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One of my home servers was running 2003 until a little while ago. Most of our infrastructure runs on Linux now, including the routers, NAS, and servers.

Changing the channel is a pretty good bet if you live in an a residential area with a lot of wireless networks in range. Not all mechanical keyboards are 'clicky.' Mine has Cherry MX Blue switches, so it makes a lot of noise, but there's a lot of response. You also have the option of the Cherry...

If you do a lot of typing (or coding), you might look into getting a mechanical keyboard, which will offer significant benefits over a typical keyboard (and the built-in keyboard).

I highly doubt it will be subscription only, like 365. If anything, it'll be like some antivirus solutions, where your original purchase/license comes with a year or two of updates. Should you choose not to renew your license, you'll still be able to use Windows, but just won't get access to...

If your ISP isn't touching your traffic, it might be that one of ISPs between you and the Pokemon servers is having some hiccups. Does the issue persist on different copies of the Pokemon 3DS? Are the issues still present if you use another 3DS (get a friend!)?

Personal assistants are connected into each respective platforms user data/search packages. Google Now heavily leverages Google Search, but is a lot weaker where local functionality is concerned. Cortana is going to leverage Bing, and probably the Live/Outlook account system that will be...

My family still frequently uses a landline- that's the main phone, that one that isn't going to change or become unavailable at any point. That's the phone that our relatives call, and the phone that appears on our billing information. Mostly everyone has a cellphone, but more the most part...

Are there any rules or guidelines for a play-by-post format for roleplaying games that have more crunch, like Pathfinder/DnD, or something that implements mechanics from those?

I typically purchase my games new, or through digital distribution, now that I've relocated to the United States. When I lived in Tokyo, I would gladly purchased pre-owned games, since for whatever the price difference between Yodobashi/LABI/Book Off, the used goods through Book Off would be the...

Actually, you probably have experienced it in that case. DRM is what prevents you from loading your PS games onto a usb stick and copying them to your friend's Playstation for free. ^^ The system on 3DS that locks you to a single ID per 3DS is another form of DRM, albeit less obvious/evil...

On the topic of recent tech purchases, I just grabbed a New 3DS XL (US). So far, I really like it, and am starting with a digital copy of Omega Ruby.

I use Safari, Chrome, and Firefox, since as a sometimes web developer, I feel like the three sufficiently handles my target users. I don't tend to test for Internet Explorer, since I do a chunk of my work on Mac OS and Linux, so the latest versions of IE tend to inaccessible to me. An additional...

At the current rate, while HTML/JS tech does offer an alternative to developing mobile apps, they're hardly comparable to your typical native app- at no fault of the technologies involved. Mobile browsers are still significantly underpowered compared to their desktop siblings, and while that's...

Syntactically, ASM is pretty easy to learn, especially considering that you have fewer operations than in a higher level language. The difficult part is the theory, rather than the syntax, especially since you directly access memory with very few abstractions. A great place to start is with a...

Visual Studio Community edition is the other popular choice, it's the same as the full version of Visual Studio, but for personal use/small developers.