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I have bad sectors on the source drives, and I don't know if that has anything to do with these speeds. I did find an MS hotfix for FW performance in XP SP2: KB885222. Don't know if it'll help. I suspect it can't be the WD drive itself; if a drive has a capacity of 1 TB, it's fairly recent...

Thanks guys. Since I need a FW-800 port to FW-400 port cable, I don't have another one to test the speeds with. I actually will be very happy if get 40 MB/s sustained! Perhaps it is indeed the crappy onboard FW chip in the WD external. Beats me though why they would advertise it that way and...

Sorry for the long post. Thanks, Howell. I already have a FW-400 card. Story is, my internal drives are dying (both of them). It's partly my fault because I haven't cleaned my machine in some time, and the last time I took out the dirty air intake filter, I didn't have a replacement handy and...

Had no idea you were that old...

No good reviews anywhere. I'll be using it now in an XP-32 SP2 system, and later in a Win7-64 system. Any suggestions? Thanks.

Thanks, Lunar, but I can't spend that much again for a while! The setup I have now already cost a pretty bundle...

The collar's too tight for the bloke.

Is your electrical power clean? I've had really bizarre problems that went away immediately after putting in a quality surge/noise suppressor.

Congrats, David. You're a fixture here, that's for sure. Your posts are always interesting to read.

Sun fended off Apple, Microsoft IP lawsuit threats

Thanks Handy - you make this community possible! For a reticent guy like me to have 3k posts says a lot about the people on this forum! Thanks everybody; I am honored to be here.

Thanks guys. The brids are nesting atop a 40-45 foot tall tree that has a huge canopy. I see them only because I am on the top floor of my apartment building, about 35-40 feet up. I'm pretty sure they are not visible from the ground. Every building between me and them is much shorter; that's how...

Finally got to see Avatar on Saturday; it's been impossible to get tickets for the weekends, and I can't go on weekdays. I felt Cameron has borrowed from a lot of other movies and stories (Matrix, Alien, Potter, Dances w/ Wolves, etc.) but the treatment, artwork, CGI and cinematography were...

There are migratory birds that are nesting in some trees about 500 feet away (that's a bad guess). I tried my 70-200mm, but it's reach is still too short. Longer full-frame Nikkors seem too expensive for now. I certainly would like to get one eventually to shoot wildlife, etc.

Let us know how you like them after some use.

Thanks Pradeep. Now the question is whether to stay with a "proven" OS (WM 6.5) for the next few years or gamble on a new one, WM7. I guess the prudent will wait and see!

What clock speeds are the Gulftowns likely to have? As discussed much before, clock speed is still more important for some apps than having multiple cores.

I have read the reviews and was interested initially. That is supposed to be a geek phone - guess that makes you one ;-) With Nokia hitching its wagon to Intel's and merging Maemo with Moblin, the future, IMHO, for Linux-based Nokias is uncertain. I wouldn't want to bet a lot of bucks on what...

You can get the real thing as well, you know.

+1 I wanted to make a smart aleck comment, but remembered that Merc is the Cat Whisperer.

You're right, from my experience. But why is it so? How hard is it to make a charging circuit that bypasses the battery if on AC? Sheesh.

To LDCs - Less developed countries - China, etc. eWaste is becoming a serious problem because they contain toxics like mercury, lead etc. and if not recycled properly, that stuff leaches into the ground and groundwater. More responsible corporates have recycling programs; here in India, Nokia...

Might those programs that recover photos from camera media cards help?

I felt likewise, but I lack the subtlety of Coug, so I kept silent :drl:

I moved to India in 2006, so yes, I'm still there. Agreed, $800 is a lot of money. None of the carriers here subsidizes cell phones. Will Win 7 be worth it? There is a huge online community that releases "fixed" versions of Win Mobile 6.5 for various phones. My understanding is that MS is...

A colleague has the HTC Touch Pro and is an avid WM fan. He's of course upgraded his WM 6.1 to WM 6.5.x by downloading the firmware from enthusiast hacker sites. A couple of days ago he showed me Android on it; I was shocked to see he had abandoned WM. Then he grins and says he's dual booting...

I tried Handbrake a few months ago and it took ages to extract a 5-minute chapter from a DVD. I was so disheartened that I haven't tried it since. Machine is an Amd64 X2 4400+ (2.2 GHz) with 2GB RAM, WinXP SP3 32-bit. I am now finding that when I am viewing pictures taken with a 12MP camera, it...

I'm ogling the HTC HD2 with WM 6.5.x over here. It'll cost ~ $800 (none of the carriers here subsidizes handsets). There are rumors that the HTC HD3 will be out Oct. 2010 with WM 7 and very high-end specs. Maybe I should wait for that.

Congrats, Chewy!

I still have an Oly C-4000, my first digital. 4MP, larger sensor than today's PnS digitals. V. good pic quality if there was sufficient light. At that time I panicked that SM cards would be discontinued and bought a truckload of them. THe whole stuff is in a box somewhere.

Member No.: 3,4xx Joined: October 02 Last Seen: September 2003 1xx posts I wasn't in a hurry to join after the crash. Memory's pretty hazy. Different handle.

Why would it be removed? If a file is opened, it should always be a copy into memory.

What was wrong with them? Were you able to fix them? If so, how?

So the driver for the wireless mouse needs to be installed for a screensaver to work?:puke-l::stpd:

I bought it in the U.S. and brought it with me to India. India has been recycling things for the longest time - paper, glass, you name it. Cheap labor allows door-to-door collection and aggregation of old stuff. For what are considered durables, there is always a trade-in program when you buy...

That would add to the landfills. My DVD player died, and I paid to get it "fixed". The fix didn't stick; they told me at the shop not to bother coming back if it died again because it was on its last legs. I'm cringing now as to what to do with it.

Deprecated. But considering the age of that technology, it is sure to be depreciated as well.

There are serious consequences to not getting enough sleep. Stuff about REM sleep rejuvenating the mind and non-REM sleep rejuvenating the body. It has been proven that insufficient sleep can lead to diabetes, blood pressure, atherosclerosis and heart disease. I am equally guilty of not...

Nobody's talked about chips in the cartridge / drum that expires them. Aren;t the printer manufacturers doing that anymore?

I got all rebates I've ever sent in as well. Years ago, when they were a problem, I had to call in for a couple and resend (I always keep copies), and did get the rebates finally. Expecting $200 from Sandisk for some Extreme IV compactflash. My understanding is that the Extreme IV series is...

That was a killer, SD ...... :rofl: Damn you, you made coffee spurt out of my nose.

Gosh, Congrats, Chewy! I too don't know of any laptops for kids, but mine would sit on my lap while I was working on my desktop and became quite comfortable using the mouse (I did get a kiddie mouse for her to use). I bought a ton of kid's educational sw - the kind that look like games but...

Way back, I know I had problems installing programs in non-C drives. Since then, I've religiously installed Windows and programs on C. Never felt adventurous enough to experiment, and haven't seen the need to. In all my systems, the C drive has only Windows and programs installed; data is always...

I thought most programs hiccuped if they weren't installed on the C drive?

What happened now, LM? Didn't you break a bone a few months back?

Where's JTR when you need him?

That's what I think too.

Just general reliability and performance info, Coug. There is so much mention of the other brands but none of the Hibachi, I was beginning to wonder. The Hibachis are easily available at decent prices in my neck of the woods. The other brands easily available are Seagate and WD. Now you know why...

Is nobody using Hibachi 1TB drives?

Glad for you, Merc. Since she's visited, perhaps you should consider going to see her next, despite your abhorrence for travel.