Turns out some of the monoprice items do it, so I'll wait to hear if we can get any of those.
Rants etc.....
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Ugh... the things we have to do deal with.
So my HTPC motherboard dies and I need to find a replacement. Well trying to track down an 1156 board is next to impossible without selling a kidney. So I find a guy who has an 1155 board and a friend who has a 1155 processor.
I get all the stuff together and bring it home and hook it up and everything works and back in business... till I try to hook up the audio. You see I have a Onkyo TX-SR606 with a dead HDMI board so I am stuck using optical in and was fine until the board I replaced with didn't have optical so I had to buy a sound card.
So then today I decided to upgrade to Shaw 150 and was doing speedtests but always hitting just shy of 100 and so I started pulling splitters and a mess of a Motorola booster box and still got the same speed. So I got wondering... what is my network running at? Turns out.... not gigabit.
So my wonderful new board didn't come with an optical out and the network is only 10/100 ... WTF?! *sigh*
So my HTPC motherboard dies and I need to find a replacement. Well trying to track down an 1156 board is next to impossible without selling a kidney. So I find a guy who has an 1155 board and a friend who has a 1155 processor.
I get all the stuff together and bring it home and hook it up and everything works and back in business... till I try to hook up the audio. You see I have a Onkyo TX-SR606 with a dead HDMI board so I am stuck using optical in and was fine until the board I replaced with didn't have optical so I had to buy a sound card.
So then today I decided to upgrade to Shaw 150 and was doing speedtests but always hitting just shy of 100 and so I started pulling splitters and a mess of a Motorola booster box and still got the same speed. So I got wondering... what is my network running at? Turns out.... not gigabit.
So my wonderful new board didn't come with an optical out and the network is only 10/100 ... WTF?! *sigh*
What did you find for an optical out sound card? I had a bugger of a time finding one, but then again I was looking for PCIe & low profile.
Asus dgx.. Pci-e 1x and low profile
Maybe I just happened to hit a low point for stock. At the time, literally the only card I could find online was a Diamond branded card from best buy and it ended up being the last one in online stock.
Hope you didn't get it shipped by Canada Post. I got lucky with one package coning Friday, one low dollar package did not. I truly feel for the little guys/hourlies in CP, but as a company they are nearly useless.
Township is coming to inspect/replace our water meter because we appear to be using less water than the house was 2 years ago, which was the year we bought it. Could it be that we don't waste water like all the idiot renters did in our house before we bought it?!?!?
Hydro sends those useless comparison reports that state we are using 72% more electricity than our neighbors. Yet on the back of that same paper it says we have reduced our usage by 30% over the last year. They are comparing our usage in an 1800sq/ft house to similar sized houses with 2/3/4 apartments built into them with meaning 2+ meters for the same space.
They tell us to reduce Hydro use and yet when we do they raise rates because we did not use enough?!?!? They are even suggesting we go to electric furnaces, LOL!!! I'd have no furnace before an electric one....
If you combine my water, gas and electric bills it adds up to the same amount as my mortgage. Why must it cost so much, other than obvious price gouging?
Hydro sends those useless comparison reports that state we are using 72% more electricity than our neighbors. Yet on the back of that same paper it says we have reduced our usage by 30% over the last year. They are comparing our usage in an 1800sq/ft house to similar sized houses with 2/3/4 apartments built into them with meaning 2+ meters for the same space.
They tell us to reduce Hydro use and yet when we do they raise rates because we did not use enough?!?!? They are even suggesting we go to electric furnaces, LOL!!! I'd have no furnace before an electric one....
If you combine my water, gas and electric bills it adds up to the same amount as my mortgage. Why must it cost so much, other than obvious price gouging?
Kind of a rant with an happy ending 
Ordered a QNAP from Memx that was shipped by UPS. They tried to deliver last friday, and I was obviously not home. A signature was required so I called them and just told them to keep it at the depot and I would pick it up on Monday nigth at the depot. The cs rep was actually very nice and it was quick and easy. Fast forward Monday, UPS actually put the the package back in the truck for delivery!!! even after my clear request not to waste time trying to deliver!
However, I was very lucky because the guy actually arrived at my place around 18h30 to deliver the package and I just arrived from work.
What type of system is that, or do they even check their instruction before going out in the morning?
Ordered a QNAP from Memx that was shipped by UPS. They tried to deliver last friday, and I was obviously not home. A signature was required so I called them and just told them to keep it at the depot and I would pick it up on Monday nigth at the depot. The cs rep was actually very nice and it was quick and easy. Fast forward Monday, UPS actually put the the package back in the truck for delivery!!! even after my clear request not to waste time trying to deliver!
However, I was very lucky because the guy actually arrived at my place around 18h30 to deliver the package and I just arrived from work.
What type of system is that, or do they even check their instruction before going out in the morning?
Your dumbass Premier is pushing electric heat instead of natural gas, and forcing people to switch over through massive unnecessary taxes.
Next will be not allowing wood heat like Quebec under the premise of "air pollution" and seasonal allergies.
It's all bullshit. Bureaucrats finding a way to tax us more, under the premise of saving the environment or some equally illogical bullshit.
Body's craving some kind of real substantial food.....
Had some work done on my gums yesterday afternoon so no solid food for the last 24+ hours. Banana bread, Ramen Noodles, meal replacement drinks, and ice cream just ain't cutting it!!!!!
Had some work done on my gums yesterday afternoon so no solid food for the last 24+ hours. Banana bread, Ramen Noodles, meal replacement drinks, and ice cream just ain't cutting it!!!!!
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