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Whew! A lot of posts all of a sudden. I didn't time my compresssion, so I can't be definitive. Going by gutfeel, it seems slow. But that could be because of the reasons I've already mentioned. Compression resluts (damn Merc and his Veronica) seem to vary; my Netscape email went from ~318MB to...

You're right! :oops: You know, the m/c is 100% stable, but when it was my main m/c, I could not get Caldera Linux (2.x, I believe), to install. No matter what. It would crap out during install with a fatal error and reboot immediately, so I didn't even know what the error was. I tried...

So Intel's into poetry now? :P

Seconded. Going about killing those handsome animals! Tsk, Tsk. I'll bet one of the four hunters was Pradeep. Why do you think he bought a set of expensive snow tyres for his car? Just you wait, DB, when it really snows, he'll out-tyre and out-gun ya.

Maybe I'll try Winzip's command line and see what happens?

It seems to choke a lot on .pdf files. Dunno why. And .exe files too. So you think it'll still be slow if I build an Opteron 248 system with 15k.3 drives?

Ha ha, that's funny, Blake!

I tried replying here twice yesterday, trying to use additional emoticons, and it crapped out on me both times. I'll stick to just the standard emoticons now. I sent an email to support@ some outfits that make compresison programs. Pkware said sorry, no can do. :evil: Winzip said they had a...

Back when the 300A came out, I bought a BH6 and overclocked the 300A 50%. When I built my current m/c circa December 2000, the BH6/300A became my daughter's m/c. I've ripped all her CDs (stuff like Reader Rabbit, Math Blaster, etc.) and they run on a virtual CD drive; I got tired of swapping 25+...

jtr, I agree with you on the money issue. I've never wanted to be super rich; just have enough to pay the bills, have decent housing, transportation, health care and educate my one kid well so that she can do likewise. Having a decent pot will take the worry off tomorrow, and let dreamers like...

I guess you're right in that SATA can be pretty competitive with SCSI assuming the drives are similar (RPM, TCQ, etc.). But I think SAS will get the upper again when it comes out, no?

Aah! The precise Fushigi! I hear you, but the issue in this post was SCSI drives, SCSI controllers and transfer rates. As such, the host, controller cache and OS are immaterial. I've never personally used SCSI, so pardon my ignorance and correct me if I'm wrong. If you have an 8-drive RAID-5...

Fushigi's running 65 raided drives in 8 sets on one host; he said that in response to a post I'd made, but I can't seem to find that post right now to reference it. He's got practical knowledge of this situation; maybe he can shed some light on this.

Stumbled across this. Maybe you should check it out.

Thanks folks. I'll mention it here if I find something that meets my needs.

Weird thing is that I was mostly going by gut feel; didn't recognize any of them. That's how I got 3 wrong. There was a guy who looked like a nut-case, but was a sw inventor, and the killer in the tie fooled me too.

Thanks for the replies. CityK, I don't want to end up with a single archive file. That means I don't want the directory structure (and all of the files) inside the archive. Blake has understood what I'm trying to do. Ideally, the original filename is left intact, and the archive type (zip...

Anybody know of a Zip program that'll do this: Replicate a given tree structure and each file in it to a new destination, compressing during replication. In other words, I don't want a 6-level tree structure with 35 directories and 2000 files total being compressed down to one archive file...

Here. I got 7/10 correct.

IMHO, the 1900FP and the newer 1901FP have much better specs. I know somebody with a Dell 1700FP; it sucks so bad, I couldn't use it if it were my monitor. I also got a 1900FP for somebody; it's an absolutely gorgeous, beautiful monitor; a pleasure to look at and use all day.

Thanks, Blake, will try that.

A family I know (that lived in Texas) moved to London (guy's company offered him the top post there). I understand the DL tests are extremely stringent there; you fail for the most (what we could consider) innocuous reasons. After a couple of years of using their American licenses, time is...

Can anybody suggest software that can burn pics on a CD so it can be viewed on a DVD/TV? Support for folders will be helpful. Ideally, should be capable of navigation; next pic, previous pic, up one level, etc. Prog needs to be Windows based. Freeware will be ideal, but a reasonable price will...

No matter what, no matter how your idea is perceived, patent them first before you do anything else. I'm serious. I've had several ideas I did nothing about, and they've come to market. I could have been velly velly lich by now if I hadn't been (and continue to be) such a sloth.

You're kidding me! What can you see on that tiny screen??!!

So you're running Win XP Pro, IE 6.0, Office 2003 and the latest WMP on it? I guess it swaps wirelessly to your service provider's servers.

Thanks, e_dawg. I moved to w2k when it was released and am still on it.

We're real sassy tonight, ain't we Merc? Thanks Blake. I certainly don't need additional bloat. Think I'll stay with good ole 5.5.

Whodja think the disclaimer at the beginning of my post was aimed at? :wink:

I know, I know, a lot of you gag at the mention of the word, but for many reasons, IE is my main browser. I use FB 0.7 about 40% of the time. Way back, I read something somewhere that IE 6 was evil, and stayed with 5.5. I can't even remember now what I read. Any reasons not to upgrade? Thanks...

Holy crap, you guys scare me. Is this the U.S. we're talking about or some third world country with no regard for the environment? I guess I'd better ask here if I ever move. Great as the web is, finding this kind of info is next to impossible; either it ain't there or the S/N is too poor.

How old is it? It may be dying. In my experience from some years ago, Samsung montiors tended to die early. My Viewsonic PT775, purchased circa April 1999 and in use since then (except for one year in-between when it was in the box) exhibits symptoms of flicker when viewing an all white page...

I was trying to point out that the reason HP is doing this is because the mom-pop types account for a big chunk of the market. Because they offer faster, better service that the big guys can't match. Wasn't this point debated at length with y'all on one side and Mr. H. Dell on the other?

Infoworld article explains rationale.

Thanks Coug. It's my day to apologize. Me no speak French :(

Bad Coug.

Sonance, in your neck of the woods (SJC or San Clemente, can't remember) makes speakers exclusively for in-wall applications. At least check out their offerings.

Sorry, Buck, you'll have to go alone :( . I can't pronounce that either, and don't have a clue as to where it is :x :oops: ! Since I can't run and can't hide, maybe I'll just have to end up welcoming those Aussies to the West Coast. :wink:

See for yourself. Since the "sale" price is 10 times the worth of the product, these items are "on sale" practically every week.

Staples routinely discounts Belkin USB cables. $29.99 cables on sale for $24.95, $24.99 cables on sale for $19.95. What a fabulous bargain!

Everything I know says that for the majority, diabetes and heart disease is inherited. They can be brought on much sooner, aggravated, etc. by the wrong lifestyle. By the same token, leading the right lifestyle can delay onset and minimize the problem. One swallow does not a summer make, but...

Merc, MS has apparently "quietly" released several wireless bug fixes for WinXP. You may want to check them out. Read about it here.

Going back to the economy: For being a dismal failure and presiding over the downslide of the company he headed, and for laying off 60,000 employees, here's what Christopher Galvin gets for a golden handshake: * vesting of all stock options For the next two years, for each year: * $1.4 million...

What the heck do you guys do with your old (just replaced) video cards anyway? They seldom break and among others, I probably have a Vesa Genoa in a box somewhere.

I have the original ATI CD that came with my retail Radeon 32MB DDR. I probably have the oldest video card running in my main PC!

Me - ahm blissfully ignorant. No computer hw / OS certs at all. I do have some in apps/dev. tools. I'm probably the only apps. type (business apps, ERP, etc.) guy in this heah forum.

Flash required: Beef eaters, beware! :lol:

Bush's EPA just relaxed rules for coal-burning, polluting power plants that were sued by the Clinton Administration. They withdrew all the lawsuits as well. It's amazing how one administration, in a scant few years, can set a country decades back with respect to civil liberties & freedoms, the...

Now, now, Blake, don't be mean. I've built all my own systems, and personal systems for my brother, but for his medical office, we've bought Dell on my recommendation. Not because I can't build good machines, but because he can get the Dell with a 4-year on-site warranty, and his life will go on...

So where does one get good service? Some years ago, when the Quantum fireball was the "performance" drive, I bought a few from Buy.com, and they came properly packaged and I've never had a problem with them. Probably because Buy is just a web front that pipes all orders into Ingram Micro which...