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  1. mubs

    What I'm not going to do tonight

    That last bit scares me more than what Bush has done. He's done what he did and has gotten away with it because he's been allowed to.
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    Evidently, I will be buying a $100 sound card in 2005

    Those guys ceratinly have the gift of the gab, as Merc has pointed out. Reminds me of that mail-order guy in Chatsworth CA that we talked about in another thread and whose name eludes me at the moment. The guy that sold audio gear, radar detectors etc, and later computer stuff in the mid and...
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    Budget enclosures research. Asus and Logisys.

    My thoughts exactly.
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    Another Digital Camera Thread - Point and Shoot

    After almost a day of looking, I think we will pass on the F10 / F11; in forums, there are complaints that outdoor shots aren't very good. The lady also wants a really compact camera. The new 1/2.5" sensor in the SD600 and above models is supposed to be quite good. We're going to try for that...
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    Contact Lenses

    Where have you been, i? You've been AWOL a lot.
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    FF weirdness

    Thanks Tim and Howell. Nothing I did fixed it; I finally went into my profile like Tim suggested and hosed a few files that had date stamps in the last couple of days. That fixed the problem, but it hosed my settings as well, and I had to do some work to get everything back the way it was last...
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    FF weirdness

    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...
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    Another Digital Camera Thread - Point and Shoot

    Thanks, Tim. The price is certainly right, at $260. Eeeeeeeeeeeeeoow, horrible Reseller Ratings numbers: 0.85 lifetime from 1126 reviews, and 2.02 6-month from 73 reviews. You friend is a very brave man!
  9. mubs

    1:02.03 4/5/06

    Howdy, young man.
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    Another Digital Camera Thread - Point and Shoot

    Curiouser & curiouser. In looking for reviews of the F11, I found The Camera Box selling the F11 for $289. Their telephone # & prefix put them in Brooklyn (north). Their Reseller Ratings are decent too. Looks like they sell "import" models. aka gray market.
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    Another Digital Camera Thread - Point and Shoot

    Tim: Please do, I'd be interested. Who cares about the 16MB card anyway! Price could be a problem, though. Groltz, man, you are awesome. I even did a Froogle search (but I fess, I didn't have too much patience with it). And you provide me a link to an authorized dealer in the US! $350 +...
  12. mubs

    1:02.03 4/5/06

    This thread is getting funnier by the post! :lol:
  13. mubs

    Another Digital Camera Thread - Point and Shoot

    'Cause it's not generally available; I'm on the left coast, and don't want to deal with shady gray-market operatives on the other coast.
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    Another Digital Camera Thread - Point and Shoot

    Thanks Tim & Groltz. I guess the F11 needs to be written off. The F30 looks like it's "available" but not shipping from the usual suspects for ~$400. The buyer has a budget of $300 max and she wants it in two weeks or less. We'll see what plays out.
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    1:02.03 4/5/06

    :rotfl:
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    Another Digital Camera Thread - Point and Shoot

    I'll continue here instead of starting a third thread. What's the current greatest compact digicam? The Fuji F11 seems nowhere in sight. Canon's released new Elph models that are presumably better - I'm looking specifically at the SD600. The Panasonic FX-01 has image stabilization, but the CCD...
  17. mubs

    It's official : Windows boots on a Macbook Pro!

    Dang! Doesn't say if you can read/write Mac data thru Windows with the drivers provided. If only one didn't need the Windows activation poop, this would have been a good way to get off the Windows treadmill.
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    Musings on a new PC

    I'd say the x1300 would position you best for the future. I know nothing about nVidia cards, though.
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    1:02.03 4/5/06

    They are making a lame & feeble attempt to correct the problem. My kid's in 4th grade, and they teach her things in, um, American and International units. Problem is, there's no follow through; freeway and highway signs are marked only in miles, you still buy things in the store in American...
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    CPUs, MB, Mouse

    Item #1, P4 CPU, sold thanks to the miwacle that is Cwaigslist. (sorry Coug, my Elmer Fudd syndrome is flaring up again)
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    Ultra low-end dilemma.

    Kinda combative character.
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    Ultra low-end dilemma.

    ERROR: STACK OVERFLOW
  23. mubs

    Menace to Society or Public Speach

    In this age of paranoia, when a fart in public can cause you to be arrested for endangering others, I think children should be educated as to the kind of games they can play outside the home. This country has lost it's sense of balance, fairness and justice after those events some summers ago...
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    Something Random

    Thanks, Steve. I needed that bit of cheer.
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    Something Random

    I'm just a tad off - INTJ when I took the test in 1989.
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    CPUs, MB, Mouse

    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...
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    Something Random

    Be careful what you say, young man. Ever watched someone who is awake/conscious die of CHF? Ain't pretty.
  28. mubs

    Some here might like this avatar

    Awesome!
  29. mubs

    Notebook question

    What's the highest rev-level known? Offhand there's Loius the XVI and Pope sumtin the 23rd, methinks.
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    Housecleaning Standards

    That's why positive air pressure is important. When you have negative pressure (more air sucked out than is blowing in), air gets into the case from every crack and crevice, from every FDD and optical, every USB, FW and sound jack. With positive pressure, you control the entry points and can...
  31. mubs

    Notebook question

    What is the matter with you people? Lack a fertile imagination? Maybe a book of baby names should be mandatory at all weddings and baby showers. I am especially confused by the Mark I, Mark II, Mark III, Mark IV etc. business.
  32. mubs

    What do we all look like

    I do too, Groltz. That great guy who said "Only the paranoid survive" -- he learned it from me.
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    What do we all look like

    I belong to a different club; I guess you do as well, LM :o I do too. 98% of the time, I'm behind the camera, not in front of it. Not likely. It's saved on my hard disk along with photos of my family and friends. And will be backed up regularly. DD looks really cool. I can easily picture him...
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    What do we all look like

    Me too! The real Merc is way more good looking than his avatar. Thanks Merc. And there are two puddy tats in the background.
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    MP3 player rant

    You probably won't like it for various reasons, but Lexar makes a cap-like player for the JumpDrive Sport, and it usually comes with a piddly JumpDrive Sport USB stick. Buy it (or the cap-player alone, which is sometimes available), and stick a 2GB JupmDrive Sport in there.
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    Laptop HDD migration

    I guess I didn't clarify; I never tried using DI within Windows to work with external drives; never had a need. I did so badly want to write to external USB or FW external drives by booting the dos/floppy version of DI. I spent an enormous amount of time trying with the USB/FW DOS drivers that...
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    Windows *Vista*

    Ouch indeed. The Forbes guy just ripped them to shreds. If anybody here didn't visit Merc's first link, you're missing one big bellyache laughing your guts out.
  38. mubs

    I hate myself for asking but...

    Yahoo Discontinuing Yahoo! Plus Service
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    Laptop HDD migration

    Many people have successfully done it by downloading a trial copy of Acronis True Image. I understand it works for 30 days. WRT to your wish in the other thread for 300GB in a laptop, I recently bought a HDD adapter for the UltraBay 2000 in my Thinkpad T23. Also bought a 100GB Sammy. Put the...
  40. mubs

    CD emulation software conflict with Call of Duty game.

    Do you need to do that for Daemon Tools ver. 4.03? (Latest ver AFAIK).
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    CD emulation software conflict with Call of Duty game.

    Daemon Tools is a well known freebie CD/DVD drive emulator. Virtual Drive is a for-pay emulator. Yuo might want to look for these two in CtlPnl/Add-Remove Progs. Daemon Tools recently released a new version that defeats most games' detection of emulators. But it does this by installing a driver...
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    Windows *Vista*

    Heck, if what you have does the job, why change it (this system I'm using is 5+ years old)? In your case Tannin, if the apps you need will run on OS/2, then I think it makes perfect sense to keep using OS/2. Unfortunately I never got to play with it. Someday it will become imperative to go to a...
  43. mubs

    For the first time of my life, I'll have a job I'll like.

    Ack! That should read good news! Thanks to Buck for catching that; I need to use the preview rigorously.
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    Windows *Vista*

    XP must belong to the same category as ATI/NVidia :lol:. I'm not terribly fond of XP, but thought it wise to move to it when building a new system. 2k's a dead product in terms of support and future 3rd party software releases (for eg., Adobe Premiere runs only on XP). XP is faster on some ops...
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    For the first time of my life, I'll have a job I'll like.

    Great news, Pradeep. You're a nice + smart + intelligent guy, I've no doubt you'll be moving up pretty fast. We'll wait for the goon news!
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    I hate myself for asking but...

    Sound advice from DD.
  47. mubs

    Energy Vampires

    Doesn't a dual-xeon require the power company to trunk a special 2-guage cable from the generating plant to the point of use? Oh, I forgot, plus a 4-guage for the cooling equipment.
  48. mubs

    what color is this?

    Doug's turning into a shrink. This experiment was part of his thesis.
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    SATA external enclosures

    Doug, were you looking for something like this?
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    Energy Vampires

    FAH is fine for people that would leave their systems on 24/7 in any case. I have always been conscious of the needless power drain of leaving things on. When we're away on vacation, with the PC, TV, and everything else off except the refrigerator, the electricity bill falls to half. Not 10%...
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