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by yuriylsh
Tue May 21, 2013 4:36 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Where do You See Hardware in 2-4 years?
Replies: 66
Views: 12118

Re: Where do You See Hardware in 2-4 years?

But XB/PS4 do not use DirectX, do they?

If they don't, then while some part of the code is going to be easier to port (x86->x86), all the graphics related code still has to be ported from whatever they use in consoles to DX, is that right? How big of a savings are we talking about here?
by yuriylsh
Tue Apr 23, 2013 4:58 pm
Forum: General Software
Topic: Data bases for dumb dumbs.
Replies: 69
Views: 17325

Re: Data bases for dumb dumbs.

I agree with what has been said about off the shelf solution vs. building your own solution (especially since you work for a small company without your own dev team). One of the reasons I think off the shelf solution might turn out to be a better idea is that I have worked as a software developer on...
by yuriylsh
Thu Aug 09, 2012 1:47 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: What's a TechSling?
Replies: 188
Views: 67971

Re: What's a TechSling?

drfish wrote:
Shipping today! You should all get them tomorrow. :) Can't wait to hear what you think.

Sweet, thanks, the TR branding is a nice touch, I hope my Samsung Series 7 Slate will find itself comfortable in its new appartment :)
by yuriylsh
Fri May 25, 2012 1:05 pm
Forum: General Software
Topic: best antivirus software?
Replies: 62
Views: 15587

Re: best antivirus software?

clocks wrote:


I'm wondering why they show results for MSE version 2.1 when the current one is 4.0. Nothing has been changed?
by yuriylsh
Tue May 22, 2012 10:15 am
Forum: Developer's Den
Topic: VS 11 Express wont support "desktop" apps :(
Replies: 18
Views: 7080

Re: VS 11 Express wont support "desktop" apps :(

Will the compilers still be available for free? Right now, you can get the C++/C# compilers for free through the Windows SDK, without even installing Visual Studio. If this stays true, I doubt this will affect open source much at all. You just won't be able to use the Visual Studio IDE. Nope, they ...
by yuriylsh
Sat May 05, 2012 2:45 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: What's a TechSling?
Replies: 188
Views: 67971

Re: What's a TechSling?

Hmm, I might be interested to try it out. Not sure if I would able to really use it until late fall though :)

Edit: On the other hand my wife is not a huge fan of my dress style, so this thing might give her a heart attack... :)
by yuriylsh
Sat May 05, 2012 1:35 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: What's a TechSling?
Replies: 188
Views: 67971

Re: What's a TechSling?

Do you think TechSling would hold Samsung Series 7 Slate ? It's 11.66" (W) x 7.24" (H) x 0.51" (H) tablet, would be convenient to take it with me this way when I go out with kids and backpack is overkill (and I not always know about such activities ahead of time, so backpack might not...
by yuriylsh
Sun Apr 08, 2012 12:55 pm
Forum: Developer's Den
Topic: What language is this?
Replies: 19
Views: 7570

Re: What language is this?

Here is slightly better picture, it's definitely Python
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by yuriylsh
Sat Dec 31, 2011 9:43 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: Disabling secondary monitors while gaming
Replies: 8
Views: 2435

Re: Disabling secondary monitors while gaming

Does the second monitor consume any noticeable amount of GPU's resources if just it's brightness is tuned down? I usually turn off the second monitor completely (in Catalyst Control Center as I have an ATI card) for better performance (so that GPU does not have to allocate any resources to it), but ...
by yuriylsh
Tue Nov 22, 2011 1:19 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Enter our Anomaly: Warzone Earth giveaway here
Replies: 161
Views: 22267

Re: Enter our Anomaly: Warzone Earth giveaway here

I'm in.
by yuriylsh
Sat Oct 29, 2011 9:13 am
Forum: Developer's Den
Topic: Help! VS2003 starts my browser instead of my program
Replies: 3
Views: 2578

Re: Help! VS2003 starts my browser instead of my program

Based on the screenshot you posted, addiControl project is set as default (notice how its name is in bold), try right-click on TactorProject and click "Set as startup project" (at least that's how it's done in VS 2010).
by yuriylsh
Mon Aug 22, 2011 10:35 am
Forum: Mobile Tech
Topic: got touchpad
Replies: 11
Views: 2776

Re: got touchpad

Here is good post on how to tweak TP a little bit to improve its performance: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-news/how-to-improve-the-performance-of-your-new-hp-touchpad/3866. It also has links to how properly install Preware that codedivine mentioned in his comment above.
by yuriylsh
Sat Aug 20, 2011 3:57 pm
Forum: Mobile Tech
Topic: got touchpad
Replies: 11
Views: 2776

Re: got touchpad

I've ordered mine last night. It's still has the "Item being processed" status. I didn't catch the deal when 16GB models were available, so I went for 32GB model. For $146 it's not bad deal at all. It has web browser, email client, video player, audio player, can be used as a picture frame...
by yuriylsh
Wed Jul 06, 2011 2:42 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Need to parse a folder of shortcuts into a text file
Replies: 9
Views: 1694

Re: Need to parse a folder of shortcuts into a text file

Cool :D
Add-Content -path output.txt $description

This should correct the output file name problem :)
by yuriylsh
Wed Jul 06, 2011 2:19 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Need to parse a folder of shortcuts into a text file
Replies: 9
Views: 1694

Re: Need to parse a folder of shortcuts into a text file

Glad I can help. I'm not quite sure why the output file does not have a name. The "output.txt" in the 'Add-Content $"output.txt" $description' statement actually specifies the file name. You can try to specify it explicitly by adding -path instruction, so becomes 'Add-Content -pa...
by yuriylsh
Wed Jul 06, 2011 12:06 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Need to parse a folder of shortcuts into a text file
Replies: 9
Views: 1694

Re: Need to parse a folder of shortcuts into a text file

You can run the following PowerShell script: $links = get-childitem * -include *.lnk $shell = New-Object -COM WScript.Shell foreach ($lnk in $links){ $shortcut = $shell.CreateShortcut($lnk.FullName); $description = "Link: " + $lnk.FullName + " Target: " + $shortcut.TargetPath + &...
by yuriylsh
Thu Jun 16, 2011 1:47 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Autocomplete on Google search - solved
Replies: 7
Views: 2080

Re: Windows 7 IE 9 Autocomplete on Search (Google or other)

Tools -> Manage addons -> Search Provider -> select the provider -> "Disable suggestions"
by yuriylsh
Sat Jun 04, 2011 2:57 pm
Forum: Storage
Topic: Z68 motherboard killed my Samsung F3 1TB!!!!
Replies: 36
Views: 7473

Re: Z68 motherboard killed my Samsung F3 1TB!!!!

It there any way to check if I need to apply the patch or not? I have 3 Samsung F3 1TB in my home server, all have hardware id "SCSI\DiskSAMSUNG_HD 103SJ________1AJ1". They are currently attached to GA-870A-UD3 motherboard and work just fine (actually, I love them - very quiet and speedy)....
by yuriylsh
Wed May 25, 2011 12:24 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Joplin, MO tornado
Replies: 48
Views: 4877

Re: Joplin, MO tornado

Damage, how is it going in where you are. As far as I know you are in KC area too?
by yuriylsh
Wed May 25, 2011 12:20 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Joplin, MO tornado
Replies: 48
Views: 4877

Re: Joplin, MO tornado

Nice, we've just had 3 tornados in our area, each less that 5 miles away, one appoximately in half a mile from my house. Haven't seen any of those as I spent last 45 minutes staying in stairway of our office building. Now the storm moved north from where I'm now, right where my wife's office located...
by yuriylsh
Tue May 24, 2011 4:17 pm
Forum: Storage
Topic: Intel 320SSD Drive & Crucial m4
Replies: 10
Views: 2539

Re: Intel 320SSD Drive & Crucial m4

Well, if speed is your primary concern, then Vertex 3. It's the the fastest among those you listed (note that you need SATA 3 port for all listed except Intel 320 to use full potential of the drives). Intel 510 and m4 very close to each other, m4 being maybe marginally faster. To make things slightl...
by yuriylsh
Tue May 24, 2011 3:21 pm
Forum: Storage
Topic: Intel 320SSD Drive & Crucial m4
Replies: 10
Views: 2539

Re: Intel 320SSD Drive & Crucial m4

It is possible that manufacturer can artificially put caps at controller level for better market segmentation, but I personally am not aware of such cases. Usually it comes down to number of memory chips (as happened with OCZ you mentioned above). I almost sure it holds true for m4 as well. I don't ...
by yuriylsh
Tue May 24, 2011 2:14 pm
Forum: Storage
Topic: Intel 320SSD Drive & Crucial m4
Replies: 10
Views: 2539

Re: Intel 320SSD Drive & Crucial m4

Performance does depend on capacity. Think about SSD as a bunch of memory modules connected in RAID 0 array. The bigger capacity, the more those modules you have, which means SSD controller can do more IO operations in parallel.
Also note, that Intel 320 is SATAII only.
by yuriylsh
Fri May 20, 2011 9:23 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: P8P76 Pro Waking
Replies: 16
Views: 2618

Re: P8P76 Pro Waking

Whoa, disabling "Internal PLL Overvoltage" did the trick. Now waking up without any problems.
Thank you all!
by yuriylsh
Tue May 17, 2011 3:30 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: P8P76 Pro Waking
Replies: 16
Views: 2618

Re: P8P76 Pro Waking

Yeah, I have the same problem with P8P67 Pro. It goes to sleep and there is no way to wake it up other than hard reboot. It does not bluescreen, just does not wake up. Mouse wakes up though :) "Solved" for time being by disabling sleep (and I'm extremely unhappy about it), will try PLL ove...
by yuriylsh
Mon May 09, 2011 10:48 am
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Weird issue with Firefox 4
Replies: 5
Views: 910

Re: Weird issue with Firefox 4

What OS do you use? The very first thing I would do is to make sure you have the latest GPU drivers. I recall reading a blog post from somebody in Mozilla who wrote that 80% or so of the problems people have with FF4 were due to outdated graphics drivers (mainly because they now use hardware acceler...
by yuriylsh
Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:35 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: Internet Speed
Replies: 156
Views: 48899

Re: Internet Speed

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by yuriylsh
Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:15 pm
Forum: Mobile Tech
Topic: High Resolution Laptop
Replies: 15
Views: 5203

Re: High Resolution Laptop

Dell Latitude E6510 is 15-incher that can be configured with 1080p matte panel (I have such one at work)
by yuriylsh
Tue Mar 08, 2011 10:37 am
Forum: Motherboards, Chipsets, & RAM
Topic: No news from Asus on Mobo RMA
Replies: 20
Views: 3342

Re: No news from Asus on Mobo RMA

I visited the links I posted again and now it seems like the second link is the way to go.
by yuriylsh
Tue Mar 08, 2011 10:09 am
Forum: Motherboards, Chipsets, & RAM
Topic: No news from Asus on Mobo RMA
Replies: 20
Views: 3342

Re: No news from Asus on Mobo RMA

Hmm, you are lucky, I haven't got any emails yet at all! What form did you use to submit your request for RMA? I have two links: http://www.campuselites.com/asusnewsletter/surveys.php?id=6 and http://service.asus.com/notice/Default.aspx . I used the first one and as I said haven't heard back from th...
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