Recent content by SocrPlyr

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    Is there a USB header splitter?

    5 pins means it is only providing one USB port. It depends on what your device needs. I am guessing that the devices is like a 15in1 card reader and has an extra USB port on it as well. This means that yours will need two ports (hence the 9 pin connector). Typically that is done since it is...
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    Reminder to watch your CPU sockets

    I am just here to remind everyone to make sure to not bend any pins and to protect yourself from the possibility that others bend them. I recently had a major brand motherboard die over two days (kept crashing more and more frequently till it wouldn't boot). I inspect the board in the...
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    Online retailers to be required to collect tax?

    Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board States in general are looking to fix this federal loophole in the sales tax system. In general, despite what people have said this has nothing to do with regulating interstate trade. The money is owed either way. It is just how it gets collected. In...
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    D-Link DPR-1260 $22.99 @ Best Buy YMMV

    I have no idea how good this thing is at being a print server (or if it works with the latest printers, compat list isn't that great, but it does have 4 usb ports), but for the price I haven't seen a Wireless bridge. So here is the scoop. I needed a wireless bridge for my VoIP box, so i...
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    Tricky calculus problem

    I'm still unsure why you would go through all of that instead of just using the FT and a lookup table which is readily available. Josh
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    Tricky calculus problem

    The way to do it is definitely to take a Fourier Transform. The if you look at the definition of the transform if you plug in 0 for f, you get the integral you are looking for. So you can use the transform that is already computed for you in 203 in the table. Note with their definition of...
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    Is there a way to lock a wifi connection to a specific protocol?

    First of all what in the heck are you trying to stream that is so big? As for on the client side if it doesn't appear when you look under the properties and "Configure" for the device then without changing drivers there isn't a whole lot you can do. Have you looked into powerline ethernet...
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    Dead: Toshiba HD-A3 $199.99

    I haven't done my due diligence yet, but from what I have seen there isn't much. Same features, difference in thickness, and someone said something about optical audio on the A3, but don't quote me on that. I don't have time to look through the specs. Josh
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    Dead: Toshiba HD-A3 $199.99

    http://www.bestbuy.com/site/ol...oduct&id=1186003898783 As the topic and link say. Must add to cart to see price. Josh
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    OMFG!!! - $98.87 for Toshiba HD-A2 HD DVD player at Wal-Mart - Sunday Nov. 4 is supposedly the last day

    I didn't see it in here, but Best Buy has the A3 online right now for $199... Josh
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    OK...why can't my computers connect to each other?

    Check any third party firewalls as well. It isn't always the problem, but the other day I couldn't connect to a PC w/ a network share from a PC that was running an AVG firewall (doesn't make sense to me), but disabling it and reenabling the windows one did the trick for me. Just another thing...
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    "True" Dual/Quad Core

    Actually it is all opinion... Why? B/c there is no definition of 'true'. I read all of the arguments and you know what most of them wind up agreeing on the fact that it doesn't matter. They differentiate in the same manner that I have done in my "Wall of text." Sorry about the subtitle though...
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    "True" Dual/Quad Core

    how does that make me a troll? I just wanted to see what other thought. I myself believe there should not be any distinction. In the end it doesn't matter to the consumer how it was made. Maybe it would matter if say gluing them together had a higher failure rate or something like that. As...
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    "True" Dual/Quad Core

    finally a post that matters :) That doesn't mean i disagree with some of you but we are consumers, thus the end result is all that really matters. Question for the Athlon X2: When it requests stuff from the cache of the other cores does it go through the HT link? Josh
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    "True" Dual/Quad Core

    Alright after reading a couple of other threads over time I have some questions here. Why do people consider an AMD X2 processor a "true" dual core, while not considering let's say the dual P4? I have some ideas, but I want to hear what other people have to say first. Edit: Removed topic...