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Very troubling to see. My heart goes out to the folk who've lost so much. Re. the one photo Handy mentions, there is a second photo of the man hugging his pet - a beautiful cat that seems glad to cling to him. Glad they both are safe.

One consequence of global warming is supposed to be more frequent thunderstorms. I hope we're not headed for more and more freaky weather all over the world.

What everybody said. The Nokia E71 s a better phone than the E72. I have been using an E71 for the last 2.5 years, and it's the best phone I've used. Anything online on it sucks because of the small screen and poor support, but higher speeds like 3G at least make it somewhat usable (like Google...

I don't understand why. Isn't near-zero access time a key strength of these things?

Thanks time.

Performance aside, speaking of small capacities, I have 2 64MB flash drives (that I don't use) and one 256MB Lexar Jumpdrive that comes in handy because it has a write protect switch for when I need to take photos to print at a local store. Why have they stopped putting the switch on newer thumb...

Before Symantec acquired Partition Magic, screwed it up and then killed it, it used to align partitions. it was the tool to have to manage disks and partitions. Is it reasonable to assume that today Paragon Hard Disk Manager 2011 Suite would be the tool to have?

When you install, do it with a single physical disk connected, and preferably no other partitions on the drive. Add the other partitions and disks after install is finished.

The correlation between 8GB RAM and the 8GB inf file is suspicious, is it not?

Damn! Damn! Damn! It appears Samsung India altered their website a few weeks backs to not show internal HDDs. Searching finds a link titled "oldies but goodies", clicking which results in a "sorry we can't find that page". Online, I am unable to find anybody carrying Sammys, save one dealer...

I remember reading somewhere that when you install Win-7, if other partitions / drives are present, it writes small files on them and causes this kind of problem when the Win-7 partition is moved later. Bit fuzzy on the issues, but this may be what you experienced.

You're easy to please, aren't you? :-D

You make me nervous! I have a Hibachi 1TB drive as my boot drive; can't recollect the model # (at work now). I'll try to rustle up some Sammys for the new PC I'm planning to build in the fall. My current one is 5 years old now.

Since the higher capacities are less reliable and Samsung and Hibachi are going bye, maybe it's a good idea to stock up on some Sammy or Hibachi 1TB drives?

Hey Kevin, nice to hear from you! I still haven't stuck in the two ram sticks I bought from you in fall 2007! There in a box somewhere...

Sheesh, I must not have realized there was a whole page of posts after Liam's Glenlivet 12yo. Time, my favorite smoky flavor is Macallan. Regarding ice, I've read and experienced the opposite of what you claim; chilled whisky releases the fragrances and subtle flavors better. I started off...

Try 18yo. even better, 30 yo. Expensive as hell, though!

Not counting the OT posts, all good suggestions. I find I seldom have problems with mousing in and of itself. In my experience, what is critical is the positioning: a) Height of the mouse work surface with respect to the seating height; does the arm / hand have to drop down, or is the shoulder...

There was an article I read a few weeks ago; boffins at some univ proclaimed that SSDs cannot really be wiped. There are also persistent rumors that cell phones cannot be wiped fully by the user using the factory reset code, and that a shop with the right cable & sw can retrieve all your...

The FF4 stats page uses 50-51% of my Athlon 64 X2 Dual core 4400, 2.2 GHz CPU using FF 3.6. I guess I will wait till they come out with FF 4.1!

Which one, Merc? Thanks.

Case looks really good. Quick check showed prices here in the $570 range. Nada!

I get you point; thanks time. I'll scratch that idea and save a few bucks.

Scary stuff. I hope it peters out.

DD, yeah, they are expensive, but at least they look good. LM, aren't most cables unsheilded? In my case, it's power cables, USB cables, FW cables, and audio cables. time, if you look at the pics, the loop seems large enough to the eye. What other means do people use to manage cables? Cables...

How will we know that a board is using the fixed chips? I don't want to end up with the bad chipset someday!

I'm thinking of getting some stuff from Bluelounge, including this cableclip. I've always believed that winding a cable that is in use in a loop will create problems - inductance, signal getting funky, etc. To date I've always laid cable out, making sure it's never looped. Am I paranoid? The...

Thanks guys.

What sizes are motherboards these days? Way back, I always bought only cases that could take an EATX board. Are all high-end consumer grade (not workstation or server) boards now ATX size, max? I ask because someday I'll upgrade to Sandy Bridge and will probably buy a new case for that setup. A...

It's probably why each item you order from them has a separate shipping charge. Jokers.

What P.T. Barnum said!

Which one?

Drink only bottled water - available everywhere. Eat food that is hot / heated well - cooked / baked thoroughly. No cold foods like salads. You'll be fine.

That's probably because it has to go from Exchange to BB's server and then to the mobile device, whereas it is one less hop from Exchange to Outlook.

Sorry for the delay. BIOS is Phoenix Award 6.00 PG on a DFI LanParty UT NF4 SLI-DR Expert. Happened again just now on boot. The MB has "diagnostic LEDs" that light up on power on and go off one by one as it detects each piece of hw. The LED for CPU detection goes off, but the one for memory...

The reason for issuing the superstorm warning now is that they think it's due.

What the heck is a single long beep (not the short single that occurs on a normal boot up), repeated at intervals? My beep code cheat sheet doesn't have it listed. To get rid of it, I pulled out the video card, air-dusted it and reseated it; did same with an add-on PCI USB card. PC booted...

Scientists warn California could be struck by winter ‘superstorm’ A group of more than 100 scientists and experts say in a new report that California faces the risk of a massive "superstorm" that could flood a quarter of the state's homes and cause $300 billion to $400 billion in damage. The...

It's like a tsunami all over the inland area. Insane! Many, many broken lives and billions in losses. Really sad.

May have something to do with the chemistry of the battery; can hold higher charge, but discharges faster (like self-discharge in NiMH batteries).

Any good ones? They mostly seem to be flaky. WD seems to be selling one. Perhaps worth a try? Thanks.

FW 800?

Say, 15 - 25m. Maybe I should get one of those teleconverter 1.7x multiplier extension tubes.

Sorry guys, I've been out of touch a bit. Always humbling when nature hows who's boss. Really sorry about the devastation. As time has pointed out, getting back to normal will be a very long haul.

Buying Technet here is a hassle. There is no online option, and since it's a "slow-moving item", it is special order and has to be paid for in advance. MS ships the products ordered once a month, and it arrives on a slave-powered dhow from wherever. I paid on Nov 4, and have Technet 2010...

Is that metal 1 mm thick? Have fun cutting it with a Dremel. I spent hours modding my case to take 92mm fans instead of 80mm......

One? Surely, you jest!

First, a correction: I must have been higgledy-piggledy when I posted; it's the 24-70 f2.8 I have, not the 17-24. I meant to say that 200mm hardly seems to bring the subject closer. I really haven't found a use for it. The 24-70 is more useful to me. So yes, a longer lens would be more useful...

I hardly use my my Nikkor 20-200 f2.8; maybe 5 shots total in > 1 year. 200 mm is nothing :( The 17-24 f2.8 is a lot more useful. Used only the 30mm f2.0 on the recent trip.

Happy New Year, everyone. I'm really late, but was away in the hills from before Christmas and getting to my favorite site only now.