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Re: New Router Install

Posted on 2014-02-25, 06:03

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I had to swap out my good 'ol WRT54G when I upgraded my service from 8 to 40Mbps about two or three years ago, even with the stock Linksys firmware and almost everything turned off I was barely seeing half the available throughput. Getting a newer router allowed me to take full advantage of my …

Re: Twitch plays Pokemon

Posted on 2014-02-25, 05:58

I found myself leaving it as background and taking a look every now and then when the music changed or something, so I thought that displaying the stream on a TV would be more appropriate for that, but where's the fun on running HDMI from a tablet to an LCD TV when I can do it the old school analog …

Re: Story behind your avatar?

Posted on 2014-02-13, 03:58

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Mine's an anthropomorphic Nintendo Game Boy Pocket/Light/Color, probably from the Japanese user's manual. I got it from an early 2000s animutation called Shumway (remember those?) using a SWF decompiler. Before that my avatar was a clock speed display from an old AT PC case showing the number 133. : …

Re: Post pics of your CRT monitors

Posted on 2014-02-05, 05:32

You and your awesome super high resolution CRT displays with aperture grille tubes and sexy refresh rates... Gentlemen, I give you the complete opposite (all pics are click to zoom): http://133fsb.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/dscn1047s.jpg?w=250 http://133fsb.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/dscn1048s.jpg …

Re: Someone is looking for retrobright?

Posted on 2014-01-26, 23:11

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More results: The Good My Famicom http://133fsb.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/fc_before.jpg?w=300 http://133fsb.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/fc_after.jpg?w=300 A friend's Famicom http://133fsb.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/fcnico_before.jpg?w=300 http://133fsb.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/fcnico_after.jpg …

Re: Ever wish something had replaced the floppy beside CDs?

Posted on 2014-01-25, 04:10

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My father used Magneto-Optical disks back in the day to move his large graphic design files between work and home. I loved the idea of "a cross between a CD and a floppy" but I never got a chance to play with them. He borrowed an external drive from work whenever needed and always took it back …

Re: Someone is looking for retrobright?

Posted on 2014-01-24, 23:14

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Here are the results on an AT case I'm planning a build on. Used 40vol cream peroxide mixed with Vanish Crystal White laundry powder and around 7 hours of full sunlight. Due to the intense heat the paste dried up very quickly requiring several reapplications, so if you intend to do more than one …

Re: Post pics of your CRT monitors

Posted on 2014-01-24, 03:01

Monochrome displays I have a thing for monochrome displays, with their amazing clarity due to their lack of RGB triads, high bandwidth inputs (in the case of composite video inputs) and high persistence green/amber phosphors. I've got several monitors to get my high-res monochrome fix: Unbranded …

Re: More YouTube Shenanigans

Posted on 2014-01-15, 04:27

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I hate the Google+ changes and still refuse to bend over even when it locks me out of replying to my viewers, but I can't 'break the YouTube habit' since it's what I do now instead of watching TV, to "veg out" and kill time. I don't see myself going back to TV. 🤣

Re: Local sellers using Ebay as reference

Posted on 2014-01-15, 04:17

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This happens all the time. There is nothing you can do. [..] Out of pride 9 out of 10 will never lower their prices and just sit on it or throw it out. Sad but true, it has happened to me at local flea markets more than once and it's anything but decreasing. Seller checks MercadoLibre (local eBay …

Re: More YouTube Shenanigans

Posted on 2014-01-15, 03:57

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Recently I haven't been able to replay videos in YouTube by just hitting the play button when it reaches the end and stops, it just stays there and does nothing until I refresh the page. After all what's happened my expectations are pretty low anyway.

Re: Composite on modern tv

Posted on 2014-01-13, 05:28

And I don't understand why people muck around with composite and S-Video. Go RGB or go home :) Here on the other side of the pond we didn't have RGB, ever. When I was growing up having composite video was a luxury. Consoles came with RF leads, AV cables were optional. Your parents' brand spanking …

Re: Someone is looking for retrobright?

Posted on 2014-01-01, 14:22

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You know, I've been thinking about using that stuff since I can get it easier and cheaper than regular liquid peroxide, with the bonus of being more efficient to use because of its viscosity, but I've always been concerned about the other compounds in the solution besides H202 - could they harm the …

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