02/bookmark-albatross/ A similar technology exists with Nook and Kindle devices or applications; they keep track of where you left off. Is there...
- kevinthenerd
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- Jun 25, 2012
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Help: NET USE always fails 1st time; 2nd try always works

That's a better work-around than what I had in mind, and I might consider limiting it to a certain number of attempts before dying completely. I'd still like to know the root cause, though.
- kevinthenerd
- Post #3
- Apr 24, 2012
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Installing Win7 - Use recommended settings or Install important updates only?

Our browser/ActiveX/Java VPN solution was broken with one of the recent "recommended" updates, and we found IE9 was breaking certain websites (like Fifth Third and Yahoo). If you're supporting a lot of workstations with limited IT resources, I'd definitely stick with "important only".
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- Post #8
- Apr 24, 2012
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Help: NET USE always fails 1st time; 2nd try always works

I have a Windows batch file that I wrote to automate interconnectivity between two database systems. (It massages the data along the way and uses various tools to get the job done.) Near the beginning of the script, I call a NET USE command to establish a connection to a network share where...
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- Apr 24, 2012
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Fake SSD with USB sticks (home box)

Has anyone had any luck running a website database on USB flash drives? I know, I know. We have hundreds of thousands of dollars of infrastructure at work, and I wouldn't mess with this foolishness there, but this is for a hobby web server I'm developing / playing with at home, and most of...
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- Feb 22, 2012
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Apparently, I am "THAT guy" (food smell in cafeteria)

I'm told that years ago we had a Vietnamese coworker who used to buy frozen bait and eat it at work.
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- Post #112
- Nov 2, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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List of cars with most horsepower?

or a little more realistically, a V8 Miata
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- Post #23
- Nov 2, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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List of cars with most horsepower?

Is horsepower your only goal? I've found that there is a LOT more to the driving experience than horsepower. My dream daily driver would be a Factory Five GTM.... about $30k-$40k completed.
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- Post #22
- Nov 2, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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why doesn't the US change standard work week to 30 hours?

I don't think we'd see a 25% cut in productivity. Being clear-headed and well-rested would increase the efficiency of the workday. There are definitely diminishing returns for the extra hours, especially in a "job" that's not the "career" love of your life. Further still, I'll bet having more...
- kevinthenerd
- Post #91
- Nov 2, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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why doesn't the US change standard work week to 30 hours?

That's unfortunately very true. I've been busting my ass to make up for the incompetence and laziness of <edited>, and my job title coming into the company had nothing to do with such work. <edited>
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- Post #90
- Nov 2, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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why doesn't the US change standard work week to 30 hours?

Our 40-hour workweek was invented to give everyone a job. Wrenching the nut down a little further would help us is our current economic situation. I think salary exemptions for overtime should be tweaked for professional non-executive employees of medium-to-large companies.
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- Post #89
- Nov 2, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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why doesn't the US change standard work week to 30 hours?

I live in a bullshit area of the country without public transit to speak of, and I spend about 12.5 hours a week commuting. It's mind-numbing, and it's really getting to me. Maintaining my car with 100 daily miles sucks too. People who say they have plenty of free time either don't care about...
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- Post #88
- Nov 2, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Son wants to be a computer programmer

My programming upbringing evolved through GWBASIC, QBASIC, DOS batch files, QuickBasic, VB (1,3,5,6), Borland Turbo C++, and VBA. (In the last few years I've also gotten into VBS, PHP, Oracle PL/SQL procedures, MySQL procedures, and Java.) I learned the hard way that while BASIC is a great...
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- Post #17
- Oct 29, 2011
- Forum: Programming
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Imperfect Short-Circuit Evaluation

(Example was run on JavaSE-1.7)
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- Post #2
- Oct 29, 2011
- Forum: Programming
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Imperfect Short-Circuit Evaluation

Short-circuit evaluation in Java is imperfect. The code below breaks if I remove the method declarations or if I change the left-to-right order of the conditionals. public class pears { public static void main(String[] args) { if (!(0==1 && unicorn()==pixiedust())) {...
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- Oct 29, 2011
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Programming
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Big Fish, Little Pond

Here's my problem. When I tell a potential employer that "I know XYZ" to a particular degree (like novice, intermediate, advanced, level II, etc.), I want to know that my definition of a medium steak matches their definition of a medium steak. In mechanical engineering, I have an...
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- Post #4
- Oct 25, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Big Fish, Little Pond

I've been looking at job postings. The most common qualification I'm missing seems to be Java.
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- Post #2
- Oct 25, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Big Fish, Little Pond

I haven't been on Anandtech for some time because I drifted away from computing in general. I majored in Mechanical Engineering (Energy Systems) at UCF, and I went off to work for an aftermarket distributor of industrial parts as a reverse engineer and applications engineer. A few months into...
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- Oct 16, 2011
- Replies: 4
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Is 18% gratuity the new 15%?

I usually tip 20% unless the service sucks, but I like to compensate for Florida's low wages.
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- Post #153
- Oct 16, 2011
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Mozilla FireFox vs. Google Chrome

I know I'm resurrecting a dead thread, but with a couple of extra months to get used to it, this topic is as relevant now as it was then. (At least it is for me.) At the time this thread started, I was still a hardcore Firefox user. I didn't really trust Chrome (and its initial user...
- kevinthenerd
- Post #43
- Mar 7, 2009
- Forum: Windows
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Interesting VBA technique

Can a VBS grab text out of the clipboard, work with it, and paste it back in?
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- Post #5
- Oct 9, 2008
- Forum: Programming
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Interesting VBA technique
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- Post #4
- Oct 9, 2008
- Forum: Programming
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Interesting VBA technique

I've read online in several different forums that people (usually n00bs) want to make stand-alone applications with VBA. While I haven't come up with that necessarily, I do have a technique to offer that will work if you do have an appropriate version of Office installed. It's very simple...
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- Thread
- Oct 8, 2008
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Programming
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Cheapest accredited online MBA?

Are any online worth anything? Can you comment on the worth of face-to-face programs offered by Saint Leo University, the University of South Florida, or any other universities in the greater Tampa Bay area?
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- Post #25
- Oct 8, 2008
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Cheapest accredited online MBA?

Someone is playing a trick on me. They got into my account. I changed the password, and I'm working on getting them back. Please disregard.
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- Post #18
- Sep 2, 2008
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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PSA: If you smell like urine, please bathe before shopping

(Someone is playing a trick on me. They got into my account. I changed the password, and I'm working on getting them back. Please disregard.)
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- Post #41
- Sep 2, 2008
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Networking Support thread for the unemployed: Spring 2014

(never mind. please delete.)
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- Post #246
- Sep 2, 2008
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Cheapest accredited online MBA?

One time I licked a guy's asshole and it tasted like chocolate. Then I ate out his mom. ------------------------------------ Adios - see you in 2 weeks Senior Anandtech Moderator Common Courtesy
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- Post #14
- Sep 2, 2008
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Cheapest accredited online MBA?

i'm gay and I hate my wife
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- Post #13
- Sep 2, 2008
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Cheapest accredited online MBA?

What's the cheapest accredited online MBA in the United States? I'm really looking for a piece of paper that means something; I really believe learning about business is what experience and online resources are for. My engineering degree, for example, only means that I know how to study. Most of...
- kevinthenerd
- Thread
- Jul 14, 2008
- Replies: 24
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Monitor Connection

I say you plug in an Okidata dot matrix into the parallel port and do it the old fashioned way. but yeah, you need a card :beer:
- kevinthenerd
- Post #9
- Jun 29, 2008
- Forum: Computer Building
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emachines blinking

A couple days ago my emachines T2984 started blinking randomly. The machine was on and running, but the power light was blinking as though it was on standby. I searched the Internet and found no solution. Few of you probably use such a budget system, but I just figured I'd let you my very simple...
- kevinthenerd
- Thread
- Jun 29, 2008
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Computer Building
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Firm releases Readyboost App for Windows XP

USB RAID: http://www.bigbruin.com/reviews05/thumbraid_5
- kevinthenerd
- Post #16
- May 7, 2008
- Forum: Windows
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Firm releases Readyboost App for Windows XP

That 10 MB/s is device-limited. USB 2.0 can do 60MB/s. That's 30MB/s even if you allow 50% overhead. While my PC2700 RAM can do 2700 MB/s, that's with fully synchronous data acquisition, not random-access, and that's also assuming that there's enough of it left to use. When it swaps out to the...
- kevinthenerd
- Post #15
- May 7, 2008
- Forum: Windows

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