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On this day in 2003, Galileo mission terminated by sending the probe into Jupiter's atmosphere, where it was crushed by the pressure at the lower altitudes. In 2001, Deep Space 1 flew within 2,200 km of Comet Borrelly. In 1964, the North American XB-70 Valkyrie, the world's first Mach 3...

I wonder what the Volt's range would be if it used this battery technology.

Congrats from here as well. We celebrated our 5th anniversary last month.

On this day in 1998, ICANN was formed. In 1984, Joe Kittinger completed the first solo balloon crossing of the Atlantic. In 1977, Voyager I took the first space photograph of the Earth & Moon together. In 1959, Vanguard 3 launched into Earth orbit. In 1927, Columbia Broadcasting System went...

First, there's no documented source that says gas absolutely will hit $10 a gallon let alone a time line for it to happen. Any statements to that affect are speculation or FUD. It could happen, but it might not. It could take decades and be part of natural price rises over time (bread used to...

OK, so I've read the Wiki & Chevy pages on the Volt and it does sound promising. My commute is about 46 miles round trip so I'd still burn a little fuel but not much. I like the architecture; it makes a lot of sense to be a pure electric with a pluggable (gas/diesel/fuel cell) extension...

Clocker, please suggest to the team that they design for a decent sized trunk. Oh, 60/40 folding rear seat's a must as well; I won't buy a car without it. I've taken a glance at the reviews for the TCH and the batteries intrude too much and make the trunk too small for me to consider the...

This is still a pull & not a push. No one, not even the almighty House of Bill, can start a connection to systems behind a firewall & using NAT. The client system has to initiate a connection to the mother ship. That said, the problem is that it's a push against our will. There have been...

Steam Trek: The Moving Picture (Star Trek Parody) Its throwback mission: To go where no talkie has gone before. On this day in 2000, Microsoft released both Windows Me and the most recent update to MS-DOS. In 1998, telecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom completed their...

Congrats to The JoJo for hitting the half-million point mark.

Just a friendly reminder that there are 6 shopping days until TLAP 2007. And you can try this if you need help.

Is the drive formatted NTFS or FAT32? FAT32 will choke on files 4GB or larger in size.

On this day in 1997, NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reached Mars. In 1996, Union Pacific Railroad purchased Southern Pacific Railroad. In 1972, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) in San Francisco, California begans regular service. In 1970, the Ford Pinto was introduced. In 1941, ground was broken...

I agree with DD all around. First on the WorkCentres from Xerox; we have several of the 275 and they're very nice. Damn fast and rarely has issues (I don't recall ever seeing any "printer broken" signs off-hand). The one I use we have is supporting around 40 accountants plus a few random...

On this day in 1998, Google was co-founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were students at Stanford University. In 1997 the F-22 Raptor was first test flown. In 1969, Monty Python's Flying Circus recorded its first episode. In 1927, the first fully electronic television system was...

Where the sheep are no longer nervous. And, fix your popcorn with your PC.

The Simpsons vs Star Trek On this day in 1998, North Korea reportedly launched Kwangmyongsong, its first satellite. In 1965, the Aero Spacelines Super Guppy Aircraft made its first flight. In 1943, the USS Harmon, the first U.S. Navy ship to be named for an African-American, was...

On this day in 1953, Nippon Television broadcasted Japan's first television show, including its first TV advertisement. In 1937, Toyota Motors became an independent company. In 1907, UPS was founded by James E. Casey in Seattle, Washington. In 1898, Caleb Bradham renamed his carbonated soft...

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Congrats to LiamC for passing the million point mark! Will the current SMP beta expire soon? It's been about 2 months since the last beta expired.

3M's entry into the case market. ;-)

On this day last year, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) redefined ther term "planet" such that Pluto is no longer considered one. In 1995, Microsoft released Windwos 95. In 1989, Voyager 2 passed Neptune. In 1968, France exploded its first hydrogen bomb, thus becoming the world's...

I couldn't Quick Reply this to the Something Random thread: "Ouch." The posting issue always seems to be with Quick Reply; Go Advanced has always worked for me. And I couldn't Quick Reply the above.

Ouch.

I haven't tried this but I like the concept.

Mine resumed as well.

I've lost some GPU folding time as the GPU client has been waiting for work for a few hours now. :frowner:

Having three or four threads on one topic doesn't seem to me to be sufficient grounds to warrant another forum. Sub-forum maybe, but even then it doesn't seem worthwhile. As Tannin says there's little enough traffic here that one can easily avoid photography threads.

Beats me.

More than likely the nonstop rain the upper midwest has been getting hit with.

I'm pretty sure it's from mildew. I'm not sure about the 1-way valve; I'd need one at each end as the appliance-side isn't a closed connection. The place where the hose screws on is slotted to specifically allow drainage to bypass an attached hose should it become necessary. And my hose is...

Actually, I've got just that setup, although mine drains into the sump pit. I just was being lazy & didn't want to go into detail. Since the dehumidifier collects & drains relatively slowly, I suggest either replacing the hose annually or clearing it out. Otherwise a buildup of gunk could...

Human-powered spud gun.

NIST: look under Total Automation.

Pick up a dehumidifier, put it close by, turn it on maximum, empty the tank. Repeat until the air is no longer damp.

My second C2Q, the one that replaced the slower Folders, blew the PSU a few days ago. So much for going the budget route. I just dropped an Antec SmartPower 500W in to replace it. So it's up again. Right now I'm converting the file system to NTFS as Vista requires that. Then I'll put Vista...

The incredibly obvious being live power lines .. A few years ago our NYC office had a flood on the 53rd floor. Seriously. There was a fire a couple of floors above and the water ran down through the ceiling and came into the server room. I echo the advice that if a piece of electronic...

Re: Interest-only mortgages. Seriously, every unconventional mortgage option that's arisen over the past decade or so exists solely to make the lender more money. None, I repeat none, of them are consumer-friendly. They either exist to let you get a home when you otherwise couldn't afford one...

I thought it was fun enough. I long ago gave up any expectation that Hollyweird would understand technology. So with that belief firmly suspended I'm free to enjoy the popcorn movies for what they are - long chase scenes that blow stuff up surrounded by bits of essentially stupid & pointless...

In general I agree with Merc's modifications although I don't know that I'd get the slowest C2D; most apps are still single-threaded and some could benefit from higher clock. It depends on the apps involved. With RAM, for Vista consider 2GB the minimum for decent performance. If XP, 1GB...

Mubs, is it one socket or two cores? This (bottom of page 3) just says multi-core.

August 2007 Patch Tuesday. 6 criticals, 3 importants.

Thinking further, as I plan to eventually plop an X1950 for GPU folding into that machine I'll have to go the Windows route since Stanford doesn't yet have a GPU Folding client. Vista Home Basic Upgrade is $56 + S/H; that should do the trick.

My slow Folders have been replaced but I've got another problem. To avoid buying another Windows XP/Vista license or learning enough Linux to use it I used an existing W2K license from one of the decommissioned PCs. It appears W2K (with all updates applied) sees 2 cores and stops. I think the...

Yep. I put this in my 2nd C2Q the other day.

We have spiders in our basement. They eat any insects that can somehow get in. Seems to work well enough except for having to clean out the spiderwebs once in a while. We do get crickets in our garage. Thankfully we don't hear them inside the house.

Mike, thanks for the post. I recommend this be moved to the toolbox section. BTW, IBM AS/400 a.k.a. iSeries a.k.a. System i drives are also 520 byte. In the past I've always been able to low-level them to 512 bytes & use them in PC-class systems. But I've not had the opportunity to do that...

I've got an older 120GB model from before the cases went black. Still works just fine. I don't power it up every day, though; just when I'm backing up my notebook. It works fine off my notebook's USB ports -- even off the old USB 1.1 ports on my previous notebook -- but it mostly runs off a...

Well, I'll 'ditto' the above comments. Your posts have been some of the most useful and sometimes most entertaining this forum has seen. Even if you see little value in the real world, please understand that you are highly valued here in the virtual. If you would like to get together to talk...

Not sure about free but recently I was able to pick up Nero 7 Ultra for $20 after rebate.