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Naughty LiamC, bad LiamC, baaaaddd! ;-)

I kinda noticed, thank you. Unfortunately, I cannot go any faster. You weren't able to overtake me with your Storageforum_net profile, but now it seems you will. Unless you lower your pace somehow, I doubt I'll be able to reach you again later on as I don't plan to add any other boxes for the...

Without any proof, I tend to believe that the average LCD lifespan would be shorter than the one of the average CRT. That's because of the backlights used in LCD, I think one of the backlights is far more likely to burn after 3 years (making the screen totally unusable) than the cathodic ray...

Why did you put an "e"? Remember, he's not a girl :wink: ...or is he?

I never wrote the article was good or anything close to, but the i845G is still clearly ahead of others DDR chipsets. I didn't read much of the text, as I was sure to find parts like the one you quoted. Besides, the simple fact of using PC Mark as a benchmark already put enough discredit on...

Me, a peon? :-? Do you, by any chance, have a link to such debate? I haven't been much on SR these last few days.

I currently only have my computer's speakers as audio system, but since I don't listen much music, it's quite enough. It's the Altec Lansing ACS-56. It was good for the price back when I got it.

In fact, it's according to Frank Völkel. In this recent article, he reported impressive results for a DDR P4 chipset when he compared the soon-to-be-released i845G against the SiS 645DX. Anyone else has heard about similar hype regarding the i845G? Or is it just Tom smoking too much (again)...

Could you pm us with our ranking based on the number of hits we did? I'm curious. Who's the most computer addicted among us?

I must be close to Mercutio and Tony. I visit quite often.

It's somewhere on the site, hidden where very few people go and where there's about no traffic at all. Can you find it?

I didn't realize that Tannin's link was targeted at a warez site. If you wouldn't have edit it, I would have never known. Thanks to my memory, I now have NU2002. Thanks a lot :mrgrn:

Since we are a public forum, I agree that posting a link to download illegal softwares copies is something that shouldn't be done. However, James obviously did post that link to help some of us and although the way wasn't appropriate, the intention was good. I hope he won't be pissed. BTW...

It all depends on the method used. I would be very surprise if you could make the difference between Lame-encoded mp3 at 256Kbps (even 192Kbps is above most people ear sensibility) and original .wav. Experts hardly can't. If you use Frauwhatever (I alway forget the name), that's another thing...

Funny. Thanks for enlarge my vocabulary. Another expression that will value us interrogating glances from non-IT people.

EL must mean Electro-Luminescent

Hi, Many web sites reported late last week that the Asus A7S333 started to appear on shelves in Japan and they were all excited about it. I wonder what's the waiting for, this motherboard has been available here for more than a week, several days before the availability in Japan announcement...

This should be seek time I think. I'm one of those who believe that the WD800AB is a 6000rpm drive instead of a 5400rpm. Impressive results and positive comments about this drive have been posted elsewhere than on SR so I believe the WD800AB is just as fast as Eugene wrote it is.

The damn client stopped working late last evening on my most powerful system so I wasted more than 10 hours of possible work, ARRGGHH!!! It crunched only one sequence (on 30) of a 67 positions gene in 10 hours, where it usually does at least two of these genes in the same amount of time. I...

I didn't active the e-mail on submitted news function because I visit the front page more often than I check my mail. The same would be true for an eventual news@storageforum.net. I think it's fine like it is now. As long as one of us catch the news submission, it's ok IMO. Again, thanks...

What we would need is an external enclosure that features both USB 2.0 and Firewire ports, as well as two controllers (one for each standards). Nonetheless, from Pradeep's ATTO graph, it seems obvious that an external Firewire drive would be fast enough to be usable for most people.

Well, we aren't quite up to the level of these teams yet. If we compare our production to the one of mega-units teams, we would be the weakest of them all. Although we are close to the beat of team Picard and team Genome Research Group (both at ~9300 units/week), our 6300 units/week is just...

Thanks. However, because of the general lack of news these last days, the front page haven't been updated much since friday. If you find something that you think might interest our community, don't be shy to submit it. Don't worry, if it's not good enough, I'll let you know at lenght ;-)...

Re: Apple IIgs all over again, in some ways More bloated than WinXP :eekers: ...I have to see that to believe.

IIRC, Creative completly skipped the GeForce 3 series. Their last graphic card I'm aware of is their GeForce 2 (not Ti). I heard their name recently in the news, but I haven't paid much attention to it. Maybe they have decided to offer GeForce 4-based cards, but I don't know. The few...

Although it might not be noticeable from a user experience, could you run something like Winbench to compare the performances of both (internal and external USB2)? I'd like to know if the access times are affected. Your drive is too slow anyway to measure possible sequential transfer rate...

You are suppose to be topped at something like 37% taxation, whatever's your salary in the States. Here it is ~47% IIRC. How can you pay 50% taxes in the States? Even Bill (Gates, not Green) doesn't pay 50% taxes on the revenue he declares.

I figure I should have writen "in Québec" instead of "to Québec". I wasn't clear, sorry.

I was talking about the country, not the city.

And I wouldn't expect Suse 8.0 to be functional enough to make it a default OS for my boxes. It still isn't as easy to learn (relatively I mean) as Winblows. The press release mentioned that it has 1200 drivers included with it, not bad. But the problem is with new peripherals. Their drivers...

I think Mercutio would be the one to ask about anything Linux-related if you want to have a valuable opinion.

Yep, but they almost all give it to the government. Taxes are a lot higher in Canada than in the States. About the language, if you don't plan to learn French, then by all means, don't move to Québec. We are invade by non French-speaking people and I'm sick of it. When I walk in the street...

Buck, So how's KDE 3 compared to KDE 2.x? Reading the press release of Suse 8.0, it seems to be very up to date. Have you remarked any improvements in the performance/stability of the Kernel 2.4.18 compared to the previous ones? I see very few reasons to spend 40U$ for Suse when Mandrake is...

I'm glad to see JoJo computing as many units as myself and Kevin. We are now doing more than 6000 units/week, very impressive for a relatively small team like ours. Bartender, when will your systems be picked up by your customers? I'm starting to worry about my #2 spot :roll: Just joking...

I haven't been sick enough (or injured) to need hospitalization for at least 10 years and I mostly drink coffee, not much beer. But I buy hardware every month (for myself, I mean) and I pass a good 6-10 hours/day on the Net. That's why I still hate you ;-)

Ok, first you Americans have special disvounts on some pieces of hardware from Dell. Next, you have free shipping from every damn web stores. And now you have special discounts on cable internet access. I HATE YOU!!!

I just couldn't resist.

(scratch mobo from common vocabulary) You right, me am great English speaker. Me am the most better of America! All your tongues are belong to me.

Since I never had a pet, I guess it means I cannot be a pornstar. Oh well, I don't think I miss much.

PC stands for Personal Computer and MACs fit to that definition just as well as x86 systems (and several others too). But somehow, PC has been associated with x86 only. Probably because MAC users are so, well, like MAC users. BTW, apple is feminine in French, guess it was predestinated ;-)...

MAKE, MAKE!! Where's the f***ing edit button?

Un ordinateur : masculin Un système : masculin Une fenêtre (window) : féminin Take your own conclusions.

I don't mind orange in the logo (it's ok), but I don't like it in the title bar or other large area. At the very least, you should give it some relief effect, that would be more tolerable (less annoying).

Koalashit would only be for small disagreements, much like beavershit IMO. Sniff, sniff. Is it just me or this thread is starting to stink?

Cliptin likes orange + CougTek doesn't like orange = problem CougTek bigger than small Cliptin + CougTek threatening Cliptin if he doesn't say that orange is ugly = peace and harmony.

Wouldn't Kangarooshit more appropriate for Aussies? Use Kangarooshit and I'll use Mooseshit ok? I agree that measuring tasks that are completed too quickly for the user to notice isn't the best way to differenciate drives. So, does it mean that SR Office DriveMark should be exclusively made...

Please, no orange color. Besides, I would like some 3D effects (color grading) in the title bars. What I really like in this design are the "pm", "quote", "profile", etc buttons. They look crisp and clean. I don't like the too big topic icons and too big "new topic" and "reply" icons...

An 18GB Cheetah ES for 95$? Almost unused? Steve, don't ever start a business, you'll go bankrupt within weeks. That drive worths at least 140$. Hypermicro sells it for 165$ non-shipped. Looks like someone go a very, VERY good deal.

No, but I only tried with one brand of CD-R (Fujifilm 32x) and two brands of CD-RW (Verbatim DataLifePlus 10x and the one provided with the drive). All were writen at full speed. The Lite-On was even able to successfully write the 10x certified Verbatim at 12x. No errors at all. I also...

Talk about a way to advertize a single man :lol: