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by heyal256
Wed Aug 21, 2019 6:39 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Amazon Ordering Processing
Replies: 33
Views: 6720

Re: Amazon Ordering Processing

Well, I had my first Prime delay, but it was only 1 day. NewEgg actually was odder; I ordered my Gigabyte RTX 2080 Super and it shipped from --Onario. I'm guessing stock was limited enough that they went the route that went through Customs; normally it would be easier and cheaper to even ship from ...
by heyal256
Tue Feb 14, 2017 7:48 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: I just realized TR had a dark theme and never knew about it
Replies: 35
Views: 3836

Re: I just realized TR had a dark theme and never knew about it

I use the dark theme because it's so much easier on my friggin' eyes. I have to also turn down my monitor's brightness and the windows brightness and sometimes the gamma, so maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaybe my eyes are a bit light sensitive. :P YAY! I'm not the only one who prefers dark backgrounds because it ...
by heyal256
Fri Aug 26, 2016 6:52 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Stupid credit card scammers
Replies: 78
Views: 7401

Re: Stupid credit card scammers

This is why I get irritated with the way Amazon splits their orders into 1,143 small charges.  If there were to be a fraudulent charge somewhere in the middle of all that (especially if it had an Amazon-sounding name), it would be difficult-to-impossible to find.  I was just thinking......maybe Ama...
by heyal256
Fri Nov 21, 2014 7:22 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Do you use Blu-Ray on your PC?
Replies: 66
Views: 6169

Re: Do you use Blu-Ray on your PC?

I have a bluray drive in my machine that i built earlier this year. I don't use it at all. I think that i only really used it to install drivers to get my machine up and running before getting newer drivers off the web. I mostly bought it for the option to be able to burn the occasional disc and if ...
by heyal256
Tue Oct 14, 2014 6:59 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: dymt reloaded
Replies: 26465
Views: 2513647

Re: dymt reloaded

Hey guys, Is there any consensus among this group, dymt, as to what your favorite Start menu replacement is for 8.1? I'm in the process of putting together a new PC for myself, and am definitely getting 8.1 but need some advice as to what everyone likes and I'll go from there. I'm using classic she...
by heyal256
Fri Feb 07, 2014 6:23 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: dymt reloaded
Replies: 26465
Views: 2513647

Re: dymt reloaded

Well the NY continuation of the road isn't much better (Hutchinson river parkway). The Ramp I use has a stop sign before the 2 car length end of the "merge" lane, so I am used to having to see an open spot in traffic and get up to speed from a dead stop to whatever traffic is moving at (sp...
by heyal256
Mon Oct 15, 2012 6:29 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Server or Cloud Services for a Law Firm
Replies: 9
Views: 3595

Re: Server or Cloud Services for a Law Firm

Not knowing the rules/regulations that they might be under, I would guess that a server would be better just from the data security aspect (i.e. who knows how safe your data is in the cloud). I do believe that there is a legal requirement for archiving of records for a while but that might depend on...
by heyal256
Mon Nov 14, 2011 7:08 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Got me some American junk food
Replies: 90
Views: 7311

Re: Got me some American junk food

- Mountain Dew Livewire (Whats the difference between this and normal Mountain Dew?) If memory serves me (I havn't seen livewire this past year over here), livewire is orange flavored mountain dew (orange colored), code red is cherry mountain dew (red colored), voltage is blue raspberry mountain de...
by heyal256
Tue Aug 02, 2011 6:41 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Help me start an IT career.
Replies: 14
Views: 2294

Re: Help me start an IT career.

I'm not sure how much help I can provide, but I have no certs, and went to college for EE (I never finished). I actually got started as a helpdesk intern because I knew someone who got me into the internship. I actually went from a summer intern to a full time employee at the helpdesk. I am currentl...
by heyal256
Tue May 10, 2011 6:20 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: DirectTV vs Dish Network
Replies: 10
Views: 2026

Re: DirectTV vs Dish Network

I have Dish and I originally signed up because of the cheaper price. In general, Dish gives you a better selection of movie channels and Direct TV gives you a better selection of sports. As for the specifics, due to the price increases of the sports channels, Dish has basically started dropping them...
by heyal256
Mon Apr 11, 2011 6:03 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: dymt reloaded
Replies: 26465
Views: 2513647

Re: dymt reloaded

Not that I want to move the discussion away from lingerie, but it seems that VLC was the (main) problem with my video driver crashing. I have been using MPC for about 24 hours now without a single crash. I wonder if maybe you had the vlc gpu acceleration option on? I think I saw something about the...
by heyal256
Wed Feb 16, 2011 7:46 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Got a new GPS; now where to put it?
Replies: 17
Views: 2108

Re: Got a new GPS; now where to put it?

I have a cheap bean bag mount for my gps. I usually have the gps on the in the middle of the dashboard while driving (when i use the gps). As for hiding it, i just stuff the thing into a bag (one of those re-useable shopping bags work) and then stick the bag under the seat (or as much as fits under ...
by heyal256
Wed Jan 26, 2011 7:05 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Enter our MSI GeForce GTX 560 Ti giveaway here
Replies: 1004
Views: 70846

Re: Enter our MSI GeForce GTX 560 Ti giveaway here

This would make a nice upgrade from my current 8800gts card.
by heyal256
Wed Dec 15, 2010 7:13 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Your FIRST Graphics Card Thread
Replies: 142
Views: 14598

Re: Your FIRST Graphics Card Thread

Well I guess it would be the built in cga card on the vendex head start system I used as a kid (8088). Who know what old dos game I played on it way back when (although I remember playing things like the original test drive). It was at some point upgraded to a paradise vga card (8 bit).. the change ...
by heyal256
Thu Aug 05, 2010 5:47 pm
Forum: TR Distributed Computing Effort
Topic: Foldit! The Online Protein Folding Game
Replies: 5
Views: 3310

Re: Foldit! The Online Protein Folding Game

according to this article http://www.physorg.com/news200150119.html , it's using Rosetta@home The Foldit energy calculations are carried out by Rosetta, the procedure for computing protein structures developed by David Baker, a UW biochemistry professor and co-author of the new paper. Baker's group ...
by heyal256
Fri Apr 02, 2010 6:50 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Technology Degrees... and YOU!
Replies: 50
Views: 3870

Re: Technology Degrees... and YOU!

I guess I get to be an oddball here. No degree and no certs but I am a network admin. :) To muddy the waters a bit I did take courses in Electrical Engineering (obviously I never graduated/got a degree from college), and also was able to demonstrate the skills needed to do my job. I also had some he...
by heyal256
Wed Mar 31, 2010 6:22 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: How do you handle remote users (and their problems!)
Replies: 8
Views: 1409

Re: How do you handle remote users (and their problems!)

If there are going to be a lot of remote users, you might be better off going creating a terminal server for them to log into. It really depends on what they need to do/access. We also have some users (who occasionally work remotely) who will vpn in and then use remote desktop/vnc to connect to thei...
by heyal256
Tue Dec 29, 2009 7:33 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: UPS sucks
Replies: 62
Views: 4917

Re: UPS sucks

Has anyone heard of TNT service? I've heard of them. They are mostly just an international courier and not well known in the US (as far as I know). I am only aware of them because many years ago i used to work as a messenger for a small japanese courier service and they were one of the couriers tha...
by heyal256
Tue Sep 01, 2009 6:56 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Hannah Montana is an X-Man
Replies: 12
Views: 1786

Re: Hannah Montana is an X-Man

The article I read did not cite a date for the expiration of said contract. I read a different article that said that Universal has the rights for the existing rides in perpetuity (east of the Mississippi). Of course this also means that once they tear down the rides they no longer have that licens...
by heyal256
Sat Aug 01, 2009 7:09 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Car tyres (tires), brands and varieties advice!
Replies: 40
Views: 12891

Re: Car tyres (tires), brands and varieties advice!

nerdrage wrote:
I've had excellent results with Yokohama Avid TRZ.


I have these on my car and they have been working really well for my car. I picked these mostly because they also have good grip in snow as well as wet/dry performance.
by heyal256
Wed Jul 01, 2009 6:16 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Adding a second page to a website
Replies: 4
Views: 1299

Re: Adding a second page to a website

I'm pretty sure that you need to put a link to that page by editing the index.html (the page can be in the same directory).

Here are some tutorials that can help. http://htmldog.com/guides/
by heyal256
Thu Jun 25, 2009 7:17 pm
Forum: TR Distributed Computing Effort
Topic: Drivers for Mobility HD4670 for Folding?
Replies: 1
Views: 4328

Re: Drivers for Mobility HD4670 for Folding?

I don't know if the mobility chipset supports folding on it, but in general video card drivers for a laptop are only available from the manufacturer (because they are "tweaked" for specific models/lcd screen) It looks like the most up to date driver is dated from april for vista 32bit (lis...
by heyal256
Thu Jun 18, 2009 7:15 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: IT jobs/degrees
Replies: 32
Views: 6670

Re: IT jobs/degrees

There are others here that might disagree, but in my corporate experience, two things matter more than any degree, certification or specialized training: attitude and aptitude. I have to agree with this as well. In IT at least, it matters more on how well you work with your coworkers then it does h...
by heyal256
Fri May 15, 2009 8:19 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Beware of fake IMAX Theaters?
Replies: 4
Views: 987

Re: Beware of fake IMAX Theaters?

When I saw a similar article yesterday, I came across a link to http://destroyfakeimax.blogspot.com/ and the person doing that blog is mapping out which IMAX theaters are real of fake. http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&t=h&source=embed&msa=0&msid=113621990356540393221.000469b6c5...
by heyal256
Tue Apr 07, 2009 6:58 pm
Forum: TR Distributed Computing Effort
Topic: F@H Optimisation Question
Replies: 23
Views: 11771

Re: F@H Optimisation Question

I've never run the system tray version, but I would think that the system tray version should run at the same speed as the console version while it is minimized. The specific advantage (to me) of running the console version of the gpu client is that I have less things in my system tray, of course th...
by heyal256
Thu Apr 02, 2009 6:38 pm
Forum: TR Distributed Computing Effort
Topic: F@H Optimisation Question
Replies: 23
Views: 11771

Re: F@H Optimisation Question

I think he was referring to older versions of the nvidia driver (pre 180.xx) that dropped the cpu usage in winxp. It was discussed in this thread ( http://www.techreport.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=63642 ). From that thread it looks like you already upgraded to a version that has the reduced ...
by heyal256
Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:30 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: How would you feel about.....(banking related)
Replies: 16
Views: 1324

Re: How would you feel about.....(banking related)

This sounds like a good account, but It would not work for people like me who don't use their debit cards at all. Other then this one issue, it sounds like something that most people would probably be interested in.
by heyal256
Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:25 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: What do you do for a living?
Replies: 204
Views: 46163

Re: What do you do for a living?

I am a Network Administrator.
What this means at my company is that anything dealing with a server winds up being the responsibility of my dept (even if the problem is an application that is supported by our developers).
by heyal256
Mon Jan 19, 2009 7:17 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Why is Central Park a park
Replies: 24
Views: 1195

Re: Why is Central Park a park

What's keeping it from being turned into more skyscrapers? I don't remember where I read it, but I do remember reading that the biggest reason is that the land values around the park would drop much lower then what it would be worth to sell off. So the biggest reason was to keep the land values hig...
by heyal256
Wed Jan 07, 2009 7:26 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Favorite Gaming Sites?
Replies: 16
Views: 1032

Re: Favorite Gaming Sites?

looks like if you liked 1up it's dead now
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/01/06/asses ... ge-at-1up/

I generally get a lot of my gaming news from blues news and kotaku with the rest being linked from various stories or news blurbs that I see while surfing various sites.
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