Vista's content protection mechanism only allows protected content to be sent over interfaces that also have content-protection facilities built in. Currently the most common high-end audio output interface is S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface Format). Most newer audio cards, for example, feature TOSlink digital optical output for high-quality ( Read more... )

According to deusinnomen, the motherboard/CPU is overheating. Isn't this problem what I BOUGHT this damn motherboard/CPU to correct in the first place? ...I'm about ready to chuck the whole thing and buy a new one. Hell, I almost have, but if I were intending to buy a new computer I'd have picked up a PCI-E vidcard instead of the AGP I did get, which is a ( Read more... )

I've got hardware issues. My computer turned itself off and started beeping, I assumed this was probably from overheating since we didn't have the A/C on. I opened up the case and turned a house fan on it, but we heard an odd clicking sound that made me think something was caught in one of the fans. We turned it off again and unplugged it, and ( Read more... )

I'm considering picking up a small digital camera. I haven't really started looking yet, just thinking I should get one. I want a camera that is small enough and protected enough to be safely pocketable. I want a decent screen in the back, and straightforward controls. I very much want a camera that takes pictures quickly, I get really annoyed ( Read more... )

Microsoft has issued a security patch for it's as-yet-unreleased operating system, Windows Vista.

I know it's technically a beta patch... but I'm still amused. At least it's not a stability patch, game_master assures me that Vista will be far more stable than it's predecessors and I'm holding him to that ( Read more... )

What the hell is WRONG with Firefox? I select text, I hit copy, I move, I hit paste and what I get instead of the text I copied, is an href link to the fucking page?? What's up with THAT shit?

That excellent series of SF novels you can never remember? The one about Near-Earth-Orbit asteroids? The one that continues being disturbingly realistic? Yeah. It's this one.

Michael Flynn:
Firestar, 1996
Rogue Star, 1998
Lodestar, 2000
Falling Stars, 2001

I was inspired to switch LJ styles by beige_alert, to "Smooth Sailing" on the S2 side. However, I'd like to have the entries on the left and the sidebar on the right. Can anyone familiar with the LJ style settings tell me how to do that, or do I need to spend some time scrounging through the how-to notes?

[EDIT] Thanks, ze_mookie! ...now to see if I can ( Read more... )