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I remember somebody who had a similar issue and then it was solved. I tried searching, no luck; I browsed a year's worth of posts in all the forums (1.5 years in this one), but didn't see it. So I apologize in advance for asking what may have been asked before. My digicam can take decent video...

Sheesh, these guys need to get a life.

I booted off DOS floppies, imaged the system partition (disk 0) on to disk 1. Now I reboot into Windows, and I can't do much with the image files. I need to move them to a machine that has a DVD burner, but I can't. Windows (XP, but I vaguely remember having this problem on W2k as well; don't...

If a piece of software says "Quicktime is required to use/process MPEG-4 and H.264", can I use Quicktime alternative instead and still have the same functionality? Said software is Adobe's Premiere Elements 2. I'm sorta surprised it didn't install it by itself, but instead told me to go get it...

I had jiggered FF for the max viewable screen: Menu, location bar, navigation icons all in one row at the top. No google search box. I always used to go to Google's web site and then do my searches from there. Yesterday, I began to use Ctrl-K, which pops up a Google search window. When I...

I’m clearing out my stuff. Note on shipping: I’ve found FedEx ground to be the cheapest; usually around $5. I’ve only shipped to the 48 contiguous states, so I don’t know about the other two and the territories...

We're running phpBB, no? I came across this news item. Thought Doug should know in case he missed it.

I'm on the last fifth of my last can of compressed / canned air. Costco's stopped carrying them. They're outrageously priced everywhere. OfficeMax to the rescue. They have 2-pack 10oz cans for $10 with buy one pack get one pack free. That nets to $2.50 for a 10oz can. Stock up!

Fascinating article; if it really works it could have a huge impact. Guy studies spirals in nature and applies it to fans, impellers, etc. PC fans could become awfully quiet, too!

I'm looking for one that uses a Cypress chipset. The few I can find that can take a 12.5mm thick drive use unheard of chipsets.

I'm scanning quite a few old (35+ years) photographs, most of them black & white, on an "Epson Perfection 2480 Photo" scanner. Specs say: 2400 dpi main scan 4800 dpi with Micro Step (sub scan) output resoulutions from 50 dpi to 12800 dpi 16 bits per pixel per color internal 1, 8 and 16 bits...

I'm mulling buying one of these. Most products seem to be kinda hit-and-miss, everything I see seems to get bad reviews by a good proportion of users. I checked out videohelp.com as well. Features: 1) Interface: no preference, and in no particular order: USB2, Firewire, PCI, PCI-E 2) Must...

Distronic Plus. Radar beams. Infrared emitters. Night vision. Pre-Safe. Perform-Safe. Passive-Safe. ...seats swell up like nothing so much as French-stitched hemorrhoids... Whew. Free registration required; get a login at BugMeNot.

The new system I'm building is going to have many fans. What's the neatest way of powering these? They'll all be controlled by a multi-channel fan controllers sitting in 5.25 bays. Most of these are 2-wire fans (no RPM sensing) with bare leads. I've looked for elegant (small) solutions that will...

The shield has two layers to it: a layer visible from the outside that is the same gray color as the unpainted portions of the SECC steel; and a layer visible from the inside that is shiny like it's chrome plated. The inner layer is quite thin, like typical IO shields. The outer layer appears to...

By my favorite reviewer, Dan Neil of the L.A. Times. Free registration required; get a login at BugMeNot.

Never heard of them; they're on Newegg. Is this a good brand, quality / reliability wise? They're listed on ATI's site as a partner. Thanks.

AMD's website lists two X2 4400+ processors. Specs are identical except for thermal power / max temp: Processor | A64 X2 | A64 X2 Model | 4400+ | 4400+ Ordering P/N (Tray) | ADA4400DAA6CD | ADV4400DAA6CD <----------------------- Ordering P/N (PIB)...

The ATX motherboard cable on the two Seasonics is only 16 inches long. The motherboard in question has the 24-pin ATX connector and the 8-pin 12-volt connector in the upper right corner. Considering that the power supply in the P180 is at the bottom, will the length be enough? Without...

Which thermal paste is best? I'm looking for good performance, and more important, long-term stability - I shouldn't have to clean up the goop and re paste it every year or two. Then again, I might be moving in a few months and will most certainly need to take the planned heatsink (Thermalright...

My current PC is getting long in the tooth; I built it new 5+ years ago. I have to wait when I scroll a one-page PDF created by my scanner (doc is not optimized, I guess). I hope to build a new one sometime in March. I’ve had several false starts (and maybe this one will be as well) because of a...

Many items 20% off. Looks like some good deals. This web page has the original email message that MC sent out. SKU 852285, S12 600 Watt ATX 12V Power Supply, Seasonic USA; HT-F3BLR: $131.99 caught my eye. YMMV.

Preamble: 1) Car is 11 years old, 175k miles. Will keep it for at most 9 months, and put a max of 10k miles on it in that time frame. 2) Car will be driven in the city only; including local freeways with speeds up to 65 MPH (I will cut back on my usual 85 MPH speed). When I'm on the freeway, if...

Here. I guess this is really nothing new. Vista will be a great impetus to move to Linux.

In keeping with my habit of making posts that are not intended to be controversial, just thought-provoking, but nevertheless end up causing trouble for the webmaster, and sending some members here into a tizzy, here's another one. I had to fight the urge to cut-n-paste the whole thing, but that...

Eye Massager. Shrimp, duck, etc. devices. Thumb drive (this one is kinda cute). Spaghetti USB cable.

I found Foxit Reader for Windows; anybody know if it is any good?

Cool! Is an SWF, be forewarned. (no, not single white female, but Flash).

An Engineering student explains why he dropped out and became a lawyer instead. He points the finger at the Universities and faculty...

My 9-year old has a ton of games that are written to run on Win 3.1 / 95 / 98. She thinks they are games, but sneaky dad is trying to improve her math, language, reasoning, and problem-solving skills. The OS is Win 98SE. I've used CD-Anywhere ver. 1.0 (from V-Communications - the System...

My display is a Viewsonic PT775. Pretty happy with it except for the size - only 17". Never mind. I've always run it at max contrast (100%) and zero brightness; it provides crisp, saturated colors and is easy on the eyes. Recently, some digital photos I took had a color cast on them - most...

I need to procure a 1.5v 4x AGP video card. I'm somewhat familiar with Radeon GPUs, but totally ignorant of NVidia's GPUs. Budget is low - $90 or ideally less. I originally thought of 9550 based cards, which would have been ~$65 shipped. For about $25 more, I can double performance (I think) by...

Type in 'failure' in Google; the first link returned is quite appropriate.

Article here comments on a NY Times report.

Interesting article on this topic. Summary: Apparently Right-Wingers are celebrating March of the Penguins 'cause the Penguins are monogamous for the season, and go to extraordinary lengths to save their young. But there are more documented cases of gay penguins than perhaps any other...

More and more sw seems to require it. I've not installed it so far, but looks like it'll be inevitable. Comments??!! I had the same question about WMV, but I guess it's been answered in the recent thread in the Pub on HD movie files with CityK, Merc, et. al. pitching in, so I'll stay away. TIA.

Firefox is my main browser, but I have to use IE for Windows update, Office Update etc. It's buggered enough that it doesn't even fully load pages at MS that FF can load in a flash. It's up to date. How can I fix it? (please, reformat/reinstall Win2k is not possible at this time). TIA.

It's happening. Students in the U.S.A. being tutored by teachers in India. News.com story.

Here. A side of the former Chief Justice I didn't know; anti-semetic, etc.

Because I'm on W2k. This was for a Dell I inherited with a failed hdd. I made it my daughter's game machine, transferring the W98 install from the older machine she had. Wanted to install the Dell Win-XP CD (pre-SP1) so she could dual boot (Enacrta etc. on XP). Wanted to make it current first...

Rep. Jim McDermott: One Nation – Two Countries

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Check out Bolton in this photo: I laughed till I cried.

Intersting read here. And something about the great leader: Selfless and Unrelenting... These days it seems like I'm living in the twilight zone. I still can't believe how far this country has fallen in so short a time. Makes me sick to the stomach.

Mice that surf!

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Eye candy for your keyboard

Actual posting I looked at 10 minutes ago: Emphasis mine. At one point I had disparate in my resume, but took it out because of the risk of some reader not understanding what I was saying.

L.A. Times, Aug. 2, 2005 In San Joaquin Valley, Cows Pass Cars as Polluters By Miguel Bustillo, Times Staff Writer Got smog? California's San Joaquin Valley for some time has had the dirtiest air in the country. Monday, officials said gases from ruminating dairy cows, not exhaust from cars...

Try searching for something at Target (if the main page loads at all) or at Officemax. Whoever wrote the search algorithms for these companies has a weirdly wired brain.