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I recently got Bourne Supremacy on HD-DVD...very neat.

I've used MS' virtual server, but it simply wasn't as easy to use or as stable. It was also a fair bit slower, and had issues with Linux VMs.

Why?

Who? You? When? Now?

I'll second Ubuntu. It's really the easiest one I've used.

I would recommend NTFS. IIRC, it recovers from corrupted data better (unplugging the drive while data is being written).

...and one drive still won't be enough :(

I'll second VMWare server. Downloading a Linux ISO and doing the install from scratch is a nice learning experience, but you can also just download a ready-to-roll VW from their website.

Interesting. They bunch those two together quite nicely. There are people who opt for sub-prime mortgages, and there are those with weak credit histories; neither necessarily makes you a member of the other.

Proprietary motherboards, but readily available and cheap. I haven't had many issues with the power supplies, especially with this low a load. I like the form factor because it keeps them on the desks and off the floor. Way less dust.

Might switch to these when the corps go to Vista...

My next re-install will be 64-bit, because I'd like to go over 3.5GB of RAM. The games I like to play take about 1GB on their own. Add to that my VMWare play boxes (3-5@512MB each) and work stuff (3-5 RDC sessions, Firefox with ~20 tabs, Word 2007) in addition to Winamp and/or MPC. I could...

Corporate Box: Shuttle SD30G2B - $200 Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 - $125 CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB DDR2 667 - $35 Seagate 2.5" 5400.3 80GB 5400 RPM SATA - $60 SAMSUNG 20X DVD±R DVD Burner Black SATA - $35 $455

Yup, it is over specified for an office machine. But it is the best bank-for-the-buck out there I think. My office clients fall into 3 categories; cheapskates, corporations, wealthy. These days the cheapskates get Dell Optiplex + Dell LCDs, the corps get Shuttle SFF PCs and Samsung LCDs, and the...

Added another drive to my RAID-5 array, looks like the online capacity expansion will take 4 full days (96 hours) to complete.

30 year fixed is what I will probably be looking at. If I were to go for something unconventional, it would be interest-only. AFAIK, its the only sub-prime that never increases.

Bang for the buck box, 8-13-07: Core2Quad Q6600 - $295 GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L - $95 GIGABYTE GV-NX86T256H GeForce 8600GT 256MB - $125 GeIL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 - $85 SAMSUNG SpinPoint T Series HD403LJ 400GB - $85 Antec New Solution NSK3300 - $90 SAMSUNG 20X DVD±R DVD Burner...

Wooooo! Congrats on the milestone. Hope to see more of the same ;)

Good idea. I have one post to make first....

IIRC: Windows XP-64 - After the fact kludge that includes the Server 2003 kernel. Vista 64 - Native goodness, Vista fatness Server 2003 x64 - Pretty darn good all around, minor app compatability issues. No matter what, you are likely to have some driver issue somewhere; 64-bit drivers are...

Seconded. I must admit, my only fear of buying a house is having to sell soon or in a hurry. Where I am looking the market is already down ~60% from 2 years ago, to about 1999 prices. It might still go down some more, but not much (I don't think :crap:). If I stay in at least 5 years I'm...

Interesting. I'm playing with the idea of getting into a home within the next 6-12 months, you think it will continue to get worse? I don't want to do it as an investment, I want to do it because I like to mess with stuff. I'm tired of not being able to rip out the drywall and install smurf...

One of their industry-specific crap applications requires a manual procedure to get the services on the server up and running. They had a power outage over the weekend. There is a lovely 4-page (with screenshots!) document next to the server showing how to fix it. They called me at 6:15AM instead.

My new policy for stupid early morning calls: Client is billed double for every hour from when they call me until 9AM. It used to be just billed double, but that isn't enough encouragement for me. It's important that you like your job, the easiest way to do that is to make sure you feel you...

It is Tor with Privoxy, and a bunch of other stuff. Already configured, with another layer of VM protective goodness. (I think, it's early)

Wow, that looks really neat. I'll have to test it for deployment to my PITA clients with teenagers.

Good perspective. You actually got a good deal; my rent is more than double that.

Congratulations Handruin. It sucks that your life turned that way, it sucks that it took so long to close your house, and it sucks that you didn't get more for it. But at least you can start looking forward instead of backwards. That is worth just about any price IMHO.

Sweet. Magnetic disks may keep themselves relevant for a while longer. I keep expecting solid-state stuff to catch up, with all the hype (and therefore research money) around it.

Mine are all from CA. They do weird things, though. Several dozen parts in many large boxes all overnighted from City of Industry, CA; and a single stick of DDR400 1GB overnighted from New Jersey in it's own large box.

I would be cautious putting this stuff in an old case with an old PS, what are the make/model? This will draw significantly more power, and put out significantly more heat than you current system. The good news is you can get rid of the PCI cards.

Until they actually win, and my estimation of the American people falls yet further...

Darn, OK. What player do you use?

Alright, I can see the files, and I can rip them to my HDD. Any suggestions for converting it to some other file format? XviD?

Another reboot and power-cycling the player fixed that issue.

Well, the "Add new hardware" manager detected and installed the correct driver, having the drive and disk appear under My Computer without a hitch. Windows Update promptly stepped in, did some driver updates of it's own, and now it isn't visible anymore :crap:

Has anyone else played around with this? I picked up one this afternoon and it was perfectly plug-n-play in Vista. Now I'd like to get the movies I bought onto my HDTV. Anyone have suggestions?

Or this one.

Try their Data Lifeguard Tools

If you have two identical drives, and one behaves significantly better than the other, I would consider replacement. Run the WD diagnostic tools on it, to see if it has any technical issues.

Pretty much. There was a post a while ago about someone who said they had a way to infect the parent OS, but it's still a ways out I think. If you don't want to do a whole virtual OS, take a look at sandboxie (coutesy of Merc)

My last shipment from Newegg was great, including the hard drives; wrapped like MaxBurn's. My complaint is that they left $10k worth of parts on my doorstep. I'm not worried about thieves around here, but it was baking in the sun. The packing tape was a little gooey when I opened it.

Wow, that is an old system :p Things to keep in mind: New motherboards typically have just one PATA port, so your optical will be going there. Sticking an SATA adapter on your HDD shouldn't be a problem, provided the SATA controller doesn't require special drivers (most of them don't anymore)...

Inconsistency is the key to your typo brilliance...you didn't even misspell it the same way. ;)

Ok, I'll bite. Had a problem with a 2003 domain controller that went up in smoke. Not the only DC for the domain, but it did hold a couple of the roles and was primary DNS. Called MS, payed $300. They had 3-8 people conferenced in at any one time from different departments, taking turns with...

It's funny, there are some companies I just don't think about calling. Even if I know it is their problem, I don't consider calling them part of the solution. In this category are commodity hardware vendors and most major software companies. But I think this is one space where MS has it right...

Erm, that is up for debate ;)

I don't think the vulnerability is known, MS just knows that it is wormable. Once the patch is out, however, it won't take long to figure out what the vulnerability is. Therefore it is a race; can you get the patch out to all of your machines before someone is able to write and deploy code that...

I'm pretty sure I'm going to go with the ASUS. I might even stick a 32GB SSD in it, as the HDD is clearly the bottleneck(even with this one, running XP). It has the fastest processor, most RAM, largest screen, and built-in GPS. I wish it ran at the higher 1024x800 resolution, but it really is...

I don't know if anyone else has been looking at these things, but I think they have real promise. Tablets and convertibles were just too big/bulky for handheld use, but these work really well. I presently have the cheapest one as a loaner, and I really like it. Below is the comparison sheet I...