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If you end up needing to put together a whole new system, I would go for an AMD APU system (A10 or A8). They're pretty much built for HTPC use, since they have a relatively powerful integrated GPU and a quad-core CPU at a solid clock speed.
I like it.
I know it sounds strange but I really like having a stopwatch on my arm again.
Does anyone have any app suggestions?
Satans..... hints.....
so you can always be sure that mars is rocky and barren
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https://apps.getpebble.com/en_US/application/5425b1b2f8ab4100cb0000e1
And when you're here for PAX, there are a couple of Melbourne public transport apps for the Pebble available as well (including a tram tracker one).
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Go to your phone's 'Settings' and find the 'About device' option (on mine it's under 'More'). In that, look for 'Android version', and then tap on that a bunch. Should give you a circle, tap on that a couple of times until it changes, then hold your finger on it and there you go!
Google stick an easter-egg in the same place with each new OS.
Ooooh, I knew about that, but what I hadn't done was hold my finger down on the lollipop that appears. Cool!
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They're laying off 18,000 workers in total, which just so happens to be about 18% of their workforce. Edit: It looks like these ~8,000 are additional layoffs above and beyond the 18,000.
Sounds like they're about to undertake a massive reorganization and make major changes to their business model. I hope that this doesn't signal the complete end of Windows Phone, I was really looking forward to that platform growing after the launch of Windows 10.
the current Lumia is old as dirt by phone standards
if I had to guess, there was a big Lumia launch planned for Windows 10, and the phone department whiffed on the launch date. So they get the boot.
I've already ordered some more SDR RAM, now I'm exploring graphics card options. The Rage 3D Pro isn't exactly a bad card, but it sounds like there are much better options out there.
Those were the days
Am I right on point 2 here?
I don't think we need a NAS, because it's just backup, so I would just buy a reasonably sized external drive. Maybe the one recommended by The Wirecutter. 2.5" should be fine, because I'd rather put it in a drawer somewhere and take it out every two weeks for backup and I don't really care about speed.
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Unless you also want to back up videos, in which case totally get a super big external drive.
Now that you mention it, there are videos, of course. But I'm more concerned with reliability, since this is for a backup. Just from my anecdotal experience flash drives fail more often. Like, the one you linked has 4 stars on Amazon which is pretty good, but there are 13% 1 star reviews and most of them complain about it randomly dying.
But that's also why I'm asking, I don't know if this is true in general. Hard drives obviously also fail, but at least if it's just the controller you can usually get the drive itself out.
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And hard drives have moving, mechanical parts which are more likely to fail. ;) I think it's a wash at the end of it all - no single backup method is perfect, which is why you always have multiple backups in multiple locations (which is what it seems like you're doing!). For your purposes, lots of storage at dirt cheap prices (~$100 for 2TB) sounds like it's preferable.
So as long as someone regularly gets them off the phone, it can then sync between the two computers.
In terms of true back up security my setup is not prefect as they are both on site. If you want to be thorough with this, you could set it up at your parents also, or just invest in cloud storage.
Satans..... hints.....
Since upgrading my camera I've been burning through storage space with multiple 1080p/25fps videos, so I need the 1tb, but the 100gb is incredibly reasonable value, too.
Starsiege Tribes at 160FPS
the good old days
now I can pay $300 for a GPU and I'm still going to get shit on by particle effects and post processing
The original PII computer that my parents bought is long gone, and I'm trying hard to remember how we upgraded that PC. I was like 9 at the time so my memory is hazy. I know that it was a pre-built Gateway 2000 to start, with the original Kalmath 233Mhz Pentium II and 32MB of RAM. I do know that my dad bought some additional RAM for it, I think just another 32MB stick.
He added a 3D accelerator card at some point because a guy he worked with started giving him ripped copies of stuff like Unreal and Quake II. I know it was a 3dfx product because I can remember the box art, but I cannot for the life of me remember if it was an original Voodoo or a Voodoo 2.
I played Homeworld on that PC and it was wholly playable, but it wasn't a really smooth experience.
Back on a buttery smooth CRT I bet.
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Well yeah of course, duh.
Spend $700 on a GTX980Ti, plebe.
The first PC I had after that had a 1 ghz Pentium something or other and a Geforce 2.