Experiences with non-techies

[RedSphyxis]

I really should stop posting these things

[DimasRMDO]

Just go to Yahoo (Computers & Internet), you'll see bunch of these stuff :3

[DimasRMDO]

How? Without reinstalling, live DVD or Linux?

I've tried using Hiren's BootCD. Pretty evil.

[Speedbird]

I've tried using Hiren's BootCD. Pretty evil.

Live CD is still harder than it is on Mac.

[DimasRMDO]

Live CD is still harder than it is on Mac.

I mean on windows, this Hiren's BootCD ain't joke. You can change someone's password with it.

[Speedbird]

I mean on windows, this Hiren's BootCD ain't joke. You can get someone's password with it.

My point was that if I have to use a live CD to reset a password on Windows, it's harder than it is on Mac OS where such utilities are built right into the OS and can be accessed without logging in.

[DimasRMDO]

My point was that if I have to use a live CD to reset a password on Windows, it's harder than it is on Mac OS where such utilities are built right into the OS and can be accessed without logging in.

Hmm, you might be right.

[jayctech]

I really should stop posting these things

God damn. Am I wrong to think that could damage the usb?

[Guest]

How? Without reinstalling, live DVD or Linux?

It's on some boot CDs. I think hirens boot camp has it

Edit: I left the page when I went for lunch and didn't see that Dimas posted the same thing ages ago.

[georgespamme]

ISIS Wallet? I see why they changed their name...

I just noticed this on a vending machine in my town... a little "ISIS" logo.  Guess the change hasn't trickled down yet haha

[Guest]

God damn. Am I wrong to think that could damage the usb?

Probably not, it's just 5 volts, if a little more current. The drive should only use the current it needs eg 0.5amps of the 1 amp offered by the charger. Most USB ports on computers now have more that the standard 0.5amps that is the standard and it hasn't caused damage I don't think so anyway. Just like how having a 1000watt PSU and only using 300watts of it doesn't damage the components.

[jav26122]

About this time last year I had a friend want to build a pc and asked me for advice. I created a list for him with the approximate budget and he said it would probably be a while until he could do it. So after a while I just assumed that he probably wasn't going to build his own pc for whatever reason and I haven't talked to him in a while. Then today he tells me that he order the parts, so of course I ask him the specs somewhat surprised (Since I made the list a year ago I wondered if he was using that same outdated list). He said he made his own new list with a "i5 3.5ghz" and a 750 ti.... I ask specifically what processor but all he knows is i5 3.5ghz, which narrows it down to a 4690. He doesn't appear to know much about what he's doing so I have a bad feeling I'm going to have to fix up any mistakes he makes...

[RedSphyxis]

Probably not, it's just 5 volts, if a little more current. The drive should only use the current it needs eg 0.5amps of the 1 amp offered by the charger. Most USB ports on computers now have more that the standard 0.5amps that is the standard and it hasn't caused damage I don't think so anyway

I would try it but I don't have any flash drive anymore. Been to long since I used a flash drive. Cloud storage replaced it  in my life.

[Guest]

I would try it but I don't have any flash drive anymore. Been to long since I used a flash drive. Cloud storage replaced it  in my life.

Terrible upload on my internet and devices that need DVDs to install OS's mean that I still use both flash drives and DVDs. Only things I have on cloud storage are things I want to have at school as well as home and any docs I'm using Google docs to collaborate on.

[Guest andyysplash]

Terrible upload on my internet and devices that need DVDs to install OS's mean that I still use both flash drives and DVDs. Only things I have on cloud storage are things I want to have at school as well as home and any docs I'm using Google docs to collaborate on.

 

Same here, though I don't really use my flash drives much. In the last year or so when Linus' case reviews and system builds have included the "we don't need those 5.25" bays - who uses DVD drive anymore?" line I've just been sitting here thinking about those games I have on disc and all the music I buy in CD form.

 

It's like the VGA thing, though I only use that on my second monitor as it doesn't have any other inputs (there is a space for DVI but no connector for it)

[RedSphyxis]

Same here, though I don't really use my flash drives much. In the last year or so when Linus' case reviews and system builds have included the "we don't need those 5.25" bays - who uses DVD drive anymore?" line I've just been sitting here thinking about those games I have on disc and all the music I buy in CD form.

 

It's like the VGA thing, though I only use that on my second monitor as it doesn't have any other inputs (there is a space for DVI but no connector for it)

I still use a dvd/cd to install mah OS

 

I love the nostalgic feeling.

 

Don't mind me

[Snickerzz]

Sitting in digital design HS class. This guy said the school gets 10GB down. Another said he gets 5GB up/down at his house. Those are both hella false. Just speedtest.net'ed the schools network. 80Mb up/down with 76 ping...

Help me

[Guest andyysplash]

Sitting in digital design HS class. This guy said the school gets 10GB down. Another said he gets 5GB up/down at his house. Those are both hella false. Just speedtest.net'ed the schools network. 80Mb up/down with 76 ping...

Help me

 

Why's that ping so high? I'm in a pretty bad place for internet (30+ year-old wiring to a decrepit street cabinet and then couple-mile copper run to the exchange) hence my ~0.8meg speed, but my ping's around 35-40. 

[RedSphyxis]

Why's that ping so high? I'm in a pretty bad place for internet (30+ year-old wiring to a decrepit street cabinet and then couple-mile copper run to the exchange) hence my ~0.8meg speed, but my ping's around 35-40. 

Ping relies mostly on what voluntary server you test it on. my ping is just around 50ms for a server that's 500km away

[Snickerzz]

Why's that ping so high? I'm in a pretty bad place for internet (30+ year-old wiring to a decrepit street cabinet and then couple-mile copper run to the exchange) hence my ~0.8meg speed, but my ping's around 35-40.

its probably because there's ~1750 devices connected to the internet right now

[Wauthar]

Never go Full Retard. I repeat NEVER GO FULL RETARD

Is that a freaking lightbulb in the PSU? (is it even a PSU?)

 

Just go to Yahoo (Computers & Internet), you'll see bunch of these stuff :3

Hey, that's @STRMfrmXMN's territory

[Guest]

Is that a freaking lightbulb in the PSU? (is it even a PSU?)

It is a lighbulb. they probably got a cheap PSU and used the lightbulb to fill up space...

[jayctech]

I would try it but I don't have any flash drive anymore. Been to long since I used a flash drive. Cloud storage replaced it  in my life.

It's useful. But sometimes flash drives are still good when the computer you're trying to get data from/to isn't your own. There's also bootable media.

 

About this time last year I had a friend want to build a pc and asked me for advice. I created a list for him with the approximate budget and he said it would probably be a while until he could do it. So after a while I just assumed that he probably wasn't going to build his own pc for whatever reason and I haven't talked to him in a while. Then today he tells me that he order the parts, so of course I ask him the specs somewhat surprised (Since I made the list a year ago I wondered if he was using that same outdated list). He said he made his own new list with a "i5 3.5ghz" and a 750 ti.... I ask specifically what processor but all he knows is i5 3.5ghz, which narrows it down to a 4690. He doesn't appear to know much about what he's doing so I have a bad feeling I'm going to have to fix up any mistakes he makes...

Or.. You know.. Refuse?

[Guest]

It's useful. But sometimes flash drives are still good when the computer you're trying to get data from/to isn't your own. There's also bootable media.

I have too many Flash drives devoted to bootable media...

I now have a lot less than I used due to me finding a thing that can install multiple bootable OSs on one drive...

[Jambls]

Sitting in digital design HS class. This guy said the school gets 10GB down. Another said he gets 5GB up/down at his house. Those are both hella false. Just speedtest.net'ed the schools network. 80Mb up/down with 76 ping...

Help me

80Mb is fine for a home network with only a few devices using the internet. A school will need  way more than that if more than a few teachers can watch youtube at once.

My school connection is way slower than that. On a good day it will be 5Mb/s.