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Mouser's Zone / Re: Im going to be mostly away from the internet this week (Aug 29 - Sep 2, 2011)

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 31, 2011, 08:10 AM »

Me at the lake with niece #2: (see attachment in previous post)

-mouser (August 31, 2011, 05:52 AM)

She's a big girl and you're smaller than I imagined!

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Living Room / Re: I know I've got a dose of absenteeism... but it's going to get worse

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 30, 2011, 04:15 PM »

I was going to say have a blistering good time but then I thought...

You'll both see life through a different lens after this trip 

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Living Room / Re: Goodnight Irene

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 28, 2011, 08:14 AM »

Which is to say no excitement beyond what a Nor'easter provides.

-40hz (August 28, 2011, 07:43 AM)

Good to learn that you're safe!

Irene's been waiting six years to make a comeback.

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Living Room / Re: Good Free Windows Grammar Checker?

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 26, 2011, 09:29 PM »

You can enable additional checks via the options menu cranio, i think they include grammar stuff.

-justice (August 26, 2011, 03:11 PM)

Aha! All that I tried was their demonstration.

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Living Room / Re: Good Free Windows Grammar Checker?

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 26, 2011, 12:12 PM »

I just tried After the Deadline.

Entering

My brother, and me go to the game yesterday?

returned the result, "No writing errors were found."

 

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Living Room / Re: Good Free Windows Grammar Checker?

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 25, 2011, 10:41 PM »

I'm always mixing my tenses.  Looks like I need a grammar checker.  Anyone know anything for Windows7 that's fast, light and effective?

-MilesAhead (August 25, 2011, 10:30 PM)

No good asking me, I didn't know.

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DonationCoder.com Newsletters / Re: --> Newsletter for August 21st, 2011 - "What's New With You?!"

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 21, 2011, 04:56 PM »

Nice to see you create this for us, Stephen66515: well done 

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: EaseUS Todo Backup Free has USB 3.0 support

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 21, 2011, 11:26 AM »

This is the dock...Seems like NEC driver is too common to ignore I would think.  That's what SIIG card uses, NEC chips and Windows driver.

-MilesAhead (August 20, 2011, 10:54 PM)

Thanks, I have USB3 on the board (NEC)
Took a preliminary look for a blacX USB3 'locally' but other events distracted me 

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Living Room / Re: Undervolting -- my hands are thanking me

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 20, 2011, 10:42 PM »

Nice one!

I hope it's easy to revert, come the winter 

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: EaseUS Todo Backup Free has USB 3.0 support

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 20, 2011, 10:19 PM »

Thanks for the word, MilesAhead.
Which SIIG USB 3.0 docks are you using? (I think you told us in another topic but...)

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Living Room / Re: how does your <insert device here> stack up?

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 20, 2011, 02:44 PM »

I think Target is just whipping up an excuse...

-Shades (August 20, 2011, 05:41 AM)

In lieu of nagging?

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Living Room / Re: how does your <insert device here> stack up?

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 20, 2011, 03:30 AM »

it was past my bedtime, so I had to go homer for the day

I'm here now, but you guys a-chilles me

-Target (August 20, 2011, 03:08 AM)

Still being odd I see - something of a heel, in fact.

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Living Room / Re: how does your <insert device here> stack up?

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 19, 2011, 11:21 PM »

Clearly, you're from the land of Oz.

-cranioscopical (August 18, 2011, 07:51 PM)

neigh, I'll not fall into your trap

I would have thought Troy

-Target (August 18, 2011, 08:13 PM)

There you go again, playing follow the Leda!

-cranioscopical (August 18, 2011, 09:02 PM)

Indeed, I'd go to helen back

-Target (August 18, 2011, 09:14 PM)

Time to stop horsing about!

-cranioscopical (August 19, 2011, 01:16 AM)

-Target (August 19, 2011, 01:49 AM)

Have you something to say or is this one of those meaningful silences?

-cranioscopical (August 19, 2011, 02:50 AM)

maybe he just stopped horsing about

-tomos (August 19, 2011, 03:16 AM)

Do you think mesohippus to believe that? 

-cranioscopical (August 19, 2011, 07:47 AM)

Just wanted to join in 

-Stephen66515 (August 19, 2011, 06:26 PM)

That's the mane thing!

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Living Room / Re: how does your <insert device here> stack up?

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 19, 2011, 07:47 AM »

Clearly, you're from the land of Oz.

-cranioscopical (August 18, 2011, 07:51 PM)

neigh, I'll not fall into your trap

I would have thought Troy

-Target (August 18, 2011, 08:13 PM)

There you go again, playing follow the Leda!

-cranioscopical (August 18, 2011, 09:02 PM)

Indeed, I'd go to helen back

-Target (August 18, 2011, 09:14 PM)

Time to stop horsing about!

-cranioscopical (August 19, 2011, 01:16 AM)

-Target (August 19, 2011, 01:49 AM)

Have you something to say or is this one of those meaningful silences?

-cranioscopical (August 19, 2011, 02:50 AM)

maybe he just stopped horsing about

-tomos (August 19, 2011, 03:16 AM)

Do you think mesohippus to believe that? 

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Living Room / Re: how does your <insert device here> stack up?

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 19, 2011, 02:50 AM »

Clearly, you're from the land of Oz.

-cranioscopical (August 18, 2011, 07:51 PM)

neigh, I'll not fall into your trap

I would have thought Troy

-Target (August 18, 2011, 08:13 PM)

There you go again, playing follow the Leda!

-cranioscopical (August 18, 2011, 09:02 PM)

Indeed, I'd go to helen back

-Target (August 18, 2011, 09:14 PM)

Time to stop horsing about!

-cranioscopical (August 19, 2011, 01:16 AM)

-Target (August 19, 2011, 01:49 AM)

Have you something to say or is this one of those meaningful silences?

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Living Room / Re: when is a cable not a cable - when it's a DVI-D

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 19, 2011, 02:48 AM »

And does the 2 meter cable still now work with the 30"?

Looks as if you might need a repeater.

You're not having much fun with this machine, are you? 

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Living Room / Re: how does your <insert device here> stack up?

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 19, 2011, 01:16 AM »

Clearly, you're from the land of Oz.

-cranioscopical (August 18, 2011, 07:51 PM)

I would have thought Troy

-Target (August 18, 2011, 08:13 PM)

There you go again, playing follow the Leda!

-cranioscopical (August 18, 2011, 09:02 PM)

Indeed, I'd go to helen back

-Target (August 18, 2011, 09:14 PM)

Time to stop horsing about!

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Living Room / Re: how does your <insert device here> stack up?

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 18, 2011, 09:02 PM »

Clearly, you're from the land of Oz.

-cranioscopical (August 18, 2011, 07:51 PM)

I would have thought Troy

-Target (August 18, 2011, 08:13 PM)

There you go again, playing follow the Leda!

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Living Room / Re: how does your <insert device here> stack up?

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 18, 2011, 07:51 PM »

Here I have the latest model that stacks up perfectly...the iBrick

-Shades (August 18, 2011, 04:31 PM)

Those only come in gold right?

 

-Stoic Joker (August 18, 2011, 04:57 PM)

Don't you feel gilty about that?

-cranioscopical (August 18, 2011, 05:49 PM)

Not an ounce...

-Stoic Joker (August 18, 2011, 05:58 PM)

Clearly, you're from the land of Oz.

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Living Room / Re: how does your <insert device here> stack up?

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 18, 2011, 05:49 PM »

Here I have the latest model that stacks up perfectly...the iBrick

-Shades (August 18, 2011, 04:31 PM)

Those only come in gold right?

 

-Stoic Joker (August 18, 2011, 04:57 PM)

Don't you feel gilty about that?

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Living Room / Re: how does your <insert device here> stack up?

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 18, 2011, 02:43 PM »

"A rolling stone gathers no moss".

-kyrathaba (August 18, 2011, 06:09 AM)

Fans of Kate can get the spin-off model, The Slab. Or, for the daring, watch for the soon-to-be-released addition to the range, The Boulder.

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Living Room / Re: how does your <insert device here> stack up?

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 17, 2011, 10:39 PM »

I think I'll get a stone, because they're super durable, ecconomical, and never need charging. 

-Stoic Joker (August 17, 2011, 07:35 PM)

Stone rocks!

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Living Room / Re: Steam: Savior or Slayer of PC Gaming?

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 17, 2011, 10:37 PM »

Thanks Lashiec and lanux128.
I'll digest that now and get it wrong later 

Much appreciated!

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Living Room / Re: Steam: Savior or Slayer of PC Gaming?

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 17, 2011, 06:39 PM »

So, Steam experts...

Computer A has game C with 300 hours of game play.

Computer B has the same game C but with only 5 hours of game play.

Both machines use the same Steam account/user/login

Can I use the Steam interface to back up a game that is installed on computer A and then use the Steam interface to restore that same game to computer B?
The backup and restore would be to/from an external drive.

I want computer B to end up with game C and 300 hours of game play, the same as computer A.

If so, are there any pitfalls to avoid?

Thanks for your advice!

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Living Room / Re: Samsung hard drives - don't buy them unless you like subliminal mental torture

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 17, 2011, 06:22 PM »

I've ordered the mini hungers and the surgical tubing so I'll see what works best. The Antec case I'm using has sliding trays to put he drives in, so I think it will be easy to rig up some kind of hard drive hammock.

-nudone (August 17, 2011, 05:29 PM)

At  least you won't put on weight!