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Amazing how cheap XP can become when faced with the Penguin. Of course XP with activation and Office are available on any street in Bangkok for around US$10 anyway. "In order to compete with the Thai government's plan to sell a million cheapo Linux PCs, which we covered earlier, Microsoft did...

Well no power here in Upstate NY. Lappie is good for an hour or two.

Well I finally hooked up the POS 1.6GHz P4 laptop to the dual Athlon 1.47s, using Firewire. I'm getting about 10MB/sec. Bigger problem is that the cpu util on the laptop is around 90%, with the System process sucking up a good 70-80%. On the duallie, it's at about 30% (explorer process says it's...

For "phone users worldwide will soon be able to dial-a-dolphin if a scheme to record their underwater conversations proves a success. Scientists at a dolphin sanctuary off the west coast of Ireland have teamed up with British mobile telecoms giant Vodaphone to transmit the clicking and...

Thanks to good records and a Small Claims judge, Steve Oualline got a $199 refund for his unused copy of Microsoft Windows XP. One Linux user's story shows how to establish a good refund case. http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7040&mode=thread&order=0

Evening everybody. I need to share my dial-up Internet connection wirelessly, and was wondering if those Linksys/D-link etc products that route a broadband Ethernet connection wirelessly can also be used if I hooked up the broadband input port into an ICS shared dial-up connection? The reason...

"Sony will release a new hardware platform dubbed the "PSX." The PSX will feature both DVD and HDD recording functions; the former supporting both DVD+/-R and DVD-R and the latter offering a HDD capacity of 120 GB. The unit will feature an installed TV/BS tuner and an Internet adapter, and will...

TIA, Pradeep

Western Digital 200GB 8MB HDD + 256MB CF $126 at Dell Home 1. Add Western Digital 200GB 8MB Cache (A0080840) $286 [BizRate] 2. Add a SimpleTech 256MB CompactFlash Card (250571) $65 [BizRate] 3. Total is $351 - auto 15% off Flash Card - $90 discount (502A2D028D7E and AA6363649171) - $100 rebate...

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9088 CPU SPECint2000 peak SPECfp2000peak Opteron 144 1170 1219 Xeon 3.06 1130 1103 Itanium2 - 1 GHz 719 1431 The complete tests. http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_8796_8800,00.html Interesting times.

http://dvd.ign.com/articles/393/393023p1.html Included in the new T2:Extreme Edition is a WMP9 file that will enable you to see the complete movie in HD, using your existing DVD-ROM drive. You will need a minimum of a Pee4 1.8GHz (and I think that is a very low estimate). Sadly my laptop won't...

Well I had to do it. Outlook 2000 was working fine. I hit Office Update. I was contemplating the hassles of downloading Office2k SP3. And then I did it. I put in the Outlook XP (2002) CD into my laptop. And so my troubles began. Actually I made a serious mistake. I thought I was running...

From bensbargains.net: At 5400RPM, do not expect this drive to be a performance leader. However, it does score highly on "quiet" points in most reviews. Amazon's price is $115 with free shipping Seems OK if you don't want the hassles of rebates.

Please note there is adult language inside which may offend many. http://www.overclockers-network.com/forums/UBBThreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB3&Number=152224&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1

http://www.2cpu.com/Hardware/15k.3/10.html Look at those small block transfers! Yup, Adaptec SCSI RAID sucks yet again.

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=6469 Should we have expected any different? Bill, going to upgrade again? ;)

Well I'm off at 4am tomorrow. Wish me luck. I've got one buck tag and four doe tags to attach. 3 weeks of excitement ahead.

Two Japanese deer hunters have been arrested after mistakenly shooting dead two prize racehorses and seriously wounding a third. The two men, who were hunting at night on Hokkaido island, fired off seven rifle rounds at the animals, which they spotted from their truck. The three female...

Look at the crap I have to go thru to get my valid 10% off. It's like talking to a brick wall. http://ausstodtalk21.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=cc_credit_return&message.id=16885

https://www-secure.symantec.com/specprog/freesysworks/

From bensbargains.com: "Basically follow their instructions on how to register, and then order your copy for $40 + $9 shipping = $49 shipped. You also get a baseball and some Big League Chew bubble gum." http://members.microsoft.com/partner/campaign/Winpro2.aspx

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=5471 You can get dl a utility from c't which shows whether prefetch is enabled, and can switch it on and off. It would be interesting to see if the p4 Xeons come with it disabled. ftp://ftp.heise.de/pub/ct/ctsi/ctp4.zip

http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MzQw Very impressive performance, in particular a 1.5GHz Athlon system with Radeon 9700 Pro performs far better than a P4 2.5GHz with GF4 Ti 4600! Looks like an excellent upgrade. Also looks like great news on the AMD front, with faster CPUs around the...

Just saw Austin Powers : Goldmember tonight. Great movie, definitely recommended if you liked the first two. "My throat looks like a vagina" Fat Bastard.

http://shop2.outpost.com/product/3334032/ Less than a dollar per GB. Life is very good :)

"During the lengthy trial, prosecutors said Buck, who was travelling to Britain [snip], had acted like a "drunken lout" after consuming 15 glasses of wine on the flight. They claimed he overturned a breakfast trolley, mistook a hostess trolley for a CD player, claimed a stranger was his wife...

http://www.ecost.com/ecost/shop/detail.asp?dpno=208806 Only downside is it is the first gen model that can't burn DVD+R.

Thanks for your suggestions in advance, Pradeep