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i! Good to see you again (though you used to make my head spin with i, me, etc.). I'm becoming senile. It never occurred to me to try dak.com. I'll be damned. I haven't read the story yet, but will as soon as I get off SF. Live long and prosper, i.

I used to get DAK's catalog regularly (must have got my name/add from some of the audio mags I subscribed to those days). I even lived close to their business for a while. I'll never forget Drew because he's one of the best spinmeisters I have ever come across. His command of language, and...

That is a very kind and generous offer, Giant, thank you very much! May I take a raincheck for now? I've moved twice in the last 3 years and my tapes are in a box in storage and I have no idea which box! The problem is actually more a lack of the missing fizz than hiss. I have a cheapo BSR...

Whatever. Have a good day.

Thank you for the comments, O King Of Antarctica! I did get the Oly C-4000Z for $250 at Costco. The prior exposure (pun intended) to this camera, and the uniformly glowing reviews helped make the decision. It has some drawbakcs (media, mainly) but which camera doesn't? It excels in the things...

The context in which the word is used is important, time. Out of context, you can make anything mean what you want it to. From the most handy dictionary I have. See #2 above.

CGB, you must have thought it good if you downloaded and saved it. No?

Fushigi, we need to talk. PM ok?

You're confused, sechs.

I think enough has been said; we should stick to the point and leave Merc alone otherwise. For various reasons, I have not built the new system I was planning to. My favorite canididate for mobo was the GA-K8NNXP. There was a news item in The Inquirer today that AMD is transitioning the A64 to...

We understand as much, Merc. We just don't want you to get hurt...

Yes and no.

You're welcome, Howell. Sangeetha is a common girls' name. It is unusual for males to have Sangeet for a name. Music is thought to be more feminine than masculine. Certain communities in North India have a habit of using female names for boys as well, leaving one wondering as to the gender of...

Nabendu: Don't have a clue. The rest are all first names. Here's what I know. Sashi: More typically spelled/pronounced Shashi. Means the moon. A bisexual name. Pria: Usually spelled Priya. Means loved one or beloved. Used for females only. Uma: A female deity (wife of Shiva). Don't know the...

Thanks Merc and Time.

Nuts.

Oh, what is one to do with you, Mercutio?

Would you pick the Olympus C-4000 Zoom or Nikon Coolpix 4300? I know how the Oly performs well (have helped somebody who has one). Downsides to it are that it uses Smartmedia, have to buy batteries and charger for it. Know diddly about the Nikon. But it uses CF-I, comes with a rechargeable...

Sorry. Of all the people here, I'm probably running the leanest, oldest config. Even I have speakers (turned off except when required). I assumed everybody else had speakers. And I assumed those that did would turn it on when they saw that it was Flash, and at least when they saw the sound...

Thanks again, everybody. The person that has the Oly got it as a gift. Having a couple of 128 MB cards kinda makes up for the poor capacity of Smartmedia cards. The main thing is the image quality, which is very good. For a person with little patience or for a neophyte, the default settings work...

No it's not. But it's fun to dream big.

Warning: Flash required Check out this site; I was amazed! Seems tacky the first minute or two, but persevere and ye shall be rewarded.

Amazon has the Logitech Z680 for $265 - $20 rebate [Exp 5/31] = $245 with free shipping (in USA?). See Ben's Bargains.

Thanks guys. Sorry I never acknowledged your replies. Maybe Alzheimer's is getting to me :{

Thanks Blake. NRG, a camera that uses SmartMedia's got to be a little old! It's a 4MP Olympus, the C-4000. The owner saves pics as JPGs, at the default resolution (doesn't even know what a TIFF is). BTW, this camera can be had for ~$250 now, and I'm thinking of getting one myself (my first...

I've been asked to help someone buy a higher capacity Smartmedia card. I have no experience in this area and would appreciate your advice. 1) In general, will a 64MB be faster than a 128 MB? Some people seem to indicate that larger capacity media is slower. 2) Which brand/model would have the...

What blew me away was the last line,

This is old hat, but still shocks me everytime I read something like this.

A zeroing program that starts at track 0 sector 0 should clear out Ontrack, because it will set the drive back to "factory settings". If it doesn't, then it's not a true zeroing or initializing program, because it's acting like a formatting utility, working inside the partition it sees.

The Inquirer reports Intel's clarification of SATA speeds here.

Bah, snob. I didn't see anything wrong with Tea's sentence. Leave her alone, will ya?

My wee little brain sometimes gets overloaded with too many of these alternate realities. They're fun, nevertheless.

Are we due for a price cut on Opterons and A-64 CPUs? Anybody have any opinions on where RAM prices are headed? The Inquirer reports that AMD is changing the stepping of the A-64/3200, but the packaging on the new ones indicates that it runs at 2.0 GHz (should be 2.2 GHz). What gives?

Fushigi has covered most of the angles, but I'd like add something. Especially because this is a pull, the first thing I'd do is initialize (zero out, low-level format, whatever you want to call it) the first few tracks. I once had a similar problem with W2k server and Solaris x86 installed as...

Got this in the junk mail today - haven't read thought it in detail. Seems similar to some VMWare features, except that this product acts on the host OS.

Don't you sacrifice bus speed with these vs. a desktop 400 MHz processor? Or does that not really matter?

Howell, sorry for hijacking your thread (bangs head really hard against the wall).

Onomatopoeic, How good is the Aphex Aural Exciter? ~ 15 years ago I wanted to buy one, but didn't. I have a ton of one-of-a-kind live recordings made with poor equipment - mono portable cassete recorders - and the sound is horribly crummy. IIRC, the Aphex can put back harmonics that got lost...

I wish. I support a medical practice that uses a very advanced practice management system (paperless, workflow, etc.) While this sw is really pioneering new advances (founder/chief architect is a physician who got an MBA and turned an entrepreneur), it requires users to have admin rights. They...

Thanks, Merc. Real-world experience is priceless! I appreciate the insights you've shared. I'm saving this thread.

A thousand apologies, sir. No offense intended. Live long and prosper in nerd-dom.

Please do.

Thanks folks.

Aaah, timwhit, but you're a geek. My comments were about John & Jane Doe, off the street.

Sheesh, Fushigi, you're hitting below the belt! :wink: I've been using Yahoo mail via browser for the last 4 years without any problems. As my saved mail grows, I'll run Yahoo Pops from time to time to suck it down to my mail client. By their very nature, I think IMs lend themselves to...

Is it ok to post news in the Computers forum? Or should it be brought to somone's attention (Coug / Doug) ?

Jen-Hsun Huang must have huge bollocks for going after Intel. Leaving aside the merits of the situation, the man has courage. I'm listening.

That's odd. I've never used a CF, but have no problems stopping/removing and re-using USB (1.1 and 2) flash drives on W2kPro without rebooting.

Couldn't agree with you more, Time. I previously was running MacAfee AV, then in April of 2003 installed Norton Systemworks 2003 Pro (free after rebates) which comes with AV. I've always prided myself on having a clean system, and in being careful with my online habits. Some days ago, the AV...

What? Why does Sapphire make them if they won't support them?