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data backup software recommended

yuggin — Fri, 15 Jul 2016 04:35:55 +0800

What would you recommend for PC Windows 10 OS to use for data backup software?

Sure there are different strategies such as
multiple versions of your computer backups so you can recover to a previous state

on-site multiple HDD
off-site HDD
cloud storage.
I am specifically interested in the backup software to use for the incremental data once you do the bulk of your data. The maintenance if-you-will. weekly, monthly. I've heard Acronis True Image by some and also that it is a job by others. I want to pay for the software once, not a reoccurring license. Recommendations?
This thread deals with Windows 10 PC OS only.

order to do after build - OS/firmware/drivers

yuggin — Wed, 21 May 2014 06:15:34 +0800

I will be building this later this week:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3MyUc
Parts for reference only as this thread is about the order of things to
do.

I've upgraded a 2004 computer in 2006 but that has been all except some
hard drive swaps.
This will be my first build and I started to make a list of the order to
do things and wanted to get some feedback.

I have an old LCD monitor
that I know the VGA port works but unknown if the DVI-D port works.

Use power conditioner/surge protector
1st assemble on top of motherboard box to see if all working: Install
RAM, fan onto cpu cooler, install thermal paste, ( just 1 PWM 120mm fan
then pushing into cpu cooler), videocard, dvd-RW drive (SATA 2 port),
monitor VGA from motherboard port, SSD, then cpu cooler on CPU.
POWER SUPPLY ON, BOOT computer
Confirm video card fan spins, DVD drive spins up an Audio CD optical
disc, CPU cooler fan spins. Boot to BIOS

Ssd: confirm AHCI mode enables the TRIM feature to do its job.

Shutdown, power supply off.
Change monitor to DVI-D port.
POWER on. Boot.
If working then power down and stall video card. plug in dvi-d cable,
unplug VGA cable
Boot & confirm graphics card fans spin up
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Then put build in case, mount all SSD & HDD and tidy all cabling.
SATA III 6 Gbps slot order:
1. OS Level & Application Level SSD 128GB Samsung 840 PRO
2. Cache Level (caching, scatch disk, vram, etc) SSD 128 GB)
3. 2TB Data Level HDD (1TB-4TB) (do not plug in SATA cable yet
SATA II 3 Gbps slot order
4. 2TB hdd /backup =swap with other 3TB backup hdd for offsite
5. DVD-RW optical drive
6. 1TB Media HDD As another write Photoshop files & video to drive.

Setup:
Do not plug 2TB media HDD into power or SATA yet
change the older 2TB HDD jumper for 3Gbps instead of 1.5Gbps speed.(i
think remove jumper).
SAME thing for older 1TB HDD

Plug in Ethernet cable

Install windows 8.1 OS

Connect to Internet with Ethernet
Register with my personal live.com acct

Download any motherboard firmware update
Download videocard updated drivers
Plug in videocard

For both SSDs Disable Drive Indexing.
Reboot
Update windows 8.1 OS
Reboot

Setup
1.Administrator acct with simple password
2. Guest internet acct

Download Firefox browser

Download from website:
Zone Alarm Security Suite [Firewall/Antivirus] for Windows 7/8 [for
Windows 7/8 64-bit] subscription. Download.
Or ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite 2015 (64-bit)
Install on OS drive
Get Win8.1 update for Zone Alarm Security Suite

Ninite.com download Speedfan , install on app drive
Run speedfan for PWM fans-
Download prime95

Turn off network connection & turn off Zone alarm
For 1 hour to test cpu instead of Prime95cpu test software
Document temperatures
-check Speedfan for CPU temperature & system temp under stress & Allow
to idle.
Test cpu for 1 hours using prime95 check Speedfan for CPU temperature &
system temp under stress. Allow to idle 5 min.
check Speedfan for CPU temperature & system temp, allow to idle .
shutdown.Boot up. Check UEFI/bios the cpu & system temp. Then bootup.
Check speed fan for temps and lower PWM fans speed to 60-70% for
silence. Test.
check Speedfan for CPU temperature & system temp under stress

Software:
Printer drivers epson website 64-bit - install on OS drive
Scanner drivers - hp website- 64-bit- install on OS drive
wacom tablet drivers- download

Turn off network connection & turn off Zone alarm

Microsoft Office download,
Adobe lightroom & photoshop creative cloud

Change cache and location of LR previews

Wacom website download drivers for win 8.1
Install on OS SSD
Reboot

Download iTunes, install on app ssd
Give username & password. Browse store.
Update iTunes
Uncheck box in preferences to keep a copy of songs.
Point itunes to music folder on 2TB media HDD
Allow to download artwork

configuring OS, updates and apps order of

yuggin — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 22:00:54 +0800

In the next few months I plan on building a new PC with Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit - OEM (DVD-ROM).
I want to configure the software the best way on setup and here's what I was thinking.
Please let me know if I should change the order & why.

using a 128GB SSD for OS
[AHCI set as SATA mode and connected to SATA III (6 Gbps)]

turn on and install Windows 7 Professional 64-bit from DVD-ROM.
need to install the mobo drivers before you can get online
connect to Internet using Ethernet
authenticate the OS.
restart computer
install updated drivers from graphics card manufacturer
download & install Firefox web browser, configure Firefox settings
restart computer
update OS from Microsoft
restart computer

install all drivers for hardware from CD-ROM:
-Epson printer, Wacom Tablet, HP scanner
-WiFi card/router configuration software
-other PCI cards
install software
-MS Office 2013 from DVD-ROM
restart computer
do updates to MS Office 2013 software
install Adobe Production Premium CS6 software from DVD-ROM
restart computer

get updates to Adobe Production Premium software
get updates to Firefox web browser
other software download & installs:
Should I use http://www.ninite.com to streamline the process of installing certain software below?
download & install Adobe Reader do updates to Adobe Acrobat Plugin for Firefox
download & install Quicktime
get updates to all Firefox Add-ons (plug-ins) - Flash, Shockwave
update Quicktime plugin within Firefox
configure administration login for Win 7 OS
download & install 7zip/winRAR (Zip utility software)
download & install SpeedFan software
download & intall Shockwave Flash add-on download & install Silverlight add-on download & install MP3Tag software
download & install Calibre E-Book management software
download & install Amazon MP3 downloader
download & install iTunes
download & install Amazon MP3 downloader /cloudplayer
do updates to iTunes
install ZoneAlarm firewall & antivirus software from DVD-ROM
authenticate & register ZOne Alarm software
purchase Quicktime Pro , download & install
configure iTunes software with media library
purchase (Dolby Digital 5.1 encoder) surround Surcode plugin for Adobe Audition (in app purchase) and activate
purchase and install ROVI TOTALCODE V6.01 video encode plugin for Adobe Premiere (Rovi also uses the CUDA hardware from NVIDIA)
download and install Google Chrome browser
get Chrome add-ons and updates

Is there some major things I'm missing?

music on Quake series expansion pack CD-ROM

yuggin — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 00:57:08 +0800

I like the music on Quake and Quake III CD-ROMs (the tracks 2-XX Red Book Audio). A lot of these games do not have their soundtracks on Audio CD for purchase separately but the CD-ROM has redbook audio.

How is the music on :

Quake: The Offering
Aftershock for Quake
Quake Mission Pack No. 1: Scourge of Armagon expansion
Quake Mission Pack No. 2: Dissolution of Eternity
Malice Mission Pack for Quake
Juggernaut: The New Story - Quake II Expansion
Quake II Mission Pack: The Reckoning
Quake II Mission Pack: Ground Zero
Quake 2: Quad Damage
Q!ZONE For Quake
Quake II Netpack 1: Extremities
Quake II Mission Pack: Juggernaut
Quake II Mission Pack: Zearo
Quake 3 Arena Team Mission Pack CD-ROM

I can get them used pretty cheap when buying the PC CD-ROM version and I can rip the audio.
Again I can't get the DVD-ROM versions that have multiple games as they won't be able to rip the audio.
and no I'm not looking for audio soundtrack CDs that are "Music From and Inspired By *game name"

I'm looking for music MOST LIKE Quake or Quake 3. (I wasn't that wild about Quake II's music).
less guitar and more electronic, industrial and atmospheric maood
are there any other old mission pack PC CD-ROMs you would recommend that has similar music? Doom or other series?

CPU for Photoshop CS5.5/6

yuggin — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 08:44:46 +0800

I've been a Photoshop user for close to 15 years. I have ver. CS2 and a AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual core CPU 4200+ 2.21GHz CPU /1GB RAM (6 years old along with the version CS2 running WinXP SP3) I plan on upgrading this year my hardware, OS (to WIn 7 64-bit) and the Adobe Production Premium suite to CS6 (After upgrading to CS5.5 since I am ineligible for the upgrade from CS2. )

One of the things that has always bothered me in Photoshop CS2 was when I set a paintbrush or a blur brush to 300 pixels wide and I'm working even on a small 4x6" 300dpi canvas If I make a brushstroke it takes seconds to make a rendered stroke. I plan on doing digital paintings with a Wacom tablet 8x10, 11x14, 16x20" in size with Photoshop CS6.

I read that as of 2008 CS 3 Photoshop will use the GPU for rendering/processing some effects. Is this true for PaintBrush and blur tools?

Granted we are talking about a 6 year old mid-level CPU and now new technology but I would like to know along with using 8 GB RAM

Will this 300 pixel-wide brush lag totally change with a Ivy Bridge Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz Quad-Core?

Is there a significant difference when using Photoshop with a Ivy Bridge Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz Quad-Core since both chips are multicore which Photoshop does use?

I'm trying to choose my new build and figure out what CPU to get since they are $110. difference. Is is night and day with most of the CPU intensive stuff on Photoshop?

Will a Syba SATA III PCI-e Card work w/ MOBO?

yuggin — Sun, 06 May 2012 04:02:47 +0800

Can I use this ASMedia ASM1061 PCI-Express 2.0 SATA 6Gbps Controller
with my current Motherboard?

syba product at amazonSyba SATA III 6Gbps PCI-e Card, Switch from SATA to eSATA Ports SD-PEX40049
Item model number: SD-PEX40049
ASMedia ASM1061 PCI-Express 2.0 SATA 6Gbps Controller

My current motherboard is:
product manu. webpageGigabyte GA-K8NSC-939
Form Factor ATX
CPU Socket Type 939 [AMD AMR2]
FSB 800MHz Hyper Transport (1600MT/s)
Chipsets North Bridge NVIDIA nForce3 250Gb
Number of Memory Slots 4×184pin
Memory Standard DDR 400
2 connectors for SATA 1.5 Gb/s [First-generation SATA interfaces, now known as SATA 1.5 Gbit/s]

I don't plan on using it as a RAID at all just to connect 1 or 2 more SATA Internal HDD at faster speed.

I'm specifically not sure about the PCI-e and PCI-e 2.0 on my old MOBO.

new HDDs strategy - SATA internal & archive

yuggin — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:41:30 +0800

Hey guys I have a 8 year old tower case. 6 year old motherboard, CPU, RAM
Athlon 64 X2 4200+ 2.21 Ghz, 1 GB RAM, WinXP Professional
My current MOBO only has 2 SATA ports on it (1.5Gbps).
1 also have a external caddy for a SATA HDD with eSATA port or USB 2.0 port.

I plan on upgrading my MOBO, CPU, RAM in the next 6-9 months and use Win7 64-bit.

I currently have 2 SATA internal HDD and am not using any IDE HDDs.
I am using 1 for a 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black SATA HDD with 2 partitions 74GB for C: boot drive and the rest for working data

My other internal SATA HDD is a 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black 7200rpm. I call it my media drive. It is completely full of audio, image, and video files of my various personal projects in various states along with all FLACs and MP3s of music.

I have 7 external HDDs with 6 of them USB 2.0 a 1 Firewire400. some of this data has been put on my MEDIA SATA drive. Some of them are 8 years old. Some are 160GB or 400GB.

I edit a lot of audio and record a lot monthly (10 GB/month) that I'll archive the .WAV original recording files. I do some image editing in photoshop layered formats and JPEGs as well as TIFF scans. I don't plan on doing video shooting or video editing really.

I am planning on getting a 2TB Western Digital Caviar Black 7200rpm drive and use it for working media so I can have access to all my data on an internal SATA drive and a some extra space for new data in the next year or two.
Now for me to copy over all of the data on my 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black drive I was thinking of putting that 1TB drive in the external caddy and get a eSATA PCI card to copy the data for $15-20. or should I just use USB 2.0 since it's only 1TB of media I'm reading off it?

I also plan on getting a 3TB SATA drive to use for archival backup and then store it off site. With this I plan to copy all of my data to it to totally archive it and then add to it only every 90 days since it's offsite.
Again the PCI to eSATA card may be worth it for that.
Yes I know I should do backups every week/month but I can do my incremental backups once a month to a 500GB external USB drive just in case.

What do you guys think of this as a strategy for SATA HDD storage for me?

iphone and iCloud or live.com [hotmail] contacts

yuggin — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 06:27:19 +0800

Hey there I always love this community as it is so large.

I have had an iPhone 4 since March 2011. I am currently using MS Outlook 2003 for my contacts and calendar which I sync every couple of weeks. PC running WinXP Pro. Yes I know its old and outdated...
My iphone 4 runs OS 4 at the moment.

I have a live.com (hotmail) account that I ported my contacts over as a test last Spring but haven't setup my iPhone to sync with live.com .

I would like to use free iCloud for contacts and calendar but am concerned of a few things.
It appears I cannot use it like an online contacts & calendar and update with a computer keyboard & copy/paste.
Does iCloud only backup from the iPhone itself?

My girlfriend uses yahoo.com and iphone4 and it syncs her contacts & calendar and it works.
Do you think I should sync my phone with the live.com account and just have that with my calendar & contacts and sync?
Will all of the live.com contacts fields sync up with the iphone contacts? any issues with live.com (hotmail) users and their contacts' field data missing or not all fields porting over? This is very important to me. 1200 contacts I don't want to have to go through with a comb.

Before I take the leap and even upgrade the OS to OS5 I want to have a plan of action down. I've heard the update process is time consuming and has some bugs.
I am in the United States if it matters for live.com or iCloud.

What would you guys suggest?

how to install SATA internal drive as 3rd drive

yuggin — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 09:28:25 +0800

Hi,
I have a 2006 era Gigabyte GA-K8NSC-939
Form Factor ATX CPU Socket Type 939 motherboard. it has two SATA ports.
my primary and slave drives are IDE drives.
I am running Windows XP SP3.

I am adding a new WD black caviar 1 TB SATA drive for more storage internally.

It is not being recognized.
I looked at the online WD PDF of jumper settings and cannot figure that's it.

This is my first time using one of the two 150Mbps SATA ports on my motherboard.
Must I use the SATA 0 port or SATA 1 or it doesn't matter?

Since the new SATA HDD did not come with a jumper is this necessary to tell the HDD to run at 150Mbps by adding a jumper on pins 5 & 6 or not necessary?

I'm not a extreme techie and have never messed with the BIOS before.

Will a motherboard always recognize a SATA HDD first and not boot from an IDE drive?

My longer plan is to start adding a bunch of music to this new 1 TB SATA drive and within 6 months probably purchase a new AMR3+ Mobo, Phenom 1090 6 core CPU, 8 GB RAM, a new SATA 500GB boot HDD, and an additional 1TB 3rd HDD, Windows7 OS. (and get rid of the old IDE drives completely.)

upgrading a 6 year old computer

yuggin — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 03:16:46 +0800

currently I have a full size tower with a dodgy 4 1/2 year old Antec SP-400 PSU.
The momentary power switch in the case is usually faulty too.
MOBO: year 2006- Gigabyte GA-K8NSC-939 nForce3 250Gb chipset 1600 MHz HT Dual Channel DDR400 Socket 939 ATX Motherboard, CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core CPU 4200+ 2.21 Ghz

1 GB RAM (2x512MB)

2 ATA WD 160 GB Harddrives. one is from 6 1/2 years old. one is 4 1/2 years old. both IDE.

Asus ATI Technologies Radeon 9600 SE 128 MB DRR2 Video Card, Chip clock speed 400 MHz from 2004.

Sony DVD-ROM DDU1612 drive (16x read and 40x CDROM read-speed) IDE w/ cache 512 KB from 2004.
Sony DVD-RW DW-U18A drive (12x DVD, 40x CD read speeds), Write Speed: 40x CD, 4x (DVD-R) IDE drive from 2004.
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I'd like to get a mid-tower case that fits under 16 1/4" height to fit within a piece of furniture if possible but not totally required. I'd like to have good ventilation but not as loud as my 4 80mm fans in my current case + PS fan +CPU fan.

I plan on using Windows 7 64-bit OS from day 1.
I would like to stay with AMD processor family.

I will be upgrading Adobe Production Premium suite to CS5 which requires Phenom II. Mostly I'll use Photoshop and Adobe Audition digital audio editing software. Occasionally Adobe Premiere CS5 video editing and Encore DVD authoring for personal projects.
Daily use of surfing the Internet, email, invoicing with MS Word.
I do not play any games at all. I have no need to overclock my computer.

Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-880GA-UD3H AM3 AMD 880G HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX
Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-880GA-UD3H AM3 AMD 880G HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard or Asus M4A89GTD PRO Socket AM3/ AMD 890GX/ SATA3&USB 3.0/ A&V&GbE/ ATX Motherboard - M4A89GTD PRO/USB3
sata3 and usb3 and since the AM3+ Mobos are not available yet I think this board will still be good for a few years.

CPU: Phenom II x4 or x6. I want one with 6MB L3 CPU cache. maybe
Phenom II X6 1075T (3.0GHz, 125W, 3MB total dedicated L2 cache, 6MB L3 cache, 4000MHz bus, socket AM3)
Not sure if I need 4core or 6core since I'm upgrading I figure I should get 6 core since it's all going 8,10,12 cores in the next few years.

CPU cooler: A Coolermaster Hyper 212+

RAM: 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM 2x4GB = 8GB RAM. i've been recommended these:
Kingston, Crucial, Corsair, OCZ or Samsung brands.

GRAPHICS CARD: Adobe CS5 has certified GPU cards for GPU-accelerated Adobe Premiere Pro video editing
* GeForce GTX 285 (Windows and Mac OS)
* GeForce GTX 470 (Windows)
I don't plan on doing any HD video editing at all though and rarely do much video editing.
Perhaps I can get something less that is not certified as I don't do much video editing at all. Maybe a mid-range graphics card?

HDD: 1 500GB SATA 6Gbps 7200RPM 32MB buffer drive for OS & programs.
(Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKX 500G SATA3 7200rpm 32MB Hard Drive )

2 2TB drives in a RAID 1 configuration. I've never used a RAID but thought I could do it with Win7 OS RAID software controller. for video, photos, all FLAC & MP3 audio files. I have half a dozen external HDDs that I want to put all the content on these 2TB RAID drives to have access.

CASE: HEC 6C28BBX585 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 585W Power Supply
Newegg.com - HEC 6C28BBX585 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 585W Power Supply
Looks like I'd need more fans.

I only use the desktop at home plugged into a Ethernet cable so the motherboard's networking should be adequate.

The computer is in my bedroom and I also plan on getting a 22-24" LCD monitor which I could watch streaming Netflix, DVD or Blu-rays on.
Should I just get a new internal DVD-ROM or a BD-ROM drive since my current one is 6 1/2 years old and hours of use playing DVDs and audio CDs?

Should I get a new internal DVD-R drive to burn DVD-Rs faster?
Also concerned that Windows 7 drivers may not work with both old optical drives.

electronic transmission of letter NOT Email

yuggin — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:48:28 +0800

For Forum software vBulletin, phpBB, SMF also have private messages.
You can use these systems once you set them up for private communication with more than 1 person.

If you were to use GnuPG/PGP encryption and then paste it into a private message you would be secure from SMTP header analysis, have an encrypted letter storage and have instantaneous delivery. But GnuPG/PGP encryption is not fully necessary.

How:
Register an account for yourself using a free webmail account from a public WiFi location and have your colleague register an account the same way. Make sure the account is set not to notify you by email when you have a PM (so the PM is not sent via SMTP).
Few forums offer SSL sessions but some do. You would have to do some searches for vBulletin, phpBB, SMF and 'https' to find some.

Setup 2 accounts (A & B at a handful of forum sites.
Your account would be 'A' and you wouldn't give out that account info.
Then snail mail a list of forum sites, B usernames, & B passwords to your colleague with instructions to ONLY use a public WiFi access for each registered account once for one PM only then delete PM message, delete the account a week (under Edit Profile), and then use the next registered account at another website on the list.
(they wont need to know your member name A but they will receive your PM).
Even if you choose not to use GnuPG you still will have SSL during transfer to a private message box that won't leave that server.

This way you could change forums but no one would know what username you or your colleague would be using as long as you used public WiFi so no IP traceback to you of any sorts.

To notify your colleague of a waiting message you can send a text message from a public WiFi location from one of these sites depending on what major telecom service they have to inform them they have a new private message with a preagreed code word sent via SMS.
Here are the USA's major telecom urls for SMS via the web:
Verizon's is SSL:
https://text.vzw.com/customer_site/jsp/messaging_lo.jsp

https://my.t-mobile.com/Login/?rc=&dest...InqSource%3dTMO
(TMobile's is an SSL session. must login with a TMobile phone#)

http://messaging.nextel.com/do/composer/an...us/viewComposer
Log in to Two Way Messaging Service [Sprint, must login with a Sprint phone#]
https://smfcp.nextel.com/TwoWayMessagingLogin.jsp?

AT&T = "All wireless phones are set up to send and receive email messages by using the following address: yournumber@txt.att.net. You can exchange short emails with any email address worldwide."

This would get you anonymity as well as privacy. No SMTP headers (no tracking the sender/receiver). and no webmail software system snooping on you.
As long as you set up enough accounts in advance you and your colleague can just switch accounts each week without difficulty. The AT&T method though does require an email and hence SMTP header.
Notice I did say snail mail earlier which requires some time in setting up this communication system at least a few days.

Or if you have a single message to send to say 5 people they can all share that member account to read the message. READ ONLY, not reply. Most likely they wont all be logging in at the same minute to read the message.
Anyone can delete the private message and clear the trash can during same day transmission to reduce the chances of it being backed up on the daily system data backup.
It would also be optional to change the passwords of these registered forum accounts instead of deleting them to communicate with another person at a later date.
This method would also work pretty well for a group as if you choose a music album title in advance and the song # & name would be the alpha-numeric password and give them all 10 forum sites [like a 'book cipher']. You can send ten messages to the group over a period of time. With none of the messages being connected to the others. No multiples messages. Only 1 message sent per forum.

Thoughts?

New videocard & new specs- Open GL 3.1/DirectX11

yuggin — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:55:18 +0800

Hello,
I would like some help in selecting a new videocard in the next 12 months.
I'm not a gamer and plan to upgrade to Adobe's next CS5 production bundle.
I currently have Adobe's CS2 Production Premium bundle (After Effects, Photoshop, Premiere)
I am a hobbyist and don't use them daily to make a living.

Currently I have an old
ATI RADEON 9600 SE (circa 2004) videocard with 128MB DDR memory
using a 17" Sony CRT monitor set at 1024x768x85Hz at 32Bits/Pixel
running on a
AMD 2210Mhz dual core CPU /Gigabyte motherboard (2006)
1GB RAM
400 watt power supply
running Windows XP Prof.

I've seen the Adobe CS4 uses Open GL2.0 and figure AdobeCS5 will use OpenGL3.0 or 3.1.

I am concerned that the new spec Open GL3.1 as well as the upcoming July 2009 release of DirectX11 as
Hardware tessellation and Shader Model 5.0 will require Direct3D 11 supporting hardware.
With Adobe's CS5 expected to be released in June 2010 and I would upgrade then
Should I wait for a videocard to be released that will have Open GL3.1 and DirectX11?

Thanks in advance for your opinions.
I was considering getting a LCD screen too but not necessary at the moment.
Please give me your opinions on what I should be upgrading first from the above.

electronic message not using email

yuggin — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:37:59 +0800

what is the general consensus here of this technique for privacy (not anonymity) when there can be a delay in your message being read?

"Uninterceptable electronic messages"
http://thesleeperagent.blogspot.com/2008/1...s-for-2009.html

http://jimthompson.org/wp/2006/04/29/the-virtual-dead-drop/
Webmail account if you had full SSL session encryption not just SSL-secured login and you can attach files too.

It still would circumvent the SMTP and email header traffic monitoring. (from/To data in the header).

I would like to discuss this without proxies mentioned as an alternative.