Recent content by Denbo1991

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    Installing win 8.1 that came with laptop without media

    I've got a related question. If I'm installing a different version of windows (8.1 pro vs 8.1) on a laptop that didnt come with install media, it should be no problem as long as I have a product key for the new version right?
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    OnePlus One: Experiences?

    Ive had the OPO for a year with no problems at all. I dont upload roms or mess with it at all and it's been very stable. I have it on Tmobile with a prepaid plan and the coverage has been great on my college campus. I really couldnt beat the value when I bought it.
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    What's your ideal combo? Phone/tablet/laptop/desktop?

    current: Oneplus One - my phone Lenovo Yoga pro - I rarely use my laptop custom desktop - what I use at home ideal: The only thing Im missing really is an android tablet. I want to be able to use my phone when I'm away from home, but it would be nice to have an Android device with a larger...
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    Best portable laptop at $1000 budget?

    if you want a touchscreen, think about the thinkpad yoga
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    Google's "Project Ara"

    I like that google/motorola is pouring money into what is basically an R&D project. I don't think, however, that the end result will be modular mobile devices. Mobile devices are too size constrained to make the volume-modularity tradeoff viable. The lessons learned from trying to create...
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    yoga 2 pro

    pricing for the Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro showed up on Best Buy website. i5 model with 4GB of RAM and 128GB SSD starting at $1000. I've got the original 13-inch and was extremely satisfied. Would definitely recommend for somebody looking for a lightweight laptop. It's got a 3200 x 1800 resolution...
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    Networking Support thread for the unemployed: Spring 2014

    I worked at Viasat as an RF intern two summers ago in their Phoenix location, and it's a pretty nice place to work and everyone was very helpful
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    Amorphous alloys

    it all depends on how dislocations propagate through the material. If the material is perfectly crystalline, a crack or fracture might propagate through the entire material. Since the grains in amorphous materials are smaller, propagating dislocations are more likely to be stopped by grain...
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    NCASE M1: a crowdfunded Mini-ITX case

    in for one!
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    Is there a limit to voltage or electric field strength?

    I dont see any reason why, if you could isolate positive charges, that you couldnt have an arbitrarily high electric field strength. In the real world though, there is no perfect vacuum. An electric field of high enough intensity will start to cause nearby particles to ionize and create...
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    How do they know how hot a star is?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-body_radiation
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    Google IO 2013 thread

    I was able to fix it by going to google play on my desktop and installing from the play store.
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    Need idea for senior design

    Here are a ton of old projects from our senior design class at UIUC: http://courses.engr.illinois.edu/ece445/?g=Home&p=Projects There's a search function and plenty of documentation to get your gears turning.
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    Dota 2

    I've got 6 invites for DotA2 as well. send me a PM with your email and I'll get it to you.