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All security crap -- CISM, CISA, CISSP and CE|H

I thought it would be fun at my first company to see if you could mount a swap file over NFS. Yes; you can. It'll shred a network, but I can be done.

I am moving off both my iPhone 4 and AT&T in the states. I am waiting to see the T-Mobile Z1 prices before I consider my options. However, two years ago when I moved from iPhone 3 to 4, it was only because of the $$$ I had already sunk into the App Store on IOS - and that may still be the deciding factor towards a 5S....

tfb - short for tallfellowboston cause I worked the boston tech startup scene for a decade and I'm 2.14m tall. Boring really...

Then there's the semi-naked Linus, with guns!

Akula -- quick question on the S3 -- as it's made a significant impression with me through your build as a proof. The SSD stealth mount tray located beneath the motherboard -- can it be accessed for maintenance without removing the motherboard tray or does the MB tray lock it in place requiring essentially a core system disassemble to get access to the drives for upgrade/replacement?

@Akula -- amazing job. Would you be willing to discuss (one) aspect of the build quickly? Reservoir pump outflow -- looks deep inside the guts - any issues with routing or fittings in the (looks-to-be) confined spaces?

<edited> - my mitake on amperage of the SFX series -- ignore this reply.

infuriating, Younger men kicking my butt pull the damn cat 5 old age advances remembering ascii cows returns me to youth. where are you hiding you've fragged me twelve times so far Ill have my revenge respawned yet again The elderly shall rise up after I go pee

A TRS-80 Model 3. Yes I still have it; yes it still works with the exception of the 5 1/4 floppy drive. I can still load and save programs via cassette tape however.

Civ IV. But Civ V is about to beat that any day now.

All, I am wondering if anyone knows which, if any, component companies issue their product releases at scheduled or timed intervals (ala the "Apple September Event" which handles announcements for new iphones, etc.) Does Asus, Nvidia, AMD, Intel, etc. each run annual event release schedules; or are they more staccato in releases, each new item as soon as the R&D/QA chain is complete? Ian

Greetings folks, An avid gamer, I found my way to these forums and both LinusTech and NCIX reviews via Star Citizen; which will likely dictate my next major system build. The name is Ian; a Canadian living in the US working information security for a major US financial institution, I am borderline casual/dedicated gamer depending on the week; and live in a truly 50/50 technology house – half-MacOS/half-Win7, half-IOS/half-Android; so any flames/hate I will gladly accept from anyone. I am fascinated by the potential of mITX/compact-efficient systems (call it the Apple fanboy in me;) such as the Silverstone FT03-mini, especially with motherboards carrying more and more functionality at that level; such as the ASUS ROG board with the sound card and NGFF port (once components are released/benchmarked to see if it’s any good) providing potential for a fairly complete system in the small-yet-quiet form factor. A brief review of my systems/memorable games showing just how old I really am: o TRS-80 Model 3 – Taipan, Rakka-Tu, Galactic Empire (all tape player based games) o Apple ][e – Ultima 2, any/all of the Scott Adams adventures o 80386 home built and soldered (this one was a watershed and I still have the MB somewhere; guides existed on CompuServe towards how to achieve efficiencies on these boards for someone proficient with a soldering iron and spare wiring.) – the Ultima IV, V and VI series (still to date, the BEST hands-down enjoyable series of games in my life.) o Between these, tons of early online gaming – LP-MUDs mostly (Krynn @arizona, overdrive (@quartz.Rutgers?) and the great Avalon (if any of these are recognizable to anyone, reach out to me!)) o A socket 478 ShuttlePC system – more so a hand assemble, as it only accepted Shuttle MBs, their "ice" cooler, etc.) – I built this to play WoW and UO and any Sid Meier game I could find. o My 2008 Mac Pro essentially has played me through my current gaming ensemble – Civ V, Secret World, LOTRO and a bit of EvE. This box will essentially run my home media streamer once I stop using it; given it’s carrying about 12TB of external eSATA and handling that task today. o The Next build – TBD – for WildStar and Star Citizen. My current geek-outs include building Vacuum-tube system components, transmission-holography and dumping money into an Airstream. I look forward to noobing out in the community. My immediate questions are going to be around understanding the release schedules for different component companies – does ASUS/NVIDIA/etc. tend to stick to a given release cycle (ala Apple) or can we suddenly see a new component on the market on a random Tuesday; only because the R&D process ended that particular day? This will impact how/when I decide to pull the trigger on a new system (or likely systems (one mega/one mitx) build in anticipation of StarCitizen release or current games I am involved with… Cheers, Ian