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I'm not into 'Survivor', but for those that may be, read about the bad web site here.

Flagreen: You're saying I'm after Rumsfeld because the smell of blood is hard for me to resist. Please! If there's one thing I don't do, it's to follow the herd. My personal life is full of examples of this. I'm a very black sheep in my family because I bucked trends and did my own thing. Don't...

...and was once Defense Sec himself...

Are you implying there is no one else in this country capable of carrying out the duties of Defense Secretary???

Correction: that should read "...spends like a drunken Democrat."

Here.

I was looking at the Olypus web site for accessories available for the C-4000 Zoom. They had: 1. CLA-1 Lens Adapter Tube (41-43mm) 2. Step Up Ring (43 to 55mm) 3. Filters I believe #1 is required if one wants to just protect the lens, even. The threads are on an outer tube, and when the camera...

Come June 30, we're in for a bigger mess.

To state the obvious (which has been repeated many times already): The US has always claimed the moral highground. Where do we stand now? The pity is I think this administration (No C-A-R-B! {Cheney-Ashcroft-Rumsfeld-Bush for the uninitiated}) doesn't have a clue how much they have damaged the...

Instead of 2 x A-Xp on a $300 dual board, get a USD240 Tiger K8W dual board. Start with one Opteron CPU of your choice, and add a second later. A dual for the sake of having a dual is nuts; as you said, the sweet spot of a well configured single A-XP m/c would be a better choice. If you...

Then we have to set the record straight, don't we? AFAIK, Adcadet was running a duallie till recently, when he built an A64 m/c. Santilli built his duallie a few weeks ago. The Hawk-Eyed-One ran an Athlon MP set up for quite a while; don't know if he's still using it. I've been running a...

Liar. You're just past your puberty. :o

See story in Yahoo News. Don't these organizations have Sysadmins? We're not talking mom-and-pop outfits here. Jeeze. I never cease to be amazed by this kind of stupidity.

i! Good to see you again (though you used to make my head spin with i, me, etc.). I'm becoming senile. It never occurred to me to try dak.com. I'll be damned. I haven't read the story yet, but will as soon as I get off SF. Live long and prosper, i.

I used to get DAK's catalog regularly (must have got my name/add from some of the audio mags I subscribed to those days). I even lived close to their business for a while. I'll never forget Drew because he's one of the best spinmeisters I have ever come across. His command of language, and...

That is a very kind and generous offer, Giant, thank you very much! May I take a raincheck for now? I've moved twice in the last 3 years and my tapes are in a box in storage and I have no idea which box! The problem is actually more a lack of the missing fizz than hiss. I have a cheapo BSR...

Whatever. Have a good day.

Thank you for the comments, O King Of Antarctica! I did get the Oly C-4000Z for $250 at Costco. The prior exposure (pun intended) to this camera, and the uniformly glowing reviews helped make the decision. It has some drawbakcs (media, mainly) but which camera doesn't? It excels in the things...

The context in which the word is used is important, time. Out of context, you can make anything mean what you want it to. From the most handy dictionary I have. See #2 above.

CGB, you must have thought it good if you downloaded and saved it. No?

Fushigi, we need to talk. PM ok?

You're confused, sechs.

I think enough has been said; we should stick to the point and leave Merc alone otherwise. For various reasons, I have not built the new system I was planning to. My favorite canididate for mobo was the GA-K8NNXP. There was a news item in The Inquirer today that AMD is transitioning the A64 to...

We understand as much, Merc. We just don't want you to get hurt...

Yes and no.

You're welcome, Howell. Sangeetha is a common girls' name. It is unusual for males to have Sangeet for a name. Music is thought to be more feminine than masculine. Certain communities in North India have a habit of using female names for boys as well, leaving one wondering as to the gender of...

Nabendu: Don't have a clue. The rest are all first names. Here's what I know. Sashi: More typically spelled/pronounced Shashi. Means the moon. A bisexual name. Pria: Usually spelled Priya. Means loved one or beloved. Used for females only. Uma: A female deity (wife of Shiva). Don't know the...

Thanks Merc and Time.

Nuts.

Oh, what is one to do with you, Mercutio?

Would you pick the Olympus C-4000 Zoom or Nikon Coolpix 4300? I know how the Oly performs well (have helped somebody who has one). Downsides to it are that it uses Smartmedia, have to buy batteries and charger for it. Know diddly about the Nikon. But it uses CF-I, comes with a rechargeable...

Sorry. Of all the people here, I'm probably running the leanest, oldest config. Even I have speakers (turned off except when required). I assumed everybody else had speakers. And I assumed those that did would turn it on when they saw that it was Flash, and at least when they saw the sound...

Thanks again, everybody. The person that has the Oly got it as a gift. Having a couple of 128 MB cards kinda makes up for the poor capacity of Smartmedia cards. The main thing is the image quality, which is very good. For a person with little patience or for a neophyte, the default settings work...

No it's not. But it's fun to dream big.

Warning: Flash required Check out this site; I was amazed! Seems tacky the first minute or two, but persevere and ye shall be rewarded.

Amazon has the Logitech Z680 for $265 - $20 rebate [Exp 5/31] = $245 with free shipping (in USA?). See Ben's Bargains.

Thanks guys. Sorry I never acknowledged your replies. Maybe Alzheimer's is getting to me :{

Thanks Blake. NRG, a camera that uses SmartMedia's got to be a little old! It's a 4MP Olympus, the C-4000. The owner saves pics as JPGs, at the default resolution (doesn't even know what a TIFF is). BTW, this camera can be had for ~$250 now, and I'm thinking of getting one myself (my first...

I've been asked to help someone buy a higher capacity Smartmedia card. I have no experience in this area and would appreciate your advice. 1) In general, will a 64MB be faster than a 128 MB? Some people seem to indicate that larger capacity media is slower. 2) Which brand/model would have the...

What blew me away was the last line,

This is old hat, but still shocks me everytime I read something like this.

A zeroing program that starts at track 0 sector 0 should clear out Ontrack, because it will set the drive back to "factory settings". If it doesn't, then it's not a true zeroing or initializing program, because it's acting like a formatting utility, working inside the partition it sees.

The Inquirer reports Intel's clarification of SATA speeds here.

Bah, snob. I didn't see anything wrong with Tea's sentence. Leave her alone, will ya?

My wee little brain sometimes gets overloaded with too many of these alternate realities. They're fun, nevertheless.

Are we due for a price cut on Opterons and A-64 CPUs? Anybody have any opinions on where RAM prices are headed? The Inquirer reports that AMD is changing the stepping of the A-64/3200, but the packaging on the new ones indicates that it runs at 2.0 GHz (should be 2.2 GHz). What gives?

Fushigi has covered most of the angles, but I'd like add something. Especially because this is a pull, the first thing I'd do is initialize (zero out, low-level format, whatever you want to call it) the first few tracks. I once had a similar problem with W2k server and Solaris x86 installed as...

Got this in the junk mail today - haven't read thought it in detail. Seems similar to some VMWare features, except that this product acts on the host OS.

Don't you sacrifice bus speed with these vs. a desktop 400 MHz processor? Or does that not really matter?

Howell, sorry for hijacking your thread (bangs head really hard against the wall).