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5 minutes to clean cat box... s

Yes, you nailed it, and I have plants in the tanks. Cat is going crazy right now... Some sort of white stuff, perhaps a weird algae, that the charcoal filters appeared to have helped get rid of, but, I've had to water change about 4 times to get it cleared up, and out of the filters. ALERT...

TDK, Dynex? Yes, I backed up to DVD's. Brain dead, and filling fish tanks at the same time... s

Between fish and cat, I'm really thinking we should rename the above terms. I think slave=owner, and owner=pet would be a more true meaning of the situation. :wink: I've been up since 5 am, feeding cat, and trying to clean 3 fish tanks to my satisfaction...it's now 9 something... s

The copies usually play about 95% in the Sony DVD recorder. I've also used a cleaner on all concerned. s

OK: Using the Sony, I've made backups of our most frequently used DVD's, in the hopes that we won't scratch, or destroy, my legally licensed originals. Problem is, some of them won't finish playing, perhaps due to compression? Even though I'm using CD-R's, which is what I thought the original...

:lol: I saw the topic, since I've had the 'other mono' and was concerned for you... s :mrgrn:

:lol: ROFL! Funny, I never realized the 'beer' industry had such vital secrets it has to protect... s

Hi I'm wondering what are the best, and most efficent DVD ripping software? What's the most efficent player? Currently using DVD Shrink, and Media Player Classic. Any suggestions? Processor usage is a bit high... s

OH, by the way, until my current investment in 68 pin Cheetahs wear out, I'm not to angry about picking the wrong case. Besides, the guy gave it to me for cheaper then 170, since it had been around for a long time, and sans power supply. s

Thanks: (Greg remembers all those shows of Flipper, with underwater torches cutting bars and stuff... Lights up torch, and cuts out the back of the case, so he can put an SCA box in the back, or two...;-) Looks like I bought the wrong case. Still, for the price, I can either butcher mine, or...

Hi Does anyone have a link to what the different services are for XP, or a database to search for third party stuff, so I can identify stuff that shouldn't be running? Thanks GS

Weird: The YY0400 has only ten drive bays, 12 including floppies. Mine, with two SCA boxes, would actually have 18... s

Well, the box was 170 bucks, with no power supply. Perhaps I have the wrong link. I just looked at the features and they are pretty close. I'll look at the other but it's the cube, and I don't see the objection to size, it's wide, but short. s

Cube Server Case - YY-0221 Mini Server Case for AT/ATX motherboard s

http://yycase.com/ R2D2 is not that big. In fact, she fits comfortably under my desk, no problems. s

The box is very compact. It has front mounted, room for two SCA racks, but only a floppy, and zip disk above it. If you put boxes in the back storage area, they would be very difficult to assess, due to limited room, I think. Right now, the only Raid adapter in my future might be the dual...

I don't think your average computer buyer is going to go for raid 0, and, so far, Raid 0 solutions for ide haven't been worth much, due to interface, cards, and drive speeds, so why recommend something that doesn't really increase speed, as it should? Plus, IDE and SATA are consumer priced...

Macs are good for email. I'm sick of all this stuff, and I don't open questionable attachments. I use Eudora, and, I'm getting sick of Bagel this and Bagel that... Trend has worked well for me, and, after going through Cnet looking for anti-virus, and firewall stuff, Trend is the ONLY one...

Not yet. I just reset the motherboard settings to auto, hoping that is what's doing it, since one of the two settings is what it's defaulting to, PIO 4. Perhaps if I leave it on auto, it will still go to DMA 5, or whatever. I've weeded out offensive startup items, and enabled shuting down a...

Typing this on my mac. Apparently the Maxtor is constantly defaulting to PIO mode, and I don't know why. Just shut it down, did the delete, and reinstall, etc. It has a premium cable, and it's master on Channel 1.\ s

Opened the window. My cat likes to go up the screen, since she knocked it out, once, and I had to chase her. I've got a water bottle, with squirt top. I've only had to use it a couple times. I start to pick it up, and she runs from the window. At a distance of 4 meters, she swats down the...

Now you wonder why I don't like IDE? I'm cursed I tell you :excl: Cursed :excl: s

Yes, there was. For some reason, it defaulted back to PIO mode. So, delete Primary IDE channel, reinstall, and we are back at Ultra DMA 5 we'll see how long that lasts... s

Minor update. Figured out how to burn DVD's from disk images. I originally used DVD Shrink, and then burn with Roxxio. Since I was sort of happy with the Maxtor, and it had lots of storage, I figured I'd copy the image to the maxtor. I did, and it took a long time. Then I burned from it, and...

Other countries TV adds are just beyond funny compared to ours... s

The point of posting the cat parody, on rap music, and overbreeding, was and is, that rap music resembles, and gives those same messages to people. Breed, overpopulate, with no responsibility, with anyone that comes along, and that's cool, regardless of what happens to your children. That...

http://gprime.net/video/thatsnotyourphone.php :rofl:

http://gprime.net/video/got%20it%20goin%20on.php Parody on the subject :wink:

http://gprime.net/video/got%20it%20goin%20on.php :mrgrn:

Pradeep: Even though Apple has gone open, you are probably correct. Apple usually borks something in open standards... s

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I like BX based machines, and still have a P2 400mhz, running strong, in the other room. Girls computer. s

550 Watts? s

Jojo: Explain! s

Good reasons. In that case, go for the dual Asus Xeon boards, and unload later, or, add another processor? My experience has been Xeons tend to do business functions way better then other cpus do, Athlons, in particular... s

As I have said before, if you are considering an ASUS board, buy a Supermicro. You will get far more for your money, and it will last a lot longer. s

Why do you need this kind of horsepower for a file server? What's the interface connection? s

This box is seriously making me rethink boxes, and computers. It appears you could raid, and boot from the SCA boxes. If this is the case, you could have two, 5 drive boxes, booting on two channels, on Scsi 320 channels. I suspect the Adaptec 21010S wouldn't be able to handle this. Am I...

Why not Xeons????? s

NASA. WE HAVE GEM 318 IN PLACE :wink: :mrgrn: S

Either play light music through your pc, which if you are gaming, I don't think you can hear anything anyway, or get earplugs when you go to sleep. s :wink:

Well, I like being able to hear my hard drives. In fact, I've learned to tell when some sort of unauthorized activity is going on, by the noise they make. It's not much, but the little writing and seeking that occurs usually gets me running TrendMicro, and more times then not, it's some damn...

I might make a road trip out of it. I could call him tomorrow, and see if I could run down. I've got a scsi cable I would like to use, and everything is 1 80 degrees out of position for my use. s

I'd call Ken at Granite Digital, and explain your concerns. He's always been more then helpful, and his products have been industry standard, for as long as I can remember. I noticed the resemblance between an old el cheapo setup I saw in Fremont, and the GD product. I don't think IDE can...

Controllers: http://www.attotech.com/epciview.html http://www.attotech.com/hot.html The fine print can be scary... What do Fibrechannel cables run? s

A cheaper, more cool way to go would be water cooled computer stations, and go for some of the silent computer technology. Swifttech comes to mind. Isn't what you are after made by Sun? A central box, with terminals? s

Frankly, I don't see much of a point, period. This Dell P2 400 mhz has no detectable noise. The refrig is louder. It has a Quantum LM in it, and you can't detect it, 90% of the time, unless defraging or something that is disk intensive. With adequate RAM, and an OS that doesn't page all the...

Yesterday she unpluged my spare monitor, printer, and fax machine... s

Well, time to call in Splash. This is more his area... Anybody have a spare salmon for bait? :mrgrn: s