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  1. mubs

    I hate myself for asking but...

    Yahoo Discontinuing Yahoo! Plus Service
  2. mubs

    Laptop HDD migration

    Many people have successfully done it by downloading a trial copy of Acronis True Image. I understand it works for 30 days. WRT to your wish in the other thread for 300GB in a laptop, I recently bought a HDD adapter for the UltraBay 2000 in my Thinkpad T23. Also bought a 100GB Sammy. Put the...
  3. mubs

    CD emulation software conflict with Call of Duty game.

    Do you need to do that for Daemon Tools ver. 4.03? (Latest ver AFAIK).
  4. mubs

    CD emulation software conflict with Call of Duty game.

    Daemon Tools is a well known freebie CD/DVD drive emulator. Virtual Drive is a for-pay emulator. Yuo might want to look for these two in CtlPnl/Add-Remove Progs. Daemon Tools recently released a new version that defeats most games' detection of emulators. But it does this by installing a driver...
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    Windows *Vista*

    Heck, if what you have does the job, why change it (this system I'm using is 5+ years old)? In your case Tannin, if the apps you need will run on OS/2, then I think it makes perfect sense to keep using OS/2. Unfortunately I never got to play with it. Someday it will become imperative to go to a...
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    For the first time of my life, I'll have a job I'll like.

    Ack! That should read good news! Thanks to Buck for catching that; I need to use the preview rigorously.
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    Windows *Vista*

    XP must belong to the same category as ATI/NVidia :lol:. I'm not terribly fond of XP, but thought it wise to move to it when building a new system. 2k's a dead product in terms of support and future 3rd party software releases (for eg., Adobe Premiere runs only on XP). XP is faster on some ops...
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    For the first time of my life, I'll have a job I'll like.

    Great news, Pradeep. You're a nice + smart + intelligent guy, I've no doubt you'll be moving up pretty fast. We'll wait for the goon news!
  9. mubs

    I hate myself for asking but...

    Sound advice from DD.
  10. mubs

    Energy Vampires

    Doesn't a dual-xeon require the power company to trunk a special 2-guage cable from the generating plant to the point of use? Oh, I forgot, plus a 4-guage for the cooling equipment.
  11. mubs

    what color is this?

    Doug's turning into a shrink. This experiment was part of his thesis.
  12. mubs

    SATA external enclosures

    Doug, were you looking for something like this?
  13. mubs

    Energy Vampires

    FAH is fine for people that would leave their systems on 24/7 in any case. I have always been conscious of the needless power drain of leaving things on. When we're away on vacation, with the PC, TV, and everything else off except the refrigerator, the electricity bill falls to half. Not 10%...
  14. mubs

    what color is this?

    I like Paugie's answer best - he had me in splits! I was going to make a point but Buck already did (your monitor settings, etc.) I'd say violet. To me purple is the non-yellow non-green smiley to the left of this text input box - the one with a key for the eyes. Lavender would be a very pale...
  15. mubs

    Cyclone

    Fortunately nobody died, a few were injured, but IIRC not seriously. Many houses were destroyed. I thought they built their homes out of brick and cement there, not wood like we do in the Western U.S.
  16. mubs

    Northbridge still running warmer than I'd like

    This thing is supposed to be pretty good for NF4 chips; just ignore the fancy stuff. It's a favorite of the NF4 owners at the DFI forums who remove the stock cooler, put AS5 and this thing on and get significant reductions in chipset temps.
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    Energy Vampires

    Good article here; California proposing legislation.
  18. mubs

    This is sick

    Part of the reason for the rebellion against gloabalization in "third world" countries is because of issues like this. Western companies, many American, have tried to and in many cases succeeded, in patenting herbs, spices and plants that native people in those countries have used for millenia...
  19. mubs

    phpBB mass-hack

    We're running phpBB, no? I came across this news item. Thought Doug should know in case he missed it.
  20. mubs

    Something Random

    So sorry to hear that Merc, that's awfully young to be having a problem like that. Early detection and aggressive treatment are key. I wish her speedy and complete healing.
  21. mubs

    150GB Raptor announced

    This shouldn't be an issue if you're using the backplate / PCI bracket (bottom right in the pic); the cable from that would be plugged in once into the onboard SATA port and left there, and the external SATA device would then be plugged in and out of the port on the outside of the bracket, which...
  22. mubs

    SATA external enclosures

    I know I'm a wee bit late, Doug, but I'm seriously looking to buy one of these from Newegg; seems to be a quality enclosure for a decent price. Info on eSata is sorely lacking; I'm presuming and hoping that I can plug in the PCI bracket's cable into an onboard SATA port and it'll work ok. The...
  23. mubs

    Software to control hardware

    I just stumbled across this at PC World.
  24. mubs

    For the first time of my life, I'll have a job I'll like.

    Aaaaaw, Billy boy beat me to it.
  25. mubs

    For the first time of my life, I'll have a job I'll like.

    Jobs a plenty! Glad to see that. I'm willing to move and can't program in Java. Any takers?
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    Something Random

    Great job, Doug! I wonder at what distance I'll pass out. I'm just an extension of my chair. Sorry about your tyre. Flats are so rare these days, there has to be a man-made cause for them. If the tyres on the car are replacements, didn't you get the hazard warranty when you bought them?
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    Reminds me of Hitlers youth groups

    I stopped reading there too. Poor writing is rampant these days. When I was a kid growing up, we were told in school to read the newspaper everyday to improve our language skills; there was no question at all about the quality of writing in a newspaper. These days there are stories that I...
  28. mubs

    Post Counts Piling Up

    Thanks everybody. As paugie said in the other thread, this is my most favorite forum. Strike that, it's the only forum I go to. It's all the great people here, and thanks to Doug for making it happen. Y'all are like family.
  29. mubs

    Rootkit removal

    Self-replicating RFID virus created in lab as proof of concept. Now your "smart passport" can not only be hacked, I gues you can get a free sex-change as well.
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    Post Counts Piling Up

    Thank you, Bartnder and Buck; I think it's fitting that my 2000th is a thanks to your thoughtfulness and kindness. You're both gentlemen, and I really value what you have to say. Drinks for everybody!
  31. mubs

    Mercutio extends his lead...

    Hear, hear!
  32. mubs

    Something Random

    Thanks DD. I asked because I thought there was a limit on the # worksheets. Checking Excel 2003, I see that "Sheest in a workbook: Limited by available memory". I'm amazed.
  33. mubs

    Victoria, I want to c u so bad...

    The "intellectuals" at Berkely defeated the kids at the University for Spoiled Children!
  34. mubs

    Something Random

    So 1300 sheets???
  35. mubs

    Car news.

    Hi NRG, nice opening post after the long hiatus!
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    For the first time of my life, I'll have a job I'll like.

    Aaah, don't you just love a challenge?! Glad you made it through your first day without any case modifications, Coug! Way to go!
  37. mubs

    We are turning communist

    Well said, Howell (except for the "No one is irredeemable" part; I'm not sure about that :o).
  38. mubs

    Something Random

    Absolutely gorgeous! I can imagine the rolling hills around Buck's place; it must be even more beautiful.
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    We are turning communist

    While I've slowed down in the last 6 months, you'll notice most of my P&B posts are controverisal in nature. That's because I feel strongly about those subjects, and also because I want a healthy debate on the issues. I don't do this because I'm a troll (which I ain't), but because issues need...
  40. mubs

    Windows Update for non-IE browsers

    I honestly think that for the purpose of WinUpdate, it's better to keep IE around. You never know when MS might make a change and this 3rd party tool will break. Besides it feeds my paranoia - I don't trust unknown sw easily. I will pass.
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    Something Random

    Yeah, it was! I hope the audio wasn't dubbed in after the scanner was made to make matching movements. Back in the early '80s when I got started in the IT industry, one story older co-workers told me was this: the data center housed IBM 1401 mainframes that used core memory. In those days, I...
  42. mubs

    Musings on a new PC

    I tried DriveImage 2002 and Partition Magic 8 today; they both work just fine as is (no additional drivers) with the drives connected to the NForce 4 onboard SATA ports. I'm a happy camper.
  43. mubs

    For the first time of my life, I'll have a job I'll like.

    Congratulations, Sir Coug. Very happy for you!
  44. mubs

    Current video card recommendations

    How large do the .avi files end up being??!
  45. mubs

    Pandora - Music Genome Project

    But that'll satisfy people who have a foot-fetish, no?
  46. mubs

    Quicktime (Mac vs. PC)

    Slick! I liked how you slipped that in there.
  47. mubs

    Rootkit removal

    Thanks for the detailed write-up, Tannin, must have taken a bit of time to write that up! The other day I read about a nasty Bank SSL Trojan; it intercepts SSL traffic, replaces the bank logon screen with a local copy, captures your ID/PW and saves it, then passes them on to the real bank...
  48. mubs

    Crossfire is driving me insane!

    David: The link on ATI's driver page goes to .Net 1.1 on Microsoft's site. I'm running .Net 2 and a x1600Pro with the latest drivers off of HIS' website, but I'm not running Crossfire. I tried, but couldn't find enough info to determine if 2.0 is backwards compatible witn 1.1. In my case, I was...
  49. mubs

    Nero 7

    Mostly very negative reviews on PriceGrabber, a few positive ones. Interesting contradictions.
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    Nero 7

    How about an update, Merc? Is it worth upgrading to 7 Ultra from 6 Ultra? I'm quite interested in the authoring / encoding enhancements in 7. Tell us, will ya? Thanks.
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