Looks like AMD thinks Intel is up to something…
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/VirtualPressRoom/0,,51_104_543~99713,00.html
Personally, I’d like to see some AMD dominance out there….
~Jaker

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The following explains why I get BSODs while playing WoW, why my system locks up at pure random, and why Gentoo refuses to compile large projects (namely mozilla, mozilla-firefox, qt, etc.)
The two sticks of RAM (2x 512MB @ DDR400 Dual Channel) that I bought from Steve:
http://intrepidstudios.net/jaker/memory/oldmem.jpg
Still the two sticks, just letting it go for a [...]

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Below are the official patch notes for the 1.6.0 version of the Public Test Realms. Please be aware that the PTR patch notes are not the final patch notes, and are subject to change/additions before the patch goes live.
Blackwing Lair Released!
Nefarian’s sanctum, Blackwing Lair, can be found at the very height of Blackrock Spire. It [...]

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I was thinking about how I should go about posting the long and tedious instructions on how to install Gentoo. I wanted it to look professional, easy to read, and easy for people to correct my mistakes or add new suggestions.
A wiki!
The wiki is up and installed at http://intrepidstudios.net/wiki. Sign up and add pretty much [...]

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Two more moments of silence:
One goes out to the old Logitech Webcam. I plugged it in earlier so I could take a [crappy] picture of the awesome sunrise outside my window, just to realize that the camera no longer works. Unless, of course, it’s still pitch black outside and the sunrise is just a figment [...]

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I found this humorous article on an MSDN blog…
Why is there no programmatic access to the Start menu pin list?
We learned our lesson the hard way.
In Windows 95, we gave programmatic access to the Start menu “Fast items” list - the items that appear at the top of the Start menu above the Programs list. [...]

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This is a quick public service announcement to all the ladies out there:
There will most likely come a time when you’ll find someone you enjoy being around and decide to dedicate more time to this person.
Unfortunately for some of these people sometimes something happens and you decide to break up with your former boyfriend. If [...]

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I have no idea if this is valid or not, but here’s the possible 1.6 patch notes. Ghostly Strike doesn’t cause damage to you, warriors get to respec for free, and (finally) a wind rider path to Camp Taurajo…
–Blackwing Lair Released!
Nefarian’s sanctum, Blackwing Lair, can be found at the very height of Blackrock Spire. It [...]

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Here’s something interesting in light of the x86 Apple saga:
Dell said he’d sell the Apple OS on his machines.
http://www.fortune.com/fortune/fastforward/0,15704,1072719,00.html
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Dell Says He?d Sell Apple?s Mac OS
For the first time, a PC player publicly welcomes the notion of selling machines loaded with [...]

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I was working in the always-fun-to-work-at liquor department a couple days ago and started to write a small list of things that prohibits an express lane to act as an express lane. The list grew longer and longer and even some fellow co-workers pitched in. Here’s the list thusfar:

When Express is No Longer Express
You have [...]

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