Recent content by caboosemoose

Thanks guys, I'll give it a whirl.

I'm developing a new website (based on WordPress) and would like to put the whole thing behind a login. It's on a shared server, so don't think I have the .htaccess option, as it requires a reboot, I think. I've read around and seen there are ways of password protecting in Wordpress, but I...

OK, I am at my wit's end. I've been trying to run various displays in recent months via HDMI and AMD graphics cards and always hit scaling / scanning issues. It's related to AMD cards treating any HDMI display as an HDTV and overscanning the thing. Do a search on google and the solution...

I'm not sure what people expected this guy to say. AMD is in the business of selling Bulldozer processors. It's also a listed company. There is no way anyone from AMD is going to openly put their hands up and say, "yup, this chip is a disaster." Well, not unless they are hoping for instant...

What's the current status quo regards the TRIM command for SSDs and running RAID arrays? Last I read Intel had released a storage driver for its chipsets that supported it. I haven't seen anything since. Is the Intel driver / chipset the only one that does it?

Does anyone have a handle on what proportion of X2 and X3 Phenom IIs can be unlocked?

The idea is that I can leave the things running over night and reboot in the morning and get a total time reading. I'm afraid software stopwatches don't work - tried that. They key into the motherboard clock - so when you reboot they are showing the total time since you started the clock...

Anyone know of a utility I can use to time the operating life of a laptop battery? Just something I can set running and forget about and then come back later in the day after the thing has died, reboot and find the time elapsed recorded - don't want it to run any apps, just a timer. Thanks.

Perhaps, but if Al Gore can handle the dot pitch of his 30 inchers, here's hoping I have more like 30 years in hand...

I dispute that. I'd say things have ground to something of a halt in the past 18 months or perhaps a bit more if we're talking actual panel tech rather than dicking about with rubbish like dynamic backlight.

Mid 30s.

The shift is minimal to the point of irrelevance in normal use on the XL30.

Meh. I'm waiting for 2,560 x 1,600 on a 24-inch panel. We're talking PC monitors which you use at close range, not TVs. Lower resolutions just give you less space to work with. The only reason to want lower resolution is if you have crappy eyesight. But in that scenario, you can just run a high...

You clearly haven't seen a Samsung XL30 in action. RGB LED + PVA = beats the living shit out of the CCFL + IPS alternative. More than anything, the white glow on the IPS panel really pisses you off on a big panel.

These sorts of improving specs are total bullshit. They're all achieved with kludges like dynamic contrast.