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When you start to compare the real costs of any form of transport to rail, rail generally wins hands down. I'll do such a comparison here, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of each transportation mode: ROAD Direct operating costs: 1. fuel 2. vehicle maintainance 3. insurance 4...

I started this topic on SR but consider it important enough to post here also since some of you no longer visit SR's B&G. Here is a link to the thread at SR: http://forums.storagereview.net/viewtopic.php?t=3953 :x :x :x < This doesn't even begin to describe how mad I am that Congress...

Yeah, that's him. He was formerly k-tech on SR, and he did live in or around Lewisville(at least several address changes ago). And he has 3337 posts(mostly CNN/AP news cut and pastes) since he re-registered on SR late last December which is why nearly everyone here has complained about him in...

I was just by SR and I noticed that there weren't any new topics or posts by Jason, so just out of curiosity I checked when his last post was, and found it is was on Tue Jun 11, 2002 at 8:17 pm, or just over a week ago. Am I the only one here who is completely dumbfounded by this? Or is anyone...

That about sums it up. Jason is so relentless that he must be part Borg. :lol: I think the last dozen times I've engaged Jason in a discussion all ended with me throwing in the towel.

For various reasons I've been posting here more and on SR less. My main problem with SR now isn't so much the lack of knowledgeable people but rather the generally hostile tone being set by many of the people there, especially Jason's "friends" who hijack threads just to air their dirty...

I've mentioned somewhere about the possibility of using nanotechnology for this. It is currently possible to make microscopic mechanisms(gears, motors, etc) etched directly out of a silicon wafer, so perhaps using the conventional voice coil for gross positioning(+- 100 tracks), and the...

This might help your analogy a bit: Product Specifications(Maxtor D540X-4G) Number of Servo Sectors: 224 Data Zones per Surface: 16 Data Sectors per Track (ID/OD): 448/896 Areal Density (Gbits/in 2 max, ID/OD): 27.7/25.2 Flux Density (kfci, ID/OD): 506/461 Recording Density (kbpi, ID/OD)...

This sounds to me like she's still in love with you but has physical needs that you can't fulfill. One thing curious about all this is why did it take her so long to discover that she, um, preferred woman? And since it did, maybe her desire is really more of a curiosity than an actual sexual...

Any ideas on how large magnetic mechanical hard drives will get before some insurmountable technological limit is reached? It seems that every time we get close to reaching the limits of storage technology something new like IBM's "pixie dust" comes along. I'll start with my thoughts on the...

Those are my feelings regarding the matter as well. The truth is that there will never be peace between people who are bred to hate each other. There is also the little problem that both sides feel their respective faiths entitle them to the same land. Since such faith is based on unchanging...

As much as I hate to admit it in a public forum those two statements are both true in a general sense(of course they don't apply to every individual of Jewish heritage). Since my city has a very large(and vocal) Jewish population I feel that I'm an expert on this particular subject. In a...

If what you are saying is true, then doesn't the continued US support of Israel create a source of instability in the region? Might not Israel be better off relocating somewhere else since it is not really wanted in that region?. Some parts of the desert in Nevada come to mind since this is...

I think their primary mission is to kill Americans and Jews. If they had some agenda beyond that, they would have made demands after they hijacked the planes. They didn't. If they had considered themselves at war with the United States they would have only chosen to hit military or government...

You mean there are some people who would actually need both? :lol: Seriously, I hate both of these trends with a passion, especially breast enlargement. It's just such a vulgar looking, in-your-face kind of thing, and anyone who gets this done can't have much self esteem. What exactly is...

Indeed it was. Besides the one person I personally knew, a friend of mine knew someone, and one of my mother's friends also knew someone. Although I have nothing but anecdotal evidence to back me up, I would venture to guess that most of the people in NYC either had a friend who lost someone...

Boy, am I glad I don't suffer from multiple personality disorder :( :) :D :mrgrn: :x :evil: :wink: :roll: like many of the regulars here seem to. Umm, I have a confession to make. I'm also really flagreen, Tony Wilson, Gary Hendershot, Mercutio, James, and most of the other regulars here...

Mercutio, I'm really sad to hear about your current situation, and I think anyone who has ever cared about someone goes through what you are at some point in their life. I know it might be a little presumptuous of me to say this, but the best thing for you now might be to get out a bit more...

First of all, I'm really sorry to hear that The Giver was not a real person. You had me and just about everyone else fooled, and despite his occasional abrasiveness, I really did enjoy having The Giver around. I have to give you credit for pulling this hoax off for as long as you did. You...

Leather is fairly popular among the under 30 crowd, but I'm not sure about the steel cap boots. I just never notice what people are wearing on their feet for some reason. If black is your color, you'll fit right in, especially in the Asian sections of the city(Chinatown and Flushing), which is...

I don't know about you, but I've always visualized Tannin looking like Crocodile Dundee. :lol: I know that's probably 100% inaccurate(just the product of my overactive imagination). As for what Oz would look like, I've always thought of either the "Mad Max" movies, or what I saw of it on TV...

Funny you should ask. :lol: Actually, I thought he was getting along quite well. He even said he was able to get around better by subway than above ground. Of course, he and his family still need to dress the part(i.e. wear black, the unofficial New York City color, and no, it has nothing to...

The Powerleap and Evergreen Pentium upgrades generate the higher frequency by multiplying the motherboard frequency of 100 MHz or 133 MHz. I think the 400 MHz Powerleap upgrade uses a multiplier of 3, so all the M/B has to put out is 133 MHz.

I can't tell the exact number of your M/B from those pictures, but it is definitely not a 570, since that is what I'm using for my everyday "Internet" computer. As to upgradeability, my M/B does not support 64 MB SIMMs so it maxes at at 128 MB, which is what I have(there is no built-in RAM)...

Sounds good, although as I mentioned above I don't know when I'll get around to doing some serious traveling. I'll definitely take you up on it should I go to Sydney, however. :) P.S. I really wish I could offer people coming here some spare beds, especially with New York hotels being as...

Actually, that's WTC 7 you're referring to, and it's on the block next to the main site. I think they're going to start rebuilding within a year, and it's scheduled to be finished by 2005. The main site is just about clear(the last standing beam of WTC1 is going to be removed in a ceremony on...

Mercutio, I definitely understand where you're coming from. I'm a self-described introvert myself(with new people, anyway), so I was initially a bit hesitant about the whole thing of meeting Cliptin face-to-face, but it worked out OK. If it didn't, I would just have added it to the long list...

OK, it's official. I'm now Storage Forum's New York City tour guide(an unofficial title I have bestowed upon myself), and I'll explain how this came to be. Several months ago Cliptin e-mailed me and expressed a desire to see NYC for himself. I offered my opinions on some things of personal...

About the only suggestion I can come up with is to have a good back-up system in place. This project sounds intriguing, but since about 95% of the readers here have more computer knowledge than me, I doubt I can be of much more help than that.

Sound like me. I'll listen to TV sometimes while I'm doing other things(like posting on SF and SR), but very little these days actually grabs my complete attention. That's a sad testament to the quality of programming nowadays. It's all the same garbage-inane sitcom, mindless action movie...

The guy's a complete moron but there are still commercials I find even more annoying than Dell's. The Windows XP commercials and AOL commercials are two examples(especially AOL). I also find most car commercials highly obnoxious. They take a ugly looking piece of junk that I wouldn't take...

I know what you mean, although you might want to check it out from time to time just in case something of interest pops up. Jason's pirates thread had some very interesting side discussions, such as the one between him and Tannin about the American versus the European airline industries. I've...

28K RPM means that the outer edge of the CD is moving at 392 mph-only about 150 mph less than a jetliner. No wonder the thing blows up! To be honest, I'm amazed they can even do 12K RPM in a 56X drive(=168 mph at outer rim, or bullet train speed). Multibeam is the only way to go, or hopefully...

I've honestly never seen you ever get mad like that. I actually double-checked the author's name of those posts in disbelief just to make sure it was actually you. :o I'm guessing you're the type that keeps it all in, and then finally lets loose in one huge explosion. :) I don't think...

Does having cats qualify you for fatherhood? In any case, that's about as close to parenting as I care to come.

I found a workaround to the problem which isn't too bad. First I save the page as an .mht file. I then open the .mht file offline in IE and save as "Web page(complete)". It saves OK that way, and it's only an extra step, which isn't too time-consuming. :)

Your previous reply showed up fine in my browser. Strange problem :-? Anyway, here are my complete findings regarding saving threads in IE: 1)Save as "Web page(complete)" does not work(error message "This Web page could not be saved") 2)Save as "Web page(html only)" does not work(error...

I can save in plain text also, but since the forums have pictures and smilies and so forth, I prefer to save in html. If you could do one thread in the final format you prefer, maybe I can eventually find the time to edit the whole bunch in that same format. I've been a bit busy as of late...

The topic says it all. When I try to save any forum page, I end up with a "Web page not saved" message. I'm using IE5 and Win98, and I have no problem saving pages from SR's forum which uses the same software.

Sorry about the untimely response-I've been a bit busy as of late. Anyway, here goes: Not at all, you're merely stating your opinion, just as I previously stated mine. :) I'm really surprised my post drew the kind of response it did. I was merely trying to explain the symbolism behind the...

I remember you saying the same thing in another thread also. I think you're probably the only person in the world with access to television who hasn't seen that footage. In the event you ever do see it, you might understand all the talk about turning Afghanistan into a parking lot that...

The lights will be on every night until April 11. After that, they may use them from time to time for special occasions. Just my opinion, but if I were in charge I would keep them on every night until a new replacement World Trade center was completely built. The electricity runs...

The glow is from the searchlights at ground zero, although the pic does look a bit edited. It may have been taken on a foggy day, though. I can sometimes see the tops of those light towers from my backyard 10 miles away. Nice picture but the truth is I'd rather have the towers back. Nearly...

Re: 512 The fix is simple, just a few lines in the system.ini file: [vcache] minfilecache=0 maxfilecache=393216 chunksize=512 This is for my Win98 machine with 768 MB RAM. You can use up to 524287(=just under 512 MB) for the maxfilecache. I also have ConservativeSwapFile Usage=1 so that...

I'm not sure if any kind of petition would be a good idea. Jason is starting his new job today, so hopefully the problem will go away on it's own. I do agree that it is becoming a distraction, and Jason's posts keep popping up like New York cockroaches. I consider this whole thing a mixed...

Those pictures were rather haunting, and brought back a few things, to say the least. I have 3000+ photos relating to the WTC from various sources, but most are low resolution and don't convey the sheer horror of it like those pictures do. I'm probably one of the few at SF or SR who has seen...

Interesting idea, but it has to be made to operate at room temperature. If the effect reverses above -23° C, you're basically screwed if the refrigeration system gives out. I think the future of storage is non-volatile RAM. There are a bunch of contenders using various technologies, and it'll...

That sounds familiar. Tiger jumps on the table and does the same thing with me. My sister's cat does that. Each cat has it's own idiosyncrasies. Sometimes they seem so human it's almost scary. And I really do think they're alot more intelligent than they let on. They play cute and get...

They're planning 15,000 revolutions every minute, last I heard. :D

Nothing can probably compare to Tannin's story, but I have an interesting one of my own. It's not computer related, but it is electronics related. First the prelude: I used to work at a place mainly repairing taximeters for about two years. They closed the New York office and laid everyone...