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Well, they certainly didn't have anywhere near the amount of bass as my NHT 2.5i. Or the speakers that my friend ended up getting, the Rega R5. This might sound strange, but the RS6 almost sounded too tight, like it would give me a headache after listening to it for too long.

I auditioned the RS6 also a few weeks ago when my friend was looking at speakers. I found them to be kind of weak on bass. So, unless you are planning on adding a sub-woofer, they might disappoint you. Personally, I don't want to have to have a sub on when listening to music.

I think this might be the issue. Not 100% sure though.

I watched Sicko tonight. It made me pretty mad, although it was also funny at times. Too bad I don't speak French, or I would move there.

Did anything ever come of this?

It happens to me too. I think it has something to do with the sub-forums that live under the Computer forum.

Coug, you had me laughing out loud at work. People always wonder what the hell is so funny.

I have it downloaded, plan to watch it this weekend.

I can't believe the rating of Knocked Up. Was it that good/funny?

I downloaded the Joomla JumpBox appliance to test out. Works pretty well. Do you use these in a production environment and open them up to the world? Or is this just used for internal stuff? From what I can tell JumpBox is free, am I correct here? I just need to register and then use it forever?

I downloaded this and tested it out locally yesterday. It seemed promising, but after installing it, the backend administration screens were horribly crowded and hard to use. I also couldn't find documentation on how to install on Oracle. If you want to play with it there is a windows installer...

You wouldn't think so, but people in corporate environments seem really scared of new things.

I know there have been threads about content management systems in the past, but I'm looking for feedback on open source systems that I do not have experience with. My main experience has been with Joomla, and it is a fairly good piece of software, but I need some input on some alternatives...

That would be the first thing I would check.

The Dell Latitude D520 has a standard aspect screen. Note: I'm not endorsing a Dell. I've never used an Asus notebook, but you might want to check out the Asus A9Rp.

Seems pretty good to me.

If every regular that has some extra money laying around were to donate whatever they can afford, I'm sure you would have to use minimal amounts of your own money. You already put more effort into the site than anyone else, why should you have to support it monetarily?

Everyone is trying to drive up their post counts today.

I used to get ham and pineapple all the time from Papa John's when I was living in Madison. I still get it sometimes, but I prefer pepperoni most of the time.

Sarcasm.

Prof. Wizard?

Sounds fine to me.

Maybe it's time to switch to Dreamhost, or some other provider? I would be willing to kick in money to host the site and I bet a lot of other regulars would also be willing. But, it is still Doug that has to do the work of moving everything, so it is ultimately up to him.

It's there now, I'm pretty sure it was missing before.

Hey Doug, I think the favicon might have been lost when the site went down.

I agree. So what if an "interesting character" tries to sell you some stolen socks, or a hair buzzer on the train. Say no and they will go on to their next prospect. I have never had anything stolen from me. I have heard of it happening, but as long as you pay attention to your surroundings you...

Yes, they deliver, but not that far away. 20 miles might not sound far, but that could take over an hour with the construction going on in that area, especially on a Friday night when everyone is on their way from Chicago to Michigan for the weekend.

One of the java developers on my team is originally from Chennai. Are you happy to be back in India after such a long time in the US? It's got to be quite a change. That flight has got to be torture. The longest flight I have been on was around 9 hours and I was ready to kill by the end...

Short, but to the point. What part of India?

Homewood is like 15 miles closer to you than Orland Park, so it is really only about 20 miles. That is not too far for pizza. There is a bar you could sit at and eat. I have seen many people sit and eat there alone. You don't have to drink either, just get whatever non-alcoholic drink you want...

Last I looked they still were much more expensive. You get what you pay for. Won't you be a doctor making boatloads in only a few years after you complete your residency? You need to upgrade your lifestyle, the money will be there soon enough.

DD, not everyone is as rich as you. Or if not rich, then stupid. Damnit Merc, I bet the Aurelio's in Homewood is less than 50 miles away, just go for it. If you don't like it, then you can blame me completely.

That is the best idea. From what I have seen the T series Lenovo are better than anything Dell makes.

Are you originally from India?

For future reference, which location was this and when was did this happen? I eat lunch at Giordano's about twice a month and get their lunch special for $5.50 and have never had a problem.

I live 4.7 miles from work. My normal commute is 30 minutes on my crime-ridden, filthy bus. 20 on a good day, 45 on a bad day.

You need to go to the original Aurelio's in Homewood. Possibly the greatest restaurant in the world. Don't bother with their thick crust pizza, it's not good. Go for their original crust. Ask for it cooked in the old oven. The new oven sucks comparably. It is also supposed to be the largest...

Is there an Aurelio's near you? Go for that.

Would it be possible for you to keep tabs on your systems and let us know what your failure rates are for other components over a longer time period? I am most interested in power supplies, but DVD drives, hard drives, motherboards, etc would all be interesting to know about.

Glad to hear things are going so well for you, Chewy. On to more somber things. Population growth really seems to be a problem in developing nations (3rd world if you want to say it right, as some really aren't developing). Population growth in India, China, and Africa are huge problems. At...

I didn't really address CAFE in my post. Seems like a half-assed solution to me. I want change now, not in 9+ years. The only way I see to do this is with a gas tax. I have been telling people for years that we need a federally mandated gas tax in this country. If I was in charge and didn't...

Possibly my longest post ever, I had more to say, but I am tired. 2003 Nissan Sentra Spec-V. 30MPG Highway. Less than 400 miles driven year-to-date. My car sits on the street depreciating and costing me money. I drove it once this month, to find a new parking spot. I need to stop being lazy...

Thank you for the clarification. Now I am completely enlightened.

I think Newegg has 3 warehouses, in CA, NJ, and TN. They are all owned by Newegg, so I would think that they would have very similar QA at each one. Please correct me if I am wrong. I only order from them a couple times a year whereas people like DD and Merc order thousands of $ worth of stuff...

The Samsung drive I saw packed by Newegg earlier this week was wrapped in about 4" of bubble wrap all the way around the clamshell. This seemed like it was sufficient. Didn't that Google study from a couple months ago say that heat wasn't a factor in hard disk reliability?

I would guess that most of these will be integrated in older laptops that only have PATA. But, come on a lot of new laptops are SATA. The prices are a bit steep still. I will go for it when they come down to around $300 (for a 32GB), and are available in SATA. Who wants to guess how long this...

Thanks for letting us know. Is this different than the one at eWiz for $480?

I have a computer on the "test network" that has open access. But, it is at least 7 feet away from me and it is slow, so I am too lazy to go over there.

OK cool. I can't access X-bit from work. Probably one of those terrorist sites.

It should be fine for on-desk use. It is a pretty small case. Only room for 2 5.25" drives and 2 hard disks (3.5"). No place for a floppy, unless you put it in one of the 5.25" bays, but who uses floppies anymore anyways. You also need a micro-ATX motherboard for it. It appears to be pretty...