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Like I said, the latest Intel CPU's are pretty phenomenal power consumption wise. My Q9550 based computer burns 100-120 watts at idle. My I5-750 less than 50W. I'm sure it's continued to improve in the generations since. So I guess I agree that there's less of an argument for NAS boxes now...

Nope, no surprise there. I bought a $5 USB OTG cable and a $4 app (Nexus Media Importer) so I can use USB sticks to my heart's content on my Nexus 10. And yes, I know I could have rooted it and not paid for the app, but I've never bothered rooting my tablet or phone as I have zero interest.

My QNAP 439 w/ 4 drives uses 40W when the drives are spun up and accessing data. 25W when it's dormant. According to my UPS anyways. Compared to older PCs it's pretty good, but my HTPC (i5-750, Geforce 670, a Corsair 256gb SSD, and a few small fans) uses around 40W when it's idle as well...

Again, please cite something that bears this out. Last I checked, there's plenty of medical research in to innovative treatments in our health care system. The University of Alberta is a world leader in diabetes research, for example, amongst many other things:University of Alberta...

Cite some research that indicates quality of care delivery declines in single payer or socialized health care schemes vs. entirely private ones. I'm genuinely curious to see if any such research exists. I'm inclined to think not. Oh, another:

Timely access to specialist care in non-life threatening situations can sometimes leave something to be desired in our system. But it's not nearly the issue that people make it out to be, and never a problem where someone's life is at risk. Shit like knee/hip replacements and so on.

How exactly is Canada's health care system a horror story? Sure, we've get our issues here and there, but overall our healthcare outcomes beat the living shit out of the US's in every imaginable way, and we spend about the same amount on our ENTIRE healthcare system as the US spends on Medicare...

They really don't like it when you heat it up with a lighter first.

Dramatic effect, bro.

Just build the computer and stress test it with the old PSU. If it occasionally crashes or exhibits instability, yank the PSU out and get a new one. I've got a pretty old Q9550 and a 680, and it never goes past 450 watts even when stress testing, so you should have plenty of head room unless you...

Five days, five pounds.

American Express is probably the least accepted of the major credit cards internationally, though. Really if worldwide acceptance is the priority, it has to be a Visa.

Heh, I don't know why anyone would be surprised by such a comment. The guy's been batshit loco for decades. He built a fucking castle and insisted on being called "Lord" for god's sake. Hell, he took his latest wife's name too! edit: reading his Wiki page, it's even more hilarious that he's...

Lol, video games think they're movies!

I don't have a problem with people who have a problem with Monsanto. They've done plenty of shady things, no question. But can you give me any scientific basis in terms of actual research that causes you to distrust GMO foods? Or explain to me why GMO foods are potentially worse than say...

Definitely some variant of Visa, anyways. They're pretty much universally accepted around the world, more so than MasterCard is and infinitely more than American Express. As far as which Visa provider and package to go with, I have no idea.

Dude. The best part is that there's twenty of them. Fuck. Last week in Chicago. Gene and Georgetti. I guess the guy who picked it did some research, but I myself went in blind. It was a pretty damn good steak. If you could retire next week with a reasonable chunk of change in the bank, say a...

I have to stop buying shit on Steam. It's getting ridiculous. And not even that I buy a lot of games, I don't. The problem is that I barely game anymore, and it takes me forever just to finish a single game. It took me probably 2 months to finish Assassin's Creed, and that was what, 12 hours or...

Lost's first episode was pretty spectacular, in my opinion. Too bad it went to such shit.

I kinda want to vote for all three poll options.

Just cause a chick says she's pro-choice does NOT mean that she'll get an abortion if you knock her up. Like chaos said, be ever vigilant. My girlfriend's been having issues with her birth control the past while, she recently changed to a new one and that gave her a rash. So she's off it for...

Pretty much. Also myself.

Black & White

She's pretty awesome. I don't really believe in the concept of "the one", but this one's pretty groovy!

heh, curling is fairly rare even here. No one curls outside on a lake or some shit, it's all done in dedicated curling rinks. I have curled a grand total of like twice in my whole life, in grade 10 gym class. In all of Edmonton, a city of about 1.2 million people, there might be half a dozen...

No, I remember hearing about them a long time ago, and at the time it was super controversial. No one could agree if they were just mini-sapiens or something else.

If you mean the goalie hit, he intentionally drove his elbow through the goalie's head, while the goalie was in the crease. He's getting 3-5 games for that one, for sure.

Just received a new projector to replace my 4 year old Panasonic. Hoping this one doesn't develop burn in issues like my last two have. The last two were LCD, this one is DLP. Also went with one that is bright as fuck, since I don't have great light control. Optoma USA HD25-LV

We've always known there was an immense number of stars, sure. But only in the past decade have we started to even have a remote idea about how many planets there might be, and the initial indications were that most of them were hot Jupiters. This new data has confirmed that our particular solar...

To me the second Kadri hit wasn't all that bad. The hit on the goalie however was dirty as all fuck. He knew exactly what he was doing.

I really tried to think of a Monty Hall / birth control joke, but I failed.

Nah, just a little black dude. Or maybe he was hispanic, he was fairly pale. Good enough dude. I think he mentioned he used to be an amateur boxer or some shit, but who knows. Yeah, everything was kind of game time decisions, not much was planned out. Plus I've never really been comfortable...

Well, it's pretty much the end of my keeper pool for the year. Trying to decide if I trade him away for current players (he is signed through this season and two more to my team), or if I trade away other players to tank for the year and get draft picks. Ugh.

Like I said, my bro was walking, albeit only for very short periods and with a cane, on his very similar break within 2-3 weeks because he misunderstood the surgeon's instructions. It was supposed to be completely elevated for 2-3 weeks, at which point he could start to get around in a wheel...

Did you read the link? I could see how you'd miss it, those being the first two paragraphs of the article. But in all seriousness, that number is pretty staggering, especially if you consider the context: it wouldn't include Earth-sized moons of gas giants in the habitable zone, nor Earth-like...

Shit's not always so simple. My girlfriend's friend just found out she was pregnant. She was on birth control, and had absolutely no interest in getting pregnant. She's living with a boyfriend that she had been thinking of getting away from, so this is the last thing she wanted. She did tell my...

Rectal photography. Would you like to see my portfolio.

No shit. If the shape of your eye is still changing, your vision will continue to deteriorate after the surgery. Hence why any decent surgeon will strongly recommend that your prescription remain stable for 2 years before having the operation. Basically, it's probably not a good idea for people...