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Oxo Biodegradable Plastic Nine Months Test

marvin — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:54:53 +0000

Last April 23, 2011 I tied an oxo-biodegradable plastic bag on pole of tv antenna. The plastic was claimed to degrade when exposed to sun’s heat, ultraviolet light and mechanical stress. I...

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No Selling/Trading of Game Accounts and In-game Currency

marvin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:46:56 +0000

This is the most prominent in-game rule. Perhaps every person playing MMORPG knows about this. Selling of in-game currency and accounts for real money is prohibited and will result to permanent ban....

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Why Windows Has Lots of Viruses While Linux and Mac are Virus Free?

marvin — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:52:18 +0000

I am using Linux OS on my laptop and Widows on my desktop. If Linux will have a good support for popular MMORPG games, I will dish out windows and replace it with Linux. The main problem with...

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My Laptop is Killing the Hard Disk

marvin — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:08:20 +0000

Something strange was happening to my laptop – Compaq Presario CQ40-340TU. The hard disk was spinning so hard for 30 seconds at 30 seconds interval. Spin hard for 30 seconds then stop and spin...

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Using Knoppix to Boot Laptop from Usb Stick

marvin — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:07:25 +0000

My laptop hard disk got busted. Buying a replacement is not worth. My laptop is doing some strange thing that causes hardware failure. A lappy without an OS is a trash. What else could I do with it....

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The RoHS Compliant Asus

marvin — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:47:35 +0000

I was about to throw my old Asus router box. The device was not working anymore. What else should I do with the carton? I noticed the Green Asus RoHS compliant logo. Interesting! It seems that many...

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D-Link Dir-600 DD-WRT Qos Setup Using Script

marvin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:49:42 +0000

Just a few clarifications from my previous post. I think I never need a professional edition of dd-wrt. It seems that professional edition is needed only by routers that requires it. Base on dd-wrt...

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DD-WRT Qos Function – First Impression

marvin — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:28:51 +0000

Thanks to PLDT’s changed of DSL line offerings. My current DSL connection was upgraded from 2mbps to 3mbps. One mbps extra for free! I am sharing my internet connection with four other users....

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The Pros and Cons of Shared Home Internet

marvin — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:22:49 +0000

Let us start with the Pros. What are the Pros? I think it is only one! It is the savings. A lot of money is save by sharing internet connection. A regular wireless internet plan cost 1,000 pesos per...

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There are Millions of People with The Same Reason as You

marvin — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 09:33:46 +0000

After eating a candy, the man simply let the wrapper blown away by wind. What could be the man’s reasons? 1) It was just me doing such thing. A piece of candy wrapper dropped by me would never...

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