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James, I just read that thread that you linked to, man I'm glad I wasn't paying attention to it when it was going on.... Well you're awake, go for it! -Tim

Tannin, shall we include that in the FAQ? :)

I don't think Mickey's post directly corresponds to that question though, he is mainly talking about where the innovations occur, not the build quality. One thing that I take out of his post is that more mature technology make it into SCSI drives. Things that are tried and true, mainly drive...

I was bored so I wrote up an answer to a question. There are probably lots of errors, feel free to rip it apart.... 2.3.2 Are SCSI drives made to higher standards than IDE drives? The short answer is yes. Though, this is not always the case. For the most part SCSI drives offer a 5-year...

I think its more laziness than anything...I would try to write some answers, but I don't think I'm qualified to answer a good many of them. Many of those questions are of a general nature. Which makes it hard to give a specific answer. I could write a book on a few of those questions, not...

Tannin, I think you are just trying to catch up to Mercutio.....

I compiled the code, but I could only get it to run on a computer that VS.Net installed....I don't know what the problem is, and I don't want to spend hours trying to figure it out either. So I guess you will have to get a copy of VS.NET and give a try for yourself. BTW, it's not worth the...

I don't have any idea about those two....Maybe the MS site has info on them though....

Yep AE is 7 CD's but the last 2 are not needed. CD6 is MS Visual Sourcecafe and CD 7 is Visio 2002. -Tim

If you want to convert it to an MPEG use TMPGEnc. http://www.tmpgenc.com/ -Tim

Ya, its pretty cool, especially since VB.net isn't nearly as powerful as VC++ or VC#. It's definately more powerful than in the past. But without lots of programming experience, you won't be stressing any language... -Tim

I downloaded it and tested it out. The code is not that hard to understand. But after I started editing a bunch of stuff, the program crashes now. After you install it you can view the code...which will give you an idea of how VB works... -Tim

I'll download it and let you know how it works....

I like how it is now, Forums with tons of topic areas are confusing. I never know which one to go if I just want to read some posts... I like the idea of renaming the forums to better represent their contents though. B&G could be "The Lounge" or something like that.... -Tim

I have VS.NET Architect Edition (most complete version), but I don't see the donkey demo anywhere. -Tim

Just rebooted and index.dat, is gone as you said it would be. Well it is recreated when I launched IE, albeit much smaller. But what is this file? And why doesn't IE clear it by default? -Tim

Ok, I installed this ram-drive because I've been wanting to try a free one out for quite some time. It does seem to make browsing faster. At least on this site. One question though, as soon as I load up the internet cache onto the ramdrive it is already 10MB filled up. I see a file called...

I.E 5.0 Problems You can find the complete Network SP2 on the MS site, Its about 100MB or so. But if you have a fast connection at work, download it and it will work on any Win2k machine. -Tim

Green is ugly, it hurts my eyes to look at that page. I would like to stick to colors that don't stand out that much. Personanly, I like black with white characters. I find it to be easier on my eyes than white or other colors. -Tim

Thats why its funny...

Thats great. The paperclip got shot... hahaha -Tim

I thought you said you were keeping copies of all your posts Tannin... -Tim

I installed Speedisk and it did a good job or deframenting all of my hard drives regardless of cluster size. Highly reccomended. Seems faster than O&O which is a plus. -Tim

The new site looks good. Definately distancing itself from SR, which is a good thing, IMHO. -Tim

Excellent review of that article Tannin. Maybe you should go into business of reviewing web articles. Private consultants can make some good money... ask Mercutio... -Tim

As far as flat screens go, for mid price the Toshibas have the best picture quality. For higher priced displays, the Samsungs are the best. You won't be able to find the high-end Samsung displays in Best Buy. You will need to check out a high end electronics store. Clocker-If you are looking...

Just get some rolling rock.... Or if you are brave get some Milwaukee's Best Light or Ice. Thats what I get when I'm buying a keg. $39 for 1/2 keg, can't beat that. -Tim

Thats absolutely hilarious. There were plenty of times when working at a computer repair store that people got overcharged for being rude, hard to please, general PITA's.... It just wasn't spelled out in their invoice. It just takes longer to fix someones computer if they are rude and hard...

It's good if you ask me. It just goes to show that almost anything can be cracked.... -Tim

At least they could have enough of a backbone to respond to your post (Flagreen) instead of simply deleting the post. Any forum where posts are locked or deleted does not deserve to have any members of posts....

I got it....did anyone read the review? What did you all think? -Tim

And after you learn the basics of programming it is very easy to switch between different languages as they all enploy the same concepts, its just that the syntax changes... -Tim

Prof: You don't even need a copy of VB to write office macros. VBA is already built in to Word, Excel, Access, ect. Just goto tools->macros->visual basic editor. Check help with any questions you have. VBA help is very complete and I have been able to answer endless questions after spending...

On my motherboard P3V4X the sixth slot is not bus mastering, but I have an Intel network card plugged in and it works fine. I don't think you will run into any problems. But if the device doesn't work, it won't break anything. So plug it in and test it. -Tim

Excel's language is VBA. It is almost exactly like VB except it has a few more commands specific to Excel. I wrote an Excel app this summer for a local business, it was maybe 1000 lines of code. And it simply reformated a very large worksheet so that it could be printed and be readable. It...

Helldiver-you keep saying that everything in VB is backwards. Have you ever coded anything in VB. It is essentially BASIC with some improvments like being Object oriented. Maybe I should post some VB code so you can see that it is super easy to read and write. Option Explicit Private Sub...

What kind of warranty does the Xbox have? If the drive fails within the warranty period then I wonder how MS will go about replacing it... Will the unit work if the hard drive is bad or not there? -Tim

Just donated $5.00 to see the giver gone. It's not exactly going to change the world, but it's all that I can afford right now. BTW Giver, this is a double post, so only count it once. -Tim

Wow! you will leave both forums, that is really incredible. Maybe it is worth the money.....

Yes let me pull that out of my as....

Does anyone here use Speedisk to defragment non-4k cluster NTFS volumes often? Don't want to bother "testing" it if it is just going to mess things up. -Tim

I only post drunk maybe once a month (to SR that is). But usually I get halfway into writing a post and realize that it is not worth it and go to bed. -Tim

Thats why I bought Playstation 2. GT3 is the only game I have for the system, and the only game that has been able to capture my attention for more than 10 minutes in the last year. I have played that game for more than 100 hours in the last month. When I get sick of it I will probably sell...

I've heard from people in the past that their volumes were screwed up from using speedisk. I have used it a few times in the past on a 98 system, with no problems. Has anyone had any problems using speedisk (lost data, corrupted volumes)? -Tim

No they are not standard 4k clusters....Damn, that never even crossed my mind that this could be the problem.... There is no compression or security enabled on any of the drives, so it has got to be the non-standard cluster size. So now my question is: what defragmenter will work with...

I don't use all that much software here is a list: Forte Agent (News Reader) mIRC (IRC client Bullet Proof FTP WS_FTP LE ServU (FTP Server) Morpheus (Used to pirate movies) AOLIM (instant messenging) TMPGenc (used to convert to VCD format MPG) Photoshop Word Excel Access Acrobat Reader CDRWIN...

Tried this but still same thing.

I have been using O&O for defragmenting my drives for at least a year and have had no problems with it. But all the drives that I was defragging were fat32. When I try to defrag an NTFS drive it says Insufficient Rights and will not even analyze the drive. If anyone has any idea that would be...

Yes VB is able to access a serial port. -Tim

VC++ fills in stuff and has all the same crutches that VB or VBA has, so if you want to use an unadulterated language write Java code in notepad then run it on a unix box across telnet. Thats what I used to do, but its such a pain in the ass. If you want to write simple programs to save you...