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Any caveats? Does one spec work better than others -- A vs B vs G? It's hard to come by these structures in quake ridden CA, where we live in cardboard shacks :D . Those of you living in real houses on the Right Coast, please chime in!

How good is this thing? My reading of the product page at Symantec is that the new features over Ghost 2003 are: * NEW! Hot imaging - lets you create backup images without restarting Windows®. * NEW! Incremental backup updates save time and disk space. * NEW! Scheduled backups automatically...

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By Lawrence Lessig. Our Kids Are in Big Trouble.

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Lead Levels in Water Misrepresented Across U.S.

How do people here image a laptop that has no FW and at best, USB 1.1 on board? I've spent way too much time trying to get this to work (I'm sure nobody noticed, but I've been AWOL for several days) and am frustrated as hell. There's a site here that sells a DOS Cardbus F/W enabler (among...

Key requirement is that it should work in DOS (Ghost, DriveImage, etc.); there are various DOS drivers I've downloaded, but I'm hoping somebody uses Ghost with one of these and is satisfied with the performance/reliability. I'd much prefer a USB/FW combo card, and would prefer a power option or...

Interesting story.

Story is a few days old, but fun reading nonetheless.

From Logitech. Story here. Available Sep 1 for $79.

The Inquirer. So they don't always eat their own dog food.

Story here. They need to put these on motherboards asap.

Will win98 seel all of a hard disk larger than 137GB if it (Win98) is installed within the first 8GB? I mean without installing crapola like Ontrack and disk mfrs' special overlay sw. I'm also wondering of DOS based tools like Ghost and DriveImage (when booted off floppy) are able to see beyond...

For W2k. Google brings up too much crap. This should have been a built-in feature of Regedit, no?

And why? Why not Firefox / T-Bird (if you're using mail in Mozilla)? I'd like to switch to a newer mail program and am wondering which of the above will make sense. Other than browsing and mail, I don't need anything else Mozilla has to offer. It also appears that at this time, YahooPOPS does...

So they say.

'ave done it on a few computers elsewhere. Can't run it on mine. When I use Firefox, it says I need to download and install a program for Netscape (I have that installed too, but use only mail). That program seems totally clueless about Firefox and won't install. Seems that it looks for the...

I know the unanimous vote is for Samsung, but: The local Fry's has the Seagate ST3160023A-RK 160GB/8MB/7200RPM Retail Box 5 yr Warranty for ($100 + $7.75 tax) - $50 MIR = $57.75 For those without a Fry's nearby, Outpost.com (Frys' online channel) has it for $10 more. If I get it, it would...

Shark Tank. Good for a few grins.

The Memorex D2 (D squared). In the past, Memorex has OEMmed reputable manufacturers like Plextor and Lite-on. Internal & External models. Single layer (4.7 GB) DVD+R discs at speeds up to 16X Double layer DVD+R discs at 2.4X DVD-R discs at 8X DVD+RW discs at 4X DVD-RW discs at 4X Buffer...

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I'm new to this. Need some guidance wrt 2 issues: 1) Which sw to use. I know Photoshop is the std., but it's out of reach price-wise. Even PS Elements is $100. Anything cheaper that works? Paint Shop Pro 8.0 seems to have very mixed reviews on Amazon. $40 after rebate at Costco. 2) Can...

At the risk of sounding like a complete retard, what states are included in the following definitions: Midwest Northeast Southeast Northwest Southwest Southern East West I'm referring to the U.S. of course. While some of these may seem obvious, I have doubts like how much west does the...

I'd like to automate something for a client - file copy based on some logic. Folder "P" keeps accumulating files (it lives on a dedicated 250 GB drive). Periodically, the new files added to folder "P" need to be copied to sub-folders inside folder "Q" (on another drive). The sub-folders are...

I was pointed to this web site in an email. The very first link at the top of the page is a Real Video presentation; it's the only thing I read/saw on that site. It's set my mental gears spinning. I think every serious person needs to see it. You may disagree, but you cannot deny that it's food...

There's a 1-hour Real video I want to download. I can run it from the the web site, but when I right click and try to save it to disk, it comes down as a 62kb file. I tried searching the forums, but got 20+ pages of hits. Can someone point me in the right direction if they know off the top of...

I'm not into 'Survivor', but for those that may be, read about the bad web site here.

Here.

I was looking at the Olypus web site for accessories available for the C-4000 Zoom. They had: 1. CLA-1 Lens Adapter Tube (41-43mm) 2. Step Up Ring (43 to 55mm) 3. Filters I believe #1 is required if one wants to just protect the lens, even. The threads are on an outer tube, and when the camera...

See story in Yahoo News. Don't these organizations have Sysadmins? We're not talking mom-and-pop outfits here. Jeeze. I never cease to be amazed by this kind of stupidity.

Would you pick the Olympus C-4000 Zoom or Nikon Coolpix 4300? I know how the Oly performs well (have helped somebody who has one). Downsides to it are that it uses Smartmedia, have to buy batteries and charger for it. Know diddly about the Nikon. But it uses CF-I, comes with a rechargeable...

Warning: Flash required Check out this site; I was amazed! Seems tacky the first minute or two, but persevere and ye shall be rewarded.

I've been asked to help someone buy a higher capacity Smartmedia card. I have no experience in this area and would appreciate your advice. 1) In general, will a 64MB be faster than a 128 MB? Some people seem to indicate that larger capacity media is slower. 2) Which brand/model would have the...

This is old hat, but still shocks me everytime I read something like this.

Are we due for a price cut on Opterons and A-64 CPUs? Anybody have any opinions on where RAM prices are headed? The Inquirer reports that AMD is changing the stepping of the A-64/3200, but the packaging on the new ones indicates that it runs at 2.0 GHz (should be 2.2 GHz). What gives?

Got this in the junk mail today - haven't read thought it in detail. Seems similar to some VMWare features, except that this product acts on the host OS.

Is it ok to post news in the Computers forum? Or should it be brought to somone's attention (Coug / Doug) ?

I have zero knowledge/experience in this area. I know MS has a list on their website somewhere. What I'm looking for is real-world experience. How well does WinXP handle 16-bit programs written for W95 and W95 and maybe even W311? Thanks.

For NT class Op. sys. I spend more time "resolving www....." than waiting for the web page to load; my ISP's (Adelphia) DNS servers must be crappy. I remember there used to be programs that cached DNS entries locally and used that to go to a web site rather than query DNS servers. I searched...

I might need to build an Athlon 64 system. Ruled out FX because it's so much more. I would have loved a dual Opteron :D but that will have to wait. Ideally the board should support 4 GB of RAM; 3 GB will be the bare minimum acceptable. AFAIK, Win2k Pro (and Win XP Pro) do support 4GB of RAM...

AMD said today that it had released the long-awaited Athlong XP processor. It will be available thru the usual distribution channels. Pricing TBD. In related news, Asus is one of the first manufacturers to support this new processor with the A7N8X-E Deluxe mainboard. Details here.

I have one ~ 12 years old, and it works ok. Noisy as hell, though. And unable to get up to 60 PSI, even though the built in dial goes to 200 PSI (one of the cars has a toy spare that needs 60 PSI). Anybody make a high-quality, quiet, one that can be kept in the trunk? Like those $200 ones they...

Now I know Firefox is more standards compliant than IE; what I'm talking about is problems visiting certain web sites, and asking if there's something in the settings I can tweak in FF to make my life easier. I've gone from a 100% IE user to about 10% IE and 90% FF, a change that amazes even...

The beginning of the end of the resistance.

Awesome!

Interesting article from the McKinsey Quarterly, on News.com Infosys is the premier IT company in India. I read a fascinating article elsewhere on how they got started in the early '80s as a three-person outfit. The chairman (the founder) looks like a doofus, but is incredibly intelligent. Bill...

Why does Eric (EBB) slur so bad these days -- I hope he's ok. His latest post at SR: IIRC, he was quite fine before the big DB crash there.

I stumbled across this page; scroll down to the middle with the insurance pics. How did the animal cause so much damage to the roof of the vehicle?? When a vehicle hits the animal, shouldn't the front of the vehicle sustain the most damage? It almost looks like the creature fell from an overpass...

Interesting read. I think it's Merc's pal - the same gal who wrote the "True Porn Clerk Stories" that he provided a link to in a post some time ago.