Recent content by subcriminal

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    Moar guns ... we need moar guns

    Less guns does not equal less crime according to this harvard study, which debunks a lot of anti-gun myths and mantras. An interesting read no matter which side you're on. http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/jlpp/Vol30_No2_KatesMauseronline.pdf
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    Velocity Micro z30: core i7 860 8MB

    While it was a long time ago I had a very good experience with my velocity micro system. I'm still using it (right now) 6 years after the purchase and haven't had any problems with hardware. Granted, I could have build the same system for a less money if I wanted to build it, but at the time I...
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    Upgrading a very old pre-built, unsure about what to salvage vs. repla

    No responses yet.. Doh.. :( Anyway I've done a little more thinking/reading/tinkering with the upgrade. I decided to include an ssd for the OS and program files while keeping my 6 year-old deskstar for documents/music/videos, and I'm looking at a radeon 7770 card to hold me for a couple of...
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    Upgrading a very old pre-built, unsure about what to salvage vs. repla

    I hope everyone is enjoying the winter holiday season! My beloved spouse has bestowed a gift of $1000 for me to upgrade my prebuilt. Problem: my pre-built is almost 6 years old, while I’d like to salvage whatever parts I can, realistically I’m probably going to have to replace most of the...