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I just bought a pack of GE Reveal 100 W bulbs. I quite like them. IMO, they look like the Sylvania Silvestars with a slightly pinkish-purple tint when you first look at them, but the light they throw is fairly white and sunlightish IMO. I'm guessing they are somewhere around 4000 K. In...

I wish Nullsoft would just get a single post-2.x release fully stable and optimized and have a good selection of kick-ass plug-ins instead of cranking up the version numbers and hoping we'll forget about 2.x... not going to happen here. 2.x forever!

I don't know... I can get Asrock boards for pretty cheap as well, but after my experience with the ECS K7S5A Pro, I don't know if I would risk a whole lot of trouble just to save $30 USD.

Speaking of higher temperature lighting, I just remembered that nobody discussed automotive lighting yet. I use Sylvania Silverstars in my Jetta, as I Xenon HID's were not available as an option on them, and I wanted something better than the standard halogen lights. The Silverstars are 4000 K...

Anybody tried Sylvania Daylight bulbs? http://www.sylvania.com/home/daylight/ They seem like a good alternative to regular incandescents

Two questions: 1. Daylight flourescent tubes (the 48" tubes, that is) don't look like daylight to me. They look very cold and bluish. I am not seeing the "full spectrum" they are supposed to be putting out. Is it only me? Are those daylight compact flourescents actually fuller spectrum than...

Aw, poor SCO... Don't tell me they couldn't see it coming when they started suing people left and right...

You? Needing calm things to temper your aggression or speeding habits? Shocking. Absolutely shocking... :mrgrn: Good luck. Aren't they planning to shut down the city for a few months like their French counterparts did in Paris?

Coug, you're exaggerating... VW is not quite as good as Toyota and Honda when it comes to reliability, but it isn't nearly as bad as you think it is. Lada quality? Made in Mexico = crap? A robot is a robot no matter what country it is working in. Same with a press. Volkswagen AG designs the...

Why not DLP based Rear Projection TV's? Sony's Grand Wega III 42 incher is only a foot deep and gives a good picture for half the price of some LCD and plasma displays. Samsung apparently makes some of the best DLP RPTV's in the biz. As for traditional CRT based RPTV's, Hitachi is supposedly...

I forgot to add that the high spectral efficiency of CDMA is meaningful to the wireless service providers, because they can service more users at a lower level of capital investment. It is not, however, as meaningful to you, the consumer.

Three of the best websites on cell phones around: http://www.arcx.com/sites/ - yes, this is dedicated to the Greater Toronto Area in Canada, but many of the phones are used with other carriers in the US. This guy is a stickler for RF performance (sensitivity/reception) and sound quality...

Boy I've missed a lot! Congratulations, Jojo! May you and your wife have a wonderful life together! Care to share a few details about your wife and how you met, etc? I'm sure we'd all like to know a bit about Mrs. Jojo :) --------- Welcome back, Tony! When I visited SF in your absence, I...

Whoops. I got that bass ackwards. Actually, the common rail system was the old version. The new PD system has individual injectors.

Just an FYI for you fuel economy conscious consumers out there... The 2004 Jetta TDI PD has a new high pressure common rail type injection system that increases power and torque by 11% and 14%, respectively while retaining the same fuel economy. That means a whopping 177 lb-ft of torque and...

I can't remember a time when people didn't lament the deteriorating state of SR... Having said that, there have been promising new members joining SR from time to time and the odd interesting discussion about storage. One of the more recent ones is Gilbo discussing RAID on the desktop. Check...

I think you are describing a common practice. The way you're supposed to close an account (apparently) is to call and say I lost my card and ask them to cancel it and send you a new one. This new card will have a new account number on it. Don't activate it (unless it's already pre-activated) and...

It's a new feature of the Invision BBS system that has been compiled into the current release (SR just upgraded to a new version of their forum software). Basically, it supposedly helps the moderators maintain civility by letting everyone know they're being watched. Everyone starts at 0%. If you...

I guess I was too late to answer your account transfer question. Assuming Outlook 2k3 can read .iaf files, you would go into Accounts > Export in Outlook 2k and transfer those .iaf files to your 2k3 setup and import them in the Accounts manager there.

BTW, the 7N400-Pro2 has GigE with support for jumbo frames.

Sorry for bringing this thread back and on topic, but I just got a Gigabyte 7N400-Pro2 to replace the Abit NF7-S that I had to RMA (was DOA). First time I've used a Gigabyte board since the P3 / early Athlon days. Very nice design and thoughtful touches all around as Merc said, but a very...

It's the laptop keyboard. This is old news, BTW. Just ask Coug, who has mentioned it numerous times before. I love the thread title the best. Dynamic Dicks LOL...

If you sync with your PC, you can do the majority of your data entry on the PC and jot down shorthand appointments/meetings that you make while you're away from your desk from the PDA. At the end of the day, sync it, expand the shorthand, re-sync, and you're set. That's all fine and dandy if...

Dumbass, eh? Asstard? Merc, you smug mother... :) You're the only person I know who can remember dozens of meetings, appointments, deliverables, and to-do's without the assistance of a PDA. Most people can't. You want to get ahead in business, you gotta be organized and network effectively...

Do any of these music services allow you to (1) purchase songs in mp3 format and (2) play them in your own player (e.g., Winamp)? I tried puretracks.com and find that their songs are only in WMA format and you have to use WMP 7+ to play them. I heard MusicMatch only allows you to use the...

Indeed, these are all good speakers. Merc should have added another rule to his don't buy speakers from companies that also make receivers: British and Canadian speakers are generally decent. (I would still avoid Onkyo and Yamaha speakers if there are other choices, though...) KEF Reference...

The 1901FP is said to be a step down from the superior 1900FP.

LOL... In the US, you have a god given right to carry firearms, but good luck getting a US drivers license if you already know how to drive!

Wouldn't there be significant losses in efficiency when you have many thousands of miles of wire carrying large amounts of current all over the place? And what about EMI issues? (health concerns, intereference with cellphones/AM, etc)

FYI: Some things to consider before buying a hybrid http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles/pb/hybrids.htm

Yep. Snow tires are an excellent upgrade for your car if you live in a place that gets snow in the winter. Another happy snow-tire owner. What is it about people who think 4 wheel drive SUV's come standard with limitless traction? Everybody thinks that way. No matter how much you explain why...

Upgrading to IE6 can be problematic on 98SE... at least it was for me.

Not unless they asked for it... but hey, I'm not a retailer anyways (or even a freelancer/consultant like yourself), so my proposed config doesn't take "the customer/client" into account. Were you specifically looking for configurations that are suitable for sale to a customer?

Tbred-B 1800+ (born to run above 2.0 GHz / 2500+) ThermalTake SilentBoost HSF Abit NF-7S (sATA) or Soltek 75FRN-2L (no sATA) WD Raptor or Seagate 7200.7 (depending on sATA support) 512 MB PC3200 ATI Radeon 9500 Pro (if you can miraculously still get it) Antec Sonata case

This isn't necessarily the case. Just look at Google. They were famous for using linux clusters based on IDE drives. And it's not like their search engine was any slower than Yahoo, AltaVista, Lycos, msn, etc.

"You don't have to shoot AT 6 MP, ya know" is what I meant. If you shoot at 3 MP, which generates reasonable file sizes and still contains enough pixels for excellent quality up to 5x7 and decent quality up to 8x10.

You don't have to shoot a 6 MP, ya know. Have you considered a digital point & shoot instead of an dSLR so as to be more wallet-friendly? Again, Canon is a leader here with their PowerShot S45 and G3. The PowerShot S50 is not appreciably better than the S45, so if the choice would be between the...

What's noteworthy BTW, is the re-release of their nVidia IDE drivers.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_udp_winxp_3.13

:) touché I used to run F@H on my notbeooks -- first my ThinkPad, and then my VAIO, but then I noticed that they became very warm (obviously) and that the fan was running full blast all the time. I don't want to subject my notebook to undue stress, and I don't want to have to replace wear and...

Yep. Small is beautiful when it comes to notebooks. I have a Sony VAIO Z-505LE that is 2.5 years old (March 2001). It's only a P3-650, but once I upgraded the slow 12 GB 4200 rpm 512 KB cache HD to a 40 GB Toshiba 5400 rpm 16 MB cache HD, it was noticeably faster. Similarly, when I upgraded the...

It's time to get the Inquirer on the case :)

Could it be that you didn't register for it yet? Like Real and other such programs, it will also ask you to register it if you haven't already done so. I am just throwing out ideas, BTW... are you hoping to expose a scandal? :evil:

Generally, serious snow tires like WS-50 and the Nokian Hakka 1/Q are biased too far in favour of snow performance and not enough for dry road performance. They are too soft, folding and squirming under any cornering loads, and they wear out quickly on dry roads (even more so when the...

Do you have the automatic check for updates option enabled in Acrobat? Many programs now have this auto update checker built in and you have to disable them yourself.

My suggestion is to wipe the HD and install a fresh copy of W2k straight up, no chaser. Go to the Toshiba support page an download all that model's drivers. Apply SP4 if it hasn't already been slipstreamed into your copy of W2k. Done. The Restore CD's IMO are junk. I did this with my formerly...

And hockey, I rarely play anymore, but I do enjoy watching a good game of hockey on TV (tickets to see the Leafs are ridiculously expensive). There are some fine young hockey players coming out of Finland, BTW. Tuomo Ruutu, Joni Pitkanen, and Kari Lehtonen are 3 of the top prospects in the...

It is busy, JoJo. Finishing off my MBA, buying a condo. Yet, I still spend several hours a day on SR and SF!

Ah, Finland. Home of the legendary Nokian Hakkapeliitta winter tires. What do you think of the new WR model? How does it compare to the NRW and Q?

I know that Tyler wanted to fight and was grateful for you giving him a chance through the splenectomy. I know that he also cherished his remaining time with you, and that he looked back on his years with you with much fondness. At 3 AM, he knew his time was up, and he wanted to wake you up to...