Tech Talk

Rojo Ninja · Post by **Rojo Ninja** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 1:50 am

Fanboys... People will try to get the ANY of the latest tech, regardless of problems, I also get irritated with apple news, Meh.

Kyderra · Post by **Kyderra** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 1:58 am

Typhon wrote:Do yo guys like subscribe to RSS feeds and all of t hat? I don't but iv heard from others its a real good way to keep updated, but from all this twitter, front page updates, and tech shows i find RSS's sort of just gets lost underneath all that. There are tons of other ways to get informed. What do you guys think?

I keep up to daye via http://live.twit.tv/ (or twit.tv)
and mainly http://www.Digg.com

Anthroguy101 · Post by **Anthroguy101** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 10:32 am

Android doesn't suffer from all the problems of the (overhyped) iPhone 4. I think Steve Jobs is getting old and senile.

Buckdida · Post by **Buckdida** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:59 pm

Anthroguy101 wrote:Android doesn't suffer from all the problems of the (overhyped) iPhone 4. I think Steve Jobs is getting old and senile.

Here, you all get free cases!
There's no problem at all with the iPhone 4!

...Riiiiiiight.

Typhon · Post by **Typhon** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 11:48 pm

Buckdida wrote:
Anthroguy101 wrote:Android doesn't suffer from all the problems of the (overhyped) iPhone 4. I think Steve Jobs is getting old and senile.
Here, you all get free cases!
There's no problem at all with the iPhone 4!

...Riiiiiiight.

Whats this talk about free cases?? They're giving out free cases??

Rojo Ninja · Post by **Rojo Ninja** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 2:54 am

Typhon wrote:
Buckdida wrote:
Anthroguy101 wrote:Android doesn't suffer from all the problems of the (overhyped) iPhone 4. I think Steve Jobs is getting old and senile.
Here, you all get free cases!
There's no problem at all with the iPhone 4!

...Riiiiiiight.
Whats this talk about free cases?? They're giving out free cases??

yup giving away "$30" bumper cases to all iPhone 4 owners...

zeekgenateer · Post by **zeekgenateer** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 9:26 am

In other news I hate openDNS blocking any attempts to VPN or IRC. I have to end up using mibbit.... well I am on a bus with wireless, but still, can has vpn for data protection?

Typhon · Post by **Typhon** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 4:35 pm

Rojo Ninja wrote:yup giving away "$30" bumper cases to all iPhone 4 owners...

Those bumper cases look like they cost about 1 buck to make each...

Shinmera · Post by **Shinmera** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 6:34 pm

Typhon wrote:
Rojo Ninja wrote:yup giving away "$30" bumper cases to all iPhone 4 owners...
Those bumper cases look like they cost about 1 buck to make each...

make it a tenth of that price and we're close to the production costs.

zeekgenateer · Post by **zeekgenateer** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:33 am

YouGov either testing the waters on installing something very akin to spyware, or seeing if people are epically gullible.

Article here

I'm really big on internet privacy and profiling.

zeekgenateer · Post by **zeekgenateer** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 8:13 am

Sorry for double post, but some more article goodness.

ACTA leaks - but secret squirrel stays secret

Article mentions the ACTA talk leaks, but also mentions how it hasn't been leaked who demanded the talks be a secret. I wouldn't put it past the US to try and shove copyright laws down countries throats. I actually believe it is the US because US rights holders have the most to gain out of any world copyright law.

I really don't like polices of rights holders and their attack lawyers. Precedents set by some law cases have pushed internet law back a couple of paces. That and getting away with extortion (see Davenport Lyons) is pretty seedy too.

Anthroguy101 · Post by **Anthroguy101** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 3:48 pm

Earbuds are designed to break.

zeekgenateer · Post by **zeekgenateer** » Tue Jul 27, 2010 3:45 pm

WPA2 has security hole (Article)

WPA2 can be attacked by spoofing broadcasts and getting client PCs to send bits of data that give clues as to the secret keys used to generate the encryption. It takes a bit of number crunching to go from the clues to the key, but this is the same way WEP started to end.

Anthroguy101 · Post by **Anthroguy101** » Tue Jul 27, 2010 6:32 pm

My personal advice: ALWAYS get an extended warranty when buying audio equipment. ALWAYS.

ReCreate · Post by **ReCreate** » Tue Jul 27, 2010 7:03 pm

WUXGA(1920x1200, 120 pixels taller than 1080p HD) on a 15.4" screen.
(or to give you a perspective on how high the DPI would be)crunching the windows taskbar to just over half a centimeter.
Overkill or perfect?

I say perfect.

Zander · Post by **Zander** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 3:14 pm

This will solve all your computer problems.

zeekgenateer · Post by **zeekgenateer** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 3:32 pm

Nah, Nick Burns does it better. Sorry Euro's its a Hulu link so it might not work for you and the youtube links are horrible quality.

Anthroguy101 · Post by **Anthroguy101** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 7:50 pm

So I did some window-shopping on the Internet and I found what I was looking for.
THIS is what I want for Christmas. THIS. I have never found a better camera for everything.

Beagle · Post by **Beagle** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 9:28 pm

Anthroguy101 wrote:So I did some window-shopping on the Internet and I found what I was looking for.
THIS is what I want for Christmas. THIS. I have never found a better camera for everything.

THAT is a nice camera. :O

Here's what I want (but will never get) for Christmas:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6834101229

I don't know how to make that link look any better. Help?

And since this is the Tech Talk thread, does anyone understand processor speed in a computer? I had a friend explain it to me once, and I swear my brain exploded.

Senator_Sunburst · Post by **Senator_Sunburst** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 9:37 pm

There is currently an awesome deal on Newegg where you can buy a 1TB external drive for about 50 dollars!

So much cheap space!

Typhon · Post by **Typhon** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 9:40 pm

Anthroguy101 wrote:So I did some window-shopping on the Internet and I found what I was looking for.
THIS is what I want for Christmas. THIS. I have never found a better camera for everything.

Thats not a camera silly. You just happened to stumble across Captain Kirk's legendary phaser.

Beagle · Post by **Beagle** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 9:47 pm

Senator_Sunburst wrote:There is currently an awesome deal on Newegg where you can buy a 1TB external drive for about 50 dollars!

So much cheap space!

I would never, ever use 1TB of memory. I don't even use 25 GB, let alone 1024.

(Would be awesome to have though)

If anyone's never heard of it, macmall is a great website for cheap electronics too. Got my iPod classic for about $120 cheaper then at a store. Don't know if that deal is still running, I got it about two years ago.

Senator_Sunburst · Post by **Senator_Sunburst** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 10:09 pm

Beagle wrote: I would never, ever use 1TB of memory. I don't even use 25 GB, let alone 1024. (Would be awesome to have though)

How could you not use 25GB?!

I used to have over 25GB of just wallpapers before I got my new comp!

Beagle · Post by **Beagle** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 10:17 pm

Senator_Sunburst wrote:
Beagle wrote: I would never, ever use 1TB of memory. I don't even use 25 GB, let alone 1024. (Would be awesome to have though)
How could you not use 25GB?!

I used to have over 25GB of just wallpapers before I got my new comp!

I've got dial-up, and a dell inspiron 1501. Neither handle very much, so I have virutally no programs, games, downloading music, etc. Heck, I can barely get songs off iTunes with wi-fi at the library. It sits there and just loves to freeze on me.

11 GB for my iTunes, 3 for videos, 5 for pictures, and probably not even a GB for school papers.

Flamboyant-Pencil · Post by **Flamboyant-Pencil** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:21 am

So guys

I'm a fantasy nerd and the such. But I want to be a smarty tech nerd, to an extent.

HOW I DO DIS? How do I teach computer tech to myself ;A ;

Post by **Dissension** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 10:06 pm

It's pretty much impossible; I've been trying for nearly a decade.

Typhon · Post by **Typhon** » Mon Aug 30, 2010 10:34 pm

Flamboyant-Pencil wrote:So guys

I'm a fantasy nerd and the such. But I want to be a smarty tech nerd, to an extent.

HOW I DO DIS? How do I teach computer tech to myself ;A ;

Like, how to type in Microsoft word and stuff?

zeekgenateer · Post by **zeekgenateer** » Tue Aug 31, 2010 10:11 am

Well the best way is through experience. Try messing around with linux, always try and fix problems yourself. If you're in High School and your school has an A+ class on computer repair take it (it's an industry standard certification). Honestly I don't know how I learned a lot of the stuff I know, it was just accumulated randomly.

Flamboyant-Pencil · Post by **Flamboyant-Pencil** » Tue Aug 31, 2010 1:41 pm

Typhon wrote:
Flamboyant-Pencil wrote:So guys

I'm a fantasy nerd and the such. But I want to be a smarty tech nerd, to an extent.

HOW I DO DIS? How do I teach computer tech to myself ;A ;
Like, how to type in Microsoft word and stuff?

More the hardware tech and how it works, but a basic understanding of programing would be nice. But I can do that myself with like guides and cARp can't I?

zeekgenateer · Post by **zeekgenateer** » Tue Aug 31, 2010 3:25 pm

Depends on how in depth on hardware you want to go. I for one can't prototype (build) anything electronic, but I can put a computer together and debug hardware issues. Programming I would suggest starting out messing around with HTML (yes it isn't really programming but it gets you into the idea of syntax and debugging) and then try some Java. Definitely take a course on Java, but do stuff outside of class on your own.

Anthroguy101 · Post by **Anthroguy101** » Wed Sep 15, 2010 5:52 pm

What anti-virus would you people recommend?

ReCreate · Post by **ReCreate** » Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:20 pm

zeekgenateer wrote:In other news I hate openDNS blocking any attempts to VPN or IRC. I have to end up using mibbit.... well I am on a bus with wireless, but still, can has vpn for data protection?

Use google DNS. I even memorized the (IPv4) DNS server addresses

, 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.8.4. Also, tunnel over HTTP(S(SL) if you want secure)?

zeekgenateer wrote:Depends on how in depth on hardware you want to go. I for one can't prototype (build) anything electronic, but I can put a computer together and debug hardware issues. Programming I would suggest starting out messing around with HTML (yes it isn't really programming but it gets you into the idea of syntax and debugging) and then try some Java. Definitely take a course on Java, but do stuff outside of class on your own.

HTML is a markup language. (HyperText Markup Language) But for starters, Id recommend an easy to use language like GML, Python or turing(correct spelling?).

Anthroguy101 wrote:What anti-virus would you people recommend?

For free, I would recommend avast.

Post by **Dissension** » Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:21 pm

I'd concur with Avast. I used it at home for several months and it seemed very effective.

ReCreate · Post by **ReCreate** » Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:27 pm

I also run suspicious software sandboxed.(with sandboxing software

) It's super effective!

Okay, lame pun. >.>

notthatlol · Post by **notthatlol** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 11:01 am

Am I the only one who thinks this iPhone vs. Android thing is history repeating itself?

Seriously.

Wayyyyy back when Apple was the only brand of pc anyone really wanted, Microsoft actually helped with the OS.

Then, Microsoft made a better OS, and completely overshadowed Apple.

Here, Google's been helping with iPhone OS, and has come out with Google Android.

Google Android will (probably) eventually overshadow Apple's iPhone OS, and Apple will be left behind... again.

Poor Apple.

I'm sorry I rambled.

Ebly · Post by **Ebly** » Fri Sep 17, 2010 1:34 am

apple has a history of starting as an underdog and then getting too big for its britches. i have no sympathy.

zeekgenateer · Post by **zeekgenateer** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 7:57 pm

I am very worried about this Bill and even though many on the forum don't live in America, it has worldwide repercussions. On the surface its a bill to fight pirating, but it can be very easily be shoehorned into being an internet censorship tool. Basically a lawyer can send a notice to the Department of Justice to force a sight to be taken down by removing it from the root DNS servers which are controlled by America (since ICANN is America run). So if a shady company or group of people wanted to disrupt a site they could send takedown notices for questionable even bogus claims to the DoJ and the site would get taken down, not just for the US, but the entire world. Having that much power in one country to control the multinational internet is just scary.

ReCreate · Post by **ReCreate** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 10:43 pm

Well, I don't really do anything on the internet that would get me involved with the feds. Nor use anything that could end up being taken down if what you say is true. So I guess I'm fine.

Anyways, I upgraded my video card from an ATI Radeon x1550 to a ATI Radeon x1300/x1550(thats the model windows reports). The old one had an active(with fan) heatsink, while this one is passive(fanless). O.o Yet the new one preforms much better than the previous(WEI score is 1.2 more than with the old, and GPU clock is 200MHz faster than previous. which is 600mhz)
So now I can play Half Life 2 and portal at full XGA(only 1280x1024, though) with everything set to high and MSAA set to 6x. And wait for vertical sync turned on. Perfectly. O.o
Winflip in windows 7 is also much more smooth, not laggy or choppy.

And the best part is, that this has a little dongle that splits the DVI-like connector to two VGA connectors.(it's low profile, only one DVI connector fits) so that means i can use two monitors.

Each at a max res of 1920x1200, or full HD.
So yay, i wont have to get a secondary video card to put in a second monitor. When I first tested the card, i expected it to preform much worse than my old one. O.o

And wow, i just realized i've typed up a partial wall of text. XD

Beagle · Post by **Beagle** » Sat Oct 16, 2010 10:23 pm

I'm looking at buying a new laptop. However, customer service is a fail. I can't get a human on the line..

Anyways, I've got everything else down pat, but I need some help with wireless network specs.

I see two things:
~802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi CERTIFIED
and
~Intel® Centrino Advanced-N + WiMax 6250 Wireless Card (802.16e/2.5G WiMax Forum Certified, 802.11a/g/n Wi-Fi CERTIFIED)

What's this Intel® Centrino Advanced-N + WiMax 6250 Wireless Card (802.16e/2.5G WiMax Forum Certified for, and why would it be important to have? I don't want to buy a laptop, then all of a sudden: "Oh! You need a ..." My dad. Will. Kill. Me.

I'm looking at the Dell Gateway NV series, if that helps anyone.

If anyone's good with computers, please help me out here. D:

Blue Braixen · Post by **Blue Braixen** » Sat Oct 16, 2010 11:50 pm

Anthroguy101 wrote:What anti-virus would you people recommend?

I use Kaspersky. It works really well as a Virus Scanner, but it updates EVERY SINGLE DAY. Bad for my computer's speed.

@Beagle: That's just the specs on the wireless card in your laptop so that it can connect to whatever wireless signal it finds.That's a high-speed wireless you're got there. You might want to check with your internet provider to see if they support the N network (I know Time Warner doesn't, especially in my area).