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by Fred & Ethel
Fri May 27, 2011 11:01 am
Forum: Visual Haven
Topic: Portrait-Landscape-Portrait PLP with center 2560x1600
Replies: 67
Views: 48658

Re: Portrait-Landscape-Portrait PLP with center 2560x1600

The OP is asking a great question here. Just a few weeks ago I finally plugged in three monitors for the first time (into a single 5850); they're two Dell 2007WFPs and one Dell U2311, which I've accumulated one at a time over the last several years. The 23" sits in the middle. I enjoy the setup...
by Fred & Ethel
Thu Apr 14, 2011 9:04 pm
Forum: Storage
Topic: People who say "RAID1 is not a backup"
Replies: 118
Views: 16190

Re: People who say "RAID1 is not a backup"

...I do love those "look at how cool my stuff is" folks who bought the super-duper Monster "power conditioner" for their big screen TV who now think they're protected against everything short of a nuke - my remark was made in their homage. Anyway, most people are never going to ...
by Fred & Ethel
Sun Mar 20, 2011 9:03 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Storing stuff, and desiccating it
Replies: 9
Views: 1112

Re: Storing stuff, and desiccating it

Here's some good silica-gel solutions. I've used the 40-gram aluminum canisters to good effect.

http://www.coinsupplystore.com/site/1648271/page/785944
by Fred & Ethel
Wed Jan 26, 2011 11:16 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Enter our MSI GeForce GTX 560 Ti giveaway here
Replies: 1004
Views: 72110

Re: Enter our MSI GeForce GTX 560 Ti giveaway here

Okay, after two years of lurking, I think I'll start posting too. :)
by Fred & Ethel
Tue Nov 25, 2008 1:33 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Yawning problems
Replies: 11
Views: 2102

Re: Yawning problems

So yawning is a trigger for you. Interesting -- I guess I have this kind of trigger myself, which I have become aware of in just the last few years. In my case it's that first turn of my body, say from lying on my back to turning and resting on my side. Or vice versa. AFAIK yawning is caused by nerv...
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