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It's interesting that Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool says that there are memory problems when I was still in campus, and froze the computer, but none of that shows up when I'm home.

Further investigation is probably needed.

Hmm, hopefully it isn't your RAM slot going bad :/

That reminds me, in my server machine, there's a bad RAM slot.. or at least you can't use both of them simultaneously. I discovered this while it was my main desktop back from 2008-2012, and I tried putting two 1GB sticks of DDR2 RAM into it, but it was only reading one of them. I had to put a 2GB stick of RAM for it to be maxed out. Wonder what happened there.

Zach said:

Hmm, hopefully it isn't your RAM slot going bad :/

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I'm thinking of running the Windows Memory Diagnostics Tool's extended test overnight until I wake up tomorrow. (It'd be the perfect stress test for both CPU and memory, but it takes forever to run. I've already run standard tests on the memory, which failed on campus, but ran successfully at home.)

I do hope so, or I'd probably end up with only a Surface (again) while I plan on getting a new laptop. Preferably preconfigured at shipping time, and also I'd think that it might be a good time for me to join the true SSD party.

Zach said:

That reminds me, in my server machine, there's a bad RAM slot.. or at least you can't use both of them simultaneously. I discovered this while it was my main desktop back from 2008-2012, and I tried putting two 1GB sticks of DDR2 RAM into it, but it was only reading one of them. I had to put a 2GB stick of RAM for it to be maxed out. Wonder what happened there.

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Some hardware are more fickle than others when it comes to memory slots and what's in it. Check your motherboard documentation.

If the clock speeds don't match, some boards will be fickle. Also, if one stick is an unsupported clock speed, the board just won't see it. I've encountered this quite a bit in OEM desktops (the desktops that come already assembled from HP, Dell, Gateway, and others of that ilk).

The sticks were both identical models when I tried them, believe it or not. So iunno :/

Perfect excuse to just set fire to the motherboard and go get a new one. :P

Did both sticks work individually? The slot could have been bad to begin with as well. Just kinda wanna satiate my curiosity on this.

Both sticks worked, and either slot or the other worked. It just didn't want to accept them both simultaneously.

Eh, didn't think this was worth making a whole thread for so I hope you don't mind me barging in for a second >.<

I wanted people's opinion on something. Currently I'm using a MacBook Pro 13" and realized that considering my academic program requires me to be in front of the computer nearly 24/7, the screen has become a slight problem. Being the Apple product fan I am, I'm wondering whether I should get an iMac or just the Thunderbolt Display monitor. Either way, I'm going to have to figure out where to put the thing XD

Was originally thinking of just building a custom gaming PC, but I decided against it D:

Vanille Sky said:

Eh, didn't think this was worth making a whole thread for so I hope you don't mind me barging in for a second >.<

I wanted people's opinion on something. Currently I'm using a MacBook Pro 13" and realized that considering my academic program requires me to be in front of the computer nearly 24/7, the screen has become a slight problem. Being the Apple product fan I am, I'm wondering whether I should get an iMac or just the Thunderbolt Display monitor. Either way, I'm going to have to figure out where to put the thing XD

Was originally thinking of just building a custom gaming PC, but I decided against it D:

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It'd honestly be up to you, really. If you have an Apple TV, you should be able to mirror your display to that over the network. However, it just really entirely depends as well what you're doing because the specs between your MacBook Pro and a new iMac are going to be different.

So it seems that even with the new GDR3 update to my phone, there's still no way to actually "stop" music.. it's either pause or play, and then reset it to get it to truly stop. Hopefully Microsoft can think of a way to "stop" music.

Damn, your server only has two memory slots, and you only put 2 gigs in it? You know 8 GB RAM cards exist, right?

Methinks you should just go and buy a new motherboard. How old is it (seeing that 2008-2012 doesn't really tell us much)?

®ock§mashGod said:

Damn, your server only has two memory slots, and you only put 2 gigs in it? You know 8 GB RAM cards exist, right?

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Not in this machine you can't :P

The machine may be older though, since I acquired it in a refurbished state back in September 2008.

Those specs and that refurbished date probably put the machine as a machine from 2005/2006, if I had to venture a guess without looking up the model. Before it ended up in your hands it was probably leased out to a business.

What ever happened to 3d printing

Wackowar said:

What ever happened to 3d printing

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It's still going on, but it's not quite in the limelight at this point. 3D printing is still rather immature and not quite well suited for the general public at this point, though, as with any technology, it's going to improve soon, consistently. Remember the first 3D printers? I don't want to remember that - today's are miles ahead.

This assignment is making my head kind of spin. I know my logic is good. The only problem? How to make use of pthreads(). (I'm coding within a virtual machine again.)

Hmm 3D printing.. that seems like a topic of its own, but I'm not sure how much of an interest it would spark, really :3

There seems to be something with my email address and unexpected sign-ups to dating sites. -.-;;

*contacts Plentyoffish Customer Support*

I've never had anyone sign me up for stuff using my email address thank gosh, but I've heard of people using their email accounts to make an Apple ID. The person I knew that had their email address used on someone else's Apple ID actually took the account and found information. Then again, this person's email name is something a little more common than my screenname.

I think there is a very good reason why sites should send a confirmation email every time a user signs up :)

Twiggy said:

I think there is a very good reason why sites should send a confirmation email every time a user signs up :)

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Really? What do you think it's for. Aside from basic security reasons.

In a way it seems good enough to keep bots away, and other types of disturbing nuisances, but if I had to pick having those around and having to go to my email just to do the confirmation, I would go with bots, I am probably too lazy to even be discussing about this. :P

Fernbutter said:

Really? What do you think it's for. Aside from basic security reasons.

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Well, here's a thought: would you want someone posing as you on a website you didn't sign up at and using your email? I know for sure that I wouldn't want that.