A question regarding LAG/Ping on game servers.

2015-07-03 Thread Wayne D
I have a question regarding ping times in game servers: I've noticed when playing several online games that ping times go up as more players connect. I also run a small game server here at my house and have witnessed this issue first-hand. The processing overhead of the game is actually quite

Re: printer opinions

2016-01-24 Thread Wayne D
(I) have switched to "Brother" exclusively (3 lasers, 1 inkjet and a ADS-2000 scanner. They all have performed flawlessly with no jams. Inkjets SUCK if you don't use them consistently. The latent ink in the heads and tubes dry out and trash the printer. If ever I decide (I) need color again, (

Re: film/slide scanner

2016-02-20 Thread Wayne D
ADDITIONAL INFO: You REALLY need to invest in: Canned air or THIS: https://tinyurl.com/jtbabt8 and a GOOD lens brush to clean the slides, Pix, etc. Like THIS: https://tinyurl.com/joxqg8o EVERY little speck WILL show up in your scan. Doing a quality job WILL be time consuming. On 02/20/2016

Domain Name / Hosting

2016-02-21 Thread Wayne D
About to set up a domain name and hosting. Small "personal" website type thing. Until now, I've always used Godaddy. But they seem expensive now.' Better Alternatives? --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, un

Re: Domain Name / Hosting

2016-02-22 Thread Wayne D
hing (I) do not like about GoDaddy is the endless up-sell B$. It's one of the reasons I'm considering jumping ship. On 02/21/2016 11:27 AM, Wayne D wrote: > About to set up a domain name and hosting. Small "personal" website type > thing. > > Until now, I'

To Tux or not to Tux

2016-04-18 Thread Wayne D
The EXISTING scenario: Win 7 machine with stability issues that are most likely due to a combination of gremlins that this user attracts like dust to a mop over a period of 6 to 9 months of use. Data corruption is a possibility, Virii and other nasties are most likely lurking as well. I sus

Re: To Tux or not to Tux

2016-04-19 Thread Wayne D
On 04/19/2016 08:39 AM, Steve Litt wrote: On Mon, 18 Apr 2016 23:18:49 -0700 Wayne D wrote: The EXISTING scenario: Win 7 machine with stability issues that are most likely due to a combination of gremlins that this user attracts like dust to a mop over a period of 6 to 9 months of use

Re: To Tux or not to Tux (VM's)

2016-04-19 Thread Wayne D
On 04/19/2016 10:15 AM, Michael Butash wrote: Use virtualbox with "seamless" mode, all the windoze apps run windowed to be less annoying overall, and you can hide the disgrace mostly of still using it. :) 1 vote each for VirtualBox and QEMU Pro's and Con's of each?

Re: To Tux or not to Tux

2016-04-19 Thread Wayne D
It's reassuring to see that people have given the thumbs-up to my solution. Confirms for me that my line of thought is sound. THANKS EVERYONE for your input! :-) On 04/19/2016 03:58 PM, Brian Cluff wrote: I'm a big fan of running a hybid environment exactly the way you describe. It lets

Re: To Tux or not to Tux

2016-04-19 Thread Wayne D
27;s only using the system for strictly the bare minimum, the likelihood of getting an infection is slim to none. Brian Cluff On 04/19/2016 05:04 PM, Wayne D wrote: Just so (I) am clear on this: A VM setup this way cannot get winblows updates either... correct? It would literally be

Re: To Tux or not to Tux

2016-04-19 Thread Wayne D
On 04/19/2016 09:18 PM, Stephen Partington wrote: The UI has this built in just do media manager Cannot change the type of medium '/blah/blah/blah.vdi' because it is attached to 1 virtual machines. Hmm --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-di

Re: To Tux or not to Tux

2016-04-19 Thread Wayne D
On 04/19/2016 09:18 PM, Stephen Partington wrote: The UI has this built in just do media manager Cannot change the type of medium '/blah/blah/blah/something.vdi' because it is attached to 1 virtual machines. Hmmm --- PLUG-discuss mailing li

Re: To Tux or not to Tux

2016-04-19 Thread Wayne D
Got it figured out. This is promising and may just put me out of a job... LOL On 04/19/2016 09:56 PM, Wayne D wrote: On 04/19/2016 09:18 PM, Stephen Partington wrote: The UI has this built in just do media manager Cannot change the type of medium '/blah/blah/blah/somethin

Re: To Tux or not to Tux (VM's)

2016-04-20 Thread Wayne D
The images are win 7,8,10 THANKS NATHAN! On 04/20/2016 09:39 AM, Nathan England wrote: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/tools/vms/linux/ --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubs

Re: kwrite question

2016-05-03 Thread Wayne D
ONE way is to paste it to straight text file - right click your desktop, create a "NEW TEXT DOCUMENT" (NOT KWRITE), copy FROM that file to paste buffer, paste to kwrite. THAT should strip any "coding". On 05/03/2016 04:11 PM, j...@actionline.com wrote: When I cut and paste from google search r

Re: SSD & Linux

2016-06-22 Thread Wayne D
The Magician software doesn't work on ALL Samsung drives. Just specific models. Look this up on the Samsung site. On 06/22/2016 05:26 PM, Steve Litt wrote: On Wed, 22 Jun 2016 11:08:07 -0700 Lyle Tuttle wrote: Got a new SSD to update my laptop.Samsung 850 EVO -- looks like the softw

Re: An Internet Giveaway to the U.N.

2016-08-29 Thread Wayne D
8 years ago, when Obama was elected the buzz HERE was how it was wonderful, he'll bring change. 8 years ago, MY reply was: "You people are going to get exactly what you deserve. The only problem (I) have is that (I) will get what YOU deserve as well." On 08/28/2016 09:06 PM, David Schwartz

Re: Ham Radio - RF Amplifier

2016-09-13 Thread Wayne D
Consider a higher gain antenna. On 09/13/2016 11:23 AM, Anon Anon wrote: Any one have any recommendations for a 70cm amp for a Yaesu VX7R HT? I need to be able to hit a repeater I can't reach with my current power outage. Thanks. --- PLUG-d

Re: Ham Radio - RF Amplifier

2016-09-13 Thread Wayne D
Cant use a yagi? HUGE gain from those. On 09/13/2016 02:50 PM, Anon Anon wrote: I upgraded the antenna to a diamond. I can receive great but am just too quiet. On Sep 13, 2016 14:49, "Wayne D" mailto:wayda...@centurylink.net>> wrote: Consider a higher gain antenna.

Re: Ham Radio - RF Amplifier

2016-09-13 Thread Wayne D
nt_id=7&crlp=103174336011_1607&MT_ID=69&device=c&rlsatarget=kwd-8246250037&keyword=70cm+amplifier&geo_id=10232&poi=&crdt=0&ul_noapp=true On 09/13/2016 02:50 PM, Anon Anon wrote: I upgraded the antenna to a diamond. I can receive great but am just too quiet.