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My current learning project is the Linux Terminal Server Project, specifically the k12ltsp designed for school computer labs. My mother is a 3rd-grade teacher in a public school, and has been talking about getting me to put machines in her classroom for nearly a decade. I'll be looking at new...

Yep. The 500s came down a while ago, and the 750s haven't moved in at least a month. I still have some time, but I'm under 400GB free...

I'm anxious for it to come out, but only because of what it should do to the 750GB 7200.10 SATA pricing. I'm running out of space again...

I had major Slot 1 issues a few years ago. The motherboards were failing left and right. Rumor was that the board couldn't support the weight; but based on current heatsink dimensions, I can't really believe that.

Nice Coug. When I was trying to get my license, I could never understand the radio. Only flew in Cessnas and Pipers, so no major range or speed. Was yours a twin engine?

double-post. damn.

considering it is state-sponsored, these are little poor fuckers as well...correct? It sounds to me like someone isn't ready for a computer yet...

Sorry to hear of your trouble, I have a few 4-port and 2-port 3Ware cards sitting around as well. I suspect that when the next "big thing" comes around, I'll be trying to hold onto my current 3Ware card too.

I know, I've been waiting for a wireless optical mouse with an RS-232 interface for YEARS ;)

Stupid question of the day: If you don't remove the plastic protector from the bottom of a stock AMD heatsink, install it anyway, and run it; how long will it go before the 90C thermal shut-off triggers? Answer? About 10 minutes. Lesson learned? If working on a system that someone else built...

Before women's rights, before women were talked to and thought of as equals, there was a mystique about them; a sense that they were separated from the dog-eat-dog world that men lived in. Men have always gotten into fights, wars, crime, etc; as well as being involved in business and sports. As...

right mind? I have no idea. ;)

Women asked to be treated as equals. Be careful what you wish for... *I've never been violent towards a woman, nor would I condone such action. My point is that it is more than just modesty that helped discourage violence against women, but the entire concept of a separate social class.

But isn't CS3 the first o be officially supported in Vista? Not saying it matters to me, but I'm sure it does to someone...

This is one of the reasons I always put the OS on either a single drive or RAID-1. If the system has room, you might include that recommendation; just a pair of cheap drives would make later maintenance easier, and would make your current migration a snap ;)

I've found saying non-words to cause non-geeks eyes to glaze over. If I'm talking to a CFO and spell out S-A-S, he knows he shouldn't know that word, and that it's probably expensive.

So...next we need to find the cheapest switch that supports this functionality. Ton's of cheap NIC's support 802.1q. ...and some cheap Switches. ...and some NAS devices. But I didn't see any cheap-ish routers with GbE and 802.1q.

Sweet. I hadn't seen that before...

Unless the jumbo-frame devices were connected to both virtual networks, then they would communicate with those that could handle it with them, and those that couldn't without them; provided their NIC could intelligently switch the feature on and off depending on what VLAN they were on.* Of...

I just went through the Users Guide and it doesn't look like it supports level migration; there is no menu setting that enables it. Further, it is a neat feature, and would be bragged about on their product page; it isn't. Looks like Ghost will be your friend. With 80GB of data, it will...

Bozo, I think Chewy is saying that the OS is installed on the RAID5 array as well.

Yes, I spell-out acronyms: S-A-T-A and S-A-S. Merc's hunch is correct.

When read out loud (or, at least, in my head) it sounds better as an "an" instead of an "a". Grammatical correctness at the expense of smooth reading isn't worth it IMHO.

I've been really, really tempted by those. Too bad I can't connect them to an SATA port; I don't have room in the system for an SAS controller.

That must be a new policy; I've done that a few times and not gotten jack.

I use double-sided poster tape and stick them to the chassis ;) They are slower, but for office tasks and with 2GB+ of RAM, it isn't that noticeable.

The coolest running 250GB drive is any of the 2.5" drives; any of them will be cooler/quieter than any of the 3.5" drives.

The Seagates that I'm running I'm happy with. Any time I build a workstation where noise is an issue and capacity is not, I use a 2.5" HDD. They don't cost much for 80GB and noise/heat simply aren't issues.

The first 3 in the list serve Kobe or Matsusaka beef, so I think it counts as both ;)

#s 1, 2 & 4 don't make it bad; simply unnecessary. I think #3 is arguable, considering it's likely the same number of ICs in the device, just a different one that supports n as well.

You and Sechs are able to make sharp statements without much information at all; you must be stalking me ;) I eat at nice steakhouses at least twice a week; links to a few of them are below. I'd like to think I can tell the difference between a good and bad steak...

I used to use a hosts file before Firefox/AdBlock came around; I haven't had a need for one since. All you need to do to fix it is find out what IPs the links/logos point to and delete those lines from the hosts file; this is a really easy thing to do.

Nah, I don't think anyone will be trying to take my steak away from me any time soon.

So n functionality is a bad thing? Doesn't it make sense that devices that support cutting-edge wired connections (GbE w/Jumbo Frames) would also support cutting-edge wireless?

I'm happy with my Gateway, and I am neutral WRT Dell Latitudes - they are "normal". Acer and Gateway are better, Lenovo is the best. Compaq, HP, eMachines, etc. are all much worse IMHO.

Besides being IDE? nope.

I could survive without meat; but I'd rather not (survive).

I count at least two more...

What support documentation would you like to see from a motherboard manufacturer in this case?

The last time I did it was because I used the same server for file/print serving and routing. Since I switched from MS ISA to smoothwall, I haven't looked back.

If you brainwash a kid and they blow up another kid, that is indeed a shame. If you instead brainwash the kid into brainwashing other kids, that is an epidemic. Terrorism is not here, but religious extremism is.

I don't see any errors in your layout Mark. It is a mess of work, that's why I now have local storage for all my goodies.

Our commercial ones at the apartment complex do a through wash in 38 minutes and dry a large full load (including jeans) in about the same time.

Thanks Mark. You don't happen to know what a/the cheapest router capable of doing such a trick, would you? It would be too easy if this baby supported it...

Lost! A post where every word was spelled correctly and punctuation was included! What has come over you?

Nope. I've broken the plastic shell of most of mine, and now they are dishwasher safe (top rack ;)) The really small ones I have (Sony micro-something) are totally bulletproof; I've squashed one under my heel without incident.

Steam is running fine on my Vista machine, but I didn't get the games because of my 7950. I am giving Sid Meyer's Railroads a try, though.

IIRC, you need a VLAN of some sort that will convert your jumbo frames to regular frames for other devices. Thats as far as my research got.

Involuntary p2p plus spyware, with an extra helping of DRM and bloat?

Bovine-schmovine ;) The only stuff I've actually gotten significant weight-loss from was Yak. The carcass had been hanging on a hook outside the hut for at least a month (not cured) before I boiled some of it and had a go; then I had to go for about 2 days. Those crazy tibetans must have...