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LAN & General Gaming / Re: Age of Empires 3: the asian dynasties

« on: September 24, 2007, 01:35:09 PM »

The screenshot in Wikipedia looks really good. I must say though that I preferred playing AOE2 over AOE3 when it first released. The graphics were cool, but it felt the controls/interface were less good. Even AOE1 is still me favourite, most likely because I played it when I was young. 

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Operating Systems & Software / Re: Google readies PowerPoint killer

« on: September 24, 2007, 09:49:14 AM »

I tried it out and it was able to import some powerpoint, works pretty well though it doesn't support 2007 formats:

Types of files that you can upload:
Presentations (up to 10MB)
Microsoft PowerPoint (.ppt, .pps).

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Contests & Hot Deals / Re: [Frontpage News]Sultry Semptember Schwag

« on: September 24, 2007, 03:06:48 AM »

I noticed that many of you have not been posting much. Don't forget that you must have a minimum of 5 posts to be entered (5 posts per entry) during September! Good luck! 

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Contests & Hot Deals / Re: Free Noctua Promo Items: Stickers, Case Badge and Flyers!

« on: September 24, 2007, 03:04:46 AM »

I received my promo items a few weeks ago. They are pretty nice, especially the badge

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News / Re: [Frontpage News]Ultra Grid ATX Case

« on: September 24, 2007, 02:58:20 AM »

Yeah, the open slot actually can come in handy in this situation. It might even make a nice effect if the fan controller has some lighted knobs. Thanks for the info Fujitsu. 

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General Hardware / Building a Modular PSU

« on: September 24, 2007, 02:56:52 AM »

Might be worth a try if you're handy and you have a spare power supply and system to test it on 

http://www.bit-tech.net/modding/2007/09/21/building_a_modular_psu/1

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General Mayhem / Re: The Invasion of the Birds!

« on: September 24, 2007, 02:55:58 AM »

Too bad the crows aren't afraid of the falcons 

Nothing seems to scare them I find. They are some pretty agressive birds...

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General Mayhem / Re: Good to see all is ok

« on: September 24, 2007, 02:52:22 AM »

I'm glad everything is back to normal so far. Hopefully this won't happen again in the near futur 

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News / Re: [Frontpage News]Scythe Kama Cross CPU Cooler

« on: September 20, 2007, 07:36:30 PM »

Scythe has been known to make pretty silent fans too I've noticed from reviews. I might end up buying this cooler once I can't stand the stock cooler anymore. Plus it doesn't need you to remove the motherboard's backplate! High five! 

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Contests & Hot Deals / Re: Contest - Crucial's Talk Like a Pirate Day

« on: September 20, 2007, 07:35:06 PM »

Me says Zeus is the ultimate Crucial pirate! 

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News / Re: [Frontpage News]LCD Testing Methods

« on: September 20, 2007, 07:34:10 PM »

They have a very robust test bed.  I wish I could afford a response time unit like they have.  We already have a scope and maybe it's something that could be added in the future. . . hmm.

Always good to start somewhere 

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General Mayhem / Re: Parents get upset at Wii Gun attachment

« on: September 20, 2007, 07:33:14 PM »

If everyone is like these people claim, and use of the Wii Zapper means that we're all psychopathic killers then those same people who grew up on Pac-Man should be fat ghost hunters. And what about the ones that grew up with Tetris? Crazy architects?

All part of the on-goind-never-ending debate about the relatioship of gaming violence and real-life violence 

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News / Re: [Frontpage News]Ultra Grid ATX Case

« on: September 19, 2007, 02:29:38 PM »

Just out of curiosity, how much space is there between the front door and the drive bays? It might be useful to know if I were to put a fan controller with knobs in there.

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News / Re: [Frontpage News]Scythe Kama Cross CPU Cooler

« on: September 19, 2007, 02:08:18 PM »

Wow! That fan runs at 1500RPM and it stayed quiet throughout the testing? Very impressive indeed.
Good review Fujitsu!

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News / Re: [Frontpage News]LCD Testing Methods

« on: September 19, 2007, 02:06:06 PM »

I don't know much about monitors, but I know that X-bit labs have their own testing methodology for LCD monitors. You might want to read their article and maybe bring some improvements or add tools to your methods: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/other/display/lcd-testmethods.html