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    Whelp, the dvdfab folks just pulled an AnyDVD

    A While back I got a "lifetime" free license to Dvdfab passkey. Now? Not so much, it's not valid anymore with version 9... mucho annoying. This leaves me without a solution to make ISOs of DVDs and Blu-ray media on windows. (I do have a MakeMKV license so i'm still covered there but sometimes I...
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    So, I installed madVR last night

    Holy *bleep* about sums up my reaction after getting everything done and tweaked according to a guide or two I found online. Have some SD DVD rips* that i've been rewatching, the quality difference is nothing short of amazing. Though granted it puts my system through the wringer to do it, the...
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    Quotes in threads missing/broken

    Currently having issues with quotes in threads being either blank or only showing the odd letter here and there. Chrome on Win 7 here I do have ublock origin installed but turned it off for [H], the only other extension I have installed that could matter is https everywhere.
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    Upgrade time, critiques on my choices sought

    Obligatory sticky answers: 1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Games 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? $650-700 or so 3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible. US 4)...
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    Whelp, lesson leaned: Don't let ZFS run out of space

    Thankfully this wasn't my array but was still an interesting experience to get solved. One quickly runs into a chicken and the egg issue in that you need space to delete something but you don't have the free space to delete anything. (array had 0 bytes free) Thankfully one can still get...
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    Looking for a smallish case for a HTPC

    Something Mini-ITX sized, not going to use a video card in the system so the only height considerations will be the stock Intel cooler. Though I am open to suggestions for a replacement low profile cooler for the right case, provided the cooler's still reasonably quiet. Planning on using a...
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    Any BX100 owners here?

    Seriously thinking about buying a 1TB BX100 model to replace my 840 EVO, wondering if anyone here has one and wondering how it's holding up over time.
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    Gah.. I sort of feel dirty

    triple nested try/catch block in the .net app I maintain. something like this: Try <dial phone> Catch Try Try <disconnect> (this guy doesn't have it's own error handling code Catch End Try <disconnect...
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    Looking for an inline 3.5mm amp

    something that's wall powered or can be made such would be ideal. less than $50 would also be good. The short of it is: i've got an odd audio setup that involves 3.5mm audio being pulled off an hdmi swtch that's a bit quiet. Need to bring it up the volume a bit to match the desktop. (audio...
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    Phone decision time..

    So.. yeah, my (Sprint) contract is up and it's new phone time. After much research and looking around i've got two choices here LG G2: main advantage here is the built-in FM radio. (I use it quite a bit during weekdays at work) Main disadvantage is that odd button setup on the back. (I...
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    Controller for a fileserver

    ok: so i've got a fileserver with 10 drives in it (2 4 drive ZFS arrays, one linux raid1 for /) The problem? I've got two extra controllers in there and the thing's cabling mess that i'd love to get cleaned up. Hence i'm looking for one controller that'll drive at least 8 drives. (the two...
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    Odd problem with audio from an HTPC

    Having problems getting audio out from the HTPC (Win 7 w/ media center running 99% of the time) in certain situations. But first, the setup: Before it was HTPC -> TV --> speakers via 3.5mm jack on the TV. now the HTPC runs into this box (needed that for the Wii U) and I use the 3.5mm output...
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    Anyone else have problems with Avast free lately?

    Had it take out both the desktop and laptop with the same symptoms. (BSOD on boot: page fault in nonpaged area - 0x50) laptop was thankfully easy to recover thanks to a semi-recent SSD swap. Plop old spinning disk in there, muck about a bit, drop a file on the SSD, go into safe mode and run...
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    Cooler for a Mini-ITX system?

    So i've got This motherboard and This case. Finally have something in the budget to replace the stock cooler (the latest in the quiet this thing down project) My problem is I don't know what the heck would fit in this thing and still be fairly quiet. Anyone have any suggestions? Something...
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