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Sorry to hear that, Merc. From what I hear, there is a lot of pain everywhere. Sadly, the innocent are victims when the fraudulent play.

I read somewhere that IE8 broke things and it's better to stay away from it for now. Is everybody else saying the opposite here?

I have almost always had the swap file in its own separate partition, but have been too chicken to orphan the Program Files folder away from it's mother (system partition), fearing this kind of thing would happen.

When the Guru himself is asking a question, it's a serious problem.

Yup. Thanks.

Canon PowerShot A620 P&S <--- Olympus C4000 <--- Canon AE-1 waaaaaaaay back that I hardly got to use but took some very nice pics with (especially from my honeymoon).

Also, whatever the cluster size on the disk is, the OS reads/writes certain KB at a time (this is fixed), and if the two are different (disk and OS) you end up with overheads. I have forgotten what WinNT OSes use; getting old, forgetting things and not actually caring anymore.

I have always preferred to buy retail drives because the packaging is UPS-proof.

It's all your fault. You got me hooked with your posts in this thread and those pictures you posted.

I would prefer an EVF any day to an OVF. But I guess they are some time away from maturity. In the meantime I broke down and bankrupted myself with a Nikon D700, Nikkor 24-70 2.8 and Nikkor 70-200 2.8. Been travelling a lot since I got the shipment, so I just inspected the stuff and put it away...

I tried it a few years ago, and felt it didn't do much better than the built-in windows util. Also, the founder/owner is a scientologist, and I'm allergic to them.

There was a 3rd party defragger in the DOS days that I loved - Super PC-Kwik which read a text file you created and moved one list of files to the beginning of the drive and another to the end. It was an awesome program and I was saddened when I finally tossed it out. I beileve the guy/company...

care to explain?

Glad y'all are ok, Tony.

Thanks.

ditto

To clarify: one needs 64-bit hw and a 64-bit OS for this to happen, right?

Yes, that was a permanent move. Right now, I am in New Jersey (just arrived), and starting tomorrow, will be in CT for about 8 weeks on business. The transition will be from lows in the mid 70s (Chennai) to highs below freezing (CT). Fortunately I think it has got a wee bit warmer in CT. Yet...

The newspaper here said some 14 people had died in the fires. I am concerned too.

Coug missed his true calling in life. He should have gotten into product ruggedness testing for the military, NASA, etc. :)

I immediately remembered it and thought of bringing it up, but decided Lost would consider me rude...

Pradeep, how are you? Long time no see.

I used Nod32's online scanning feature recently. It freaked out on a Nero 7 update I had downloaded from Nero's site circa 2006.

Why is nobody saying anything about US policies and behavior creating more terrorists?

Somebody sure drinks a lot of the Kool-Aid.

I had a ton of regular NiMH batteries. Haven't used a single one after getting the Eneloops last year. Unfortunately I don't have any scenarios where the non-LSD ones will be useful. NiMH batteries should have been LSD to begin with!

The Inq reports the new fw is itself bricking drives.

A bad charger can kill your rechargeables real quick. I'll let experts like jtr elaborate.

Pardon my ignorance. Do Pros / semi-pros print prints on a printer by themselves? Wouldn't one get better output at a professional photo print shop using photo printers and photo paper (the old fashioned way)?

You don't have it set to clear an entry when a download is complete?

I fervently wish that this does come to fruition.

Nick Farrell of the Inq seems to like it a lot.

I bought a Nokia E71 a couple of months ago and am quite happy with it. Nokia seems to have learned from the design flaws of the E61 and E61i.

Pneumonia. Kids pronounce it like I spelled it earlier.

I will probably have to be in Connecticut at the end of the month for about 2 weeks. Lately the high there has been below freezing. I've never been exposed to that kind of cold before. I'll probably die of peeniemonia.

e, Congratulations! May you and your wife live long, prosper, and be forever happy!

So what are you saying, DD? That Win 7 itself is fast, but installed apps are slow?

You can, DD, you're interpreting him better than anyone else here!

I've tried the Tempurpedic pillows and didn't like them. I guess it's a matter of personal taste. I'd love to have a sleep number, but I'm afraid getting used to specialized beds will mean I'll never sleep if I go someplace on vacation.

Let us know how it compares to Vista (I know this one is a beta).

I have a ton of docs in WordPerfect (all versions). Office 2003 opens them with no problems. BUT, you will need to have installed the optional converter pack in Office 2003. You will need the Office 2003 install CD for this. Sorry I don't know where mine is, and am not sure how to install the...

How times change. Once upon a time, you were golden if you owned a Hallmark store. Some physicians even made so much money from their Hallmark store that they quit their practice. I guess email is mostly to blame for the decline of Hallmark, with the economy delivering the below-the-belt punch.

Congrats, Adcadet!

The sources listed for Eneloops are all good. I use a Maha MH-C9000 Charger; it's reaaaaaally good. The upper limit for charging NiMH batteries is pegged typically at 1000 mAh for fast charging. In general, the higher the charge rate the shorter the life of the battery. As for the lower...

Season's Greetings and Best Wishes for the New Year

I read yesterday that when diaper rash cream is heated, it gives off pure white light. Something to do with the chemicals in it. Now they're going to try to dope LEDs with the same chemicals to get white light straight out of the LED.

Thanks David. It's sad when a 5400 rpm mechanical device beats 2 of the 4 SSDs you tested. It's incredible just how much faster the Intel is to the #2 - multiple magnitudes, not percentages!

Thanks LM. Sheesh, I can't believe my post was that bad.

Did you by the M in addition to the E? Where are you suing each and for what purpose?

I have Acrobat 8 and have been amazed at how primitive it is at working with existing PDFs. Maybe I just don't know how to use it.