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Is their a(n) (easy) way to encrypt/otherwise render unreadable a CDRW by someone other than the person who wrote it under XP?

Hideously expensive for not much more functionality than you can get for far cheaper solutions - as usual

No, I grasped that early. Your points were made with irrelevant examples, and you still haven't grasped my post.

We do, but 100 metres in the context of the discussion makes no sense. So what exactly were you talking about? HyShot certainly went higher than 100 metres into the the air. So rockets are cheaper than planes. Not by the factor of the differences in budgets - which was my original post...

Sechs wrote: I am assuming that 100m means 100 miles and not 100 metres, so if it has no relevance, why did you mention it?

Strawman argument. The atmosphere is too thin for anything to "fly" - aerodynamics - at 100 miles. If I was trying to test out a new concept - I'd choose the the cheaper offering, and spend the savings on more flights, improving the engine, whatever. It seems you are being argumentative for...

Not by the factor of the difference in budgets/resources it isn't. BTW, my 1/100 figure was just pulled out of my arse. But the HyShot budget is tiny, I'm betting NASA's isn't.

Saw this link over on Ace's. Apparently this little proggy will tell you which program has a particular file or directory open. I've used some of SysInternals stuff before. http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/procexp.shtml

Not using IE. Hear, hear. Nothing against IE, in fact I like it, but I have had had far less trouble (like zero) since switching to alternative browsers. Mozilla/Phoenix/Firebird/FireFox for more than twelve months or so. It seems the best defence.

Another difference is the University of Queensland researchers (HyShot) built their engine on about 1/100th of the resources and budget of NASA :mrgrn:

Never been done in free flight? http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/hyshot_020816.html

Yes, as far as I know, W2K requires the reg hack. The ATAPI.SYS solution is XP specific

Eh????? Can you try that in some form of English please?

I've added new information about using an updated version of ATAPI.SYS (and why) in the toolbox forum here (finally dug up the links) http://www.storageforum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=52158#52158

This registry hack is no longer needed (and indeed no longer works) if you update ATAPI.SYS http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;303013 note also, that there is a possibility of data corruption with suspend and hibernate modes and ATAPI.SYS versions prior to 1135, so you...

Having two children, I don't get out much anymore :wink: But I will add a vote for Master and Commander, and also (seen last week) The House of Sand and Fog - Ben Kingsley was simply brilliant, as was Jennifer Connelly. Don't watch it if you are feeling a little on the edge though...

Crucial. When PC2100 was new, Crucial were cheaper than any I could get here in Aus. Bought five x 256MB sticks. One went bad - but I had tracked it down via swapping sticks/slots mobos and using memtest86. Call Crucial (lifetime warranty) and their first question was "How do you know the...

Handy, you are a genius. Thanks!

Hi all, I need help. I sound like Tea now don't I? :eekers: If you have a really long string of unbroken text that I need to display in a browser (HTML, in a table), is there a way to abolutely limit the table cell and force the browser to break and wrap the text, (to avoid horizontally...

Yeah, I looked at those drives - but (at least here in Aus), they weren't cheap - AUS$240 v AUS$25 for standard floppy disk - and no one stocked them... A Panasonic device if memory serves

That was my thought also. A step backwards even.

And a look at what 2.7 offers http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/storage/display/hdtach-27.html

Go look in the Toolbox forum for a link about >127GB drives/XP/SP1, it's not quite that simple. I think Giant posted the original. Superseding this information, Microsoft have a hotfix out that makes the reg entry obsolete, I keep meaning to update that toolbox post with this hotfix but...

I've been using FF 0.8 and if I go to Ace's Hardware forum (and a couple of others) I cannot refresh the page - it just hangs. Next day, a new listing will show, and then it will refuse to update. Clearing the cache doesn't seem to work. We are behind a firewall/proxy, but IE and Moz 1.5...

Forgot to add, no drive I have ever had, has been as loud as the two Quantum Fireball KA+ (13.6GB that I've had)

I have bought nothing but WD since the JB's first came out - and all have been quiet. I had to RMA the 1000JB as nForce2 based mobo's would not detect it. Slightly off topic, but this twist in the IBM GXP case is worth a read http://www.techreport.com/onearticle.x/6292

Heh, I was just thinking on the way to work this morning, that I normally play chaotic good characters in D&D and RPG's (that's Role Playing Games m'Kay). If you accept the premise that my political spectrum is equivalent to chaotic good, then Bush, Blair & Howard are Lawful Evil. We know who...

Hmm, I seem to broadly occupy the same positions as Ghandi, Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama. :-? On the whole, I can't say I'm terribly disappointed by that. A flawed and somewhat US centric "test" IMO.

LM, aren't you glad SF is around :)

FWIW, I only lost my entire Games folder and one of my code sub-folders (programmer). Installing a fresh/minimal copy of XP on a spare partition and running chkdsk recovered the partition with the abovementioned losses. The good news is I now have up to date backups on CDRW and on a network...

Thanks time, but I'm without internet at home at the moment, otherwise I would do a review. The reason I ask about Linux as all data will be on an NTFS volume and I'll just mount that rather than clone it to a ReiserFS/ext3 volume. BTW, I always found Reiser to be a lot faster than ext3 - at...

Thanks people. Does anybody know if Linux is finally able to read and write to NTFS partitions? Merc, you aren't hinting that you are one of the elder gods are you? (Your sig) :-?

IS NTFS more robust than FAT32. Why I ask - last night I booted my PC and tried to burn some files to a CD. I got a lot of file read errors. I tried chkdsk the drive (only possible at boot time) and it kept saying that the FAT32 drive was a non-XP partition and would Skip checking. Booted...

It may pay to keep an eye (i?) on this. http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=13962 Could lead to some positive action

I've mentioned before that I live next door to an EE in sound thingies - I was speaking to him the other day and he let slip that they are working with a new (very) DSP that allows multi channel sound effects from stereo speakers without using stuff like EAX (an intermediary software layer)...

I think the theme looks like Nautilus or PixelZilla http://texturizer.net/firebird/themes/#Nautilus%200.7b

Then: T/Bred A 1900+ ES @ 2100+ WD1000BB-SE 512MB (2 x 256) Crucial PC2100 @ 150MHz (300DDR) TripleX GeForce4 Ti4200 64MB @ 4600 speeds ThermalTake Volcano 6Cu EPoX 8KHA+ or EPoX 8K7A+ (can't remember) LiteOn 32125W CDRW Lian Li PC60 case Now: Barton 2500+ ~ 2200MHz (3200+) WD1800JB 512MB...

ASUS suffering as well? http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=13674

.Nut - only arrived at Jesus and Mary Chain about the time of Head On. Sisters of Mercy by any chance? Early R.E.M., Smiths, Cure, Age of Chance? On a side note, anybody heard of Sunny Koll? In the 90's I was listening to Pearl Jam, Garbage and the Offspring - but after giving up Dj'ing, I...

IIRC, this capacitor problem isn't EPoX specific. Apparently, there was some industrial espionage at the firm that used to have a monopoly on these caps. But the intrepid spy did not get all of the formula used for (I think) the insulation layer - capacitors made from the copy formula break...

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Intel x86-64 - codenamed Yamhill http://www.chip-architect.com/ or more specifically http://www.chip-architect.com/news/2003_04_20_Looking_at_Intels_Prescott_part2.html Hans DeVries (no relation to Pieter AFAICT :) ) seems to have respect amongst EE's and VLSI engineers - so this isn't...

I used to use Mozilla 1.1 thru 1.4 as my main, but went back to IE after a Phoenix (Firebird 0.5) install stuffed everything. So for the last year I've been using IE again. I just tried Firebird 0.7 last twelve hours or so and can say that it is a vast improvement on the Phoenix 0.5 and...

CK Oops! :oops: At least I didn't get married in Vegas. :mrgrn: Oh Britney! Buck, I wish I had time. :eekers: Maybe soon, the kids are getting a little more independent, so maybe... I don't think that PCI Wave :D will make much difference from a performance POV, but if you want to...

A64 AMD's intention is to move to Socket 939 - consider it like Socket 754 except dual channel memory. Socket 939 will use unbuffered (normal) DIMM's (like Socket 754). Socket 754 will still be cheaper to implement so should be around for a while. Socket 940 (Opteron/FX) requires registered...

I haven't "upgraded" from Acrobat 5.0 for some strange reason... :mrgrn:

Socket 754 seems to have the most limited lifespan - but AMD will need a price leader for some time to come - so maybe not. Socket 940 is AMD's server platform, so any Opteron should work in current Socket 940 boards at least, though AMD has said that they will support the 940 pin FX (consumer)...

PC-Cillin installs a DAT file in the root of the drive it is installed on. If you have this file backed up - just copy it to the root of your HDD where PC-Cillin is installed and you should be fine. The file should be nammed something like PCEA-9993-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX.DAT Alternatively, if you...

Do you think that Tannin's pics qould sell more tickets than this little gem? http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/12/18/australia.sperm/index.html :)

To search for it, you have to know it's there. Sticky's are preferable to not finding it at all IMO How about shoving the thread over into the "Tools" category so it is at least more readily findable, and it does have some relevance.