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Squaredude · 16-07-2014 4:24pm

Headshot wrote: »

Im a current user of windows 8.1 but will be upgrading the mobo, hence im thinking of going back to windows 7 (I have a spare license) and I dont think I can re use my windows 8 upgrade again

Am I mad to go back?

I did this last week. You just have to change one or two things in the registry once you've installed windows 8 and you're good to go.

Baked.noodle · 17-07-2014 6:50pm

DARPA taps Lawrence Livermore to develop world's first neural device to restore memory

The Department of Defense's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) up to $2.5 million to develop an implantable neural device with the ability to record and stimulate neurons within the brain to help restore memory, DARPA officials announced this week.

The research builds on the understanding that memory is a process in which neurons in certain regions of the brain encode information, store it and retrieve it. Certain types of illnesses and injuries, including Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Alzheimer's disease and epilepsy, disrupt this process and cause memory loss. TBI, in particular, has affected 270,000 military service members since 2000.

The goal of LLNL's work -- driven by LLNL's Neural Technology group and undertaken in collaboration with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and Medtronic -- is to develop a device that uses real-time recording and closed-loop stimulation of neural tissues to bridge gaps in the injured brain and restore individuals' ability to form new memories and access previously formed ones.

..Brian.. · 22-07-2014 11:30pm

YUS!!

http://failblog.cheezburger.com/share/62665217

..Brian.. · 22-07-2014 11:30pm

YUS!!

http://failblog.cheezburger.com/share/62665217

glynf · 24-07-2014 6:08pm

AOC have officially announced their 3440 x 1440 34" monitor, its out in September and priced at £499 Sterling, pretty damn impressive as the LG model goes for £839.99 and it uses the same panel...Now if they could only produce one with G-sync/FreeSync.

ShadowHearth · 24-07-2014 9:00pm

glynf wrote: »

AOC have officially announced their 3440 x 1440 34" monitor, its out in September and priced at £499 Sterling, pretty damn impressive as the LG model goes for £839.99 and it uses the same panel...Now if they could only produce one with G-sync/FreeSync.

OH GOD YES!!! Finally!

first of all though I am getting New GPU, which will be able to run this bad boy, then I am all over this monitor like a fly on ****!

glynf · 25-07-2014 9:36am

ShadowHearth wrote: »

OH GOD YES!!! Finally!

first of all though I am getting New GPU, which will be able to run this bad boy, then I am all over this monitor like a fly on ****!

Lol thought you'd be happy with that, always thought 21:9 would be brilliant for games since I saw a Philips telly years ago.

Think I'll hold off until a g-sync or 120hz (doubt that will happen, seems all these monitors are IPS) one lands.

ShadowHearth · 25-07-2014 11:19am

glynf wrote: »

Lol thought you'd be happy with that, always thought 21:9 would be brilliant for games since I saw a Philips telly years ago.

Think I'll hold off until a g-sync or 120hz (doubt that will happen, seems all these monitors are IPS) one lands.

well, G-sync is over ratted in my opinion. Plus I would better chop my balls off then sign myself to Nvidia GPUs only. I dont trust them not to bend me over and have a romantic evening with my anus.

120hz is nice, but I would be happy to push out stable 60hz at that resolution. I am not super competitive gamer and I will take IPS panel over 120hz.

game4it70 · 25-07-2014 11:22am

Geez to early to read that shadow :eek::eek::eek:
:P

Lu Tze · 25-07-2014 11:35am

game4it70 wrote: »

Geez to early to read that shadow :eek::eek::eek:
:P

He is like a modern Yeats, powerful imagery!

glynf · 25-07-2014 1:09pm

ShadowHearth wrote: »

well, G-sync is over ratted in my opinion. Plus I would better chop my balls off then sign myself to Nvidia GPUs only. I dont trust them not to bend me over and have a romantic evening with my anus.

120hz is nice, but I would be happy to push out stable 60hz at that resolution. I am not super competitive gamer and I will take IPS panel over 120hz.

Yea, Nvidia don't even give you a peck on the cheek before f**klng you:D

It will be interesting to see if monitor manufacturers go with G-sync, Free-sync or Adaptive sync (the VESA apporved one already inc. on DisplayPort).

I've been running 120hz of buttery smoothness for nearly 2 years now, no way am I going back to a 60hz monitor unless it has some form of frame sync tech. included.

G-sync does not support surround properly yet either.

McSasquatch II · 25-07-2014 1:56pm

I went straight from a decent CRT to a 120Hz TN panel. Big drop in colour accuracy, but I really couldn't get used to 60Hz. Even for a gorgeous 21:9 IPS panel, I'd find the transition to the lower refresh rate hard. We need QLED (or whatever other tech is currently being touted as the future of monitors) to get a bleedin' move on!

glynf · 25-07-2014 2:16pm

So true, I had a 20" Dell Back in the day, so sorry I got rid. I have three of these, and find the colours great for a TN. More than good enough for gaming, which is my main use for them.

Ezio have a 240hz VA monitor out, the 240hz bit of a gimmick/sales bull, but it is a proper 120hz panel and its VA. Its a step in the right direction though.

Baked.noodle · 27-07-2014 5:18pm

80s Computer Hacking: A Supercut

EoinHef · 27-07-2014 5:56pm

Anybody point me in the direction of a program to convert .mp4 to .mov?

College my friend is in requires video files to be in .mov,awkward b*****ds

Wossack · 28-07-2014 11:45am

I used to use a program called FormatFactory years back for doing things like that

Handbrake is considerably better, but might need a bit of work to get it to work nicely

cherryghost · 28-07-2014 12:08pm

Jaysus haven't used Handbrake in a long time. That was a great program!

Serephucus · 28-07-2014 12:15pm

I used it for ripping all of Stargate on DVD back in the day. Took like two weeks. :P Great program though, lots of options.

Wossack · 28-07-2014 1:12pm

yea i had great results with it alright

eventually just stopped bothering reencoding stuff, and now just rip 1:1 with makemkv

Icyseanfitz · 29-07-2014 12:33pm

anyplace online that i can buy a nice workstation desk? id love a big desk for both my pc and my tv

cherryghost · 29-07-2014 3:39pm

Icyseanfitz wrote: »

anyplace online that i can buy a nice workstation desk? id love a big desk for both my pc and my tv

Got mine from Ikea, love it to bits.

Icyseanfitz · 29-07-2014 5:14pm

live in kerry though and i dont think ikea let you buy online

Burgo · 29-07-2014 7:43pm

Icyseanfitz wrote: »

live in kerry though and i dont think ikea let you buy online

Can you ring and order from them?

Gumbi · 31-07-2014 3:54pm

3 4790ks just arrived in the post. If anyone is interested in one give me a shout, will offer a good price on them vs retail prices! Now I gotta test these bad boys out.

game4it70 · 31-07-2014 4:00pm

Gumbi wrote: »

3 4790ks just arrived in the post. If anyone is interested in one give me a shout, will offer a good price on them vs retail prices! Now I gotta test these bad boys out.

Nice!! :eek:
Enjoy the speed binning

ShadowHearth · 02-08-2014 12:12pm

Just got these today. I bought them locally for 74eu though. I was getting like 78kb/s speed in the room with wireless on my ps4... Now I am getting solid 14.8mbit with that yoke wireless. I will try with ethernet cable later.

this little yoke gets 2 thumbs up from me lads. If you need to extend your internet further, then these do a great job.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00DHB2T44/ref=s9_simh_gw_p147_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1YP991FM9Y1PFZ8Z8ANR&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=455344027&pf_rd_i=468294

Sarz91 · 02-08-2014 12:18pm

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Just got these today. I bought them locally for 74eu though. I was getting like 78kb/s speed in the room with wireless on my ps4... Now I am getting solid 14.8mbit with that yoke wireless. I will try with ethernet cable later.

this little yoke gets 2 thumbs up from me lads. If you need to extend your internet further, then these do a great job.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00DHB2T44/ref=s9_simh_gw_p147_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1YP991FM9Y1PFZ8Z8ANR&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=455344027&pf_rd_i=468294

Been using mine for years. They tend to go after about a year or so of constant use though. I've found the capacitor in them tends to be the problem. If they stop working open one up and if you see something like this;

you'll know the capacitors gone. Easy fix but just thought I'd let you know.

ShadowHearth · 02-08-2014 12:25pm

Sarz91 wrote: »

Been using mine for years. They tend to go after about a year or so of constant use though. I've found the capacitor in them tends to be the problem. If they stop working open one up and if you see something like this;

you'll know the capacitors gone. Easy fix but just thought I'd let you know.

Easy fix for you maybe. I dont know what I am looking at lol. I presume just to buy new ones and solder them back in?

Sarz91 · 02-08-2014 12:28pm

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Easy fix for you maybe. I dont know what I am looking at lol. I presume just to buy new ones and solder them back in?

Yeah pretty much. I'm still on the first set I bought about 3-4 years ago so the design may have improved and I may be better off just buying a new set when these go on the blink again.

On another topic, how are you finding the PS4? Is it worth picking one up for Destiny alone?

ShadowHearth · 02-08-2014 1:00pm

Sarz91 wrote: »

Yeah pretty much. I'm still on the first set I bought about 3-4 years ago so the design may have improved and I may be better off just buying a new set when these go on the blink again.

On another topic, how are you finding the PS4? Is it worth picking one up for Destiny alone?

He he, I would be the worst person to ask. Since I got wii U I have not turned on my PS4. I still love PS4, but even now I can play all the stuff on PC, that I could be playing on PS4. Plus why should I pay 70eu per game, that I can get for 20eu on PC.
As for Destiny, I am not really excited about it m8. I was never fan of Halo games, so Bungie is not some sort off Icon of boners. It looks okay and I might pick it up at some point, but I doubt I will bother on launch.
If you are interested in Destiny, then next gen is the only way to go. Look at this comparising video and PS4 just looks plainly better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjrVH9yuPYU

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