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No, it just works while I'm home, or around the house. Don't want someone else looking around my computer. I changed the name of the Xeon to Gregory_Santilli, so both it, and the AMD 3000+ that is up 24/7, combine under one name, I hope. That's what appears to be happening. GS PS Exactly...

Nothing new. 16 mb/sec ATA 33. Pci 133 that only goes 70 mb/sec, etc. Screw em. gs

1984 is here... :cry: GS

VERY cool :excl: GS

Check with Costco for a low cost solution They sell HeatDish electric heaters that seem to work great. I use one in my room, and my house is likewise a bit on the cool side. Gs

The great thing about the ipod is apparently the person who bought the darn thing for her went through the torture, and, managed to get the songs loaded. God Bless Him. On this machine, not on my machine, it sits dormant, hardly ever used... GS

I combine the above ideas, using Raid 0 to boot from, and removeable drives for storage. Buy LSI single channel RAID card, 350. Cable will be included with Supermicro SCA SCSI gem 318 removeable drive box. Find refurbished drives, prefer SCSI 10k Cheetahs, in the 146 gig category. Computer...

It's a bit funny, really. For the longest time, I had to tolerate on the mac, awful, expensive, garbage software from MSFT. Now, with the success of the iPod, it appears Apple is putting out their usual beta software, promised to work for the two pc's they tested it on... Welcome to the world...

I guess when you get in the water, you have to have respect for things that don't eat you, either by instinct, or choice. Likewise, while surfing within in eyesight of a known Great White Shark playground, I'm really grateful they don't do a few kicks of the tail, and visit or little beach. If...

REALLY??? It's a habit of the wise: they like to talk to the most intelligent one present. In this case, since dolphins have a larger brain then we do, and, have a larger brain then we do, weight vs. brain matter wise, and, despite this superiority, show us inferior beings great respect, and...

After a bit more production, the Canon Rebel 350 may finally get me a serious SLR digital camera. Costco has a very nice package for this setup: zoom and printer, for about 1100. No presents until after Christmas... gs

Try marrying a Japanese girl. You will get an entirely different picture from the above. Or, better yet, watch a Japanese soap opera. The complexity of deceit requires a computer just to figure out the lies, and keep them in order, or straight. gs

Thanks Splash. VERY helpful in planning. gs

icrap 6. :cry: :beer: :idea: :jumpin: :errr: :cheers:

My girlfriend has an Ipod, and, I have to go look at her computer to see what version of icrap I loaded on it. My hate is the bundled Quicktime, and icrap, when, I don't NEED icrap, at all... gs

Why I love Seagate, and stay with them. gs

When I was real enthused, I was using the SO's Athlon 3000, my work 1.4 gig athlon, my P2 400mhz, laptops G3 333mhz, 1.6 Pentium M, and my dual Xeon. Currently the Gregory_Santilli name is on the Dual, and, the real point scorer, my SO's 3000. I've determined the older machines aren't worth...

David: this looks like a great deal. Costco backing, huge LED screen, etc. Any other cams have that big a screen, and close to that price, worth anything? GS

tried that. No joy. That was the first post. s

Why do I have to copy and paste the link to get this link to work??? gs

Try again http://www.costco.com/Common/Category.aspx?cat=29722&eCat=BC|84|29721|29722&whse=&topnav=&hierPath=84*29721*29722*

http://www.costco.com/Common/Category.aspx?cat=29722&eCat=BC|84|29721|29722&whse=&topnav=&hierPath=84*29721*29722* Any of these hit the right stroke in your pocket book? gs

Why, oh why, even though the names are the same, are my stats on three different names? GregorySantilli, GregorySantilli, and GregDualXeon? I've changed the names to all be the same, Gregory_Santilli, but, they won't combine. :rant: :cursin: :bounce: gs

1.5 Seems MUCH faster then what ever version of Firefox I had on this machine. 1.4 ghz Athlon. gs

The funny part is I've lost my taste for champagne, and alcohol more or less in general. I find the champagnes, and wines in general, too acidic, and lacking richness and complexity. Every once in awhile I find something reasonably priced, but that's very rare. I've always liked Dom...

I'm with Mercutio. Still, my favorite mouses are the Razer mouses. www.razerzone.com GS

What's the speed of the computer you are running on? McAfee made the P2 400mhz unusable. I'm running Penicillin, from TrendMicro on my main machine, and, even though it's expensive, and minorly annoying, it really works. NOD32 seems fine. GS

I should elaborate. This time of year, @ the Shadowbrook, a guy named Chase came in. He had a party of 6, and, thanks to my wine expertise, he spent 6700 dollars. He rounded it off to something like an even 8 grand. While the tip is still probably the best ever, at the Brook, the jealousy...

Well, it's Thanksgiving, and , things are going well but, no company. More later. Tonight, I was in the mood to be Santa, and, I took a ride down to the local store. I've pretty much gone from 2400 a month, to maybe 5000 a month, starting tomorrow, for the rest of the year. I was in the mood...

Mercutio: The 4200 rpm ATA-6 drives aren't all that slow, or that shabby, compared to what else is out there. This generation of drives really seems to have doubled, and then some, sustained data transfer. The old drives in the CF 37 and Lombard are maybe 10 mb a sec, vs. average 22-23...

Catch 22. CF-37 is fast enough to do DVD's, but only if the files are copied to the hard drive. It only supports USB1, so, can't play from the DVD player, only copy from it. Ripping to the hard drive might take forever, don't know. With head phones, it's rather cool, for such an old laptop...

Anyone have any favorite free picture hosting websites? Thanks GS

It's 2:20 am, and I'm watching Winning! It's a movie about a Neuman finding his new wife sleeping with Robert Wagner, basicly because he neglects her for a race car... While that's going on, my cat jumps to the top of the door, and starts walking around... Talk about an analogy... Time to...

Mercutio has a point about using a bigger drive, provided the computer can play DVD's. CF-37 I think, is too slow, 366 mhz with 192 mg of ram, but, I could be wrong. That's on the line for DVD players. Course with a 6 gig drive, you can't play from the drive, and, it doesn't have a DVD...

Mercutio has a point about using a bigger drive, provided the computer can play DVD's. CF-37 I think, is too slow, 366 mhz with 192 mg of ram, but, I could be wrong. That's on the line for DVD players. Course with a 6 gig drive, you can't play from the drive, and, it doesn't have a DVD...

Are ATA-6 100 gig drives compatible with older, UltraDMA laptops? I thought the cutoff is about ATA-5 for Macs, don't know about 2000/XP. GS

Ok: this looks like the best upgrade for older laptops to me: It's a Samsung, 40 gig, 5400 rpm, 5 year warranty 8mb cache, appears to be backwards compatible for much older laptops, access time is very low 12 ms, and, it's cheap, at 75.00 comments? Thoughts? GS...

I guess what they should say with the comments about desktop speed with the Hitachi 7200 is the speeds are going to be of a fairly medium to low speed desktop... gs

Spec comparision on HD Tach 2.70, in Travelstar 4200 rpm ATA 6 40 gig vs. 7k 60 gig 7200 rpm travelstar: Access time: 4200 rpm 23.8 7200 14.7 39% Difference? Read performance: 4200 rpm 28.6 max, average 22.6 7200 rpm max 39.4 average 29.3 29% Difference? While the access times appear to...

http://www.mobilityguru.com/2004/12/13/nine_notebook_hard_drives_make_their_debuts/page7.html CT: This link is for Tony, but it's kind of long. Would you please fix it? Thanks The question becomes: Is it worth 150-300 dollars to upgrade your drive, when only the 300 dollar drive gives a 5...

Geneflect if you like :wink: I saw a Thinkpad at work, and, it is kind of cool, but hell of slow. However, I do trust you guys, and, I've not looked up Thinkpads lately... gs

Thinkpads are also usually expensive, and, the 'eraser' sucks... gs

Merc: Panasonic is on the cutting edge of lite. http://www.shopzilla.com/9L--Panasonic_T2_1.2_GHz_Pentium_M_753_Laptop_-_cat_id--462__prod_id--324605601#details The one I picked is heavy. On the other hand, the CF-37 is about 3.9 pounds, and, they have super light ones, as well. Still, they...

Well, the other one mentioned was HP... Does Samsung make laptops :?: :wink: Anybody know what the DVD playback lawsuit against Apple was about? gs

What's wrong with a Dell entry level, for 399? http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/featured_basnb?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs

I just shop for a long time, prior, to picking one up. Still waiting for the 7200 rpm drives to drop in price. Maybe after Christmas. Still, I bought this thing for doing the bar, word processing, and I'm in no hurry to upgrade the drive. I still have my 2000 running 366 mhz, and it's just a...

http://www.superwarehouse.com/Panasonic_Toughbook_51/CF-51LCMDDBM/p/623821 http://www.superwarehouse.com/Panasonic_Laptops_by_Processor/b/196/c/2051 Long Panisonic URL "Downplay the processor speed. Speed is no longer the be-all of personal computers. For years, processors have delivered all...

Well, I think I posted the kid that took me an hour to remove the spyware, after he tried to download music on my computer at school. I gave him the installs for Adaware, etc. anti-virus stuff, and it took him HOURS just to check, and remove, the crap he'd put on his home computer. Surprise...

Sounds to me like a bad card. Still, try getting on the Matrox Forums and discussing it. GREAT source for information on their cards. http://forum.matrox.com/mga/index.php gs

Anything might work in SF, and, therefore, the world... gs