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by barich
Wed Sep 16, 2020 10:34 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Something's different...
Replies: 1628
Views: 334632

Re: Something's different...

RTX 3080 review day! And here at TR we have "7 Tech Features to Look for in Your 401k Provider."

:cry:
by barich
Fri Aug 16, 2019 7:24 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Something's different...
Replies: 1628
Views: 334632

Re: Something's different...

using stock paste, then using Gelid GC Extreme or Kingpin kPx Gaining access to the heatsinks in laptops is far from trivial, it's definitely not "user serviceable". So I don't think it would be relevant to 99.99% of the users. I suspect not even 0.01% of the users HERE open up their new ...
by barich
Wed Aug 07, 2019 9:43 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Something's different...
Replies: 1628
Views: 334632

Re: Something's different...

Our content lives at the intersection of entrepreneurs and enterprise.


:roll:
by barich
Fri Aug 02, 2019 11:25 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Something's different...
Replies: 1628
Views: 334632

Re: Something's different...

The horrible cloud solutions listicle is both exactly what I was expecting to happen and somehow also extremely disappointing. TR's been at death's door but I think it just opened it and walked through.
by barich
Wed Jul 10, 2019 2:02 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Something's different...
Replies: 1628
Views: 334632

Re: Something's different...

is this the guy https://www.johnrampton.com/??? WOW! He embodies everything I hate about the current events. Remember the previous TR-is-tanking thread where people were discussing that TR's only hope of remaining a Going Concern would need to include better social media presence, more video experi...
by barich
Wed Jul 10, 2019 8:25 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Something's different...
Replies: 1628
Views: 334632

Re: Something's different...

Igor_Kavinski wrote:
https://www.johnrampton.com/about/

Woah. Can't help admiring his sheer tenacity.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnhall/

Owner No.2 doesn't seem bad either. TR might just survive and thrive after all.


Anyone who calls themselves an "influencer" makes me want to vomit.
by barich
Tue Jul 09, 2019 2:36 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Something's different...
Replies: 1628
Views: 334632

Re: Something's different...

Today is the first I've heard of Renee Johnson. John Rampton is the new "business guy" and the rest of the team is the same, save for anyone else we haven't been introduced to yet. That's exceptionally ominous considering her post is signed "editorial staff" and the editorial st...
by barich
Mon Jul 08, 2019 8:11 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Something's different...
Replies: 1628
Views: 334632

Re: Something's different...

TR looked old, but I considered that a good thing. Modern design trends are awful for usability and information density. And now it looks like every other site on the internet.
by barich
Thu Oct 02, 2008 11:23 am
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Newegg uses DHL now without saying? Won't shop again
Replies: 104
Views: 6749

Re: Newegg uses DHL now without saying? Won't shop again

The normal '3-day guaranteed' was UPS up until this last order I placed. And it still is! UPS 3-day Guaranteed is still UPS 3-day Guaranteed. I just ordered some RAM last night from Newegg with the Egg Saver shipping option. I am in no hurry. If it took the full 7 days to arrive, I would not care. ...
by barich
Thu Oct 02, 2008 9:43 am
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Newegg uses DHL now without saying? Won't shop again
Replies: 104
Views: 6749

Re: Newegg uses DHL now without saying? Won't shop again

It doesn't say anywhere on the site that they're gonna ship DHL. If they had been clear about it I would have paid more, but they did not. Thats what I'm pissed about. That coupled with, its not even DHL. Its USPS, with their worthless tracking system. If you click on "Help and Info" and ...
by barich
Thu Oct 02, 2008 8:41 am
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Newegg uses DHL now without saying? Won't shop again
Replies: 104
Views: 6749

Re: Newegg uses DHL now without saying? Won't shop again

If you ordered the Egg Saver 3-7 day shipping, you get DHL. You apparently did not order UPS Guaranteed 3-day service, which was the previous standard shipping method. They've simply added a cheaper, slower shipping method for certain products. The price advertised on the product page still includes...
by barich
Sat Oct 06, 2007 10:32 pm
Forum: General Software
Topic: Remote Desktop Software for XP Home?
Replies: 12
Views: 4165

Does XP Home support incoming VPN connections? I know that XP Pro does. You could connect to the PC with an encrypted VPN connection and then use VNC.
by barich
Sat Oct 06, 2007 3:27 pm
Forum: General Software
Topic: Avast! vs AVG vs...something else!
Replies: 5
Views: 1889

You can actually disable the progress screen for AVG's updates. I don't remember exactly where the option is, and the PC I'm on now isn't running AVG, but I'll post where it is later when I have access to a PC with AVG. I do think that Avast has better detection and removal, so that might be a reaso...
by barich
Tue Oct 02, 2007 7:52 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Upselling salesmen
Replies: 17
Views: 2479

Thanks for the welcome, though I'm only new to the forums. I've been reading TR for a long time, and post in the comments on news/reviews from time-to-time. That's why I registered in 2004 but my first post was today.
by barich
Tue Oct 02, 2007 6:06 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Upselling salesmen
Replies: 17
Views: 2479

Vista DVDs only contain one version. And only Vista Ultimate comes with both 32- and 64-bit discs in the box. The other versions only come with 32-bit discs. So you were at least partially wrong.
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