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by crose
Sun Oct 23, 2011 10:58 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: China and Exotic/Rare Earths
Replies: 8
Views: 964

Re: China and Exotic/Rare Earths

They are shooting themselves in the foot. At least in the long term.. they haven't understood like Arabs that as long as the world can get this resource for a reasonable price the use will continue but if the price goes up too much people will look to alternatives or start digging in their own back ...
by crose
Tue Oct 11, 2011 11:07 am
Forum: TR Sports
Topic: NBA cancels first 2 weeks of season... and I don't care
Replies: 39
Views: 9982

Re: NBA cancels first 2 weeks of season... and I don't care

dextrous wrote:
I will definitely watch some games if they have a season, but it won't affect my quality of life or anything. Now, if they were to somehow cancel the college basketball season, I'd be extremely upset!


2nd that. Except they haven't shown college basketball here for years so.. meh.
by crose
Wed Oct 05, 2011 10:53 am
Forum: Mobile Tech
Topic: iPhone 4s vs. Samsung Galaxy S2
Replies: 41
Views: 18905

Re: iPhone 4s vs. Samsung Galaxy S2

I have had both phones and long story short I use the SGS2 now. The SGS2 has better hardware than iPhone 4, that much I can tell you. Bigger screen is better for me than higher resolution. Excellent for web. Camera is excellent except in low-light situations ( LED-flash tsss ). I use Spotify for my ...
by crose
Wed Sep 07, 2011 6:21 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Just picked up 55inch panasonic viera 3dtv
Replies: 10
Views: 1192

Re: Just picked up 55inch panasonic viera 3dtv

Your text is so dense. Please section for easier reading.

That's a lovely BD gift for yourself!
by crose
Mon Aug 27, 2007 7:55 am
Forum: Mobile Tech
Topic: Laptop gift advice
Replies: 20
Views: 6051

CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo 24X/24X/24X/8X Max, Ultrabay Slim No DVD writer? Oops, forgot. Made 2 changes: Genuine Windows Vista Home Basic DVD Recordable 8x Max Dual Layer, Ultrabay Slim Don't think she will notice the difference between Home Basic and Home Premium. If they had XP cheap I would have gone ...
by crose
Mon Aug 27, 2007 1:37 am
Forum: Mobile Tech
Topic: Laptop gift advice
Replies: 20
Views: 6051

In case anyone is interested I decided on this: ThinkPad T61 - 1 Yr Depot Warranty Ships within 1-2 weeks** $1,110.89 $1,110.89 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7100 (1.8GHz 800MHz 2MBL2) Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium 14.1 SXGA+ TFT Intel GMA X3100 GM965 w/o WWAN 2 GB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz SODIMM Memor...
by crose
Sat Aug 25, 2007 3:21 am
Forum: Mobile Tech
Topic: Laptop gift advice
Replies: 20
Views: 6051

HP / Compaq have some really nice models starting at $599. For $350 you can add the 3-year accidental damage warranty. If it needs to go back to them for repairs, they overnight you a box with an overnight fedex label for return shipping. Very good service. How are the HP keyboard nowadays? Have a ...
by crose
Thu Aug 23, 2007 9:43 am
Forum: Mobile Tech
Topic: Laptop gift advice
Replies: 20
Views: 6051

I have also looked at Thinkpads but the Lenovo site's support+service-package and what it offers are hard for me to figure out. Is it a gift for school/college? Then either the MacBook or the ThinkPad T series will be very good. I wouldn't say MacBook is the gift, I personally like the ThinkPad T m...
by crose
Thu Aug 23, 2007 4:45 am
Forum: Mobile Tech
Topic: Laptop gift advice
Replies: 20
Views: 6051

Thanks for the advices! As for Macbooks I've thought about it but don't know if she could handle the switch in look and use plus she would have to get all new software. Usacomp2k3: Do you know if Dell would be able to charge my CC and deliver it to another address than the one registered on me? Some...
by crose
Thu Aug 23, 2007 1:50 am
Forum: Mobile Tech
Topic: Laptop gift advice
Replies: 20
Views: 6051

Laptop gift advice

Hi, I need some help with advice on a laptop I want to give away as a gift. There's a some problems though. I don't live close to the person I want to give the laptop to, so I can't buy it in a store and give it to her. Also I would like to have good support and service package included. For the lap...
by crose
Fri Jul 06, 2007 3:32 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Worlds best job?
Replies: 18
Views: 3822

What if the test doesn't go as planned and the condom malfunctions with the result being your girlfriend getting pregnant? Wouldn't be such a great job then, eh? :-?
by crose
Thu Jun 21, 2007 5:05 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Beijing Traffic Lesson
Replies: 4
Views: 1514

LOL, so true. Ppl in developing countries are even worse drivers than those in industrialized countries believe it or not. And I'm going to travel to one next month. I just pray I won't have to go into traffic too often.
by crose
Thu May 10, 2007 1:22 pm
Forum: Overclocking, Tweaking, & Cooling
Topic: Poll: C2D cooling
Replies: 47
Views: 14533

Scythe Ninja B on a E4300. The only fan in the system is the one in the PSU. Works very well so far, very stable and quiet system.
by crose
Fri Aug 27, 2004 6:43 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: ilovebees.com
Replies: 7
Views: 1380

Halo 2? Wow, I don't connect bees with Halo at all. What am I missing?
by crose
Thu Aug 26, 2004 2:45 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: Early 6600GT benchmarks
Replies: 8
Views: 1799

Nice speed but come on, PCIe only? Who here has a PCIe board?
by crose
Sat Jul 17, 2004 9:50 am
Forum: Cases and Power Supplies
Topic: Has your antec power supply ever failed you?
Replies: 255
Views: 170889

My TruePower 430 which I used in a nForce2 system started to act up after a year of 24/7. After superstable use one night it spontaneously rebooted the system and since then its voltage levels have been well below specs and the system occasionally rebooted by itself. I didn't know it was the PSU at ...
by crose
Wed Jan 01, 2003 11:21 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: What is your browser?
Replies: 59
Views: 7438

I'm currently running IE. I ran Mozilla for quite some time, but it kept lacking features that I use daily. Such as poor appearance in the blue theme here @ TR. ( the silver makes my eyes hurt ). Lack of the back button being mapped to the mouse. I use Intellimouse Explorer and the latest drivers f...
by crose
Tue Oct 15, 2002 12:47 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: netscape 7.0 crashes
Replies: 16
Views: 3159

NS7 has too much AOL bagage but Mozilla 1.x rocks! Have been using Mozilla more and more since v0.99 and it's getting better all the time. From 80/20 Mozilla/IE usage I'm now at 95/5.
by crose
Tue Aug 20, 2002 10:58 am
Forum: Processors
Topic: New AMD Athlons NDA lifted soon
Replies: 6
Views: 1572

New AMD Athlons NDA lifted soon

From HardOCP:
Overall, we should have better page load times worldwide. Thanks for hanging in there with us yesterday. There should be a load back on the server tonight at 12:01am (CDT) as well. (hint hint)
by crose
Tue Jul 02, 2002 1:20 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Hey Damage, that CoolerGuys ad....
Replies: 14
Views: 4373

No, it's not an Athlon problem and you are an idiot for saying that. Happens to me to (Celeron 300A+Mozilla). Mozilla maybe? Nope, just tried IE5 - same thing.
by crose
Fri Jun 14, 2002 12:19 am
Forum: Processors
Topic: Need suggestions for upgrading office-type computers
Replies: 9
Views: 2037

Get more than 128MB RAM, at least 256MB. The price difference between 20GB and 40GB HDs is very small so I would recommend a Seagate Barracuda IV 40GB, it's fast and very quiet.
by crose
Thu Jun 13, 2002 4:15 am
Forum: Graphics
Topic: Ugh. Europe.
Replies: 4
Views: 1826

VAT?
by crose
Wed Apr 24, 2002 12:34 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Current favorite games
Replies: 34
Views: 15295

Super Mario Advance 2 : Super Mario World
Sid Meier's Colonization
NBA Live 2001

Classics all of them :-)
by crose
Tue Apr 16, 2002 9:13 am
Forum: Processors
Topic: Dell goes proprietary
Replies: 11
Views: 2788

Uh, my Dell XPS R400 from '98 has a proprietary ATX PSU. It's not news. I have built my own computers ever since. Dell can try robing someone else.
by crose
Wed Jan 16, 2002 3:48 am
Forum: Processors
Topic: POLL: RAM
Replies: 42
Views: 22312

1. 512MB
2. 512MB

Would be nice with 1GB but I don't need it that much and PC2100 DDR is getting quite expensive.
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