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The Vantec fans are fine. Considering they cost significantly less than my new love; which are in turn cheaper than the Nexus I used before.

Feeling quite old right now. GF&I went for a 6-mile walk yesterday, and today I am too sore to go to class. I just sent her on her own :(

I hate entitlement crap like that. I work, I get paid. I don't work, I don't get paid. What is so special after working at a place for 10 years that you get more vacation? What is the conceivable justification? Why aren't such things left to the employee for negotiation?

I was going to look, but I stopped being a regular there after silent computing became easy. With the S-FLEX @ 7v, and suspended HDDs in a damped enclosure; noise simply isn't an issue anymore.

Nexus are the really expensive orange ones.

Funny. Interesting cut on the shirt, it seems to get broader from the armpits down...

Good call.

I use the Scythe S-Flex fans exclusively. I used to use the really expensive orange ones, but the two slower speeds of the S-FLEX are fantastic. Get the 800-rpm model if you have lots of fans to make up for the airflow, get the 1200-rpm version if you need to overcome some resistance or are...

e_dawg, Thanks for the info and suggestions. I've spent the last hour reading about the DIY panels...very interesting. Unfortunately, we have no storage space at the location and we all drive hatchbacks. So anything sufficiently large would be impractical.

Sounds like you covered most of it. A replacement motherboard shouldn't be too hard to find, and it shouldn't be too expensive, so don't kill yourself trying to diagnose the issue.

Pradeep, Their smallest speaker is 2,000W; and is recommended in arrays of 4. I think they are a little big for my needs. Though their 40kW subwoofer looks very cool. 105dB @ 250 meters.

I disagree. Exercise is a price that needs to be paid for certain pleasurable pursuits. I enjoy outdoor photography and sailing. These require a fair amount of the stuff. Pretty much everything I enjoy with a significant other requires a fairly strenuous work-out. ;)

Agreed. Though is this because we have perspective, or because we don't feel we are worth the trouble? ;-)

Seconded. Get your data off, and RMA the drive. Even if the problem is small now, it will get worse.

Sounds like a good plan paugie. Some exercise is always a good thing.

I'd suspect he went into Add/Remove programs and checked the box on top that says: "show windows updates"...

New project.... One of the places I teach tango is at a church downtown. We rent their 6000 sq. ft. ballroom, and they provide quite possibly the worst stage speakers ever. To top it all off, the room (roughly 60'x100'x30' ceilings) has very serious reverberation/echo issues. If I had a budget...

You should still be able to buy a copy of the OS for some time (they need to keep it available for legacy purposes).

Genuine Advantage, if you choose not to install it, is re-added to the list over and over again. I don't know if this happens when you do install it, because my systems are either automatic (and I allow it, obviously) or manual (and I deny it every time).

Doing some random surfing took me here. http://toolbar.netcraft.com/stats/topsites?s=1B28AAB48226EB7AFB1D0E6D6126#758 Does anyone else notice how many of the top sites are Google? Microsoft is #9, Yahoo is #2, and all the rest of the top 10 are Google. Holy cow...

I work for myself. Therefore I am personally recognized and rewarded for busting my ass. I think this is the best (and least talked about) benefit of self-employment.

What display will you be using for HTPC? What input? Will it be in the same room as the gaming rig? Will it ever be used at the same time?

Exactly as Merc and Pradeep said; you want all audio sent to a receiver. Idealy, you want it sent there as a digital stream via coaxial SPDIF or optical toslink; coax is of course, cheaper. Ideally you also want an Auzentech soundcard that can encode all the PC sound into that digital stream...

Handruin's link above let me to another program by the same people; AdvancedIP Scanner 1.5 Thanks guys.

Hi. I'm looking for a tool that will ping all the IPs in a subnet and return machine names if possible. Any suggestions? ~David

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No. Like dog. Stray dog. It was served as a pepper steak, and was still grey and stringy.

I didn't have dog in the Philippines, but I did have it a couple times in Thailand.

The S939 CPUs are already on their way back up...I don't think there is any more down for them. AMD has already discontinued over half the product line. If you are looking for a CPU upgrade, now would be the time. If you are going to keep that system for a long time, buy the 2.4Ghz 4800+ from...

More monitors are (I'm told) far more helpful in programming, due to the multiple windows and concurrent processes. The development system I built for my dad has 4 19" LCDs connected to it for this reason.

The following is math that I'm sure Merc is aware of, and I don't mean to sound patronizing in spelling it out. 4096000 pixels (30") vs. 2304000 pixels (24") vs. 3840000 pixels (current 22" 4:3 * 2 monitors) So a 30" has 178% the space of a 24" and 106% the space of my pair. The questions...

If all I'm going to do is stretch the image, I'm just going to get a bigger monitor ;) Those two games are smart enough to directly support multiple monitors; enhancing the gaming experience when you do.

As Buck said, that board will support any 939 CPU. The fastest of which is an Opteron 2.6Ghz Dual Core chip for $330. But I would suggest that a Dual Core 2.0Ghz 3800+ for $115 would be the cost-effective upgrade.

AFAIK, there are only 2 games that support multiple monitors; the MS Flight Simulator series and Supreme Commander. So if you are looking at a better gaming experience, you need one large monitor. And it would probably be flanked by my current pair of VP2130b 22" LCDs ;)

Possibly, but I doubt the people making the cuts are considering OC-ability. There simply aren't enough OC-ers to change the market.

Newegg is on-board....

I just got an e-mail from Dell with some really incredible pricing on AMD X2 systems...coincidence?

I'll watch it when I get home, but there was a great line in the summary:

So you are seeing the consumption of 80 hot dogs as a personal challenge? I probably only average 2 or 3 a day.

If you are using it for non-computer uses, the additional resolution is completely wasted. There are many lower-resolution displays for less (even larger ones), but what I'm after is the resolution for games and photo editing.

3007WFP for $1200US with code 6QB86?RPMM4043 until wednesday.

If you have DSL and the device supplied by the telco includes a switch, it is a multi-purpose device; including a DSL modem, NAT-capable router, and switch (at least). Just connecting your SMC (ethernet) router to the phone line would not work, as it doesn't have a DLS modem in it (DSU).

Good post Sol; queue the flying spaghetti monster...

It apparently does support Jumbo Frames, at least for me. I have my TeraStation set up to use 7418-byte packets. I noticed a significant speed increase when I made the change and no corrupted data.

WRT350N

Omniform, but I hate it.

Hilarious.

Entering IP addresses on printers always sucks. Typically I print the config page which gives the DHCP address, then I connect to that using a browser and change it there. The MFC devices are easier because they have a number pad.

Do they have TiVo-like features?

I fail to see how inconsistency in the fonts of the UI are a positive aesthetic...