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    Warhammer: Space Marine

    The game is pretty close to out, can anybody verify that this game has good PC controls (AKA i can customize my keyboard layout ect ect..). Do i have a proper game server browser? In other words is this a crappy console port? I really want this game to be good. But im not paying for console...
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    Script help (sudoed user id)

    Im trying to get the script to mark who is running the command. But it will always be from a sudo su - USER123 account. ps -ef |grep grep will show me the pts session and i can ID the user that way.... but it seems like such a hack is there a value stored somewhere to show what pts is in...
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    Quiz software web based

    Im looking for a good quiz package thats web based. I want to build training material but there is an abundance of quiz packages on sourceforge. Does anybody have a favorite or a recommendation? i tried 4 packages already and setting up a sql database everytime is tiring could use a...
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    EA down today?

    EAs entire login system accross all games seems to be impaired. I havent found any news from EA but the entire BFBC2 network is not allowing logins and if you do its asking for the CD-KEY again. Also hearing the sports games arent working on the consoles.
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    highpoint 2680 pci-e raid SAS

    So far ive had a very bad experience with highpoint. 1st: the ubuntu .deb files on the website were incorrectly written and i had to go in and edit their own installer scripts then fiddle for 3 hours with dpkg to unflag the install as failed... i got this working. Dont bother having a driver...
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    2600K memory selection DDR3 1333?

    Helping a friend and im kinda behind on hardware reviews. I told him to get "Patriot Gamer 2 Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model PGD38G1333ELK" because its P67 certified. Just want to get some feedback from people in the loop. The...
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    Linux stickers for my PC

    im searching all over i want to get a batch of stickers say 25 to give to some people. Any clue where to go? Fedora / CentOS would be ideal. I see the fedora project has an official sticker but no mention how u obtain them... http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/Stickers
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    2tb drives for mdadm or zfs raidz (software raid)

    im so confused on this 4k sector stuff.. does anybody have a working raid5 array with 2tb drives with either ZFS/Mdadm ? I also keep hearing about green drives dropping from arrays when they go into powersave mode... im assuming the latest versions of mdadm/ZFS wouldnt do this. Can anybody...
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    Interesting uses for /dev/shm

    So the other thread about old ssds and writing to the same spot got me thinking. What are some interesting uses of /dev/shm? Some quick googling sugested running vms from it. I thought about encoding here. Using it to speed up a gzip -> Gzip file.bigfile /dev/shm/file.bigfile.gz && mv...
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    is it important to keep your old distro isos?

    I sort of formed this habit of saving all distro isos even when the next one is out and well look.. 270G /ZFS/Linux im thinking maybe just keeping current and previous is a good idea. Because well... 270G
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    Linux will be a more responsive desktop shortly

    http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=linux_2637_video&num=1 If anybody is familiar with building a kernel and installing this patch a guide would be awesome
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    LF rampart style game

    Im looking for a rampart style game for ps3 or xbox360. I see rampart is actually out for PS3 however it is poorly done. Must be multiplayer. Anything close to rampart that doesnt suck in the arcades for either console?
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    linux novice common mistakes.

    I have a job working with linux everyday. What are some silly mistakes you have made as a novice user to linux? I keep calling scp "supercopy" in front of the other techs. Its actually "securecopy". Old habbits die hard I guess. Another one is proper use of grep. I somehow formed the...
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    Linux online-quizes

    Im looking for some online quizzes to test my linux knowledge. My google searches arent getting me anything more than the basics. Im looking for quizzes on advanced things such as grep, awk and so on. Does anybody have a good resource other than a book. I want an online test a few of us...
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    Linux Podcast

    Looking for some GOOD nix podcast. So far I subscribe to: Linux outlaws and TLLTS(be prepared for horrible audio/broadcasting, but they have good guest interviews) I've searched around but allot of shows are inactive or done.
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    Chrome for linux stinks

    I know its "beta" but what the reviewers dont tell you is that its using WINE in the background. I see several exe processes when i have chrome running on mint7. which seems to make chrome use twice the memory firefox uses. Also hulu video goes black if you minimize then maximize. Firefox...
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    Converting .ogg files to .mp3

    I have hours of .ogg files and my new car only plays .mp3s I have linux mint 7 installed and im very frustrated by how much work i had to do to get SOX to convert .ogg to .mp3s. It all has to do with licensing i guess. What im wondering is.... Is there a program i can PAY for on linux...
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    Green duel core system

    I am going to rebuild my clarkconnect router due to overloading the system with too many task. Im currently running an old 700mhz celeron (believe its a coppermine). However the box just doesnt cut it anymore. With services like squid, snort, bittorent, on top of its traffic routing services...
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    Back for the fall season

    I crunch seasonally for TA. It looks like allot has changed since i was last crunching FAH units. It seems to me its really not worth crunching FAH unless you have an ATI video card or as PS3? or am i misinterpreting this? So when i fired up all my PCs for the fall/winter i started with...
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    Help picking a Motherboard 1.8 volt issues

    I am confused about this 1.8 voltage warning showing up on all the motherboard specs. I have a Core 2 duo 6600 1gbx2 Kingston KHX6400LLK2/2GN 2.0 v 4-4-4-12 this memory is specifically noted on MSIs webpage in the warning... but they dont say it doesnt work. What i understand is that...
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    whoops

    GG opera double posted on my sorry...
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    4400 x2 wierd issue with audigy

    I just got my 4400 x2 and swapped it out from a winchester 3000 4400 x2 2x512mb mushkin 3500 lvl 2 1x74gb raptor RS480M2-IL mobo raedon x800 xl sound blaster audigy 2 zs the system stutters and makes crackle and pop sounds with the Audigy 2 i removed it and used onboard sound now it...
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    Odd issue with my main cruncher

    I have been running a 2.6c @ 3.25ghz 250:250 for months now with the F@H team. Yesterday i upgraded to 1gb of ram. Previously i was running 2x256 geil 4000 i now have 4x256 geil 4000. I tested both sticks in 2x256 and they ran at 250:250 with PAT enabled. However when i run all 4 even at 200:200...
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    What am i doing wrong?

    I just lost my 2nd western digital 120jb out of 6 in 1 month 1st drive was november 2002 this next one was from may 2003 i have the system power these drives down after 2 hours of inactivity I have a quality power supply VANTEC 520 and a quality surge protecter from belkin.
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    A64 2800 would it run at 1.2volts?

    Could you just buy an athlon64 and run it at 1.2 volts?? i just want a cool running CPU and buying a real mobile is proving to be a huge hassle.
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    mATX overclocking boards

    mATX boards are becoming more popular with cases like the aria we need more reviews of these boards. Im working on a mATX project i have no idea what to get to overclock a mobile athlon xp with.
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    Will the athlon 64 90nm suck?

    Im confused about 90nm... amds 90nm chips are very close to being out is 90nm going to make amd64s run hotter or cooler? when prescott was coming out everything i knew about die shrinks was thrown out the window. I though die shrinks meant cooler running cpus... but instead we got the bacon...
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    New F@H cruncher help me pick some stuff =)

    Well i just cannot help myself i found one of these cases for $30 so i snagged it http://www.silverstonetek.com/products-gd98ec.htm Now i gotta fill it with some junk. I have spare DDR ram/hd/fans/heatsinks What id like to build here is a good cruncher box. On intels side i could take a P4...
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    Request: F@H tips

    Its starting to cool off so im resuming my crunching of F@H i think ive forgotten everything already. You may remember me from my DUAL cpu post... well those plans fell apart LOLs What im contemplating right now: The main cruncher is an 875p chipset with a 2.6c ram runs at 2-3-3-6 i can get...
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    Building dual cpu cruncher

    Ive been away from the DC scene for a while now but come winter time ill be fireing up the crunchers again and i want to build a new box. Looking for suggestions. Im planning on building the box within 1 month. I thought about xeons they seemed cheaper per cpu than opterons. I wanted to do...
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    LAN party may 21st and 22nd North-IL

    We are looking to see some new faces this laniacs. Laniacs has Business class DSL as well as 24 gig ports avalible to attendees. Laniacs favorites: BF42/DC/BFV/Farcry/UT2k4 Tourneys (both run on saturday): MY king of the ring Tourney # 3 this tourney is always a blast things get crazy each...
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    9700 pro shim removal??

    I just got an vga silencer and the instructions show the heatsink being mounting on an ATI core without the shim that is on my 9700 pro... they make no mention of whether or not your suppose to try and remove it. This shim around the core seems to be on it very solid so if i do have to remove...
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    windows XP SP1 1394 ISSUE

    I am trying to set up a firewire direct connect between my 2 boxes and the XP box is having issues. I have 2 firewire controllers 1. audigy onboard 2. abit max2 onboard neither one of them shows up in the network properties panel. Doing an ipconfig shows i have 169. . . ip but i cant go in and...
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    What are some good power supplys

    Im tired of my antec 480watt power supply its a pile of junk. I transfered my entire old computer to a new box with exception of the 480watt PS. And i was able to overclock it to 2.1ghz (xp1700) with a vantec 520 the other box couldnt even get to 1.8 stable. I still have the 480 in my P4 rig...
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    Tweaking my barton for F@H

    What kind of settings are best for F@H im running an a7n8x 1.04 with an xp2500 (LOCKED) barton currently at 180mhzfsb 7-3-3 casl2 any higher and i must relax the timings even more.. would F@H be happier at 200mhz fsb x11 8-3-3 casl3 or would is it better witht the tight timings 11x 180mhz fsb...
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    Best OS for 1942 serving?

    What is the best OS to use for BF1942 server.... and dont say linux because im not installing linux =) is there a benifit to say using win2k server over just plane old win2k... will it serv my bf1942 better? this is for lan parties
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    Taking the FSB higher

    A7N8X deluxe rev 1.04 users i need your help and advice. I took a gamble and ordered an xp2500 barton from newegg for my 1.04 a7n8x if its locked im gonna need to get that FSB higher. My ram is corsair xms 3200 v1.2 the board itself has been able to achieve 185mhz but i need more will...
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    Locked bartons

    I didnt see or couldnt find a thread on locked bartons so i'm starting one. People are saying after week 39 they are locked. Can we get some links and feedback?
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    DF buggyness rant thread

    Ok ive seen many of you complaining about the bugs in the DF project and im about to drop DF myself because of this annoying bug. On my windows 2000 machine amd XP @ 2013mhz 175mhz fsb ... if i do something that grabs the cpu for an extended time EX: Divx encoding distributed folding just...
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    Fun with Hyperthreading YAY!

    Ive been fiddling with HT allot lately but im still not sure how to gain the best performance. The project im running is Distributed folding ive got 2 clients set up and run 2 at a time to maximize the cpu I know i should run 2 but what about setting cpu affinity in the task manager should...