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The reviews of the Q-pack at Newegg suggest that the Aspire PSU a really terrible unit. That pretty much matches my experience with Aspire PSUs.

The conclusion you might draw is that SiSoft Sandra isn't a reliable benchmark and/or is measuring something other than disk performance.

I've had Samsung and RCA DirecTV units with Tivo. The UI was the same for both. Guess that's the Tivo UI. Whatever. It's nice. Other things are not so nice. I have a Comcast/Motorola PVR. I don't know the model number. I hate it but supposedly Comcast PVRs will be turned into Tivos. This will...

Compared to Comcast I was very happy with DirecTV when I had it. I like the UI on current DirecTV hardware much, much better than current Dish or my Comcast box. I'm guessing that money isn't really the issue here, but FWIW I had a cheaper DirecTV package that actually had channels I want, as...

Ah, Groltz, believe me, I tried what you suggested. Didn't fix my issue.

Aw, come on? What could be easier to appreciate than the classic literary theme of drug-induced/enforced schizophrenia?

Good. Maybe she took it down. I've seen it but never purposefully been there. I know that a few of my students have found it.

I don't have anything else to try, actually. I tried renaming the program folder and deleting all things apple from the registry (after I made a backup). Didn't help. This is a computer that was used by an ADULT. No spyware, no p2p crap, no IM software. My boss had itunes 5 installed and was...

I made a document that says "If your computer ain't been quite right lately, buy another one. Make sure it doesn't say "Dell" on it." and handed that out. And then the people I work with came and bitched at me. It was worth it.

When I build a new PC or teach most computer classes, I give out a 12-page-long screenshot-with-labeled-arrows-laden document describing how to use Adaware and Spybot, how to update those programs and how to run them in safe mode. Today I've had four different people ask if I have any easier...

Absolutely.

PowerDVD supports ATI's hardware acceleration, but doesn't turn it on by default. So I don't think that's the problem. paugie, do you ever hang when you're watching a video file as opposed to something on a disc?

Meh. Google my given name and search through about 2000 pages of google results and it'll come up. I don't want anything to do with it.

I am the only male employee. When I started here, the ladies had Windows wallpapers of Chippendale dancers, gay dudes in thongs etc (do straight guys wear thongs?). I didn't say anything, as I really don't give a crap. The ladies mail each other those types of pictures on a mailing list that...

My boss brings me her notebook this morning. She says "I can't get itunes to work" I try to run itunes. Version 6, the one that came out maybe a month ago with the video support. I double-click on iTunes. The computer goes "ding". itunes does not start. I think "Oh well, I will uninstall and...

No. No. No. No. A card that supports Directx-whatever supports directx-whatever. If some program calls for features newer than that card supports, GENERALLY an effort is made to find a rendering path which can display some kind of placeholder or equivalent effect, or no effect is displayed at...

1. This has nothing to do with DirectX. 2. What DVD playback software are you using? Does that player support hardware acceleration? Is it turned on? Is the WRONG hardware acceleration turned on? 3. Are the DVDs scratch and dirt-free? 4. Have you tried different playback software? 5. Do the...

The Grammar Police need only visit SR for a few brief moments to see his true calling. And then his head will asplode.

Well, yes. It's not explicitly sexual. No naughty words or violence. It's a game with a bunny, linked on a general-interest news site for crissakes. On the other hand, since I know at least two (i.e. 40% of the staff) of my co-workers e-mail pictures of naked men back and forth, I don't think...

Is there nothing Canadians can't do? May be slightly off-color for work. But it is work-safe.

Supposedly they make decent media center machines.

woot.com sells one item per day at a seriously large discount. Yesterday it was a $40 250GB hard disk (it was a WD though, so maybe still not worth it). The day before it was a high-end Coffee Maker and the day before that it was a $10 XM Radio receiver. I don't know if there's anything there...

He was projecting his display on a wall.

I'd put my spam filters up to any test you'd care to make. Maybe twice a week I get an unsolicited email. You'd have to see the questions they're asking regardless. Nothing that's of much commercial interest. The site also has its own closed IM and email systems. --- Lunar, at least you have...

If you read their faqs, they say you have to answer some very large number of their questions before their analysis system will do anything good for you. With 0 questions answered you match up with like 10% of the people on the site. You don't start seeing values over 70% until you answer like...

Maybe we can have a contest. Hey, anyone seen "Logan's Run"?

I really like the Canon G-series. They're incredibly versatile. Unfortunately, they are also nothing like compact. :(

... er, in the BIOS. Whoops.

Most PCs have an USB compatibility mode for keyboards under DOS.

I don't particularly care about how much money I make, oddly enough. I thought about not putting anything down in that box, but on the other hand, my capability to earn a living is possibly the only worthwhile thing on that page.

There is no doubt that is a stunning picture. Did anyone see the shot of a shuttle crewmember on a spacewalk holding up a "for sale" sign?

Groltz do you have any serious heat issues with your Shuttle? Any concerns about the PSU? That machine is pretty well maxed out; I guess if there's no heat problem, it's a testament to the Shuttle design. Coug, that Aspire cube-thing is supposed to be nice except for the included PSU and really...

I can ask around, but I'm pretty sure good hygene is in fact one of my strong points. And I'm a pretty down kind of person. It's not like I have lots of things to be positive about.

Yup. I meant to put that in the Nero thread though.

Nero Recode - Base file 1.68GB video in a WMV container. Target is 700MB, 1.5Mbps .MP4 AMD64/4000 @ 2.6GHz = 135fps = 4.5x Real-time AMD64x2/4200 @ 2x2.0GHz = 198fps = 6.6x Real-time Does anyone remember doing .VOB to divx conversions on, say, a P2-450? I remember getting 3 or 4 fps. Hell of...

Coug, I have a nice list of victims for you. OK. This is the profile I was referring to earlier. Somehow I left it out of my previous post. Truthfully, I don't know why I am bothering, except that I feel that at this point in my life I have missed important parts of being an adult, some of...

Probably not a whole lot. You wouldn't be the first person to have a crappy, generic PSU that needed to be replaced.

Is there a non-pain in the ass unified installer somewhere?

Buy a better PSU.

I've tried it in the past. For some sites, it is very helpful. For others, particularly those that depend on a database (SF, for instance), it seems to make page access slower.

There's nothing worthwhile in my life. Why not say things like that?

There are free services on the internet to do it for you. And we need to work on the procedures for dealing with dead SF members, 'cause the closer it gets the less I want to be over 30.

http://ideas.live.com/

Newegg's packing can be inconsistent. I haven't had cause to complain about the way they ship hard drives (and I buy lots of them!), but just a couple minutes ago I got a box with a couple video cards, some modems and a whole lot of mice, that was only half-filled with peanuts. Plenty of room to...

Does anyone have any strong feelings one way or the other about any variety of Shoebox computer? Shuttle? Aopen? Has anyone tried the small "cube" cases that accept a standard u-ATX board? Am I going to be able to get away with a midrange gaming card (X800GT) in one of those things?

Here's a simple quiz. I pay $7 a month for a subscription to cyber.playboy.com so I can... A) Look at the pictures they post every day b) Download and store the pictures that I've paid to look at.

Magpie is an awesome tool, and it's written by Bed Goodger. You know, the Firefox project manager? The man clearly understands the needs of those of us who enjoy downloading the porno. Noscript is essentially a quick javascript toggle. I don't install it because I'm worried about security. I...

There's a program to fix the F-key thing on more retarded Logitech keyboards That kind of crap is why I only buy low-end Logitech keyboards. Also, I am not sure it was clear from my previous post: I use rechargeable NiMH batteries in a non-rechargeable cordless trackball. The charger that...