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    The only other twitch-shooter that I know of is Blacklight Retribution. It uses Unreal Engine 3 technology, and doesn't require a high end system in order to play it.
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    That's because it's true. MSDN and TechNet keys are NOT for resale, period. Anyone caught selling MSDN or TechNet keys will be subject to fines handed out from the BSA. G2A is a Black Market for pirated keys and what-not. Buyer-beware applies on sites like those.
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    Ditto. I just got my Steel today from DHL and it works great.
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    What ISP

    Helios79 replied to DerpyDerp123's topic in Off Topic

    A lot of WISP's have this problem. They either can't manage their networks with QoS, or can't increase the bandwidth to the fiber PoP site. My boss wants to throw 100+ people on a 30 Mbps synchronous connection, and be able to offer them speeds that Netflix will work with. That isn't going to happen.
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    The last case from Antec that I liked working with was the NSK4480. Correction, the SX series cases were not that bad either. I won't even look at anything from Antec now-a-days.
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    Probably already mentioned, but if not (looks like it was. 6 replies prior to my post... ) GeForce FX 5900 Ultra. The Radeon 9800 Pro/XT was killing it in everything. Benchmarks, gaming, you name it. The FX series was one of NVIDIA's darkest moments. Presler XE from Intel. The 955/965 couldn't beat cheaper Athlon 64 X2 processors in FPU operations. AMD surpassed Intel in the retail market at the time on the Athlon 64 X2 product line.
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    It's not a push tab, it's a pull tab. You pull up on that tab to release the lock. That design was horrid, and would always break at the chance if too much force was used.
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    Gigabit NIC's are cheap and in abundance. Buy one of those, install it, and disable the onboard 10/100 if you have no use for it.
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    The X1950 doesn't support DirectX 10 nor 11. It's an old, old card that supported DirectX 9. I wouldn't be using it for anything less than an over-glorified doorstop.
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    It was damaged, big time. Seasonic is not to blame for this, the shipping company is. Claim damage against them, and try to use another shipping company.
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    Can you hear anything rattling around inside the power supply if you were to shake it? It's possible that shipping damage could be to blame.
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    It doesn't matter where you go, you'll find trolls everywhere. How the community chooses to deal with them is the issue. I've come across forums that have more bad apples than this one has (Cough.... OCC).
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    I have very few loyalties, but I will say that I will continue to use Logitech gear as their RMA process is superb. Defective mouse or keyboard? Not a problem. Provide the proof of purchase, and they will send a new one, no questions asked.
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    All three Countries conduct investigations through partnerships. If one agency wants you, the other agencies can assist in their investigation. NSA, CSIS, and other agencies can combine resources to track down someone. You are better off choosing a Country that doesn't have extradition laws.
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    Are you folding in the Windows 10 Preview?
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    5 years old - era of the Apple II. Started learning DOS at 8 years old. First Macintosh experience was when my step-father (Mom's BF at the time) brought over his little Mac SE so I could play Carmen San Diego on it. I was 12 at the time.
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    You must have lost brain cells when AMD took higher-binned Athon 64 X2 processors and re-badged them as Opterons. Yes, people did game with those Opteron processors as well. Other than a Xeon E3 being identical to an i5 or i7 (Xeon supporting ECC memory), there is little difference between the two. As @elexonica put it, you can at times find them online for a cheaper price than a non-K part.
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    1. My seven year old OCZ GXS 600W power supply. Still works to this day. 2. An Asus 7600GT that I use for bench testing. 3. (4) 7 year old Seagate 320GB 7200.10 drives that I use for cold storage backups, and an 10 year old Seagate 80GB 7200.7 that I use as my O/S drive in the file server. All of them are still going strong. 4. The Intel DQ965GF motherboard in the HTPC. That board has seen a lot of 24/7 use since it came out of its' anti-static bag.
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    I had an older GXS 600W powering my file server for the past four years. Before that, it was in a gaming system for three years. Due to its age, it was retired for a new unit. I never had an issue with an FSP unit, and their OEM power supplies are rock solid.
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    If they bring back the F8 boot menu, that would be great. Nothing annoys me more than having to wait for a users' spyware-infested install to load the home screen, then having to press Shift+Restart to get into the boot menu. That was one of the most dumbest things that Microsoft did to Windows 8/8.1.
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    Pebble Steel is being shipped! Sweet!

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    Yeah, we Canucks still have to go through getpebble.com for the Steel. Futureshop is the only reseller for the regular Pebble and there is never any stock.
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    Granola with fruit mixed into it, add 1% milk. Coffee to get the morning started.
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    With Cisco gear, you have to assign a static IP to your computer or other device in order to use port forwarding. It does not work with DHCP. An off-topic question: Is TELUS now using Cisco equipment for customer premises? Or are you on FTTH/GPON?
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    If you have fast speeds for everything else, but not YouTube, it's possible that the content delivery server (CDN) is to blame. This use to happen quite often, till more servers were added.
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