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Tuesday, 19-January-2016 16:41:02 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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If you have an EK Water Block, you might want to be aware of this recall, thanks Tony_L. EK Water Blocks is regrettably informing the public and its customers that EK-XLC Predator 240 and 360, our pre-filled and pre-assembled all-in-one (AIO) CPU liquid cooling units have to be completely recalled from the market due to potential risk of leakage of liquid from the unit.
Kogan have been busted by the ACCC for some dubious discounting. The retailed was hit with a $32,400 fine after a Father’s Day sale on its eBay store last year where Kogan advertised a 20% off sale on three different computer monitors. But, just before the start of the promotion, Kogan had increased the price of all of the monitors, meaning the 20% off discount was on an inflated price.
Wikipedia recently turned 15 years old. The scariest thing about that statistic is that OCAU will turn 17 this year! After getting the data for each year, we wondered what the most-edited articles on the English-language Wikipedia for all 15 of its years. It turns out that it’s a controversial president who served for eight years, followed by wrestlers.
The planets are about to align, literally. From Wednesday 20 January, star gazers will have a 5.30am-5.40am AEDT (Australian Eastern Daylight Time) window to get the best view of the alignment. Venus and Jupiter will be easiest to see and Mars, while a little harder, will have a distinctive red glow to look out for. “The big challenge will be Mercury,” said Alan. Because Mercury is so close to the horizon, there is only a small time period when it has appeared before the sun comes up. Tall buildings and trees could also block your view of the final planet.
Mpot sent in this gallery of a Cisco NetApp Datacentre Tour. This is the data center used by Cisco TAC for troubleshooting problems. Each row has equipment for all of the TAC sections. They hire interns in High School who come in to work moving and hooking up the equipment so TAC can test your issues.
If that doesn't work, maybe you need a witch to fix your PC. Or not. Then I performed a banishing ceremony. I used a black bowl with a magnet and water to draw [the virus] out. Then I saged the whole computer to chase the negativity back into the bowl, and then I flushed that down the toilet. After this I did a purification ceremony. Then I made a protection spell out of chloride, amethyst, and jet. I left these on the computer at the base where she works.
GE have sold their appliance business to a Chinese competitor. Haier is best known as a manufacturer of household goods including washing machines, refrigerators and microwaves. In recent years, it has sought to expand into new international markets, including the U.S. The sale, which is the third largest acquisition of a U.S. company by Chinese investors, has been approved by the boards of both firms, GE (GE) said. Haier said GE's appliance division will remain headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.
Netflix are apparently planning to clamp down on geo-blocking, but SMH say the plan is doomed to fail. The only way to effectively combat geo-dodging is for content owners to stop treating Australians as second-class citizens there to be fleeced. To Netflix's credit it's doing a lot to break down these barriers, but it knows that it will never keep us out of the US library as long as the grass is greener on the other side of the fence.
I think we've linked these before, but if not, here's the mother of all classic timewasters, these in-browser classic MSDOS games from archive.org.
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