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    Are LCD displays reliable?

    Solitare? Nope It's all about porn;) The truth is this thing called work consumes at least 10 of those hours, plus forums,research and testing add a few more. and when I'm not here my wife prefers to use this computer (big comfy leather chair, 19" LCD, easy access to the phones, printer...
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    Are LCD displays reliable?

    LCD's are even more reliable now then even a year or so ago. My 2+ year old Princeton 19" developed 2 black pixels very near the top edge of the screen at some point in the last 6 months but I can't see them unless I really lookhard on a light colored screen, not bad for a $200 after 26 months...
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    If Microsoft was Open Source, would it have LESS bugs?

    hundreds of thousands checking, maybe 10's of thousands adding code, then we go from 50 million lines to 75 or 100M? If you are convinced open source is the solution go with one of the *nix based open platforms. If you gain enough users then you become the target. To say MS should give...
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    If Microsoft was Open Source, would it have LESS bugs?

    No! Microsoft is a company.:rolleyes: if you are refering to one of their products say windows (or office) It has the holes because of it's size, and so many million lines of code that no one person can ever read or check them all. in fact it takes a group of 20+ upper level mangers...
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    Anybody else try to get 3 years out of their computer?

    I still run 6-7 year old boxes, but the newest ones are almost 2 years old, close to doing a new build, then everyone in the family moves up a notch.
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    Where are you from?

    That great. I've had to do driveway repairs/improvements by the trailer & shovel method (overhanging trees tight turns meant no dump truck access). It gets old really fast (or makes you old) Machines are the way to go, free machine and skilled operator Priceless.
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    Where are you from?

    Steve, did you ever post any pics of what the storms did to your house a driveway? very curious.
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    How to clean LCD monitors?

    I'd stay away from ammonia ( windex) or alcohol based cleaners. Both can damage the soft outer plastic layer of your LCD a very mild soap solution, soft cloth, rinse and repeat as needed.
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    Where are you from?

    Snohomish, WA USA = small farm town, quickly (way too quickly for my taste:mad: ) becoming suburbs for seattle(25mi to the sw) redmond(12mi to the south), and yes it is THAT redmond) and everett(10mi) I'm actually 6 miles out of town so it's still mostly big trees and pastures, with a few...
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    Amazing guy!!

    I've seen a couple online groups/sets of his pictures, but those 'wrong' angle shots really show how distorted the real world image must be in order to show the right perspective from the right angle. I wonder how he figures it out before he starts:confused: I know its way beyond me (I...
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    Lab Produces 3.6 Billion Degree Gas

    It's a little scary that "They don't know how they did it" "At first, we were disbelieving," said project leader Chris Deeney. "We repeated the experiment many times to make sure we had a true result." That sounds more like kids playing with explosives, than a controlled scientific...
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    Add another 512?

    The real test will depend on how much Ram you actually utilize. set a log to watch your RAM useage (physical, page commits, etc.) if your useage never/rarely exceeds 1 gig, than you'll be better off with one gig in dual channel mode. with newer systems 2gigs plus seems optimal, but your...
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    Problem With USB

    Or having another connector inline could be part of the problem, some are just not very well made (you wouldn't think it would be that hard to produce a quality USB cable, they just aren't that complex:( )
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    Thumb Drives

    There are 4 gig drive available, and Intel announced today the expect NAND flash to begin taking over from hard drive for laptops begining next year (obivously a high end option to start) Half the power consumption and twice the boot speed in the demo version. Over at www.bigbruin.com, BB...
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    No more CD & DVD from TDK

    Not too suprizing given the cost/price/competition of media.
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    Google Calendar

    That could be useful, especially a mobile version (ie useable or at least viewable via cellphone/PDA device
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    ATI acquires XGI

    This should be good for ATI, fresh ideas and markets, and hopefully a new, more diverse product line
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    what free virus scanner do you use?

    After years of likeing Symantec's systemworks (and getting it free after rebate every year) I stopped about 2-3 years ago hwen their autoinstalled hidden tools became more invasive than helpful, and required other third party tools to fully remove.
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    Just how clean in a 'Clean Room'?

    It's not due to the vacuum that they want to build item in space (a cleaner, more pure vacuum is possible in lab, than near earth orbit) but because materials behave differently in zero G, particularly crystals. being able to "grow" very large, very consistant doped silcion crystals is the...
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    what free virus scanner do you use?

    That and in 2005 they lead the field in fastest response to threats (by a large margin, in some cases), it's not safe to have to waits a few hours, let alone days or (worse case) a week or more, to get protection/new detection files. Also I get it free with my comcast account:)
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