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    Six Years Later, Star Citizen Is Still Raking It In

    I agree with Mutiny. What I see is a developer coming up with creative ways to keep the doors open and push development along. The problem he has is balancing the creation of ships versus the development of the base universe. It is possible, that if he did not have to be creative with new ships...
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    Intel Releases Updated Microcode For Meltdown and Spectre

    /sigh I bet my trusty 2500K / MSI P67A-GD55 (B3) setup will never see an update. :(
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    Russian Site-Blocking Chief: Kids Shouldn’t Use the Internet

    I don't really disagree. I built gaming PCs for everyone in the house and they surf and game. I see how it adversely affects their ability to focus without stimulus and how their grades suffer because real world stuff is boring and difficult compared to videos, surfing and gaming. I wish I never...
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    Windows Game Mode Performance Preview - The Early Numbers are not Good...

    That is of course the real problem. Take my wife for example, until I changed her habits she used her browser tabs as her bookmarks. I checked and the amount of memory consumed was nuts. I think she had around 100 tabs at the time. She would complain about games stuttering for a period of time...
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    Windows Game Mode Performance Preview - The Early Numbers are not Good...

    That is of course the real problem. Take my wife for example, until I changed her habits she used her browser tabs as her bookmarks. I checked and the amount of memory consumed was nuts. I think she had around 100 tabs at the time. She would complain about games stuttering for a period of time...
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    Windows Game Mode Performance Preview - The Early Numbers are not Good...

    Thanks. I assume we are not the target audience for this mode. The greater audience would be my brother in law that doesn't know any better and has bloatware running and several other apps running. I've asked him why he doesn't use the PC for gaming and his answer is that his PC is to slow and...
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    Windows Game Mode Performance Preview - The Early Numbers are not Good...

    I'm curious if the tests of this mode have been done with other apps running? Lets say there is facebook, skype, and twitter <insert all the crap people might run in the background> all running and THEN we enable this gaming mode. Is there a difference in framerate between having the mode...
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    Does Anyone Know The Story Behind This Giant Computer?

    I doubt many people will know what SCADA means. "SCADA stands for supervisory control and data acquisition. In simple terms it refers to a computer system for analyzing and gathering data in real time."
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    Does Anyone Know The Story Behind This Giant Computer?

    Looks like the small alcoves are for easy replacing vacuum tubes. No? It also appears to be for tracking the status of the factory equipment.
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    AI Wars II on kickstarter

    I did not realize that this forum has restrictions such that new accounts cannot post, otherwise, the creator of the game would post here.
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    AI Wars II on kickstarter

    www.kickstarter.com/projects/arcengames/ai-war-ii
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    AI Wars II on kickstarter

    Not sure if anyone knows about this, there is a kickstarter from the creator of AI Wars. I can't go to the link as I'm at work. If someone can post a link that would be great. Why should you care? Well... AI Wars classic is one of the few strategy games that I keep going back to. The AI...
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    Elon Musk Blasts Critical Coverage of Self-Driving Cars: 'You're Killing People'

    I think this comment is what's sad. People will look at this and this will be the only important factor. Not the fact that the total number of deaths are going to go down. I completely understand the human nature aspect that will make this happen. I just find it unfortunate.
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    Elon Musk Blasts Critical Coverage of Self-Driving Cars: 'You're Killing People'

    I agree with Elon's. I believe his only fault is to not take it a step further and connect the dots.
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    What Sucks About HardOCP Video Card Reviews

    I liked this post but one can argue that this information is already present in the apples to apples chart. What other information would you want? -Edit- Well other than the issue that DX12 makes this impossible (for now) to create.
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    What Sucks About HardOCP Video Card Reviews

    In this context, I don't agree. In a job situation where streamlining the user experience and presenting relevant data is valuable - Yes - you are correct. In a review where I want to easily see all of the details, take my time to absorb and not have to guess what setting might be - No - you...
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    As Gamers Age, The Appeal Of Competition Drops The Most

    I have to agree with the study and the harsh reality, at least for me, is that reaction times slow. It was a painful moment when I realized I just couldn't be a WOW top tier raid tank anymore. I was simply to slow to react. I think for me that's what shifted me to strategy games more than...
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    Elon Musk Might Be A Super Villain

    From my layman's understanding, you have to have an iron core that's already spinning. Supposedly, Earth has one and Mars does not. At least that's my understanding. If you aren't sure why an iron core would give you a magnetic field then its time to google my friend. :)
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    Steam Machine question

    Ok, I have perhaps a stupid question. I confess to ignoring the steam machine up until now. I understand that the pc is basically running a flavor of Linux. I also understand that valve has been pushing linux development for games. My question is, what is the "draw/demand" for a steam machine...
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    what else is new underneath windows 10?

    You would probably have better luck asking this question within a forum or blog observed by the developers. Perhaps this would be a place to start: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?category=WinPreview2014
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    Win 8.1 Shutdown/Black Screen Issue

    One thought came to mind. Next time this happens.... Check if the "num lock" or "caps lock" key modifies the respective light on the keyboard.
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    Win 8.1 Shutdown/Black Screen Issue

    -edit- What I'm attempting to say, is that you have fairly new hardware with a fairly new OS. The process of elimination could tell you what combination of this hardware is the issue. And I agree, it might not turn out to be anything related to hardware combinations. It could be a quirk...
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    Windows 8.1 with Update quirk?

    I installed 8.1 with update as a fresh install on a small SSD I had laying around and I've noticed something annoying. When the PC comes up from sleep, it takes several seconds before I'll see the screen where I can enter my password (I made the registry addition so the initial lock screen...
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    Win 8.1 Shutdown/Black Screen Issue

    I suggest a process of elimination. If it was me, I'd break the SLI and go with one card first. You've have a fairly new card, in SLI, on windows 8.1. Then after that I'd switch out the power supply and then finally the MB. Good luck.
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    Consumer Reports Tests iPhone 6 Bending Versus Other Phones

    Perhaps 3 people, pick 3 different scenarios, have a device to test the force applied when in the pocket and the person is sitting down. It wouldn't be a perfect test of course. But having these numbers on how much force it takes to bend a phone doesn't really mean anything until you have...
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    Consumer Reports Tests iPhone 6 Bending Versus Other Phones

    I believe they need one more test to make this complete. How much force does a 180 lb person sitting in a chair exert on an iphone 6 in their pocket? Is that not the use case / problem case?
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    Professor Of New Media Bans Technology Use In Class

    I don't agree. Read the part about second hand smoke which makes complete sense to me. I don't wish to see my son or daughter struggle because of someone watching youtube on their laptop. Should they be able to ignore it? Sure, but where do you draw the line between acceptable...
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    840 & 840 evo drop in speed

    Why doesn't Kyle have a post on this? It would be nice if Kyle could contact Samsung and get feedback on what the the real issue is. I personally have two 256g EVO SSDs, one for me and one for my wife. I used the file found here...
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    MSI Barebone System Give-Away

    Please enter me in the drawing. I have been a fan of MSI for a long time. Their attention to detail and Military class components being a big plus.
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    XFX Radeon HD 6990 Drawing!

    I currently use an nvidia card from EVGA but that is only because the card was handy, I would relish the chance to prove that XFX is a better company and that the ATI/AMD architecture is supreme. (how was that?) :) -Dennis
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    Anyone ever order a retail 920 and get...

    ^^^^ This I completely agree with!
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    Anyone ever order a retail 920 and get...

    Clearly Newegg is attempting to make their own processors! It may take them a few years but when they do ! ;) I only read a few of these posts but the only comments I'd like to make are: 1) Newegg cannot examine every box that goes out the door. Anyone who thinks so is an idiot. I...
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    AN7 - nforce2 ultra 400 - memory question

    Thanks. So it is safe to say that this board will accept just about any type of memory - as in - single or double sided etc. Now, I realize that SPD settings play a heavy role in performance, but if you had a choice, would you buy one stick of 1 gig or 2 512m sticks? Would I see a...
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    AN7 - nforce2 ultra 400 - memory question

    What type of memory will work best with this motherboard? 1 stick that is double sided? 2 sticks that are single sided? Or is this a non-issue with the ultra 400? Thanks
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    Would like your advice...

    Ok... How about a more specific question? ;) Is an Abit AN7 better than a Abit KV7?
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    Would like your advice...

    I would like your advice on which motherboard I should buy for an Athlon Barton XP 2500+. I plan on running it at 3200+ (200mhz FSB). This PC will actually be an upgrade for my wife’s 1400 xp athlon. I currently use a Barton 2500+ running at 3200+ within an abit KV7 via board. The board is...
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