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Re: Ongoing changes to Icrontic in 2015
The post title being secondary to the poster's username came off odd to me. Inconsistent to the layout in the discussions list. Currently the post title actually doesn't look alike a link at all.
I like the idea of the feature though.
Re: League of Legends anyone?
In server news, Riot's server people have been hard at work at creating a stable and fast environment for League. They've outlined their plans and results before and today announced some fo the progress from over the past few months.
First they updated the current server system to a modern setting as the original servers were not up to par. Next they set about working with ISPs all over the country to create a dedicate LoL routes. They are still on this phase and say they have completed "the Northern Bridge" the top half of such routes. After that is done, they will then connect to new server locations on the following map.
Hurray for connection stability and low latency.
Next, there was a leaked rumor awhile back on what the next ultimate skin would be, theme and champ included, DJ Sona. Riot has been sending out emails this week leading to promo pages with the following songs on display. Nothing has explicitly stated that this is for an ultimate skin yet though. Either way, Legendary or better skin coming for Sona.
Lastly, while no visual results to display yet, Ryze and Kassadin had a lengthy posts about their visual updates earlier this week and are offically stated to be out "with weeks or months instead of months to years" and are now listed on the official Champion Update Schedule. Ryze's update will be a complete one including substantial gameplay changes. ( @CannonFodder )
Expect them to be out within the next couple cycles.
Re: Proper storage of laptop charger
Wrapping any cable without paying attention to its twist is going to eventually cause problems. The big thing is to make sure that you unwrap the cable the same way you wrapped it, but commonly, especially if we wrap it around something, we'll end up wrapping it straight around, like spooling a kite-string, then unwrapping it by pulling it off to the side, this creates twist. This is not as important for power cables as for signal cables, but will cause problems in all cables eventually.
Most people who work with cables a lot professionally (as I once did, in another life) learn to wrap their cables in such a way that they apply the opposite twist while wrapping, this allows cables to lay more naturally (it's the same way they get wrapped by the machine or worker at the factory), and won't cause twist then when you pull the ends apart from one another. This is called over-under wrapping. While working in television, this was so important, and became so ingrained that I wrap all my cables this way now without even thinking about it.
If you've ever seen pros lay down a roll of cable on the floor without any velcro or anything and it just stays there without trying to unroll, then they probably have their over-under technique down. I can teach this to you sometime, but in case we don't meatspace together anytime soon, I found a YouTube video which shows it.
CB
Re: Help! why wont my computer start up...at all!
650 watts should be fine. Those are pretty cheap.
Thrax