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  1. Samuraid

    How to get the Preview image showing instead of minimap (on Epicwar e.g)

    Epic War uses war3mapMap.blp always. If your map has a war3mapPreview.tga in it that you would like to use instead, leave a report on your map asking to switch to the custom preview image. Hope this helps.
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    Need help with building PC, AMD A8-3850 for gaming?

    Yeah, the 3850 is a legit entry-level gaming chip. The integrated graphics performance is actually close to the level of a discrete radeon 5550 card. Not super fast, but not shabby either. It's definitely fast enough for the games you mentioned. Normally DDR3-1333 is fast enough for most...
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    Lighttpd rewrite messes up template

    Unfortunately, that's Apache's syntax and won't work for lighttpd. In lighttpd, If you want to skip rewriting if the URL actually points to a real file, make sure to use: url.rewrite-if-not-file = "<pattern>"
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    New iMacs!

    Well, here's a direct comparison: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/296?vs=315 It looks like the 6970M fits in between them. Tell you what: we'll increase the cost of the video card in my build to $150 to pay for a GTX460 768MB. That will beat the 6970M and only cost $50 more than the...
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    New iMacs!

    All the GeForce 400 series support DirectX11, as do all the Radeon 5000 series. As for the speed of the 6970M. So, the 6970M is slightly slower than a GTX 485M. Now, let's look at the GTX 485M: The GTX460 768MB in the same ballpark as a Radeon 5770. Pick either one, really. You are...
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    New iMacs!

    The screen is not $1000. It's $840. Check out Ghan's build. (also, the 27" carries such a price premium for barely any extra it's decidedly a waste of money, but that's beside the point) The 6970M is slower than a desktop 6850. Try a 5770 or a GTX460 768 MB. The former can be had for under...
  7. Samuraid

    New iMacs!

    The parts list you quoted before is more expensive than an equivalent build. The margin is not $100, it's more. Fair enough. :) I think Apple builds good quality computers. I just cannot personally justify the price difference, and there is absolutely no way around the fact that they cost...
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    New iMacs!

    Correct, because you cannot even build a Mac. You can, however, build a better computer for the same (or less). What do I mean by better? Significantly faster CPU performance Significantly faster graphics performance More storage/RAM Faster disks More expandable The only thing...
  9. Samuraid

    norton internet security and this....

    Yeah, probably just a display bug. You can try temporarily toggling the switch off, then turning it back on again to see if the button redraws correctly.
  10. Samuraid

    Forum URL

    In your example above, $_SERVER['PATH_INFO'] will contain the "/42-World-Editor-Helpswegaerhaehe" part. Then you can use string parsing or regular expressions to extract the 42. One of the fastest ways to do this would be: $number = (int)substr($_SERVER['PATH_INFO'], 1); It's messy, but it's...
  11. Samuraid

    Two webservers on the same network?

    A proxy is really the only way to do it, assuming you have only 1 IP address and you want all the webservers to accept traffic from port 80. You can use something like lighttpd, nginx, varnish, or haproxy to act as a reverse proxy. They can be configured to send traffic to any number of...
  12. Samuraid

    Using 4G for home internet - bad idea?

    Perhaps they did advertize in megabits, but maybe JerseyFoo converted to megabytes for the sake of convenience. Either way, 1 megabyte per second is far more bandwidth than youtube consumes for a single HD video. 1 megabyte per second is even enough to stream most main profile DVD MPEG2 video...
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    Can you do double or triple virtualizations in any OS?

    To answer the question: yes you can in some circumstances. For example: you could run a video game console emulator in a virtual machine. Using paravirtualization or binary translation, you may also be able to virtualize full operating systems within each other, but the performance will likely...
  14. Samuraid

    Building a Computer

    I regularly read both Toms and Anandtech, and have for years now. Truth be told, there is seldom a time when the two sites come up with drastically different benchmarks or drastically difference conclusions. You have a few opinions and possible sources of evidence as to why Tomshardware might...
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    Apache Webserver 2.2 - Limit Bandwidth?

    Another option, if your router supports traffic shaping or QoS, would be to use the router to rate-limit your apache box. That would probably end up being the most reliable solution. Other than that, Ghan's suggestion is a good one. The free version of litespeed works quite well.
  16. Samuraid

    phpMyAdmin

    Make it a single file, with no installation required, like this: http://www.adminer.org/
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    Artifact issue with HIS 5770

    Are you running the latest catalyst drivers from AMD.com (v10.12)? As for the card appearing as a "5700 series", as you suspect, that is normal and acceptable.
  18. Samuraid

    Need Help!!!

    Whatever you do, don't pay extra for the Killer network card. They are not worth any significant additional cost.
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    Newegg Morals

    That's terrible! :eek: Normally, you'd expect retailers to be honest and mark such things as "open box" or "recertified"
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    Newegg Morals

    I haven't had any problems with either of them. :) I think we should not tolerate defects. It's the retailer's (ultimately the manufacturer's) responsibility to deliver a working product. I don't think the retailer should have to pay for returns due to buyer's remorse. Here's why: The buyer...
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