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Sorry to hear that, Lunar. Hope things do get better quickly for you.

I read a news item yesterday that MS was putting out 3 fixes for Vista, one of which addressed laptop issues. Can't find the damn thing now.

Gosh Gilbo, thanks for that fabulous post! I skimmed through it (am at work); will read it in detail later. Thanks bud!

PennySaver, a garage sale?

1) OP worded post badly; would like everybody's input, not just e_dawg's. That includes LM, Tannin, etc. 2) Uda, OP is not interested in Rebel class bodies! It will be a 40D or D300. And where did I say that I wanted to spend only $650? And that I wanted only one lens? Huh? E_D, I'd lean more...

Thanks e_dawg. I've read that somebody buying an SLR or DSLR for the first time should pick the lens system first and then decide which camera body to buy, and this makes sense. The big question is whether to go with Canon or Nikkor glass. I'd really value your advice on this. Ideally, I'd...

Your sig says it, Tannin.

Gary, it's all your fault. You're not here most of the time, and the odd time that you are, others aren't, and you end up having conversations with yourselves 8-)

Thanks Lunar. When the time comes, I just ask here!

What are the good online places to read up on lens reviews?

"Staples now carries the most Dell ink and toner, notebooks, desktops, all-in-ones, printers, and monitors at your local Staples store. Dell is also available online (at Staples.com)". YAY! (This is an email I just got from Staples). So the vaunted direct-sell model ain't working no more......

Congrats, Clocker! You sure are going to be busy from now on!

Well, partial success! I went back into Partmagic and unhid the two partitions (formerly D & E). After re-booting, Disk Management allowed me to assign E to the second partition. Upon mounting the Truecrypt volume, it becomes D like the old times. So far, so good. The Dell partition is still...

Naw, go ahead. I'm just amazed at how much this thread has grown. Typical SF characteristic!

Yup. Fortunately my laptop boots, and C: is still C:. The problem is with the other partitions, including the previously hidden, now visible Dell partition.

Help!!! I was all set fine. My laptop drive was partitioned to C, blank and E, with my burner being F. Blank was a Truecrypt encrypted drive that became D when I mounted it. Life was good. Then company IT gave me a Roxio Easy CD DVD Creator 6 Basic CD to install a burner (I know, I know, kill...

SD: take a course in sociology. You will learn a lot.

Samsung launches ultra-fast SSD drives Disappointingly, no links in the article

I don't know the details, but they built a new subway system in New Delhi a couple of years ago. There was none till then. It was built within time and budget, works flawlessly, and is being hailed as the model to be emulated. Teams from other Asian countries have visited to learn from the...

Well, the standard aspect monitors are also as rare as hen's teeth. The few that are available obviously use older tech; they have poor viewing angles and high refresh rates. It scares me that Samsung can put out such great stuff and at the same time such awful shit. How do you trust the brand...

True color panels seem to be as rare as hen's teeth at the smaller sizes. The Sammy 906BW seems to be the best of the bunch - seems to have it all.

Merc'll have to get her to divorce her husband, Rob Reid (founder of listen.com), first.

Thanks all. I'll keep you posted.

Looking for crisp text, good picture display and viewing angle, and a decent price. 4:3 or wide-screen immaterial. It's for someone in the family. Anybody got any favorites? Thanks.

With drives manufactured many years ago, there were issues with bearings sticking/seizing when the drive was started after being idle for a long time. I don't know if this applies to contemporary drives.

You're right, you won't. Not in Portage, Indiana. You have to move to a large city where there be plenty of nerdy girls that will meet all the requirements you list. Since you care about the type of woman in your life (which is a good thing), you have to keep looking. It's a numbers game. The...

You wear glasses too, Howell?

dd: I was referring to the tags for your photo on Flickr, not to your gf! Say hi to Olga - she's a pretty lady with expressive eyes. Take down your link! I don't have a gf - I'm married. And I'm 12,500 miles from home right now, and don't have any pics to post. And if I did, you'll have to kiss...

The hubs are supposed to act as repeaters, amplifying the signal to spec. The signal degrades as it flows along the wire, but the next hub in the chain amplifies it back up. And so on till it reaches the device. Merc is right as far as the USB spec goes, but I think in practice the max tends to...

e_dawg: Interesting train of thought. Sadly it seems there's lenses or there's camera bodies, take your pick. Maybe I should wait longer.

Professor Handruin. Didn't know you wore glasses. And you use a dSLR (think you mentioned it in that thread). dd: I see David, Justin and Matt. Is Moscow wearing the invisible cloak? You ain't balding, you just have a large forehead for that huge brain of yours.

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I had a BMI of 20.1 for a very long time. I was thin, but was healthy; didn't even catch cold or cough, ever. Then I was at a BMI of 22 for several years. Then I started to put on weight due to bad eating habits, and it's been downhill since then. The universe is expanding and so am I. Well...

They used to have some kind of plastic pliers that pinched your underarm and told you the BMI, didn't they?

So if you have the ultrabay battery in, does the laptop drain that first and then switch to the main battery, or does it drain both batteries concurrently at the same rate? I see in my Latitude D531 that if the battery is fully charged, plugging it in does not turn on the charging light. I have...

I know you absolutely love WD drives, so here you go: WD ships 320GB notebook drives 3GB SATA. :)

I thought it was chocolate and bananas you were addicted to.

Why? I thought you loved it?

Will's right; a standard SD card reader will have trouble with SDHC. AFAIK, the king of SDHC readers is Sandisk's MicroMate. It's priced at USD 20, quite reasonable, and the page I am linking to has a link for "Customers outside the U.S. and Canada, please click here" (which I didn't). No specs...

Canon U.K. retailers to send back EOS-1D Mark III cameras But no recall. Canon nto make an anouncement reg. the AF issue on the USA web site.

Uda: The Maybach couldn't have been valet parked. It is specifically designed to be chauffer driven, not owner driven. The chauffer would have parked the car.

G'nite.

All by myself I don't want to be All by myself..... Where's everybody, huh? Even DD's AWOL.

Maybe your TCP/IP settings need tweaking. Try one of these: DSL reports - Tweaks Speedguide.net - click on Broadband at upper left Navas Cable Modem/DSL Tuning Guide

You may want to verify that the router you buy does indeed have a WAN connection faster than 10 Mbps. I never did tests like you, but always did feel some loss of speed using a router as compared to not using one.

Can anybody suggest a couple of good books for a Photoshop beginner? One that will get me started and one that will continue with the more intricate stuff? Thanks.

Merc, I agree they're awful. But I have a choice not to use their sw; they're not holding a gun to my head. If I still want to use their sw, then I should pay for it. How much is a different question. Do I have pirated stuff (sw, music)? Yes, some. Do I use it? No. I have it to try it out. If I...

Egad, those mpg numbers for the diesel Accord are awesome!

Thanks Tannin. To tell you the truth, with age, my ability to teach myself new things have declined, so I presently use photo-ed progs to mainly crop and adjust brightness/contrast. I do need to learn more, though, and the idea is that if I'm going to, might as well go whole hog with the best...

Fushigi, if your post is in response to mine, India tracks regs that are used in Europe. My understanding is that these are much more lenient than, say, California. I believe the current reg. in India is compliance with Euro III, with Euro IV to kick in soon (or maybe it already did). Even if...