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The 42" Westinghouse 1080p looks incredible hooked up to a computer with DVI at native resolution. Something to keep in mind.

Drinking more? Smoking the reefer?

I find most people are willing to learn. Especially if their boss tells them to do it. At my office we currently run Oracle and MS SQL, but are moving all of our apps to Oracle. So, we have Oracle and SQL DBAs working side-by-side. The managers have been telling all the SQL people to learn...

You have to be editing really large photos (or tons at the same time) to need 4GB of RAM. Spending hundreds of dollars so you can edit dem photos once in a while is not a good use of resources. If you are a graphic designer that lives in Photoshop that is another story.

Dreamhost does offer SSH, but I am unsure if they support reseller accounts.

Host Gator or BlueHost offer nice packages with SSH.

Is there an alternative method you could use for doing the nightly backup?

It looks like only their dedicated servers offer SSH. I don't know if any of those are doable, pricing seems pretty steep.

Only took about 9 searches to find it.

That article has been posted here before. I am just too lazy to dig up the old post. The built-search is too hard to use effectively.

I also don't know how much work it would be to switch providers. If it is 20+ hours of work, then it is a pretty big pain, but if it is 2-3 hours, then I don't see the drawback. If the new provider turns out to be crappy, then try someone else. Just make sure not to sign a 1 year contract with...

I know we have talked about changing providers in the past, but maybe it is time to think about it again. How would something like this compare to the reseller account you have now?

Is that C++ or Java or something else entirely? What kind of device is it? Manufacturer? Model #? I don't know how anyone is supposed to respond without knowing more details.

The Philips DVP5960 has a USB port and says it will play DivX files as well as MP3s and JPG files. Here is a list of DVD devices with USB ports. I don't know if all of them will playback videos, but it might be a good place to start.

There are some TVs that allow you to plug a hard drive in to a USB port and playback files. For example, this Pioneer model accepts a USB input as well as LAN. I can't vouch for how well it works.

Does PUI include caffeine?

No one has set up a Yahoo or Google group before? If not, I will probably go with Merc's suggestion, or with one of the other free phpBB forums.

And this quite scary. Edit: I can't tell if this is a joke or not, if it's a joke, it's pretty well done.

It might be slower, but you wouldn't be using astronomical amounts of bandwidth hosting the files yourself.

It's not really your fault, I was just letting you know in case you weren't aware.

I found this humorous.

The site has been down off and on today/tonight for hours at a time.

It looks like there is a way to make a Google Group private though. Would this not accomplish the same thing as a private forum?

There is also Google Groups, which might be a good option. Opinions?

Has anyone ever setup a free online forum before? What sites are legitimate and offer good forum software? Yahoo offers Yahoo Groups, but I have found these annoying in the past. I found several sites that claim to host phpBB forums for free, with minimal adversiting. Such as this or this...

With FTP, you are relying on your ISP's bandwidth. I think the whole point of bittorrent is to do away with that limitation and just use the ISP for tracking the bittorrents.

I saw some Screaming Woot Monkeys at Bed Bath and Beyond today. They didn't have the Woot logo on there, but I am almost positive it was the same thing.

My friend bought the Westinghouse 42" 1080p model that was on Woot a couple weeks ago. It looks pretty good, but doesn't include a tuner, which is probably not necessary if you have HD Cable or Direct TV.

I wouldn't buy an HDTV that isn't 1080p. Unless you plan on replacing your TV every 3-4 years, which most people don't do. I think LCD's look like crap though, so I wouldn't buy anything.

I would have to say that I would just not say anything when you receive the emails. File them away in a separate folder and do not retaliate.

I thought HDMI was just a DVI cable with added digital audio? Maybe I better read up.

Quite doubtful. I think almost all or all are proprietary.

I have been thinking the same thing. But, it has been out for months now. The marketing ploy should be over by now. It looks like Nintendo has sold about 6.6 million units. It stacks up pretty well compared to the PS3 and Xbox 360.

Isn't it possible to pre-order one? How long are these things going to be hard to get. It seems like Nintendo needs to step up the manufacturing.

Sounds like a great idea, Merc. You should buy a Wii.

I really don't understand your disdain for going places or traveling. Have you ever been on a vacation? When you were a kid doesn't count.

Just to clarify, it was in Missouri, not Kansas.

Well, to punish yourself you could do some exercise.

Damn, how many do you have now?

Woot off ended, and I didn't buy anything. I would have gotten a screaming monkey, but I missed it. They sold 10k in less than 3 minutes, which amazes me.

Thanks for the inside knowledge.

Ohhhh, I can't afford another woot off.

Works for me.

When I worked at a screwdriver shop about 8 years ago we used almost all Gigabyte boards and mostly AMD K6 CPUs. The cases that they used weren't the greatest, just standard steel beige cases. No idea what they use nowadays though. Was Gigabyte any good 8 years ago?

I found this article about a combo player being released in the UK next month. Only £999. I guess I will consider something in five years. I don't have a television that can display it anyways. I refuse to buy anything less than 1080p, and I just don't like how large LCD televisions look. 1080p...

Someone really needs to sell a player that will play blu-ray and hd-dvd.

I used to run cross country and track in high school. I was running 40+ miles a week, so I think I was in pretty good shape. But, I had swimming in high school gym class and after 25m of swimming full speed I was completely out of breath (more so than after running a couple miles). It probably...

Embedded WMP does not work for me in Firefox. I have no idea why. So, this would probably fix that for me. But, embedded WMP is becoming less and less prevalent. I really have no idea why anyone would use it in the first place.

Newsweek article on global warming being overstated or a good thing. Seems to reek of bias. Opinions?

In the future, I plan to download more of the shows I want to watch rather than dealing with high monthly bills, commercials, shows I don't care about, etc. There are really no shows I want to watch that aren't available for download an hour after broadcast. If the MPAA/RIAA start to crack...