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So obviously, I would not recommend replicating what I have done here. But I put in an excessive amount of effort to create the worst Half-Life experience I possibly could. Here's a screenshot: Now obviously there's a lot to unpack here. To start with, this is the game running in the most low-power and unstable environment I could create. I am using this web-based Xash3D port to run the game on an extremely low-power system, which under normal circumstances will get around 50 FPS with lows of about 7 FPS. Now, the first thing I did was lower all settings in the options menus. The screen resolution went down to 640x480p. Screen size went down even lower so that it ended up rendering the actual game at DOOM resolution. This also had the side effect of causing the crosshair to be in the wrong place, making aiming basically impossible. The renderer got switched to the more poorly optimized option, and Simple Sky was enabled. Then in the audio tab, all DSP or post-processing effects were disabled. But the result of all that was still too playable for my tastes. Not to mention that my decapitation of the video quality was causing framerates above 60. So I typed in a console command... "fps_max 1" So that's why it's reporting 13 FPS. The framerate is literally as low as the engine will let it be. That caused the mouse to become horribly unresponsive, which was an unintended side effect that aided my goals. But of course, it still looked okay... So I used "r_fullbright -1.0001" to completely eliminate level lighting. Lighting will still apply to models, but it will do so glitchingly, which is amazing. To add a final touch, I went into third-person mode, which actually defauts to looking at the player from a side angle. That was a little too much though, so I used "cam_idealyaw 0" to center it on the player's back. So what does this gameplay look like? Well, my recording software was being annoying, so the only footage I have is this video of me playing the Hazard Course. In the footage, I am seen to be struggling with basic platforming, and in fact, I actually manage to die at the end. In the tutorial. I am normally pretty skilled at the game, but the sheer extent to which I destroyed this version just made it impossible for me to play well. As painful as this is to watch, it is more painful to play.
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THIS EXPERIMENT WILL NOT BE CONDUCTED IT'S JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY. So in 3 years my warranty will be gone for a 1080 TI. IS there a way to break it in a undetectable way so that you can use the money you purchased it for to get a newer one in 2 and a half years maybe? Some way that the warranty will still cover or some way that is simply undetected. ? :)) Also in a way so that the store WONT repair the card since it's to complicated or something like that.
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I recently found a high output air pump and though I could be a good idea to strap it to my laptop as a air cooler. Of course, I would have to take out the stock air cooler on my laptop. Let me know if I should do it in order to overclock my cpu. If you want me to use it on a desktop... I am also willing to do so. Let me know.
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Buy hammers on Amazon: http://geni.us/nkKBWTx It's time for a change. You guys said you wanted a kitchen set right? How about a condo set?...
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Please respond with F to pay respects, I plugged in my molex into my usb fan hub for thermaltake to power it up and the controller's processor lit, and caught fire. I quickly shut off my power supply as my rgb was going crazy and my power supply shorted. however I didnt know it shorted as I unplugged the fan controller and it turned on just fine. and I turned it back on just fine. then me and the boys went on to play a game of ARAM on league, as soon as I load into the game, black screen monitor loses connection pc is off. Please pay respects to Chester.
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I'm going to put some flames (flamethrower and firecrackers) in an old pentium 3 pc for a video and I wonder if the fuse would pop if I did it. I will try to keep the psu from burning down and aim for the cpu and mobo. Is there a shorting protection in the psu or will the fuses just pop when the mobo dies? (Pentium 3 era)
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This is a long post, I know. But I think it's still a good idea that you take a look at it. So it seems that a new, and very nasty piece of malware is making its rounds on the Internet. This malware, called Rombertik, is particularly nasty because if it detects itself to be running in a sandbox (like a virtual machine so people can safely analyze it) it deletes itself, but if it detects that it has been detected on a real machine, it either wipes the storage medium (your hard drive or SSD) or deletes the MBR (Master Boot Record) preventing the computer from starting up again. If it just deleted the MBR and itself and did nothing afterwards, I wouldn't be too worried about it because I have replaced the MBR before without reinstalling Windows (it's actually rather easy to do) and restored it to its former functionality, but if it does take your files with it, then it's definitely something to look at. Because Rombertik goes after the Master Boot Record, I'm not sure how it would function on a computer running a UEFI system, because that functions a little more differently. Either way, it's best to keep this little nasty thing away from your computer regardless. Of course, the main idea for Rombertik is to steal your web browsing data, including login information. It doesn't target just banking information, it targets everything. That means your email, Facebook and Linus Tech Tips accounts will also be stolen by Rombertik. The only way I know of avoiding it is by avoiding emails which contain attachments (especially if you don't know who the sender is). This is a broad generalization, because as I read Rombertik is often sent through official looking emails appearing to be from big companies such as Microsoft. Microsoft won't send you email attachments, regardless of any circumstances. Even still, if you see an email with an attachment in it, and it looks like a big company, just delete it anyways, and contact the company. If it is legitimate, they will send another if you ask for it. Rombertik also uses phishing tactics to infect computers. Again, keep an eye out for those. I also delete anything and everything in my spambox in Gmail, regardless of whether or not it's legitimate, unless I've been expecting an email that ended up in the spambox. I don't know how antivirus companies will write their software to protect against this virus. One thing that I can think of is a modified BIOS or UEFI firmware which is modified by a computer's manufacturer which actively looks for such malicious software and removes it before searching for an operating system. This could be effective as once the Rombertik malware has installed itself, it restarts the computer, so by having a BIOS or UEFI implemented scan in place that runs in the BIOS before the operating system is booted, Rombertik cannot detect that it has been detected. But this method would be difficult to implement, and older computers probably won't be supported by this. Another idea I had was an updated version of Microsoft Defender which is written to a separate partition where only authorized software with a long authorization code known only by Microsoft can run on the storage medium which is accessed first during the boot process (even before the Master Boot Record), and thus preventing Rombertik from running before anything else. Defender would then scan the storage medium for any traces of Rombertik and delete them all. Other antivirus companies such as Avast! or Kaspersky could do this as well, but it would require authorization from Microsoft. Of course, this would be much easier to implement than having a BIOS or UEFI scan that looks for things like Rombertik, but there's a chance that virus makers could intercept this authorization code and implement it into their virus. This is extremely important: Rombertik disguises itself as a .SCR file, a screensaver, but it looks like a .PDF file. This will trick many unknowing users. Of course, as of now, this is what it is being disguised as, that we know of. There may be more disguises now or in the future. Here are some ways I think viruses can get in, and how you can help stop that: Through attachments in emails. Just don't download any attachments, regardless of where it looks like it's from, unless you're expecting it. Through phishing. Go to the actual website that an email may be claiming it to be from. Through downloader installers. There are some websites which employ their custom-made installers which download the program you want from a server on the Internet. These installers often offer you other crapware that you don't want, but fortunately, most of them don't install them if you uncheck them or decline the licensing agreement for the crapware. CNET uses their installers for some programs, and while CNET is trustworthy, I still don't use their downloaders. I always use their "direct download link" option that is a small link close to the actual download button. So, don't use any downloaders or installers. Look for a direct download link on the website in question. If they don't offer one, look elsewhere. Through program installers. This one in particular drives me nuts. Sometimes, I'll be installing a perfectly legitimate program through the actual program installer, but before the installer copies its own files to the storage medium, it offers you one or more (usually three) programs which either have a check box or are automatically checked to "I agree" for the licensing agreement. Again, deselect all of these. Even if they are legitimate programs being offered, they're probably not going to be of much use. Use Web of Trust, and actually check the website scorecard. Web of Trust places a circle next to almost every link you see in your web browser. This circle is intended to be an indication of whether a site is trustworthy or not, with green indicating a site which is safe, yellow indicating a site which is not trustworthy, and a red icon indicating a dangerous site. Of course, sometimes these indicators may not be correct (as I believe some bad sites may employ bots to mass rate their site to make it appear good) so always check the site scorecard to see if anyone is leaving negative comments about the site. If you have a bad experience with a site, sign up for Web of Trust and leave a comment on the site's scorecard so other users know about any problems. Always have an up-to-date and effective antivirus software. I personally use Kaspersky Internet Security on my main machines. It's expensive, but so worth it. I have never had any serious issues while using Kaspersky. Another good AV software is Avast!. I recommend using the full versions on your most important computers. Norton is not a very effective AV software, and McAfee has a lot of problems, so I don't recommend those. If you can prevent yourself from getting Rombertik in the first place, you've already won. You can read more about Rombertik and the reverse engineering of Rombertik by Cisco here: http://blogs.cisco.com/security/talos/rombertik What are your thoughts on this nasty piece of malware? What do you think you'll be doing to protect yourself from it? Of course, a big chunk of staying safe from viruses is a smart Internet user, but it's still possible to contract viruses. I consider myself to be a smart Internet user, but there is one time I can remember getting adware on my computer and I had no idea where it came from.
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By the title of this article you can imagine what TecLab have done some mad things. This time, they prepared a expensive Titan X for Maximum overclocking, modifying it totally, thats mandatory in order to break the limits of overclocking on this card. The problem is doing this anything can happen, and in this case, it did. Acording with the overclockers Ronaldo "rbuass", Overclocking champion, and his partner, Jacson "bros", the board literly catch fire after the modifications. "We've done hundreds of cards this way, so called "Zombies" with a custom Power management system, but we have never seen this happen, After being tested and working flawlessly for some minutes, our hope colapsed" said Buassali. He did also telled that "Suddenly it start to spark and then catched fire", he resigned the situation, since it is part of his life as an overclocker, However, both of then could not give up after so much hard work and a so big Hope of succes. Sure their will its the break of the World Records on 3D Graphics, something that so much times they did, but what to do with that crisppy card? "We tried to identify the problem and nothing. The Board continued in a total short circuit, due to the total melting of the boards printed circuit, the layers may have been united. But we didnt give up, Once a Zombie, we decided to cut the defective part, carefully to dont do more damage to the part we didnt modiffy, and we created a "prosthesis" for video cards" - Says the Overclocker laughing with what happened. They are very rare the professionals who do this level of modifications to a card, not everybody can do a zombie like that, but doing the prosthesis its something even beyond in the TecLabs history. "We Worked arround 20 hours on the board, i would have a trip to the USA the day after. All we wanted is to see if it boots, but u can bet, soon you will have your results." informed Buassali. They promissed a video with the resoults and more in-depth explanation of the process, so keep in touch to learn more about this story. source http://www.tecmundo.com.br/teclab/79377-overclockers-modificam-gtx-titan-x-extremo-perdem-6-mil-reais.htm?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=imggrande Disclaimer: Hi, im joao from brazil, and this is my first post here, i really like all the LMG things and i wanted to contribuite, please tell me what u think about this article, constructive criticism is apreciated.
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Dear Linus, We admire the destructive properties your Horrid habits. But please stop. This is how people react to your Horrific habits of such gruesome nature! Whats worse is how you react to the reaction of your crime against Humanity! Socks and Sandals Sincerely, Weak1ings.
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"Hey, I heard on some tv show that the Tesla battery pack is just a bunch of laptop batteries." - GM tech #1 "Huh, cellphones get better battery life than laptops, soooo lets get to work " - GM tech #2 Here's there "engineering" process http://youtu.be/1YrBzUgrtME?t=1m2s Yeup that's what happens when you drop 1500lbs worth of cell phones on a Chevy Camaro. EDIT: totally messed up link, its now fixed
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So this old WD Blue died on my a few days ago. It was my Dad's old hard drive and he works for the government. I wiped the thing as far as I could conceivably do, but I feel like it needs to be DESTROYED to be sure that nobody can access whatever my Dad had on there from work. So, how does break?
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So this video : Was made by the popular UK T.V show "the gadget show", I just wanted to share it with you because it made me so angry. If you watch this I am sure that if you watch this even the most simple of pc enthusiasts should be able to point out the flaws in their argument. For example they point out how you don't need to use a desktop for storage because you can carry around 1tb of storage with a Kingston hyper x predator a close to 1000 quid memory stick. There are so many other annoying things in there that I urge you to please watch it and to dislike it. Oh and also it's not in this video but in the full show after the clip had played they showed a 2000 pound Alienware laptop and said that that even hardcore gamers are using things like that. I don't know about you but I hate everything about Alienware and I will stick to my lovely desktop pc.
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Hello everyone, I just wanted to say this is why I love the game BeamNG Drive. I am using a Lamborghini aventador, you can download it below. You can get it at: http://www.beamng.com/content/ to try it yourself and demolish.crumple/squish/what ever you want to do to those cars if you want to get the car above you will need to download it and install, get it here: http://www.mediafire.com/download/36a3sail29g58lq/Lambo_avent.rar Tell me if you agree that this is an epic game, also it will be on steam soon.