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Pacifica looks nice, except for the fact that it's so far from my work. I still have a number of clients in the Salinas area, and I still sail my boat out of Monterey. Those would need to be a bit closer. What would make a lot of sense would be to live just south of San Jose on the 101 corridor...

Greg, the person you met was Birgit. She's german, I'm still living with her, but I'm looking for an apartment in Monterey or Palo Alto. It's been in the 80-90s here, but last night I was taking a Salsa class in Palo Alto and it was 90 with 70% humidity at 10PM (while dancing without AC). I...

ASRock (cringe)

I'm running a K8N Pro-SLI right now, and have used about 40 of them (or the non-Pro variant) in the last year or so. Fortunatly, I've never had to deal with an RMA.

I couldn't agree more. I was helping a friend drop the motor on his 1997 Cavalier Z and it was an absolute nightmare. He's an ex-airforce crew chief (F-117s) and said the biggest PITA was his car.

It's not Point of Sale software ;)

SCSI is easier than brain sugery, but not much else. You want easy? Get SATA.

Das elefant ist blau.

I've pointed david.tweakt.com (Name/DNS hosted at downdoggy.com, site hosted by me) to ddrueding.dyndns.org and it works quite well with the DynDNS client in my DSL modem.

I hope not. Considering how "UI" I was, the fact that I recognized the error and asked for clarification should earn me bonus points.

Anyone have experience building these things? Anyone have a vendor they like? This ought to be an interesting project, considering all the different elements (including credit card processing) that are involved.

In that order because I've found the ones at the top to be more difficult than the ones at the bottom. Around here, just looking hungry will get you a few bucks out of a passing car, but it won't get you broadband ;)

Yes.

I appreciate the offer, we'll see how the Russian pans out first ;)

Great idea, mind if I steal it? (too late)

Pearl Jam has already ruined their sound. They used to be good, then they got therapy, now they suck. Same with Guns'n'Roses, Metallica, and countless other bands. Nirvana was awesome until the depression killed Kurt Cobain, that meant they had no time to "get better" and suck.

They are already a "Top 100" at TPB

For the last 8 months or so I've been practicing my german. Now it seems that there's an 80% chance that Russian will be next, with the other 20% being Swedish. Anyone here care to help me with my Russian?

But that would be buying a device that is designed to perform the task required, instead of modifying a more advanced and expensive toy to perform the same task! That's almost more unthinkable than Merc buying Sony. I think we can solve the unmoveable object/irresistable force question as soon...

This is the way I've been doing it. It's just a lot cleaner all-'round.

There is a setting on many WAPs that asks what country you are in. I was under the impression that this was to make sure you didn't exceed the power limit in your country. Anyone know what would be the most powerfull choice?

I actually just looked on Newegg, and $500 will now get you: 3500+ 2GB RAM 160GB HDD DVD-Burner After the price drops, you'll be able to go dual-core for that price :o

Great. Replace it with one of these and you're finished!

That all depends on how good a friend it is. If this is someone who is interested in learning about computers and who you were planning on spending time with anyway, building a machine and doing the Linux thing sounds just fine. If, on the other hand, this is a "friend" (i.e. - someone you know...

I wouldn't buy a computer on e-bay. To be clear I wouldn't really buy anything that could have complex issues, or difficult to identify flaws on ebay. Go to Costco, or Walmart, or wait for a sweet deal at Dell, and get them a new one. They do exist at that price range and your friend will thank...

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NO! Don't use iTunes in any form of generic reference! It is not a standard! Don't give into the hype!

Yep. Yep.

37 I get. Eight....er, no. :crap: Try not to suck any dick in the parking lot.

One example I have is Harddollar. They are always using the latest version of .NET and SQL/MSDE with every release. Their docs may say otherwise, but when you talk to their support guys, the first thing they'll do is have you upgrade everything. I've had to upgrade the server for this product 3...

I wore through the spacebar on my old set, so I decided to get a new one: Logitech Cordless Desktop MX5000 Laser Bluetooth I decided to go with this one based on some past experiences with logitech's gear. They used to have serious issues with their bluetooth drivers, but I have confirmed that...

I hate iTunes, but I hate it when people try to use that as an argument against an iPod as well. Despite what apple says, iPod != iTunes. I have never, ever, installed iTunes on any computer. Further, the fact that iPods are the most popular portable music player in the world by a significant...

A very simple reason will drive most of my clients to upgrade; the stated "reccomended configuration" on some piece of software. Most of the mainstream apps say they'll support older OSes, but the nitche products don't bother. For the most part, their "reccomended" system includes the latest OS...

To me, Vista looks like tons of money. Just converting one of my medium sized clients would be thousands in hardware (with margin) and 100+ hours of labor (upgrades, data migration, training). My biggest client will probably take a month or more of full-time effort to get moved over. Sure...

I used my iPod nano for the purpose once with a 3rd party firmware, just to try it out. Seemed to work well, though there's no practical experience and clearly no support.

eight?

It seems this system does have a hard limit on the number of messages, not the size of them. Handruin, don't let all the pressure from us here get to you; you have a lot going on and (as you can see) we are all cabable of using the forum in it's current state until you get settled.

Why? To double the number deployed on the continent?

I've never had good luck with cable select. Give master/slave a shot and wee what happens.

My mouse requires all of 40sq.in. of desk space. More is consumed by my arm resting on the desk, or by my headphones, or by the plate of food. Much more was freed up by wallmounting the LCD or the speakers. Not to mention the fact that my keyboard and mouse are wireless, thus not needing to...

For me the icons don't matter at all. I pay no attention to them. If a thread has the little blue down arrow next to it, it has new posts.

Alright, the current experiment is over. Time to migrate my mail back from Thunderbird in Kubunto into Outlook in a PST in WinXP. I think I need help on this one. Apparently there's a hidden directory that contains my mail?

Wow. My favorite Tango partner, Olga, convinced me that the only way to drink vodka is by the shot; no ice, no mixers, no wimps - chased with fresh strawberries. Holy shit. I've never seen an entire bottle dissapear that fast, and I've never had to make so many corrections in a post before. Now...

Good job, the essentials checklist is useful: 1. Computer 2. Internet Access 3. Place to Pee 4. Place to Sleep 5. Something to Eat

Congrats to the following people for their recent proof of having nothing better to do: LunarMist - 1k i - 1k LiamC - 1k Clocker - 2k Santilli - 2k Buck - 4k ...and of course, Mercutio, for averaging over 5 posts per day since Jan, 2002!

If you can't jerk off and have your hand on the mouse at the same time, you aren't a real geek.

I only listen to South American Scientists from Canada...

Nevermind, google is your friend.

I would, but:

That's what I'm most looking forward to. I have several clients who are AMD-fanboys like no other. They insist on getting Intel chips beacuse they are "proven technology". I haven't had the heart to tell them that all their servers have been AMD for years.