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Dell 3007WFP dimensions

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Panel Dimensions: (without stand) Height 449.55 mm (17.7 inches) Width 690 mm (27.16 inches) Depth 74.4 mm (2.93 inches) Dimensions (with stand): Height (fully extended in landscape mode) 559.7 mm (22 inches) Height (compressed/locked in landscape mode) 469.7 mm (18.49 inches) Width 690 mm (27.16 inches) Depth 200 mm (7.87 inches) Source   Documentation – 3007wfphttp://support.dell.com/support/systemsinfo/document.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&~file=/systems/3007wfp/en/about.htm#SpecificationsLaptops | Desktops | Business Laptops | Business Desktops | Workstations | Servers | Storage | Services | Monitors | Printers | LCD TVs |

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Building a random name generator

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Last night I had fun building a  little random name generator for my friend Adam and my wife. They both write and sometimes it is difficult to come up with names for characters, that is where the new tool comes in handy: Character Name Generator Every time you refresh the page you get a new name 🙂 I used to code a lot of fun little projects like this but lately I have not made time for it. I do

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Secure LCD TV/monitor lock (for hotels, businesses)

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I came across this cool product for securing LCD TVs or monitors. It uses the standard VESA mounts found on most LCDs and flat screen TVs.  It can also be keyed so that one key locks/unlocks ALL your equipment: Flat Panel TV Security Lock Kithttp://ddsecurity.com/product/472Additional Comments: I use this product on both of my Hotels to secure all of our TV’s. They keyed all of the locks to the same key code which made it really easy to install and…

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ACPI\SMO8800 Dell [SOLVED]

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Q. Hello, I have a Dell laptop and I just reinstalled Windows 7 Ultimate x64 on it. Now I have an unknown device ‘ACPI\SMO8800’ in device manager. What driver can I download to fix it? A. Here are the download links for the driver that should solve your ACPI\SMO8800 Unknown Device issue: [download id=”10460″ format=”1″], Dell dl link NOTE: The driver is for your Dell laptop’s ST Microelectronics Free Fall Sensor (accelerometer), it is what shows up as Unknown Device ACPI\SMO8800 🙂 More

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ProFTPd MySQL configuration / Linux free space check / setting Gentoo static IP

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Links and info that were useful during a recent database server move: #1 Setting (or changing) a static IP address on Gentoo: Gentoo Forums :: View topic – Switching to a static IP (within your network)http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-747458-start-0.html #2 Find out how much disk space is left in Linux, or what the disk size is Linux Command To Find How Much Disk Space Is Being Used Show Displayhttp://www.wallpaperama.com/forums/linux-command-to-find-how-much-disk-space-is-being-used-show-display-t713.htmla simple linux shell command to show you how much space a directory is using

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Home Office Inspiration: Awesome Multi-Monitor Setups

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Two brief BONUS images: Even though this post is about multimonitor setups, I had to post a multi-computer setup from my buddy John. We built these systems in 2007 and amazingly the fastest of  them (the render server) had 19.2GHz of computing power way back then. We actually got the CPUs (engineering samples) from overseas months before they were officially released. Only this year did John finally upgrade to a new machine, his old Hoss was just that fast. 🙂 NOTE: if

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History of Intel’s QuickSync, soon even faster! (Ivy Bridge)

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Intel’s Quick Sync is a great new feature of their latest CPUs. One reader experienced 3x faster encoding and that is definitely not out of the norm! You are probably already familiar with how Quick Sync speeds up video encoding and that it is generally regarded as better than the competing AMD and NVIDIA solutions. However, here are a couple tidbits you may not have heard yet! #1 Intel’s Ivy Bridge brings even faster acceleration to Quick Sync If this progression keeps

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Better two-finger scrolling for Windows! (like 2011 MacBooks and MacBook Air)

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On Windows, missing the MacBook’s nice two finger scrolling… After returning a MacBook Air 11.6″ to Apple, I was surprised that I only really missed the very nice two finger scrolling. Some of the other Apple multitouch gestures were nice, but it was the really the smooth two finger scrolling on that nice trackpad that was so VERY handy and I missed the convenience! My Dell laptops have multitouch capable touchpads that support two finger scrolling. Unfortunately by default they

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