Forum: Homebuilt PC's
April 24th 21, 08:12 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 25
Views: 6,458
Monitor question
On Sat, 24 Apr 2021 01:40:24 -0400, Bill wrote:
Now, folks pay +$5 for a cup of coffee at Starbucks (I haven't been
there yet).
Me, either. Reading of Starbucks' Chinese...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
April 24th 21, 04:20 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 25
Views: 6,458
Monitor question
On Fri, 23 Apr 2021 22:49:05 -0400, Bill wrote:
I used to "deliver"
7 copies of a big city paper to your door for $1.25/week on my bicycle,
before sunup.
When I did it was...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
April 23rd 21, 05:38 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 25
Views: 6,458
Monitor question
On Fri, 23 Apr 2021 07:59:41 -0400, Bill wrote:
Between now and the next time I think I need a new monitor, I hope to
see a monitor having "VA" technology pixels (rather than...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
April 21st 21, 11:04 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 25
Views: 6,458
Monitor question
On Wed, 21 Apr 2021 17:25:52 -0400, Bill wrote:
The reviews vary, but are nonetheless a good point to start.
The spent a lot of time reviewing. The monitor I mentioned was...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
April 21st 21, 04:51 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 25
Views: 6,458
Monitor question
On Wed, 21 Apr 2021 05:21:05 -0400, Bill wrote:
The reviews vary, but are nonetheless a good point to start.
Longevity, as broken, quickly tends level all and anything...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
April 9th 21, 02:46 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,894
Bitrot
On Fri, 09 Apr 2021 07:00:14 -0400, Paul
wrote:
Writing at low temperature, increases damage to flash cells
but the data lasts longer.
Writing at high temperature, comes...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
April 9th 21, 10:59 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,894
Bitrot
Beyond variances between NAND type and design, for JEDEC claims
interpretively given unrefreshed SSD memory, within an inoperable
stasis for an least affected, pure state of hypothetical storage,...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
April 8th 21, 11:15 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 0
Views: 2,792
Alternative USB flashstick II & Looking good
USB 2.0 to 2.5inch HDD
7+15pin SATA Hard Drive
Cable Adapter For SATA SSD & HDD
$2.999999^
The 7/15pin actually means two USB connections: One USB, working in
conjunction with the other, for a PWR...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
April 2nd 21, 04:48 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,996
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
March 30th 21, 11:26 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,996
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
March 29th 21, 01:35 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 0
Views: 2,815
Bram Stokers Van Helsing (2021) Flip-off
Lot of close-ups for a limited stage, probably within budget
constraints, over as many as six actors set on given recreatively the
Victorian milieux, filmed from a few stuffy rooms in stiffed...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
March 29th 21, 05:33 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 0
Views: 2,737
Dream USB Wired Keyboard
$25 full-size wired USB keyboard
GTMX Blue Switches 101 Keys
Beyond dreams, I know, as these are "studded" keyswitches. Meaning a
swtich's two pins are inserted into studs instead of...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
March 25th 21, 06:12 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 0
Views: 2,935
128G Patriot usb flashstick ate it
Practically, seems all that's left in that Patriot is to fight to be
identified. Long enough and often enough, in any event, to drop down
to a Sandisc flashstick, half the storage at comparably...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
March 18th 21, 01:09 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,095
Fry's Electronic Out of Business!!!
On Wed, 17 Mar 2021 20:16:04 -0400, Larc
wrote:
I used to buy almost all my computer stuff from Newegg, but switched to Amazon when
price comparisons showed me they usually...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
March 18th 21, 12:45 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 11
Views: 882
Dead motherboard?
On Wed, 17 Mar 2021 19:41:12 -0400, Larc
wrote:
UPDATE: The new PSU I ordered for another machine arrived (Corsair RM650x). Connected
it in the problem PC. Still no post,...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
March 17th 21, 08:21 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,095
Fry's Electronic Out of Business!!!
On Wed, 17 Mar 2021 11:55:17 -0500, (Ant) wrote:
It's sad. Same with other stores before it: CompUSA, Egghead, Computer
City, etc. I still prefer going in to see, touch, try,...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
March 16th 21, 05:08 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 25
Views: 6,458
Monitor question
On Mon, 15 Mar 2021 23:43:51 -0400, Paul
wrote:
You select digital audio in the Windows playback options.
The word "NVidia" might be involved (because we want the...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
March 14th 21, 08:44 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 11
Views: 882
Dead motherboard?
On Sun, 14 Mar 2021 16:27:40 -0400, Larc
wrote:
Symptoms: started rebooting occasionally, progressively increasing with prior mouse
pointer fadeout or freeze (cordless and...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
March 8th 21, 03:38 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 0
Views: 577
Crucial MX SSD
About the $150 would be a good price for a 2T MX series.
Crucial's MX controller is a basic focus, presumably, lacking all but
a focus for error correction, a desultory cache token,...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
February 27th 21, 06:16 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 0
Views: 514
Creep USB
Old(er) Patriot 128G USB flashstick USB3 speed, maybe 5 years use.
Lot of fighting with it not taking between computers. Sits there with
its LED light flashing and OS doesn't recognize it. Remove...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
February 25th 21, 11:24 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 2
Views: 550
MD5 it is then
On Wed, 24 Feb 2021 22:23:19 -0500, Paul
wrote:
The collision properties of MD5 are better than CRC32.
But MD5 is no good for authentication purposes. It's been...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
February 24th 21, 09:21 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 2
Views: 550
MD5 it is then
-pastey-
supports the following hashes: MD2, MD4, MD5, CRC-32, Adler32, Gost,
Haval (128,160,192, 224, 256), SHA (1, 256, 384, 512), Tiger (128,
160, 192), RipeMD (128, 160).
Most used hashes are...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
February 24th 21, 09:54 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 2
Views: 631
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
February 22nd 21, 01:20 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 0
Views: 460
Chk that Tranny
Aside laser SPDIF madness, COAX seems preferable but an expensively
niche, as laser cables are equally TeeVee candy-wrapper territory and
closest to semi-common to computers, although,...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
February 13th 21, 11:00 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 0
Views: 506
Factor Q of Warm&Fuzzy
I've, also, another 1T SSD EVO. It's a data-system back-up, not for
an entertainment capacity, nor axiomatically of course "aired", due to
electrical NAND refresh dependence theoretically different,...
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