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What about an active PFC, nearly silent 300W PSU for $55 from MikeC @ SPCR?[/url] I'm considering one myself....

Life must be so much more interesting in Aus...

RE: The camera/photo deal....are you thinking of a kiosk layout (self serve, foolproof, and indestructable) or something where an employee of the company would assist (camera with button near the mirrors, printer behind the counter)? Either can be done fairly easily, but have different...

Best of luck Pradeep ;) There's no way I'd get something that didn't have a DVI (or at least VGA) plug on it. Still not sold on RPTV beating a full-blown projection system. $2k will get you a nice system and a motorized screen.

So you and your wife now have 3 cars?

Yes

I'v found that every morining, I listen to the same 4 songs in the same order: 1. The White Stripes - Fell in Love with a Girl 2. Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil 3. Radiohead - Paranoid Android 4. James Taylor - Steamroller Does anyone else have this kind of routine?

Also very nice, has she been spotted in Texas, yet? And what on earth would she be doing in Houston, anyway. Austin would be more her style...

Checked it out, very nice.

Yeah, you mean C...It's been a while since I've got a CPU to operate @ 75F (486DX2-66MHz, cold to the touch while operating IIRC)

Nope, it was all that damn oxygen that happened to be around at the time. ;)

Great, thanks guys. The parent's not-quite-in-law just blew all their money on a 65" widescreen HDTV and have no cash for the rest of the components...

I've never even tried running a CPU that hot (intentionally). There were a few "fanless" situations where it was exceeded, but that was short-term. I might have to tone-down my fans even more just to see if they're still stable at my current voltage and clockspeed.

Must say I've never experienced these issues. But then again, I don't deal with DRM capable formats, anyway...

I know, it's not much of a budget, but it's not for me. I need a single unit DVD Player/Reciever/Amp and all the speakers. Ideally with component video out, but that is a bit of a strech I know. Last year I got my GF a Pioneer model, the HTD-330 or the HTD-510DV, I can't remember. It's ok...

Oh, and a tiny bit of fluid dynamics, based on the shape of the H2 cloud, the density of what it is passing through and the speed at which it is moving.

Wouldn't this be a simple function of the molecular density inside vs. outside? ANd be dependant on, well, just about everything? (temp, atmospheric pressure, density of the gasses, etc.)

It sounds like you need Windows XP :P Take any files you wish and drag them to the cd-rom drive, then choose "burn" from the file menu. That's it.

You realise, Tony, that Nero can make you wait an awful long time after burning @ 52x and still be faster than your 8x burner...

Great, thanks. I'll need to wait for my hands to stop shaking before I do the work. Stupid drugs...

Not really, 40C is 104F. Although that is my current body temp (flu), it's definatlyu in the "sick" range. I do my best to keep the ambient in my case within 2 degrees of room temp, and the CPU under 110 during Prime95. Though I'll probably be toning this down just a little, it seems I can't...

Bone-lover? No special tricks at all, SLK-900U with a 92mm Panaflo "h" series + Zalman Fanmate, and AS3. I suppose it could be a little quieter, but I can only hear it when I stand up. When seated at my desk it's inaudible.

Well, radio shacks selection dissapoints once again...it's McGyver time. I have 50 and 100 Ohm resistors (10 Watt). IIRC, 2 50s in parallel give you 25 ohm, correct? Can I stick these 2 50s on a 12V line leading to 3 of these fans? I don't think so, but I am a wishfull thinker on drugs...

Call me paranoid, but I don't like my CPUs passing 40C, even @ full load. My 2500+ @ 2.2Ghz is currently tooling along @ 99F :D

Dude, that is awesome! Thanks much.

not quite, but the design is incredibly close. The sides are too straight and there is no reinforcement on the ends. It will be interesting to see how well the ducting works.

I think that's good enough, I'll be reducing the number of fans as well (to 3 from 5) hopefully keeping it under 30dB total. This is a really simple server config, and shouldn't require all those fans in such a spacious and well-designed case (in an air conditioned server room). I'll be...

Thank you. I was a bit undecided at first, but I will include some HTML at the beginning of each page to describe what is happening in detail. I think keeping the page as simple as possible is the best way to go. Thanks again.

The Barton 2500+ is (IMHO) the "no duh" of computer processors. It's incredibly cheap, remarkably available, and virtually guaranteed to be stable @ 11x200 (3200+ speed). I've used about 8 of them now, and they've all hit that no problem. It's to the point where when someone buys something else...

Yes, I made sure beforehand that it would be mounted in their server room (full of 50+ servers) and they insist that mine stands out as the loudest. I think they're just trying to get back at me for barging in (they have an IS department, and outsourced this project to me anyway). The (single)...

Thanks, I'll give that a shot :D

Handy, you are handy.....;) That works very well. Thank you! The application is a simple gift registry for my sister's wedding. The problem with all the ones that are currently available are twofold: 1. They requre significant computer knowledge to function properly. For many the process of...

This seems fine for our application, the total expected load is <2000 hits spread out randomly over a 6-10 month period. I think the likelyhood of someone clicking at the exact same time is fairly unlikely. In the (slightly more likely) event that someone attemps to click on an item after it...

Here is what I need to create: A simple web page with a list of items (30-50) 1. When you click on an item, it is removed from that page and added to another page. 2. When you click on an item on the second page it is removed from that page and added to the first. 3. Setup can be complicated...

Stupid fans....my story and my question. Antec ships their 3U rackmount case with YS Tech fans rated @ the following: Model Spec Operating mA W RPM CFM DbA NYW09225012BS 12v 7v-13.2v 340 4.08 3500 67.3 43.0 Which is pretty darn loud. So loud, in fact, that a...

That's where I'm at....I tried Slackware 9.1 upon it's release, and it lasted 2 days longer than RH 8.0 (the prevoius attempt that lasted 3 days). Show me an os with a completely self explanitory and prompted setup, where I can play a 3d accellerated game (with sound) after install without ever...

Just had another (small) one....I like this stuff. :D

IMO, 600 will give you a better surface than that of the chip anyway. clearly this is "good enough" and nothing thermal paste won't be able to handle. If you're looking for good operation with a dry-fit...get them both to 1600+ (even at this, it will only be touching at the ridges, but there...

Well, the good news is that printme doesn't install be default. All you have to do is delete the web link and it's gone.

That is available @ the local Brit Pub....I'll have to check it out. My new local brewery, Monterey Coast Brewery, has a great Pilzner.

There's a reason the house I'm living in costs $1.2M...it's worth it ;) (no, I don't own the house)

LOL. My GF is San Jose didn't feel this one...it was only 7km deep, so didn't travel very far. (I'm 20mi away, she's 70mi)

Well, what can I say? Stupid people are...stupid. But 90% of people that know something about computers know about windows.

Actually, yes. I tried, and no it doesn't work. Rather, it would work...if you had a 2k3 DC on the domain somewhere. But it seems people hold windows and linux to different standards. In windows, everything is expected to work with everything. Linux people seem to be perfectly OK with fairly...

Indeed, I provide the same support. And considering I also handle all software installations and all software licencing, AND all user training...they have themselves a one-stop shop for everything. And I have agreements in place with other local contractors to "cover" for each other in bad times...

nevermind, it was over 300 seconds long....time flies when you're having fun... http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/waveforms/wavesall/nc40148755.rsec0.html

LOL, my dad had some important clients fly down for a meeting. They arrived 35 minutes before the Loma Prieta Quake (7.4, the one that messed with the World Series). 2 Hours later they were on a plane out of here, and never came back. Wimps.

6.5 on the Richter Scale, about 20 miles from here. Duration? My guess would be about 10-15 seconds.

Yeah Baby! http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/latest.htm

Going to get the stats now, but it was LONG