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Mozilla's mail client is the weakest part of its feature set, in that it still has a few observable bugs. Every now and then I get an indexing error between my display and the stuff that's actually on my mail server, which requires me to go read email elsewhere until I get around to closing out...

My personal favorite is a Microsoft Visual Basic 6 (the IDE) Error: "This error should not have occurred." in a modal "OK" box. I tried to take a screenshot of it but when I clicked OK, the machine bluescreened.

There's a Hobart in Indiana, too, about six miles from where I am right now. It isn't nearly as pleasant as the Aussie one. Or pleasant at all.

So, I'm guessing you tested on single-CPU machines, then rolled it out to the big boxes, where it's crashed and burned? I always loved working on stuff like that. The pressure and release from resolving a deal-breaking problem is one of the things that makes working on computers so damn much fun.

10Gbit ethenet is designed for trunk lines and aggregation points, Doug. It'll get to the desktop eventually (my guess is probably four or five years from now), but I don't think it'll be widely deployed, deskside, unless someone can get it to work over copper wire (coughNotBloodyLikelycough).

Only daily? Your guys must be patient. I hope it's all in-house. I've worked places where they'll kill a contractor for less.

Right now I'm avoiding going to work. This is working out pretty well this morning. ;)

slo, the DVDs I was watching have a trailer for the next movie in the "series", which will be called Naqoyqatsi - "Life as War". Since this will be the first of the movies since the advent of inexpensive computer animation, I'm really looking forward to seeing how the new one compares to the two...

Prof, if you'll go read the front page of arstechnica.com right away, you'll see that there's no talk of a Pentium5 until 2005, long enough for Pentium4s to hit 10GHz.

Or don't. See if I care. :( <sniff sniff>

time, when I can put 2GB of RAM in an SDRAM board not even get into my 256MB modules, I'd feel guilty about not at least making an effort. :) My requirements are general because I have pretty much the hardware for anything I want. Whatever I build, I'll find a use for or sell. It's just a shame...

Is there a board out there somewhere that'll do a modern AMD (or P4 even) chip, something in the neighborhood of 1700+, and PC133 SDRAM? I've got a couple of old FIC AZ11EAs, but they're fuzzy over 1GHz. I only ask 'cause I'm looking at a pile of 256MB 168pin DIMMs on the table in front of me. :(

Yes. I leave windows open all winter long. I have no idea what this "cold" is. Glad I don't have to take care of a lawn, though.

StorageForum is a real home to many of its visitors. For some, it's a technical reference, for others, a way to pass time. Regardless, Storageforum can get better. Some of us have, at various times, suggested ways to improve SF and its content. Among other ideas that have been floated... 1. A...

Hey Kev, you know that if you look in the advanced properties for IP on 2000 or XP, you can assign multiple IPs to a single physical port, right? You set up IP for your VPN. You set up IP locally. You don't really need to establish routing unless you want to be able to hit your work machines...

ihsan, I suspect you'll see some serious performance loss in any case. Will the processor handling IPSec on, say, a 3Com NIC really do better than the processor handling parity calculations on a mid-range RAID controller? VPN = a lot of overhead. That's kind of a cool experiment to do in any case.

Hint: Look at Bulldog's location and occupation. :)

Yeah, and I'm looking for a way to expense a copy ASAP. I'd love to know if it works.

At the request of resident-person-who-needs-the-most-moderation and also fearless leader James, we're gonna try the new mod poll again, maybe without anyone voting for time, who has said he doesn't want the job. At the point where the thread was moved, the results were: Jake the Dog - 4 votes...

If you right click on your running process in the "processes" view in task manager, you can choose to "set affinity", which will let you permanently assign which CPU(s) handles a particular program. 2000 will also let you distribute interrupts to multiple CPUs, which can also help or hinder...

*I* was just about to mention screen, but I see James beat me to it. <sniff> Your X session, though, should run whether or not you're there. Anyway, I just thought I'd mention that a huge, gaping hole was found in Microsoft's PPTP over the weekend. There isn't a fix yet from Microsoft. This...

Foxpro is based on Clipper, the same tool that brought dbase into the world. It has a full-featured super-fast underlying database system, and initially, a really odd event-based programming model (your code could happen on one of FOUR events!). Microsoft bought Foxpro with the intention of...

timwhit, you must've just finished your post as I started mine. But seeing as how the content is the same...

1.) You're far better off with the Radeon. Display quality on the newer ones is a bit more even. The Rage128 chipset isn't bad, particularly if you aren't a gamer, and the divers for it are mature and well-refined at this point (non-ATI fans will, at this point, say, finally, five yeara after it...

How about Age of Wonders II? HotDog Professional? <--- HTML editor Here's some pretty respectable , if biased advocacy. When I was (briefly) doing professional dev work, I worked in Delphi and in FoxPro (visual and otherwise). I was reasonably productive in both, which is truly amazing...

I'm going to hope that's a typo, PW. Otherwise I'd be forced to flame you into oblivion. (and for the record, no, I've never done that here or on SR).

Prof, in the olden days, most sites on the internet consisted of more than one computer, each with a unique name. So for example, expert.cc.purdue.edu, mentor.cc.purdue.edu and sage.cc.purdue.edu were all computers on Purdue's network. Because outsiders weren't always aware what each computer...

I disagree strongly about using Microsoft's C. Basically, you start out writing standard code and end up in "funny Microsoft land" playing with their weirdo libraries and not writing any normal code. At least, that's what I've heard from the Windows developers I know.

Bluetooth is nowhere to be seen here in the states. Not surprising given microsoft's stance for support (XP doesn't even support it, officially). It's a low-bandwidth technology, anyway, and with the ranges and levels of interference i will be dealing with, not a solution in this instance.

I can tell you from experience that Wireless doesn't do well where there are lots of fluorescent lights, either. Maybe the 5GHz 802.11a is better. And honestly, the best possible answer is fiber. Fiber is used all the time in the worst environments imaginable, like power plants (think YOU have...

Well, I have no idea what the theory behind network wiring is. I just know the recipies for making it work. So it's good that we can agree, both from the experiential standpoint and the technical (your white paper), that i isn't in a very good place and STP isn't gonna help. Now the question...

If nothing else, you're looking at a substantial performance degradation from interference. Your network will probably work, sort of, but in my experience, you're better off looking for another plan of action. I've never tried steel pipe myself, but even STP doesn't do well in those...

DPLII works for everything that starts its life as a stereo signal. Some things, though, it doesn't work so well for. I have a couple of CDs that turn into extra-hissy messes on the surround channels when I use DPLII.. DPLII is still matrixed sound. It's not 5.1 in the same way that DTS or DD...

On the back of every modern, quality receiver, there is at least one set of analog 5.1 inputs. Those inputs require SIX connections, one for each monaural channel. Analog 5.1s are use by DVD players with internal decoders, SACD or DVD-A players (where the perfect, digital datastream simply isn't...

On the back of every modern, quality receiver, there is at least one set of analog 5.1 inputs. Those inputs require SIX connections, one for each monaural channel. Analog 5.1s are use by DVD players with internal decoders, SACD or DVD-A players (where the perfect, digital datastream simply isn't...

Optionally, yes. A receiver with Dolby Pro Logic II will try really hard to turn any input it gets into 5.1, even if it's a plain old stereo input. If you choose to hook up your PC through analog 5.1 inputs on a receiver, you'll get 6 channels any time there's six channels to be had, which is...

I've sat on CF modules - and I'm a substantial guy - and they've continued to work. Dropped them... ditto. The retention method for CF is fairly idiot proof. Like most computer stuff, you'd have to be very stupid and very strong to actually put on in the wrong way.

Anyone here ever seen Koyaanisqatsi or Powaqqatsi? Possibly more the latter than former, both movies endevour to show the changes modern civilization has wrought on nature. Most of the images look almost unreal but at the same time utterly prosaic. I'm watching Koyaanisqatsi right now...

Evidently, Tea doesn't share my fantasies of continuing to find new uses for hunks of iron-oxide formerly manufactured by Micropolis. That's a damn shame. ;)

This is the sort of speaker set I'm talking about. Onkyo and Yamaha both make really cute little external, USB multi-source receivers, too. They aren't cheap, but I hear the quality is excellent and they allow you to use real (not computer) speakers.

Philips Acoustic Edge ($50 or so) + Onkyo 494 ($250, does DD/DTS/DPLII and video switching) + cheap KLH 5.1 speaker set ($149 at Best Buy) + $5 SPDIF cable + a ton of speaker wire = You're under still under budget and ready for the future. I buy my AV cables from cableconn.com.

No, Will, I do not program for a living and I haven't since about a year after I got my degree. I just found the work uninteresting. When I was programming, I was doing so under contract - I built an information-management system for a photography business, a web-based Inventory scheduling and...

Wow. I got a four year degree in C++ without ever feeling "enthralled". What a gyp.

Wait until the third or fourth time it needs warranty repair (four to six weeks repair + transit) and tell me how much you like it. The original reason I bought my Kenwood receiver was as a cheap, temporary replacement during the regular disappearance of my Sony.

Delphi isn't dead. It just isn't VB. Just like Foxpro isn't Access. There are strong reasons for choosing both over their competition.

No Razorjack? Well, is there a "sack full of Full-Height Micropolis drives" at least? I wouldn't mind picking up a 9700AIW, but I think the 7500AIW is probably the best deal in video capture right now. I'm just hoping that one drops a little more.

As an aside, moderators HAVE occasionally made minor changes to posts for users here, but the editing of one's own posts is strongly discouraged.

Don't laugh too loud. I can play Doom on my old Kodak DC290.

Actually, I'd strongly suggest a learning language like Python or Delphi. There's a big difference between functional code and well-written code. Just about anyone can crank out an ugly but functional brute-force program, given enough time. Quick, elegant solutions are what take some...

I had a Sony ES Receiver. It broke an offensive number of times and frankly didn't sound as nice as some of the other things I could've spent $800 on. I sold it and bought the Onkyo.