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I think it is the antenna. Resetting it to the default didn't help. I don't think it was the wireless card because that was able to pick up someone's Linksys AP.

I reflashed the firmware to the latest, and when I did that, the laptop immediately picked up the router. It worked fine until the laptop was shut off, and now it won't connect again. Switching the channels had no affect.

I got my parents a Netgear MR814 wireless router, so my mom can get online without having to go up and down the stairs, but I can't seem to be able to get a signal from it. Checking with Netstumbler, it'll find the router for a couple of seconds, then drops it for about a second. This is from...

Maybe because we're indexed by Google now?

The actual number is ~65%, so that's a big rounding error.

About 85F with a light rain is what I consider perfect weather.

Considering the small number of regular posters, I'd say it's about right. But I think there's something wrong with the listing for top 10 posters for this month: they account for 101% of the posts! He left for SR.

All of their retail drives come with only a 1 year warranty.

Not necessarily. I got my 160GB drive for $80 after rebate, about four or five months ago.

They don't allow direct links, but I went to the site and got it. Thanks.

Has anyone been able to download it? From the DVD Shrink home page:

I use CDex. Very easy to use, and never had a problem with it.

Coug, there's a review of the AN-7 here. I just quickly read it, but other than the addition of an optical-in audio port, it doesn't look much different from the NF7-S.

Almost all commercial DVDs are dual-layer. You can see a slight pause in the movie when it switches layers.

I just heard the forecast for Thursday morning: snow, 30-40MPH winds, and near 0F temperatures. Ugh.

DVD Shrink 3.1.1 was released yesterday, and now, if you have Nero installed, it will burn the DVD directly from the program. And best of all, it's Freeware.

I got a database error when I try to reach it late last night. I don't know if that's related.

It's a part of MMC. In the TV app, go to the setup, and then the Personal Video Recorder. When you hit Map Preset, you can change the VideoSoap settings from there.

Yes. They digitally added it for the 20th anniversary of the commercial.

VideoSoap isn't limited to the 9700/9800 - it also works on my 8500DV. It took a bit of trial and error to get settings that gave me decent results, but it does a pretty good job. I just wish it would let me change the settings on a per-channel basis, because some are worse than others. I don't...

Hopefully, now they'll fix that nasty installer bug before 0.8 is released.

From here:

The first black and white images are coming in here and here. Sorry for all the posts. :oops:

It's stopped bouncing and is transmitting its signal!

That's "can't get through".

I get through to the NASA TV feed anymore. :evil:

It's on the surface!

Parachutes are open.

Two minutes to landing. So far so good...

It's about an hour before Spirit is supposed to land on Mars. So far, it's on track. Constant updates from Spaceflight Now, and NASA TV.

Nothing. This wasn't a very good Christmas for us. My mom is recovering a stroke (which is why I haven't been around much lately), and we were supposed to have a catered dinner for 12 of us at my parents' place, but the caterer called at the last minute and said he couldn't make it because his...

How long does it normally take to train the spam controls? I've been marking every message as either junk or not junk (52 junk vs. 462 not junk), and so far it's only automatically caught 4 out of those 52 spams. After 500+ messages, shouldn't it be doing better than that? Even Outlook 2003's...

Since you didn't mention the email client, I'll assume it's Outlook Express. It's stored under Document and Settings/username/Local Settings/Application Data/Identities/a long number/Microsoft/Outlook Express.

It's a Puerto Rican specialty, made from a bunch of different vegetables and pork, that we always have during the holidays. This recipe seems very similar to what my family uses.

Yikes. I hope you feel better, Merc. Now my Thanksgiving doesn't seem as bad. I just have this really annoying cough that caused me to completely lose my voice, and I go into a coughing fit whenever I try to eat something, so I wasn't able to eat much yesterday. I was able to take home some...

Knoppix is still around. A couple of months ago, many open source software sites changed their homepage to that protest page to warn people about the possible passing of a European software patents law. It was only supposed to last for one day (or was it a week?), but for some reason Knoppix...

According to Snopes, it did.

I use PDFCreator.

That's just, uh, scary. :o

I must be old, too. It's basically an online journal. I can't understand why they're so popular.

It was listed as $50 last night, but when I got to the store today, it was $45. So far, it's played everything I've tried, including regular MPEG files just burned to a CD. And I like the small size.

Hmm, plays nearly every format, progressive scan, does PAL/NTSC conversion, component out. Not bad for $50.

After 10 games: Tampa Bay - 4-6 New England - 8-2 Giants - 4-6 49ers - 5-5 Cleveland - 4-6 Out of five picks, only one is even going to the playoffs. :(

I've heard too many stories of Apex players dying after only a couple of months to consider them. I'm sure they're be more sales as the holidays get closer, but I hope I can get one online because I hate fighting the crowds.

I saw that one, but it's sold out right now. They still have one for $80.

Does anyone have any experience with the current cheap (~$50) DVD players. I want to get one for my bedroom, now that I've transfered the last of my tapes. They'll be played on a 20" TV, so picture quality isn't as important as different format compatibility.

What!? And an NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 128MB in a server?

Damn. When was this?

I just went to the store and got the MX310. It seems much sturdier than the Microsoft mouse. It's a little heavier, which I like, but the base it a little narrower than I'm used to, which makes it seem smaller than it is (it's actually the same size as my old mouse). Hopefully, this one will last.

Has anyone used the Logitech MX 310? I need a mouse that I can use with either hand, and preferable one that will last.