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Super - How is internet Larut Malam calculated?

Fhaarkas — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 20:07:22 +0800

Hi new user from UMobile here. I've mostly understood the convoluted mess that is Hotlink data plan but not quite clear about internet Larut Malam. Do you get 30GB in bulk or is it 1GB per day with no data carry forward? I know the text everywhere says 1GB/day but I'm wondering if it's different in practice.

Thanks!

[WTS] Kingston HyperX Genesis 8GB

Fhaarkas — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 17:37:24 +0800

Item(s):
Kingston HyperX Genesis 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600Mhz 9-9-9-27 1.65v
Datasheet: http://www.kingston.com/datasheets/KHX1600C9D3K2_8G.pdf
Note:
This is non-XMP model, meaning you have to manually set clock to 1600Mhz, timing to 9-9-9-27 and voltage to 1.65v in BIOS otherwise it will run at default 1333Mhz. Tested on a Z77 board (doesn't support 1600Mhz out of the box), not sure about other boards YMMV.

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Package includes:
Just RAM

Price:
RM150 FIRM, can nego up if you want SOLD to 23r0x

Warranty:
Lifetime Manufacturer - http://www.kingston.com/en/company/warranty

Dealing method:
COD: Dungun town
Postage: Buyer bear price and risk (Options: Poslaju, Skynet, Airpak) - add RM10.

Location of seller:
Dungun, Trg

Contact method/details:
PM for number if sirius, any question can ask in this tered

Age of item:
2Y+

Reason for sale:
8GB is not enough

Lelong key sellers

Fhaarkas — Sat, 26 Mar 2016 08:36:15 +0800

What exactly are those Windows/Office etc keys being sold on Lelong? Example
Retail? OEM? MSDN? TechNet? Stolen? Scam?

Reading product description make them sound like snake oil salesmen or MLM scammers. Says retail key, can't transfer hardware.. WTF? Asking because I'm a cheapskate and wondering if it's safe to buy or I'm just better off going ahoy.

[WTB] 4-in-3 5.25" HDD cage

Fhaarkas — Fri, 23 Oct 2015 23:04:13 +0800

Item(s): 4-in-3 5.25" HDD cage. Preferably with fan, if no fan at least has slot for one.

Price: <RM60 not including postage, economy gawat now so also take donation and kind heart

Warranty: Doesn't matter

Dealing method: Postage or COD area Dungun, TRG

Location of seller: Dungun, TRG

Contact method/details: PM here

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Item(s) conditions: Working

Picture:
Example:

Open offer until thread closed, so if you find this thread still open next year don't hesitate to PM.

Red Stripe Deal - 24-30 April

Fhaarkas — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 22:22:48 +0800

It sucks that there is no Red Stripe Deal thread, so here's one for this week. I'm an impatient man and I hate how slowpoke MS is at updating the RSD in their Store. I need that Xbox game deal nao, demmit. I will be updating this thread as time allows me which should be plenty barring family events, going squid jigging or snorkeling in some island.

This week's Xbox game on sale:

Rabbids Big Bang - FREE
Normal Price: USD0.99
Link

Free games are nice. Free Xbox games are niceterest. GO GET IT.

Cortana coming to Windows Phone as your PA

Fhaarkas — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 10:12:23 +0800

So I lied. They've only been testing it over at Redmond. The voice assistant planned to come with WP8.1 is codenamed Cortana.

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http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/12/4722472/...sonal-assistant

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ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley reports that the Siri-like feature, codenamed "Cortana" after the Halo character, will let Windows Phone users interact with a handset through voice commands. Windows Phone already includes basic voice commands, but Cortana looks to be a step further with a system that will learn and adapt.

[YOUTUBE]mPm_bK0BpSQ[/YOUTUBE]

GDR3 screenshots posted

Fhaarkas — Sun, 08 Sep 2013 00:37:11 +0800

A poster on WPCentral forum has posted some screenshot from GDR3 update, dubbed "Bittersweet Shimmer". He claimed to have got a developer L920 from Craig's list, although Microsoft is probably going knocking on his door now.

~~Some notable features are rotation lock, custom tone for SMS, mail, etc, driving mode, better multitasking (there's an X to close apps in multitasking page now).~~

Confirmed features so far:

Custom sounds for text, voice mail, e-mail, and reminders (not seen in this build of GDR3)
Restore over Wi-Fi when you reset your phone
Huge amount of work on Bluetooth with various vehicles and devices
Driving Mode
Screen rotation lock
'X' to close out apps in multitasking
Icon for multitasking apps
General performance improvements
1080P Display support (for new devices)
Support for new Qualcomm chipsets

Some of the features here have been known for some time but it's nice to finally see them in action.

Video:
[YOUTUBE]PWRTFy0JPmI[/YOUTUBE]

Second video showing multitasking and app killing: (thanks lcy851031)
[YOUTUBE]ZCNlDXICySw[/YOUTUBE]

WPCentral - Screenshots
WPCentral - Video
The Verge
Neowin

Rotation lock coming to WP8

Fhaarkas — Tue, 13 Aug 2013 05:50:36 +0800

http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/9/4604990/w...t-sync-features

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The update is designed for new hardware initially, and will provide a rotation lock feature, UI changes to Live Tiles, and a driving mode option that's designed for in-car use.

The rotation lock, or "autorotate screen" as it will be known, is simply an option in settings that will disable the automatic rotation in Windows Phone. Microsoft's mobile OS has lacked this basic feature, and we understand it's being added primarily because 5- and 6-inch Windows Phones will hit the market soon. The Windows Phone UI will also alter slightly, with some changes to the network status icons, and updates to the Live Tiles for new 1080p handsets. We're told that Microsoft is also planning to sync text messages from Windows Phones to PCs and the web. The feature might not make it in time for the GDR3 release as it's still being finalized..

With a big fat hint of a phablet/full HD device coming up soon.

iPad is for monkeys

Fhaarkas — Mon, 14 May 2012 14:49:58 +0800

http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/27096-ipad-is-for-monkeys

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Gibbon half a chance I would stick the boot into Apple's over priced fruity toy, the iPad and its legions of technology-illiterate fanboys who make the Manson family appear like the Waltons.

But recent research suggests that Apple fanboys really are a genetic throwback and counter evolutionary. Which is more or less what I have thought all along.

A new program at the Miami zoo involves using iPads to communicate with orangutans. True it is not the sort of iPads most Apple fans use. These have to be stronger to cope with the fact that Orangutans have to be able to throw them about a bit and wipe their bottoms with them.

According to the Associated Press, trainers are working specifically with 8-year-old twin orangutans helping them draw, play games, and work on new vocabulary as part of a mental stimulus programme. Apparently the younger orangutans have taken to the iPad quicker than the older more reasonable Apes who wonder what the fuss is all about.

We guess it is only a matter of time before they will be joining the legions of Apple fans who go bananas and spend time abusing those who dare think different and say that Jobs' Mob is just another computer company. Using software developed for kids with autism, the software installed on the iPads shows pictures of objects that the trainer identifies and then allows for the orangutans to touch a corresponding button.

Despite the advances made using iPads with orangutans, there are some limitations. Since the devices are delicate and the screens are too small and trainers have to hold the tablets. But pretty soon the trainers are confident that apes will be able to cue outside an Apple store and give standing ovations during Apple press conferences. [What’s next? An Ape Store? Ed]

An End To A War

Fhaarkas — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:03:43 +0800

Anybody read it? It's in The Star today.

Also - anybody stumbled upon this anywhere in the peninsular?

http://www.borneobooks.com/blog/people-cul...n-end-to-a-war/

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A beautifully written Japanese soldier’s memoir of the North Borneo tragedy of 1945. An End to a War tells the story of Ueno Itsuyoshi, a late draftee into the Japanese Army in WWII. Ueno and his fellow soldiers came to Borneo expecting to fight and die for the Emperor, but instead most died of exhaustion, starvation and disease. This is undoubtedly the best eye-witness description of the horror of the death marches that took the lives of many thousands of Japanese, Australian, British and, indirectly, local people. Few of those who were ordered to march from the East Coast ever arrived at their destination of the West Coast. Ueno’s story provides a broader context to the infamous Sandakan-Ranau death marches of Allied POW’s, a few of whom he met briefly on his trek.

Do you queue?

Fhaarkas — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 18:37:29 +0800

honest question and semi-serious. just curious.

i meant to ask "do you think about queuing up where and when you're supposed to?" but it wouldn't make a nice title.

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Football Paradise

Fhaarkas — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 02:06:11 +0800

Real Madrid Resort Island

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Real Madrid have revealed plans to build a $1bn holiday resort in the United Arab Emirates that is due to open in January 2015.

Real Madrid Resort Island will be supported by the government of the Emirate of Ras al-Khaimah. A presentation at the Bernabéu, Real's stadium, showed plans for sports facilities, a marina, luxury hotels, villas, an amusement park, a club museum and a futuristic 10,000-seat stadium with one side open to the sea.

"It is a decisive and strategic step that will strengthen our institution in the Middle East and Asia," said Florentino Pérez, the Real president.

"Real Madrid Resort Island will be a major tourist and sporting centre of great dimensions and the highest level. This extraordinary complex will attract millions of people looking for quality leisure services."

The 430,000 square metre facility is expected to attract around one million visitors in 2015. Real said the artificial island's location put it equidistant between Europe and the far east, adding that more than half their estimated 300 million followers were based in Asia.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/ma...iday-resort-uae

Oldies Songs!

Fhaarkas — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:03:47 +0800

Please post no more than two videos per post. I'll make a playlist every second page.

Playlists:-

Oldies I

Also check out -
Classic Rock! by maxizanc

[YOUTUBE]Gbju_xMbJko[/YOUTUBE]

The Moon Represents My Heart
[YOUTUBE]51xS4yXbryc[/YOUTUBE]

Tenggelamnya Kapal Van Der Wijck

Fhaarkas — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 01:53:45 +0800

Any idea where to find this? My father's bday is coming up and I thought I'd buy something for him. I'm gonna look around Jalan TAR but if anybody has any knowledge on where to find it would you kindly help. The book means a lot to him.

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Where can I buy a vacuum jar?

Fhaarkas — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 23:34:51 +0800

And what's the price like in KL. Just looking for a small one 17 oz or less.

Example -

Gnarls Barkley

Fhaarkas — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 02:00:49 +0800

[YOUTUBE]WOjFhKg4h3s[/YOUTUBE]
[YOUTUBE]zTMMx4shgD0[/YOUTUBE]

SAFE

Fhaarkas — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 01:30:46 +0800

[YOUTUBE]YIl_cotKhPM[/YOUTUBE]

Fffuuuuuuuu

Fhaarkas — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:23:15 +0800

Ars Technica

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Once merely obscure inside jokes on the image board 4chan, the "rage face" comics that now appear widely on the Internet have have been toughened by natural selection as they evolved into a dominant species of Internet meme. The amateur cartoons, made using a recurring set of expressive characters, are used by a growing international community. Far from being insignificant doodles, the faces are now an accepted and standardized form of online communication used to tell stories that can be quick and funny or serious and deeply personal.

Because they have become so ubiquitous, and because any surfer worth his salt should have a working knowledge of top Internet memes, we've created this Field Guide to Rage Faces. In any expedition, preparation is key; for Internet adventurers, the ability to tell a “Challenge Accepted” from a “Me Gusta” can make all the difference. So kick off your boots, set your pith helmet aside, and enjoy a snifter of brandy as we explore the evolution, habitat, and social characteristics of rage faces.

Photo-realistic Game Engine

Fhaarkas — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:46:04 +0800

notsureifslowpoke.jpg

This was posted circa 3 days ago in real world time.

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Kojima Productions is asking one question today. “Is it real, or is it Fox?” One of these choices is a set of real photographs, the other is real-time image rendering created in the studio’s new Fox Engine.

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sos

Looks like Luminous Studio Engine just got a rival.

Japanese come up with silence gun

Fhaarkas — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 15:29:42 +0800

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SOS

This is just what every man on earth wishes for.