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    What sort of backup strategy do corporations use?

    Can any IT people, or anyone who knows, comment on what sorts of backup strategy/policy you use or seen at other big businesses? How many local copies? How many off-site copies? Versioning? How often? Raid? Tape? etc I was wondering to what extent businesses go to protect their data.
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    What is the maximum # of cpu's that can be used for cgi rendering?

    For companies like pixar, weta, ilm, etc, what is the theoretical cpu limit? Can they get up to 1 cpu per frame? 1 cpu per pixel?
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    Do websites care if a program is constantly pinging them?

    My new internet connection is inconsistent, so i installed a internet monitoring program to see is there are any patterns. The program is set by default to ping websites in 15 second intervals. I don't know if leaving it like this is okay or not. Do websites care if 1 computer is constantly...
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    How to monitor peak memory usage in windows7

    In xp, the task manager would show peak memory usage (peak commit charge). This is useful in figuring out if the system has enough ram. Where do I find this in windows7 ?
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    How will heterogeneous cpu's (fusion) handle bandwidth limitations?

    When intel/amd add a decent gpu into their cpu there's going to be a lot of bandwidth limitations. I haven't read anything about how they will approach this problem. DDR4 will be out at 12gbyte/s? Quad channel would bring it to 48gbyte/s which is still limiting, and a bit impractical for people...
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    do threads automatcally get assigned to cores before hyperthreading?

    If you have a hyperthreading cpu with 2 cores, 4 threads, and then run an app that generates 2 threads, how will the threads be assigned? Since the OS sees 4 separate cpu's, is it possible that only 1 core will get both threads from the app?
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    Understanding encryption protected path

    In this article covering hdcp: http://www.anandtech.com/show/2622/2 If the application is decrypting its input and then re-encrypting for output, doesn't the information sit un-encrypted at some point within the application? Couldn't a hacker somehow monitor/eavesdrop/hack the application to...
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    Disable win7 taskbar buttons stick together

    I've set the taskbar buttons to "never combine", but they still stick together. Try opening 2 instances of any app like calculator. You can't move just one of the taskbar buttons, they always move together which is very annoying. How do you disable this? Checkbox hidden somewhere? Registry edit?
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    Why do gpu's need constant driver updates?

    I've never really followed gpu's and recently looked at desktops and laptops. I found articles cheering that ati/nvidia are announcing program to update their drivers. Then there are articles going over performance improvements with driver updates. Then I see drivers sometimes need to be...
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    Newbie question about just-in-time compilation

    I'm reading about browsers and javascript and how improvements in speed have been made. I don't know programming but I was just curious about general idea of how things work. First, here is my understanding of javascript path. Is it correct? Traditional/default path: javascript --> bytecode...
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    What new hardware features are left for smartphones?

    Smartphones have been evolving rapidly but it seems like there isn't much new stuff to add. After this year, most premium smartphones will have dual camera, hdmi, high res screens. Aside from regular updates of cpu/gpu/ram, what's left? 2 I've read about: * Wireless tv connection. This is...
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    Have Folder shortcuts show in folder tree?

    For windows explorer, is there way to get shortcuts to folders appear in folder tree. Currently shortcuts only appear inside folders along with files. The function would be that when user clicks on shortcut appearing in folder tree, user is redirected to targeted folder. This would be very...