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  1. Alkorin

    Bitcoins/Litecoins/Virtual Currencies

    Definitely a speculative bubble. I just want to pay off the rig I bought by mining, which is certainly doable at these prices.
  2. Alkorin

    Bitcoins/Litecoins/Virtual Currencies

    Just read a bit on bitcointalk. You weren't kidding, people are seriously rustled over there. But, really, it's for good reason.
  3. Alkorin

    Bitcoins/Litecoins/Virtual Currencies

    They might actually be close to release if they're upping the prices now. Who knows. I mean, they claimed they would ship in December, too.
  4. Alkorin

    Bitcoins/Litecoins/Virtual Currencies

    Well, I hope it lasts a while longer and the ASICs stay off the market as long as possible. Daddy needs a new (insert bunch of tech shit here) and bitcoins are gonna pay for it. That rig I just put together with the 3x 7970s is mining coins right now. (Obligatory disclaimer: I will use the...
  5. Alkorin

    Laptop Computers

    This is so very true. It makes my Alienware M17x look like a fucking heat lamp. I wish the M17x was half as good at dissipating heat as the G75 I had for a short while. And there's nothing wrong with throwing a word in for a kickass laptop. I'm sure as hell not shilling for Alienware, I...
  6. Alkorin

    Desktop Picture Thread

    New rig. Oh, this is gonna be fun. Also, better cable management on this one! CPU cooler up closer. God, when did these things get so mammoth? Good thing I didn't put much RAM in there. Definitely wishing I'd bought a bigger case at this point, though. Cooling's fine for the...
  7. Alkorin

    Laptop Computers

    Most Alienware machines will beat the G75 quite handily. You just have to empty your bank account to buy one.
  8. Alkorin

    3d Printing and the Future of Piracy

    Dudes,this thingis the future of 3D printing. Srsly.
  9. Alkorin

    Laptop Computers

    I have the Killer card with my m11x and it's pretty decent. I would steer clear of the Intel 6250. If you want a non-Killer product, go with the Broadcom, IMO.
  10. Alkorin

    Must Have iOS Apps

    Most of the iOS Final Fantasy titles (1 through 4, 3 for iPad, and FFD story chapters) are on sale right now. All good games.
  11. Alkorin

    The Authoritative Final Fantasy & Bravely Default thread

    Square, SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!
  12. Alkorin

    The Authoritative Final Fantasy & Bravely Default thread

    Is it too much to hope that these are the Dark Aeon / Last Mission versions?
  13. Alkorin

    Smartphones

    I'm not comparing devices. I'm comparing usage profiles. If A can do the same thing B can, for twice the number of hours, sounds like A (smartphone) has a leg up on B (laptop) for that particular purpose, yeah? Step outside the box a little. That's all I'm saying. Edit: Defying physics is...
  14. Alkorin

    Smartphones

    Has anyone kept up with the Swype-wannabe for jailbroken iOS? I tried it a couple of years ago I think, but it was in its infancy and had issues. I'm curious if it ever got updated over the last while.
  15. Alkorin

    HDTVs

    Did these things happen to you or are they random interwebs-isms, and if they're the latter, are they the rule or the exception?
  16. Alkorin

    Aradune Returns to EQ aka the EQ Nostalgia thread

    This is the best part of any game. Doesn't matter which game.
  17. Alkorin

    Computer Issues

    It's entirely likely that there was an intermittent connection in the mic jack in the first place, and whatever you were doing exacerbated it to the point where it no longer works. If you jiggle the cable on the mic (I know, you've probably tried, but just in case), do you get any feedback...
  18. Alkorin

    Aradune Returns to EQ aka the EQ Nostalgia thread

    Haha. Thanks. I was looking through them last night and got sidetracked (as usual) with Tork's hilarity.
  19. Alkorin

    Aradune Returns to EQ aka the EQ Nostalgia thread

    Yeah, we're still around. The site is set up to show today's update from 10 years ago, it's good times. I can't find that particular update (if it's there anymore), but there are a hell of a lot of them in the archives.
  20. Alkorin

    Computer Issues

    Just curious, have you tried another video card (other than the 660TI)?
  21. Alkorin

    Smartphones

    A is something portable that lets you do remote computing. B is something portable that lets you do remote computing. Both can be useful to perform the same tasks. This comparison is a realistic comparison, depending on how you make use of your A and B. Get your head out of your ass and calm...
  22. Alkorin

    Torrents

    Strange. I've never seen this and I "open containing folder" all the time, straight into my Downloads directory, which has all kinds of stuff in it. I guess I've been lucky.
  23. Alkorin

    Smartphones

    Just curious, but your measure of productivity is... what, exactly? My phone complements my day-to-day, it doesn't replace it (or detract from it). 3 hours is ridiculous for any modern device. Most laptops will outdo 3 hours with heavy usage.
  24. Alkorin

    Torrents

    Same. I've never seen this. Could it be coming from some add-on? Or, dare I suggest, malware?
  25. Alkorin

    Spring 2013 Anime Thread

    What a pile of "meh"... I mean, I only glanced at it quickly, but nothing stood out at all.
  26. Alkorin

    Smartphones

    No iPhone is supported by the particular carrier I'm trying to go with. They are somewhat small time and don't have access to the same frequencies as the big three up here. This is part of why competition sucks in the wireless industry in Canada. It's not that they want to control what device...
  27. Alkorin

    Smartphones

    No iPhone is supported by the particular carrier I'm trying to go with. They are somewhat small time and don't have access to the same frequencies as the big three up here. This is part of why competition sucks in the wireless industry in Canada. It's not that they want to control what device...
  28. Alkorin

    Smartphones

    I should add that it's factory unlocked. I didn't buy it on a plan, so I shelled out a great deal of money for the phone. I'm actually thinking I might want to go Blackberry just for the luls, but I'm not sure anyone's done enough research on the battery usage with tethering. I'm assuming...
  29. Alkorin

    Smartphones

    I use it all day, every day. It's jailbroken. My issue isn't with the phone -- it's with the fucking horrible prices on all the carriers that actually support iPhone, so I don't really want to ditch the phone. It isn't the problem. As far as how cheap goes, I suppose I'll pay what I need to...
  30. Alkorin

    Torrents

    I don't get the fuss about uTorrent. It does its job. It downloads torrents. I still get 3MB/s and up with 3.x. You can turn off the advertising entirely if you edit the preferences except for the menu item, and... just don't click on it.
  31. Alkorin

    Smartphones

    Okay, I have a question for you guys, somewhat related to my last rant about Rogers screwing me over on my data plan. I can go with Wind Mobile (http://www.windmobile.ca/en/Pages/default.aspx) and get an unlimited plan, including data (only HSPA+, unfortunately -- but it's unlimited) for...
  32. Alkorin

    Smartphones

    I don't know if there's anything that will allow you any kind of unsandboxed access without a jailbreak on the device itself. That's kinda the point of the sandbox in the first place.
  33. Alkorin

    Smartphones

    Root filesystem access? No. Limited, sandboxed filesystem access? MobileStudio works. There are a bunch of others, I'm sure. Nowhere near as powerful as iFile/Terminal/OpenSSH/whatever.
  34. Alkorin

    Smartphones

    Inb4 someone gets an S4, develops a custom kernel for it and blows the entire battery in 5 minutes while overclocking all 8 cores.
  35. Alkorin

    Bitcoins/Litecoins/Virtual Currencies

    Wow, did I ever pick the wrong time to get into this shit. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=152030.0
  36. Alkorin

    Smartphones

    It's like the new new new iPad!
  37. Alkorin

    Taxes / Tax return questions

    Targeted bots strike again! Holy shit. They're getting smrt.
  38. Alkorin

    690 or 7990 or Titian

    Performance being somewhat equal, I would go single GPU over X2 / CFX / SLI any day of the week. Fewer issues, no matter what you throw at it, new or old. So, I guess I'd go with the Titan. And, if you're insane and feel like going Titan SLI, two of them together apparently smokes everything...
  39. Alkorin

    690 or 7990 or Titian

    Agreed, CFX is not well supported on way too many titles, and no one at AMD seems to care, at least not in time for the release of anything new. I laughed when I saw 2-3 year old games in the release notes for Catalyst 13.1.
  40. Alkorin

    Combining 2 hard drives into 1 volume

    This ^^ doesn't happen if you use JBOD (which is not RAID) or FlexRAID (which is not really RAID, but does give you options if you suffer hardware failure). Bottom line? Make sure your backups work, no matter what you do. I should note that I'm not shilling for FlexRAID, either. I bought...