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valid? WTF? ;)

I am not able to perform as direct a comparison as he, but his numbers don't seem to jive with my experience. It could be that I've never installed Vista on a machine with 512MB of RAM; I haven't built a machine with less than 1GB in years. And the CPU seems a bit pokey as well. The advice I...

What case are you dumping the P180 for and why? I went with a Lian-Li because I needed support for more internal drives.

Sweet. Thanks for the update.

Anything but love can be had locally.

Good to see you back, Tannin.

When I order a mouse I typically buy some aftermarket feet for it at the same time. As you say, without mousepads they get beat up much more. I prefer the harder feet when I'm using non-traditional surfaces.

After reading this thread again I had to order a pizza. Half Canadian bacon & pineapple; half Pepperoni, Canadian bacon, sausage, linguica & meatballs; hardly single-topping, but damn good.

No doubt the reason for the $100 off starting now. I wouldn't be surprised if they did the rest of the declared cut as a series of drops to entice the impatient.

Works fine for me. Of course, it will require some more oomph to be as responsive, but the "fit and finish" are very nice.

Yep, I know, I have one ;) I'm not saying that these features don't exist, just that they aren't nearly as useful unless you have a larger array.

Alright, so you are basically looking at the most basic HTPC rig out there; no special requirements at all, really. WRT software: I also use my HTPC as a computer, so I am using Vista Ultimate (which includes Media Center) to do my tuning/DVRing/etc. I'm sure the guys can speak up and suggest a...

Thanks for the tip, Coug. Any ETA/price on the new Seasonic?

Last question. Do you foresee wanting to watch TV on other computers in your house? There is a TV tuner box that connects via ethernet if you are interested. Otherwise, there are plenty of PCI-based options. What inputs does your HD TV support? IMHO, DVI would be ideal.

Simplicity is always a good thing. I can't say much about the management of either; but if you are sticking with RAID-1 there isn't much management to do.

My system continues to have issues posting. Looks like I'm in the market for a 700W+ PSU. With support for a crapload of SATA drives. I really like Antec's modular cabling system as I ordered a bunch of additional SATA cables and added more SATA plugs on them. Suggestions?

Do you (or do you plan to) subscribe to premium channels? Encrypted HD content? If so, you may need to use one of the cable company's set top boxes (STBs) and plug that into the capture card on your machine. IIRC, the cards that can decode encrypted channels were just released to OEMs only a...

Considering that there are no new posts, I can assume the site was down for everyone?

The biggest trick is what your input source(s) are. Cable? Dish? OTA? Do you want to route other sources (VCR, DVD, etc) through he same box? Do you want to support HD? Once you get this, then you can figure out which capture card you need. Then you can figure out what CPU/GPU you need to...

I know a number of people who do the Berkeley to San Jose trip. When I lived in Eugene, I knew some people who did the Eugene to Portland commute. I did the Eugene, OR to Monterey, CA commute 3 times a week for about 6 months. Ahh, the things we do for love ;)

I'm running Vista Ultimate on my Gateway convertible tablet. It's not the most powerful thing, but works fine. It resumes faster from hibernation than it did on XP.

I am a capitalist (go figure). I feel the best way to shape people's behavior is to make it in their financial best interest. [naive idealist mode] I think the trick is to find out the true cost of any action and make sure that the person performing that action is responsible for that cost...

I know. I'm not saying that that law would have similar impact here, just that laws in general that go against the will of the people they affect don't work.

Yup. Quick format is your friend.

So far this year I've only lived in one place. Last year I had 5 addresses in 4 cities.

That is what happens when you try to pass laws that people are against. It doesn't work.

Nope. Darn ;) Though I do have many of them on DVD.

Confirmed, I get the same issue.

Nope. Of course, that means I can't be a true geek; I was born 3 years after the first Star Wars was released...

I narrowly dodged getting robbed on the overnight from Bangkok to Chiang Mai. I actually grabbed his hand as it was under my pillow (looking for my passport), but he got away. He'd already done half the train car.

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One of the things I found about my regular trip was that is was much busier on Mondays, people has been boarding the train all weekend as it headed south. Point being that it isn't necessarily about who got on at your stop, but how long the train has been accumulating riders.

Heh. Actually, considering that cases aren't made from hardened steel, basic jeweler's hard tools work very well. I have a half-sized hacksaw that should do nicely.

Neither of you have your location in your location! Even a vicinity would make things easier. :p For a while I was putting together a Google Earth folder with the locations of the members on it, but I didn't gather enough information.

That is a great picture. Did you take it? Where/when?

Once, riding from Oakland to Salinas (70 minute trip with one stop), the train was 7 hours late getting to Oakland and took 150 minutes to complete the trip. Apparently it had engine problems in southern Oregon and the replacement engine was in Santa Barbara. Moral? A train is more likely to be...

I've ridden the Coast Starlight many times. It used to be my monthly trip home to see my parents, and lately I've taken it from San Jose to LA a couple of times for Disneyland/Las Vegas vacations. The only downside is the once a day schedule, if it isn't convenient, it doesn't make sense. How...

I've been wondering what it would take to mod a 3300 into taking an ATX PS. It looks like the compartment is wide and tall enough provided the airflow is purely front-to-back, like the Antec NeoHE series.

Thanks for the tip. I have the "HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool", and have been experimenting with different system files. I'd like to support FAT32 if possible, so the whole thing can be one partition. I've been playing with BartPE, and it is the only app to date that I can get to completely...

Does that mean you disagree?

...and don't pizza places deliver over there? I have a client whose office is at least 30 miles from the Pizza place, they charge more for delivery, but it beats driving most days.

There was a time when I would have wanted one, but they might have well gotten rid of the battery altogether and just required constant AC.

I doubt Merc is hard-up for cash. My point being that if you don't want many things, it makes no sense to place limits on getting the things you do want.

Considering the hardware Alienware is notorious for putting in their laptops, heat issues are likely to happen regardless. The only thing they are efficient about is converting their battery to heat as quickly as possible.

Why is that stopping you? What else do you want to do right now? Screw it; if you have to fly somewhere to get a pizza, do it. Rent a limo...who cares?

It doesn't take an ATX power supply, but the form factor is a standard.

With 4GB thumb drives now super cheap, I'm looking at building all my software tools into one. Goals of this project: 1.Bootable Ubuntu WinXP Anything else useful 2.Recovery tools Antivirus Data Recovery Anything else useful 3. Hardware Testing Memtest Hard Drive Error Checking Anything else...

Merc, Considering the conversations we've been having elsewhere, I suggest you be decisive on something you know you want. Do whatever it takes; leave work, take a taxi, and get a f-ing pizza. For me, moments where I know exactly what I want are rare, and not to be missed.

MetroFi around here offers spiffy WiFi repeaters...something to think about.

If I'm really lazy, the local Round Table pizza is 80m away. At 120m and across a street is a Papa Murphys. The closest good pizza is Pizz'a Chicago, whose on-line ordering system gives the geek in me something to look forward to. If I were to talk about how good it is, all you people who live...