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Didn't have time to find one on my own. The few I found demand that you pay them ~$50 for the dumb thing to work. It's for a fat32 drive (HDD video camera). Thanks for any suggestions!

Speak for yourself! I'm getting younger. :)

McCain was rotten, in my opinion. The absolute worst possible choice. The Republicans have demonstrated that they are the architects of failure. Picking a nominal Republican who may as well be a Democrat is not the way to win elections. If it weren't for Palin, I'm pretty sure a few more states...

I truly hope you are right. While liberals and Democrats have blatantly aimed for bigger, more controlling government, so-called "conservatives" and Republicans have done exactly the same, only hiding it a little better. It is time our government is pulled down. But how will that succeed when...

I have already heard on the news a black leader saying that this does NOT mean America is not still fundamentally racist . . . Already they are trying to make black people the victims and keep them that way. Liberals do not want racism to end. Ever. That is one of their means of building...

After trying Chrome I suddenly longed for a faster, less problematic browser than Firefox, so now I'm using Opera. It's faster and has more features built-in, and overall I honestly think it's better than firefox, but the interface is absolutely dreadful. I can say without doubt that Opera...

Feels great to me! I was so very tired of the continuous cold, but yes it's true there is some very nasty weather in the area.

Very cute. What would we do without children? This world would be very boring.

Pretty much locked up my entire computer before I could see any content other than the title bar and a few things that looked like ads. So I can't really say how bad it really is because I don't think I technically saw it.

I think there would have to be a big industry push for a new layout, and a forced obsolescence of QWERTY before it becomes practical for many of us to switch. Too bad. :(

Does anyone here use them? Is there any real advantage? I do like the idea of caps-lock being replaced with a backspace (colemak). I am, in fact, using colemak right now and learning it surprisingly fast. But I'm not sure if it's really worth the effort.

Watch for UFOs too hard and you'll get hit by a train. This is why people who suggest "doing something" about "global warming" are dangerous. I'm all for reducing pollution. It's very bad for health. But perhaps we should be more concerned about an ice age, which would be far more damaging...

Thanks!

I'm thinking of the "Nikon AF Zoom Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED-IF AF-S DX VR II" (not sure what all that means) since it has a large range and would work great for me for a single lens (I think). But since it is upwards of $500 on ebay I think I will have to wait on it for a while. I'm really...

How about the Sigma 28-70 and 70-300 lenses? Are they good? I'm starting to sense that the lens is actually the important part on a D-SLR. :) Unfortunately I know little about lenses, so I try to read reviews. But I'm not sure if Sigma could refer to more than one type.

Is $900 a good price for a D60 with 18-55mm and 55-200mm lenses?

So the D60 is a good one? My favorite review place (DCRP) didn't review it, is there another good place to get reviews?

We have a (now fairly old) Nikon 8700 which has served us very well and still works like new after however many years it's been. But of course, technology has marched on and we're getting left in the dust again. I don't plan to pay $1000 on a camera again, but we do want an extra camera, and I...

lol, good post StereoDude. It's too true.

Wise choice. Unless gas becomes more expensive than electric, that is definitely more efficient, fiscally speaking. :)

I'm not trying to argue, but I don't understand how an electric heater could be any more efficient at producing heat than anything else, unless it's a heat pump. A fan, for example, produces very little heat at all. On most space heaters, this is the only thing that could produce...

Google is paying Codeweavers to make Photoshop work in Linux. Now that is interesting (to me).

Stereo, I think "heat per watt" is actually redundant. As far as I know, one watt hour produces the same amount of heat no matter what it is used for.

My only complaint against firefox is standards compliance, or lack thereof. Though I think that's getting better. I do like Opera, but I'd probably switch to Konqueror first.

Global warming is a theory and most things we try to do about it will most likely do much more harm than good (aside from simply responsibly reducing pollution). How about those who believe in it lead by example? I don't see John Edwards making any sacrifices. OTOH, George Bush's home is...

Considering WD still have a customer base at all seems to lend unequivocal credence to your conclusion about said customer base!

Just an update, a free copy of Roxio Media Creator 9 did not run. I'm not sure why, but I guess I'll have to try a free trial of Nero next. Can XP not burn DVDs by default?

Just got a DVD-RW for my mom's computer, but apparently Windows XP and Roxio CD Creator 5 Basic don't want to support writing DVDs. Is there a free alternative for Windows, or will she have to buy a Roxio upgrade (or something else)? Not that I'm an idiot or anything, it's just easier to find...

Hey all, not sure if this is a dumb question or not, but I haven't worked on Windows issues for a while. What could cause all content to be blocked (in IE and Firefox in WinXP), resulting in "unable to display" (or similar), yet still allow me to ping any website I desire? DNS works fine. I get...

"Eww! The disgust! It won't wash off!" - Strong Bad

I'm a really big fan of k3b. Perhaps it will be ported to Windows one day.

The Bible doesn't "require" anything, it simply states what many, including myself, to be truth. The issue is still that Christians should not be faulted for publishing a warning to help people avoid something terrible. Or for believing something that some others consider to be false. Maybe...

My point is that I don't believe he is "wishing" eternal torment on anyone. By definition (according to the Bible), if we do this then we are headed to the same place. If he claims to be a Christian then he will certainly claim to love all and want all people to go to heaven. That's why I think...

It's not even close to "well done." I'm afraid this reveals the ignorance that many who hate Christians have of the thing that they hate. I think it would be a fear of the unknown. We automatically tend to dislike what we do not understand. It's human nature.

I don't know of anything that Jack Chick has published that I would consider hateful. Misguided at times, maybe. But Merc, I certainly would not consider you hateful if you sincerely believed that I was wrong, told me so, and tried to convert me to your way of thinking. In fact, that could be...

Handy, (not to derail the thread further but) I'm sorry you feel this way. I have before as well, and I think it's accurate to say that 90% of people (probably more) have this problem or have had it. I'm going to PM you if you don't mind.

Is therapy out of the question? This sounds like a serious ailment. I haven't used FreeNAS lately because I'm using Linux. If all I wanted it for was file storage, and/or some of the other great things FreeNAS can do, I would switch. It's painfully easy to use.

I agree it seems like Microsoft was pursuing their own loss here.

I just tried Kubuntu Feisty (haven't gotten around to Ubuntu yet). I was surprised by how polished it seemed in comparison to previous Kubuntu versions, and how automatic everything was. I'm impressed.

Never said they were. :P Just saying they do know how to produce the most important product we have: food. And really, the fact that they aren't as "educated" as some does not always mean they aren't as smart. Some of the most educated people I know are also some of the dumbest. The reverse is...

It's funny you should mention that. The Bible actually talks about this idea rather specifically in 1 Corinthians 1: "21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. 22 For the Jews require a sign...

Sad. Too bad good ol' Miniscribe isn't around anymore! Heh heh ;)

After Seagate buys Western Digital, Hitachi and Samsung, who will be left to stave off the monopoly?

ddrueding, you should run for president. You are exactly what reasonable conservatives really want. Except for the non-religion part, but people might overlook that, since the government size and spending has gotten way out of control. As long as you keep those "personal freedoms," including...

That's how I used to think not too long ago. Now I find that line of thinking rather disturbing . . . :O

I put Linux on a hp 5500 ipaq. Although HP actually supports this, so it may be easier than others. It worked much better than WinCE for wireless Internet, and had more features. There were definitely some bugs in other areas though, but if I still had it, I would probably keep Linux on it and...

So, if for every dollar's worth of electricity used, you get that much heat? Does that mean that space heaters could be just as efficiently replaced with enough computers to consume the same amount of energy?

Haub do yeaheekl dhwwayyy ayhqovn luh? (Translation: even from Microsoft, this leaves me speechless)

Unfortunately, Vista appears to be doing well so far. It's amazing how many people are just giddy about upgrading. Sheesh.

I tried it with IE7. Just as bad. Can't imagine how it's possible for anyone to make a page look that bad without doing it on purpose though.