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  1. Howell

    The race for the US presidency

    Palin is a self assured clown. She is a distraction. You could have paired her up with Ronnie for his first election and he would have lost.
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    The race for the US presidency

    I don't care what you say, this is funny. http://www.theonion.com/content/video/obama_win_causes_obsessive
  3. Howell

    So who won the other race?

    Congratulations to Obama. It was a good close race. Palin... I'd be surprised if it didn't turn into an expletive.
  4. Howell

    So who won the other race?

    Tannin, the US is great. Get on board with the rest of the world! : )
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    Virtualization test server

    Will I need special connectors from the power supply? I see a square 4-pin header on the picture of the board as well as 4-pin molex header.
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    Virtualization test server

    Any idea how big a power supply I would need for: MSI K8N SLI + 1.5GB RAM + AMD ATHLON X2 3800+ Leadtek PX7800GT Extreme TDH GeForce 7800GT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Plus a couple of drives in raid 1 and memory increased to 4G I have a 300W I'd like to use if I can get away...
  7. Howell

    Virtualization test server

    That looks great David! Thanks!
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    Virtualization test server

    It is a proof of concept for technologies that require VT.
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    Virtualization test server

    It is just a proof of concept. Five servers with almost no load. I could do it on my T43 laptop except that I need VT. I could get by with 4G ram. I'm trying to keep it under $400.
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    Cheap Quad cores compared

    Merc, can you recommend a specific MB. Also, I can't find that proc you mentioned for sale anywhere.
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    Virtualization test server

    I need to build a test server for server virtualization products. For production use I would buy something off the shelf but I need to keep costs down for this one. I would love an IBM T60/T60p but when compared to a Dell Optiplex GX745 I can't justify the cost difference. My other alternative...
  12. Howell

    Sniff

    Donate it to the United Way. Sounds like they would be ok systems for somebody.
  13. Howell

    Hauser's Law - You Can't Soak the Rich in America

    You'll get no argument from me. I've been shouting from the rooftops. Not only is it bad philosophically and theoretically it does it not achieve the desired effect effectively. Unfortunately the american political left doesn't see it the same way.
  14. Howell

    Renting space for a broadcast tower?

    What are the downsides? How critical is the uptime to you? We use a wireless provider for some clients and have some difficulty with packet loss during storms. This might not be an issue for you in your location but it is worth checking into.
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    Renting space for a broadcast tower?

    I am now unclear about what you are asking. Are you asking: 1. How much should you charge someone to install a tower on a piece of property you own? 2. How much should it cost YOU to lease access? I'm wondering if the phrase in the original post should be "should be charged".
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    Renting space for a broadcast tower?

    I would think a real estate person could help with this or maybe someone at the Chamber of Commerce. I don't know anything myself.
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    Hauser's Law - You Can't Soak the Rich in America

    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121124460502305693.html "The chart nearby, updating the evidence to 2007, confirms Hauser's Law. The federal tax "yield" (revenues divided by GDP) has remained close to 19.5%, even as the top tax bracket was brought down from 91% to the present 35%. This is what...
  18. Howell

    The race for the US presidency

    Agreed. It is not a long term solution but it is effective in the short term.
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    The race for the US presidency

    I am still unclear whether this is just your opinion Gilbo. Why should the non-average citizen be denied good medical care? Sweden certainly thinks there are gains to be made by moving toward free-market medicine. http://www.ncpa.org/pub/ba/ba369/
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    The race for the US presidency

    John Stossel: Do Government Farming Subsidies Hurt American Farmers? http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=6050559&page=1
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    The race for the US presidency

    I did hear about USians paying twice as much recently. As for the rest, is this your opinion or what? How are you defining "faster turn-around times and better outcomes"? Outside of the US I am only familiar with anecdotal evidence out of Canada. 15 years ago it was a 6-12 month wait for heart...
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    Something Random

    My personal items include a Bodum tea cup infuser and an electric cup warmer, a Brita water pitcher and a South a\American wall hanging and my technical library. I'm working on finding better lighting.
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    The race for the US presidency

    An unscripted moment with an Ohio plumber produced a startling confession from Barack Obama Sunday: The Democrat's "middle-class tax cut" is in fact a scheme to "spread the wealth... http://www.nypost.com/seven/10152008/po ... 133633.htm
  24. Howell

    Black Silicon

    Very cool!
  25. Howell

    "Win-printers" (the new Win-modems?)

    For a hacked together solution you might be able to share the printer out from a windows workstation and print to the share. I'm not certain this would work though.
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    "Win-printers" (the new Win-modems?)

    I've known about winprinters for ages but this is the first LASER winprinter I've heard of. Not sure how you tell a difference. I did find this for your printer: Print Languages, std. SPL-C (SAMSUNG Printer Language Color)
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    End of the World As We Know It

    http://www.hulu.com/watch/38041/saturday-night-live-washington-approves-the-bailout
  28. Howell

    Large Array?

    With the possible exception of the dicks in the array problem.
  29. Howell

    The Palin Problem

    Tony's obviously confused. He could only have meant Demcrat presidents.
  30. Howell

    Determining username from IP in AD enviroment?

    \\IP_address\c$\Documents and settings\
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    End of the World As We Know It

    What has he done?
  32. Howell

    Determining username from IP in AD enviroment?

    Look at the user profiles and see which was modified most recently. That will get you closer. You may also check the security event logs.
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    PTR records

    I found a good explanation. http://www.crucialp.com/resources/tutorials/web-hosting/how-reverse-dns-works-rdns.php
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    PTR records

    I know what PTR records are for and where they live. What I am interested in is the mechanisms by which the receiving mail server tracks back to the ISPs DNS server. How does this work?
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    End of the World As We Know It

    I figure satire is always apprciated around here. And since I coudl not find it already posted behold: http://www.buymyshitpile.com/ With our economy in crisis, the US Government is scrambling to rescue our banks by purchasing their "distressed assets", i.e., assets that no one else wants to...
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    End of the World As We Know It

    Jeffrey A. Miron is senior lecturer in economics at Harvard University. A Libertarian, he was one of 166 academic economists who signed a letter to congressional leaders last week opposing the government bailout plan. http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/29/miron.bailout/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
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    Disappearing partition and partition for speed

    Merc, I know you know about folder redirection of the 4 or 5 largest parts of the profile. Roaming profile requires copying the profile across the network. Folder redirection does not. Particularly if you turn off synchronization. Is this not available outside of a domain?
  38. Howell

    The Palin Problem

    uggg
  39. Howell

    The Palin Problem

    I don't like Palin and I haven't seen the interview you refer to but if I had to imagine Palin came across as unprepared. But Katie Couric is well know as an interviewer who will ambush you. She is not a kitten. I'm concerned what Putin would do to Obama. You don't have to know why you are...
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    End of the World As We Know It

    Ah CityK, you beat me to it.
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    End of the World As We Know It

    Speaking of Warren Buffet: "Mr. Bernanke pointed out Wednesday that Mr. Buffett had urged Congress to pass the current bailout plan. I’d point out that Mr. Buffett drove a harder bargain when his own money was on the line." http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/25/business/25leonhardt.html Paulsen...
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    End of the World As We Know It

    I was thinking Warren Buffet. He's more wiley than Sergei, Larry and Bill combined.
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    End of the World As We Know It

    Demolition Man? Idiocracy? Why do so many comedic versions of a future distopia have Taco Bell significantly featured?
  44. Howell

    End of the World As We Know It

    Gilbo, Do you make a distinction between transparency and accountability and regulation? I don't have a problem with audits and transparency. It may be a difference in semantics. And what's with the christian bashing? Its really irrelevant.
  45. Howell

    Interview prospective peers

    At MS they ask a lot of brain teasers. The real answer doesn't matter its the analytical process of coming to any answer that matters.
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    Database server on VM

    For comparison, my implementation is using the outer edges of 15 spindles with dual fiber connections to the host box. Otherwise the SAN is also hosting lots of other data. We are up to 6TB I think.
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    Systems documentation project

    Why are your asset tags so big? Why not keep all the data in a database keyed to an asset tag number which you can make with a label maker. With this method it is a pretty quick process to tag keyboards and mice. If you don't you won't know if you should have. I would probably not label...
  48. Howell

    Blah

    1000 entries huh. That's 4 calendar events per week day. They sure don't expect people to be working very much do they. So the problem is that it is loading the whole table instead of just what is on the immediate horizon.
  49. Howell

    Free zip password brute utility

    If you remember what tool you used to create them you might contact the manufacturer.
  50. Howell

    Blah

    Does ACT have a calendaring ability? It may treat calendaring differently from tasks.
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