Recent content by DeathRayLoveMachine

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    This has never been asked before. Regards gaming mostly..

    Basically, here are the steps from I/O poll to display output: 1) IO poll event 2) Game renders scene and sends to framebuffer. 3) If Vsync is disabled, framebuffer is immediately sent to display. If Vsync is enabled, the framebuffer cannot be sent to the display until the start of the next...
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    This has never been asked before. Regards gaming mostly..

    I suppose what I said earlier was a little bit rash. (I'm not going to apologize for it too much, though.) That's just how double-buffering works. The videocard draws one frame ahead of time, but can't get started on the next frame until the previous one has been sent to the display...
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    Radiation?

    I haven't worked with this stuff in years so I'll gladly defer to your expertise. I was just working off of memory. I tried googling for some figures first, but then I got lazy. My estimate for increased cancer risk is based on radon exposure (which I think has measurable health effects...
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    Radiation?

    Nope, there's no ionization chamber. Instead, there's a Gallium-Arsenide diode.
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    Radiation?

    Also, I apologize if my first reply was rude. Please consider how your OP looked from my perspective, though: *You mentioned buying a new Geiger counter. *You asked about the maximum radiation exposure limits for a human being. *It was immediately apparent that you didn't know how to use...
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    Radiation?

    Natural uranium poses minimal health risks. For safety you should avoid handling it directly, but even then the risk is extremely small. That looks like a solid-state counter, and I don't have an experience with those so I can't give you any tips on using them beyond verifying its...
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    Radiation?

    I have a little background in nuclear safety and physics, and it would be shockingly irresponsible of me to answer this question without knowing what the hell you think you're going to do. Geiger counters are very difficult to use and when you ask questions that conflate REMs with becquerels...
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    How many Connections can server handle?

    Business-class cable Internet isn't going to cut it for this. Just run the numbers: 4000 simultaneous users all visiting within (say) ten minutes each trying to download at least 500KB of data off your server 4000 users * 500 KB/user / 10 minutes = ~30 megabits per second of upload...
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    How many Connections can server handle?

    If you don't need HTTPS, NearlyFreeSpeech will rent you an SQL process for $0.02/day.
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    How many Connections can server handle?

    Is that 20 megabits down or up? You specificed Charter business cable so I assume that's the download speed, which means your upload speed is more like 2-5 megabits per second. You're expecting 1000-4000 people. I don't know anything about your website or how much content is on there, but if...
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    Feedback on this SSD Pls?

    Also, performance on all current SSDs increases pretty dramatically when you go from 128GB to 256GB. It's a bit easier to find good deals on 256GB drives, too. If you're concerned with getting the best deal overall (rather than just a low price), it might be worth considering a 256GB drive.
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    Feedback on this SSD Pls?

    Newegg had the 128GB Samsung 840 for $70 a little while back, and a refurbished 128GB Crucial M500 for $66 before that. Amazon had some great prices, too. I don't see any deals that good right now, though. If you're shopping on a budget, it might be worth waiting a couple weeks to see if any...
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    How do I open a port?

    Use UPNP. There are some minor security issues with using UPNP, but UPNP with a firewall running on your computer is still probably more secure than port forwarding and no firewall. edit: MDNS-PMP does the same basic thing as UPNP, but doesn't have the security issues. I don't think your router...
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    Wi-Fi being extremely slow. (Only sometimes!)

    I'm also voting for signal interference. Have you tried a different channel? Do you have multiple access points?