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I didn't know I was such an early adopter... When I look at the value I deliver with KT333 boards (both the ones I've seen have at least USB2 onboard) compared to the price difference, roughly $15 over the KT266A, I see a win for the new guy. I can't really say anything bad about it, but of...

I am about to say something in extremely poor taste, which nonetheless must be said. Amy will give you a fight on that one, CougTek

I'm Green! I became a moderator 27 days ago., and I noticed Doug finally got around to shoving my responsibility on to me. Mercutio-Brand Moderation: 25% cheaper than the competition. :) +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ + ACT NOW FOR ONE...

DDR333 was finalized earlier this month. I've been buying Samsung-branded (chip + PCB, with a sticker on it that says Samsung) PC2700 RAM for KT333 builds. Mostly because that's the only standards-conforming PC2700 I've found. It is a small step up from regular old DDR. Slightly contrary to...

F-prot for DOS is free and works pretty well, but it doesn't help you for NTFS partitions. I carry a copy around when I need a good tool. Also, every virus scanner worth any amount of money will run a scan and tell you if you have a virus during the install process, which is helpful. You don't...

Well, I'd pick castration over anything actually running on my machines. But that's why I tolerate housecall, since at least I don't have to keep it running all the time. I scan all my machines by mounting all their drives (and those of file shares with Windows files) through the machine...

Who? Me? All I see is four lines of text.

Well, there isn't a WBAM in Chicago for one thing. That story is a variation on a old story that used to be told about "The Dating Game" or "The Newlywed Game" game shows in the US. Not that it isn't still funny.

Mozilla blithely ignores off-server images, so unless I'm someplace where there's a faster internet connection and no Mozilla (ie working), I don't see them.

Aussies are that polite? I almost can't go to a job without learning new descriptive phrases for PCs. My personal favorite clueless term is "modem" (even more funny when there isn't even a modem in the computer being referred to). I call them boxes. Even idiots know what I'm talking about that...

Not yet. Believe me, I'm taking good care of it, although I haven't shot many images with it yet. The interface is a little clunky compared to my Kodak, too. For what it's worth, I'd rather have a manual focus than automatic. I've had entirely too many pictures ruined after composition by a...

I've been playing Mechwarrior4, actually. Mechwarrior2 was by far the best in the series but Amy and I have worked through about a third of the single-player missions in network play. At least it's co-op. I ran out to the places I normally buy games. Couldn't find Serious Sam. Billions of...

Lessee... Princess County Rd. 27. I don't think that one works for me, for some reason. Booker Hemlock? That one's OK, I guess. Will Glenwood? Well, that one's pretty WASP-y but at least it Amy's would be "Spooky Hendricks". Which I think sounds like somebody in a Max Hardcore...

In Bill's Moderator console?

Somehow, the word "D'Oh" is more appropriate than usual.

Ignoring the native beauty of Tannin's hometown (that garden is spectacular), that last batch of images - the P5 reflected in the platter and the AMD 386, are both really outstanding photographs.

Wow, if Seagate keeps up this trend, someday everything they make will be a U6. :) OK. Now that I've given you all nightmares, I have to say that's a really crappy thing to do. First of all there's basically zero market for 7200rpm SCSI any more, and there are plenty of Barracuda SCSI drives...

Almost. Blaze Starr. And yes, that story is true. The photos I've seen suggest to me that she was certainly hot stuff (and given that we're talking about 70-year-old pictures, that's saying something). I can post one if you'd like. ;) Expert? Moi?

I'm not going to argue 'Mooseshit'. That one's pretty good. I think the aussies among us might be better off with "Koalashit" or "Dingoshit" instead. Poor Tannin doesn't type so fast. We don't need to make it any harder for him. :)

Well, Yellow/Orange like the colour in the logo would probably be reasonable.

Have you had any problems with your LiteOn being "picky" in the media it burns to yet?

No. VESA was a 32-bit extension to the 16-bit ISA spec clocked at the full speed of the system bus, unlike ISA or EISA. It was plug and play, at least in that there was very little additional hardware configuration needed, unlike ISA. Theoretical transfer rates could actually [i]exceed[i]...

Well, either Kev has a seriously high opinion of himself, or a fondness for Swedish porno. ;) But, uh, nope, nothing in the message about fixing it. Either way. Drive's paid for.

I'll paypal in a bit. You email address isn't really "@hotmale.com, is it? 'cause that's what it is in the E-mail you sent.

I had seen it before, but it was posted on slashdot the other day.

If you believe this stuff, you probably need your head examined.

So where is Kristi? Besides Australia. We already knew that part.

Hm. At least I carry it well. Personally I think y'all should skip the smokes and the wine. But I hear Heroin is helpful for weight-loss. :P

Using any recent ATI card to cap, you shouldn't be losing more than a hand's worth of frames in a capture of anything up to 4MB/sec, unless you're sitting there doodling around on the PC while you cap. The best thing to do is to open the video in something like Virtualdub that displays the...

Chris Farley? Is that what that is? What is it that you sell, anyway? Weight loss: Hm. I need that, too. By Tannin's standards I'm clearly enormous.

I'll give you $30 for it if you don't get any other offers. I'm just looking for something to throw in a USB enclosure. I can't quite see $40 when 20GB drives are $47 shipped.

Did I miss something or did that not help?

Dell is using P4m's right? I ran into a WinBook P4 today that had a desktop P4 in it. You couldn't keep it on your legs - it was too hot. The bottom of that thing had to be 160 degrees F. I can only hope that was from heat being dissipated away from CPU. I hit techbargains and some other...

You just have to import the dynamic disk in Disk Manager. It's an utterly painless process.

2.2MB for a firmware update!?! What the heck is this? The direct link is http://www.scan.co.uk/software/ibm/DFT_GENERIC_DTLA_A59A_A69A.EXE BTW. Looking at this, I don't even know if the update came from IBM. Was it reverse-engineered or official? If it's official why isn't on IBM's site? If...

Terabits AVI Information. Sorry.

The easy fix is a program called Terrabits (Terabits? Don't remember) Avi Editor. Terabits will let you make micro-scale changes to your AVI's framerate, which can fix those silly audio problems. I drop a couple of frames in every hour of cap, and usually have to make a micro-change from 29.997...

Try a different power connector, if you haven't already done so. I had a machine doing that to one of my drives this summer. It was maddening until I swapped the drive and, at the same time the power cable. The drive works fine in another machine, and now I have a tag on the cable inside that...

You'd actually be amazed what you can do with MS Word or Works, if you have those. Personally I relegate Vidcap as a secondary task, anyway, like CD-burning. If I felt any need to have a faster video card, I'd certainly replace the Rage VIVO in my game machine. I'm still waiting for the right...

It's flattering to read that my recommendation is so highly regarded! Particularly since Tannin's been pounding on his Samsungs for ages and no one seems to buy them. ;) I'd feel awful if something happened a 740X that was purchased on my recommendation, though. But then, two things comfort...

Much as I hate to give Shuttle any play, they have a sub-shoebox enclosure that's supposed to support P4s, with an athlon-based one on the way. Probably featured right on the front page of spacewalker.com

It's not the right CompuCase. The one I like is much simpler. I will say that their standards of construction are pretty high. I'd been visiting the Taiwanese site instead of the US one. This is the first time I've seen the model number of my case. It's a CL6812. The ones I get are...

Once more: The one true case is the Compucase mid-tower. All other cases wet themselves in fear as they behold it.

Didn't need it. My camera was just made two weeks ago. Thanks though. I wouldn't have known.

Any of the new ATI VIVO or AIW cards. The Expert line captures to an ATI-proprietary format, but the Rage and the Radeons can do adjustable-quality video capture.

For Rachmaninov, try his Preludes. G# minor is overplayed - a simple, dramatic work that never fails to get attention, but the others are delightful. If you'd really like to hear an awful version of Also Spake Zarathustra, I have a recording that was arranged and recorded for electric guitar...

Step one: Find a copy of Holst's The Planets. I prefer the Yoel Levi/ Altanta SO recording on Telarc, but in part that's because it's a DTS CD. Anyway, turn the dial on your stereo to its highest setting. Press play. What you'll hear first is martial music, written for a madman. 7/8s time...

And to think this was to a thread about some sport or other! Tannin, we appear to have hijacked it. Don't feel too badly about Strauss. The only thing most people know of his is of course the vastly overdone "Also Spake Zarathustra". I know about 2001 and all, but dear lord is that thing...

Heck, if you'd like to use your PC while you're capping an on-board encoder is a really good idea.

Kodak's consumer cameras are really nice., actually. The best part about them is the little $50 add-on USB cradle, since it also recharges your batteries and makes a decent place to keep the camera when you aren't using it, which is much better than the "where did I use it last" nonsense I'm...