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A mere twenty-one inches? Let's not forget about Apple's 23" Cinema Display, which, incidentally I just saw IRL for the first time last week (at CPUsed on Dupont for all you T-Dot-ians). Mine for the paltry sum of CAD$3199. A pittance. Who needs food, anyway, right? *sigh* Piyono

I'm skinny, weak and fragile. Worst shape of my life. I've got a long way to go, myself -- no time to waste! Piyono

Who? Who?! Piyono

This is it. I'm quitting computers and learning to do this: http://www.robhoran.com/videos/Video_Play.asp?Video_ID=362 I'll have to pick my jaw up off the floor first, tho. The second performer (red shirt) is the one to watch. Piyono

How come I'm always the last one to hear about stuff like this? Just when I had some cash burning a hole in my pocket, too! Piyono

Separate USB/2.0/1394 card reader. I concur. Unless, of course, you enjoy watching watter boil. Card readers are almost always faster than camera port transfers. More durable, too; the connectors won't break if you look at them funny and you won't feel as bad as you would with a camera if you...

That's interesting, but the warnings in the Promise instruction book don't qualify their reasons. They just say "do it this way, period." Piyono

If someone could sacrifice a cable in the name of science, he could break open the three connectors (something I do inadvertently, sometimes when using too much extraction force) and inspect the little insulation-piercing teeth. Perhaps the blue connector terminates differently than the other...

Interesting. I've often wondered about that... What's the difference, electrically, between the two ends of the cables? Are the conductors not wired straight through, pin for pin (ignoring the fact that the connector has 40 pins while the cable has 80 conductors)? Anyway, it went in without a...

Ok, so I bought the Promise Ultra133 TX2. Anything I should know? Tweaks? Tips? Warnings? Piyono

As sound quality is so highly subjective, and can only be properly gauged, for a particualr listener, by that listener him/herself, and only through direct comparison of components, I have formulated the Universal Determinant Condition Law of Audio Upgrades (UDCL/AU) to help people faced with...

I've blowed up many a capacitor myself (some by whoopsie and some out of mischief) and they do, indeed, let out a big enough pop to frighten the cat. Once a component goes the all bets are off as to what happens next. From the looks of things I'd say that one of your caps or a resistor was well...

Clocker, I was just browsing Antec's site and came across the Sonata case. It's touted as quiet and unobtrusive -- nice specs (not the least of which are a 120mm rear fan and and TruePower PS) and it's purdy, to boot. Thoughts? Piyono

I'm using this service: http://www1.sympatico.ca/help/local/bell/high_speed_ultra_features.html 3Mbps down and 640K up for CAN$70/month (about US$50). It's amazing how much less we Torontonians pay for high speed internet than some of you sub-49th folks do. Suckahz. Piyono

Well, I just got the latest flyer, anyway, and it featured SATA drives from Seagate. First for this supplier. They also had the WD Raptor for CAD$219. Fun times ahead. Piyono

Don't they all do pretty much the same thing? I just want to monitor incoming and outgoing TCP/IP packets on my machine. I've downloaded a couple of program trial so far - CommView, Iris, and a couple others - but they're ridiculously expensive. I guess I'm looking for something with similar...

I'm looking for a free, easy to use packet sniffer. Anyone? Piyono

What? I have an MX300 and it works flawlessly in every Windows release. Piyono

I've got a gig of RAM. But no matter -- I freed up 3.2 GB of space and OO worked as advertised. Silly that it requires free space in order to defrag. Thanks for the tips, guys. Piyono

Cuh-lean. Piyono

Yes, only one account. It's ok, though. I found some software that solved the problem. Thanks, Piyono

I must have mistyped it way back when. None of my common admin passes work. Am I SOL? Piyono

Ok, I'm up to about 2.6 GB free... I'll try again. Piyono

I'm trying to defragment my 10.7GB, NTFS, C: partition using OO Defrag and XP's built-in defrag but both programs give up when the drive is about 47% defragmented, leaving me seeing red (literally, lots of red squares). I've checked and rechecked options but can't find anything that points to...

jtr, quick lesson -- in the place from whence I come, "power adapters" are lovingly and fittingly reffered to as "Wall Warts". As apt a description as possible. These suck. A more highly evolved relative of the wall wart is the slighly more tolerable, albeit unfortunately much harder to find...

What kind of problems? The Promise Ultra133 TX2 is on my list. Also up for consideration is this card from StarTech, which uses a SiliconImage chipset. Piyono

I want to purchase a non-RAID PCI ATA133 card to increase the storage potential of my computer. All the cards I've looked at share very similar specs, and many use the same chipsets. Is it reasonable to expect similar performance from any one of them or should I be particular as to which on I...

You said it, Clocker! Counter-Strike on the HL2 engine would be un-freakin'-believabe, to use the vernacular. I'm quite confident we'll be seeing plenty of mods in the months following HL2's release. I can only imagine (read: hope and pray) that CS will be ported to or rewriten for the new...

Time, go out and listen to the MSP3s and then come back and tell me they're just toys -- I defy you! Yamaha's never been in the business of decieving their customers, and they're not out to fool anyone with these speakers. No hyped claims, no stupid bass tricks. They're small and they only reach...

Sure, a sound system, fine. But on a PC that means speakers, an amp and a means of controllinng the volume. Powered speakers get you two thirds of the way there. The Yamhas take you all the way. Incidentally, the Yamahas are ~$150 each at B&H, but they'll always knock off a few bucks if you...

Splash, we're trying to find a set of speakers under $300... The Tannoy Elipse cost thousands. Bit of a gap, eh? Piyono

Two corrections to my last post: 1. Here's the Proper Link to the Samson Resolv monitors. 2. The link for the Yamaha speakers is correct, but I typed MSP5 instead of MSP3. Piyono

Cheap 2.1 systems are generally not worth their weight in plastic. Crappy, phase-distoroting crossovers, cheap-sounding subwoofer tricks, muddy mids and indiscernable highs do not a good listening experience make. If you have the desk space go for two full-range speakers instead. Semi-pro active...

Must I? Oh, well, here goes... a few favorites in no particular order: Harold & Maude Rushmore Princess Bride Casablanca Singing in the Rain Army of Darkness Billy Eliot others, too. Piyono

Sick. Piyono

My IE links bar is decorated with the icons of my favourite websites. I've long since given up on IE's ability to reliably display a site's favicon.ico file so I download the icon files (generally www. anysite. com/favicon.ico) and point the link to the local file. SF doesn't seem to have an...

Has Tea developed a lizp? Piyono

Mark, It's just a lull, I'm sure. They've been reworking the server lately, so you can expect a drop in attendace, but it'll be up at full steam again before long.

Stop me if you've heard this one: Anyone who longs for the days of the SR Counter-Strike server will be pleased to know that it lives on in spirit (and community) at www.csreloaded.com. If even one of you finds this information useful, then these were two minutes of my time well spent. Piyono

Tea, let Tannin get his sleep. He's got a shop to run and a million sharp and witty posts to compose starting in just a few hours. We can't have him losing his edge. Piyono

I love the imaging and transient response of a good pair of headphones. I've only ever had the opportunity to listen to dynamics, so my reference is somewhat limited, but I've listened to quite a number of sets in my 26 years. If I'm in a quiet room all by myself I like to listen to just about...

Well, put a bag over her head an' she ain't half bad!* <Hey ah, hurd that!> Oops! Gotta go! :p Piyono *Heaven forbid! All women are beautiful!

but... but... but...! Man, my memory has gone to the dawgs! I remember the whole SR fiasco, but I don't remember signing up here, even after reading my posts. Has the look changed considerably since here since this place opened shop? How do all you guys juggle two nearly identical forums? Why...

Ok... I feel very left-out. Confused. What the heck is StorageForum.net and how come I'm the last one to hear about it? An offshoot of SR? How come we need two forums? How come I had an account waiting for me here? Posts, even? Somebody please tell me what's going on! Piyono

If you're reading this on Monday, February 4, 2002 then 25.487671232876712328767123287671233. Give or take. Piyono

That's my orb, alright, as illuminated by the red-eye inducing flash of the Nikon Coolpix 990. Monster-ific, no? :) Piyono

No worries, Handy; I figured it was just a glitch in the system. Glad to be aboard! Piyono

Love the avatar option, BTW... I mean, I wouldn't marry it or anything... <gong> :p Piyono

Pardon me... that should read "a twinkling trice". Damned if I'm gonna let something like that slip through! Piyono

No, I got in yes to die! (Now read that again as Crocodile Dundee might have spoken it... get it?) To be honest, though, I only just got here to die- er... today... I registered for membership here at about ten-thirty this morning and recieved my automatic account-activation in a twinking...