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    $50 Device Could Hack Countless Computers

    Between ChoGGI and Lcpiper I'm feeling the need to unplug everything and rock in the corner (while looking around suspiciously).
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    My first Mac - Macbook Pro 5,5. Now what?

    Not quite done (three kids, work, etc...) So far OSX El Captain in on there. I made a bootable USB installer with it, had the 'won't install over SATA bit' when I tried to install the SSD directly and just setup the drive/installed it via an external enclosure on USB (with the 'can't verify...
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    Bittorrent Dain Bramage

    It's WORKING. You, sir, are a marvel.
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    Bittorrent Dain Bramage

    Holycrapisthatalotoftypingyoudidthere. Thank you. I'll give it a go this evening.
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    My first Mac - Macbook Pro 5,5. Now what?

    I Googled.. thus the answer asking for confirmation and EveryMac reference. Thank you for answering (esp if you thought I needed a lmgtfo link). Sometimes, in days of yore anyway, enthusiasts had hacked bios to extend abilities, or 'developer tools' to improve the same. I was hoping there was...
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    Bittorrent Dain Bramage

    Yes, that works fine. But either of the VPNs and no-go. Thus my thought the TAP driver must be borked; but on two different OSes? (Three now... an 8.1 system.) Whaaa? So it's 'something' I've done (clearly), but there's no common software (that I know of) between all systems. ...and edited...
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    Bittorrent Dain Bramage

    'It don't work. That's what's wrong with it.' - THREE laptops. (Win 10 and a mostly dying Win Vista) - Two different locations with different ISPs. (Charter and CenturyLink) - Two VPNs who both reportly work great with torrents (PrivateTunnel and PIA) - Two torrent programs (Popcorntime and...
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    My first Mac - Macbook Pro 5,5. Now what?

    I had a powerbook G3 and tower G4 and I remember basically zero. A little [H] guidance would be fantastic. - Though it says 8gb is the max it'll take, could if I upgrade to 16gb if I install some other 'bios'/El Captain/etc? The model on EveryMac is MB990LL/A and it shows 8gb as the max. : /...
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    2009 White Macbook worth fixing?

    I love [H]. I just popped in to post 'I just got this old MBP.. it's worth it to add SSD/RAM for the basics, yah? ...and there's a thread for basically the same thing. WIN. ...and thanks for the heads up on trim. I wouldn't have thought the OS disabled it by default. : /
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    Windows stated resolution doesn't match displayed resolution? Wha?

    What was wrong? *shrugs* Deleted the display and video device and now it works great. ...so really, do I care what was wrong anymore? No. No I do not. Thanks. A mighty 1440x900 is mine once more.
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    Windows stated resolution doesn't match displayed resolution? Wha?

    True words SC. True words. ...but it's paid for and works. That makes it a perfect Netflix/email/browsing machine for the family... made even better if I can figure out what the heck is up with the resolution. So maybe delete the current driver/display and see what happens upon a restart? I...
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    Windows stated resolution doesn't match displayed resolution? Wha?

    I'm on a laptop with a native resolution of 1440x900. That's also what Windows shows but it doesn't look right to me. I install Powerstrip. That what it shows I'm running. BUT... It doesn't look right to me. So I checked it online, and it shows 1152x720 (res, not window : ) This is true...
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    BillR is Gone

    It's been awhile. I saw this and had to check in. Glad to see so many familiar names. Sad to see Bill won't be adding more words. Took the dog for an extra long walk and called my Dad in remembrance. We don't know how long we have. Bill, when I knew him, was a smart, helpful...
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    Dropbox or Mozy

    Dropbox is goodness and light. I use it daily and finally always have what I want an any of my machines and all my clients or co-workers have access to anything they need (thanks to setting up different folders to share with different folks). ...but as everyone is pointing out, Mozy and DB...
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    External, 'Self-Encrypting' Drives... Which/What?

    Alright. My Google-Fu has failed, and after 90 minutes I give. All I want is to buy an external drive with hardware encryption. )#@&% I'd think that was a key spec, like the interface... guess not. Seagate's 'FreeAgent' series (I'm looking at the 2TB model) seems too... but maybe not...
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