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Hey Gilbo, read your post. Well said as usual.

Should same-sex unions have the same benefits? That would be fair, I suppose. But now you say you want me to pay for a lifestyle choice I don't agree with? You just lost me and most of the country. What about smokers? Shouldn't they have the same rights as everyone else? Why should they be...

Hmm... For some reason jtr, your post makes me feel like offering my 2 cents in this thread... mostly random thoughts, not necessarily in response to anyone's points in particular. Here goes: - Kerry would never have been able to nationalize health care and save social security. He would never...

Speaking of spiciness and the perils of chili peppers, just had a sinus exploding experience with wasabi today. The place I went to made their wasabi fresh right in front of us, so you know that stuff has kick. Hidden in one of the sushi pieces -- a sea urchin roll, IIRC -- was probably a grape...

Whoops, what a difference a letter makes! :)

Well then maybe it's your board style. I use fisubtext and mine says Last Post instead of Last Action:

Well, all I see is Oct for the month. I guess it's because we differ in the way we set up the date format in our profiles.

Huh? Where do you see that?

Why thank you, purveyor of fine beverages! A Red Bull & Vodka, if you will :) In no way trivializing your kind initiative, let us not, however, forget that Double D did in fact create a thread to commemorate 1,000 for me a while back -- thanks Dave and others who chimed in on that thread. Let...

Smallville just dedicated this week's episode in loving memory of Christopher Reeve. (I don't know why I watch that trashy WB show) Answers own question: (Maybe I watch it precisely because it is trashy... If WB knows anything, it's eye candy)

I don't see how the BIOS could account for any perceptible differences in speed between PC's... am I missing something here?

Unbelievable! What luck: I finally dropped in to the P&B just in time to congratulate someone as they achieve their milestone. Congrats, Merc! Thanks for the kind words, BTW. I wouldn't keep dropping in if I didn't think there would be something of interest waiting for me more often than not...

Ah, yes. The infamous mystery Philips Daylight CF. I noticed that too at HD. I also stayed away from it because (1) I don't like eerie blue 6500 K flourescents anyways, and (2) the packaging makes it look like a contractor grade bulb (whether it is or not). If you've seen those regular T-12 48"...

As the computer guy amongst my group of friends, I often get asked questions on what computer / laptop / peripheral to buy, what ISP to go with, upgrading and troubleshooting questions, you know what I mean... But one question that has stumped me is how to set up a business online. I mean, I...

I used to use WMP 6.4 with WMV 9 codecs and refused to use the bloated WMP 7+ players. But I have discovered that WMP 9 is fairly decent. WMP 6.x always had problems with random access to a particular time point and FF/RW in the middle of playing a video. WMP 9 is fairly stable and functional...

But what is the actual weight difference between the ThinkPads? Are the R and T series not almost the same weight when similarly equipped? i.e., when both have an optical drive in the Ultrabay, both with 14" screens, they are both around 5.7 lbs. But the X series is quite a bit lighter at ~3.5...

The solution, of course, is to get a 15k SCSI drive to make those browser cache hits lightning fast :) Don't laugh. Tannin bought an X15 for his web/e-mail machine, and I bought an Atlas 10k3 for my desktop. Some people don't think it's worth it, but if you want to experience that always...

... speaking of which, what is the difference between the R and T series, anyways? Seems very similar to me. The X series is easy to see: it is designed primarily for mobility and is small and lightweight. But the R and T series seems to blend into a single product range... what am I missing?

Could a mod please delete the first post of my double post? Thanks.

Okay, so it's pick on poor jtr day, isn't it? Well, I don't want it to come across like that, but I think it will anyways, so let me apologize for it in advance. :) Ahem. So long as you bribe the right officials and do not live in one of the thousands of villages and rural areas where they...

Bad link. Try: http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?minorcatid=109

Scratch that. I have found another retailer that carries Samsung in Canada! Rejoice, my fellow Canucks. NCIX has the 40, 80, and 120 GB in stock: http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?minorcatid=109, and even has the 40 GB 2.5" mobile 5400 rpm from Samsung as well!

Hmm, I seem to recall trying that once without too much success. I think the external monitor was flickering at a 60 Hz refresh rate and I just couldn't stand it. Is there a way to set the refresh rate of external monitor at 75 Hz? Maybe the laptop just didn't have a good video card (I think...

Yes, I understand what you are saying skeet, and I agree of course compression is necessary, but take any positive to an extreme and it becomes a negative. And yes, I am talking mainly about pop music. But even "less poppy" CD's have more compression than I would like. There is no rule that says...

Well, since nobody here watches Seinfeld, I will have to recount the scene where Jerry deals with a telemarketer: Hello? (listens to telemarketer for a bit before interrupting) I'm sorry, I'm a little busy at the moment; could you give me your home phone number and I'll call you back in a...

Yes, he is. Thanks, Steve :) Merc, so how do you know about what's on hotmale.com anyways? :)

Holy shit, Merc. Even I felt a sense of satisfaction and revenge after your story :)

hotmail, that is

If anyone else has one to spare, please send it to >e_dawg8 >at >hot >male >dot >com

I used Firefox when I had to test my code for compatibility with non-IE browsers. Seemed rather agreeable as an alternative to myIE2 and Opera. Even has the crucial Alt-D keyboard shortcut built-in :)

You and Pradeep... 1920x1200 on a 15" LCD is madness! Hope you have vision coverage benefits at work :) How do you run dual monitors? (is it a stupid question?) I would dearly love to run dual monitors on my laptop at work, with the 17" CRT showing something and my IBM ThinkPad T23's screen...

Actually, scratch that. I didn't realize that the 40 GB 5400 rpm drive was an option at a fairly modest price increase. Speaking of which, what was the rationale for recommending a 60 GB 4200 rpm drive over a 40 GB 5400 rpm drive for more money? Notebook hard drives are such a bottleneck that I...

No floppy... a few years ago, that would be really inconvenient if you needed to share assignments and transfer files with friends. But you still need some type of removable storage device for that purpose -- I would add a 128 MB USB key to the list as well. Also, would it be an option to get...

Congrats, JoJo and Fushigi! On that note, I don't think I told you guys that I finished my MBA in Dec 20003. Another successful graduate on SF :)

So would you at least consider using a bag of WD drives as the weapon of choice with which to beat someone (oh, like maybe PW) senseless? :) But seriously, I do value your opinion, Merc, and I have been hearing increasing rumblings about WD drives over the past couple years... as a result, I...

That link doesn't work for me, but try this: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-152-016R&depa=0

Indeed, I cringe every time I see a 9 lb "powerful multimedia platform" with 15" LCD, a Celeron 2.8 GHz, an 80 GB 4200 rpm HD, Trident CyberBlade 3D "high performance multimedia workstation graphics accelerator" *(shared system and video memory, of course), and dynamic 3D hyper-surround audio...

Indeed, I was rather impressed with my Knoppix CD once upon a time. Unfortunately, the version I have does not support the nForce2 motherboard Ethernet adapters (at least on the 2 nForce2 boards that I have... I think it recognized the Realtek chip on my nForce1 board, though), so I can't do...

skeet, I don't understand your post at all either :) We're not on the same page. Yes, I pointed to the untapped potential of digital, but I'm not saying there is a need for >96 dB of dynamic range. My original point was why on earth would people take a medium with such potential in terms of...

Where the heck do you work? The NSA? :eekers:

Indeed, CityK. Today's trend of maximizing the average volume and heavy use of compression is disturbing. To some of us (reformed) audiophiles, it's relatively old news, but it is important enough that it bears repeating -- thank you. Besides the understandable inability to recreate the...

I have used a 60 GB Seagate Cuda IV for 2 years without any problems. Very quiet, acceptable performance. I would also say that it doesn't make much of a difference what brand you buy. They are all similarly reliable when they leave the factory (modern drives usually average <0.5% average...

Excellent! Gilbo's joined SF. For those of you who haven't been following SR for a while, Gilbo has been one of the impressive newcomers in the past year or two. Every now and then a new poster comes along and rekindles the spirit of the old SR. Gilbo impressed me with his substance in many of...

Sorry I'm a bit late, but I'm not always around the P&B... Congrats, Double D!

Are you familiar with the Espoo Blues center/winger Lauri Tukonen? He is a top 10 prospect from this year's NHL draft. People in LA might see him play for the Kings in a couple years. I don't think he'll be as good as Saku Koivu, but he should turn out to have similar potential to Olli Jokinen...

Thanks guys! Well, as you can guess, I haven't checked the Pub & Brewery section in quite some time, so make that a belated thank you... How's that for occasional posting, Merc? :)

There were a few times when I used AOL out of necessity... it was before the Internet became accessible to the masses (which was, what, 95-ish?) and when CompuServe either wasn't working or I exceeded my monthly hours allotment. I thought I might as well since they give you these free CD's. Ever...

I prefer Acrobat 4.0 full over anything. Unfortunately, it can't read some of the PDF's created by newer versions -- especially those e-Books with security and payment authentication features built-in. Speaking of which, man do I hate e-Books purchased online. Lost $50 after purchasing...

I can't help but think that it will get paged out to disk anyways. Doesn't everything get paged out to disk eventually? I thought it was only a matter of time...

I have been using a Promise FastTrak TX2000 RAID card that was fast and extremely stable until recently. I upgraded the BIOS and drivers and noticed that it wasn't nearly as stable. Then I switched to XP from 2000 thinking that the newer drivers were probably designed more for XP. It worked for...