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    Black boxes around name in League of Legends?

    I posted a bug report on their forums: http://www.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=98909 But I was wondering if anybody else with ATI 5xxx or 5970 having this problem?
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    Raid 5 will have problems after 2009?

    Ok I posted this link in another thread: http://blogs.zdnet.com/storage/?p=162 It talks about how using large drives (at least 2 TB) in a raid 5 configuration by the time 2009 comes around the size of the drives and the bit errors means you are very likely to have a read error during a...
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    Undoubtable there will be an "iPad HD"

    Given the early success of iPad Apple can easily milk this goat for all its worth and release a 15-17" 1080p iPad. The bezel would be much thinner and maybe the home button would be removed. It would be the most epic photo frame ever!! If they do it right it could actually start destroying...
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    Why do you tether?

    After reading: http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1509804 I noticed the vast majority of the people JB to tether on the iPhone. But why do you even need to tether? EDIT Ok this isn't getting to the root of question. How about this: What are you doing tethered you cannot with...
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    Now that we have 3rd gen SSD controllers...

    Does it even matter? Sure if you benchmark it the new sanforce drives definitely have higher numbers, but the latency is the same as the Indilinx drives. Has anybody bought a sandforce drive and compared it to Intel or Indilinx with real world usage. Is it any faster in every day usage? I...
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    Why will you jailbreak after iPhone OS 4?

    Personally I won't need to. The only thing I can't do is change the look and SMS sound. And both I can live without.
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    What is the point when SSDs are "cheap enough"?

    So the cheapest Dell desktop you can buy today comes with a 320 GB hard drive, but does the average consumer need that much space? I would argue that non-power users could probably get away with a single 120 GB hard drive. Now a 120 GB SSD is around $300 right now and its getting cheap by...
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    Power connectors stuck in the past

    We are still using a power connector based off of the AT form factor created int he 1980s! Its is a pain to use. Uses a shitty connector/pins/sockets. Cable spaghetti. PCIe has a chance to use a better power connector, but they failed. And don't even get me started on the moldex connectors...
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    Which game engines have good netcode/hit detection?

    I've played a lot of games on the source gold and source 2 engine which both have excellent netcode/hit detection. Source gold has definitely the best. The original DoD and NS felt so precise; and it did have a lot to do with the coding of the guns. But it shows off how good source gold was...
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    Can't GPU Scaling/Maintain aspect ratio on Win7 x64

    Whenever I play older games that don't use my native rest of 1920x1200 (eg 1600x1200), the image doesn't scale right on my Dell 2407. "GPU scaling" is grayed out even when I have my desktop set at 1600x1200. My monitor also has the aspect ratio control grayed out. I am using latest 10.1...
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    m audio av40 too bassy?

    I have a pair of av40s connected to my auzentech home theater HD soundcard. I played some music/movies and found the bass was drowning out the mid-tones. I thought these were studio monitors and didn't need any tweaking. I had to turn the bass down in Windows. Is that normal?
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    Auzentech soundcard headphone amp too loud?

    I got the Auzentech home theater sound card, but when I plug in my headphones into the headphone output I have to turn down the volume all the way down less than 10%. I can't control the volume very well as its either too loud, sometimes even at 1%. Is this due to the fact my headphones...
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    GOOD: GB P55A Foxconn socket + Lotes bracket

    So I got a Gigabyte P55A UD3 that uses the new lotes bracket but a foxconn 1156 socket. I put the CPU in and put the bracket on, then removed to check all the pads. It looks good! I couldn't find a single pad that didn't have the pin dent. I've never used the foxconn bracket, but the...
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    What 2x100 watt amp?

    I want to use these bookshelf speakers: http://www.amazon.com/Sony-SS-B1000-8-Inch-Bookshelf-Speakers/dp/B000OG88KY/ref=sr_1_33?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1260320187&sr=1-33 But I don't have a receiver or amp. I don't need a receiver, so I figured I'll just buy a better amp. But which...
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    Does this kind of power amp exist?

    Here's the setup. I have two loudspeakers and a pair of headphones. I want a powered amp to take an analog signal from my sound card and have output to the load speaker and my headphones (and a way to pick between the two). A volume knob would be a nice to have. Can somebody recommend me a...
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    P55 vs x58 chipset SSD performance

    Is there a performance difference? Do they both use ICH10R? I am getting a 3x 60 GB Agility in raid 0 and was wondering if I could go with 1156 instead of 1366
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    The ultimate in anti-dust? Mounting motherboards face down

    A few months back I decided to mount my switch, router, cable modem and surge protector on the underside of my table. I just checked on it last night and to my surprise there was no dust at all, where as the top side of my desk needs regular cleaning. So this got me thinking. Can I mount an...
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    Is the 5970 going to fit?

    I am thinking about this case: http://ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=41147&vpn=PC-K62&manufacture=LIAN-LI but...I doubt it would fit this: And, that's what she said
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    Combined random 4k SSD benchmark

    Most benchmark programs only test random 4k read or write alone, but this is not how the real world works. Most of the time you'll have a combination of random reads and writes at the same time. This benchmark is designed to reveal those characteristics and while it is still not a real world...
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    Canadian: DELL 3007WFP-HC $1099

    Near 0 input lag http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=794289
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    Next-generation SATA is obsolete

    The OCZ Colossus will put 4 Indilinx controllers in a single 3.5" enclosure. If the colossus is more than 4x the performance of a vertex, then with a queue depth of 4 the colossus 4k random read is 64*4 = 256 MB/s, or in other words it is SATA II bottle necked!!! That's insane! There's little...
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    Intel SSDs are going to half in price AGAIN

    http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/11/intel-and-micron-announce-smallest-cheapest-nand-flash-yet They are going to do 3 bit MLC which doubles capacity and uses half the chips. $225 for 160 GB!
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    Drop in performance going from 32 bit --> 64 bit?

    Search found nothing, so here I go. Valve just released a 64-bit version of Half-Life 2, so I formatted and installed Win XP 64. I have all the lastest 64-bit drivers, but my performance dropped in Half-Life 2. In their Lost Coast stress test, at min settings my FPS went from 81 to...
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    Is this bad C++ code?

    Is this bad code? void foo(int n) { float bar[n]; ... } That code compiles and works, but I thought you are suppose to do something like: float * bar = new float[n]; Why does it let you compile and use those arrays if your not suppose to do that?
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    The simple code game.

    Let's play a little game with C++ and Java code. Post short bits of code that you find easy on one language, but harder in the other. Please keep the discussion to a minimum, we don't need a flame war going. Feel free to correct each other if the posted code is more complicated that...
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    Message board that uses Ajax?

    Does anybody know of a message board system that uses ajax? IE. Using ajax you should be able to post and see updates all without refreashing the page. It would almost be like real-time chat, but for forums.
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    Trigger for when actionPerformed returns?

    I am defining ActionListeners for this menu item, and since what I am doing can be very slow I've changed the cusor to the WAIT one. Now I am running into the problem where whenever I have an error and have to return from the actionPerformed method, I have to include a line to change the...
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    Yet another 2405fpw review

    Here's it short and simple. The good: - Bloody sharp - Very good contrast (I've never ever seen black as black as this :)) - No dead pixels - Even back light The not so good: - Very subtle input lag. You can't see it, even if you have a CRT side by side. But you can feel it...
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    ~9300k on 2405FPW?

    Just got my 2405 today, and I love it, expect it came defaulted with sRGB, which makes the color temp 6500k. There's no setting to just select 9300k, so has anybody else figured out what the custom RGB settings it is for 9300k? Or can you calculate it from the default settings? Default...
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    Dell.ca is selling 2405FPW and 2001FP at 20% off, but I got it for 25% off

    The catch is you'll have to buy one of each. So I got both for about $1500 CDN before tax. I'm sure any rep will give this, but PM me you have trouble finding one.
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    Dell.ca is now selling the 2405 cheaper than Dell.com

    $1299 at dell.ca $1199 at dell.com At the current exchange rate, dell.ca is now cheaper. Too bad we don't get as many deals... The 2001FP is cheaper too.
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    Eclipse's Quick Diff

    I just *love* the visual diff tool that's included in Eclipse, but I can't figure out how to just it to just plain compare two files (without checking it in to cvs or using local history...). Does anybody know how to compare two files using Eclipse's Quick Diff or a tool just like it? It's...
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    Anybody know of an automatic Visio-like program?

    I want to make drawings that can be made by Visio, but I want add content, not design the layout of the content as well. An analogous thing would be like phpNuke as to just plain old HTML. In the end I want a HTML site with content, but I don't care how its laid out etc. I want to say...
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    Question about GPL

    If I GPL some code, as the owner the code, can I change the license to a non-GPL in the future? Or am I stuck with it forever?
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    Precise and smooth mouseMove using Java's Robot?

    I'm trying to move the mouse between two points by linearly interpolatation. I am using Java's java.awt.Robot to move the mouse, but I am having problems getting the mouse to move in the time I want, and getting hte mouse to move smoothly. I have two version of my code, one moves the mouse...
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    Time to deprecate basic data types in Java?

    I was thinking...since Java 5 has auto-boxing and auto-boxing, if javac was smart enought, wouldn't it be possible to remove basic data types (boolean, int, long, byte, char, float, double) from Java all together? And when I say remove from Java, I mean the lanuage specs, not the bytecode...
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    A computer on...LCD TVs?

    I noticed that those huge ass 60" LCD TVs have DVI inputs (like the Sony 60" SXRD). Can we simply connect a computer to these "TVs" and use it just like a computer monitor? It would be madd to play HL2 at 1920x1080 (16:9) on those...
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    What's the difference between VP171 and VP730?

    If you check the viewsonic site, and this: http://www.viewsonic.com/pdf/us_eng/products/compchart_lcd.pdf It says they are pretty much exactly the same, except VP171 has Frequency Fh: 30~82kHz and VP730 has Frequency Fh: 24~82kHz I don't get why they would have two current models...
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    Oink is out!

    Remember this? http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=954024 Well, I threw a quicky together and the first release is done. Check it out here: http://oink.sourceforge.net/ I also used it to make a countdown timer for DoD:S...
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    About to buy a 2001FP in Canada, but...

    I can't find the thread that had a list of good Dell reps to bug to lower the price. Right now there is no sale on the 2001FP so its $829 CDN. Anybody know if there is a sale coming or if they know a good Dell rep to haggle? Thanks.
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