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  1. Rory Buszka

    Publicons!

    I can't read German, but the design of this site is intuitive enough that I was able to figure it out. Even Germans realize, however, that the brands you purchase define who you are. (:rolleyes:) So, here's my personal set of Publicons. Go to the site and make yours. Select your brands...
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    "Windows Family Discount" For Real?

    From the Windows Vista Team Blog (http://www.windowsvistablog.com), a Microsoft Corporation web site: Then, today on Neowin.net (via Techgage): Vista Family Discount Bites Back If the keys issued for Vista Home Premium under the Vista Family Discount aren't bogus, but aren't 'turned on'...
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    Nifty Windows Tips

    Hi, guys. This thread is for sharing your favorite nifty Windows tips that can improve your user experience. Anyone can share their favorite Windows tips. Tips with screenshots included get extra Niftiness Points (NP). Nifty Windows Tip #1: Automate the chores The debate over whether it is...
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    A different sort of mod...

    Well, since the completion of my new main desktop rig is all but certainty at this point, I've taken the old components out of my previous desktop machine and put them into the PC that serves music to the stereo in my dorm room (I'm a college senior). The heat-producing components are a GeForce...
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    Ha...Go Colts!

    For those of you who just missed it, and those of you who watched it but love to hear about it again and again, the Indianapolis Colts just managed to pull off the largest comeback in history in a championship game (AFC/NFC) against the New England Patriots (media darlings up until now), winning...
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    OCZ's new Scythe Ninja...I mean...

    It looks like everything old is new again. At CES, OCZ Technologies showed a new CPU cooler with a tower form factor, a 6-heatpipe cooler with fins spread nicely apart to allow for low resistance to passive convection cooling, though the cooler offers a mounting solution for a 120mm fan. On one...
  7. Rory Buszka

    List of HDCP-compliant Video Cards

    Building a List of HDCP-compliant Video Cards If you want your computer to be truly "Vista-Ready", you need a video card that is HDCP compliant. Windows Vista uses HDCP (High-Bandwidth Digital Copy Protection), a form of copy protection that requires both the source and the monitor to be...
  8. Rory Buszka

    2007

    Happy new year, all. Let's hear your plans/resolutions for the new year, along with whatever details you'd like to share. My resolution is to work to be less awkward in social situations, and to be more of a social initiator, inviting my friends to do stuff instead of waiting to be...
  9. Rory Buszka

    Channels in an audio system -- a clarification

    In an audio system, when a number of individual signal paths are provided for differing or unique audio signals, those signal paths are referred to as channels. A Monoaural ("mono") audio system has only one channel. A Stereophonic ("stereo") audio system has two channels, which provide an aural...
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    Reading VGA fan speed

    I'm taking a look at the review for the ASUS EAX1650XT card, and I notice that the blower has a three-pin output, presumably for RPM feedback. Is there a good utility out there that can let me read the VGA fan's speed? Eventually, I think I'd like to splice the wires together into a...
  11. Rory Buszka

    Imaging Hosting Services (A Real Question This Time!)

    Hi, all. I'm wondering, what's a good photo hosting web site that I can use? I know there's the good ol' Bucket, but I hate getting PartyPoker.com pop-up windows whenever I close other windows. (Internet ad companies are downright evil.) Addendum -- brain fart when typing in the thread title...
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