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  1. Santilli

    A computer-ethical dilemna

    DATA RECOVERY is expensive Around here, the SF area, it's SO expensive it isn't worth doing, unless your income was dependent on it. I currently don't have much that I couldn't loose on my harddrives that isn't backed up. I think people fail to respect you if you give your services away...
  2. Santilli

    If you were to buy a laptop: brand?

    I researched it, and decided on a Panasonic Toughbook, CF-37. First, it's not THAT tough. It does weigh 4 pounds, dripping wet, after coffee is spilled on it, and keeps running. It's not cheap, and it's borderline for windows 2000(366mhz celeron). The newer ones would be a good idea, but...
  3. Santilli

    PC sound system

    Sound cards are weird. I've tried a bunch of cards, Philips, Sound Blaster, etc. in a Dell dimension xpsr400, and none worked. Went to an ISA Yamaha Opl3SAXWDM and it works fine. :roll: Go figure...
  4. Santilli

    PC sound system

    Stuck on the horns of a dilema(sp?) Cliptin: what causes the difference in scsi speeds, and, is the threat sufficent to justify going to service pack 3, and disabling my sound cards' features? Phillips acoustic edge. DR S
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    PC sound system

    Thanks Cliptin I'm still running service pack 2, because scsi drops 10-15% with 3. You just gave me another reason to pass on it. Thanks Greg
  6. Santilli

    Best IDE add-on board (PCI slot)?

    ROFL!!!! ". I did feel a moment's guilt over that, but decided it could be my small blow for justice, freedom, and revenge on behalf of Santilli." Tannin, that made my Christmas :mrgrn:
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    Getting married...how to merge computers?

    Guy solutions not the same as girls... Remember: If you put this in the machine, chances are really good she's going to be pissed, wondering why you didn't spend the 200 bucks on a necklace for her for Christmas... :excl:
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    Getting married...how to merge computers?

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    Getting married...how to merge computers?

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  10. Santilli

    Adaptec Zero-Channel RAID, fails again

    Most raids suck at small block transfers... under 64k low rates are normal. If you want blinding speed, format for 32-64k, or even 128k, and use fat 32. Have a Merry Chirstmas. PS: I use an old ATTO card, dual channel, ultra 160, and it doesn't really start jumping until 64k.
  11. Santilli

    Getting married...how to merge computers?

    A VERY Wise man... I have a Dell 400 mhz P2 in the other room that is now "The girls' computer". As has been posted above, she likes having her own computer, and, with a Kyro 2 video card, and a Quantum LM, it's plenty fast enough, along with 384 mb of ram. I strongly suggest you ask your...
  12. Santilli

    Tired of Creative.

    I had a Dell system with 98 and a Turtle Beach. No drivers for 2000, for the longest time... Ditched the card, and currently need one that works. The Phillips Edge works great on my athlon, but caused boot hangs with the Dell 400mhz P2. Currently it has NO sound card, but, I might try a...
  13. Santilli

    PC sound system

    Mercutio: Sort of... Klipsch is a rock and roll company, but, they are famous for speakers with very accurate reproduction. The drawback is they usually have to be played loud, or with a very powerful amp for low volume. I have not listened to many speaker systems that approach this 4+1...
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    PC sound system

    Klipsch Pro Media 5.1 From www.klipsch.com: " PROMEDIA > PROMEDIA 5.1 "Ideal for a small home-theater setup but equally adept at gaming, the [Klipsch ProMedia] 5.1s are anchored by a freak-nasty subwoofer boasting dual 8-inch drivers. Toss in five two-way satellites, and you have a recipe...
  15. Santilli

    Any good games??? Harry Potter and the....Lord of the Rings.

    No one lives forevever? Any good? I've got this game sitting around. Has anyone played it, and, is it fun? s
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    Any good games??? Harry Potter and the....Lord of the Rings.

    :?: Hi I'm wondering if any good strategy type games are out, and, if you have played either of the above, and what you think of them. Thanks s
  17. Santilli

    guns and storage - a convergence of interests

    HMMM. I perfer http://www.czforum.com/ 375 H&H should work just fine. http://www.federalcartridge.com/ammocat20.asp 300 grain bullets are good. s
  18. Santilli

    Your pets, and mine.

    VERY cute!!! :mrgrn:
  19. Santilli

    Dog

    I wonder if Mike375 lives in your area? I've run into some very intresting folks on the net, in another forum. They enjoy shooting feral animals, that wander off the correct property... I could make enquires as to the general area they live in, and, if they are intrested in a bit of culling...
  20. Santilli

    NEW PETS

    Well, we have a new way to enjoy our area. We have a very large pond, that at anytime has between 30 and 150 canadian wild geese, about 10 white geese, and about 5 'mother goose', geese with white under parts, and grey shades on top. Also about 200 mallards. We go through about 8 loaves of...
  21. Santilli

    Dog

    Hmmm. I find minding one's own business, and controling your end of the equation is the wisest choice, in a land, unlike Kalifornia, or New York, where EVERYTHING isn't ruled by some law, or government agency. s
  22. Santilli

    Dog

    By the way, I love animals, and would rather hunt poachers then any form of game. I'm really sorry to hear about the dog, but, at the same time, the dog was in a place it was not supposed to be, and, the owner knew the neighbor was whacky. I've had a run in or two with a neighbor with a...
  23. Santilli

    Dog

    the firearm didn't shoot the dog, the idiot did... Tannin: You are making the classic mistake that many here make: the gun is not at fault, it's the whacko behind it. Without guns, he is still capable of killing a dog. On the other hand, your female friend, without a gun, is completely...
  24. Santilli

    How many computers do you have? and Why?

    E_dawg: I feel your pain :wink: That's how I feel about the emachine one of the partners bought. I backed it up with a gigabyte based toshiba, with a Quantum LM, 512 mb of ram, and a P3 450mhz. It's actually a nice, quick machine, running 2000. s
  25. Santilli

    Your pets, and mine.

    Yes, and they appear to be loyal to one mate. I've noticed a number that seem to always be in the same spot on the stream, leading into the lake/pond we have. As for the Geese poop, yes, that's one of the nice things you don't have to worry about at our little lake:cleaning up after them... :)
  26. Santilli

    SCSI warranties

    Competition is a wonderful thing. :lol: s
  27. Santilli

    Your pets, and mine.

    FOUND THE IDEAL PETS... Geese, malard ducks, Canadian geese, and a few that are mixes of the above. We have a local pond, a very large pond. It's local residents are the above birds, plus a bunch of fish that eat the bread we toss in, if the fowl aren't around. I walk to the pond almost...
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    SCSI warranties

    I've always been amazed with Seagates Cheetahs, both in speed, and in reliability. I think I had to send one back, DOA thanks to some really bad shipping. Other then that, they are still going, like the energizer bunny. With the current drop in warranty on ide drives, I have now become...
  29. Santilli

    How many computers do you have? and Why?

    By the way, our computer at school is a 1.7 gig Compaq, with 256 mb of ram, and, it's considerably slower then the majority of the machines I work with, because, most of em have scsi drives, and cheetahs. s
  30. Santilli

    How many computers do you have? and Why?

    6+1 Let's see. Main machine is Athlon 1.4 ghz. Mine. Also have 333 mhz mac running off the same monitor to do email, and use while the Athlon is checking it's 4 raided disks for virus. Two laptops, one Mac Lombard with Jaguar, and OS 922. Another "Toughbook" from Panasonic, CF-37. Main work...
  31. Santilli

    Free Virus scanner anyone?

    Another Housecall user... I use it everytime I go into areas I don't know, or, I get some weird email on another one of my email accounts that I have to access from a PC. I've pretty much decided all my email stuff is going to be downloaded onto my mac. It seems to be well vacinated, and...
  32. Santilli

    Can windows run THREE scsi cards????

    Bozo: you called that one. I have never been able to figure that feature out. Most of my computers have worked fine with the bios setting disabled. What exactly does it do, and, with 2000 is turning it on ok? Thanks gs
  33. Santilli

    Can windows run THREE scsi cards????

    Wonder why when I first started with the machine it was fine with having DVD,scsi writer, and scsi reader. Later, it said the os had run out of resources, and, even after replacing the DVD, the new one would not function, crashing the machine? Could I have reached the limits of the mobo...
  34. Santilli

    Greg's yearly shot at nix

    Check the FreeBSD mirrors. 5.0 is avaliable. s
  35. Santilli

    Can windows run THREE scsi cards????

    Another thread got me thinking a bit. I currently have a ATTO dual card in my pc, and a 29xx scsi 2 card for my cdrom drives. I'm wondering if windows can take one more scsi card, like an uw card, for an external raid box? I'm asking because whenever I plug in an additional DVD ide player, I...
  36. Santilli

    Third generation Cheetah review up at SR...

    Only problem with Cheetahs is they have a bit of a price drop, and, then, they are too good to sell for what you can get for em. I still have the first,second, and third generation drives around(10k's) and they are a perfect match for my mac, and, are still faster then just about any ide drive...
  37. Santilli

    Third generation Cheetah review up at SR...

    Yes, and WOW :excl: That's a great deal. These new drives are sort of raid in one drive, setups. s
  38. Santilli

    Greg's yearly shot at nix

    Greg's yearly shot at nix: I've got RH Valhalla, 8.2 Mandrake, and both 462 and 50 FreeBSD. Going on a separate gigabyte mobo, P3 450 Quantum LM, TNT video, and all the usual other suspects. Any comments on the above??? Are they getting better with new releases? s
  39. Santilli

    Out on a hot date... Australian style?

    :rofl: Great one... s
  40. Santilli

    Third generation Cheetah review up at SR...

    They have an 18 gig version: http://www.seagate.com/cda/products/discsales/marketing/detail/0,1081,544,00.html Not avaliable from the store, but, the 2nd version 18 gig is going for 275, which is one heck of a value. s
  41. Santilli

    Dually Barebones System $94

  42. Santilli

    Cache settings for IE to minimize hitting the hard drive??

    edawg... Is opera free? haven't checked. On my machine with the raid, I'm not concerned about IE caching, since it occurs at about 100 mb/sec data transfer, you don't notice it much. It's the other, slower machine, that I'm currently trying Mozilla on for my browsing, on occassion. Just...
  43. Santilli

    Cache settings for IE to minimize hitting the hard drive??

    ok I;ll give that a try I've changed the settings to 20 mb for hardisk storage for frequently cached pages. It's just odd that on one machine, with 384, lots of caching, on one with 512, hardly any. Weird. Maybe I'll put Mozilla on the Dell. s
  44. Santilli

    Cache settings for IE to minimize hitting the hard drive??

    HI On this Dell, with one quantum LM, and, 2000 sp3, 384 mb of ram, the machine is hitting the hard disk all the time, and it really slows down websurfing. Any suggestions on the internet options settings for IE to minimize this? s
  45. Santilli

    Windows 2000 Service Pack ---> 3 <--- Available

    Kind os shocked... This is the first 'mac like' sp that I've run into. First time anything that was in anyway important to me was a step backwards in a sp, instead of forwards. It's kind of funny that the same scsi 'fix' is supposed to be in the new XP service pack, too. Glad I'm not running...
  46. Santilli

    Windows 2000 Service Pack ---> 3 <--- Available

    I did on the faster computer, but... I never suspected anything like this, so the slower computer, w/o scsi has the service pack 3 on it, and I would have to reinstall. No need. Works fine, and the person working on the computer is more intrested in stability then speed... s
  47. Santilli

    Windows 2000 Service Pack ---> 3 <--- Available

    SP 3, sucks on scsi... I've got between 20 and 10% slower drive test speeds, with the current scsi "Fix" then I did with SP 2. Not real scientific, but close. See the thread I started... s
  48. Santilli

    favorite apple switch add...

    "Give it up for me?" :roll:
  49. Santilli

    Are you a geek when you can tell if a virus...

    A little more thrashing... But, it's the time of the thrashing. Indexing sort of thrashes about a bit, but when I'm usually not doing anything. It's just little, random seeks, or extra activity, that you know you are not causing, and, I know 2000 well enough that I know it doesn't have...
  50. Santilli

    favorite apple switch add...

    http://www.futuremechanix.com/mr/switch/switch-ballmer.mov enjoy. ROFL s
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