Forum: Techy Talk

This one is a combination of very old tech with modern computer tech. In the late 19th century and early 20th century there was a tech called Stereoview. Basically a dual camera rig that took photos from slightly different angles like a 3D camera, and which were viewed with the old time equivilant...

Anyone know if its possible to create only a portion of a PDF with Adobe Pro, were only part of it can print?

Moving the technical discussion about the GT300 to the tech forum. From many IT web sites: There are literally dozens of IT sites which repeat this same information, which you can look up yourself, and no one is arguing this point. The key point is that the GT300 is a MIMD...

My old and tired DVD burners in my laptops were in dire need of replacing, with burning failures rampant and discs not being read correctly, etc. No real surprise as they were several years old and had been purchased on Ebay to begin with. So I ordered myself a few new DVD burners on Ebay from...

As heard by a fly on the wall at Apple's Board of Directors meeting last year: But apparently he did. The Ipad is a netbook without the usable keyboard. It is an Iphone without the phone. It is a games machine that can't do graphics well. It is an e-book reader without the e-ink to make the...

I don't have an Xbox myself, am not a console gamer. But I saw this online the other day being auctioned by a Goodwill store in Seatlle who I had bought a pda from for peanuts last month. This place has no idea what it was selling for a starting bid of $9.99 There were only 60 of these things...

I'm looking to get a new MP3 player that's about $20-$30, but still of good quality. i.e., it works well, won't suddenly cease to fuction right after getting it, case and buttons won't break easily, lasts for a decent amount of time, etc. So far, I'm looking at these, are they worth buying, have...

I was reading Google News first thing this morning and came across an article proclaiming, "Microsoft finally gets anti-malware right". I skimmed through the article and noticed that the writer hasn't run one single test to see what viruses the program catches or not. He also doesn't do...

This is a bit different than the usual computer related techie talk here. I have seen ads for the Save a Blade device for the past couple of years, saw it in the local CVS, and, while I thought the concept was a good one, I could never justify the $20 price on one. After all you can get a 5...

Since I'm an RC nut I figured I'd give some suggestions for cheap fying Christmas gifts for the kids. First up, the Wow Wee Dragonfly. I bought two of these for my kids last year. They had a blast with them. They fly extremely well and hold up surprisingly well to crashes. Comes with an...

The machine in question is a Dell Inspiron 5150. This machine I gave to my mother after rebuilding about a year or two ago. Its worked okay and is a good (albeit flawed design) laptop which hasn't given me a lot of grief. Until today. My mother boots it up and gets onto Firefox to check her...

I have optiarc dvd rw ad-7561s drive. it wont read certain shit...like it will take forever but it'll read dvd movies. it cdrs tho. its like it wont read burnt shit but it read a dvd+r with deuce bigalow on it....i tried installing windows 7 and it wont read that either. any ideas wtf is going on?...

I've been having an issue for a few months now where my computer would take literally minutes from the time I entered the password until I could use it. It's a semi modern system with an overclocked Allendale and a p35 motherboard. Theoretically it should boot up lightening fast. So today I...

So basically I want to buy a dirt cheapo computer with good processor speed. My plan is to buy something like that and upgrade the ram and video card. But I know nothing about computers. I found some on my local used shit site www.usedregina.ca http://www.usedregina.com/classified-ad/8823705...

and I could use a starting place. What I'm looking for may be one of these choose 2 out of 3 sort of deals. I'm looking for an ultraportable with enough ram to run Windows 7 and do graphics (PS, Illustrator) work comfortably, that is less than $2000 max. I've considered the "new-fangled"...

Newegg has started taking pre-orders for W7. $140 for Professional OEM is actually about $50 cheaper than I expected. Looks like it's actually in my price range, so I won't have to wait to buy it. For those of you unwilling to do a fresh install, you'll have to buy the retail version in...

Through some curious internet browsing I have come to find out that manufacturers of ATi products produced AGP video cards as of 2008. If the picture and the site listing is to be believed, there is also a non-express PCI Nvidia 9400GT. Nvidia doesn't support AGP cards, but manufacturers still...

I have a 2003 model dell that I bought used for a pittance at the State Surplus auction to replace my laptop so that I could save money to buy what I really want in a gaming rig down the line. Anyhow, one of the quick upgrades I want to do to it is to expand its hard drive space. Unfortunately...

My PC is giving me headaches that only women have... I upgraded a few comonents about a year ago, and I shouldve done more research. Its an MSI P35 board, Pentium Duo 2.66ghz 2mb cache (ew), 2gb crucial 6400 ram, and a Geforce card... a really decent one that was recomended here last time, I...

So I got about $1200 CAD including GST to spend on a new laptop coming my way in a few weeks from the good ol' Canadian government. I love getting money back.... Anyways, I wanna put this towards a new laptop as mine gave up last night. We're talking it only displays blue colors, the DVD burner...

i mean like Windows or mac or lynxus if that's how you spell it.