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I like the Synology Disk Station on paper. It's a perfect fit for the criteria. Looking at it, the DS1515+ supports 5 disks maximum and runs $700 but can do everything I'd need it to including virtualizing my Internet gateway and running any operating system I want it to. Woot! The DS916+ may be...

1: This thread will be used as justification to have the solution funded externally. "Whatever gets the job completely done with no corners cut and that isn't extravagant." I likely won't foot the hardware costs, but I will have to pay subscription fees/other recurrent costs for the off-site...

Hey all, I got caught flat-footed and had a disk die with a massive amount of important data on it. I'm likely going to be footing a clean room bill to fix it. I might be able to have it paid for by an organization - and I might be able to have them pay for a NAS build so that this never...

Considering I already have an office I'd say my chances of being paid are fairly high as long as I don't royally screw up. I'm going to wait until the GTX 880 comes out due to API support. I'm not worried about memory bus on the card - as long as they don't include a 384 bit memory bus and...

Hello all, Microsoft is systematically eradicating third party clients from the Skype network. This is fine for the majority of users. I need something a bit more agile than the default, generic Skype client. Considering the number of contacts I have that use Skype, I can't just up and...

The Titan's main advantage is the FP64 performance, which is substantial, but with what I'm doing at tthe level I'm doing it at and where I'm doing it at, I'm likely going to notice the RAM before the capped FP64 performance. This is a useful table on the topic...

Thank you all for the discussion! Just to reiterate: The GTX 880 has a 256 bit memory bus. The rumors say there will be 4 and 8 gig variants in the wild in very short order. There's been a leak from Gigabyte regarding a HSF that'll dissipate 650 watts of cataclysmic hyperbole that I remember...

Hello all! So, due to a really weird set of circumstances I'm looking to purchase a pair of CUDA capable video cards to use for school. I either have to spend the money on video cards or chuck it at my debt, the money cannot be used for other purposes unless it is a tool that I can use in my...

That doesn't output a sine wave, I actually started doing some heavy reading on this over here: http://www.jonnyguru.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3964&page=4 It's fairly interesting and makes me eager to get into my EE coursework this Fall. I can't order until June 1st though. I just got told I...

So we'll need to find a UPS that'll not shut off when it detects 500-550W of load (I can't reasonably foresee the system ever using more than that even with a pair of mid-range GPUs in it) to fit into my budget. I can take a wild guess, but my wild guess is going to be for 'inexpensive'.

There's an equal chance that I'm using an Antec 300W PSU from God-knows-when, in this system. I do know that both that Thermaltake PSU and my ancient Antec PSU are missing from the shelf that hosts my power supply Krakken. I'd guesstimate this system's running at about 150W under maximum load...

I have multiple PSUs including the Seasonic 550W with active PFC.(SS-550HT) I believe I'm using a Thermaltake 430W with passive PFC in the system, but checking would require me to shut the system down and pull it out of its corner. I use a cheap UPS to keep this system from being dumped when...

I'm sold on AMD. I can't find a single good reason to go for Intel if I'm trying to keep all of my bodily organs. Average power consumption is 25%-33% more, but the PITA-factor is 25%-33% less. I'll likely order this next month/as soon as I can sell my Q9450. Also, it looks like this CPU...

There's a lot of confusion out there regarding VT-d/IOMMU and the z77. Last time I looked closely at it, the unlocked K series processors did not support VT-d, but the chipset did. Looking closer at it, Google's reporting a mess. I did pull...

In my first post I explained in general terms what I was doing and what I was looking for, then asked what I was looking for. I can empathize with you - you deal with newbies who gripe about not having their hands held. However, the bullet-by-bullet argument style employed on political debate...

Going down the sticky: My budget ceiling with 32 gigs of RAM is ~$550. I'm in Oklahoma in the U.S., city should be inapplicable unless someone wants to give me free parts in which case I'll oblige. ;) I've been clear that I'm only looking at CPU+Mobo+HSF. My power supply will be...

I read the sticky before posting. I personally think I'm good to go, but here are my overall plans: CPU: Unknown. HSF: Stock or something inexpensive Mobo: Unknown RAM: 32 gigs of cheap DDR3-1600 or DDR3-1866 PSU: An aging Seasonic 550W Case: Corsair Carbide 200r Storage: A ton of old...

Hello all! I've recently upgraded my workstation off of an old Q9450 w/ 8 gigs of RAM and a P5Q pro. Usually I retire my workstations to serve as Internet gateways and servers. I started to do that with my old workstation only to find I needed to go back five years and kick myself in the butt...

I'm looking at these cheap Dell U2412s and am so near buying one. My issue is the AG coating. I think it's ridiculous that I'm having to consider modding the monitor out of box, but I'm tempted to order anyway. I have a very, very old panel from before the time of widescreens. It's a matte...

That's kinda funny. I wouldn't want to use a drive I'd put in to a USB enclosure in a video editing array! :D

I had forgotten about this debate. Entirely. If it's a consumer drive not marketed as a RAID drive, it's going to take its time recovering data. Any modifications to CCTL are not going to survive a power cycle - earlier in this thread I think that's mentioned. Unless you have a specific...

Bump. Can anyone point me in the general direction of the "How to mess with windows device names via API" tutorials, then?

I know, my title already sounds nuts. This is something for people with multiple sound cards in their systems, particularly USB ones. So, I have a headset identified as a "VXI USB 7.02" and an Asus Xonar D2X in my system. I use Dragon Naturally Speaking 10.1. My issue is that Windows prefaces...

That's interesting. http://support.ea.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4921/showhome/true If they want to call it "Release Control", why is it not labeled Sony DADC Release Control? Why was it not disclosed originally in the EULA? If it looks like a duck, has a sign that says duck, quacks like a...

Phew, I woke up to the site going down! Hostgator shared hosting != good enough to be on destructoid and arstechnica! WOW. They'll try to call it something else, but if it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, leaves droppings like a duck, is genetically identifiable as a duck, cooks and...

-EA made a settlement over bundling Securom with games. They agreed to notify consumers beforehand when any game they published had Securom. This was the result of the class action lawsuits that started up over Spore and friends. -This is the second of two DRM programs on this product...

Well, our testing process isn't over 'just' DRM, it's a holistic examination of a game's licensing from pre-purchase to uninstallation. Our PDF evaluation, available here, http://www.rygvbul.reclaimyourgame.com/test_results/PRYG2-00031-01.pdf It lists specific areas of concern with DiRT. A...

As Fattypants suggested ( I swear, I've seen that username on battle.net ), there are ways around the DRM, but for the people who want something in their hands, they're going to be punished. A few crazy people - like me - buy multiple copies of a game, a collector's edition to keep boxed and a...

What I mean is EA already has their own DRM on this, the SecuROM is duplicate functionality to my understanding. http://www.reclaimyourgame.com/content.php?724-Evaluation-Report-Tiberian-Twilight EA's already shown they have some pretty hefty in house DRM.

How hard would it be just to not allow logins with the EA account name before official release?

No, Securom isn't the marker trick one. Though it was a Sony company. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1526111/posts A quick google found that. @Greenmonkey DA:O scored a 73 on our test, I expected Dragon Age 2 to come up another 10% at least.

Thanks! Who knows why they're doing this.

Hey guys, I still haven't gotten up the courage to come here unofficially. This is a BIG forum. :D I don't like bringing bad news, but... Reclaim Your Game ( I work there! :D ) tested Dragon Age 2's disk version and found that it uses a SecuROM activation (Edit: Release date/server...

It seems that way, doesn't it? I've never heard of it working recently. I've had the opinion that for quite awhile it's been less about pirates and more about either frightened shareholders demanding 'solutions' or trying to get more money out of regular users. Looking at it, SecuROM has not...

We got a really weird reply when one of our staff e-mailed EA about Securom in Dead Space 2. Apparently they're linking to Reclaim Your Game to remove it...

Yeah, this wasn't announced at all.

"Do you mind if I add new parts to your map?" "Yes." "Alright." And normal gameplay continues. Or "Can I mod this map some?" 'Sure! Just don't modify the tower or catwalks.' "Alright!" and the mods commence while other people deathmatch. Of course there were a few people who just...

I remember back in Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight that the cheats would let you do ANYTHING. Including making the server think everyone else was under water. You could noclip. You could do anything but give yourself all weapons. Best part is 90% of the hackers in multiplayer servers were pretty...

You have to be online to install it with SolidShield and you have double jeopardy with SecuROM's online date check. EA games also is, due to a lawsuit, legally required to disclose the presence of SecuROM in their games. Taking off my official hat and leveling with you, I don't think this will...

I'd say so, it's still executed during installation regardless of the date and it still verifies with SecuROM servers regardless of the date on your computer. The question in my mind is why they would need SecuROM to do a simple release date check and why they would ignore this...