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    Custom built my own desk...

    Mount one of these under your desk! I have one wall mounted in my little comms closet. amzn.com/B00NUDAP54
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    Microcenter WILL SHIP DEAL! Inland Professional 480GB SSD $79.99

    I picked up one of these (480GB SSD) and swapped the drive out in my PS4. Seems to have drastically reduced load times in XCOM. amzn.com/B00W2XMUSS Only $87.99 with free shipping with prime.
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    Statistical Analysis Of Pr0n Viewership During A Nuclear Crisis

    Warning: The article image isn't [H]osted here lol
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    UK Parliament Members Urge Brits To Boycott Amazon

    The link to thesun.co.uk is NSFW. Glad nobody was around :)
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    AMD Ryzen 5 Reviewer's Kit Giveaway

    Grats!
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    Educate me on bonding vs load balancing

    Divide your household in half. Put some users on Provider A's internet and the rest on Provider B. Internally, you could have both modems connected to a Cisco router or L3 switch. Subnet A uses Provider A as a default gateway to the internet and Subnet B to B. The router or L3 switch will...
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    AMD Ryzen 5 Reviewer's Kit Giveaway

    In it to win it!
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    Amazon Prime Is About to Get Worse

    This. I usually gloss over items that don't have Prime next to the price.
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    Google Rolls Out Android Device Manager

    Works like a champ. Just don't get your Google account hacked.
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    Any problems with using IDE over AHCI?

    Any links to some reading material that says to use RAID mode with ZFS?
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    Any problems with using IDE over AHCI?

    AHCI performance is better. I recently built an Ubuntu HTPC/NAS with 5x 2TB SATA 6.0Gb/s drives (and a SSD boot drive). I quickly noticed that my drive performance (with the 2TB drives) sucked! I was getting anywhere between 20MB/s to 40MB/s throughput. After checking the bios, I noticed...
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    Best method for renaming and organizing files for XBMC

    That script doesn't work for file names with spaces. Try this instead (just got it working): for /f "delims=?" %f in ('dir *.avi /b') do md "%~nf" & move "%f" .\"%~nf" ps. Sorry for raising an old thread - just wanted to get better info for future searches from people.
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    Looking for a mini ITX mobo for a Freenas build

    After reading this reddit post, I decided to try his NAS/HTPC combo. I ordered the parts listed above with a couple exceptions. I went with 5x 2TB drives and 1 SSD. Also found a nice deal on an upgraded i3 processor (3220) for the same price as the 2120. Hopefully it'll come together nicely...
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    Looking for a mini ITX mobo for a Freenas build

    Yup, after endless research I wrote down the P8H77-I on my list and came back to this thread to check for responses. Looks like we're on the same track! So far my list looks like: Case Lian Li PC-Q18 Motherboard ASUS P8H77-I LGA 1155 Processor Intel Core i3-2120 CPU...
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    Looking for a mini ITX mobo for a Freenas build

    I'm looking for a mini ITX motherboard for a NAS I'd like to put together. It must have 6 SATA-III ports and I'd like it to have USB 3.0 support as well. Was trolling the interwebs all days yesterday and all I could find was a Zotac M880GITX-A-E. The only problem is that it comes with a...
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    Fun day at the office

    I was told later that they grabbed some liquid soap or something from the bathroom and poured it on the floor. It apparently didn't mix well with the foam gunk and it was smoking a little. They still proceeded to move paper towels around with their feet trying to get it all up. Glad I...
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    Fun day at the office

    I didn't look at it closely. The guy said some of the moving parts were gummed up and not moving properly. Not sure if the foam got on any of the optics or not. I was just told that more than likely they were trying to re-use an old can of spray foam; that if you don't use the whole can...
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    Fun day at the office

    Heh, yea, he had the can of spay foam on the floor, placed the tip of the screwdriver on the seal and slammed his hand down on the handle twice before it popped. Wasn't anything I could do but get the hell out of the way.
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    Fun day at the office

    After 2 seconds of initial shock, I think we were all laughing at how f'd up the whole situation was. Yes, that stuff was damn sticky on the floor. Took them a good hour to get most of that crap off the floor and ceiling.
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    Fun day at the office

    I was escorting some LNs (Local Nationals) while they ran 12-strand fiber into this building. I saw them trying to get the can of foam insulation to work so they could seal the hole they made in the wall, bringing the fiber in the building. A few minutes later, I look to my left and I see...
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    Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 Speakers $99 + FS @Best Buy

    I bought these speakers for the wife over a year ago. Best. Speakers. Ever.
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    Symantec Norton Antivirus 2013 - 3 PCs FREE after rebate

    Saw this on CNET. Symantec Norton Antivirus 2013 - 3 PCs - $45, but free after a $45 rebate. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832408400&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-Software%20-%20Security-_-Symantec-_-32408400&AID=10440897&PID=3586864&SID=
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    Is Showrooming Rude?

    To the original question though... I think it would be rude to advertise the fact that you're showrooming to a sales rep. Unless, you intend to buy online from the retailer's store. If you want to showroom, just don't advertise the fact that you have no intention of buying at the store.
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    Is Showrooming Rude?

    If I make the decision to get off my ass and head to a retail store for an item, it usually means I want it ASAP and would rather pay a little higher price to have it in hand rather than wait a few days. I'm pretty sure I'm too f'in lazy and cheap (ie, wasted gas) to drive to a store, check...
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    Patriot & HardOCP Lucky Draw Giveaway

    Solid workmanship and great quality!
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    Security Tip of the Day

    Quoting Steve: "Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha *gasp* hahahahahahahahahahaha."
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    The official "clean desktop" club.

    Can you paste your monitor.ini for your network meter? I'm trying to get that same "filled in" effect for the graph. Thanks!
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    Physical Hard Drive Storage Container

    Not rugged at all. Something cheap, but not cardboard cheap :)
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    Physical Hard Drive Storage Container

    Yea, that Gorilla Drive Box is what I'm looking for. A cheaper (less well made probably) version would be nice since I'm basically blowing my own money for something that'll be left at work :P
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    Physical Hard Drive Storage Container

    Yea, I like the 5 pack cardboard one - except that it's cardboard lol. May get some of those if I can't find something sturdier.
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    Physical Hard Drive Storage Container

    I've got a bunch of drives laying around the shop. I'd like to get a nice organizer/holder/tray thing to keep them all in, similar to this: but for 3.5" hard drives. Anyone have a suggestion?
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    Streaming Software

    I'm looking for software that can stream a looped video file as the video source and use live radio for an audio source. I've looked at MS media encoder and expression. You can queue up those two sources, but it won't stream them simultaneously. What I'm basically trying to do is stream...
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    Motor That Run On Liquid Air

    Yea, if your car's engine core is -256 degrees, I wouldn't recommend tryout out the car's heater - you may flash-freeze.
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    Corsair "Barebones" Christmas Giveaway!

    Grats everyone! :)
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    Nerdtastic Desk of the Day

    Was curious about that 10k desk. Can't seem to find pics anywhere. Someone got a link?
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    Corsair "Barebones" Christmas Giveaway!

    Corsair: The brand name you trust.
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    Klipsch Promedia 2.1 Speakers - $94.99 + FS at Best Buy

    I bought this set for the wife a year ago. Words cannot describe how good that bass speaker is. Don't think about it - just go out and jump on this deal!
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    Angry Birds Theme on Guitar

    That was freaking awesome :)
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    Live testing of the new site design?

    Well, I like the new format so far. Hope to get an Android tablet soon, and hope the new site fits well in the display. May have to shrink the width a few pixels like people are suggesting so you don't get the horizontal scroll bar.
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    Google+ Traffic Dropping Already?

    Well, their traffic wouldn't be dropping off if they'd open up the goddamn invites. I'm sure a lot of folks like me periodically check in, but really haven't paid much attention to it since we can't get our own +You.
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