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I just posted the cheapest Antec case I could find on Newegg, I didn't notice it didn't have a power supply. I didn't think it was particularly nice looking either.

The Antec Three Hundred is $60 with free shipping too. Which would you choose?

I think they are 60 watt bulbs. I don't care that these start that slow, they won't be used all that often.

After they have fully warmed up I think they are bright enough and the light quality meets my needs. I will continue to use them because I want to save money on electricity. I will be switching out two of the dimmers that are currently in use, so that I can scrap 6 more incandescent flood lights...

This is what I got. I think the regular bulbs would look a bit weird in the recessed lights.

I only saw 2 packs of 14 watt n:vision R30 bulbs at Home Depot. Were you referring to another brand?

The GE and Osram are significantly more expensive than the n:vision at this point. I guess I will just have to learn to deal with it until something better comes down in price or LED finally hits mainstream. If I could get 75% brightness within a second I would be perfectly happy. But, this is...

It seems I'm not the only person that has experienced this problem.

What I've noticed about these n:vision bulbs is they take what seems like forever to warm up. It's a good minute at least before they are fully bright. Pretty annoying when I want to see something quickly. I guess I will have to try another brand next. Too bad I bought 24 of them, maybe I can...

Around here it appears they are selling service where you can't seed torrents. Maybe after the class-action lawsuit this will change. Anyways, I never saw that deal. Must be a motor city thing.

I'd like to have one of those.

You could try to take the platters to a grinder. I haven't done this, but I'm pretty sure it would work. Might take awhile though.

I ordered the Linksys WRT150N. Hopefully, it doesn't break.

It's $2 a month to rent an extra digital tuner. I'll see if I can live without it. Can I buy a digital tuner somehow? If I decide to rent one they will probably try to charge me $50 to come out and install it.

I got the cable installed today and everything seems fine so far. I have one TV with a box and get all the channels I am supposed to and the internet speeds are fairly good. I have two other TVs connected through analog cable only and I only get local channels. Is this normal? They were going to...

Newegg?

I bought a bunch of BR30 14W CFLs (65W equiv.) at Home Despot for $3/each. They seem to work pretty well. I installed them in the bathroom where I was experiencing problems and the lights no longer go off after a few minutes. So, I'm convinced it was a heat problem. The previous owners had 100W...

Even with those huge power bricks? I thought part of the point of those was to protect against power spikes?

I just sold, then bought a new condo. I think that's reason enough for me to wait a couple months. If I hadn't done that, then I would probably be ordering this as soon as it was in stock. Plus, I want to buy some type of HDTV and then build a HTPC first. My computer is pretty far away from the...

Maybe your router is overheating. My general fix for that is to whip the router across the room until the case falls off. Alternatively, I hit it with my fist until the case breaks. If the board inside is still intact and works, the increased airflow from not having a plastic case should take...

That's an amazing price. I will be very interested to see how you like it after you get one. Unless Dave gets one first.

I hear a click right before it goes off. So, this should mean that it's a mechanical switch and CFLs should be fine.

JTR, thanks for the detailed post. I think there are currently 4 switches with dimmers, but I can't remember how many total bulbs that is. I would like to have a dimmer in the living room, bedroom where we sleep, and maybe dining room. That's probably about 12-16 bulbs, but I will need to count...

Time, I think they are just standard incandescent, not halogen or anything. I believe this is similar to the bulb being used. Uda, out of the 30 fixtures, only 2 in the bathroom are covered, the rest are open. So, I don't think heat will really be a problem. I found these two, which look they...

I know, please berate me. But, I really don't feel like calling back again. I can swing $30 for the install I think. Will, I had RCN at my old place. It was pretty decent. I'm just pissed at them for continuing to bill me for service after I had canceled and then denying it. If Comcast sucks I...

My new place has around 30 recessed floodlights throughout all rooms. Currently they are all incandescent and I would like to replace them with CFLs, if it's cost effective. Many of the switches have dimmers on them and I like that functionality, so the CFLs should work well with dimmers. I...

Alright, you got me to call and try to cancel and they removed the $50 cable internet installation fee. So, now it will be $30. Should I call back tomorrow and see if they can get rid of that one too?

I've lived in places that have shared walls for the last several years and I never really hear my neighbors, especially in my new place.

Yeah, that's my feeling as well. I might just pay the fee and then when my "deal" expires in 12 months and the rate increases 60% I will threaten to cancel at that time.

How about no yard and large park? I do have a parking spot finally. Those usually sell for $30-35k in my area.

Yeah, they did a breakdown. I was pretty peeved by that point, so I was barely listening. I just wish there was a good alternative that didn't charge an arm and a leg for basic extended cable and decently fast internet. I'm almost tempted to just split someone else's cable line and see if I...

I thought so too. I asked her if I could speak with a supervisor three times during the call. She never directly answered me, but kept repeating that they were waiving certain other fees. This whole thing seems like a shell game.

I ordered Comcast Internet and TV service today and even after arguing with the CSR for about 15 minutes they insist that they need to charge me $80+ to come out and install the service. The entire place is already wired for cable and I was able to connect a digital TV receiver and get cable TV...

Wow, that's huge. My new place is around 1300 sq ft I would guess. It's a 3 bed/2 bath. The bedrooms are pretty small though.

How big of a place are you renting? Is it just you in there?

I think Dave had a giant piece of plywood attached to the wall or something which was his "case". If I could convince my girlfriend that that was a good idea I might do it too.

http://www.marinasandtransport.com/transport/index.html

Dave, when are you going to come and do the Race to Mackinac?

Wow, sounds like something that no one will ever want to do. Tell him to buy a decompiler and spend the next 6 weeks decompiling all the source and then rebuilding it with the new feature set that he wants. I'll take a wild guess that it's written in java, decompilers work pretty well with java...

No, the LED never comes back on after I unplug it. I have to remove the adapter plug from the wall and then plug it back in, then the LED comes back on. I had the battery out all the components removed from the machine and the LED would still go out when I plugged in the adapter. At this...

Nice posts JTR. Probably a lot nicer than a trollish comment like that deserved.

Those are much cheaper for a very good read speed and competitive write speeds. I have said in the past that when I can get a good 32GB SSD for $300 I would buy it. If I have the money in a month or two I will definitely consider picking one of those up. I just have a feeling that prices will...

I shorted out the power adapter with a paper clip. It sparked and shocked me. The LED did turn off, but the spark never happened when I plugged it into the laptop. I opened it up earlier and pulled every connector that I could, but whenever I plugged it in the LED still went off. You are...

Very high CPU usage on video playback. I still prefer it to embedded RealPlayer, Quicktime or Windows Media Player though. Though, it's pretty easy to block flash if you don't want to see it. So, it doesn't bother me very much. One click if I do want to see it.

I'm trying to figure out was is wrong with my girlfriend's laptop. It's a Dell Inspiron 6000, about 3 years old. It was working fine until a couple days ago. Then it simply stopped turning on. There is a green LED on the power adapter and when I plug it into the adapter the green light...

I would disagree with that too. But, I don't really like arguing with people about that stuff. Every time I walk into a high-end audio store some salesman tries to tell me some bullshit that I know is garbage, I usually just smile and nod. Last year a salesman insisted that a coax cable will...

Maybe you need two controller cards? Will that work?

Seems much faster, did you transfer the site?

It doesn't fit into most of your buckets, but I needed somewhere to complain about it. Amazingly enough the next version they released fixed most of the problems. I love being a beta tester for enterprise-level software that costs 10s of thousands of dollars a year.

BEA Weblogic Workshop version 10.0 is actually the worst piece of software I have ever used. It's an IDE based on Eclipse with a bunch of BEA written plug-ins. I have never used a piece of software that crashed as often, was as slow, or as unfriendly. Simply awful. Iterative development also...