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Thanks for the leads thus far. Unison shows some promise. It's interface is extremely thin, and it will be extremely visible to any users on the target computer. I fear that stupid users may close the target server, and I'd have to manually restart it. I also haven't been able to tell if...

Here's the situation: I have two computers, I'll call A and B. Computer A is at my home and what I'll be at most of the time. Computer B is on-site; I'll use it from time to time directly, but usually will only access it remotely through Symantec pcAnywhere. Computer B is also used by other...

Until recently, I don't think that Lite-On has been up to par on performance. I haven't heard of any issues with reliability.

Here is where I point out a few accidents of Texas (and world) history. 1. The non-Caucasians were there first. By thousands of years, no less. 2. Texas, like California and Hawaii, used to be its own nation. Texas, however, has not gotten over that. 3. Most Texans didn't want to be their...

I have. I recently refurbished the ol' 2200+ for reuse. Replacing the paste gained a 5C or so reduction in CPU temperatures. I suppose that there is likely some dependence on what the old and new materials are. Any material that's thermally cycled will have a tendency to not stay exactly as...

I see 1% for each of the smilies....

You don't need permission. You can just march on Concord.

Wow. Who knew that Novell would actually be good for SuSE?

Also, if you're getting a retail CPU, it will come with the interface material -- usually a thermal pad already on the heatsink. You will have to use that to maintain your warranty.

Ah, but do Vermonters have the right to armed insurection, as the folks in New Hampshire do?

What do you do in the ladies' bathroom?

Lady in stall #1: So, you want to look for that book you wanted? Lady in stall #2: We are in the bathroom! Lady in stall #1: It's a bookstore bathroom. Saleslady in stall #3: Which book are you looking for? Lady in stall #2: The one by Tupac Shakur. Saleslady in stall #3: We have it in the Media...

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PS: Damn Microsoft for forcing me to hack the registry to stop Windows from pushing the drive back into PIO mode everytime I rip a scratched CD!

Problem solved: The drive was in PIO mode.

Does someone have blade replacement instructions for a Bic razor?

Word checks spelling, not intelligence.

Did they defragment the drives? That makes a difference in command-queueing performance....

With dual core on the way... it's a lot closer than you think.

American Love of Beef, Fast Cars Killing Them

Consider moving to Nevada, Texas, or Alaska. And how do you know that those "hillbilly sisterfuckers" don't get your PayPal money? PayPal is for everyone!

Except for Happy Tree Friends!

While PayPal does have a hopeless bureauacracy, does it build roads and schools?

This is why PayPal can bludgeon sellers with all of these requirements, fees, etc.

Are you kidding me? You can pull the same schtick with a funded transaction as you can with a credit card backed one -- just no chargebacks. It only works if you trust the person at the other end of the transaction. At which point, you might as well use a check.

More reasons that entrenched does not always equal good....

Using the PayPal logo in an auction but not accepting credit cards has always been considered keyword spamming. If you win an auction with the PayPal logo in it, the seller must accept payment via PayPal with credit card; otherwise, they are a non-performing seller...

I generally prefer to clean install the operating system over letting third-party software muck it up.

Actually, a complaint is not necessry. I had PayPal freeze my account for "being suspicious." Right. Basically, as long as you pay with a credit card (and have a good credit card), it will protect you from most malfesance related to PayPal. Never associate a bank account with PayPal. Never...

Somebody want to translate this for me? Are these just fiber channel ATA drives?

The Acrobat plugin is designed to allow you to start viewing the PDF before it has finished downloading. This works great if the creator of the PDF has optimised it for this purpose. Pretty much nobody optimises their PDFs for any purpose, let alone online viewing.

Now why would Tanin start a phallic comparison thread?

Why wouldn't this device appear in ASPI? Better yet, why is it all wonky when I switch to SPTI (which is really my preference)? CDex tags my files, rips to vorbis in one step, and is easy to use. I haven't been presented with any reason to use something else.

Doesn't flash have horribly bad throughput (especially on write)?

I have ASPI 4.7 installed, the last version from Adaptec. But that doesn't seem to be the issue.

Newegg's CS is starting to suck the big one.

While we're at it... About a week ago, I was messing around with my fonts in Windows, replacing older Type 1 and TrueType fonts with nicer looking OpenType ones. After doing this, Firefox started substituting the serif fonts on the New York Times website with an outline sans serif font which I...

Yes, and I find MapQuest to be better.

So, I've gotten around, again, to reripping my CDs to vorbis. I have come across an odd situtation with CDex. I have two optical drives, a SCSI Pioneer DVD drive and an ATA Plextor DVD burner. Under CD drives settings, the Plextor drive will not appear unless I choose "Use Native NT SCSI...

Re: NEWZ: Western Digi Releases 400 GB "Reliable" In order to maintain its reliability, the drive is rated for no power-on hours per day.

Will they also have a flash cartoon explaning the technology?

Thanks, blakerwry. You're the best.

It might make more sense to simply keep track of useful "recommendation" threads, rather than making a completely new forum.

"See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda." — George W. Bush, in Greece, N.Y., May 24, 2005

Another reason to use mass transit. http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/

"Windows Day Late and Dollar Short" was already taken?

I think that it's great that Western Digital is now offering a five year warranty on a kind of drive that they don't actually make.

No built-in WIA driver?

In my experience, Western Digital and Maxtor ATA drives run hot. They've always been hotter than whatever Deskstar drive I had at the time.

Mine runs about four degrees cooler than a 7200.7 with one less platter.