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At one point, Samsung manufactured Dell's LCD's. In fact, a few Dell LCD's were physically identical to Samsung LCD's. They didn't even bother to repackage the panels.

I found the article which mentioned the botrytis infection of the 2003 Balthasar Ress Auslese Riesling: Vintages is the eonophile division of the LCBO, Ontario's liquor control board.

Tried a bunch of wines tonight at the Food & Wine show. At the German Wines section, I tried 5 Rieslings -- 2 Kabinett, 2 Spatlese, and 1 Auslese. Coincidentally, the Auslese was the 2003 Balthasar Ress Rheingau Auslese that I mentioned above. Easily the class of the field, but it was also...

Also had an excellent 2002 Rosemount Estates Shiraz recently after an Ironstone Merlot that was a little disappointing compared to my reference Merlot (2001 and 2002 Rutherford Hill)

Tried a nice Auslese Riesling the other day: 2003 Balthazar Ress from the Rheingau region in a half-bottle. Pretty sweet as it is affected by botrytis, but it also has a wonderful aromatic lingering finish.

Is it like Friendster?

Ugh. Why so cryptic. What I meant to say was that I am sure you will all know who I was alluding to.

I chimed in too. I am sure you will all understand the reference I made :)

I thought a lot of copy protected CD's secretly install a driver to prevent the CD from being copied.

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what a nice pussy

(off topic interjection, but in response to the original post and related to the above post by virtue of the poster) Does a hand job while driving count as enough stimulus or too much while driving? I know, I know... what kind of a question is that? The only thing I have to say is "I really...

Ain't that the truth. I really wonder if those serial e-mail forwarders (there's always one or two of those in every group of friends) know that people couldn't give a rat's a$$ about most of these stupid jokes, videos, .pps slideshows, or chain letters that will doom you to eternal damnation...

Just played Age of Empires II a couple weeks ago. How satisfying. The new AoE III is out, but I don't think I'll get it because I don't have much time to sit down and play for several hours at a time these days.

Oh, and if you want to go shopping, your one stop shop is Harbour City (Tsim Sha Tsui district just across the harbour on the Kowloon side). It's one of the largest malls in the world with 4 interconnected buildings, 700 shops, and 2 million sq ft of retail space...

Hey Double D, How long are you in HK for? HK is a great place to get custom tailored shirts, pants, and blazers. You can get something that fits you perfectly for half the price of something that may fit you poorly in N. America -- custom tailored clothing is not only much harder to find in N...

I don't like those slow-ass 1.8" hard drives either. Those X41 tablet PC's are great except for the slow disk I/O.

Nice emoticons :)

Well, let's think about the fact that many of the CF proponents here are not your typical consumer. Size matters in the consumer world. I agree that SD is definitely small enough... xD is ridiculous. But CF is not that small when you're talking COMPACT digicams. A CF slot would take up 15-20%...

I'm all for cool, but CF is not cool IMO nor is it practical or even advisable from an engineering design standpoint on digicams where compactness is a design goal. Using CF in a compact is like having a 3.0 GHz CPU with 256 MB of RAM, a 40 GB 5400 rpm HD, and integrated video -- completely...

LOL... that statement from Eric was just asking for it!

Yep, night and day between P&S and SLR. P&S are disappointing in so many ways: lens, AF, sensitivity vs noise, and flash performance are the big problems IMO. Also agree that CF is NOT the only game in town and that SD is the other standard. SD is becoming the standard in compact digicams AND...

I have always found Dell expensive in Canada. Unlike the US, we don't get those ridiculous deals from the dell.com site or even the regular discounts. It's usually the free shipping, free RAM upgrade, or worst of all, a free printer. Yeah, right. A free printer means only one thing: $100 a year...

Well I looked, but there is nothing that tells you how to tell the printer you changed the waste cartridge. There is a sensor for that, but it doesn't say where it is or how to reset it. The website does say to contact Xerox for repairs if you replaced the cartridge and it failed to sense it. I...

Thank you for providing us with a place to play... a home away from home. I'm not always around SF, but I always come back. Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name and they're always glad you came... SF is my Cheers.

Does anyone know what a "waste cartridge" does and why you need to buy a new one? The group Tektronix 7700 refused to print so I look at its status panel. The "waste cartridge" needs to be replaced. So I pop the panel open and remove this thing, toner dust flying all over the floor after I tilt...

... but just think of what they are doing for the Indian economy and the skills training they are providing to their workforce. Every year, Dell provides millions with an opportunity to practise and improve their English skills in a live customer service setting without requiring any prior...

I was just going to say IBM X-series or Asus M5N or S5N (or whatever their successors are called). The Asus notebooks are as sexy as Apple's stuff. After some bad experiences in the past with IBM, I have to say that I am thrilled with both IBM's I have used at my current company: T23 and T42...

That's a good point LM. Digicams, computers, cell phones, various other electronics, and cars tend to depreciate very quickly compared to other asset classes... and when you think about it, it's like a recurring cost just like paying a monthly fee to an ISP. Depreciation is a "hidden" cost of...

LOL... Buck you are a good sport

Can you explain why sugar = hangover? Are you referring to the nausea and headache or are you referring to the digestive problems (which excess sugar will cause)? Acetaldehyde is the main thing that causes hangovers, not sugar.

No, no. Rye and Coke is definitely preferable! I prefer Rye and Ginger or Jack and Ginger because Coke does nothing good whatsoever for my system.

There are many different types of parties, my friend. Some are for meeting girls, some are not. You can be selective and strategic about this kind of thing, you know ;) ... In any event, you can go to parties for more than one reason. And if there are no wonderful girls to meet even if that was...

For some reason, the word "curmudgeon" comes to mind :) ... You're totally missing the point. We're not talking about being a victim of a burdensome implement that one is forced to carry. We're talking about proactively seeking better living through technology. Cars, TVs, DVD players, satellite...

Touche! That has got to be the most annoying thing about PDAs. ... although, it shouldn't happen normally (at least not irrevocably). Usually, you put it in the cradle every night so that it is always charged. It's the atypical situations that cause problems... like when I moved. My PDA was in...

It's common for the older and geeks among us (not that there's anything wrong with being older or social misfits) to be hesitant to embrace the enabling technology such as mobile communication/organizational devices. As we get older, we will become like our parents. When you're young, you never...

Yes, I see what you're saying, but let's consider that parties may not be so different from wildlife photography after all. For example, like you said, sometimes one goes to parties to meet girls. If you do meet a wonderful girl, then that party immediately doesn't suck. And if you happen to...

All they did was took his equipment. He can easily buy a couple PC's and be back up and running soon. It's like drugs and prostitution. Most people don't want it, but someone always does and is willing to pay good money for it. As long as the demand is there, there is money to be made by...

No, no. PPI's take too long to work. You want an H2 blocker instead.

Play on, playa! :) Interested to hear how it went. In any event, alcohol is your friend. There's no party a few gin and tonics won't help with. (disclaimer: some parties may be so bad that an improvement on what may be perceived as medieval torture may only rise to the level of "root canal"...

You don't need to spend that much money to get a Rolex or Omega. Have you ever been to Chinatown in NYC? :) Don't you guys use PDA's all the time now anyways? It's becoming more prevalent I've heard from other docs.

All you need is the time/date for either location and you can add/subtract hours based on where you are. Seoul is, what +10 hours from PST in the USA? So if it's 11 PM Saturday Oct 15 in Seoul, it's (11 minus 10 = 1) 1 PM Saturday Oct in Cali. What's so hard about that? Well then why don't you...

What are the advantages of the 20D over the 350D (Rebel XT in N. America)? At two-thirds the price and with most of the capability of the 20D, the 350D seems like a better value. In other words, why did you say "it's gotta be the 20D"?

Well the brown bottles certainly don't prevent skunking. At a recent wedding reception, I ran out of wine just before a toast, and my friend gave me one of his unopened Buds (the waiter brought him two... maybe because he knew one of them was bad!)... nasty. I'm surprised my friend was drinking...

Bah! These are excellent pics on the whole. I know how to get the exposure, focus, DoF, etc. correct, but I'm not much for the artistry either... The most important thing anyways is being able to identify compelling, picture-worthy content and being able to capture it reasonably well. The rest...

Good point, Tea. Spot or center focus is great, especially in combination with the focus and recompose technique. Aim the center/spot at the subject you want to focus on, press the shutter halfway and hold it (this will cause the camera to lock the focus)... recompose your shot and press the...

Hi everyone, I am writing to tell you about a fantastic little digicam I picked up the other day: The Fuji Finepix F10 Zoom. This move was precipitated by my frustration with my Canon PowerShot SD110. I am quite disappointed with the seemingly universally praised Canon Digital Elph series and...

Hmm.... I find Steve's Digicams to be the least useful of the major digicam review sites. I like: 1. http://www.imaging-resource.com 2. http://www.dpreview.com 3. http://www.dcresource.com Any other good review sites that I missed?

... basically, they remind me of a younger version of Melrose Place, or a modern version of 90210