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by crishan
Tue Jul 09, 2013 3:56 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Pet peeve - it's pronounced "herb" not "erb"
Replies: 159
Views: 28766

Re: Pet peeve - it's pronounced "herb" not "erb"

Concerning the "hayche", I just have to add this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3y0CD2CoCs

It's pronounced "eych", not "hayche"... :o :lol:
by crishan
Sun Dec 11, 2011 2:58 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: Unsolved Nvidia TDR Issues - This needs some attention...
Replies: 108
Views: 46172

Re: Unsolved Nvidia TDR Issues - This needs some attention..

This TDR issue has been plaguing NVidia card users on the other side of the pond, too: Germany's premier PC graphics and technology site, 3dcenter.de, has a thread in their forums about this: http://www.forum-3dcenter.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=517450 (all in German, so use a translator) Users a...
by crishan
Thu Aug 30, 2007 1:03 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Remember the Amiga?
Replies: 7
Views: 1864

I still keep my A1000 around, plus all the games...

I cringe at the bloat that the operating systems we use today are :roll: and I wish that the Amiga was still around...
The multitasking, oh, the multitasking 8) :P
by crishan
Sun Oct 30, 2005 8:25 pm
Forum: Echo Vale
Topic: for $60 computer speaker, which will you recommend?
Replies: 14
Views: 3143

Do NOT , repeat NOT buy anything made by Bose. Their speaker's quality is even rivalled by el-cheapo no-name boxes you can get for a third of the price. Logitech would be a nice choice (also, look if there are speaker sets on sale near you). Even the Creative ones (I myself own the 6700 set, 6.1) ar...
by crishan
Tue Oct 18, 2005 6:46 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Why don't we see more diesels here (edit: in the US)?
Replies: 46
Views: 7518

I fond this entry in a blog:

http://www.autoblog.com/entry/1234000007063537/#comments

the comments explain a lot about how diesel cars are seen in the US,
why fuel is cheaper/more expensive etc.

Quite a nice read.
by crishan
Tue Oct 18, 2005 5:03 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Why don't we see more diesels here (edit: in the US)?
Replies: 46
Views: 7518

So far, I can only speak for Germany: While Diesel fuel has always been considerably cheaper, you initially pay more for a Diesel-powered car, plus taxes for the cars are higher AFAIK. As a rule of thumb then, in Germany, you buy a Diesel car if you have a lot of driving around to do... Recently, th...
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