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Well, my relatively inexpensive home is in Rochester. I have a classmate who, from what I can tell, bought a similar house in Indianapolis for $30,000 less than I paid. A friend just bought a roughly similar house, maybe a bit less updated, in a suburb of Minneapolis for $75,000 more...

Why not encrypt the USB drive? Check out TrueCrypt.

Later this month we'll be doing a walk through with the inspector, and will specifically ask about the roof. I initially thought it was worse than the report specified - it had 3 categories, and it was in the middle. I need to figure out specifically what that means.

Doesn't that leave you susceptible to cat burglars then?

At least now I can offer students something of real value, for free. And not "Real Player" free where you can't find the damn free version. And not the "free" version that installs a bunch of programs you hate.

Sometime during my second year medical school I ran across another student in another program who told me that he worked with a publisher who have him review stuff, which was pretty easy and he could then sell the books online. He gave me his contact's email address, who seemed happy to have me...

Maybe that was it then. Doing a quick search, I see that the higher-end Stacker-enabled systems used a controller card - maybe that was the controller card I saw inside. I don't remember seeing any jumpers on it, which sounds consistent with a Stacker card.

That computer was running Windows 3.1 and later Windows 95, and I never remember seeing any application called "Stacker" or "Doublespace" - would I have seen such a thing listed under "programs" or whatnot? And even if I did, there's a chance I wouldn't have remembered it, of course.

Wow, interesting discussion. Makes my domestic tech support calls look absolutely kindergarten. Well, they basically are. Time and Merc, when I move, can I get you guys to run tech support for my family?

I was reading at the Redhill site, and came across a discussion of MFM and RLL, something that is totally new to me. At least I think it is. My first computer was a Tandy, I believe a 386 that I got in the fall of 1991. My second computer, which we got around 1994, was a hand-me-down/gift...

I too was lucky enough to get a copy from a notable member of this forum (thanks!). I haven't put in on yet, but maybe I will tonight.

Safety The hot tub is surrounded by a wooden/deck that doubles as a fence. There is a side door, and a double door going out from the "shed" area - I'll put some sort of small deadbolt/latch thingy on both doors. I'll change the locks. Since we're on a corner lot at the entrance to the...

Found the old thread - of course, in something nicely labled "something random" - http://www.storageforum.net/forum/showthread.php?t=3070&page=9&highlight=reel+mower

I love the lawn service idea except that mowing can be our built-in source of exercise. I figure a reel mower would make it the most pleasant. Of course, depending on how my grass allergy does any grass cutting could be just miserable. Its been 10 years since I've cut any grass.

Anybody know anything about reel mowers - you know, the old non-motorized kind with the spinning blades? I actually used an ancient one many years ago, and found it to be decent. I'm also not a big fan of the noise and exhaust of power mowers. I just fear not being able to mow for a few days...

Mine is an asphalt roof on a medium grade. We also have gutters. And around here from what I can tell 20-30 years tops is about it for roof life.

New thread on new house stuff, complete with links to pictures, in this thread: http://www.storageforum.net/forum/showthread.php?p=95022#post95022

After much trial and tribulation, my wife and I have a purchase agreement without any active contingencies. We close and move on May 25th. This has been partially documented here , and there's more info and pictures of the house on our blog I post here partially to ask for advice from some of...

Next time I boot into Ubuntu I'll test out some different file formats. But I'm pretty sure I was able to play avi's just fine. Automatix includes a codec pack that I installed - too me maybe 2 minutes and 2 brain cells. If I'm able to get video playback going it can't be that hard.

Huh? Pr0n is pretty universal. Actually, in Ubuntu after running Automatix all my videos (not porn) played great.

Or you can just type sudo apt-get install (program name). Very slick. The only problem I have is then figuring out where in the launch bar menu the new program was put.

Ironic, since many consider AOL to be a virus in and of itself.

Bargain, no. But worth my money, yes. When I built my current system back in February, I went with a 7900GS, partly because I was avoiding ATi and their not so great Linux support. So far I've been pleased.

Simple: computer = major source of frustration in my life.

I've got a Ninja rev B with the included 120 mm fan on the bottom of it blowing up, I've got the top mounted 120 mm fan blowing out, and I've got the rear 120 mm fan blowing out all in a P180. All of the Antec Tri-cool fans set to high, and it's definitely not quiet but I wouldn't call it loud...

That's about what I remember, and why after dialing in the tighter timings I stopped. I'm wondering if I should bother clocking my memory up. It's at 1:1 with the FSB at 400 MHz (I do like the symmetry) at 4-4-4-12-24 2T, which is what it's rated for. Anybody think it's worth it to try...

Not necessarily true with the newer devices that use NVRAM. My Axim doesn't die without a battery. Also, I don't think the PalmOS is much different on a Treo than on a vanilla Palm (say, E or E2). The only disadvantage as far as I can tell to having a Palm+phone is the size/weight, greater...

Max - will your memory handle more aggressive timings? I see you're running at 5-5-5-15, and perhaps you could get a little more performance without much extra noise/heat by going with something more aggressive. I've been happy that my memory does 4-4-4-12 2T, and I thought I remembered it...

I think for the simple PDA tasks, a Palm OS device would do great, and I see no reason to go Windows Mobile, even if Palm OS is ancient. Doesn't that just limit you to Treos? I've used both Palm OS ad PPC, but I've intentionally avoided the cell phone-PDA thing because of potential medical...

The contingency gives them some time to find an acceptable home to purchase. Our understanding from their agent is that they are looking to buy a foreclosed home, and the bank has been skeptical of their finances and will hopefully agree to let them buy the house/get the mortgage once they sell...

Tonight we asked to speak directly to the seller's agent to clarify the contract, something we do not think our agent is capable of, nor trustworthy to do. Shortly afterwards, we got an email from our agent explaining that she's been working very hard for us and offering to recommend a...

I'd be fine with collusion if that's all there was. I sortof understand that no buyers agent is really a buyers agent. But when she misrepresents a counter to me multiple times and consistently, to the point of dismissing something that reads "this purchase agreement is contingent upon . . . "...

You'll get pictures as soon as I know it's mine. Right now, I don't know if I'll get the house or if I'll keep the agent. If I could I'd dump her immediately as I suspect she's been lying to us. But then again "never blame on maliciousness what can be blamed on stupidity," or something like...

I too have a Ninja. It is big and heavy, and I've had some trouble with the retention clips, but I think this is because one of them is not in the fully locked position - something I should have triple checked before I mounted the motherboard, which is hard to then maneuver into a case like the...

The sad part is, even with the full information about the rates and origination fee (basically a way to charge points as far as I can tell) they still have the best deal and I would have gone with them anyway. This bank is a private bank and they require you to open a (free) checking account...

Great. We're not done yet: - the real estate agent slipped back in a contingency in the original counter-offer that she explained to as was a "courtesy" and didn't really impact anything. We only discovered this as we're about to sign the final purchase agreement - my mortgage broker...

Google Docs is pretty good. I've used it for things that I need in multiple locations.

A local bank has a "physician loan" program that most of the residents at Mayo use - zero down, they don't look at student loans to calculate your debt ratios (good, since my med school loans are larger than my mortgage!), reasonable closing costs (about 1.8% of the loan amount), and no need for...

Yup, first house. The owners had it pre-inspected two days after was first looked at it (we saw it after it had been listed for 2 days IIRC). We have a friend of the family who is a home builder in that area, and asked him if we should get our own inspection, and he basically said no, and our...

Well, after many counter-offers, my wife and I have accepted a counter-offer on a home in Rochester. It's not perfect, but it has everything we think we need and many things that we want, and at a price we can afford.

"wise" is not how I would describe him

That's religion, according to my former governor.

Google calendar and Gmail work well for me. I even have two apps for my PocketPC that sync my (PPC) Outlook calendar to Google Calendar, although one of the apps is pretty buggy.

For the moment I've resorted to emailing Word .doc's and only including the abstracts that are due soon and not all the supporting details.

Will, While I'd be interested in seeing it, I'm not sure if my collaborators would appreciate using beta software. Especially right now, when we're up against a deadline. What would make my life easier is if I could easily insert chapter headings and a table of contents so somebody could just...

Here's one scenario: I'm submitting multiple abstracts through a web page for a conference. The abstracts contain various text and an image (.jpg). I want to be able to email the text in its entirety, which also contains the author information, credentials, institution info, contact info...

That directory is what buggs me. I work with some people who can't be bothered to figure that part out.

I usually can't just send a link because the page is frequently within my password protected account or requires some sort of login that I don't want to deal with. Thanks for the FF links - I'll check them out.

Well, IE-only would work fine most likely for the research part, but I pretty much don't allow my wife to use IE, and I only use it under very specific circumstances, usually involving me in a biohazard suit.