Conservative Republican Discussion Forums - Tech Forum http://www.republicanoperative.com/forums/ Technology, gaming, etc... en Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:36:28 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.republicanoperative.com/forums/images/misc/rss.png Conservative Republican Discussion Forums - Tech Forum http://www.republicanoperative.com/forums/ <![CDATA[Shoppers 'panic buying' old 75W bulbs]]> http://www.republicanoperative.com/forums/tech-forum-20/shoppers-panic-buying-old-75w-bulbs-28343/ Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:10:16 GMT Shoppers across Europe are panic buying the last remaining stocks of old fashioned 75W light bulbs before the traditional household items are banned in the EU next week. ... Shoppers across Europe are panic buying the last remaining stocks of old fashioned 75W light bulbs before the traditional household items are banned in the EU next week.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...nto-force.html

I use CFLs in part of my house and they are expensive and they just do not give off the light that the old incandescent bulbs did. They have to warm up to get bright and the light does seem to be a sickly yellow. ]]> Tech Forum samspade http://www.republicanoperative.com/forums/tech-forum-20/shoppers-panic-buying-old-75w-bulbs-28343/ Setting up dual boot system http://www.republicanoperative.com/forums/tech-forum-20/setting-up-dual-boot-system-28293/ Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:40:07 GMT I am going to install two hard drives on a system and I want to be able to boot from one to the other. I previously did this by partitioning a drive but now I want two separate drives. I also want to turn off the internet on one drive which will be used strictly for games. Will that disable the... I am going to install two hard drives on a system and I want to be able to boot from one to the other. I previously did this by partitioning a drive but now I want two separate drives.

I also want to turn off the internet on one drive which will be used strictly for games. Will that disable the internet for the other drive? ]]> Tech Forum samspade http://www.republicanoperative.com/forums/tech-forum-20/setting-up-dual-boot-system-28293/ Gaming Benchmarks: Windows 7 vs Ubuntu 10.04 http://www.republicanoperative.com/forums/tech-forum-20/gaming-benchmarks-windows-7-vs-ubuntu-10-04-a-28282/ Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:47:22 GMT [Phoronix] Gaming Benchmarks: Windows 7 vs. Ubuntu Linux
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At the beginning of this month we published workstation benchmarks comparing Windows 7 to Ubuntu Linux. In those tests, which were a continuation of tests from earlier this year when looking to see whether Windows 7 is faster than Ubuntu 10.04 and how fast is Windows compared to Mac OS X and Linux, the two operating systems performed quite closely in our workstation tests with only a few exceptions. Today, however, we are back to looking at the Linux vs. Windows performance of the Lenovo ThinkPad W510 and this time we are looking at the OpenGL gaming performance between Windows 7 Professional and Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.
What's interesting is that the performance is the same or it's a little lower in Linux than in Windows. Granted, this detail could be because of how the proprietary nVidia driver is constructed, but it shows that Linux isn't necessarily faster at everything. ]]> Tech Forum swirling_vortex http://www.republicanoperative.com/forums/tech-forum-20/gaming-benchmarks-windows-7-vs-ubuntu-10-04-a-28282/ Games 2010 http://www.republicanoperative.com/forums/tech-forum-20/games-2010-a-28197/ Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:01:43 GMT I cannot wait til Halo: Reach adn Fable III. I am pre-ordering both of them. I cannot wait til Halo: Reach adn Fable III. I am pre-ordering both of them. ]]> Tech Forum Seravee http://www.republicanoperative.com/forums/tech-forum-20/games-2010-a-28197/ Starcraft 2 http://www.republicanoperative.com/forums/tech-forum-20/starcraft-2-a-28126/ Thu, 12 Aug 2010 06:31:00 GMT Anybody else got this? Been playing it, and lovin it. Anybody else got this? Been playing it, and lovin it. ]]> Tech Forum Maylar http://www.republicanoperative.com/forums/tech-forum-20/starcraft-2-a-28126/