Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.
The modem was decided against in 2001 so to include one must have been planned long before that point, most likely in the last millenium. This was 11 years ago and dial-up is still in wide use, isn't it something like 10% or more in the US?
And what about that optical drive, what was Bill...
The world ends the 12-31-2012 according to my Mayland calendar! And yes, this is an actual, physical calendar so it must be true.
How is Mayan calendars any more credible than morons and other religious fools or texts predicting the end of the world?
You don't have to be a tree-hugger just because you think about the environment. Sure, most electronic devices benefit from being left permanently on or off but very few need their computer to last 10 years, instead of perhaps half that.
BOINC, folding and whatever seems like such a waste of...
Would you rather have them not include it? And why not advertise it? It obviously isnt something for you, and plenty others judging by the comments, but Joe Schmoe might find use for it, if he knows its there.
Some people..
I'm a developer and love MS. That said, IE just don't cut it so Fx has been my browser of choice the last few years, mainly because of extensions, primarily AdBlock, NoScript and Flash Block.
Yesterday I figured it was time to test Chrome again and one of the first things I went looking for was...