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This has been happening to me for the longest time (1 year +).

Coug, I guess I didn't say it like I intended to. I'm grateful to you for your suggestions, and did check out the Asus ATI-based board. But I feel one of the DFIs or MSIs suit my needs better. My post certainly wasn't meant to disparage you. I'm only concerned my skills are nowhere near yours or...

In my other "building a new PC" thread, I had listed an Asus board I was considering (recommended by Coug). After visiting Asus' support forum - on their site - and seeing the comments about various boards, I'm going to say no thank you. Reading reviews on hw sites about other brands, I've...

Are you sure your notebook is using DDR2? It's probably DDR (1). IIRC the physical slot is different for DDR(1) and DDR2. Instead of relying on Sandra, I suggest you look in the user manual; most certainly the spec page will tell you the kind of RAM it uses, and most manuals have a section that...

Thank you, Doug, but I'll second what Coug said. It's not worth you spending extra time on it. Take more pics instead. :)

Interesting use of a pet door, digicam and PC to solve a problem.

Check out this "Office supply store". Really funny. Make sure you browse the online catalog and read the bios in "About us".

I know this is blasphemy: but could Gigabyte be losing their touch on quality? I bought a new GB video card, retail, from a respectable vendor (Zipzoomfly) and it died in under 2 months. I drove it over to their U.S. office (they're ~ 20 miles away) and I haven't heard from them in over 20...

Thanks, Merc. I'll try to wangle a free copy. :D Thanks for the input, Sol. Can you please tell me what RAM you're using? Like Maxburn in the other thread, I've spent a lot of time reading motherboard manuals. Most of the DFI LanPartys are 16x, 2x, 1x, 1x in non-SLI mode. 2x ain't so bad...

Update: I closed the browser, and when I started it again, the end-of-session cookies were gone (#1 & #2); #3 was still there. When I logged in now, I got 2 new end-of session cookies. Cookies #3, the data cookie, was either replaced or updated to expire on Monday, January 08, 2007 12:03:16 p.

Nope. I have FF set to delete cookies when I close it. I also have exceptions defined for sites that I want cookies not to be deleted. SF is one of the exceptions. Before the upgrade, things were just fine; my SF cookie(s) logged me in automatically. I haven't made any change to the way cookies...

Thanks, Doug. The only extensions I have installed are : Tab Mix Plus 0.2.5.2 netcrafttoolbar 1.1.1 This same set up worked flawlessly with SF before the upgrade; I haven't made any changes at all to my set up in the last several weeks. Except to keep my AVG updated and installing the MS WMF...

Thanks Coug and Merc, this is very valuable advice and exactly the kind of analysis I was hoping for. Main concern with Linux is app compatibility. I did play a little with SuSe 9, and felt it was not something I could switch to. I presume, Merc, that you haven't had any app incompatibilities...

I think you have to agree to these when you buy a Dell server. At least you did, a few years ago.

Doug, I'm not complaining, just trying to let you know what's happening. The site is setting two cookies, one to expire at the end of the session and another that expires at the end of a year (2007). But it appears to not look for the one-year cookie on a subsequent visit. That is why it is...

That's what I was thinking too. They are trying to build up a revenue stream.

Sorry Merc, didn't answer your question WRT to NVidia/Via. The honest answer is I don't know. The perception I have is that NVidia is "higher-end", with better performance and flexibility for overclocking. Since I plan to do only a moderate amount of overclocking, I don't know if Via will fit...

Thanks Will & Merc. WRT storage, there are two ways to go. If I win the Lotto, it'll be SAS & Savvio, with Gary being the prime consultant. :D If not, it'll be SATA (I'll ditch my current PATA drives), probably 2 x 250GB. Samsung or Hitachi, TBD closer to buying time. I'll keep my current...

Thanks, Coug. I took a detaild look at the Opt-165, but it'll need extensive overclocking to get near 2.6 GHz (44%). I'm not comfy with that much; I'd be pushing many crucial parts to their limits, and what I'll save on CPU cost I'll end up spending on super-fast RAM. That's why I'm targeting a...

My thoughts exactly! Even if a bad guy agreed to the terms while in violation of them, and gets caught, what are they going to get him for? Breach of contract? Sheesh, the games that are played! As Tony pointed out, they fall under the broad category of C-Y-A!

Resembles somebody we all know!

On a tangential note: The more recent A64 chips run all 4 sticks at DDR-400; the memory controllers in older generation chips throttled down to DDR-333 if 4 sticks were used. Some motherboard manufacturers are very upfront on the product page about both the speed and the max-RAM issue (notably...

Doug: The ocassional slowdown isn't worth fixing at so high a cost; we can easily live with it. Thanks for even thinking about it, though. The speed now is quite good; page load was quite snappy. Looking at the last link you provided, they seem to be out of physical RAM (95% used, with only...

Sorry: a) Couldn't get the could in "A Mac could will be expensive" to strikeout. Tried and . I know Tannin has done it before. BTW I don't know HTML. b) while I was trying to make a) work, the post submitted itself and the URL is messed up. It's at itarchitect.com.

My current PC is getting long in the tooth; I built it new 5+ years ago. I have to wait when I scroll a one-page PDF created by my scanner (doc is not optimized, I guess). I hope to build a new one sometime in March. I’ve had several false starts (and maybe this one will be as well) because of a...

GB. That should have read 2002 and 2003. :oops:

Been slow for me after noon Jan 6th. Still slow to load pages.

A cat with etiquette!

In this context, boring is good! :D Congrats, guys! <cough> Buck, we're waiting.

I have an 80GB and 120GB WD purchased in 1992 and 1993 that are still working fine. One swallaw does not a summer make, but you said "just tell me the last time you remember a Western Digital drive that you really, really trusted." These have been moved to another PC now, but for ~ 2.5 years...

LM: I don't know what browser you're using; in Firefox 1.5 (and earlier versions as well), I've got it set to delete all cookies when I close the browser. I've also told it to keep certain cookies and not delete them; SF was one of these sites, and each time I visited SF, the site knew who I...

Sechs: I can make my screen look like yours if I increase the font size in Firefox 5.5 (CTRL+mouse scroll). At the size setting I have, it's all on one line.

My cookie's gone again; don't know why. Had to login. Am I the only one with this problem?

What paugie said.

Thanks, Handy. I had to log in again and got a new cookie, set to expire in one year (Jan 6, 2007).

I still have to log in; Firefox 1.5 shows that SF cookies are allowed and stored. I think they are expiring too soon. I have 3 of them for SF; 2 are set to expire at end of session, and the third today at 7:22 pm (it's now 7:24 pm).

Whoa! Most of that went right over my head!

Thanks, LM, I'll take a look at the links later, I have to run now. Can those things be used only for RAW images? All I have is a p&s that does JPEG only. Sure I'd like to buy a good DSLR, but I'll have to get rich first! :D

I seem to have lost my cookie and keep having to login. I've gone into FF and told it again to keep SF cookies. If it continues to be a problem, I'll let you know.

My auto update has already downloaded it and installed it. I need to reboot...... (W2k).

You need to diffuse the light, as LM said; that will kill the highlights and light up the crevices. But diffused lighting will need more powerful lights in the first place since there is so much loss. I did some macro shooting of rings a couple of days back (used the sunlight coming in the room...

After creating new threads on topics like this several times, I've given up. Most people don't care, and like our great leader (hint: his name rhymes with tush), think global warming is junk science. With the flurry of hurricanes, especially Katrina and Rita, I think they're beginning to think...

I typed a single apostrophe when I was reading this thread, and sure enough, the search bar opened up at the bottom (didn't know it did that). Now I'll type an apostrophe in the input box text here (I just did), and no search bar opened up. Fushigi is right.

The Samsung 214T is apparently the new one and is supposed to be awesome. If available, check it out.

Nope, I don't get no perspective with pics that big. I am on broadband, but my display runs at 1024x768, and I have to scroll both horizontally and vertically and see only a part of any one plane at a time. :o

The other pics are still big.

Thanks for the links, Greg. The thing looks so ungainly in some angles, and so sleek in others. At ground level, all you see is the sleek. Uber-sleek. And underneath, where the wings join it, the fuselage is w-i-d-e.

I was in NY in July, and visited the Intrepid, the WW-II aircraft carrier that's now a museum. Parked on the upper deck is a Blackbird. It may be an old aircraft, but it still takes your breath away when you look at it - so sleek, with subtle hints of what it can do. I took some pics; it was...

Many items 20% off. Looks like some good deals. This web page has the original email message that MC sent out. SKU 852285, S12 600 Watt ATX 12V Power Supply, Seasonic USA; HT-F3BLR: $131.99 caught my eye. YMMV.

This thread started out looking to back up WordPerfect docs, but seems to have morphed into a full-scale backup thread....I'll bow-out now.