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To the best of my knowledge, you don't have to register the free acrobat reader. No.

Thanks Steve, I'll pass it on. (I could have sworn it was more than just HP though).

Even if downgrading to W2K was a legal option, I know she wouldn't go for it - XP has won her heart over with all its purrrttty colours and soft, fuzzy graphics. I, like Will, also suspect the HDD is substantially contibuting to this machine's pokey behaviour. But I'm sure the messy software...

No, autoupdates was one of the first things I turned off - that is to say I changed it (edit>preferences>updates) to "check for updates manually". It ran fine previously (except for, as Coug mentions, a little slower then v5), but now it seems to have some urgent need to contact adobe. It was...

I know Blake wrote a while back about his amazement that the Acrobat plugin stays resident in mem even after closing the browser. This is something I don't really like either. However, within the last two weeks I've come across an even more annoying feature of "AcroRd32.exe" - it now wants to...

Demos and profiles begone, yes. But I'm just concerned that the restore CD will still include a lot of the "bloat" (example: touch pad drivers and services, Ati hotkey system tray thingy etc etc...)

Thanks Coug, I'll definitely give that a go.

Does anyone know offhand which manufacturers employ the "best before" type scam with their refill cartridges. A friend of mine who just picked up a 4MP digicam is looking to get a printer for causal (i.e. non professional) pics that he would be taking. He is aware that the cost of the printer...

Okay, so I have a cousin who recently bought (despite my advice not to) a Toshiba laptop, preloaded with XP Home, from FutureShop. Although I didn't bother to enquirer as to what the final price tag was (in order to save giving myself a stroke), she said that she got it for a good price (which...

The only reason why I still need MS Office is for VBA with Excel. Once OpenOffice achieves some sort of VBA compatibility, its see ya later forever for Bill. In the meantime, although I do like W2K, I am starting to find it a little slow and looking a little archaic. XP really doesn't do much...

Once again, thank you all for your kind words.

It is with great sadness that I must write that I had my dog, Tyler, put to sleep at approx. 5:30 AM this morning in my home. In case you are wondering, I opted back in Sept. to have the spleenectomy performed at the emergency hospital/clinic. I felt that (a) if there remained any hope at all...

And as a supplemental link to Coug's, MS TechNet HotFix & Security Bulletin Service CK

That pretty much sums up my position too Clocker....err, everything except about being "a rich, conservative, Republican pig who cares about nobody but myself". :D

I liked the "Weapons of Mass Destruction" Google search better.

There's a similar service being launched in Canada soon too (can't recall name right now), whose pricing is going to be more demand based. The argument, and one which I completely agree with, is that not all songs are worth 99cents and so should be priced accordingly - some 30 cents a download...

That's really sad. It also angers me a fair amount. I really can't stand the tenacity of some of these companies. I have never read the DMCA, but everything I see about it just makes it look like a reactionary draconian piece of crap.

Yes, but I have found that information about the few companies that actively make a living off recycling computer end products is generally hard to come by. Even free municipal government programs, like the one available in Toronto, get no advertisement. Next to no one is aware that such...

An official Press Release is now available from Pioneer regarding their development of dual layered DVD-R discs. Interestingly enough, their news has been given the same date as Philips' dual layer +R announcement. Seems to me that someone should tell them to adjust their calendars. Anyways...

There are legal requirements for some. Just think of the Sherrif of Wall Street and how many of his campaigns against brokerage houses involve the use of internal email communications from the very same firms being investigataed/prosecuted.

Interesting developments in the DVD media realm today: http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/8125

err, correction edawg, icct still has some 5400 samsung drives listed, but at really, really bad prices (Example: WD40JB $89, 30GB 5400 Samsung $106.....ahhh, yeah :D ). I suspect that someone has just overlooked them and the price has not been properly adjusted for ages. CK

NCIX has the SP8004H (2MB). They'll probably eventually stock the 8MB sp80's. A couple of stores in the GTA used to stock the spinpoint 40's (up to about 9 months ago). However, they apparently no longer do so, and I haven't seen any other stores advertise any variety of Samsung drive in the...

I think Tim summed it up well. I would stress that the Invision quotation method is exceedingly annoying and a royal pain to format if your quoting more then one person in a single post. CK

lol. Don't worry, I'll make a federalist out of you yet Coug :wink: Indeed, they are pretty sparse to come by. Even IBM/Hitatchi too - I think the whole 75GXP fiasco soured a lot of retailers on stocking IBM.

I should have added that the physical space provided by the 23" Cinema Displays is nothing short of awesome....looks at crappy temporary monitor and cries :cry:

I played (very briefly) around with a couple of G5's today. One of them was outfitted with a plexiglass display widow on the right side of the box. Asthetically speaking, the design is quite nice. The heat sink on the processor is freaking huge! - it looks like a car stereo amp. The machines...

They're all full of crap. Stand by your products you bunch of penny pinching, consumer confusing, cheapskates!!

I am familiar with the stance you have taken on the SR benchmarks (although I don't remember the majority of your arguments. I would have to reread some of the threads....at least, those that still exist). If I recall, you had some wonderfully decent points. I myself have some apprehension...

Probably ~2x the cost, but being ~7x larger, there really isn't much of an incentive to get a Raptor when you do a comparison of performance for desktop usage.

Hmm, I'm kind of puzzled why its not streaming for me online. However, I right clicked and saved the file to disk and it worked flawlessly .... Oh well, no big deal. But I got to say, after watching the video and listening to the music again, I really think that guy did a good job! I...

Holy crap Pradeep! - you look remarkably like one of my housemates from a number of years ago (during undergrad). His surname just so happens to share your namesake too (popular surname?). Any relatives in around the Vancouver, B.C. area by chance? CK

That's alright. But if it happens again, then there's going to be trouble! :wink:

In case you didn't catch any of the headlines during the week: Forthcoming DVD burners 8x media coming to a store near you....soon CK

That was great. :D I never realized how nice Mario's music could be. BTW, the video didn't stream for me - it was just a static image of the kid at the piano, but the audio was fine. CK

It just started today.

Congradulations Pardeep!

10:40AM EST, forum index page is at least a mile long.

Its Boags. James Boags......Duh dat da daahhhhhh de duh daaaa!

Waiting for the dust to settle .... ie. prices, 939 arrival, processor upgradeability on mobos and other questions, etc. Have no idea where that would fit in with the poll...guess JB gets my vote in the meantime.

Buck get with the times. Its Puff Diddy now. Or maybe I'm behind the times again? Is this another case of an artist formerly known as "some other name" who decides to change back to there original name? Either way, it doesn't matter. Sean Puffy Combs and his lot are definetly no boon to this...

Good info Howell.

Sounds like urban myth to me: - the Dutch don't fly harriers - weapons don't fire off by themselves - unless it was a live fire exercise, why would the plane be carrying extremely costly ordinance - range of a handheld radar etc. etc.

Its not a purse, its European. :D

...Thanks, I'll give shrink a try when I get the chance in the near future.

CDRLabs reviewed the new Lite-On LDW-401S 4x DVD+R/RW and its ripping was not limited to 2x ---> had an average of 9x in their test. Perhaps these recent developments (i.e. Sony's s/w utility for the 510s, Plextor 708's hold eject button for 3sec trick, and this LiteOn) signal an end to the...

Nevermind the TV remote, how about the TV in the phone itself! http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/340/C2059/ Is this a first? CK

Boo. Booooooo. Get off the stage mubs :wink: Steve, or Bill - How would you compare it to say using DVD Decryptor & Ifoedit? ----- I was just checking out pricing and comments on the new Plextor 708A. In CDRInfo's review, they note that Interesting. I also noticed that it supports...

Yeah Frank on SR told me about that one a while back. But I like to edit out junk/streams etc.

Handy - DVD Decryptor is my prefered ripper of choice. Got to say, 2.1x sucks donkeys. Was that the final average rate, or just the rate at the beginning? Your DVD-Rom seems a little low to - of course its speed depends on the drive, the movie being ripped etc. etc. Pardeep - Thanks. If I...