[H] Chew on This: Chin Strap Harvests Energy

2014-11-25 Thread Steve Tomporowski
http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1386&doc_id=274958&cid=nl.dn14.20141002&dfpPParams=ind_184,industry_alt,industry_consumer,aid_274958&dfpLayout=blog

Re: [H] Duncan

2014-11-22 Thread Steve Tomporowski
I join my prayers with everyone for a complete recovery for Duncan. After all, he's always been able to keep old hardware running. ;-) Steve On 11/22/2014 12:31 PM, Richard Quilhot wrote: Best wishes for you Duncan, get will soon. Rick Q quilh...@gmail.com On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 8:51 AM,

Re: [H] Notebook not saving files on battery

2014-10-19 Thread Steve Tomporowski
ror message or exact details of what is what thus applying universal but inaccurate terms to the problem. Can't wait to hear what the problem is if an answer is found (not likely using bulldozer method). On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 8:17 AM, Thane Sherrington wrote: At 09:03 AM 18/10/2014, Steve Tom

Re: [H] Notebook not saving files on battery

2014-10-19 Thread Steve Tomporowski
I've gotten further information. She is using Open Office and she only has trouble saving presentations (slides) not docs. I'm going to have her remove Open Office and install Libre Office. On 10/19/2014 11:17 AM, Thane Sherrington wrote: At 09:03 AM 18/10/2014, Steve Tomporowsk

[H] Notebook not saving files on battery

2014-10-18 Thread Steve Tomporowski
I looked around a little bit and couldn't find anything directly relating to this on the net. My buddy's daughter bought a notebook computer and suddenly I got an email in a panic that she couldn't save her file. Not a lot of detail, but a subsequent email said that once she plugged in, she c

[H] Samsung 840 EVO Drives have a performance bug

2014-09-26 Thread Steve Tomporowski
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/190746-samsung-840-evo-has-serious-performance-bug-fix-on-the-way

Re: [H] New mobo woes & no Newegg love

2014-09-19 Thread Steve Tomporowski
That's a pretty bizarre problem. I don't know how 'the customer' could have bent back a few pins in the middle. I don't think the problem is the fact that Newegg doesn't inspect incoming (think of the number of each of thousands of products), but rather the idiot (probably a vice president) t

Re: [H] -OT- If you don't mind helping me out

2014-09-18 Thread Steve Tomporowski
Okay, Thane, I voted. However, shouldn't you have taken the picture while the cat was alive? (j/k) On 9/18/2014 6:43 PM, Thane Sherrington wrote: I apologize in advance for this OT post, but it's sort of an experiment, so here goes. Our 19 year old cat passed away in the Spring, and my wife

[H] Significant Day in History

2014-09-15 Thread Steve Tomporowski
http://edn.com/electronics-blogs/edn-moments/4420729/1st-actual-computer-bug-found--September-9--1947?_mc=NL_EDN_EDT_EDN_funfriday_20140912&cid=NL_EDN_EDT_EDN_funfriday_20140912&elq=b0e78ea426f2432ea52be27c5b37e785&elqCampaignId=19088

Re: [H] AHCI Mode

2014-09-03 Thread Steve Tomporowski
black for a long time. The first time, I waited a few seconds, screen was still black and hit reset. Possible it could have happened then. On 9/1/2014 8:11 PM, Thane Sherrington wrote: At 07:03 PM 01/09/2014, Steve Tomporowski wrote: If you remember a few weeks ago, I installed an Asus

[H] Problems with 'Unlocker'

2014-09-01 Thread Steve Tomporowski
Early this morning, I was cleaning up some files, transferring them to various disks/servers when I came upon a mp4 file that would not move. I copied it over ok, but when I went to delete it, Windows would hang at 'Calculating...' and I had to cancel. I tried the direct delete, that had the

[H] AHCI Mode

2014-09-01 Thread Steve Tomporowski
If you remember a few weeks ago, I installed an Asus Maximus VII Hero MB and moved over the SSD from the old system. I had to put the Hero into IDE mode to get the system to come up. Now a couple of weeks later, I'm looking at moving to AHCI and found instructions on the net. HOWEVER, when I

[H] Engineer Goes BOOM! (Videos)

2014-08-30 Thread Steve Tomporowski
http://edn.com/electronics-blogs/benchtalk/4433531/Engineer-goes-BOOM?_mc=NL_EDN_EDT_EDN_analog_20140821&cid=NL_EDN_EDT_EDN_analog_20140821&elq=347aa8549ca64db7bb781e2f6fd4df78&elqCampaignId=18676

Re: [H] OS on a thumb drive

2014-08-07 Thread Steve Tomporowski
If it's the same as my Asus EeePC, then that max it can support is 2gig, and that's due to the processor. And, yes, I did try to put more in there, but the hardware ignores anything over 2 gig. I originally thought it was Windows 7 Starter (which also has a 2 gig limitation). The Atom process

Re: [H] Laptop for College Student

2014-07-26 Thread Steve Tomporowski
tops. While mostly plastic at the time their recent offerings are here: http://www.toshiba.com/us/customlanding.to?page=Satellite_L_Series I spent about $600 / per laptop and both are running well presently. Vincent Winterling Vineland, NJ -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardwar

Re: [H] Laptop for College Student

2014-07-25 Thread Steve Tomporowski
Thane, Thanks. I found the Acer Aspire Switch which is one of those convertibles, not too expensive. I'll bring up the damage protection with her. Steve On 7/25/2014 5:55 PM, Thane Sherrington wrote: At 05:56 PM 25/07/2014, Steve Tomporowski wrote: My friend down in Florida is se

[H] Laptop for College Student

2014-07-25 Thread Steve Tomporowski
My friend down in Florida is sending his daughter to college. She's saved up money in the range of $500 to $600 for a laptop. I haven't nailed down all her requirements, but she did mention she'd like one with the detachable keyboard, then rattled off some standard stuff like storing stuff to

Re: [H] USB Problem

2014-07-14 Thread Steve Tomporowski
7/12/2014 19:46, Steve Tomporowski wrote: Thanks for the reply. I'll let everyone know how it goes. None of this would have happened if I had retained both my computers. I had to cut down to fit in a smaller space. My daughter has moved back home with her two kids. First time in about 10

Re: [H] Microsoft Issues End of Support Warning for Win7

2014-07-13 Thread Steve Tomporowski
:-} tallyho fp At 04:24 AM 7/13/2014, Steve Tomporowski Poked the stick with: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Issues-End-of-Support-Warning-for-Windows-7-Users-449974.shtml My company just got finished updating to Windows 7. This should be interesting. Date: Sunday, July 13

[H] Microsoft Issues End of Support Warning for Win7

2014-07-13 Thread Steve Tomporowski
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Issues-End-of-Support-Warning-for-Windows-7-Users-449974.shtml My company just got finished updating to Windows 7. This should be interesting.

[H] Windows 9 Activation System Details Leaked

2014-07-13 Thread Steve Tomporowski
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-9-Activation-System-Details-Leaked-450005.shtml Again, Rumors, take it with a grain of salt, although the more draconian measures sound a lot like Microsoft.

Re: [H] USB Problem

2014-07-12 Thread Steve Tomporowski
s. Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... "...now these points of data make a beautiful line..." Original Message ---- Subject: [H] USB Problem From: Steve Tomporowski Date: Sat, July 12, 2014 11:15 am To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Still w

Re: [H] Long time and new desktop gaming PC?

2014-07-12 Thread Steve Tomporowski
not one to argue with Tom's HDW, and I do so love my core i5-3570K's, but, let's be real. This is the HDW Group after all. Shoot forthe stars, and, settle on logic and the wallet! Duncan On 07/12/2014 18:27, Steve Tomporowski wrote: Opps, forgot the processori7-4770K. I don

Re: [H] Long time and new desktop gaming PC?

2014-07-12 Thread Steve Tomporowski
Opps, forgot the processori7-4770K. I don't plan on overclocking, but I think Sonar does make use of the virtual cores. Tom's Hardware keeps saying that a gamer doesn't need more than the fastest i5. On 7/12/2014 6:18 PM, Steve Tomporowski wrote: Bino, I was way behind

Re: [H] Long time and new desktop gaming PC?

2014-07-12 Thread Steve Tomporowski
Bino, I was way behind the curve with an i7-860 in a Gigabyte P55 board. Here's what I upgraded to: Asus Maximus VII Hero 16 GB ram GTX750 750GB Samsung 840 EVO Well, the GTX750 hasn't yet got into the system. I don't game a lot anymore, but I work in Sonar X3 quite a bit. Steve On 7/12/2

[H] USB Problem

2014-07-12 Thread Steve Tomporowski
Still working out the bugs on the new build. I *think* I have too many USB devices. System is an Asus Maximus VII Hero, i7-4770k, 16GB memory, not overclocked, Ancient 6850 video card. Antech 650 watt supply. Now for USB I have: Video camera, 2 external drives, printer, scanner, mouse, key

Re: [H] Z97 chipset Driver -- The Story So Far -- Complete!

2014-07-02 Thread Steve Tomporowski
ed. On 7/1/2014 5:37 PM, Thane Sherrington wrote: At 05:58 PM 01/07/2014, Steve Tomporowski wrote: Can SFC detect whether the correct driver is installed? As for the system drivers in the Intel exe, it looks like it generates a .inf on the fly. The .inf files it generated on the netbook wer

Re: [H] Z97 chipset Driver -- Solved

2014-07-01 Thread Steve Tomporowski
Steve On 7/1/2014 5:37 PM, Thane Sherrington wrote: At 05:58 PM 01/07/2014, Steve Tomporowski wrote: Can SFC detect whether the correct driver is installed? As for the system drivers in the Intel exe, it looks like it generates a .inf on the fly. The .inf files it generated on the netbook were f

Re: [H] Z97 chipset Driver -- The Story So Far

2014-07-01 Thread Steve Tomporowski
the situation. Since I can prep this drive beforehand, will deleting the HD controller drivers make windows reload the generic drivers? Or maybe I can get away with doing a sysprep? Never did sysprep before Thanks...Steve On 7/1/2014 4:24 PM, Thane Sherrington wrote: At 01:57 PM 01

Re: [H] Z97 chipset Driver -- The Story So Far

2014-07-01 Thread Steve Tomporowski
On 7/1/2014 11:13 AM, Thane Sherrington wrote: At 11:24 AM 01/07/2014, Steve Tomporowski wrote: I'm about to upgrade my main box. In doing this, I need to maintain the current operating system (and tons of audio apps) install. I'll be going from a P55 board to a Z97 board (Asus Hero VI

[H] Z97 chipset Driver

2014-07-01 Thread Steve Tomporowski
I'm about to upgrade my main box. In doing this, I need to maintain the current operating system (and tons of audio apps) install. I'll be going from a P55 board to a Z97 board (Asus Hero VII). So to preserve the install, I need the chipset drivers, but I can't use them bundled up in an exe

Re: [H] Samsung 840PRO SSD?

2014-06-13 Thread Steve Tomporowski
Wasn't there something about having to align the sectors to get the fastest operation. With both of my SSDs, I did the copy over (too much to reload), so that is supposedly not aligning the sectors. On 6/13/2014 4:32 PM, Bryan Seitz wrote: Yeah, SSDs it is all about Random IOPs where

Re: [H] AT&T DSL

2014-05-15 Thread Steve Tomporowski
7; is done via the modem and the service provider. LOL! Yes, Bro, you have that last comment nailed down tight! Duncan On 05/15/2014 17:11, Steve Tomporowski wrote: Does anyone have any experience with AT&T DSL Modems/routers? This is what my friend down in Florida is hooked up to. What we

[H] AT&T DSL

2014-05-15 Thread Steve Tomporowski
Does anyone have any experience with AT&T DSL Modems/routers? This is what my friend down in Florida is hooked up to. What we need to do is replace his old box with the one I sent him. As of right now, I don't even know if that box is wired or wireless network. It's situated next to the rou

Re: [H] New M$ security patch for IE6-IE11?

2014-04-28 Thread Steve Tomporowski
http://windowsitpro.com/windows/all-hands-deck-zero-day-reported-wild-affects-ie6-11 On 4/28/2014 10:04 AM, DSinc wrote: Does anyone know about this recent announcement? Does anyone have a link to any explanation? I just heard about this from someone in Florida. Curious, but I use FireFox v28.0.

Re: [H] Hotmail?

2014-04-26 Thread Steve Tomporowski
away from Hotmail/Outlook/whatever and just let them choke on my stored email. I believe I have pretty much done an fwd to my (this) ISP addy. Thanks, Duncan On 04/26/2014 19:26, Steve Tomporowski wrote: Actually, there is more to the story now. I tried to verify the account that had the sbcglo

Re: [H] Hotmail?

2014-04-26 Thread Steve Tomporowski
his difficult. Old dogs can learn new tricks, I suppose. Thanks for the reply, Duncan On 04/26/2014 15:58, Steve Tomporowski wrote: I have two hotmail accounts. I rarely ever go to the hotmail (or microsoft or live or outlook or whatever it is this week), but have tbird pick up my mail. With t

Re: [H] Hotmail?

2014-04-26 Thread Steve Tomporowski
I have two hotmail accounts. I rarely ever go to the hotmail (or microsoft or live or outlook or whatever it is this week), but have tbird pick up my mail. With this thread, I went to www.hotmail.com for both accounts, both of them required a 'verification'. Microsoft insisted that they send

Re: [H] Fwd: Pc-matic commercial

2014-04-22 Thread Steve Tomporowski
On 4/22/2014 7:20 PM, DSinc wrote: Try this full-fledged review of PC-matic: http://michaeljkarg.blogspot.com/2011/12/my-pc-matic-experience.html Does anyone have comments/suggestions about this. It is something about 'PC-Matic' seen on the FOX tv channel. I have never seen it. I tried to disc

Re: [H] Fwd: Pc-matic commercial

2014-04-22 Thread Steve Tomporowski
On 4/22/2014 7:20 PM, DSinc wrote: This 'ranks' up there with 'MycleanPC'. It's your garden variety scam. No matter how new your install, they will show you viruses and all kinds of stuff to clean up. Then this is supposed to be 'free'? How do they make money? Pop-up adds as part of PC-mat

Re: [H] Shortcut to 16-bit Application --Solved

2014-04-19 Thread Steve Tomporowski
mind games. Steve On 4/7/2014 9:44 PM, Christopher Fisk wrote: Why not use dosbox or similar? We've been rolling out stuff like that with dosbox a lot recently. On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 7:54 PM, Steve Tomporowski wrote: Thanks, I'll have to find a copy of a retail disk to proceed. It sc

Re: [H] 404 error

2014-04-11 Thread Steve Tomporowski
start googling for an alternative download site. Btw, this looks like an interesting product. Have you used this before? Regards, Mike At 04:57 PM 4/11/2014, Steve Tomporowski wrote: The problem is not getting to the download page, it's downloading the file, at least for me. On 4/11/20

Re: [H] 404 error

2014-04-11 Thread Steve Tomporowski
any issues. I'm using OpenDNS (http://www.opendns.com/) to resolve domain names, Maybe that's making a difference. Regards, Mike At 04:21 PM 4/11/2014, Steve Tomporowski wrote: Just went there now with Waterfox and got the Host Gator 404 page. And it wasn't even Noscript&#

Re: [H] 404 error

2014-04-11 Thread Steve Tomporowski
Just went there now with Waterfox and got the Host Gator 404 page. And it wasn't even Noscript's fault. Steve On 4/11/2014 2:54 PM, Michael Resnick wrote: I got to the download page without any problems. Browser was FF. Maybe they were doing maintenance??. Thanks for the web site. I didn't

Re: [H] Shortcut to 16-bit Application

2014-04-07 Thread Steve Tomporowski
on the computer). I haven't tried it yet, but can I do this from an OEM System builder Pack? I know I have to wipe the partition and start over, but does this '64 bit' SP1 disk have 32 bit on it? On 4/7/2014 6:38 PM, Steve Tomporowski wrote: I'm dealing with my friend Dennis

Re: [H] Shortcut to 16-bit Application

2014-04-07 Thread Steve Tomporowski
but does this '64 bit' SP1 disk have 32 bit on it? On 4/7/2014 6:38 PM, Steve Tomporowski wrote: I'm dealing with my friend Dennis down in Florida again. In general, he makes the computer-illiterate look like geniuses. Just to recap, he still does all his law documentation i

[H] Shortcut to 16-bit Application

2014-04-07 Thread Steve Tomporowski
I'm dealing with my friend Dennis down in Florida again. In general, he makes the computer-illiterate look like geniuses. Just to recap, he still does all his law documentation in PFS Write. This works fine on his current creaky 2006 vintage computer and 32bit XP. So I'm about to ship him a

Re: [H] Changing the Motherboard and NOT reinstalling Win7

2014-02-13 Thread Steve Tomporowski
p.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 1:58 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Changing the Motherboard and NOT reinstalling Win7 Just trying to find out where I went wrong...;-). I went from Intel to

Re: [H] Changing the Motherboard and NOT reinstalling Win7

2014-02-13 Thread Steve Tomporowski
...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 1:02 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Changing the Motherboard and NOT reinstalling Win7 Okay, that explains it, thanks. I've never seen Win7 do that, usually it blue screens becau

Re: [H] Changing the Motherboard and NOT reinstalling Win7

2014-02-13 Thread Steve Tomporowski
to use the Install DVD. Tim Lider -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 12:40 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Ch

Re: [H] Changing the Motherboard and NOT reinstalling Win7

2014-02-13 Thread Steve Tomporowski
t;boot upgrade" does not work. But, it also usually does not work if the boot "upgrade" does not work. Regards, Tim Lider -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski Sent

Re: [H] Changing the Motherboard and NOT reinstalling Win7

2014-02-13 Thread Steve Tomporowski
rom the CD/DVD. fp At 10:20 AM 2/13/2014, Steve Tomporowski Poked the stick with: If you remember a few days ago, my music computer had gone down and it looked like the MB was loading down the +5SB. New motherboard arrived, for Core2 Duo, there wasn't much choice, the new one is an Asrock w

[H] Changing the Motherboard and NOT reinstalling Win7

2014-02-13 Thread Steve Tomporowski
If you remember a few days ago, my music computer had gone down and it looked like the MB was loading down the +5SB. New motherboard arrived, for Core2 Duo, there wasn't much choice, the new one is an Asrock with a G31 chipset. The previous was a P45. Since I have a ton of audio apps install

[H] OT - GNU Octave - Matlab clone

2014-02-10 Thread Steve Tomporowski
I don't know if there is any interest in this, but Octave is a free Matlab clone. The article relates how a lot of Matlab scripts can be run without modification. Matlab normally costs about $2K (we have a couple of copies at work). _http://edn.com/electronics-blogs/the-practicing-

[H] Killer Robots -- BAE's Taranis (video)

2014-02-09 Thread Steve Tomporowski
http://www.eetimes.com/author.asp?section_id=8&doc_id=1320908&itc=eetimes_sitedefault&cid=NL_EET_EE_Life_20140207&elq=9fd682806cb94234869159c471b96fc6&elqCampaignId=15162

[H] Demise of a Motherboard

2014-02-05 Thread Steve Tomporowski
With all the snow hitting CT today, I took a vacation day, we probably got close to 10". Anyways, my music computer refused to start initially yesterday, but then it started. Today, no go. It's a Gigabyte P45 board with an E8500 that served me well for quite a few years. So I started to tro

Re: [H] Strange Problem on Win7 system

2014-01-14 Thread Steve Tomporowski
Jim, Thanks for the reply, I was beginning to think my messages weren't getting to the group. Anyways, I couldn't find any kind of answer online, so I just repartitioned the system and reinstalled. I have no idea what my sister did. The only explanation I got was that she clicked on games,

[H] Strange Problem on Win7 system

2014-01-11 Thread Steve Tomporowski
My sister bought an HP Envy computer, which I had to downgrade from Win8 to Win7 (64 bit). She's legally blind, so needs a lot of visual help to see the computer. However, that's not the question... Somehow she screwed up the install, then trying to do a system restore only resulted in thing

[H] TI Announces the first transistor radio, October 18, 1954

2013-12-14 Thread Steve Tomporowski
http://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/edn-moments/4398895/TI-announces-1st-transistor-radio--October-18--1954

Re: [H] Why this guy loves his Surface 2....

2013-12-14 Thread Steve Tomporowski
Watched most of it. A bit ironic how enthusiastic he is about how he can add a keyboard and mouse to it and get some work done. Voice control seems to have come a long way, I wonder how Word would work with dictation On 12/13/2013 2:06 PM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: Interesting. ht

Re: [H] Another Reason HP sucks

2013-11-30 Thread Steve Tomporowski
at means hacked INF. Reminds me of Dell & video drivers where they intentionally changed the reported PID to protect consumers from evil non-dell drivers. Same hardware but good luck getting it to install a driver without a hacked INF and that again is not just Dell or HP. On Nov 30, 2013 2:12 AM

Re: [H] Another Reason HP sucks

2013-11-30 Thread Steve Tomporowski
;re looking at using a thumb drive to do the installation? On Nov 29, 2013 11:17 AM, "Steve Tomporowski" wrote: I imagine at this point that Bill Hewlett and David Packard are spinning in their graves. The company they founded on test equipment expertise has devolved into a market

Re: [H] HP Compact DC7800 continuous beeping

2013-11-29 Thread Steve Tomporowski
The dongle is the USB receiver for his cordless keyboard & mouse. I doubt that it has anything to do with booting. Also, with the dongle removed, it boots fine, then he can plug it back in and keyboard and mouse work. On 11/29/2013 2:18 PM, Winterlight wrote: At 10:59 AM 11/29/2013, you wro

[H] Another Reason HP sucks

2013-11-29 Thread Steve Tomporowski
I imagine at this point that Bill Hewlett and David Packard are spinning in their graves. The company they founded on test equipment expertise has devolved into a marketing driven 3rd world assembly house. But you know all of that. My sister, who is legally blind, bought an HP (h8-1414) beca

[H] HP Compact DC7800 continuous beeping

2013-11-29 Thread Steve Tomporowski
Got a weird problem. I acquired an HP DC7800p ultra-slim tower (well, they were throwing it out). It set up fine in Linux Mint, so I lent it to our in-house contractor. He plugged in his cordless Microsoft dongle and everything was fine until the next day at startup where the system refused

Re: [H] (no subject)

2013-11-28 Thread Steve Tomporowski
Happy Thanksgiving to all! Enjoy the long weekend! Steve On 11/28/2013 4:52 PM, Julian Zottl wrote: Happy Thanksgiving all! I hope you have a great day! Julian Sent from my iProduct, cause I'm iSpecial But not in that ishort bus kind of way... On Nov 28, 2013, at 4:03 PM, "Jeff" wrot

Re: [H] NAS Software

2013-11-12 Thread Steve Tomporowski
ogy uses less than > half that. > > It basically boiled down to the fact that I have less time and tolerance to > deal with the little issues that come up on homegrown solutions that forced > me to go with a much more expensive but polished product. > > > > On Tue, No

Re: [H] NAS Software

2013-11-12 Thread Steve Tomporowski
n Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 10:26 AM, Chris Reeves wrote: > Flexraid runs on top of any windows os. Whs2011 can be had very cheaply > > -Original Message- > From: "Steve Tomporowski" > Sent: 11/12/2013 8:03 AM > To: "hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com" > S

Re: [H] NAS Software

2013-11-12 Thread Steve Tomporowski
d performance has been really solid > > -Original Message- > From: "Steve Tomporowski" > Sent: 11/11/2013 5:40 PM > To: "hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com" > Subject: [H] NAS Software > > After picking up some scrap hardware, most notably a coup

[H] NAS Software

2013-11-11 Thread Steve Tomporowski
After picking up some scrap hardware, most notably a couple of E8400's, I've got a bunch of stuff to build a NAS. For software, I want something that will give me some sort of parity, so that I can replace a dead drive without loosing stuff and the ability to add storage without doing a nuke a

Re: [H] SSD Endurance Experiement on The Tech Report

2013-11-02 Thread Steve Tomporowski
pect even Duncan would have retired the drive before then. :) -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski Sent: Saturday, November 2, 2013 7:55 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subje

[H] SSD Endurance Experiement on The Tech Report

2013-11-02 Thread Steve Tomporowski
http://techreport.com/review/25559/the-ssd-endurance-experiment-200tb-update I don't know if anyone has been following this experiment, but after 200TB of writes, even the weakest SSD (Samsung 840, which is what I have) is still going strong.

Re: [H] Apple's 6 biggest Failures

2013-10-27 Thread Steve Tomporowski
: "Steve Tomporowski" Sent: ‎10/‎27/‎2013 7:20 AM To: "hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com" Subject: [H] Apple's 6 biggest Failures Some names you haven't heard for a while... http://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/serious-fun/4420641/6-of-Apple-s-biggest-failures

[H] Apple's 6 biggest Failures

2013-10-27 Thread Steve Tomporowski
Some names you haven't heard for a while... http://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/serious-fun/4420641/6-of-Apple-s-biggest-failures

[H] Some Interesting Historical Facts

2013-10-27 Thread Steve Tomporowski
The First Computer Bug (1947) http://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/edn-moments/4420729/1st-actual-computer-bug-found--September-9--1947 Kilby Demonstrates the first integrated Circuit (1958) http://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/edn-moments/4396104/Kilby-demonstrates-the-1st-IC--September-12--19

Re: [H] Boeing's new sci-fi weapon: CHAMP - lights out (video)

2013-10-12 Thread Steve Tomporowski
, 2013 at 11:09 PM, Steve Tomporowski wrote: Boeing has developed and tested a weapon to unleash an EMP. No direct damage to people or property, but nasty. BOEING'S NEW MIRACLE This technology could take out Iran and N. Korea's nuclear program in a New York heartbeat. Most i

Re: [H] Good UPS's

2013-10-12 Thread Steve Tomporowski
sh is still 'rocket science' but, I am suspicious. Can't say yea or ney. Maybe Cyber Power is worth a look. YMMV. Best, Duncan Best, Duncan On 10/12/2013 15:46, Steve Tomporowski wrote: Since the subject has been brought up, what's a good company/UPS to get? Right now I hav

[H] Boeing's new sci-fi weapon: CHAMP - lights out (video)

2013-10-12 Thread Steve Tomporowski
Boeing has developed and tested a weapon to unleash an EMP. No direct damage to people or property, but nasty. BOEING'S NEW MIRACLE This technology could take out Iran and N. Korea's nuclear program in a New York heartbeat. Most interesting 2 minutes on new technology that Boei

[H] South Korea's Answer to Jelly Fish blooms - Slaughter Bots (Video)

2013-10-12 Thread Steve Tomporowski
http://www.eetimes.com/author.asp?section_id=36&doc_id=1319743&itc=eetimes_sitedefault&cid=NL_EET_EE_Life_20131011&elq=133b35b2c1854ea794641b1225c3bc6f&elqCampaignId=1674

[H] Good UPS's

2013-10-12 Thread Steve Tomporowski
Since the subject has been brought up, what's a good company/UPS to get? Right now I have two of the APC Back-ups line (XS 1000 and XS 1300). The XS 1300 has had a problem with USB from day one, so I'm not impressed with APC hardware, but I have experienced good customer service from them. T

Re: [H] APC UPS's?

2013-10-12 Thread Steve Tomporowski
I have an XS 1000 and an XS 1300. The XS 1300 has flaky communications via USB, you can't count on it being recognized by Windows. I've had no problems with anything else USB (even an old Canon 4200F scanner). APC replaced it once, but the new one had the same problem. I *think* that APC ha

[H] Panasonic Abandons Plasma Screens

2013-10-12 Thread Steve Tomporowski
http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1319759&itc=eetimes_sitedefault&cid=NL_EET_EE_Life_20131011&elq=133b35b2c1854ea794641b1225c3bc6f&elqCampaignId=1674

[H] Go out on Halloween dressed as a Traffic Light (how-to)

2013-10-12 Thread Steve Tomporowski
http://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/hackwire/4398694/Mixed-signal-costume

[H] Koenigsegg 2014 Agera S "hypercar" (Video)

2013-10-12 Thread Steve Tomporowski
http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1386&doc_id=268539&cid=nl.dn14&dfpPParams=ind_184,industry_auto,aid_268539&dfpLayout=blog

[H] Teardown: Samsung Galaxy Note 3

2013-10-06 Thread Steve Tomporowski
http://www.edn.com/design/consumer/4422020/Teardown--Samsung-Galaxy-Note-3-still-the-category-leader

[H] The Sprinting Quadraped Robot

2013-10-06 Thread Steve Tomporowski
http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1319706&itc=eetimes_sitedefault&cid=NL_EET_EE_Life_20131004&elq=ad91ea8c6c224afa9ee7ad746fb97f5c&elqCampaignId=1523 Aside from the fact that it sounds like a weedwacker, it's an amazingly fast robot with no tether. At one point, it does slip but recove

Re: [H] Opinions - Which Video Card is Faster?

2013-10-05 Thread Steve Tomporowski
take advantage of cuda or anything like that. So it might be a moot point. On Oct 6, 2013 4:01 AM, "Steve Tomporowski" wrote: I'm scraping together a system for my son. He doesn't do 3D shooters or any gaming more than solitaire, but he will be doing some stuff in Sketchu

[H] Opinions - Which Video Card is Faster?

2013-10-05 Thread Steve Tomporowski
I'm scraping together a system for my son. He doesn't do 3D shooters or any gaming more than solitaire, but he will be doing some stuff in Sketchup, watching building and construction videos on Youtube (work with a contractor). What I have hanging around is an Nvidia 8800GT, Quadro and a Qu

[H] microSD SSD Creator Kit

2013-10-05 Thread Steve Tomporowski
This sounds like a cool ideaand cheap: http://www.geekstuff4u.com/microsd-ssd-creator-kit.html#.Uk_zrRCmUrZ

Re: [H] Again MSHOME vs. WORKGROUP?

2013-09-19 Thread Steve Tomporowski
r good fish wrap. Wait for the next offering!" Am I tired? YES! But, somebody always gets stuck with this duty I fear. Thank you to you, and, the Collective You have no idea how many issues you have fixed since 2000 that had zero to do with my machines! Sorry. Duncan On 09/19/

Re: [H] Again MSHOME vs. WORKGROUP?

2013-09-19 Thread Steve Tomporowski
Duncan, The bottom line is that you can change the workgroup name, but you have to do it on each and every computer. In Win7, it's under Control Panel - System and Security - System - Advanced System Settings - Computer Name and to rename the computer. At the bottom it will allow you to cha

Re: [H] 27" Monitors

2013-09-11 Thread Steve Tomporowski
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[H] 27" Monitors

2013-09-11 Thread Steve Tomporowski
I'm thinking of getting a 27" monitor for my DAW system (currently a 21" and an old 19" 4-3 monitor) so I'm looking for recommendations for something with good value ($1000+ monitors are out). Maybe it's me, but I don't see the rationale in going from a 21" 1920x1080 to a 27" 1920x1080, unless

[H] Drone Hunting

2013-09-08 Thread Steve Tomporowski
http://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/sensor-ee-perception/4420145/Drones--Testing--Use-and-Shooting-Them-Down- After the Federal Government has admitted that Drones are being used to monitor it's citizens, some states have decided to pass laws making it legal to hunt drones and offer a bounty o

[H] Simulating the Universe with NASA's supercomputers (Video)

2013-09-01 Thread Steve Tomporowski
http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1395&doc_id=267002&itc=dn_analysis_element&cid=nl.dn14&dfpPParams=ind_186,industry_aero,industry_gov,bid_22,aid_267002&dfpLayout=blog

[H] Off-Topic: FAQ for the Flat Earth Society

2013-08-24 Thread Steve Tomporowski
http://www.theflatearthsociety.org/forum/index.php?topic=1324.0#.UhjsAT8piwE Presented without comment.

Re: [H] Win 7 home ?

2013-08-23 Thread Steve Tomporowski
Maybe I'm remembering wrong, but isn't Win7 Home the version where it can only access 2 GB of memory, any more than that it ignores? Steve On 8/22/2013 10:44 PM, Christopher Fisk wrote: I use home. No issues with it. On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 11:39 AM, FORC5 wrote: Need to build a system f

[H] Hacking the Toilet

2013-08-10 Thread Steve Tomporowski
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57596704-83/high-tech-toilet-gets-hacker-warning-nothing-is-safe/?tag=nl.e757&s_cid=e757&ttag=e757&ftag=CAD2e9d5b9

[H] 10 Uncommon Things Printed in 3D (videos)

2013-08-03 Thread Steve Tomporowski
http://www.edn.com/design/diy/4419226/Wonders-of-3-D-printing--10-uncommon-things-printed-in-3-D

Re: [H] External drive issue

2013-07-28 Thread Steve Tomporowski
Yeah, I noticed that I jumped too soon. Then I started to read the rest of that thread. Are you using an Nvidia/AMD chipset. There seemed to be a separate issue there. What year is it again? ;-) On 7/28/2013 6:57 PM, Winterlight wrote: Maybe a known issue in 2009 but I don't have problems

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