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purrkur wrote:Update

Looks like it's time to find a new board manufacturer. Because I sure ain't building anything with an ECS board in it! Anyone have any thoughts on what boards they are going to use in the future?

Billl

I'd rather build my own usually. But if I have to pick a name brand then HP wins hands down.


Billl

That just plain sucks!


Billl

davd_bob wrote:
NNNOOOOOOOOO,

Guys,
Be nice.
Otherwise the OOH flamewar, I mean, discussion is down the hall.

I don't see this as a flame war at all. Were just expressing our opinions. We just don't agree on a lot of things


Billl

In this article, The Inquirer asks why HT isn't a part of Intels future roadmap. I for one have always regarded HT as a marketing driven technology (similar to the GHz race that intel pushed with the P4 marketing) so I am not surprised to see this happening. Acually you couldn't be more wrong. If y...

Cable 4mb down, about 25k up.


billl

OK, so what do I think about overclocking, heat generation and general performance? I would say that Intel and AMD are pretty identical there but hear me out before anybody starts taking this personally! Gee you couldn't be refering to me, now could you? LOL If you are looking at very old CPU's I t...

I see we've got a few people here who are real tightasses about the whole wireless security thing. Actually my intent wasn't to come off as a "tight ass" about this. I was trying to make a point here! If someone comes to your house and sees no one around and your door is open is it ok if they just ...

On Friday morning I left from Montreal to Toronto. It is about a 7 hour drive if you obey the speed limits (enough on that topic). To make a long, boring, story short: I need to check my email... The house that I'm at in Toronto (my friend’s house) has a wireless network. Great! I can use my laptop...

So... If I come by your home and your car has the keys in it, can I take it? :) that's never stoipped alot of theieves.... if the keys are in it.. they'll take it... thats like putting candy in front of a baby and expecting the baby not to eat it... c'mon now How you can equate these two is beyond ...

purrkur wrote:Whatever....

lol all that for a whatever. Guess I made my point!

Billl

If you would have bothered reading everything I wrote then you would realise that you are blowing hot air for no reason. I too realise that the security surrounding wireless networks are pretty easy to crack (yes, even WPA is not a challenge to certain tools out there now). But I wrote, and I quote...

The way I see it is simple. If the network is not secured at all and the "user" was able to connect by simply saying "connect to this unsecure network" then I don't see the crime. Either the owner of the wireless was an idiot for not reading the manual and making sure that his network was secure or...

Kinda gives a new meaning to crashing!


Billl

Billl, I don't remember who but one of the regulars was using the same trick in his signature last year. It is scarry, in a zombie sort of way, that the ISP and IP address are that easy to see. My boss would have a cow if he ever saw that sig. lol Edit: I just ran across a onelegdis post. He uses t...

hmmmm

I tend to agree with you Dave. Intel does indeed under rate their chips. I've spent a lot of time overclocking Intel chips and i have to say they are very reliable even when pushed hard. I have a Celeron 533 that was OC'ed for over 3 years with no problems at all. The machine I'm typing this on is a...

Just found this link and thought I'd share it will the gamers on here.
http://www.hothardware.com/viewarticle. ... icleid=689


Billl

You think your system is noisy now? Try a couple of these out!
http://www.hexus.net/content/reviews/re ... 9JRD0xMjE3



Billl

I agree on the bad performance of the C3. But they are interesting because they need much less power than dual Celerons. Passive cooling shouldn't be an issue. BUT the newer C3 chips need Tualatin-compatible boards. So I guess they would not work on the BP6. I still fail to see the point? Want to u...

I can't figure out why you would want to? Have you ever used a Via chip? I have their 1.2 Gig performance (actual speed 800Mhz) processor. The thing is a dog! My Cellery 366 OC'ed to 550 runs rings around it! It literally does a S.E.T.I. work unit in half the time as the C4. And forget over clocking...

Ok here is my list for what it's worth: Cable connection with all machines connected to a 10/100 lan. Multiple switches all over my basement. 1> P4 2.8C oc'ed to 3.3 1 GIG of OCZ PC3700. ABit Ic7-g mb. ATI AIW 9600 Vid 160 & 250 GIG hds. Does 15 - 18 S.E.T.I. wu's per day. 2> (2)AMD 2800+ refirb HP...

I'm not sure I buy the whole bandwidth sharing thing. I could possibly buy it with a switch but not with a hub. Since the connection rate usually boils down to the lowest common denominator. That of course being your 10mb nic.


Billl

I've got 8 actually running at the moment with probably 9 more going online as soon as I get time to set them up. One is still in the "I'm building it stage". One I just won on an auction, waiting for it to arrive. The rest are all here in sort of running order. Just need time to work on them and to...

Great news! How much did you pay for it? 40 Bucks. Does this mean you wil be starting that Linux tutorial in the near future? My original thought was to start the tutorial once Debian released Sarge (Debian 3.1) but after trying out SimplyMepis Linux I thought that I might as well use that instead ...