[H] 2nd Asus Monitor and dual 2440 x 1440 displays

2014-04-25 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
I'm thinking of adding a second 27-inch panel to my main home rig, in 
particular, this one:


http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009C3M7H0/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8psc=1smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Any thoughts on this?  Seems like a good price. Also, I'm currently 
using a Radeon 6850.  It drives a single Asus monitor at 2560 x 1440.  I 
*think* I'm using a display port connection (going by memory) to get 
this 2560 x 1440. The other connection option have been unable to get 
the 2560 x 1440.  How can I ensure I can drive both 27-inchers at 2560 x 
1440?  New vid card?  Connection type (DVI, HDMI, etc)?


Thanks.


Re: [H] 2nd Asus Monitor and dual 2440 x 1440 displays

2014-04-25 Thread Brian Weeden
As my time to do my own intensive research has gone down, I find myself
turning pretty frequently to a website called the Wirecutter for insight
into technology buying decisions.

They just happen to have a recent piece on 27 inch LCDs:
http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/a-great-27-inch-lcd-monitor/

I think driving both is a function of what the video card can support. I
would like at the Radeon docs and website.

On Friday, April 25, 2014, Anthony Q. Martin amar...@charter.net wrote:

 I'm thinking of adding a second 27-inch panel to my main home rig, in
 particular, this one:

 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009C3M7H0/ref=ox_sc_
 act_title_2?ie=UTF8psc=1smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

 Any thoughts on this?  Seems like a good price. Also, I'm currently using
 a Radeon 6850.  It drives a single Asus monitor at 2560 x 1440.  I *think*
 I'm using a display port connection (going by memory) to get this 2560 x
 1440. The other connection option have been unable to get the 2560 x 1440.
  How can I ensure I can drive both 27-inchers at 2560 x 1440?  New vid
 card?  Connection type (DVI, HDMI, etc)?

 Thanks.



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Brian


[H] Server Question

2014-04-25 Thread Jim Maki
I know there is no such thing as a stupid question, so I hope you will be
gentle. :)

I have a good background in desktop computers, but little in server
technology. I have tried googling for an answer, but my lack of technical
understanding is  getting in the way of finding an answer. So, this is the
question: Can server technology be used to access multiple computers with
multiple disk drives in such a way that the actual location of the file is
transparent to the user/client machine? For instance, let's say you have
four server computers in a cluster (?) (A, B, C, and D) set up with four
disks each (1, 2, 3, and 4) for a total of 16 disk drives. Can a user then
request the file xyz.doc from the server and have it automatically retrieve
the file from say computer A, drive 2?

Thanks for your help with this question.

Jim Maki
jwm_maill...@comcast.net



[H] Hotmail?

2014-04-25 Thread DSinc

What is up with Microsoft Hotmail/Outlook.com?
My long old uname/pw creds no longer work; and I get sent to some page
that requests a 'security code.'  I am clueless how to proceed, but it 
appears that
something will happen on 5/14/14 if I don't do something. Has M$ been 
hacked?

Thanks,
Duncan



Re: [H] Hotmail?

2014-04-25 Thread Bryan Seitz
On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 09:23:37PM -0400, DSinc wrote:
 What is up with Microsoft Hotmail/Outlook.com?
 My long old uname/pw creds no longer work; and I get sent to some page
 that requests a 'security code.'  I am clueless how to proceed, but it 
 appears that
 something will happen on 5/14/14 if I don't do something. Has M$ been 
 hacked?

I don't know but i'd honestly not use that ;)
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Bryan G. Seitz