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IMO you are spot on, Adriel. Why else would people buy Bose speakers?

Here's Van Smith's reply. He gets down to the nitty gritty in The Important Issues section. Coupled with Dean Jones' observations over at Aces Hardware, I don't think there's any real doubt about what has happened. Everyone used to give Bapco the benefit of the doubt because nothing could be...

I can't wait for Coug to wake up and post this as news, so here's The Inquirer article that pulls the threads together. Van Smith is proved right yet again! At this rate, even his prediction of the end of Intel might start to sound plausible. :wink: Rarely has someone been caught with their...

I agree. However, Mozilla has worked for all except one online banking/financial site that I have tried, even when they claim it won't (usually referring to Netscrape 6). The only exception was because the idiot web developer was specifically looking for either IE or Netscrape 4, and refused to...

Does anyone either know, or would like to guess, what is the largest hard drive capacity that will work with an Epox EP-51 MVP3E-M notherboard? Epox has kindly deleted all references to this board from their website, but I'm fairly sure it uses the same BIOS as the EP-58 MVP3C. It would be...

I imagine he was trying to inject a drop of levity. :) You do understand who he is talking about? Our erstwhile leader is not taken too seriously over here. In commenting on Howard's relationship with George W, an opposition parliamentarian recently described him as an "arse licker". Believe it...

Here's a more complete report: http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/08/22/1029114162991.html

The truth behind Bakhtiyari

Bill, I also noticed those points, but I made allowances. Firstly, he did not attack Bush's achievements, but rather praised them. What he did do was question the motivation for chest beating that whipped the citizenry into an even frothier frenzy. Previous American leaders have managed to...

Thanks for posting this, James. There are too many good points to single out one for special commendation, and neither can I identify anything that I definitely disagree with. Must have been written by a diplomat. :wink:

That site has several bits of useful software that together would constitute a really handy toolkit. Great link, Clocker!

According to Kevin O’Rourke of Price Waterhouse Coopers, there were 1800 “fine tuning” amendments in the Australian GST’s first year, with another 1,000 in the wings. The Taxation Act increased from 3,000 pages to 8,500. A survey conducted last year found that four out of five businesses...

Coug and E_Dawg: Press [F12] (or select {File} {Quick Preferences}), and change the browser alias from 'Identify as MSIE 5.0' to 'Identify as Opera'. This should improve your view of the product. :aok:

An intriguing article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,769645,00.html

Coug, the Aopen site displays the same as well, except for slightly different spacing with the bullet points:

Coug, for me Mozilla displays that page the same as Opera. The drop down menus only work with IE. Initially I thought it was because I was using RC3, but I upgraded to 1.0 and there was no change. Have you upgraded to 1.1 or something?

You are wrong. Most people should use the Nero default for maximum flexibility. And the only reason to "finalise" a disc is to write protect it. The main effect of selecting Multisession in Nero is to restrict your options to 'Track at Once' writing. 'Disc at Once' is disabled. It also stores...

You can download this program from Lite-On to identify the media manufacturer. It's main purpose is to tell you the maximum speed the burner will attempt with a particular disc. Useful if you have a 40x burner but it reckons the media is only good for 16x. ;)

Huh? The first sentence of the first reply contained your solution! What happened? :lol: Would you mind identifying the suspect media for the benefit of the rest of us? Thanks.

Platform has lots of experience in these matters, so I'm afraid he's probably right. If you want to ease your RMA process, download a trial of some other CDR mastering software (or try Nero's InCd with a CD-RW disc), so that you can say it didn't work with two different software packages. Try...

The text appears if you reload the page, and always after that. Some sort of caching issue?

Ha, you noticed! :) I cheated. The second button from the right pops up a URL input dialog. :D You can do this any time by just pressing [F2]. This is fun, but I'd rather Opera Software increased compatibility with certain websites, such as solving the flash problem Steve mentioned. I...

Happy to accept a challenge, e_dawg. :) BTW, you can customize which buttons and their sequence.

Eh? The Opera equivalent of File Bookmark is Add Page Here. To create an Opera bookmark to "The New York Times" and file it in the folder "US" under the root folder "News", either click on Bookmarks or press [Ctrl][Alt][A], point to "News", then "US", then select "Add page here". You can edit...

Those very few modifications cost a reputed $110 million in 1978 ... :) The Opel original was the Senator (or Rekord).

You mean how do I disorganize my bookmarks? They're scattered among four or five different bookmark files, well overdue for some maintenance. :) Seriously, when I do organize them, it's in a hierarchy. If I can't fit a single level's folders and bookmarks on one drop down menu, I figure I need...

I don't agree that this is an issue. I'd criticize any software with so many root menu groups that they wouldn't fit across the screen, so if you have that many shortcut root folders, I think you're misusing the feature. :o To be honest, I find 'personal' bars redundant on all browsers anyway...

Yes and No. By far the most popular car in Australia is the rear wheel drive Holden Commodore, which uses a 3.8 litre (230ci) engine based on a Buick design, and a GM US Turbo Hydramatic transmission. The optional 5 litre V8 may be Australian, but it is definitely US inspired, and the 5.7 litre...

I'm curious. Which parts of the interface are you referring to?

Tea, this appears to be incompatible with this: It doesn't sound like a hardware fault. I suspect you've felt pressured into checking the hardware to this extent? Try selecting "Start printing after last page has spooled". I know you've tried a different parallel port, but have you tried...

For those who wondered about Hollywood's seeming obsession with people lighting up: http://www.msnbc.com/news/792113.asp?0si=-?cp1=1&cp1=1 Sorry, this is the MSN version of the story. I have a less colored account in a newspaper, but I don't feel like typing it up. I believe the original...

Although far from the best in this genre, I'd like to share a review of the movie Dragonfly with you. I don't believe SF readers could ever read it otherwise, so morally I think it's okay to quote it here. Feel free to contribute other reviews of any film. ;)

Incredibly, it was 27C in Sydney today. It's supposed to be Winter. :o I'm not looking forward to Summer at all. :crap:

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Surely a candidate for "Most Useless Technical Innovation"? It would take 10-15 years for this to become the standard, and I suspect fax will go the way of telex by then.

You know, I just realized that it will take me another three years to achieve Tony's post count across all four aliases, assuming he were to stop now. :cry: If he continues at this rate, he'll be up to 12,500 by then ... :bigeek:

Mercutio, it's a while since I've had the misfortune to peek inside a Presario. Do they still use proprietary motherboard mountings etc? I assume HP uses the same exclusionary tactics with the Pavilion?

No problem. Drop in any time, with or without computer problems. BTW, I must apologize. I didn't absorb what you said in your first post about unbacked-up files. :oops: I'll go and sit in the corner now.

Tannin and Tea are both right. :) Although I remember 2400/9600 as more common than 2400/14400. I guess I didn't take much notice. People used to prize the old 2400bps modems for fax use, because many performed better than later chipsets. Or so I recall.

Buck, you may find this link useful. MouseWare version 9.3x or earlier should NOT be installed under Windows XP; only MouseWare 9.4x or higher should be installed in this operating system ... If you have installed MouseWare 9.3x into Windows XP, it is strongly recommended that you download the...

I see that that crafty human behind Tea and Tannin has engineered a double whammy. I wondered why he was using Tea instead of Tannin for certain things. :wink: Congratulations, Tony! May your omnipresence extend ever onward. The SF experience just wouldn't be possible without you. Here's to...

You need to get a new rule. :) There has only ever been one type of 3.5" FDD sold outside of Japan (ignoring the double vs high density aspect). It is an old design. You are getting out of your depth fast. 25-pin female = parallel (printer) 25-pin male = serial (probably Com2) 9-pin male =...

I'm not well today and I guess it shows. :oops:

A union would not suggest or condone this type of action. This sounds like the frustration of someone without representation.

The hard drive parameters sound right to me (and Mark has now confirmed it beyond doubt), but I figured Tea would be the only one amongst us to have touched one of these in the last 14 years. I'm not sure I understand exactly what you are doing. Why are you discharging the battery rather than...

Buck, under Windows 98 first edition, those symptoms could be attributed to printer drivers, not the mouse. We've sold a couple of the Logitech wireless opticals and have had no problems. I think you might be being a trifle hasty.

Logitech has had a checkered history with mouse drivers. If you have one that is causing grief, just try a different version. A highly useful advantage that their driver confers is the ability to wheel-scroll in a window or frame without it already having. Try this in Windows Explorer to see...

Have you tried using them as a host with Win2k, Tea?

I'm afraid I've mainly heard bad things about multi-thingys as well. Generally along the lines of poor reliability and expensive repairs. If your father doesn't want to leave his computer on to receive faxes, I think USR makes a modem with onboard storage that's available in Oz. The advantage...

USR prices are entirely justified. It's just that your application (internet and fax) does not require all their features. If you wanted to set up some kind of remote access server, however, it is difficult to find any current external modem that performs satisfactorily. Except USR. Mind you...