Posts by HighTech4US

Thanks FCC

Because of the "Minimum downlink rate" update I now am getting 50 Mbps down and 5 Mbps up at the same price of $34.99 from Time Warner that I was getting for 15 Mbps down / 1 Mbps up.

The upgrade happened with no trucks rolling. Just a flip of a switch and bingo 3X speed improvement.

This would not have happened without the FCC.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/01/29/fcc_sextuples_broadband_speed

Now remember if you vote in the Republicans they will roll back all these improvements because Republicans are bought and paid for by Corporate America.

Do a Poll

Quote: Nevertheless, the recall includes 83,000 fondleslabs sold in the US, and 5,000 sold in Canada. While Nvidia hasn't released Shield sales numbers as yet, that's got to be a fairly high percentage of the gaming tablet's sales.

Why don't you do a Poll and ask owners if they have the B01 or Y01 battery. Then you could have a reliable number instead of just guessing.

For those who have HTPC's that USE Windows Media Center do the following to remove the icon so that you don't accidently get Windows 10 installed in the middle of the night along with the update removing Windows Media Center thus bricking your setup.

http://superuser.com/questions/922068/how-to-disable-the-get-windows-10-icon-shown-in-the-notification-area-tray

Terminate GWX.exe from Task Manager

Uninstall KB3035583

In Windows Update recheck for updates

You should see KB3035583, uncheck it and then right-click it and select hide update

One says "electrocution" the other "only fire"

Did she die of electrocution or just a fire?

This story just states she died in a fire:

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2352494/cheap-usb-chargers-are-a-real-danger

So why the different causes of death?

Which one is the real cause?

Okay, those who accept the higher prices (2 to 1) should pay twice what they are today so that ones who don't (the one in the 2 to 1) otherwise is just another forced tax on those in the minority position.

AMD always has "One Time Charges"

AMD always has "One Time Charges" and the reason for GAAP is so that companies that try to cook the books would be caught. AMD seem to be one of those companies that try really hard to have investors/analysts/public ignore the GAAP numbers.

Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generally_accepted_accounting_principles

A better deal

Get a Refurbished "Lenovo ThinkCentre M58p Small Form Factor Desktop Intel Core 2 Duo 2.13GHz 2GB RAM 160G HDD DVDROM Windows 7 Home Premium" for $89.99.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883266036

Most users still on XP are just using it for basic tasks and the above system is more than powerful enough for those tasks and it comes with Windows 7.

I bought one to replace my wifes aging XP machine,

You also forgot to mention that AMD launch is a paper one as the card won't be available until Q2 2014 whereas Nvidia card is a hard launch and is available now.

Titan has passed rigorous acceptance testing

Reg quote: The entry of Tianhe-2 at the top has pushed down other systems in the June rankings, of course. The "Titan" XK7 ceepie-geepie at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, which has not been formally accepted by the lab yet,

Yes it has: OAK RIDGE, Tenn., June 12, 2013 — Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Titan supercomputer has completed rigorous acceptance testing to ensure the functionality, performance and stability of the machine, one of the world's most powerful supercomputing systems for open science.

http://ornl.gov/info/press_releases/get_press_release.cfm?ReleaseNumber=mr20130612-00