The war between wetware and hardware.
The Pentagon is just old school
by Anaxagoras » Thu May 26, 2016 9:07 am
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Government spending billions to keep antique computer systems running
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Two like this from the Treasury Department ...
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Last post by ed Sat May 21, 2016 11:20 am
Don't learn to code
by Pyrrho » Sat May 14, 2016 10:09 pm
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I have a close friend who is a former Association for Computing Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest champion from Stanford. The...
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--J.D.
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Last post by Doctor X Tue May 17, 2016 7:51 pm
Satoshi Nakamoto arrested?
by Anaxagoras » Wed Dec 09, 2015 8:15 am
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And he's a white guy after all, and that's not his real name. (If, indeed, this is actually Nakamoto, the elusive creator of bitcoin).
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Craig Wright really wants you to think he invented Bitcoin. Don't believe him.
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Last post by Anaxagoras Tue May 03, 2016 11:42 am
Controller axis mapping
by gnome » Sat Apr 30, 2016 12:51 am
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Anyone really good at figuring out how to configure dual stick game controller for a PC?
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I found a package of mods and stopped there as far as improvements . From there I worked on fixing annoying issues like desktop bleed-through and fog...
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Last post by gnome Sun May 01, 2016 5:07 am
Toodaloo Yahoo
by Rob Lister » Wed Dec 02, 2015 1:05 pm
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Yahoo's board will meet later this week to discuss selling the company lock, stock, and Alibaba, sources tell the Wall Street Journal. The sources...
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Marissa Mayer has failed to stop Yahoo's downward spiral during more than three years with the company, so obviously the CEO is slated to receive a...
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Last post by Rob Lister Sun May 01, 2016 12:05 am
Malicious software attack disrupts live TV weather report.
by Grammatron » Thu Apr 28, 2016 3:44 pm
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Shitty IT department is shitty.
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Shitty IT department is shitty.
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Last post by Rob Lister Thu Apr 28, 2016 3:55 pm
USB 3.1 is here
by Rob Lister » Mon Sep 22, 2014 10:40 am
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For you tech guys out there, here it is. A day late and a dollar short, but here it is.
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Faceplamism.
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Last post by Rob Lister Thu Apr 28, 2016 12:22 pm
What's your 3-word address
by Rob Lister » Fri May 01, 2015 12:03 pm
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Every Three-Metre Square on the Planet Now Has a Unique Address
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I don't know but I still remember my three word address.
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Last post by Rob Lister Thu Apr 28, 2016 1:22 am
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Last post by Doctor X Fri Apr 22, 2016 4:51 pm
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Last post by hammegk Tue Apr 19, 2016 7:12 pm
Anybody still using Apple QuickTime for Windows?
by Rob Lister » Fri Apr 15, 2016 2:51 pm
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Google Knife the Baby
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Sometimes platform independent video software needs that bloated horror. Years ago you could do with Quicktime Alternative, which was OK, but it...
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Last post by Witness Sun Apr 17, 2016 4:10 am
serial to LAN converters
by sparks » Thu Apr 07, 2016 6:52 pm
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Has anyone ever used one of these widgets? I have a weird situation where I have unidirectional serial data (send only) and I need to put this on the...
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I wouldn't mind paying more for something that does what I need it to do. Just having a tough time pinning that down. In today's greed pig corporate...
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Last post by sparks Sat Apr 09, 2016 4:48 pm
People wising up just a little?
by Witness » Fri Apr 08, 2016 3:49 am
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People wising up just a little?
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Good test.
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Last post by Grammatron Fri Apr 08, 2016 5:32 am
LinkNYC: Gigabit Public Access
by Rob Lister » Thu Dec 31, 2015 12:03 pm
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New York is finally installing its promised public gigabit Wi-Fi
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Some of the Internet providers around here offer free WiFi for their clients. You just have to opt in and choose a password, and you become a...
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Last post by Witness Mon Apr 04, 2016 1:02 am
Getting closer to passing the Turing test
by Nyarlathotep » Thu Mar 24, 2016 7:51 pm
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I have to say, given the nature of the internet, what the fuck else did they expect?
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Wonder if she cloned herself. Wonder how many Tays are propagating across the net....
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Last post by Bruce Thu Mar 31, 2016 2:53 am
Blacklisting
by ed » Wed Mar 30, 2016 10:57 am
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Seems a domain I own has been blacklisted. I have a storefront on shopify and the credit clearinghouse (pai) found that the site has been...
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Oh, they finally caught you. Took them forever, really…
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Last post by Witness Wed Mar 30, 2016 11:41 pm
Chrome extension rewords meanie talk
by Pyrrho » Sat Mar 26, 2016 4:27 pm
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Once an insult is read, the damage is done.
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Not sure how to take that.
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Last post by Witness Sun Mar 27, 2016 2:26 am
A step closer to the implant
by Rob Lister » Wed Sep 10, 2014 11:37 am
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First, make the phone only slightly smaller than an ipad mini and somewhat impractical to whip out and use. Then, push the content to a small 1.5...
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We'll be sticking a fork in them soon ...
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Last post by Rob Lister Fri Mar 25, 2016 10:07 am
RFID blockers
by Pyrrho » Sat Mar 19, 2016 3:38 pm
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These things actually work?
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We also had to evade physical surveillance, of course, but that gets easier every time they add a new layer of
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Last post by Witness Thu Mar 24, 2016 3:36 am
Apple ransomware
by hammegk » Sun Mar 06, 2016 10:31 pm
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Is 9.0.1 subject to this problem?
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That is wise. I generally go by the 1-2-3 method as a student put it in that I have a month, a week, and a day back-up. I have learned this from...
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Last post by Doctor X Mon Mar 07, 2016 12:00 am
UK's snooper charter
by Anaxagoras » Thu Mar 03, 2016 12:20 pm
Seems they are going to keep everyone's browsing history among others. Kind of Orwellian.
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Last post by Anaxagoras Thu Mar 03, 2016 12:20 pm
Robot Technicial Support
by Rob Lister » Sun Jan 17, 2016 7:09 pm
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I ran across an article on /. today about some Chinese company that is putting their AI voice recognition software in the public domain. That is...
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Fag.
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Last post by Doctor X Wed Mar 02, 2016 6:33 am
Google did it for me.
by Rob Lister » Thu Jul 25, 2013 11:39 pm
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If you remember a thread not too far back, I was looking to build a dedicated computer to connect to my smart tv so I could use it more like a...
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bump for ed
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Last post by Rob Lister Fri Feb 26, 2016 1:29 pm
New browser
by Witness » Fri Jan 22, 2016 12:53 am
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Better, of course:
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who the hell is brandon ecke? How am I suppoed to remember his associatoin with brave !!! answer me that wise guy.
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Last post by ed Thu Feb 25, 2016 1:43 pm
Shine blocks ads at the ISP level
by Rob Lister » Wed Feb 24, 2016 2:33 pm
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Google, Yahoo clash with 'blunt' ad-blocking firm
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How about Facebook, would this affect them?
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Last post by Anaxagoras Thu Feb 25, 2016 3:42 am
Another cryptocurrency
by Witness » Mon Feb 15, 2016 5:55 am
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Ethereum Overtakes Litecoin in Market Cap after Continued Upward Trend
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All much too inscrutable for me.
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Last post by Anaxagoras Mon Feb 15, 2016 6:28 am
PDF editing
by ed » Wed Feb 10, 2016 3:53 pm
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Does anyone know a way of making a change/addition to every page rather than going it one at a time?
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If I remember well (haven't used it in years) there was an option in Acrobat to define a document-wide layer (for repeating logos, brands, &c.). So...
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Last post by Witness Sat Feb 13, 2016 6:45 am
Apple and stuff
by Pyrrho » Sun Dec 13, 2015 3:25 pm
Got the dev MacBook Pro updated to El Capitan and updated Xcode to 7.2...haven't had time to work with it yet but nothing blew up that I know of. Odd...
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Last post by Pyrrho Sun Feb 07, 2016 2:42 pm
No Ant Simulator for you
by Pyrrho » Tue Feb 02, 2016 11:41 am
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Ant Simulator game canceled after devs blow Kickstarter funds on strippers and booze
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Who here remembers SimAnt? :oldman:
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Last post by gnome Thu Feb 04, 2016 3:12 pm
Brendan Eich's latest
by Witness » Sat Jan 30, 2016 11:07 pm
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You'll give us a review, I hope?
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What did you install?
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Last post by ed Wed Feb 03, 2016 12:47 am
Massive NASA hack
by Pyrrho » Sun Jan 31, 2016 10:53 pm
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HACKERS ALLEGEDLY HIJACK DRONE AFTER MASSIVE BREACH AT NASA
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No better vibe in the galaxy, Slick.
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Last post by Pyrrho Mon Feb 01, 2016 12:23 am
VPN
by Pyrrho » Mon Jan 25, 2016 12:25 am
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The Cisco VPN I use to connect to the work servers is plugging along at 20.4 kb/second as I copy a 12 meg file to the server.
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Freezing your drive always works for me.
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Last post by ed Mon Jan 25, 2016 11:38 am
Wiccan Antivirus
by Pyrrho » Mon Jan 18, 2016 12:03 am
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When nasty viruses infect the computers of folks up in Northern California, Reverend Joey Talley is on it.
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Aw! Medical/biological terminology. Effectively, then anything becomes possible. I'm disappoint… :(
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Last post by Witness Wed Jan 20, 2016 7:11 am
Trend Micro flaw
by Pyrrho » Wed Jan 13, 2016 1:39 am
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Basically a fatal flaw that would allow an attacker to trivially access your passwords and encrypted content, etc.
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That would be a Nope.
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Last post by Pyrrho Wed Jan 13, 2016 11:42 am
What do you guys do for backup?
by ed » Tue Jan 05, 2016 9:39 pm
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curious.
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But . . . if it were a Mac !!11!!1
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Last post by Doctor X Mon Jan 11, 2016 5:15 am
It broke!
by asthmatic camel » Sun Nov 01, 2015 6:13 pm
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My all-singing, all-dancing, did things before I even turned it on PC broke. :(
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Here's an recent article about the suitability of Linux for the desktop
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Last post by Rob Lister Sat Jan 09, 2016 3:02 pm
27 inch Tablet
by Nyarlathotep » Fri Jan 08, 2016 4:19 pm
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So I just saw an ad for something called the Yoga, which is a 27 inch tablet.
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Funny, long ago when I upgraded my Mac to the awesomeness that induces pregnancy in all of Your Moms® I looked at the 15 Macbook Pro which had a...
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Last post by Doctor X Fri Jan 08, 2016 5:02 pm
Machine wont power on
by ed » Tue Jan 05, 2016 12:16 pm
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it had sorta powered down on its own a couple of times recently. This am it won't go on. The fan works for a second then nada. Something to reset ot...
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power supply. Getting it fixed. Really got to get that backup stuff sussed out.
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Last post by ed Wed Jan 06, 2016 3:27 pm
JavaScript ransomware
by Pyrrho » Wed Jan 06, 2016 1:52 am
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Run that NoScript, kiddies.
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Run that NoScript, kiddies.
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Last post by Doctor X Wed Jan 06, 2016 2:07 am
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Last post by Pyrrho Sat Dec 19, 2015 9:11 pm
NSA spying
by ed » Wed Dec 16, 2015 7:03 pm
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Give me ways to defeat the nsa spying. Say I want to communicate with the French without anyone knowing. I figure I could go to Goodwill and pick up...
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The problem with TOR is the relatively small number of servers that facilitate it. If someone sets up or controls a large number of accommodating TOR...
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Last post by Rob Lister Fri Dec 18, 2015 3:53 pm
Firefox 64
by Rob Lister » Wed Dec 16, 2015 12:15 pm
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Not sure what good it is but it is out there.
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I don't understand... it's 32 more... of what PCs crave...
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Last post by gnome Wed Dec 16, 2015 4:56 pm
Ada
by Witness » Thu Dec 10, 2015 6:20 pm
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No, not the language…
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Asked girlfriend to clean his keyboard?
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Last post by Witness Sun Dec 13, 2015 11:36 pm
SEO
by ed » Mon Nov 30, 2015 1:04 pm
alt image names
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Last post by ed Mon Nov 30, 2015 1:04 pm
Cop body cams preinstalled with Conficker
by Pyrrho » Mon Nov 16, 2015 9:35 pm
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According to a blog post published last week by security firm iPower, multiple police cams manufactured by Martel Electronics came pre-installed with...
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Detailed article here:
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Last post by Pyrrho Thu Nov 26, 2015 1:53 pm
Happy 30th Birthday Windows!
by Rob Lister » Sat Nov 21, 2015 11:26 am
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On November 20, 1985, Microsoft shipped the first version of Windows 1.01, building off the success of MS-DOS and adding a graphical layer to...
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Mentioned this before but my opticians are still running XP Pro. I fear my poor eyesight records may be hacked by Anonymous and the Russian Mafia.
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Last post by asthmatic camel Sun Nov 22, 2015 3:27 am
Tips for reducing video game motion sickness?
by gnome » Thu Sep 01, 2011 2:46 pm
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I enjoy a good FPS on the PC. A lot better than on consoles actually since I can aim with far better speed and precision using a mouse than a...
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Didn't happen with HL: Source, didn't happen with Portal. What the heck's going on?
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Last post by gnome Tue Nov 17, 2015 5:44 pm
USB cable reviews
by Pyrrho » Sun Nov 15, 2015 2:25 pm
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Not all USB cables meet specs. Shock horror.
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Benson Leung has been busy.
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