Aluvus

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  1. Recommend Ram Brand

    in Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP

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    Crucial, Corsair, Mushkin, OCZ, Kingston (not ValueRAM, with a few exceptions), and Patriot come first to mind.

    You might consider a single 512 MB stick instead of 2x256 MB (unless you can save money with 2 sticks). you lose dual channel capability, which is a bit of a performance hit, but it leaves more room to upgrade later.

  5. How Gulliable Are You

    in On The Web

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    " ... Had you been a German citizen in 1939, you would have made a loyal Nazi. ..."

    Geez, calling you a Nazi seems a little harsh. Seems to me the site's saying, "If you don't agree with us you are $$@#$!" Sounds like they're the Nazis.

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    The Nazis were socialists...

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    The Nazis were fascists. Fascism is not socialism.

  8. Interenal Speaker Hookup(plus Others)

    in Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP

    Posted · Edited by Aluvus

    On speakers, red is positive and black is negative. This is true of a number of DC devices. Virtually all speakers will work fine if the polarity is switched. The only time it's likely to matter is if you have 2 speakers outputing the same thing, but with opposite polarity. This can cause something like motion sickness.

    Home power wiring has no negative (or positive), per se, because it is AC. It has hot (typically black), neutral (typically white), and ground (almost always green). In a perfect world, there would never be any voltage difference between neutral and ground. See Wikipedia. These are the US standards.

  12. How Gulliable Are You

    in On The Web

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    I have to take issue with this. Several items on the test are incorrect or inaccurate, or just speculative. Examples:

    "Silver fillings are safe to put in your teeth. Otherwise, dentists wouldn't use them.

    FALSE. Silver fillings are nearly 40% mercury -- one of the most toxic heavy metals known to man"

    The amount of mercury one is actually exposed to is safe.

    "The history taught to American children in public school is true and accurate.

    FALSE. American history, as taught to American schoolchildren, is more a collection of lies and distortions than actual history. From Columbus to the Vietnam War, politically correct American history consistently paints Americans in a glorious light"

    Partly accurate, but mainly hyperbole.

    "My government would never knowingly lie to me.

    FALSE. All governments lie."

    All is a very strong claim to make with no evidence. But yes, the US government hsa knowingly lied before.

    "The Federal Reserve is a branch of the U.S. government.

    FALSE."

    This is a half-truth. The Fed was founded and is under the control of the federal government. Fed chairmen are appointed by the president. The Fed even has a website under the .gov TLD. The only truth here is that the Fed is in fact owned by member banks.

    "Inflation is a natural side effect of a healthy, growing economy.

    FALSE."

    This is correct, but their explanation is misleading. Limited inflation in a growing economy is a very normal, even useful thing. It's not a "hidden tax" or whatever paranoid theory. Controlled inflation is not some great evil to be feared. A money supply that remains constant can be a Very Bad Thing. These people need a few classes in economics.

    "Vitamin E is dangerous.

    FALSE."

    Large doses of vitamin E are poisonous, period. Normal doses are safe.

    "There is no cure for cancer.

    FALSE."

    Misleading. They can claim all they want that there are cures for some cancers, but there's no silver bullet.

    "All foods and beverages are safe to consume in moderation and can be part of a balanced diet.

    FALSE."

    Wrong on its face. A "balanced diet" doesn't have to be a perfect diet. This is the same fallacy they made above in assuming that any exposure to mercury was unsafe.

    "Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a genuine brain chemistry disorder that must be treated with drugs to help children.

    FALSE. This so-called disease is entirely fictitious and has no measurable physiological basis whatsoever. Hyperactivity in children is actually caused primarily by poor nutritional habits (consumption of refined sugars and food coloring)"

    Their claim that it is entirely fictitious is debateable at best. But their claim about hyperactivity is dead wrong. Recent studies have shown that, against conventional wisdom, hyperactivity has rather little to do with refined sugar intake and such. Food coloring is present in such small amounts in most foods that it is of dubious dietary signficiance.

    This kind of FUD is really despicable not just because it is inaccurate, but because it is self-serving and aimed at bullying people into believing what they do to avoid being labeled "sheeple" (a term popular mainly among conspiracy nuts).

    FWIW, I managed to get a lower score by intentionally answering "wrong" on a few items.

    Sorry to go off like that, but this type of thing really bothers me.

  16. Would My Motherboard Work With Duel Core.

    in Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP

    Posted

    AMD already released teh dual core chip before Intel released the Pentium D.

    if memory serves me, i think AMD is calling theirs the Opteron?

    or i think that was the name they were going to use, but AMD released theirs on the market first.

    boy, that was a first. :lol:

    The Opterons are AMD's server line. They come in a variety of flavors, with some of the more recent ones (ie. Italy) being dual-core. AMD also sell a consumer line, the Athlon 64 X2, that is dual-core.

    as for the original question, that mother board supports the Pentium 4,

    that is not a dual core CPU.

    so the answer to your question is no, it does not support the Pentium D.

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    Yes, as far as I can tell that board has no Pentium D support.