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Hi I'm considering a Samsung Insprion, or , shudder, was looking at an iPhone. What are you all using for phones, phone plans, and why? My considerations are a larger screen then my current Samsung, and, I'm really debating going for the whole internet on my phone for 20 bucks extra deal...

Hi Has anyone used the HannsG monitors? Software any good? Similar to Samsung? http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11236988&whse=BC&topnav=&browse=&lang=en-US My Sony 19" is finally going pink... Any suggestions? It's either that, or the Samsung 24" for 199 is looking good, and...

Hi Anyone using, or tried this stuff? Comments? Good, bad, and the Ugly? Thanks GS

Udaman is raving about Apple stock prices. I thought I'd bring up my experience with stocks. Prior to 2000, I put some money in stocks, and, with the crash, pretty much lost it. My memories are: Apple: 3 bucks a share, almost bankrupt. Maybe less. It was trading like a penny stock, and, no...

Hi I've been trying to run this site: http://www.cbs.com/hd/video.php?cid=&pid=3v5CZ3DSDFwFEwtQITsTVHLREJdJM6o0&play=true&offset=4&show=csi_miami in HD it's running about 83-100% of the processor. It's ok, seems to be pretty good. When I try and run at 1080p it runs at pretty much 100%...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/01/AR2009080101074.html Why The FCC Wants To Smash Open The iPhone Saturday, August 1, 2009; 6:27 AM Right about now, Apple probably wishes it had never rejected Google Voice and related apps from the iPhone. Or maybe it was AT&T...

Hi I've been wondering how to hide your IP address from outside probes. http://www.ip-adress.com/hide_my_ip/ ? Seems expensive. Use a proxy server? Suggestions?

By the way, f...k stanford. My uncle, his father, all went, and graduated. They paid the bastards too. Did I get in, applying Magna Sum laude, 3.73, from St. Mary's, to their law school? No. Guess I need to play the tuba....or be black...

Anyone have an idea what's going on with LCD's, Samsung in particular? New issue, cheaper price coming? Thanks GS

How many subscribers here, and, it sure looks like it's worth it....

Hi I remember someone saying he was converting over to Google apps? What do you think of them and, which ones do you use? Thanks GS

Hi I just spent 4 hours trying to setup a defective Linksys router, 110 IIRC. It's supposed to retail for 80 bucks, but, it has all the quality of components that cost 10 bucks. I think the reset button was stuck in, or it had a poor power supply, or connection. I couldn't get into settings...

OK Went into Costco. Choices are Samsung 2233 @ 179. or Viewsonic 24" at 229. Big difference in cash, not so great difference in size. Figure what the heck, I look at the thing all the time, the extra 50 bucks might be worth it. Go to check out. Total is 267.26?"?>:-( That's almost a 16%...

Hi Does anyone have an antenna that works to increase wireless connection quality, for a reasonable price? Using a Linksys card. Thanks GS

Hi I had Vuze going 24/7 on the Athlon 3200. I came in this morning to check on the download progress, and, the machine seemed frozen. I opened Task Manager, and Vuze was using 99-100% of my processor!;-0 Seems the 4 uploads, and, mainly the 4 completed torrents being sent out hogged the entire...

Hi I'm considering creating a home PC out of the following system: GA-K8N Pro- SLI F7 AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3200+ 2 gigs ram XP Pro Service Pack 3 10K SCSI 147 gig boot Radeon X850XT video card 2 NEC DVD 3540A Linksys Wirless-G PCI adapter Connecting to a Yamaha RX-995 and A Panasonic 32” TV...

Hi I've got a legally purchased copy of Quake 4, DVD version. Somehow, the dam code sticker fell out of the box, and, I can't find the code. I emailed Raven, and, here is their REALLY lame response: "Activision Customer Support <cs7@activision.com> to santill28@gmail.com 5:02pm Recently you...

Hi I've always wondered what the memory usage was of the games I was playing. Anyway to play, or find records, of what current, and past games use for memory? Seems like task manager is not visible when I'm playing games...

Hi Since one of my Cheetahs died, I'm reinstalling NOD32. I'm a bit concerned with this trend: Nod 32 2.7 11.78 mb Nod 32 3.0 21 mb Nod 32 4.0 30 mb.... Anyone using 4, and see any advantages?

Hi I noticed something weird about my SO's computer today. It said someone else was logged on, did I care to still shutdown? I've only created ONE account on this computer. So, I started up, and, found a Passport.net limited guest account, that was logged on. What the heck is this? Does it...

Hi I had to reinstall my OS recently. It would start up, then, after going for a bit on startup, shutdown, then restart. Nod32 found an infected file with Nero, actually a Nero update. Anyone else have such a problem?

Hi My SO wants a laptop, for pretty much just basic Word processing, and internet wireless access around the house. She currently was given a POS Dell, Inspirion, with Vista Home on it. If that thing is returned, what would you all recommend for a laptop that might last 3 years... Keep in mind...

SO got a Dell Inspirion for a birthday present. How do I make Vista work like XP? She can barely get around XP, much less Vista...

Hi all OK I'm trying to figure out what LCD monitor to buy to upgrade from my Panasonic 32" tv, with S video in. Now, I'm looking for an LCD, a bit bigger, with HDMI and Svideo input. Any suggestions? Which Samsung, or panasonic?

HI I have a bunch of forms that are PDF's, and, I'd like to be able to use a computer to fill them out, rather then my horrible handwriting. Does anyone have a PDF program that allows you: copy an original then fill in the original, or edit it, then save the copy, and print it? Something that...

Hi I'm using an LSI 120320 card, and a 10k 147 GB drive. I can't get the floppy drive to accept a disk. So, how can I install XP w/o a floppy drive to send the windows installer to, to install the driver for the LSI card??? Anyway to do this? Thanks GS

Hi I recently upgraded to cable 5.8 mb/sec, sometimes. Astound. What I've found is that for some reason, NOD 32 is slowing my uploads down. I put it on pretty much max protection settings, and, it was a notice able difference from default settings. Currently running Default, and, it seems to...

I recently worked on Vista, and, I couldn't help but think Vista=OS X.-10. It seemed to combine the worst features of OS X, the slowness, weird controls, etc. with the worst of windows. Haven't worked with it much, but, I really don't even want to consider it...

Hi I'm giving cable a try, and, we are at about 3-5 mb/sec, with a 40ms ping time. ADSL was 1.2 mb/sec, don't remember the ping time. So, questions are: Why would the cable sometimes have a bit of a lag in getting to certain sites? Why does Astound charge. 4.75 for a late fee, when that's...

I've noticed that Blu-ray isn't exactly flying. Prices for players are still 4-6 times a DVD player. Do you think Sony will kill it by charging too much for royalties?

Hi I'm wondering how one gets an email address: Z.....@post.harvard.edu Seems strange that a person in LA would still have a Harvard email address. Is this some sort of scam?

Hi I'm wondering what sort of system people with their own businesses use for tax organization? What software, etc.? Thanks G Santilli

Hi I'm wondering if anyone has tried the new Blu Ray players/burners, and, what their experience has been? Which version of PowerDVD, and if burning, which version of Nero, and, how well does it work? Newegg has this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106259 which...

Hi I've been looking at LCD's, and, Costco has a 24" Spectre for about 320 bucks. However, when I look at feedback, they seem to have an early, high failure rate. Is this characteristic of LCD's? Is it the new monitors going through growing pains? For this reason, and support, I'm tempted to...

Hi Someone I know has a 38" Sony, but, needs a HD capable TV to go with her Blue Ray. The Sony is not HD capable. Now, it should have S-video, and, my ATI 1650 has a S-Video out. Anyone using such a TV as a primary monitor? The other option is either a 22" Samsung, or a 25" Viewsonic.

Hi Someone I know has a 38" Sony, but, needs a HD capable TV to go with her Blue Ray. The Sony is not HD capable. Now, it should have S-video, and, my ATI 1650 has a S-Video out. Anyone using such a TV as a primary monitor? The other option is either a 22" Samsung, or a 25" Viewsonic.

I've got a spare drive and caddy for my Panasonic CF-51, and, for the first time ever, I've got a Nix based OS that actually does some basic functionality stuff, like playing a movie, watching something on youtube.com, etc. This is a first for me, and, even though it's on a 5400 rpm drive, vs...

Besides SWEARING never to own anything by Apple, ever again... My girlfriend just asked me what's the big deal about the iPhone? Problem is, I can't find much that isn't Apple hype. It does appear to be a blackberry at half the price, which means one, it's not paying for windows, and, two...

Let's see: I'm blessed by HP because I've recently had enough of their products to never buy another. However, I didn't have to buy any of them to find this out. At school we had a all in one printer the guy couldn't get to work with his 9.1 mac. Why not? HP only provided software for OSX. I...

Hi Looks like the rent here is outpacing my income. I'm going to move, and, I don't know where. Thinking of bouncing around a bit over the summer, and, I'm considering a wireless solution. My questions are what company(currently have AT&T for the cell, and, they bought SBC and took over my...

Hi My 21" Hitachi is now displaying pretty much nothing but blue. Switched channels on the video card, so, I'm pretty sure it's the monitor, since the 19 inch Sony worked fine on that same channel. Any suggestions for a LCD that does NOT have speakers, since I'm likely to move the LCD to the...

Hi ATI just replaced another fried X800XL(that's three) with the above 1650 Pro card. I was wondering what fan to use to replace the noisy, not so good fan they use stock? Who makes the best quiet fan for the ATI card? Thanks

http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=04&kc=6W300&l=en&oc=bedqd1e&s=bsd&dgc=EM&cid=27997&lid=640552 I just got this email. Looked great to start with. Then I saw 2003 server for 799.00? WTH? It just makes me thank God that we have this forum, and, all it's members, with...

Hi Have a friend with essentially one hand. Wondering if anyone could recommend the best VRS around, for doing word processing? Thanks Greg

Hi I'm wondering what Seagate charges to fix such a drive? Guess you have to be registered with them to find out. Anyone registered, and know what they charge for a drive repair? Thanks GS esq.

Hi A refurbished Cheetah finally died, after about 5-6 years. Wondering if anyone has any great places to get scsi drives? How about these guys? http://www.unityelectronics.com/category-category_id/55/ct/SCSI_Hard_Drives Pricing looks too good to be true... GS

Hi I was wondering if UbunutI ripping software was better then say, Exact Audio Copy, or RipitforMe, etc. ? If so, which packages do you use? Thanks G

Does anyone know if NEC has been bought by Sony? Thanks Dr G

Hi I've noticed a number of intresting items that I might take advantage of to speed things up. First: X5DA8 dual 2.8 Xeon mobo and system. I noticed LSI makes a raid card for the onboard scsi. I'm currently using a Megaraid 320-1 to raid my 5 drive SCA box. I'm considering picking up the...