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OK, FC6 seems very slow for a desktop OS; especially when compared to ubuntu. I was even able to get the VMWare Tools installed, but it seems that I need to run it every time? Is there a startup folder somewhere?

Vista Ultimate + All current updates = 17.44GB I wonder how big Office 2007 will be?

From what I've heard 2007 is a major change from 2003. Notice I didn't say improvement. I've heard that OO looks more familiar to 2003 users than 2007 does. That is a tempting change...thoughts?

Merc, Have you tested Vista with the X-Plosion card? Now that I'm using the fancy digital out I'm concerned.

FC6 installed in 30 minutes, and has been updating for 4 hours...WTF?

Perfect. Thanks CityK!

I got my Vista Ultimate VM up and running for support purposes as well.

Merc, My MSDN includes Ultimate.

Got it. Bastards.

Are there any tricks to installing the VMWare Tools on Ubuntu and FC6? There must be, as I can't figure it out...

I suspect that Vista is not computer-ready, though many computers are Vista-ready.

Nope, no pirate versions for me. I make each of my clients (~20) maintain an MSDN subscription for testing/dev purposes and licensing wiggle-room. This means I have keys to spare.

So you're putting up a double standard. Someone needs to make themselves visible to be seen by others, and you refuse to do it, putting the burden solely on them. Don't you think that people you are interested in (and would be interested in you) are also not willing to put themselves out there...

I did it from the ISO, downloaded from MS' website, mounted using the VMWare client configuration. It should think that it is a physical disk.

The one I got from my MSDN subscription, it says that it will install the appropriate version based on the CD_Key I give it, but I didn't get to enter a key yet. So....all of them?

Did anyone else have problems installing Vista Final into a VMWare Server? After clicking "install now", it says something about "A required CD/DVD device driver is missing" and to insert a driver disk. Anyone?

You're missing an important part. You don't have to select them, they select you, too. It makes no difference that 90% of the women there aren't interested, it wouldn't work with them anyway. But by putting yourself out there and being visible, people have the opportunity to select you.

What I did was decrease the minimum size of the tabs, that lets more tabs fit before it scrolls.

Women tend to gather at places where money is spent; Malls, Bars, etc. Also any place that seems excessively healthy; Spas, Gyms*, health clubs, etc. As a matter of fact, if you set yourself up to get healthier through any of the group-based methods (weight watchers, yoga, gym, whatever), I'm...

My complaints with it stem from where it is located and how little it says about what it does before doing it. On a number of occasions I've had users in medium-sized companies attempt to bring in a laptop from home and think that "Share my internet connection" is exactly what they need to make...

I haven't used ICS in a long time, but IIRC it screws up everything; DHCP, NAT, IPs, DNS...everything. I wouldn't be too surprised if that was the culprit of your screwy system.

Merc, When I worked that much, I always ended up with co-workers. I figure I probably booked at least 20 hours in bars actively pursuing conversations with women for every phone number I got. 50% of those phone calls got returned, 75% of those return calls got dates, 50% of those dates got me...

I've been thinking of getting into the DSLR game for years now. My general consensus has been to buy the best body and single lens I can at the time, knowing full well that I'll want to sink more money into the hobby later.

I ran into (almost literally) Jobs a month or so ago. Just crossing paths...

How open is the fan grille? I've found that cutting them out and (optionally) replacing them with a wire grille gives a tremendous improvement.

Not worthwhile is a subjective thing. There are at least 2 completely unsecured APs around me, if I have any security at all than no-one will bother. If I was the only AP around, I'd be more worried.

....but it would be easy to support. Tech: "Do you see a line of white text on a black background? Is the cursor blinking? Good. Your hardware is working, call someone else."

Great. Phone Tech: "The first thing you need to do is insert the disk and reboot. This will format your drive and restore it to it's original state." Who on earth is going to do that?

I'll second Chewy on the crappiness of V-Day. It, and my other holidays, are designed by corporations to cause more consumerism. Women, who seem blind to consumerism, still feel some degree of authenticity however and therefore apply pressure to guys to cave to the desires of the corporation...

Just do MAC filtering. It's pretty tricky to bypass and keeps the easy ones out. Mainly it let's you use any OS or other device without hassle.

But I think the price difference between the 24" and 22" wide screens has more to do with the resolution than the actual size.

$700 is out of line for a 24" widescreen. I can get another 22" standard for that price.

I've been meaning to learn Linux for quite some time. In fact, I have started a number of times without success. I am of the firm belief that Linux proficiency will be a prerequisite for employment in my business somewhere down the road. Ideally, I'd like a certification of some kind as...

If you sell a computer without an OS, you know for sure that you will get less tech support calls. That might explain the $180 difference.

In my experience, Newegg has been pretty good. Shipping same or next day with back ordered items and rebates quite clearly marked. But I only order from them about 3 times a month, and it's been almost a week now. Have they changed anything?

21% deceased isn't that high a percentage, really. Tony might back me up on this (or jump down my throat ;)) but this kind of thing has significant outliers (think asymmetrical bell curve). I'm much younger than you, and I would bet that it's already in the double digits percentage wise.

If I were to exploit machines, I would focus on people that are more lax about updates. Not only does this mean I could use an older exploit, but that the user would be less likely to notice. You also must consider that MS will EOL IE6 sometime soon, and then you will need IE7 to be patched at all.

Wow...that could hold vista premium :roll:

Interesting. I prefer the low-contrast blue-ish theme. Easier on the eyes.

Mubs, I know that it's 6:45AM here, and that I am awful this early in the morning; my brain simply doesn't work. But if you are waiting for the 50th person to die, they have sorted themselves ;)

Unfortunatly, those are 2 things I can't have. There are no mountains between me and the antenna I'm after, but an internal antenna will be a must and there are a few buildings in the way.

The "porn multiplier"? I need one of those, too...

Oh, that looks very interesting. I think I'll get one of them. But I do need an indoor antenna as well, most stations are 30+ miles away.

Eh, just went straight to my Level and Tonic. Works well after breakfast.

Tea, Sorry for the Monkey comment, that was undeserved. You may have memory issues, but you are indeed an ape. My apologies, I just burned myself making breakfast and I get mean when I'm in pain.

Intolerant little monkey. This has been discussed here before (and I think you were part of that conversation, or at least the old man was).

A lot of the Gigabyte motherboards I buy have an eSATA bracket included, even if they don't have 1394.

Craig, Thanks for the tip, that may actually be enough for me to dump my exchange server for an external mail-only solution. Thanks!

Alright. I still haven't finished all of CityK's very detailed and extensive descriptions, but I need a simple recomendation. I want to be able to display OTA (HD and standard) TV on my computer screen and/or VGA-based projector. I figure I'm in a metropolitan area and there's probably a fair...

Sol, I can't think that that is right. Placing so much significance on a single (the lowest) value could potentially really screw up the average. IIRC, one of the reasons for choosing Median instead of Mean or Mode was to prevent outliers from having a significant impact on the calculation.