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SCO is going to get an asskicking from IBM and Red Hat. They will die from the legal fees alone unless MS decides to bankroll them as they have a huge incentive to keep the FUD around Linux alive.... SCO has sealed its fate in the marketplace. Who will ever buy SCO products/technologies after this?

Nice story, Merc. Sounds like you had a good time... So basically, what you're saying is that the guards promptly escorted you out the nearest exit for harrassing Kevin Smith, and it just happened to be the VIP exit :mrgrn:

Very nice... LOL... tell me about it!

Howell, the shortcut man article was hillarious!

Speaking of the poor quality of TV, I can't believe you guys are bashing Seinfeld when all we have these days is reality show after reality show. Surely they deserve it more than Seinfeld. There is some good stuff on TV these days, though. My favourites are: - Alias (abc, Sun) - 24 (FOX, Tue)...

Geez, Merc. I wasn't really being serious with all of this. Can't we have a little fun around here without you banging your head and getting all serious on us? :oops: As for Seinfeld, I guess this is the wrong crowd. While the overall quality of his material is admittedly not the greatest...

http://english.pravda.ru/society/2001/08/23/13192.html

I don't think you can compare talking about gratuitous, exploitative sex for no reason to referencing sound medical advice with a little humour à la Seinfeld.

Not if you're the Master of Your Domain

Sex is great as a sleep aid. Failing that, as Michael Jackson would say, "just beat it." :mrgrn:

yep. did we not discuss this at length on the car thread?

What's the big deal, Merc? We're just talkin' shit ;)

LOL...

I feel for you, Will. I have had problems with IBS as well -- though much less these days since starting my high fiber program. You forgot to mention the pain during those spasms, and the unbelievable urgency that occurs seemingly only when no washroom can be found. <-- you don't know the...

Same car as honold (exactly) and myself (different trim level.. GLS 12 valve VR6 5M)

Pradeep, i did not understand a single word you said!

Or worse, head-on collisions at practically double the impact velocity.

Wanna know why you shouldn't go that fast? Even at 5 mph, collisions are severe enough to cause thousands of dollars in repairs: http://www.storageforum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=38709#38709 The impact forces are HUGE at higher speeds. Yes, the car may sacrifice itself to dissipate some of the...

Are you kidding? 10-15 mph? US bumpers are only rated to withstand 2.5 mph collisions. Some cars incur thousands of dollars of damage with a 10-15 mph impact. With only a 5 mph collision, the average repair costs for a 2003 Suzuki Aerio were $1,131 US. 1999 Mazda Protege? $1,144 US. Rally cars...

Ah, don't you love those gassy ones? It's like you stored up enough gas for 6 dozen farts, but let it all out during the launch sequence. The progression from an extended release bursts, like a city bus kneeling down to pick up a passenger, to the ever increasing frequency of stacatto burst...

3500 CD's or casettes? Either way, that's ridiculous :) So you spent something like $35,000 US on your CD collection? Wow.

jtr, those leg press numbers are exceptionally high for a non-pro athlete or a non-bodybuilder. For example, Junior Seau (all-pro linebacker for the SD Chargers for those who don't know) can only do 850 x 15 in the leg press (Muscle and Fitness, Oct 1993).

AHAHAHAHAHAHA..... ROTFLMAO! That was a classic. I read the first part thinking "oh yeah, I remember this from a few years ago; it won't be that funny... I'll just read through it quick to jog my memory" but I just couldn't stop laughing all the way through. Thanks, Bill. Nothing like a...

Yep. NSW Pro delivers good value for a utility, especially when you have a MIR exactly for those components that you mentioned. I would even go so far as to say that I consider the 2001 version of those components best-of-breed (can't speak for the later versions). Speed Disk is definitely up...

Interesting find, CityK. I shall try it sometime. As for the built-in Windows Disk Defragementer, surely you meant it was an adaptation of Executive Software's Diskeeper Lite, as opposed to "O&O lite"?

True, a Miata is a small, light car, but at least it's "worth it" -- a nimble fun roadster that started the retro/roadster trends that others followed since then. The Tercel, well... it's an uncool, cheapo econobox that has few redeeming qualities. If you're going to risk your life in a car...

I am similarly scared of those Toyota Tercels. Maybe a little stronger structure than an Escort, but those things are small and low to the ground. If an SUV is sitting beside you at the lights, all you see is their wheels. I know a lot of friends who drive Tercels and I am honestly scared of...

Don't f... with mother nature :)

Hey, maybe good luck is in his genes: his whole family may be a bunch of dumb shit lucky bastards, thus proving Darwin right :)

The cheaper Toshibas I was not impressed with. I looked at the Satellite line in the late 90's but decided to buy a ThinkPad 385XD instead. Much better laptop initially, but the IBM proved to be unreliable. The higher end Toshibas are supposed to be decent, though.

Y'all need ta get some edumication. 14/40. Put that in yer pipe 'n' smoke it.

Why not just Run: dfrg.msc instead of navigating to your System32 directory? Nitpick: is dfrg.msc not a Management Console snap-in? You refer to it as an executable... I believe dfrg.msc calls the dfrgfat.exe and dfrgntfs.exe executable as needed to defrag your volume based on the filesystem it...

Task Manager = Task Scheduler (or whatever that thing is in Windows that automatically runs stuff for you) For those of you who may not know how to create a batch file, the easiest way to do so is to create a new file in notepad, type those lines in, and save it as a .bat file with the filename...

Whoops. Check that. It seems that I was wrong. Must have run SpeedDisk just before I installed SP4. (did all my computer maintenance a few weeks ago at the same time... defrag, service packs, patches, etc.) ----------------- Forget about SpeedDisk. Here's e_dawg's new defrag system: 1...

I use NSW2001 and upgraded my W2k to SP4. SpeedDisk works just fine. I have been getting that error message from SpeedDisk since SP1. Don't worry about it. Click continue or whatever the button is called and enjoy SpeedDisk.

Some points: - Measuring body fat by using your body's capacitance and resistance as a proxy is subject to bias. You can change the electrical properties of your body depending on what you eat that day. For example, eating a jumbo hot dog with fries can pump electrolytes into your body...

Nah, he just felt that it would be a travesty to ruin a perfectly good round number. :)

Nice cars, Tim and Doug! I'm getting new car envy with my 2 year old Jetta here :( I love what Acura did with their interior, taking the best from BMW and Acura and putting it into the TSX. No more snide Euro Accord comments from me. It looks great.

I have also noticed that quite a few places are still charging $30-40 USD more for an sATA version depending on the model, which is ridiculous.

I don't know what it is about sATA drives, but I have heard a surprising amount of problems with them from installation woes to poor performance.

Ah, well there is another reason to be proud of Canada, the land of broadband: the new monopoly breaking policy of the CRTC... well, not really, but they do intend to take away DSL monopolies away from the ILEC's and let the CLEC's in the game.

Yes, Merc. Please continue. Come to think of it, we have a few resident writers here at SF. Tannin fancies himself a Down Under Tom Clancy, no? :) Share your writing talents with us my fellow SF patrons!

I can the headlines now: JK Rowlings yesterday's news. Griffith (AP) - University students have taken to trading chapters of famed underground writer Mercutio's latest release via PHP. Illegal copies found on Kazaa, Morpheus, and WinMX networks mark the latest in a series of premature...

I use www.dhs.org for a dynamic DNS entry and DynSite to monitor my IP and update my DNS entry at DHS.org.

More links http://www.asp101.com/ http://www.wrox.com http://www.osborne.com

Two of my favourite beginner/intermediate level computer book series are "Beginning ____ " by Wrox Press and " _________ : The Complete Reference" by McGraw-Hill Osborne. IMO, these two series are, book for book, better than most of the _____ for Dummies, _____ in 24 hours, and other Que and...

Yes, the removal of the SeaShield would lower heat as well, but I don't think heat is a problem for 7200 rpm drives these days. If it were a 15k drive, I can see how better dissipation of heat without the shield would be useful, but a 7200 rpm drive? Hmm...

What I'm trying to say is that there must have been a compelling reason to do so, as they purposely left the SeaShield out of the original design of the 7200.7 (the first lots of 7200.7's all came without SeaShields) presumably to save cost...

I wonder why they changed the design (albeit, the addition of a SeaShield must be a very simple modification)... maybe customers complained that it wasn't as quiet as the legendary Cuda IV and V's in operation?

Coug, you are thinking of the SeaShell ribbed plastic packaging. I am referring to the SeaShield -- the metal shield that protects the hard drive electronics on the bottom of the HD and reduces emitted noise with a layer of foam on the inside of the SeaShield. More info...