Generally the USB3 post connections are colored blue in my experience. Also next to the port the USB symbol may has SS (super speed) pressed on.
You can also go into the device manager but not as straight forward. Doesn't show which one only how many of which you have. In device manager you'll see High Speed - USB2 and Super Speed - USB3.

Another possibility is a PCMCIA USB Adapter card if you have the slot for it. Under $30..

All my external drives (like I think was discussed here in the beginning) are plugged directly into the line power not the computer power supply. But directly to your point during the time I mentioned I also went through multiple power supplies. Since the discussion was around external drives I didn't go into full detail on my past issues. Haven't had to replace any power supplies since the power company fixed their problem and installed the UPS because I trust no-one to implement a permanent fix.

For years I went through drives every 2-3 years on my desktop (internal and external). Never on my laptop. An electrician wiring our computer center at work overheard me complaining one day and suggested checking my voltage at my house. Low voltage will cause this on desktop but laptop runs on battery. . Guess what, my home voltage was 113 not up around 120. Called power company now running around 19-120. Now I have drives that haven't failed in over 8 years that run 7x24. I also added a backup UPS that runs my desktop on battery and only uses street power to charge the battery.

I use a free product File Renamer. It will let you insert key words from file properties. So you could add a date timestamp down to the seconds.

Yes he was elected.. That doesn't mean he has a clue what he's doing. Sometimes it seems he is surprised he was elected himself...

Also funny, I work at a public shooting range teaching beginners and experienced shooters and about 20 percent of the people I work with are from Europe. They love shooting and most wish they had ranges to shoot at home. And it's interesting most of the shootings we read about are in the states with the most stringent laws. When you have lawyers in office they do what they were trained to do, pass laws to solve everything. Laws are not the answer to this or car deaths, etc. It's teaching respect for other people. Period. People in the US today grow up learning nothing they do is their fault/responsibility. A lawyer blames someone else for letting them get into the position to speed, do drugs, or shoot. We have to start teaching personal responsibility. IMHO.

I'm a victim of this. My father died when I was 10. I started working when I was 15, good ethical thing to go.. Now SSA is coming after me for the money that was paid to my mother to support me because I worked in the sixties as a kid. What a load of crap. I'm fighting it through my senators office. They paid back what they withheld so far. I'll fight this until it costs them more to collect it. Oh, and like the article says, they don't even know my fathers SSN. Just payments from him to my mother for me were paid while I was working as a kid.

Mine are as much family as my kids, maybe more. They never complain! And I see one of my dogs in every picture...

I share with my friends by clicking 'File" and "Send" then "Link by email" and they can click it open.

Just sent it.

Like I say to people who complain about talk radio. DON"T LISTEN. Change the channel.
As soon as you see it's not a joke leave that thread. Nobody make's you read something you don't want. Or are you like the people that slow way down as you pass an accident because you have to see what's happening even though your were angry about being stuck in the traffic because of people slowing down to look?.

It's like I taught my kids, if you don't like something, leave it. If you don't like a given discussion leave it and read another. If you want to get into it, go for it. Simple. That's how freedom of speech works.

I shoot (instructor), skydive (instructor), ski, scuba (working to divemaster), take pictures. I never try to talk someone into any of my hobbies. If they ask I tell them the truth from my experience as I see it. And it's their responsibility to stay in the conversation if they like it or change the topic (go to another thread).

No, WE don't. Who is WE..

And Re: global warming follow the money of who pays for the research. Groups and organizations who have ways to solve a non-existent problem and make money doing it.

Do some research on population growth and compare the rates to the climate "changes". And read this article from the Guardian. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/jun/30/stephen-emmott-ten-billion

We have seen the problem and it's us. Mother earth only has resources for so many. It's a balancing act and the see-saw is tipped.

Not when the item is entered with just price under groceries without scanning bar code. Seen it. In many states. There's always a way around things. Honest people don't try to think how to..

Only things I look for under my bed are Dem's trying to take my guns or the NSA trying new ways to listen. Kidding on the NSA, kinda...