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    Why do inkjet heads clog?

    I did try a rubbing alchohol soaked paper towel but it did not seem to be working. As to water solubility, my printed pages always run when they get wet. In addition, the water was changing color as the cartrige was soaking. This article and the links from it provided some new direction.
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    Northwestern vacation pics

    I have dumped my pictures from my vacation into a web directory. I'm just a beginner with the digital aspects of the photographic arts so be gentle. I would appreciate any suggestions though. Most of the files are huge. I have resized some of the most interesting ones and those file's filenames...
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    Why do inkjet heads clog?

    I have discovered that you can dislodge clogs in an HP cartridge by soaking the cartridge in water for an hour and then create a vacuum on the nozzles. Before you try this little trick, let me figure out and tell you how long it takes for the ink to wear off the skin. :mrgrn:
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    PC Chips board resurrection after a year of death.

    I like the only one I've tried: K7VTA3v2.
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    planning to mod Tyan Tiger MP mobo, please review my plans

    Will the MB fit in the case with stuff soldered to the backside?
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    planning to mod Tyan Tiger MP mobo, please review my plans

    May the Force be with you.
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    POLL: who is your favourire LOTR character?

    You are correct Mark. Tea specificly limited the choices to "travellers". Thus only the nine are choices. It is a toss-up between Samwise and Aragorn. I appreciate the humility and loyalty in them both. While Sam knows who he is and nothing is going to change him. Aragorn is self sufficient and...
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    Recommendations on good books to read

    The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger The Lords of Discipline by Pat Conroy Catch-22 by Joseph Heller Three books that were enjoyable when I read them for High School. Two of them have been made into movies. It is not mindless reading though.
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    I Love This Video!

    :)
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    Folding@Home

    Interesting Google experimental features: Browser control The onUnload JavaScript event is most often used to open pop-up windows as you leave a page, which can be an annoyance. The following feature will clear the onUnload event after loading each page. Navigation The Next and Previous...
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    what on earth is going on in my avatar?

    Topic was moved from "Computers" to "The Storage Forum Pub & Brewery".
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    3v lithium batteries

    I used to have a MB that started doing that after I loaded the machine up with PCI cards. I'm thinking it was a buggy ACPI implementation. Although I'm also thinking it was because the PS was under powered and draining the battery. Is the battery truly dead; or did the CMOS just lose it's marbles?
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    Insides a Titanium Mac

    How much of the Mac is Ti. Just the casing.? The whole casing?
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    Folding@Home

    I wish you could all send me money to pay for the electric bill. :)
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    Editing Posts - How much time should we be allowed?

    I'm with Mark. No need to restate the sentiment. In addition, allowing editing of posts generates another chance to introduce more spelling/grammatical errors.
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    Tannins office on OS/2

    More likely sheep skin. Oz is a tree poor country form what I hear. Sheep on the other hand.....
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    Tape Backup Solutions

    FWIW, I sent Altiris an email about backing up open and locked files under windows 2000. According to NTI, XP has some special facility built in that makes it easy but 2000 does not have it. Altiris said that all open and locked files would be backed up under 2000.
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    Melbourne "The best city in the World" Vancouver a

    JKKJ, are you actually in Vancouver?
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    Folding@Home

    Come here you little... Doh! (Homer Simpson)
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    How to start programming

    You can do it Doug! But you need to start small. I suggest you ignore the telemetry stuff for right now and concentrate on the UI. Either pretend or initially design the program so that the lap marker (when a specific car crosses the line) in initiated by a human pressing a specific key. Say...
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    Simple slide show program I wrote

    I get the same thing plus: Runtime error 713
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    Simple slide show program I wrote

    Class not registered: You need msstdfmt.dll
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    How to start programming

    For the largest program I ever wrote (some 1000 lines or so) and the most functional I used two different IDEs and another compiler. At the end of the project I only needed to turn in results and source code. I started off in TurboC. They closed that lab to upgrade that software and I was...
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    Vancouver, BC Information

    I've been looking around for a mouse to put in bottle to take to Canada but I've had no luck so far. Any suggestions for a rodent substitute? :lol:
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    Cold

    It doesn't get oppressively cold here but I tend to lose feeling in the fingers and toes from the wind in the apartment. :o
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    Melbourne "The best city in the World" Vancouver a

    FYI http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/maps/as-map.jpg
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    Melbourne "The best city in the World" Vancouver a

    Pictures, Pictures. We want pictures!
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    Question about VPN & Dual Network Connections

    If you know what the DHCP range is that your router wants to hand out you could either put in something outside the range but still in the same subnet (only change the last octet) or put in something on the high side of the DHCP range(230-250). The point is to not conflict with an address that...
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    Decent board for SDRAM

    One of my machines is running on a Soyo K7VEM Pro. It maxes out at 1700+. It has onboard video, audio and NIC. It is built on the VIA KLE133 and is microATX size. So, yes there are some out there. Perhaps with more defined specifications we could help you better.
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    W2K Assigning a task to 1 CPU on a dual machine

    With FireDaemon you could theoreticly build a service that binds to only one CPU. You could disable the currently running service and use the FireDaemon service until the software was fixed. Hopefully you have a test environment as well as the production server. Then again how often do you...
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    Nominations for moderator!

    I'm thinking... prickly pear. No hugs for you.
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    Tape Backup Solutions

    Someone introduced this at SR: http://www.acronis.com/products/trueimage/
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    And I thought the potholes were bad where I live...

    go go gadget arms?
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    How to start programming

    FWIW, I talked with a guy the other day who has been working on a very large project for the last 1.5 years at the company where I work. He says he can program in C++, Java, Delphi and a couple other languages I don't remember. When I asked him what his weak areas were he said MFC, MS related...
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    And I thought the potholes were bad where I live...

    On the right of the picture you can not see whether that is a garage area or a wall. Judging by the angle of the car wrt the pool and what looks to be debris lying in the doorway; I sould say my guess still holds in that someone backed into the pool.
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    And I thought the potholes were bad where I live...

    I would imagine it was the same way the vehicle got onboard the boat. Don't check what gear you are in before you slam on the gas. Or the clutch gave out.
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    Nominations for moderator!

    :wink: But less so that an axe.
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    Nominations for moderator!

    We can start you off with a pen.
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    Home networking advice

    It is my understanding that conduit is used in elevator shafts. You could go with fiber. :D
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    PC sound system

    OK. So the two ways meantioned above are mutually exclusive? If I choose the digital solution then decoding is handled by the decoder in the receiver (better quality then decoding in the PC? at least a CPU hit?) but there is a chance that the Dolby Pro Logic II will not be able to turn the input...
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    PC sound system

    My dbx speakers use standard speaker cable between all of the pieces. The cabel somes out of the receiver and in to the sub-amp/crossover. The sets of cables then run to each piece: the 2 sats and the sub. Is that what you were looking for? PS. Tim do you have Trillian
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    PC sound system

    I managed to find the manuals that shipped with my current stereo speakers. I can relay some information if it would be helpful. For instance the satalites have 4.5" mids and the sub has 2x6.5" speakers.
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    PC sound system

    I don't think I understand this part. The "hook up your PC through analog 5.1 inputs" part. I understand how to hook up one analog stereo source such as a turntable or cassette deck; but I don't understand how you can hook up multiple analog sources and have them play at the same time. Are you...
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    PC sound system

    And, with the component setup will I get super duper surround gaming sound?
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    What I did on my holidays

    ...to the unnatural valleys between skyscrapers.
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    PC sound system

    I had no idea you could get a setup for so cheap. If I got a regular receiver, I'm wondering if my current speaker system is good enough to re-use and add-on to. It is a dbx Soundfield 3x2 system which includes two bookshelf size speakers and a sub and 140W sub ampwith built in crossover. They...
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    PC sound system

    You are right about the long run. However, I plan to spend under $500. Until such time as I can afford to upgrade my entire 15 year old stereo system I intend to use my PC instead. To help mitigate the limited power available onboard any sound card I'm considering options that will allow the...
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    How to start programming

    Handruin, my programming\coding background started with programming batch files before I went to college. After that, a couple of courses I took in mechanical engineering school involved programming. During the time I was in the ME school I added a major in CS and after a year or so changed my...
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    life got you down?

    You are probably not as blue as this guy. http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/Central/10/02/candidate.blue.skin.ap/index.html
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