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- AMD X2 or Intel Core 2?
- I'm replacing my 2 yr old gaming PC which is an Athlon 64 3800+ single core, Asus A8N SLI, 2GB RAM, Geforce 6600GT. With games like Supreme Commander beginning to tax my current system I figure that it is time to upgrade.I have already bought a GeForce 8800 GTS (I...
- Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., AMD Athlon, mjwx, amd, hardware, intel, Intel Core 2 Duo
- Discussion threads 2007-02-21
- I'd like to thank the TR staff for all their hard work with the new site
- With all the threads floating about with people complaining we tend to forget that people worked very hard for the new look, and people are still working hard (I'm sure our complaining is helping, possibly), I noticed a change to the forums page and I
- Tags: Games, mjwx, knob, Kudos
- Discussion threads 2006-11-05
- Can I use two SLI video cards independently in order to use a third monitor
- From what I've read on Nvidia forums yes, but I haven't been able to find the specifics. I'm hoping someone who knows a bit more about hardware than I do can help me out.OK the scenario, Worker A wants a third monitor but the only way to do this with...
- Tags: hardware, mjwx, monitor, NVidia Corp., sli, third monitor, three monitors, video, video card, whining users
- Discussion threads 2006-10-26
- Dying Hard Drives
- I’ve got a WD 200GB SATA disk on its last legs, BIOS sometimes will not pick it up, sometimes it does and the disk wont boot in to either of my OS's, just sits there with a blank screen. This disk has 2 windows installs on it but the active...
- Tags: active partition, disk, hard drive, hardware, mjwx, window
- Discussion threads 2006-10-12
- And I thought we Aussies were getting shafted, spare a though for the poms
- And I thought we Aussies were getting shafted, spare a though for the pomsPetrol prices in Perth are around AU$1.30 a litre, which is about US$4.00 a gallon but in London they are US$6.30 a gallon.http://tinyurl.com/j7q6bThe British were only beaten by HK and Norway (probably a few others who weren’t...
- Tags: beach, fuel prices, shafting, imperial to metric error, mjwx, off-topic, Aussies, Neil
- Discussion threads 2006-07-24
- Has the world lost its funny bone?
- Has the world lost its funny bone?According to legendary comedian John Cleese modern comedians are struggling to produce good comedy.http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,19453020-421,00.htmlI am inclined to agree with Cleese. I am a fan of good comedy (Stand-up, Sketch, Britcom) but recently I haven’t seen much good comedy. I don’t watch a lot of...
- Tags: comedian, comedy, AUSTRALIAN, humour, john cleese, funny bone, mjwx, off-topic, British Comedy
- Discussion threads 2006-06-14
- The number of the beast
- Today tomorrow for you yanks is the 6th of June 2006 or 6/6/6. Although I missed 6:06:06 6/6/06 this morning.To celebrate this milestone Hell Michigan is planning some festivities.http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,19364690-13762,00.htmlhope NeverBusted fills us inas he lives there.I am thinking of swinging buy, as I have to go down to Clarkston for...
- Tags: Neverbusted
- Discussion threads 2006-06-05
- Replacing Spam filter. Any sugestions.
- We're replacing our UCE management system. I’ve started looking at something from GFI or Symantec but I was wondering what else people would recommend. We are using MS exchange 2003 SBS.BarracudaI have used Barracuda spam firewall at two companies now and they truly are a "Ronco like" appliance you set...
- Tags: Barracuda Spam Firewall, exchange, spam, uce, Postini Corp., mjwx, networking, AppRiver, server, spam filter
- Discussion threads 2006-05-09
- The religious fist stops where the legal face begins
- The religious fist stops where the legal face beginsThis part of a discussion recently started by Stargazerr which referred dealing with foreign religious customs within our own countries. I would like to focus on this aspect and hear what people have to say.I’ll begin, the title I have chosen sum’s...
- Tags: religion, law, state and church, maxwell edison, Islamic Law, mjwx, off-topic, legal face
- Discussion threads 2006-04-28
- I'm sure most high schoolers dont consider this punishment
- http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,18902696-38196,00.htmlI can't speak for Perthbut in the upper North Shore of Sydney where I live -- and where there are a number of girls private schools as well as public shcools -- I think that most 13-year-olds would find this offensive and their parents would most certainly throw a pink...
- Tags: mjwx
- Discussion threads 2006-04-24
- The last time Brittan sent a prince to war
- The last time Brittan sent a prince to warWeren’t they invading France? Price Harry wants to go to war. Will history repeat?http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,18904474-401,00.htmlSurely there's nothing easier to spot than a red nut in camo.Nopehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Andrew,_Duke_of_YorkShows how little you knowActually, France frequntly sends troops into other countries, mainly to deal with civil wars...
- Tags: civilian casualty, troop, FRENCH, oddly enough, prince harry, war with france, france surrendering, red nuts, mjwx, off-topic, casualty
- Discussion threads 2006-04-24
- Do we really need a War on Grandma's?
- http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,18728770-401,00.htmlNot grandmas just dumb old activistsThe article was not all that clear, and being and Aussie I don't know the actual legislation discussed, but it implied that the restriction on protests etc was only applied to the immediate location of certain facilities. This would create an effective no go area...
- Tags: mjwx
- Discussion threads 2006-04-05
- That will cost you your soul
- Man tries to sell soul onlinehttp://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,18728424-13762,00.htmlI would ask if this guy is selling his integrity and brainnext but I strongly suspect they have already gone.
- Tags: mjwx
- Discussion threads 2006-04-05
- Alternate Apps for corperate desktop use.
- Hi everybody,I have seen a lot of talk about alternate apps (particularly in the Win vs. Nix debates) and it got me thinking maybe there are some alternates I can switch to in the corporate environment. So I think to myself why not put the question out there. This might...
- Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer, xp, mac, ms, nix, alternative browsers, mjwx, hardware, desktop, Mac-user
- Discussion threads 2006-04-03
- Friday Yuk
- Friday YukHi everyone,Shame I couln't put this straght into my post but.http://members.westnet.com.au/mjwx/I dont have the Internet on at home at the moment I have dialup but no modem as I got my ADSL cut off becuase I am moving soon. So I will not be back until monday (sunday for...
- Tags: mjwx
- Discussion threads 2006-03-23
- If Poms have no sense of humor, What does this say about canada?
- If Poms have no sense of humor, What does this say about canada?Oh canada! "Consumption of [b]unbranded[/b] alcohol."http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,18561387-421,00.htmlYeah, we've got our share of narrow minded whackoes but...........most of the world thinks of Canadians as meek, mild and nice and polite; me being the exception, of course. At least the world...
- Tags: alcohol, beer, bloody, canada, Canadian Beer, Labatt, mjwx, Molson, off-topic
- Discussion threads 2006-03-21
- Firebreathing
- FirebreathingThe presidents' first name made me think of this one:A vagrant is roaming the countryside and arrives at an inn, called George and the Dragon, which looks nice, so he decides to try his luck. The door is closed so he knocks. A woman opens the door. He asks :...
- Tags: dentist, extraction, friday yuk, George W. Bush, MI-6, mjwx, off-topic, Scotsman, vagrant
- Discussion threads 2006-03-03
- Mac Problem, fonts preventing office for mac's 2004 from loading
- Every time the user starts word, excel ETC... It comes up with this error message entourage is not affected. “The font is corrupt and should be removed.”This happens for all 200 odd fonts have to force quit. User is using office for Mac’s 2004. No other programs are affected....
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, bms, font, hardware, mac, Microsoft Office, mjwx, office for mac
- Discussion threads 2006-02-20
- when I said I wanted to go for a spin!
- http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,18177025-13762,00.html
- Tags: mjwx
- Discussion threads 2006-02-16
- automate ssl password entry at startup
- I have a Linux box (fedora core 1) running Nagios monitoring our websites from a remote location. I need a way to automatically run a few commands the Nagios and apache start commands and put in the apache SSL certificate password during startup in the case that the box loses...
- Tags: linux, mjwx, password, security, SSL
- Q&A 2006-02-02
