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I just got out of a school district, Cabrillo Unified School District, Half Moon Bay, that has a standard, POS, install, with 2.4 ghz celies. They SUCK eggs. Even with a stripped down, ultra low price install, it barely matched my 1.4 ghz, 8 year old, or so, Athlon. When coupled with a...

One of these nights, we ought to wander down to the Sardine Factory.... s

My early 20's I had the experience of a 16 year old. My late 20's I became a 50 year old. Where do you think Merc fits on this scale, after reading his experiences...? s

Sam: David has his s... together. His idea of partying, is, well, lightweight, compared to the stuff I did at his age. He's amazing, that way. Alcohol, in moderation, doesn't make one depressed. David, in my observation, keeps control, and awareness of the evils of alcohol. Salinas is a...

Mercutio: I don't see David drinking himself silly, but, slightly indulgent. Still, in his area, not a lot to do. Seems like they roll up sidewalks at Dark, down there. As for the 18 year old: Have a more worldly view of age. The majority of the world is still on the old common law system...

Hi David Try going here http://www.traffic.com/index.html and setup your highway routes, and alerts. I think you can get on the net with your current phone, anyway. With that, you can check at anytime, what the freeways are doing. I've found if I check the freeways at departure, it...

Doesn't anyone see the small detail, that it requires going mach 5 before it starts working? Just a minor detail. At Mach 3 Titanium starts flowing. I want to know what materials will take sustained speeds at Mach 5, much less Mach 8. s

By the way, about every two weeks I was getting a virus in some spam email. It's been two years now, and, thanks to the email features, and scanning in Penicillin, I have been virus free, knock on wood... S

No I didn't pay for the anti-spyware, that was included in the Penicillin package, which, so far, has kept this machine virus free, though Penicillin is really annoying... S

That's the really weird part: I ran Adaware, and, I have Trendmicro Penicillin, paid version, including their anti-spyware program. I also ran their web based spyware program, and it found a bunch of stuff my paid version didn't. You just reminded me to run trends free version of anti-spyware...

Hi I just went through a really fun experience. I was told I needed a new Code4 to view some windows media player files. I was suspicious, but tried it anyway. WRONG MOVE. It installed files into my temp folder, in Internet Explorer, that appeared to be linked to a warning about I had...

LM: The difference between the drives, in all the tests I looked at wasn't enough to get me to fork over the money. But, my CF-51 came with a ATA 6 4200 rpm drive, and sustained data transfer is not the double that I look for, before buying a new drive. Tony can certainly afford to play with...

Hi Since I have two of these now, I thought I might post a bit about the heat stuff. With my computers, I've been trying to cut noise down. On the server box, this meant not installing a 120mm fan to blow over the PCI cards, and, in the new box David built, it meant keeping the fans running...

Mercutio: No, just a very nice set of headphones I can plug into the front of this machine, with out having to squirrel about with the cat to plug in in the back of my server box. "Have you tried running the installer in Windows XP compatability mode?" Yes, no joy. I guess I could just buy a...

I researched this a bunch, and came to the conclusion the new generation drives are much better then the old, but, that even the 4200rpm new drives are decent, and cheaper. 5400 are nice, but not enough faster then the 4200rpm in my Panasonic to make me want to change. For the older...

Didn't Kelly, and Skunkworks, come up with a hybrid jet/ramjet for the SR-71? IIRC, once up, and moving at 2500 mph, the turbines were taken out of the airflow, their angle was changed, so the engines became ramjets? I do remember the pilots talking about the nozzles, or entry ports, for the...

I think it's too close in price to some of the Gigabyte offerings, but, I don't know enough about the two of them to make a good guess... S

The last technique worked. Have a functioning copy of United on 2003, now. Also, while PowerDVD won't install on 2003, the Mediaplayer set works great. Watching Pam Andersen in the opening part of Barbwire, and, she's incredible... WOW.. "One more person calls me babe...." ROFL :mrgrn...

Well, they also wrote in something in the United Offensive upgrade package. The following setup file is not present in the initial Call of Duty, which installs, and runs fine, on 2003 SERVER. Figure their must be a way to support 2003 with a quick text change, but, I can't figure out what it...

Hi thanks. The codec pack gave me a useable DVD player. Maybe better then Power DVD, but I doubt the sound is the same quality. Still, thanks, that was a quick fix. Now to contact Call of Duty guys... gs

2003 Server, while a blindingly fast os, does have it's quirks. I've been playing Call of Duty on the machine, but, it will not install Call of Duty United Offensive. As much as I can tell, the install code looks for the os, and, since it doesn't find the text in the ini. text approving 2003...

After rereading that post, I can't help but think of Jaws, on a much larger scale... :wink: S

From a NOAA report in Iniki, in PDF: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/assessments/iniki/iniki1.pdf " a 217 MPH gust was reported by personnel at the USN radar site, at Makaha Ridge...." But, the machinery was not calibrated, so it was not considered valid by NOAA. Iniki apparently went from class...

http://www.video-hawaii.com/iniki.html http://www.video-hawaii.com/iniki.html I wonder what would have happened if Iniki would have gone right over Honolulu? S

Well, likewise. Every computer is hooked up to a UPS, to stop the frying of my home computers, unlike the one I had at work. It is funny the amount of draw we put on the circuits around here. Pretty clear it wasn't designed for today, but for the 50's when it was built. gs

I'm seriously thinking of setting up all the power stuff on power switches, and, when I leave, just hitting the power switch, for each area, at the plug. I already have the problem that when everything is up, and we kick on the new Panasonic microwave, it blows the circuit. I have the...

I think it was Ineki that hit Kaui, when I was on Oahu. Winds hit 225 on the peaks of Kaui, before the wind gauges where blown off, and their supports blown down. I slept through the whole thing, in a pillbox I lived in on the beach at Diamond head... s

2003 Windows Server web install is how much :?: :wink: 4 gigs? GS

http://www.granitedigital.com/catalog/pg62_alumhotswapinternal.htm I've also bought, and used, three of these, and been happy with them http://www.granitedigital.com/catalog/pg51_hot-swapinternalsystem.htm GS

Been a long time together, hasn't it Tannin? Wonder what Bill's doing? David's a class act, and I'm glad he's here. Fantastic group, and glad to be a member, and participant, and would like to thank Mercutio, and Handurin for being here, and keeping the lights on. Glad the motherboard...

Well, congratulation CK. Pradeep, glad to hear you are moving on. I'm sure things will work out better for you. Good luck and God Bless both of you. S

Still gives me the same message, and, direct X 9.0C is installed... Weird. Greg

Weird. I installed it on the work computer, which is Direct X 8. and it works fine... Again, weird. GS

I've got version 5.0, and, it's not supported by tech support. The hardware graphics acceleration is on, and, the newest ATI drivers are installed. I can't remember how to check for the version of Direct X, but I thought I downloaded the new version, and installed it. Greg

Hi Anyone have a program that plays DVD's on 2003 Server? PowerDVD doesn't support 2003 Server, and says Direct x is version 8, when it's actuall 9.03C, and won't install. GS

Try checking how much it would be to ship a pound to San Francisco. That should give us a ball park figure if it's worth my even digging around to find it. Thanks Greg

http://www.casecooler.com/casecooler/ulhardrivcoo.html http://www.newegg.com/product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835888312&CMP=OTC-Froogle&ATT=AOC+UHDC-S+40mm+Ball+Ultimate+Hard+Drive+cooler+with+2+sleeve+fans These used to be 50 dollars. I've used them in the past, with no problems. If I find...

Yes, in all likelyhood. I can imagine Apple writing some sort of contract that limits their operating system to their hardware, and burying it in fine print. Would a court inforce such garbage??? I don't know. However, Apple is not shy about using their lawyers to blugeon people into...

David: I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND HOW YOU FEEL. I'm the one that wants a 512mb card for running Quake 4 in Ultra mode. :wink: I've set an arbitrary limit at about 350 for graphics cards, since I can't think of anything but macs that depriciate faster. I also want a card twice as fast, at least...

Well, Apple has a history of offering substandard hardware, on changes from one chip to another, that should create increases in sales. The idea being to maximize profit, since a bunch of people wait for the switch, like the move from 64080(?) to G3, etc. Anyone notice if the reviews indicate...

David Prior to buying the X 800 XL from you, I did quite a bit of research, and found results like this: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/games-2005_16.html I did find the X1900 to do another 20-30% more speed, but, I don't think that justifys the cost difference from the X...

Hi Mercutio: David gave me a legit, license, multiple I think, for my gaming box, 2003 Server. Simply amazing. Thank you David, and God Bless you.. That said, what was the thread to trim down, and use it for a workstation??? s

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Why? What's wrong with the treos??? s

Yes, they make you pay an additional 10 bucks or so a month, so you can upload photos, taken with your camera phone, rather then just being able to connect with a USB cable, and load the pictures to your computer. I think my plan is up, like this week, and, anyone have suggestions for a better...

Wonder if you can sync the Treo using USB? Probably so, but, with Verizon,you never know... S

On the way to Davids house, I saw a Ford GT 40.... REALLY IMPRESSIVE, AWESOME!!!!! S

ROFL :mrgrn:

Great post. Since my new box has a 500 watt Seasonic, maybe I better look at a 700 watt seasonic... gs