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'Fraid not. I just put all my power-hungry/speed sensitive devices on direct USB extensions from the PC.

Because it is not putting out proper spec power? I had this issue with a number of 2.5" external HDDs.

Those look like they have a LOT of cheese in them; my heart is starting to labor just thinking about it. If they had sufficient ingredients, it could be very tasty.

I'm sure I (or you) could dream up a system that would require it. Neither of us is likely to build such a system, and 99% of the units sold will not go into such systems, but that is besides the point. ;)

Sweet.

I really miss my P180. The acoustic properties of it rocked. Because of my drive requirements, I suppose I am waiting for the P190.

I can't see how such a thing would be possible with serial communications. Which wire is "send"? Which "receive"? Unless the cable had a full-blown computer connected to it, that prevented any writes from going back to the drive...

Some new BIOS have a setting that prevents apps from taking exclusive control of the drive. Is something like this enabled?

My income has always been in and around Monterey, CA. While that has been true, I've lived in Santa Cruz, Monterey, Salinas, Eugene, and Palo Alto; commuting as needed. All to be near women I've loved. Does that clarify things?

No problem.

So tired of Pizza I just had a bowl of cereal with milk. :p

meh ;)

Just poking around their site, I saw this one. I'll see if it's at Fry's tomorrow as well. It seems to have all the features I could want.

A lot of the Hauppauge cards come with remote controls. I saw a bluetooth remote at Fry's the other day that said it was specifically for Windows Media Center. I'll pick one up for testing tomorrow. Me? I use a mouse. It's easier in a dark room than trying to figure out where a certain button is.

I only work 2 days a week now, the rest of the time I'm dancing, climbing, or sailing. 85-100 mile commute, 45-90 minutes.

As far as keyboards go, I also just went wired for the first time. I have the Logitech G15 and am in love; the back lit keys are great, and the LCD has auto-enabled for most of my games.

Sorry for what? It's your fault? This is probably a good default behavior, as it saves threads from being stretched by multiple nested quotes. I'd just like to use it every once in a while.

When I quote a post that includes a quote, what is the easiest way to include both in a nested format?

Thanks Handruin. I'm currently using the MX1000 at the coffee table and a leftover MX500 at my desk. I really like the way the MX Revolution looks and feels, but I don't want to give up the immediacy available in a wired mouse. This is my first wired mouse in many years (since Logitech's first...

valid? WTF? ;)

I am not able to perform as direct a comparison as he, but his numbers don't seem to jive with my experience. It could be that I've never installed Vista on a machine with 512MB of RAM; I haven't built a machine with less than 1GB in years. And the CPU seems a bit pokey as well. The advice I...

What case are you dumping the P180 for and why? I went with a Lian-Li because I needed support for more internal drives.

Sweet. Thanks for the update.

Anything but love can be had locally.

Good to see you back, Tannin.

When I order a mouse I typically buy some aftermarket feet for it at the same time. As you say, without mousepads they get beat up much more. I prefer the harder feet when I'm using non-traditional surfaces.

After reading this thread again I had to order a pizza. Half Canadian bacon & pineapple; half Pepperoni, Canadian bacon, sausage, linguica & meatballs; hardly single-topping, but damn good.

No doubt the reason for the $100 off starting now. I wouldn't be surprised if they did the rest of the declared cut as a series of drops to entice the impatient.

Works fine for me. Of course, it will require some more oomph to be as responsive, but the "fit and finish" are very nice.

Yep, I know, I have one ;) I'm not saying that these features don't exist, just that they aren't nearly as useful unless you have a larger array.

Alright, so you are basically looking at the most basic HTPC rig out there; no special requirements at all, really. WRT software: I also use my HTPC as a computer, so I am using Vista Ultimate (which includes Media Center) to do my tuning/DVRing/etc. I'm sure the guys can speak up and suggest a...

Thanks for the tip, Coug. Any ETA/price on the new Seasonic?

Last question. Do you foresee wanting to watch TV on other computers in your house? There is a TV tuner box that connects via ethernet if you are interested. Otherwise, there are plenty of PCI-based options. What inputs does your HD TV support? IMHO, DVI would be ideal.

Simplicity is always a good thing. I can't say much about the management of either; but if you are sticking with RAID-1 there isn't much management to do.

My system continues to have issues posting. Looks like I'm in the market for a 700W+ PSU. With support for a crapload of SATA drives. I really like Antec's modular cabling system as I ordered a bunch of additional SATA cables and added more SATA plugs on them. Suggestions?

Do you (or do you plan to) subscribe to premium channels? Encrypted HD content? If so, you may need to use one of the cable company's set top boxes (STBs) and plug that into the capture card on your machine. IIRC, the cards that can decode encrypted channels were just released to OEMs only a...

Considering that there are no new posts, I can assume the site was down for everyone?

The biggest trick is what your input source(s) are. Cable? Dish? OTA? Do you want to route other sources (VCR, DVD, etc) through he same box? Do you want to support HD? Once you get this, then you can figure out which capture card you need. Then you can figure out what CPU/GPU you need to...

I know a number of people who do the Berkeley to San Jose trip. When I lived in Eugene, I knew some people who did the Eugene to Portland commute. I did the Eugene, OR to Monterey, CA commute 3 times a week for about 6 months. Ahh, the things we do for love ;)

I'm running Vista Ultimate on my Gateway convertible tablet. It's not the most powerful thing, but works fine. It resumes faster from hibernation than it did on XP.

I am a capitalist (go figure). I feel the best way to shape people's behavior is to make it in their financial best interest. [naive idealist mode] I think the trick is to find out the true cost of any action and make sure that the person performing that action is responsible for that cost...

I know. I'm not saying that that law would have similar impact here, just that laws in general that go against the will of the people they affect don't work.

Yup. Quick format is your friend.

So far this year I've only lived in one place. Last year I had 5 addresses in 4 cities.

That is what happens when you try to pass laws that people are against. It doesn't work.

Nope. Darn ;) Though I do have many of them on DVD.

Confirmed, I get the same issue.

Nope. Of course, that means I can't be a true geek; I was born 3 years after the first Star Wars was released...

I narrowly dodged getting robbed on the overnight from Bangkok to Chiang Mai. I actually grabbed his hand as it was under my pillow (looking for my passport), but he got away. He'd already done half the train car.

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