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I understand using Outlook when sync'ing - I use Outlook for that very reason with my Dell Axim. But Outlook Express? I haven't used OE in years as I found Thunderbird to work better and have now switched to Gmail. Does it OE sync now, or what that just a misunderstanding on my part?

Wasn't sure if this would be best in the tech support or general area, but since I thought this would spill into multiple topics I thought it should go here. Recently for my home search and research I've needed to email webpages that contain pictures. What's the easiest way to do this? I can...

Why do you use OE?

Yup, that's why I'm paying cash for my second house. I figure it will only take a little while after I finish training. Like maybe a decade. What's that honey, you say you want that second house before our unborn children are in their mid-thirties? Ok, nevermind.

Damn. I've got a classmate heading out to Stanford...guess he'll be renting.

Already got a credit report, which was accurate. Just got pre-approved for a mortgage today, and our credit scores are excellent (wife and I).

Well, this afternoon we think we've decided on one that we want to bid on. Tomorrow I'll be talking with the banker again, and see what the difference between the ARMs and 30 year fixed is. It would be nice to go with a fixed if it's really about the same, but the odds of me being in the house...

For our modest needs (just the two of us, and we'd like room for 1-2 small children) we can find homes as low as $130k. $140k-150k has most of the homes we're looking at, and it doesn't seem we would get much more by going over $155k or so. Many residents who have kids and a double income are...

Yup. Interesting epidemiology being done by a great guy: http://www.epi.umn.edu/people/people.asp?id=516

So, back to mortgages... I might make an offer on a house in the next few days in my (soon to be) new home of Rochester, MN. We've found a few houses that more or less fit our price range and have all the qualities we need or really want. As far as the actual mortgage...for once it's nice...

I did a human sexuality rotation. And boy is Merc right about being able to hook up if one wants to. Multiple times per night if you're in a bigger city. Easily. One of the big names in gay internet sex is at my university and I learned a ton from him.

Some of us we think about the statistical language/package even if we are in a computer forum. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAS_System

Today I tried some speed tests from DSL Reports. A java-based test clocked my download speed in the 400's kbps, while the flash-based test had me in the 5.5mbps range. Any idea why the discrepancy? Do download speed tests just lack precision?

Why do the Asian heads of tech companies usually have casual-soundsing American-ish first names? Dandy Yeh? Johnny Shih?

If anyone else is interested in some progressive thinking in medical education, the CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, one of the three main Harvard teaching hospitals is running a very open blog. I interviewed at BID and was very impressed with it, especially the progressive culture...

Interesting article, thanks.

I never even thought that there was a speed difference in cable modems, but a blog claims that newer modems may be faster. Is there any truth to this? Is there any reason to suspect that my Toshiba PCX2200 may be limiting my internet speeds, which depending on time of day and speed test used...

I know in medicine it's the anesthesiologists who have the highest rate of drug abuse. I thought this was just a myth until I did my anesthesiology rotation and saw the entire chapter on the subject in the standard anesthesiology textbook, Miller's. They speculate that it's a function of...

Did you not go to college? How do you think many of my classmates made it through the day or between "experiences" with their "favorite smoking plant"?

Wow, only three typos!

You certainly can do fellowship (or two, like your friend who did cardiology and then electrophysiology) at the same place you do residency... the same place you did med school... the same place you did your undergrad. Some people pick their residency partly for it's strong fellowships because...

You know, DD, I don't appreciate you referring to your GF as a 7950GT in your signature. I don't think women should be objectified that way. Now, for academic purposes, where can I get my wife spec'd at? ;)

In these parts we recently had a 20-something on a rotation do an exercise stress (EKG) test just to see how it was done...and "failed" it. Shit. Now what? There's no data on this. Go with an exercise 'mibi (?), and then maybe a cath if it shows a focal area? Or just repeat the stress EKG...

Internal Medicine, with plans to specialize in Cardiology.

Thanks. That is my understanding as well. If you see a suit in Rochester there's a 99% chance its worn by a Mayo or IBM employee.

Yup, moving 85 miles south. We actually can tell that it's slightly warmer there. Slightly. Good thing suits are warm!

Thanks for asking. I got my #1 choice, the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.

Did opera 8.x render Gmail poorly? I seem to remember Opera not playing well with Gmail, but it looks great in 9.1.

Max - let me know if you want the e740.

I can't even hear my HDs seaking so I need to look for the front blue LED to tell if its seeking. With the door closed I can faintly see the blue light through the front air vent.

I picked up a Linksys 10/100 NIC the other day. I thought about getting a gigabit NIC, but all my equipment is standard 100bT and I wanted to get a NIC with Linux support. When I installed it I only briefly looked at my caps, and they looked fine to me. I'll doublecheck them closer, but the...

The other day I was playing with Puppy Linux and the SuSE 10.2 live DVD. I think I had Puppy running on my other computer, and I know I had SuSE running on this, my NIC-killing machine, complete with an internet connection. I booted up SuSE off the DVD, and confirmed that it had no internet...

This morning I went to my PC, and it was turned off. My wife's computer was also turned off. They're on the same power outlet, and this sometimes happens and I usually blame the appartment's electricity. Start up my PC and her PC. Her PC is fine. My PC hangs during boot. Strange, it...

Hey gang, I was cleaning out my apartment today, when I came across an old Toshiba e740 PPC. It was given to me a while back for a project I was working on, and even then it was outdated. Today it's even worse. I've got a Dell Axim that I love and use daily, and I've got my old Palm Tungsten...

I have an old Linksys BEFW11S4 which has been running just fine now for 6 years at least. My wireless PCMCIA card in my laptop, a Linksys WPC11 has also been working for for at least 5 years as well (although I did think that I lost it...it turned up again). Both are 802.11b, of course, not g.

But if you move that fan in front of the HDs then it's right near the front of the case and a little bit louder. I think this case is wonderful and I've very happy with it, but it does sacrifice a lot to be cool and quit. It's like the old saying (service, price, quality, pick 2) but cool...

It's a rat. Research labs use both mice and rats, it depends on what exactly they're doing.

Rat. Why can't people just accept this? I thought the beady red eyes, perky ears, long snout, pink nose, and whiskers would have given it away. I can't wait to see what happens when you meet Tea. And really, I'm not "Ted." My handle has something or other to do with my given name, but it's...

I only ask because I was trying to figure out what a "Nitsirk" was until I realized that it was a name backwards. And no, I'm not Ted Acda, or anything.

Welcome. Does this mean we've got our first female member?

I thought the shroud had some plasticy noise dampening stuff on it. I used it. I also mounted my PS upside down because the shroud partially covered its off-center fan. I also use the lower fan, as I've got 3 HDs in front that I think benefit from some airflow.

Thanks for the Clarification, Will. The Windows GUI has a space to specify parameters, which I haven't looked into at all. So why I say that it has a feature, I usually mean that there's a feature built into the GUI shell.

I'm playing around with compression software these days, and it's pretty impressive on my C2D system to see my CPU utilization on both cores running 80+% while my computer still feels responsive. Maybe it's the way 7-zip is written (with it's thread being low priority) and that fact that I'm...

Hey gang, As some of you know from another thread, I'm doing some backup work which involves backing up to DVD. In the past I've used a CD wallet thingy for CD and DVDs, but over the years I've found a number of bad disks. I'm not sure if it's due to small scratches inherent in this system, or...

I still can't find a good explanation of why somebody would use the "store" compression level. What does this do? Does it provide some data integrity checks or something? Or does it just turn my jumble of folders and files into a single file?

7-zip can split it between archives by 1.44MB, 650MB, 700MB, and 4.48GB.

My academic and research stuff is a bit over 23 GB uncompressed. There a few other random things I'd like to back up, the largest of which is 3.7GB of wedding stuff; most of that size-wise is JPGs so I'm guessing those aren't very compressible. I'm fine having multiple copies, but for...

7-Zip is impressive. The latest version is multi-threaded and does 7-zip, tar, and zip without any modifications. The 7z files can be created as SFX (self-extracting archives). 7z files seem pretty good. Speed is good on my machine, compression seems very good, and I can create SFX files...

I agree with all of the above (I have no knowledge of the prepared disk image business), and I'm really happy with AVG.

After thinking and reading a bit on Wikipedia, I realize my question has two parts: 1)what compression algorithm (i.e.-zip) should I use, and 2)what program (i.e.-7-zip, Windows built in thingy) should I use to create and/or read these files.