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Another M$ weakness. That's unusual! *yawn* http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/answerstips/story/0,24330,3374542,00.html My broadband ISP has already blocked NetBIOS (because of other exploits), and naturally I have a firewall. And a port blocker. :roll: Thanks for drawing attention to this...

Probably New Zealand. They do have speed limits, however. I don't think any sizeable country is in the hunt. Too much sense of self-importance, perhaps?

They're on dangerous ground. IIRC Tweaktown is an Oz site, and we now have our own equivalent to the DMCA, meaning the key changer is illegal. I'd expect M$ to act against that.

:rofl: That was rather like Pete Sampras vs Andy Roddick: a tennis lesson. Just beautiful, Mark. 8)

I don't know about that. There is relatively little gravitational effect in an orbiting satellite. So even a normal liquid would flow extremely slowly without something to start it off. My impression is that glass is a liquid with a structure too strong to flow at room temperature under normal...

I guess the earlier kids learn how to hold down [Ctr][Alt][Delete], the better. The third ring is the reset button.

There are times when you really don't want to use font scaling. Unless you want to give yourself eyestrain, 133dpi makes it compulsory. It's a problem with applications that don't scale at all, and ones with complex forms such as database applications. As for visible pixels, I thought sub-pixel...

Eeeek! Don't misunderstand me, I loathe and detest cheap cases. I was just trying to keep CougTek on a pragmatic path. :( All things considered, perhaps it would be best to try to shoot for a whole new case and PS? Or maybe Coug should leave it as is with the qualification that it doesn't...

This is why I disagree with Pradeep and really don't like Dell's UXGA screens. Sorry, but I think they're a gimmick.

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Coug, stay calm. This definitely calls for major diplomacy. But the situation should be salvageable, nonetheless. You could really do with advice from Tony here. I'm certain he would be able to guide you through to a far more satisfactory state of affairs. Remember, the customer insisted on...

Coming after the attempts to imprison plane-spotters as spies for twenty years, this tends to confirm that Greece is off the rails and heading for the cliff, in a socio-political sense. I'm truly sorry for you and your country, Prof. :(

I see Davis has admitted to being Its.Fubar and Monica: http://forums.storagereview.net/viewtopic.php?t=5361 Looks like Eugene's been asleep at the wheel again. :roll:

Quantum was down to one year well before they were swallowed by Maxtor, in Australia at least. That didn't seem to affect other manufacturers' policy then, although obviously Maxtor today has a much bigger slice of the market.

How about just don't bother installing it? :)

I just checked, and it actually defaults to Quick (TOC) erase, with the option of full format. Took less than a minute to erase the 2x4x disc I just tried. The first time you use a blank disc with the program, it will insist on doing a full format. But from then on it will use quick erase...

If you fully intend keeping it for three years, definitely get the warranty. Although what you really want is an insurance policy that guards against accidental damage. :( There are just so many ways to write off a laptop, but hardly any are covered under warranty. My own opinion is that you...

I've actually seen it in the flesh, as it were. :) It used to be in an entrance to one of the buildings, so you could press your nose to the glass and goggle if you wished. It makes the prof's point very effectively, Bill. If someone told you that everyday materials that we take for granted...

I've found at least some 2x4x RW media to be highly unreliable. I have been told that 10x12x is better (with newer drives obviously), but I have no evidence. NTI's FileCD, their packet writing software, definitely has a quick format option (only applicable after you've done a full format, or...

I remembered the name Describe, and then you supplied the OS2 connection, but I can't remember anything about it, except it was supposed to be wonderful ... My first thought for a solution was Open Office, but then I looked at www.Software602.com, and it has explicit HTML creation from its...

No worries C, would you like me to send you one? :mrgrn:

In practice, I've found Opera's inbuilt download manager as effective as anything else. Apart from full monitoring, you can suspend or resume an interrupted download, which is usually what you really want from a download manager. When confronted with truly awful download speeds and truncations...

That sounds more like the Red Hat installer than the picture you first painted. :-?

I phoned the Big Pong 1800 number in my user guide and found it was disconnected. So I threw the booklet somewhere in disgust, and hunted around their website (using another ISP) to get the support number. My first call was answered with a loud distorted noise. I got further with the second...

I think he just bought one on Ebay, James, so right now he's probably on a ledge somewhere. :) Seriously, will the 14,000 page unit suit the 1650? FWIW, looking into the prices for Pradeep made me suspect that Lexmark Australia is taking us antipodeans to the cleaners. Mind you, the US prices...

Arstel strikes again, for those of us foolish enough to live in Australia. This "unscheduled outage" will be two hours minimum. I thought the accompanying screenshot just about sums it up (check the legend, ignore the "some problems" crap - the entire country is affected). In case you're...

I agree. Fujitsu may well match the performance, but I doubt that anyone will match both heat and noise in this generation. Unless Eugene knows something we don't, I think it should have received a better award than "Safe Buy".

The penny may have just dropped. Do you mean it said there were no drives present?

A longshot, Tea, but have you tried replacing the ASPI drivers? I didn't have much fun with my last Nero install either. It was the latest version bar one, and bundled with a Lite-On drive, so one would expect it to recognize the drive successfully. It insisted it was a 32-spin drive (it's...

Don't get me started on the ABS. Both my wife and I used to work there. A pompous, pint-sized beaucracy full of self-importance but little wit. But still not stupid enough to attempt to prosecute anyone over this. There are legions of politicians (and others) who would gleefully draw their...

Holy hard drive dollars! You could buy 8 WD800JB for that! I don't know that any of us are that keen. :o

Ha! I suspected you were going over to the dark side. :P I take it your video work benefits from a P4? Handy to know if that's the case.

That would be à la Carte dining, NZ style?

Huh? What happened?

I'm confused Clocker. Isn't this the board you just bought to fix your Dad's PC?

Link to Yuyo's first post I read it all, Bill, but I can't decide whether or not it's a good idea to bring it here. I'm a little concerned about potential traffic. Much of the thread is vacuous, including most of the contribution from The Giver's cheerleader, BWW. Once you take out all the...

What's with the milk? In Oz it's beer.

Backup software for DVD-RW and CD-RW: http://www.ntibackupnow.com/ On special at the moment, if anyone's interested. FWIW, I have a client with multiple branches who uses 100MB Zip for backup. They also perform incremental resynchronization each night by modem, however. In any case, you...

No, I was right. This MacSkeptic column finds FireWire still has a slight advantage. Their Atto test showed a huge difference but they disqualified it because it didn't add up (but is that so unusual for Atto?). TechTV ran some tests with a solid state storage device that highlighted FireWire's...

Firstly, I'd like to thank Tannin for truly sage advice. I realize that it may seem obvious, but it lifts my spirits to see such an obviously successful dealer spell it out. I'm going to reread it a few times, and I advise everyone else to do the same as a life lesson. Secondly, everything he...

Ditto and ditto! You sure know how to administer a 'stress test' Mark. That definitely caused a missed beat and a dose of adrenalin here. :frowner: But I think it's a good thing that your ancient P133 is going to God of its own volition. Otherwise you would have had to make a decision about...

Our galaxy itself contains a hundred billion stars; It's a hundred thousand light-years side to side; It bulges in the middle sixteen thousand light-years thick, But out by us it's just three thousand light-years wide. We're thirty thousand light-years from Galactic Central Point, We go 'round...

I'm not certain, but aren't there still latency issues with USB 2.0 that continue to make it less effective? Anyone know?

If you want ATAPI and cost is an issue, you are probably looking at Travan 4. Capacity is 4GB uncompressed (8GB compressed). But why don't you consider DVD-RW instead? You should be able to sell the Pioneer A04 for under US$500, and the 4.7GB (uncompressed) RW media is cheap.

Well, it's double, which is what I was trying to point out. You keep saying "a bit", making it sound like they're of similar size. :)

The BBC must really be slipping. This is a hoax for sure. o Any metallic object travelling at a few hundred kilometres an hour will make some sort of crater, if only a relatively small one. The article didn't mention the hole in her foot, so I gather it just bounced off. :lol: o You sure as...

That's great jtr1962, but Mars has a mass about an order of magnitude greater than Earth's moon.

As you say, beyond belief except where it's HP. :roll: Pretty amazing stuff, Tea. Now we know why you didn't finish the thread! I'm tempted to submit this one to The Inquirer. What do you think?

Hanes who? :) UPS and Fedex have very limited penetration in overseas markets. A car company? Are we talking GM or Toyota? Either way, I don't think so. Has to be Coke. Even kids buy Coca Cola. Although McDonalds is working on it. :(

It might help to know the brand and model of motherboard, and the chipset used. And the history.