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Some older DVDs require a flip, too. One of the features on my oldest DVD mega-changer is that it identifies and automatically plays the second side of two-sided DVDs from Sony Pictures.

The big question is "why"? dvdshrink is a program I would gladly pay for. Unlike other, crappier DVD-stealing programs, it does what it advertises without hiccups or bugs. No outcry has been made of its author's legal troubles (does he have any?) nor has anyone solicited for donations. Why...

Well, at least we haven't heard from the Aussies yet. BTW, this week is statistically the coldest part of winter for US residents.

As of 4 days ago the official one was still 2.4. If you visit their forums there are several variations being maintained outside Knoppix. There's probably somebody with a 2.6 (maybe even 2.6.1) based distro.

The 9600 uses the semi-hardware-encoding-but-only-with-MMC Theater 200 chip, just like the other expensive ATI cards. It has a radio tuner (cool, if you listen to radio programs regularly) and a much less severe cooling setup than the other high-end cards. Also, it doesn't draw so much power...

... and $500 cheaper if you use *nix instead of 2003 Server. $1050 (drives + OS) buys 6 250GB Maxtor drives. Of course, that's less impressive on a 4-drive 3ware card...

Via Media Center thingy link.

As more of a sure bet, I found a couple of Biostar u-ATX P3 boards I can work with. I'll pair them with 1.13GHz chips and all should be well. Speaking of SFF designs, though, has anyone else seen coverage of the Via ApExtreme platform? It also looks like Via's trying to get an all-in-on...

Is the weather any nicer over in British Columbia or all canucks as bitter (ha ha I kill me!) as e-dawg? Good thing e-dawg left out the part about the chains and leather restraints. San Franciscans usually PAY for things like that. :D

Anandtech says Socket 754 is on AMD's roadmap until at least the end of this year, so it looks like Athlon64 might be a safe investment. That said, anyone know of a good Socket 754 motherboard roundup-style review?

Linux supports the Via NIC also; you don't need to worry about that one. I'm not sure MSI is a step up from Epox, however.

I've found it difficult to get RMAs for inexpensive sets of speakers in any case. I ended up throwing away several pairs of Yamahas and Creative Labs speakers after not being able to get an RMA.

That distortion may be introduced as part of the matrixing process Windows uses to upconvert stereo to quad, although I believe others here on SF have complained about hissing Altec Lansing speakers as well. Does that set offer any kind of digital input? Have you tried the speakers on different...

I hate snow. I hate ice. I like the fact that in winter time I only have to worry about my dust allergy and not all the other stuff that bothers me.

Don't feel bad. I've found 2003 Server to be much less stable than 2000 or XP, even if I don't load any drivers beyond those in the default install (ie no sound and generic video driver).

I believe you were trying to say that Opera users are also big on Evian, David. I also believe the smart bookmark options were a part of Mozillar RC builds at least as far back as RC12. That's as far back as I can remember using them. Where was opera, then? Version 4, maybe? Did version 4 have...

Apparently, the king has a court now.

I don't drink, so I didn't ask. Probably.

Does anyone have experience with using mobile athlon chips in desktop machines? They are available and have been for some time, but I'm wondering if there's a significant savings in terms of power use and heat dissipation. Reason I ask: I got a couple of thrown-away Optiplex GXsomething 600MHz...

One of my clients is a brewery. Employees are allowed three free beers per day at lunch or while they're on break.

*Every other graphical browser* has the buttons for Back, Forward, Reload, Home, and Location as the first Stop anchored to the top left corner of the program Window. Every single one. Opera doesn't do that, instead anchoring a location bar and stop to individual child Windows. This is...

Buck, you've made allusions several times to recent health problems. Are you doing OK?

Can you "ping localhost" or assign yourself a static non-zeroes IP (say, 192.168.0.10/255.255.255.0)?

"flagreen" is SR user 6. "Mercutio" is user 7. I believe "ddrueding" is 8 (this is from memory). We're the low number guys because we WERE the first to step up when SR was in trouble. Our accounts were recreated after the MBF becuase E&D had paypal records indicating our usernames and email...

Do you need a zip crack or are you good now?

I'm not here to gloat. Abit and nVidia were made for each other, though.

Quickbooks is IMO just as bad. The whole thing with not being able to manually update tax tables is supremely annoying.

The TV Wonder VE *is* bad. I've complained about it, too. It's a nonstandard Conexant card, not a homegrown ATI, and I think the installer for that card is actually buggy. Probably on purpose. I do in fact have a 9000 VIVO and a 9200 VIVO, both made by Sapphire. My 9600 AIW is a Sapphire card...

Personally I like UI subtleties like a progress bar that actually indicates progress. But maybe that's just me. I like the fact that with Moz/Firebird, I can define the scrollwheel to do a whole page at a time (let's talk about zippy!) or just a certain number of lines of text. Very handy...

No problem.

Coward :)

Nope. Someday, maybe after I work myself into what Coug assures me will be an extended hospital visit. I tend to overanalyze my prose and not write unless I'm SURE of what I'm putting down. I do not revise, other than correcting spelling errors or typos. Which is exactly the wrong attitude for...

I don't know why you had problems, Blake. I can get it to work without any problem, every time.

Just remember that at one time, "we the people" were those whiners. Of course, I've freely given SR money to maintain the site, which I think puts me a step above the hordes who didn't.

The Opera browser might be suitable for... No, scratch that. It isn't suitable for anything.

That particular error usually comes from a problem with the DAO files and/or not have DX9 (for the latest MMCs).

Alcohol 120% does that, also. It's not free but those of with heavy burning needs and a dislike of Nero 6 might want to look at it. It also fixes copy-protected CDs and functions properly in Windows Safe Mode.

I don't have a solution but I've never received any of the in-warranty boards that I've RMA'd to Northgate solutions, Epox's authorized repair service in the USA. They've cashed the checks for the return shipping, too. To date I'm out $60. They were good boards but over time I had my share of...

A serial blaster is an Infrared device that emits remote control signals. They fix the "tuning the card, not the external device" problem very handily. They do work on pretty much everything, but with a VCR I was able to program it to record, which got me to the same place. The IR Blaster I have...

Blake: The Sapphire 9200 VIVO install CD DOES NOT have all the drivers and stuff needed to correctly set up video in. Solution? Download the latest 25MB mass-driver pack thing from ATI. Then, install the latest MMC DAO extensions (they install a bunch of .ax files needed to properly handle the...

I had an ipod for about an hour and a half. It got sold. :) The Mac came out in 1984. There was an absolutely fantastic commercial that introduced it. Beat the heck out of the IBM commercials of the time (with a Charlie Chaplin character).

I shall make pronouncements in this thread this evening.

There are for the Linksys.

I can't stand coffee. I will drink iced quasi-coffee beverages as long as they don't taste much like coffee. I've never been in a starbucks storefront and I've pledged never to go in a Gloria Jeans again after I had the hilarious experience of being the only unserved customer in a shop, waving a...

I bought one because it's the only nforce2 board I can find with a coax spdif connector. Most nforce2 boards either omit digital sound - which makes soundstorm useless - or use TOSLink, which is expensive and doesn't allow for long cables. I would be very happy if I could get a card with the...

Is that not factually correct, ddruedings? Looking over Intel's site, that seems to be the case.

Oh yeah, more mostly-coherent sample text: Several Paths to the Same Goal Since there are a number of different strategies that can lead to the 1TB finish line, let’s look at some of the points of interest in building our storage server: • Network Performance – In this case, the...

We decided to focus on a home-type server some time ago. IT Pros have all the help they need and lots of friendly salesdroids from Dell and HP to figure it out. If there are "a couple dozen people" around your house then you need to be hit over the head with a box of Trojans. Also, you might...

mkisofs works under Windows with cygwin. It's probably still not David's cup of tea, which is why I didn't suggest it.

Yeah, we got about 4 inches of snow here since yesterday afternoon, so you'll probably see it Tuesday in New York.