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    Has anyone changed their mobo after upgrading to Win10?

    This sounds like my problem. I get the windows 10 pop-up on my current PC, but I'm building another completely new PC. On the current PC, I went from Vista Business (retail) to Win7 pro (upgrade). I want Win 10 pro on the new PC. I'm guessing I should just buy win10 pro at retail.
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    War of the Roses looks amazing.

    Combat speed is one of the things you can change in M&B, there are 3 or 4 different levels. They may have slowed it down to make it easier for a demonstration.
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    Exchange 2003, a few emails just disappeared?

    Thank you. Dumpster is on and that's the weird thing, there are other entries in the Recover Deleted Items. It makes me think it was deleted and then selectively purged right away to cover the tracks. Would manually purging the Recovered Deleted Items show up in a client or server log file?
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    Exchange 2003, a few emails just disappeared?

    I have an SBS 2003 server with Symantec Mail Security and one of our users is missing some emails from last week. They do not show up in the user's Deleted Items folder (in outlook or outlook web access), nor in the Recover Deleted Items. Item/mailbox retention is set to the default of 30...
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    Has BF3 changed the perception that gameplay trumps graphics?

    That was a good scene, possibly the first of its kind with the AI? I think NOLF beat this one, although 3 years later. Enemies would grow suspicious if they saw you or a dead body, actively search for you (with appropriate dialog and music changes), give up and go back to their patrol. They...
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    Skyrim impressions

    in some locations (thieves guild, some others?) you can find someone practicing archery and swipe their arrows from the target. Steel was normal, once I had someone shooting orcish arrows.
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    Skyrim impressions

    Just so I have it right, the wards are only effective while you cast them right? so basically it's like a shield, only useful when you actively block with it. Transmute can make some money. You can buy iron ore and convert it to silver, then gold and turn it into jewelry. It's a little...
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    Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Announced for release on 11/11/11.

    that was my guess. Scary, eh? :D
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    Gaming Snacks

    honey nut cheerios in a bowl (no milk), right in front of your face. Stick out your tongue and put your face in the bowl. No hands needed, the cheerios stick to your tongue :D
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    Skyrim impressions

    i was hoping there would be an alteration spell to pick locks but don't see one. My mage is even more of a one-shot killer than my archer/assassin... Dual-casting lightning bolt is brutal and instant. Are there any negatives to wearing armor? I'm just using the destruction robes and a hood...
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    Dell U2312HM

    Happy with it. Gaming is nice, and fitting two word documents side by side with search field, style pane, and an easy to read font size on both of them is excellent. The AG coating might be slightly heavier than my other monitors. I have two Dell 17" entry level LCDs here at work and the...
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    Dell U2312HM

    my cyber monday deal arrived today, upgrade from a 19" 5:4 panel and it's wiiiide :) No buzzing from 10-100 brightness. I'm at 10 brightness, 60 contrast and "text" mode. Multiple word documents will be easier than on two separate monitors. Now we'll see if I need a new video card to drive...
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    Skyrim impressions

    spells are learned through books/tomes, either found or purchased from the magic-type vendors. Joining the college of winterhold is probably a good start.
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    Skyrim impressions

    I'm doing the thieves guild and DB quests. So far, I think I preferred the ones in Oblivion. I can't stand the annoying guy at the DB, hopefully I can stab him later? I found myself clicking through his lines just so I didn't have to hear his voice. The thieves guild seems more thuggish than...
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    BF3 makes you kill a rat

    I finally clicked on this thread. All this time I assumed there was a mission where you had to kill a soldier that was ratting people out to the enemy. An actual rat? lol.
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    New BF3 Rig recommendations

    this might be good to read: http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/10/25/battlefield_3_preview_performance/ damn, I thought I might be able to do with just a video card upgrade (E8400 and 8800 GTS), then saw this: "Our test system consists of an ASUS P8P67 WS Revolution motherboard, Intel Core i7...
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    Good 24" coding monitor

    I'm looking for the same, text and reading. That dell looks good, maybe a 23" for me to drop the price though. FYI, changing color schemes (for windows/ms word, or the text/code editor) seemed to reduce my eye strain. I made the background a very light beige instead of white and the text a...
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    Reducing memory for SQL Server 2005

    My understanding of SQL server is that it's supposed to suck up as much memory as it can, then give it back to the OS as needed, but that this might be slow to react. It's currently using almost 1GB (according to task manager) on a server with 4GB of physical RAM. We only have one database...
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    Female Gamers Love Gaming More than Sex

    You have to dig through several pages of "source pages" to find this: It's not that they enjoy games more than sex, just that more women are "satisfied" with their gaming sessions than those that are satisfied by their sex sessions. From this I would conclude that they are screwing computer...
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    Medal of Honor-5 hours-WTF?!

    MP, with $$DLC.
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    DICE : "You're too stupid to MOD Battlefield 3"

    "After release, we will be on vacation for 3 months. By that time, the first DLC map pack will have been completed by our in-house trained monkeys and available for $4.99. (and EA said we can't compete with them)"
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    EA explains why Crysis 2 was pulled from Steam

    I love the comments on EA's website. EA's link to the "official policy" is more of a forum post than anything official. And includes this nugget: Given this guy's position at global e-commerce and his letter, I guess "control the distribution" means they want to "directly" contact me to sell...
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    Tropico 3 pack @ 4.99 today on Steam, anybody buying?

    I bought tropico 3 last time it was on sale for $5 (or maybe it was in a pack, I forget). Fun game, excellent music :) Just turn off the "radio" because that guy is annoying.
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    Bill to make uploading/streaming video game footage illegal

    the bill also amends 506 (a)(1)(C), but that seems to be for unreleased content, i.e. movies that are in theaters but not on DVD/retail shelves, or computer programs/music that have not been commercially distributed.
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    Bill to make uploading/streaming video game footage illegal

    Shouldnt this be limited to commercial advantage or private financial gain? text of the bill They are amending this: TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 113 > § 2319 (b) Any person who commits an offense under section 506 (a)(1)(A) of title 17— But 506 (a)(1)(A) reads: TITLE 17 > CHAPTER 5 >...
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    Chimp Plays Far Cry 2

    Not the same scenes, but similar idea. Project X, 1987 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093793/
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    Apple Threatens Small Start-Up Over "App Store"

    Yeah, that was nicely done. They will probably lose at the end of the day. Amahi should change it to "iApp store" and let apple prep another complaint.
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    BitTorrent Sued For Patent Infringement

    The "Claims" determine infringement, the abstract is less important. I'm not familiar with how bit torrent stores its data. From the patent, it looks like this claim would require that the "media file" (MP3, etc) be stored in the "media file database." To me it sounds like this would require...
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    Far Cry 3 Trailer

    +1, or taking a queue from the video, "+15" and "+10"
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    EA/Crytek/Steam/Origins Discussion - Read the first post before commenting

    I wonder if the re-vamping of EA Store into Origin included new features which turned it into a competing business with Steam? Perhaps Steam had a non-compete clause in their DD agreement with EA?
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    EA Pulls Crysis 2 from STEAM - Exclusive to Origins - A sign of things to come?

    From the highlighted sections you posted, I still see an important distinction between valve's user-generated data and EA's technical data. Valve seems to be talking about your chat logs, in-game chat, etc. That doesn't concern me. EA however is referring to hardware and software...
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    Brothers in Arms: Furious Four - best game trailer ever!

    I see the Inglorious Bastards and also maybe the Tremor Brothers (crazy assassins from the Smokin' Aces movie).
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    EA Pulls Crysis 2 from STEAM - Exclusive to Origins - A sign of things to come?

    The steam agreement refers to the valve privacy policy. It talks about user information and demographics but does not talk about software and peripheral hardware (my hardware configuration) like the EA version. I am assuming "software" referred to by EA includes non-EA related software, like...
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    EA Pulls Crysis 2 from STEAM - Exclusive to Origins - A sign of things to come?

    That sucks and I would not install that. Does Steam do this? I thought Steam asked or popped up a survey when they had questions about hardware, like what screen resolution you were using, etc.
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    Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Announced for release on 11/11/11.

    As long as the keys can be re-mapped. I don't use WASD, I guess my version would be HFBG.
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    Carmack states he made a mistake and should have focused on PCs first.

    They farmed it out yes, but I'm sure the legal contract had limitations as to how much ID could stick their finger in the pie. (mud pie in this case?) oh yeah, I forgot about that one :) I would add NOLF (2000) which had multiple levels of alertness and could go up and down those levels if...
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    Carmack states he made a mistake and should have focused on PCs first.

    Only half way through and this is an amazing interview. He mentioned future changes in programming focus from graphics quality to streamlining of the art/development process, noteworthy coming from him. He mentioned his goal of 60FPS and sticking with that (vs. dropping to 30) despite tough...
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    The Official E3 2011 thread

    be sure to avoid rage-throwing of the controller.
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    Duke Nuke Em Demo

    The 2 weapon limit is surprising, who plays duke for realism?
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