Why did Anandtech conclude that having porn-site tier ads on their site was a good idea? Clicked on one really suspicious looking one and it was literally a scam to get your credit card details, as far as I could tell.
[QUOTE=Protocol7;51197783][img]http://i.imgur.com/bgKfUUi.png[/img][/QUOTE]
Well that was a let down.
[t]https://helifreak.duckdns.org/image/cock.png[/t]
[media]https://twitter.com/Meidocafe/status/786538270226128896[/media]
This is an outrage
Holy shit, the Denver Public Library has 2 3d printers for use for free. Just no jobs over 2 hours.
is there a "i work in a shitty it job" thread where i can bitch out about a request raised today lol
[editline]13th October 2016[/editline]
anyway tl;dr policies and procedures are a huge pain in the ass
i spent 5 hours straight today essentially playing email tennis with a user who was requesting access to the mailbox of another user that had left, however the mailbox would've been deleted due to policy
Why would they need to get into someone else's email anyways?
because that person made the silly silly decision not to store the actual information required by the user on a document SOMEWHERE (ANYWHERE?!). instead, just relying on exchange 2013 as a storage medium.
dunno just insurance information shit, here's a bright idea, stick that shit in a .docx and pop it on a networked drive
[editline]13th October 2016[/editline]
so basically the email chain with the request gets more and more ridiculous, and the to and cc fields get more and more bloated with my manager etc. where it ends up with the technical director giving his approval for restore
today was very long
[QUOTE=Del91;51198410]Why would they need to get into someone else's email anyways?[/QUOTE]
Tons of reasons, link emails from former employees to current ones all the time.
I want to upgrade from my 4790k but I don't want to buy a year old z170 motherboard. Maybe I should just wait for kaby lake.
[QUOTE=milktree;51199364]I want to upgrade from my 4790k but I don't want to buy a year old z170 motherboard. Maybe I should just wait for kaby lake.[/QUOTE]
Not much point, its a 4790[B]K[/B], you better be clocking it. :P
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I'm dumb and didn't buy adapters for something, good thing Amazon has free next day shipping. Too bad it's on purchases of $25 or more.
I found an old laptop in my closet today. Toshiba Satellite, seems to be the 1800 model, which would make it a Pentium III with 128MB of RAM. 4:3 aspect ratio, looks like good old 1024x768 in about 14", has a Windows 98 SE serial number sticker, has both a floppy drive and a DVD drive, among other oddities (serial, parallel AND USB ports? composite out? no trackpad but three buttons for the nubmouse?). Battery seems to be dead (and possibly not even Li-ion) but it makes it to BIOS while plugged in, although it doesn't boot. Tomorrow I'll dig out a live CD or even a boot floppy, see what happens.
Anyone got any cool ideas for what to do with it? The obvious idea (emulator box) is redundant for me since my main desktop is already set up with emulators for every console I'd want to emulate, and even a few I don't. So hit me with some non-obvious ideas.
Why does Windows Update in Windows 7 SP1 take forever to check for updates so I can install Windows 10 already???
[QUOTE=garychencool;51200394]Why does [B]Windows Update in Windows 7 SP1[/B] take forever to check for updates so I can [B]install Windows 10[/B] already???[/QUOTE]
um what
[QUOTE=B!N4RY;51200399]um what[/QUOTE]
I have this computer with Windows 7 Pro installed on it and I'm trying to get it to update to Windows 10 Pro. I've opened Windows Update and it's basically stuck at "Checking for updates" for the past hour.
I'm pretty sure you don't need all windows 7 updates to upgrade to Windows 10
[QUOTE=garychencool;51200402]I have this computer with Windows 7 Pro installed on it and I'm trying to get it to update to Windows 10 Pro. I've opened Windows Update and it's basically stuck at "Checking for updates" for the past hour.[/QUOTE]
Do you mean updating to Win10 for free? Didn't that end like months ago
[QUOTE=B!N4RY;51200417]I'm pretty sure you don't need all windows 7 updates to upgrade to Windows 10[/QUOTE]
I don't, but I guess I can try and find that specific Windows 7 update that gives the update prompt, or just use the media creation tool off a USB. It should detect the Windows 7 Pro serial.
[QUOTE=TrafficMan;51200430]Do you mean updating to Win10 for free? Didn't that end like months ago[/QUOTE]
It's still active indefinitely for people who used ease of access tools (IIRC turning on narrator counts).
[QUOTE=helifreak;51200437]It's still active indefinitely for people who used ease of access tools (IIRC turning on narrator counts).[/QUOTE]
What do you mean? You can just turn on something like the narrator and suddenly the Windows 10 update is free again?
My friend just got a 48 port 100gbps switch in. Holy shit.
[QUOTE=gman003-main;51200135]I found an old laptop in my closet today. Toshiba Satellite, seems to be the 1800 model, which would make it a Pentium III with 128MB of RAM. 4:3 aspect ratio, looks like good old 1024x768 in about 14", has a Windows 98 SE serial number sticker, has both a floppy drive and a DVD drive, among other oddities (serial, parallel AND USB ports? composite out? no trackpad but three buttons for the nubmouse?). Battery seems to be dead (and possibly not even Li-ion) but it makes it to BIOS while plugged in, although it doesn't boot. Tomorrow I'll dig out a live CD or even a boot floppy, see what happens.
Anyone got any cool ideas for what to do with it? The obvious idea (emulator box) is redundant for me since my main desktop is already set up with emulators for every console I'd want to emulate, and even a few I don't. So hit me with some non-obvious ideas.[/QUOTE]
It will indeed make a rock solid Windows 98se laptop. Internet wise there's not much you can do with it now however.
[QUOTE=Dr. Evilcop;51200664]What do you mean? You can just turn on something like the narrator and suddenly the Windows 10 update is free again?[/QUOTE]
[url]https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/accessibility/windows10upgrade[/url]
[QUOTE=pentium;51200689]It will indeed make a rock solid Windows 98se laptop. Internet wise there's not much you can do with it now however.[/QUOTE]
The operating system doesn't matter to me so much as the actual purpose. I already have four other computers.
I might try using it as a work box, once I transition to the new job. Slap Linux and an IDE on it, take it to the office, and just leave it there. Would be easier than lugging my ten-pound gaming laptop back and forth. I have this weird urge to try to do something stupid and fun with it, though.
[QUOTE=gman003-main;51200715]The operating system doesn't matter to me so much as the actual purpose. I already have four other computers.[/QUOTE]
The problem with computers that old isn't which OS you can put on it but which OS can I put on it that is both fast [I]and will support the most integrated devices[/I]?
[QUOTE=pentium;51200878]The problem with computers that old isn't which OS you can put on it but which OS can I put on it that is both fast [I]and will support the most integrated devices[/I]?[/QUOTE]
I generally find Linux is the answer with either LXDE or just plain text mode if you need it for anything "modern". Besides a few exceptions, it tends to support old legacy hardware well, except the old ATI Rage IIC AGP which I have 3 of for some reason. :v:
90's era laptops I just leave on period correct Windows though. They rarely touch the internet except for FTP anyway.
[QUOTE=gman003-main;51200715]The operating system doesn't matter to me so much as the actual purpose. I already have four other computers.
I might try using it as a work box, once I transition to the new job. Slap Linux and an IDE on it, take it to the office, and just leave it there. Would be easier than lugging my ten-pound gaming laptop back and forth. I have this weird urge to try to do something stupid and fun with it, though.[/QUOTE]
Can't imagine you're gonna get much use out of something with 128MB RAM unless you're just doing really basic networking stuff
I dug out ye olde netbook from storage today and set out to fix it's faulty power jack. In the process, I found something curious!
[t]http://i.imgur.com/MzXWg2N.png[/t]
Unpopulated and normally inaccessible mini-PCIE socket? Yes, please. Looked it up and it seems like it's built to take a WWAN module, but now I'm looking online for neat things to stick in there and see if they work...
[QUOTE=latin_geek;51201278]I dug out ye olde netbook from storage today and set out to fix it's faulty power jack. In the process, I found something curious!
[t]http://i.imgur.com/MzXWg2N.png[/t]
Unpopulated and normally inaccessible mini-PCIE socket? Yes, please. Looked it up and it seems like it's built to take a WWAN module, but now I'm looking online for neat things to stick in there and see if they work...[/QUOTE]
Media accelerator card.
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