Re: [CGUYS] multi-core CPU's
I have an AMD dual core and use coolmon2 to watch core percent of usage and what I find fascinating is that while one application (say spybot s&d) is running and using 100% of one core and I launch another app, the second app grabs the 2nd core and my response time doesn't suffer from having the first app running. I don't know how to quantify "% increase" but anecdotally (sp?) I find great performance advantage even using a dual core for single core designed apps. Tom C > Chips are cheaper then ever, and I *only* get a 30% increase? I'll take > it. Doesn't sound like a gimmick as much as a value. > > Mike * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Shhh...
Watercooling. Still uses fans on the radiators but they are big (120mm) and only turn at about 900rpm. http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/product/Liquid/DIY/cl-w0076/cl-w0076.asp http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/product/Chassis/fulltower/tai-chi/tai_chi_index.asp OR Get a new case that will accomodate big, slow fans and go crazy with your processor cooler. http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=810 http://tinyurl.com/yuxk27 I went with Bigwater 745 cooling cpu, gpu, chipset. on an amd dual core full load cpu temp 39c and quiet as a laptop - Original Message - From: "Jay Montero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 9:46 AM Subject: [CGUYS] Shhh... > I am looking for advice on making my PC a little quieter. I gather I > need to look at replacing my case fan and power supply...? What do you > recommend that you have actually tried? (It's a Linux box in case that > makes any difference.) TIA > > > > * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== > * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== > * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name > * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST > * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L > * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress > * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ > * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/mai llist.xml > * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived > > > * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] wipefile?
Why not just take a sledge hammer to it. Does she have classified info on it? Or is it just a bunch of docs and programs? Format, sledge. - Original Message - From: "Wayne Dernoncourt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2007 6:28 PM Subject: [CGUYS] wipefile? > Girlfriend has an old system (Win98 vintage) that will be out > the door soon. She wants to destroy client files on there. > I'd just as soon not wipe the drive, just the files. I don't > know if she still has the installation CD's or not. I know > it is largely a piece of trash, but still might be useful to > someone. It would demonstrate it does work, etc. I know that > there used to be a pair of programs wipedisk/wipefile that > would securely erase the disk/file. Are those still available? > www.download.com and www.tucows.com don't seem to have anything. > > I have copied a CD's worth of MP3 I plan to copy in places to > make it impossible to get anything back. (copy CD's till > slack space is full and wipe MP3 files, wipe client files, > fill disk again with more MP3 files and wipe again, etc.) but > if the only sure way is to whack the drive, well okay. BTW, > in doing some clean up, I came across a 1GB disk drive. I'm > looking for a museum (no not a full height drive, less than > half height..). * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] USB Flash drive
Bravo ! - Original Message - From: "Rev. Stewart Marshall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 12:40 AM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] USB Flash drive > Well I got a chance to try out my fix to transfer the data. > > IT WORKED! > > I bought a cheap USB HUB at Walmart. Took the cover off, and snipped > off the wires (saved me from having to cut a perfectly good cord, > plus price was the same) > > Took the reinforced end off, and peeled back the cover of the wire. > Bought some longer Steel stick pins (I had thought of using the > original contacts, but too short and almost impossible to solder back on!) > > Bent different pins at different angles so that they would not > touch! (after of course tracing and figuring out which color went > where.) Had to use my hemostats to attach one wire as I could not > get a stick pin to solder at one contact point.) > > Had wife hold memory card, attached the cord to a USB extension cord > and immediately (well almost) it started to install the memory card. > > Had one glitch and had to start over. (had to be very still) Got > every thing transferred. > > As soon as it was done, I had wife detach cord, and then allowed > myself breath! > > Now it was simple to transfer it to a new memory stick and bagged the old one. > > $20.00 for a new memory stick and whatever I can get out of him for > time, trouble and materials. (For what they charge for drive > recovery My price will seem low.) > > Would I want to do it again NO! My fingers are not as steady as they > used to be, and I do not have a proper work bench with the proper > light. (I need one of those magnifying lights! with clips!) > > Stewart > > > At 10:30 PM 5/4/2007, you wrote: > >If you heat that chip up, there is a chance you may wipe the > >memory... I am not sure but I would think twice about soldering directly... > > > >Have you thought about holding probes firmly to the contacts while > >someone else salvages the data? > > > >db > > Rev. Stewart A. Marshall > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Prince of Peace > Ozark, AL SL 82 > > > > * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== > * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== > * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name > * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST > * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L > * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress > * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ > * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/mai llist.xml > * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived > > > * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] microsoft update
No is there a workaround for this so I don't hafta download all that again (dial-up) by copying some stuff from my desktop to my laptop ?? neebodee know? * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Passport RFID
idiot hyperbole >those > of us who have to live with a fascist administration. * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Apple Posts Record Quarterly Profit
Admittedly this is a small sample but my stat logs back up what Tony claimed 168,000 total page requests 160,700 Windows 5130 OS Unknown 1204 Mac 619 Unix 614 Linux 4 SunOS 1 Other Unix 209 Known robots In percentage terms: Windows 97.72 Unknown 1.15 MacOS .96 the rest .29 So, even assuming unknown are all Mac, 2.11% The browser stats are just as interesting (IMO) IE 155,700 Netscape /Mozilla and Netscape compatible 8630 msnbot 1191 Konqueror 421 Java 389 Opera 162 the rest (bots and spiders) 1426 Which begs the question: how much time and money SHOULD a developer or business spend making their site easily usable to 'all' browsers? - Original Message - >From: "b_s-wilk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Come on, Mark. Maybe 2% is all the Mac visitors to Tony's site. The rest > aren't interested in going there. That's his stats, not Apple's reality. > Sounds like sour grapes. * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Apple Posts Record Quarterly Profit
I don't disagree. But given the penetration that IE already has often determines by default what a developer does. - Original Message - From: "mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 11:53 AM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Apple Posts Record Quarterly Profit > The problem is there is only one browser that is mucking it up for the > rest. There is absolutely no reason why IE can't conform to standards other > then trying once again to try and leverage other companies out. There > aren't any gee wiz technologies coming from IE to warrant the issues they > cause. > > Mike > > On 7/29/07, Tom Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Which begs the question: how much time and money SHOULD > > a developer or business spend making their site easily > > usable to 'all' browsers? > > > > > > > > > > * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== > * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== > * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name > * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST > * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L > * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress > * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ > * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/mai llist.xml > * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.23/924 - Release Date: 7/28/2007 3:50 PM > > * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Apple Posts Record Quarterly Profit
> 2) It may be smarter to target who you want, rather than who you have My website is basically an order form and info site for customers. We don't use the web to solicit for customers. We provide outdoor advertising DC metro only so are uninterested in global marketing. Our customers use what they use. > 3) A significant percentage of "vistors" to websites are from bots and > crawlers looking to map your site or find vulnerabilities. While the there are lots of bots listed in my stats but in the interest of brevity, i lumped them all together They didn't support nor detract from the point I was making > 4) We don't know how accurate your detection is. Your browser stats look > very skewed. Perhaps MS wrote your logging software? I believe it is IIS raw logs Skewed how? On what do you base this? The report actually lists MSIE/6, MSIE/5, MSIE/4, MSIE/3, Mozilla/1, Mozilla/0, Netscape7, 8, 4 etc. There is actually a fair amount of detail by version. (5 different opera lisings) > If you make your site hostile to anyone not using Win IE you are creating > a self-fulfilling situation I'm not talking about actively making the website 'hostile' We've tested for IE, Netscape, Mozilla, Firefox. various versions. We've not bothered with Opera, Konqueror, etc. >The share of non-MSIE browsers in the > general population is about 25% Proffer??? : > If you think that much of the market is > insignificant you may be making a bad decision. If that is so, I agree. I just don't know where some of the statistics come from. I shared our real world experience. That's all I have to go on. We've had no (zero) calls from 3800 customers saying that the website doesn't work with their browser. * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived