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... therefore, a drive may have the worst long seek performance around (giving poor access times), but may also be programmed for ultimate short seek performance (giving excellent ZD and SR benchmarks and real world performance).

... the point being that access times are neither representative of real world performance nor are they a good predictor of ZD or SR benchmarking performance because short seek behaviour will often be programmed differently than long seek behaviour.

You got most of it, I'd say. SR Desktop DriveMarks and ZDBench testing are greatly affected by caching strategy and short seek performance (which is different from access time measurements, which test seek performance over 1/2 to full length stroke distances). On that second point, HD mfr's can...

Did you buy them from the same supplier? WD has an excellent AFR. I bet the vast majority of their drives are perfect from the factory; handling from the factory through the distribution and retail channel is to blame. So is handling from installers, but I think we can safely assume that you are...

Merc, how do you do timer recordings, then?

Merc, does this card have TV tuner capabilities? I am thinking of adding TIVO capabilities to my computer, but the price of the AIW solutions are downright scary. I guess I could take a VIVO card or add-on (Pinnacle) and capture TV stuff I recorded on the VCR first using a Sapphire Radeon 9k.

Must have been your stank breath. What did you have for lunch? Anchovy and garlic paste on a toasted bagel? :)

Hmm, you're right, attenuation varies with frequency... I thought that the reason why you could use those 2.4 GHz phones down the street from your house was due to the high frequency. I guess not.

Ugh, bugs I can do without. Ain't no bugs here in Toronto this time of year, at least not tonight: That's -15 F without windchill. Great. I have to go out tonight, too. *sob*

retail store front... as opposed to? a) corporate consulting b) selling out of the back of a van in the middle of Chinatown c) none of the above

I wouldn't be surprised if the TruePower series was based heavily on the old PP series. Antec has done an excellent job of positioning and differentiating the TruePower as a superior product that they are able to charge top dollar for an otherwise nondescript standardized piece of computer...

Ouch. I've heard of problems being further away than the next room, but 10 foot maximum range is atrocious. I don't know what to say about wireless. I was so intrigued at the possibilities when I saw wireless 802.11b solutions selling for < $150 US... but then I read the opinions of WiFi...

Net congestion? Me too. And I use Sympatico HSE.

Crack open the Antec and see if it has a 3 lead wire for the fan and if its a motherboard style header connector. If it is, then just pop in a fan that has a 3 lead wire to report the rpm. Chances are that there is a thermistor that regulates the power supplied to the fan and that the fan has no...

Unplug the computer and turn it on a couple times if you're worried. Like the alcoholic monkey, I myself have changed numerous PSU fans without any deleterious effects to my health... at least that I can remember. BTW, does repeated electroshock therapy induce memory loss? :)

I agree with Tannin. Buy the 80 mm fan, cut the wires to the existing fan, and splice in the new fan. I bet you'd spend three times as much money as you'd save by driving around and calling people in order to get someone to fix your PSU under warranty.

D'oh! You know it's getting late when... "This has been a Canadian Heritage Moment" was supposed to refer to your story about how Winnipeg was settled, not my comments.

:) Don't forget that when it's so cold and you can't go outside, well what else can you do? Snuggle up and procreate! This, probably more than anything, led to the successful settling of the Peg. After all, some people gotta survive. It's just a numbers game after that... This has been a...

Actually, Buffalo probably gets twice as much snow as most major cities in Canada. In Toronto, we always hear about the recent *dumping* of snow Buffalo gets after we receive a little bit of snow. It's in the Snow Belt of that area for sure. Probably due to the lake effect snow from Lake Erie...

Basketball and football. We generally don't care about college sports. Most of the sports channels will only show the scores of college sport games in passing; only for the playoff championship do they show highlights. You Americans, however, have your March Madness pools for basketball and...

Eggcellent...

Oops, you slipped in there before I could post. That was directed at JKKJ... Peg = Winnipeg. A godawful place if there ever was one -- at least where weather is concerned. The winter is one big deep chill. I always see something like Winnipeg: High -23 C (-10 F) on the weather forecast. And in...

BTW, aren't you glad you don't live in the Peg. :)

Nah, too much rain in the winter. Maybe if you move East into interior BC, but then you get back to that cold problem in the winter.

While there is usually no duty (import tariff) to be paid, there is always a brokerage fee (~$30 at ups) that applies, as well as GST (7%) and PST (8%) on all imports. I know this because I have had to pay for these "extras" about 20 times out of 22 over the past two years for goods I have...

I appreciate the offer, blakewry, but I have no use for another computer right now. I am just jealous at all the good deals you guys get! ... Can I take a raincheck on that for the future? :)

Don't forget less crime, not as obnoxious, higher taxes, more social assistance, interest in hockey and college ball, donut shops per km^2... :)

Are you volunteering? :mrgrn:

Even with text scaling, everything else will be small -- icons, buttons, toolbars, menus (wait, are the menus bigger with ClearType, or is it just the text?)

Argh! Promotion only valid in the US... again. The same server would cost double (~$1100 US) on dell.ca. Sometimes it sucks living in Canada.

Ah, ATI. My AIW 128 has given me extreme Rage on numerous occasions in the past with putrid drivers and MMC software in both W98 and W2k. I avoided vid capture entirely in W98 and W2k for fear of hard lockups and the TV tuner function wouldn't work properly with current versions of the MMC and...

After redoing the test trying different answers to some questions that could go either way, I find that I can also be Debian Linux, Win 98, Win XP, and OS X. I think of myself as Debian Linux, going by all the descriptions...

Re: How do you get rid of the stupid Macromedia Flash pop-up You mean this box? I found a way to disable this incessant pestering to install Flash on the net. Add the following lines to your \WINNT\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file: 0.0.0.0 download.macromedia.com 0.0.0.0...

Hey, I'd take OS X or Palm OS any day over Apple DOS.

Oh yeah, I remember what it was... I am just shocked that I would be compared to it.

Apple DOS 3.1? WTF?

Excuse me if 1400x1050 on a 14" screen sounds like a good way to go blind. I like screen real estate just as much as the next guy, but if I had to squint to see microscopic text, I would rather have 800x600 on a 12" screen (like my old ThinkPad).

Once I can find the Canon LiDE 20 on sale (or a rebate), I will purchase it. I was waiting for a rebate on the N670U before it was replaced by the LiDE 20, but it never happened :( You US members are fortunate to have so many discounts and rebates for everything. You can quite easily go years...

Yawn :zzz:

My uncle is the same way. He laughs at such things as organizers and especially PDA's. Since he barely knows how to use Notes, I doubt he would use it to track his appointments. "I remember details about everyone I meet and I never forget my appointments. You just have to develop structure for...

And back to our original topic, Real is up there for me.

Nice. Although, it offers little consolation to users of these obscure browsers, as they are not fully compatible with many sites on the web.

Fushigi, CrazyBrowser is 100% compatible with secure web apps that only work on IE. That is also why I don't use Opera, for example, which is my 2nd favourite browser -- lack of compatibility with banking sites, for example. But CrazyBrowser is 100% IE at the core, so whatever works on IE will...

You got the right one, baby! :) Sherif, that is interesting information you found. Just like you said, $163 is exceptionally low for this drive. That is what caused me to consider this drive. In fact, I have now ordered this drive, which, depending on the mood of the UPS employees, should be...

Merc, if you or anyone else cares, the way you're "supposed" to refer to someone from Toronto is to say he's from T.O. (verbally, you would say "tee-oh"). If you want to sound like you have some "street cred", you would say he's from the T-dot. Or you could say I live in the GTA (Greater Toronto...

Flu (influenza) = severe muscle aches, extreme tiredness, chills, fever Cold (rhinovirus) = typical sore throat, runny nose, cough, chills, fever, but you can actually get out of bed if you really wanted to (influenza kicks your ass so bad and is sometimes debiliatating to the point where you...

Nope. I'm Shawn. ... ICQ? What is this 'instant messaging'?

Outlook all the way. I couldn't live without it. I use the Calendar and To Do list extensively. I use Chapura's PocketMirror to sync my e-mail, appointments, and to do lists with my Sony CLIE PDA. An excellent personal information and time management system. I am curious... to those who use a...

You left out genetic profiling and engineering, but that's a whole other can of worms :)

Yeah, Crusoe is kinda slow for the MHz, but it does have low power consumption, which is arguably more important than outright speed in a laptop. The 12 hour battery is only when you have the high capacity battery and the modular battery installed at the same time (which would make the thing...