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Where 'local' is defined as? Also, price?

I was figuring it was because Tea types on a banana and not an Apple.

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Yes. Work re-imburses me for that so it stays. I will lose the TV-Internet bundle discount, but, well, work re-imburses me. :D About a grand for the ideal DVR, huh? Ouch. Maybe I'll talk to Comcast afterall. If the UI on the HD cablebox is decent and not so totally crappy as the regular...

Thanks for the link, Bookmage. Sounds like waiting until later this year would be wise. By then the Samsung 1080 DLPs will be out. Not interested in the 61" model listed, but something in the 42-55 range would be fine. Maybe the budget will improve by then as well. That still leaves the...

I guess you'll have to nap later. :lol:

Merc, out of curiosity, how much do the replacement lamps cost for your DLP set? I'm eyeing the HL-P5063W at the moment. Saw it at Fry's just now. Nice picture, but there was definitely pixelation during some panning shots. Dunno if that was source-material or the set.

Prior to the drive biz sell-off, every AS/400 came with IBM drives.

Don't forget a good portion of IBM HD sales were enterprise SCSI drives and not the no-margin consumer stuff. IBM's lineup of 10k & 15k SCSI drives went into all of their i-, p-, x-, and z-Series servers not to mention their SANs. Many thousands of high-margin drives a month. That market...

- Disable the bands you don't use. IOW if you're using SuperG, tell it SuperG only to block g & b connections. - If your wireless adapter supports it, use WPA instead of WEP. If your adapter doesn't support WPA, consider getting one that does. - Update the firmware to the latest. - Make sure...

Mine does have S-Vid out. Unsure about TOSlink. Definitely no coaxial audio capability. It's a Motorola with an AT&T remote. While not Tivo, Dish does have DVR receivers: http://www.dishnetwork.com/content/products/receivers/dvr/index.shtml The 522 I can get for free AR. Main limitation is...

My wife & I are starting to discuss getting a 2nd TV set. We're also very likely going to ditch cable in favor of satellite. Funny, but the reason for doing so is not the cost nor the channel listings. The reason for doing so is the decoder box absolutely sucks. The UI is slow and primitive...

Corrective cosmetic surgery like the nose job and, potentially, even lipo in some cases I wouldn't take issue with. That falls in line with straightening your teeth and other things to make your appearance within socially accepted norms. Breast enlargement and face lifts, though, are a waste...

617 miles @ 60MPH = 10.3 hours. @ 70 = 8.8 hours. @ 75 = 8.2 hours. + time for gas refills, bathroom, and food. Clearly, IF you can safely and legally (wink) do 75, you can save 2 hours on the trip. Also try to minimize your stops; hit the can and get a fresh cup of coffee whenever you fill up...

I bow to your collective greatness. :o My record is a mere 36 or 40 hours; don't quite remember. But what I can do quite easily for several days straight is get by with under 3 hours sleep a night. I've got an internal alarm clock that'll wake me up within a half hour of my normal time...

Not perfect by any means but still pretty darn impressive.

Don't feel bad, Merc. I had one go down a month or two ago, leaving me with just 1. Can't decide wether or not to repair it (the JVC factory repair center is in Aurora). My wife and I are probably going to ditch cable TV in favor of satellite and I'll likely spring for a Tivo-equipped...

So, who's this "torageForum_net" fellow?

I presume they're offline and switch to battery within n milliseconds. As long as n is sufficiently small, it's fine. Offline is actually better in some ways. Easier on the battery as it's not always in a discharge/charge state. Potentially more efficient as you don't necessarily have to do...

Just noticed I finally overtook Jake the Dog. :lol:

I was pretty happy that last month's electric bill was under $200. :)

So your UPS is network enabled? If so an SNMP broadcast would work once you set up clients on the PCs. Most consumer-grade UPS systems ship with serial or USB connectors and as such can only be connected to a single host PC. That PC would in turn have to talk to the others to tell them to...

I basically ditto the entire thread so far with the exception of the spotted tigers.

Another good thing about carpooling is that the people who aren't driving are basically free to nap, read, work via laptop, etc. In theory the time doesn't have to be wasted and the stress level shouldn't rise. My commute is 23 miles each way. 35-40 minutes in the morning; 50-55 in the...

I think I'd install the bundled UPS software on the XP box (assuming it's on the same time the Linux boes are). The software should allow the running of an app as part of the power issue trigger. The app can be a simple FTP script that hits both Linux boxes and submits shutdown commands to...

Yeah. Forgot to mention earlier that either pet will follow it's Chosen One (the dog & my wife; the cat & I) into the restroom. Dunno what the fascination is. Typically, if I've got my pants around my ankles the cat will climb aboard and lay down for a brief nap. I'm sure it's a scent-thing...

Well, that was imagery I didn't need on a Monday morning :crap: , but I know what you mean. As a kitten, she'd jump in the tub with me when I started the shower. But she'd jump back out once her paws started getting wet. Once she could jump onto the bed she'd sleep either next to/on my head...

About 45 minutes ago my wife was laying down on one of our couches. Our dog, a rat terrier, was laying on top of her sleeping. I was sitting on the other couch with our cat, a Himilayan, resting in my lap. I'd say they have us trained pretty well.

Here, the registration fee varies by state. Illinois is flate-rate ($78/year; more for vanity plates), but Indiana still does it as an excise tax based on the theoretical value of the car (when new, plates can be over $300/yr but will drop to like $40ish over time). I think some states do it...

What I paid in 4/2002 for my single-family home was about $82/square foot. I'm sure it's gone up by at least 12% since then. From a local realtor: In my subdivision, median sale prices 2003 (full year) to 2004 (YTD) are up 8.3%. However, the median for June alone is 14% higher than 2003. The...

Microcenter's ad, which I just received yesterday, has 128MB sticks of PC133 for $22.99 after rebate. $40 AR for 256MB.

I can also endorse Spider-Man 2 and basically echo Mercs comments. You can see what's going on in the action scenes, better CG than the first one, good acting, excellent script, and above average character and plot development. Better than a sequel has any right to be. And, of course, they...

Bookmage, in addition to powering the PCs themselves, you should also account for a slight increase in air conditioning costs if you tend to have to use AC where you live. OTOH, if you have cold winters your heating bill may be mildly decreased due to the radiant heat the PC gives off. During...

My 19" NEC-Mitsu SB930 CRT uses something like 85 watts operating and 7-8 watts standby. I wanted to go flat-panel but the tech & price just wasn't good enough at the time. My wife's PC uses a Samsung 15" LCD. Not bad after about 3 years of use. Power consumption is like 35 watts in use; I...

Oh, I caught the reference easily enough. I'm old enough for that. Just didn't feel the need to comment. :) My morning visitors usually consist of a rabbit or two. Our dog loves to chase 'em but she'll never actually catch them.

Use the broadbandreports Tweak Test & Dr. TCP to tweak your TCP/IP settings. Yes, it's for broadband, but the same theories apply to desktop usage. Mainly, checking your xmit/rcv buffers and MTU. Also check their FAQs. A few years back (and a few upgrades ago) when I first got DSL, using...

Pretty much that way, yes. And you can't blindly do F3 - Delete, F3 - Delete, etc. since, as you mentioned, that combo may appear elsewhere. Navigation software could easily contain the NAV string. You might also have Ghost installed and want to keep it, so Norton & Symantec references must...

AVG has been fine for us. No abnormal behavior and no viruses in a long time; longer than I can remember. Years. But we also have firewalls installed on the PCs and the router and don't do the Top Ten Stupid Browser/Email Tricks. And run AdAware & SpyBot on occasion. And apply security...

MicroCenter also stocks Samsungs but again I generally don't see their 5400RPM units in the store.

That's not the user's fault. Their installation routine is inadequate if it can't handle being installed over a prior version. Geez, all the installer has to do is do the uninstall itself before the new install.

Browse this.

LAPD anyone?

BTW, saw a news report yesterday that said the prices on plasma sets should be halving themselves over the next year as supply and demand are finally getting in sync. Not that this was really news to me. Prices on this kind of gear has been steadily falling for some time now. Personally, when...

I just telecommute when I'm expecting deliveries. Call forwarding and VPNs can be wonderful things.

Release just tells the DHCP server you're no longer using that IP address. Essentially you're dropping TCP/IP on that interface. Renew asks the DHCP server to renew your address for whatever the configured lease time is (typically 1 day). Typically, just hitting Renew or Renew All is...

Re: budget video card I define it as the cheapest card that satisfies the need. Anything that doesn't satisfay the need isn't worth buying at any price. That said, $50-80 should satisfy the need for just about anything but the modern gamer. As I noted in my above post, I picked up a GF440MX...

I've got the WGT624 but may sell that to someone in favor of the 634U as I like the USB-drive-as-NAS concept it adds. Another reason for the cabled antenna is to eliminate physical interference with other cables, etc. plugged in the back of the machine. The PC faces the router so technically...

Thanks, Howell. I may order the WAG version since it's antenna is already cabled as Buck was mentioning. I don't do wireless because it's sexy; it isn't. It's a horrible way to do connect machines for several reasons including security, signal interference, etc. But it gives me the...