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I have a Lenovo G770 with a 240GB SSD, 8gb of ram. It is simply the best PC I have ever had, lightning fast! less than 30 seconds to boot, and another 20 seconds for Visual Studio to fully load. The keyboard layout is a bit quirky but I got use to it pretty quickly. I'll never ever go back to the corporate Dells I use to have! Even if the keyboard is the best in the world.
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Rage wrote: SSDs are definitely huge improvements for the global performance
until you unexpectedly lose power and the SSD scatters bad sectors all through your OS.
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I guess it happened to you. Can it be that bad ? How do you "unexpectedly" lose power ?
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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Rage wrote: How do you "unexpectedly" lose power ?
the power goes out while you're away, the UPS loses its charge before you get home.
Rage wrote: Can it be that bad ?
it certainly can. i'm reinstalling Windows this weekend because there's no way to find or fix all of the disk errors.
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Chris Losinger wrote: the UPS loses its charge before you get home
But I would expect my laptop to go hibernate before the last mA is burned... Is that not the case ?
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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i would expect laptops to be better at handling such a situation.
FYI: my SSD is not just corrupted, it is completely unusable now. i can't even reformat it.
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I recently picked up an Acer Aspire v5-552G-X852[^] system. For the most part, it's a great system and it's possible to install Windows 7 on it. But the trackpad is elephanting awful. Both the buttons are built in to the track pad, and the whole thing is so hyper-sensitive it's way too easy to accidentally move, select or otherwise completely miss what you're trying to point at whilst trying to click or (especially) right-click something.
On the other hand, the keyboard's not terrible and the 1 TB storage is pretty nice. I also maxed the memory at 12 GB (4 GB is hardwired to the board or I'd have put 16 GB in it). It should speed up quite a bit when I get an SSD for it later this year. 
For a desktop, I built a system from the ground up - first time I'd done that since an AMD K6 550 some 10-ish years ago. That has a 240 GB SSD, a 1 TB hybrid and a 750 GB hybrid drive in it. 16 GB RAM, Core i7 4770 CPU and a nVidia GTX 650 Ti. Visual Studio absolutely flies on it, and it runs pretty much any game I throw at it with no problems.
Flynn
If we can't corrupt the youth of today,
the adults of tomorrow will be no fun...
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I'd like to get some wireless security cameras for inside my house. Maybe one inside and outside the front door, backdoor, family room and steps leading upstairs. Small, white, discrete cameras would be nice,
And, I'd like something where I can watch on my phone and or/iPad and record to video for later playback.
Finally, I'd really prefer not to spend a small fortune on this.
Anyone know of anything like this?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Ask the NSA ...
Kevin Marois wrote: I'd like to get some wireless security cameras for inside my house
paranoid much!!!
I'd rather be phishing!
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Swann[^] has inexpensive systems you can look at.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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Warning - self publicity for free opensource software: You could try TeboCam[^] - which is IP camera compatible.
It won't record video, unless you tweek the code yourself, but it will send you images, stitched into a mosaic, if you want.
You can also upload the images to an FTP site.
You can define an area to monitor or exclude and it allows up to 9 cameras - again tweek the code and you can have as many as you need.
The application is used around 300 times a day around the world - so it does have its uses.
The UI looks a bit military style simple - and there are more parameter than you can shake a stick at, but once configured it does the job well.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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I think you should add sound 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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One of my brothers is sick, real sick. He has a tumour in his brain and the constant treatment has left him a shadow of his former self. His last Chemo session was cancelled as his white blood cell level was around 60% of what is needed to take the treatment. Currently he is having 2-3 outpatient every single week.
His wife of 22 years has complained to our Mum that "The constant hospital have left her drained." and asked for help ferrying him to and fro.
I elephant you not. She doesn't want to keep taking her husband to hospital, because it tires her out, so she's asked Mum to step in. This is the same mother who has had a tit lopped off and enough tissue removed to fill at least one leg in treating her own cancer. The same woman my dearest sister-in-law calls a useless baggage. Did I mention my Dad also has regular check-ups for his failing eyes and you guess who bloody well has to take him to clinic.
So my 'useless old baggage' [I will call her this in an affectionate manner] of a mother has, at the age of 77 with failing health of her own, had to step into the breach.
I really don't know if I should laugh or cry.
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This isn't relaxing at all.
Elephant elephant elephant, sunshine sunshine sunshine
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Are you using sarcasm on me here ?
Elephant elephant elephant, sunshine sunshine sunshine
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Don't let it annoy you. She clearly must be worn out to even table the suggestion that your mother should step in.
It sounds very stressful for all of you and I really hope the best for you all.
Thankfully you've got this place to vent your frustrations. We're all ears. Are there any charities in your area that may be able to help?
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No, she really is a selfish bee-atch. Has been ever since they've been together and the relationship between the family and her have always been frosty. One of her highlights was telling my parents they were wrong to let my other brother move home after he separated from his wife as it was his fault [the ex had an affair] and the ex needed the support not him.
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: as it was his fault
She might honestly believe that. Stupidity and ignorance are often confused with malice.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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This is not easy to judge*. The first time you have reported about your bro's cancer was months ago, and this is for sure a terrible experience for his wife. I can understand she needs a break.
[EDIT] *Well, this[^] is exactly why it is not easy. Context makes it all.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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It's coming on for a year now and in all honestly he probably won't make another birthday [in April]. She is the one who has to be there.
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: n all honestly he probably won't make another birthday
Sorry to hear that man.
Elephant elephant elephant, sunshine sunshine sunshine
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My BIL&SIL had a preterm baby several years ago, who had to stay about 6 months in the hospital after his birth. I agree, this is not the same context at all, even if there were about three months uncertainty about whether if the baby could survive or not, but this meant a good lot of hospital hours each day for both of them alternately, to the point that they had to have a break at some point, no matter how much it was needed for them to be there.
But again, not easy to comment from this side of the screen.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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