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    Energy consumption meters' accuracy

    I have been using a VOLTCRAFT Energy Check 3000 meter which is rated at 3000W max load with a resolution of 0.1W. Metering various electronic and electrical devices with it I have noticed that the readings are almost always below what is the particular device's nominal power. Some examples...
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    Measuring headphone output impedance

    I have a pair of Behringer MS40 self-amplified monitor speakers and I would like to know the headphone output's impedance to help me make an estimation of what level of impedance headphones it can drive effectively. Is there a way to measure this using a plain multimeter?
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    Savegame system in Far Cry 3 - total dealbreaker

    What is the point of having a checkpoint-based saving system in an open gameworld? I gave up on this game after about the 10th time I had to redo the same tedious item hunting-pickup/sorting out/selling/upgrade routine, ON TOP OF executing the first couple of missions AND enduring the annoyingly...
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    Manually setting audio device output in a browser

    I tried Opera, Firefox, IE and Chrome but none of them offers the option to select a certain output from the available system audio devices. Any clues?
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    Simultaneous users on a single HTPC

    Current hardware capabilities allow a single HTPC to sustain the workload requirements of multiple users, but on the OS level things haven't caught up just yet. I have been testing my i5-3570K-based system's capabilities to enable HTPC characteristics in an HDTV which is in a different room of...
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    Ivy Bridge memory scaling

    I've been trying to piece together an IB upgrade for my 6 year old machine and so far I've settled for an i5-3570K + H77 motherboard, however I need your input on the RAM speed. Does going above DDR3-1600 offer considerable performance gains at stock speeds?
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    Why are screen sizes still measured in inches?

    Why does the rest of the world have to catter to the silly measurement habits of the US consumer? Europe alone is a much larger market, yet manufacturers insist on an inch-based marketing scheme. It's not like updating to the metric system in this situation will be adding to any costs, either.
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    Will a Windows 8 trial installation be upgradeable to retail?

    With a hardware upgrade looming I will be doing a clean OS install anyway and since I've already decided that I will be switching to Windows 8, I am considering of giving the trial flavour a go. However I am not too keen on the idea of having to go through the drudgery of a clean install again...
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    Password strength

    I was denied access to some of my ISP's services, all of a sudden last week. After contacting them it appears they now require account passwords to be 6-8 characters long, only containing lowercase letters and numbers. Isn't that a little weak by current security standards? Furthermore, they...
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    DDR upgrade fail

    Recently upgraded to Windows 7 and my PC's 2x1GB of Kingston DDR-400 wasn't enough for my needs, so I bought 2 more 1GB modules of Corsair to throw in. The problem is the PC won't turn on with all its 4 RAM banks filled. I have tried every combination of 4 modules, to no avail. Any combination...
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    Is it possible to watch a live video stream

    Why isn't this default anyway? :confused:
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    Can't uninstall Ubuntu 8.04

    I used the option to install from Windows XP without creating a new partition and now that I want to uninstall it the uninstaller won't work. How irritating! :| What now?
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    Overdrive unavailable in Catalyst 7.9

    I bought this card a week ago. Overdrive is available in Gigabyte's CCC version, however in the latest Catalyst released from ATI it is not there as an option under VPU. Is this card not supported by overdrive anymore? EDIT: It seems this GPU is not supported at all -...
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    RCA connector for SPDIF

    I recently bought a pair of monitor speakers for my PC and I connected their coaxial digital in to my on-board SPDIF out (digital only signal output). I used a single RCA to single RCA cable I had confiscated from my nephew which he used to connect his playstation to a TV, but it bears no...
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    Does someone know the name of this music?

    It begins playing 20 seconds from the start: Google video Please help me add this to my :music: disk collection.
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    Is my stock frequency and voltage normal?

    CPU-Z indicates a CPU frequency of 2012-2014 MHz (201.3-201.5 MHz bus speed X 10 multiplier). Furthermore the voltage oscillates between 1.328 and 1.344 Volts. The rated values are 2000 MHz and 1.35-1.4 Volts. BIOS (F9 version) is set to optimised default settings and that means a 200 MHz bus...
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    Child hunger in a land of abundance makes us all poor

    From Information Clearing House: Child hunger in a land of abundance makes us all poor By César Chelala 09/24/06 "Philadelphia Inquirer" -- -- While it is normal to expect high levels of hunger and poverty in a developing country, it may come as a surprise to observe a similar...
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    Looking for a flash video (flv) player

    Every player I have tried either lacks a full zoom capability or a searchable progress bar. Know of a player which has both these features? Freeware if possible.