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I hate where this country is, and I hate most of the people in it. What I like about this country is the fact that the odds are high that it will change; and change without civil war.

I kept reading it, sure it was wrong, but when it came time to make a post myself; I wasn't so sure anymore. So I just went with to, too lazy to actually look it up.

Good job, Mark. Another year and still alive....can't ask for much more.

Where is the edit button?

Althought some grammar police actions is in order: Either it is: Complete Knock Down -or- Completely Knocked Down

mubs! What's up? Mark's post was clearly done in the same vein as my own, a good-natured and dirty play on words, just taken a bit further. If you aren't up for that kind of thing <cringe>, just let us know and I'll clean it up a bit.

...is that what you call it? :erm: :joker:

I threw this together in the last few minutes for a friend. If you have input that would be great. I don't want it any longer or more complicated than what it is, but if there are errors or clarifications that would be fab. Summary: Web pages are made of a bunch of HTML files and some...

I can definatly agree on count #1.

3.5 years, 111k miles, haven't done more than oil, wiper and tire changes since 20k (original brakes, original clutch, etc). The only warrantee work done was the static part of the passenger door latch came loose. Fixed without appointment and without any paperwork in 2 minutes. I think I'll...

IMHO, self-employment is far more likely to get you an ulcer than $1M (not that $1M is affluent in a google-ish way).

The card and cameras are already there; part of the last IT guy's clusterf*ck. They will almost certainly never use it. Primarily it is so the boss can watch from home. Even if I'm only capping 1fps per (motion activated) camera, it shouldn't be an issue. The other tasks are very lightweight...

Building out a resteraunt. They already have all the cameras and the PCI-based capture card. The system will be running XP Pro or Server 2003 (haven't decided yet). I need software that can monitor/record 8 cameras. If it has a web server that would be awesome, high-level compression would be...

Don't drink coffee, don't use a laptop...what is this "starbucks"?

Where is that edit button?

I knew m/c just form context, CKD I had no idea (and I feel old)

There is a market in selling to short-sighted customers...

Seconded. Get a 19" 4:3 LCD if you are going to be working on it a lot. I have widescreen LCDs, but only use them on HTPCs.

This heatsink has really amazing thermal capabilities. I'm overclocking/overvolting up the wazoo while loading at 100% for hours on end and I don't have a fan mounted on the heatsink. Of course, I am using a P180 chassis with a pair of 120mm fans @ 500rpm in close proximity. P180 + SCNJ-1000 is...

The best response I could provide is "probably not". NAT is just what you've implied you think it is; sharing which is transparent to the parent network. A broadband router should do the same (most support MAC cloning on the WAN port). Of course, if they did full packet inspection on all your...

If you are running a 32-bit OS, you won't see more memory than that. Get the 64-bit version.

I highly recomend the Scythe SCNJ-1000 with no fan. The problem with the size adapters it the backpressure reduces the airflow.

? It's not fast enough to be usefull for memory, is it?

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I like the TinyXP releases, I have the "Beast" edition around here somewhere. But they stripped a few things I like (US Keyboard, default theme) and added some crap I don't (MSN Messanger). They say you can use that program....what's the name of it...to make your own slimmed-down version, but I...

Our lame excuse for Fall has been around for a week or two; overcast in the morning, low sixties until midday. Beautiful, really dense fog at night; great for evening walks.

It's a licence that allows 5 different installations/activations of Server 2003.

We'll see how good the Yamaha YSP-1000 is; I have a new client in Marin that wants a home theater. I'll be aquiring a demo unit to try out at his place.

The Yamaha looks fascinating. If it performs as well as it's traditional competitors in that price range, it may be exactly what I'm looking for. How was the audio quality?

Screw it. I'm not going to go through the added hasstle of a reciever just to get the same 2.1 I have now. I'll get a 5.1 speaker setup at the same time. What about 7.1? Snake Oil?

All, Thanks so much for all the info. I'm really enjoying all the dialogue. What I'm most interested in at the moment is the next step after my current ~$300 configuration. Something under $1500 lets say. Not that that is a hard number, if I can be convinced that more could be wisely spent, I...

Look on the bright side....it's job security. ;)

Those look great, and include the surround decoder, but I can't find prices anywhere. I somehow suspect it's still a lot of money.

Or when you say matched speakers do you mean something like this?

Alright, back to reality. I hadn't seen Merc's most recent posts when I made my last. Surround it is. Looking for a reciever and speakers. I'll probably take the Klipsch I have and move them elsewhere, so consider me starting from scratch. Getting a reciever like this one? It has so many...

If only I had $10,000 to spend on this...these look perfect for my needs.

What a silly thought (it's passed now). One of the reasons I specifically stated stereo sound was my focus was because I wanted to concentrate on quality over number of channels. Considering 95% of my source material is stereo, I didn't think more speakers would make an appreciable difference...

Thanks for all the responses so far. Multiple inputs is not an issue, unless I want to have discreet inputs for my computers. I have no stereo, no TiVo, no TV, no DVD player, no turntable....nada. I'm just focusing on my one source mentioned above, and getting out to some speakers. If the...

FYI: P.U.ExtreemeI.: (third bottle: a Pariso '02 Syrah...$50/bottle) My apologies for any typos or indirect offense towards other posters...

Merc, Thanks for the response; yours was one of those I would value most of this group, as you have the budget and the interest to provide valuable feedback at this level. I understand that investment at this level requires an exponential increase in investment for a linear increase in quality...

That would be me...yes please.

This thread is meant to be a discussion of audio equipment. Both inside computers to the limit of computer-based audio, and viable alternatives at the high-end. This is a topic that I would like to learn more about, and any questions/information on this topic is welcome in this thread. The...

Audio DVDs as in DVD Audio? Or as in DVDs full of MP3s?

Interesting. It's cheaper than the one I have (X-Plosion) yet physically larger. I wonder what the quality difference is like?

I suspect both the 3.5" and 5400RPM are independantly considered uncool these days. The only reason they all haven't gone to 2.5" is the race to 1TB; which would be a bit more difficult without the larger platters. I wouldn't mind an array of 9 2.5" 250GB SAS drives at 5400RPM. Are there any...

Meh. Hard drives are not a source of energy, so I'm not particuarly worried. I've had chips/caps blow up in the past. The fact that an actual problem (laptop batteries made by sony) causes a non-problem (one hard drive's spectacular failure) to get press is just annoying.

Thanks guys! Aiming for true Heffner style, I got together with a half-dozen female friends and we've been hanging out for the last 2 days. Dancing, drinking, hot tubs, eating, rock climbing (lots of ass-shots doing that), and tonight is the sailing. I need a bigger boat ;)

IMHO, they are the generic blandness in the middle. Nothing exceptional, but they tend to "just work". I'd give them a go.

Thanks Mark.

That would be the grill over the fan...I bought one of those and was dissapointed.