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Thanks. I was having major audio sync issues when using ripit4me and AutoGK. Just DVDDecryptor was working fine, but something in the change broke it. Nero Recode knocked out a file that works just fine.

...but for us, last night was an "early" night; going to bed around 1AM and falling asleep around 3AM.

That is the cheapest soltion to the immediate problem, but not the coolest or most flexible. Based on the existing system spec (looks great, BTW) the cost is not particularly relevant. Let me know what you end up getting, looks very cool. What HDDs are you using in that array?

Does "Nero Digital" = DivX? I'm playing with Recode

Getting up this early is like having a hangover with no good times attached.

WAY too early. My GF works 3 days a week (M,W,F) and gets up at 7AM on those days. I'm practicing getting up with her. Of course, on Su,T,TH,S we sleep in till noon.

...damn, forgot about the whole AM2/939 thing. I'm embarrased to admit how long I stared at the pins on both chips before I figured it out.

Very pleased with myself. I happen to be in posession of a spare Opteron 185 that I'll be dropping in my primary home rig. No reason to upgrade from my existing 4200+, but it's there...tempting me ;)

My thoughts exactly; but this does allows for quick and dirty prototypes that can then be sent out for casting/milling of the final.

Very neat. I've been looking for such things for some time now. The best I could find 6-months ago was $6k, used.

If you are doing casual video editing, any monitor will do. If you are doing professional video editing, and want to be able to see every pixel perfectly, and all at once, then you need one of those monitors.

Looks right to me. The product key is all I had to change.

seconded. sorry :(

I would assume that the partucular VLK he has won't pass genuine BS. When you buy a licence through the genuine advantage link, all they do is send you a program that changes the key and a new key. I don't know how else to get this program, but it worked fine with another retail key I had lying...

Your network stack is hosed or something else is blocking network traffic. If your ping command doesn't work, I would reccomend re-installing your TCP/IP stack.

Thanks for the suggestions, I've passed them along.

Yes, that is a good idea, but I don't happen to have any of those lying around. I'm getting close to ordering another "restore CD" from Gateway (mine is lost).

I'll wait for the Seagate 4-platter design, TYVM. But yes, 1TB drives should be bought on principle. They are way cooler than even 950GB drives ;) Although my estimation of Hitachi is going up substantially, their model HV-250R is particularly nice.

Looks brilliant to me, and a professional looking installation as well. Considering how much energy we put into heating some things and cooling others, it's a nice thought to just be moving around the same heat instead.

...or would an aluminium gutter (for heat dispersion) make more sense? Here is a 20' Length of .032" thick aluminium gutter with a 6" width. Would that work better?

OK, let's get the ball rolling on a flouescent solution. Here is a sample gutter. 4.5" wide at the top, and about 3" deep. What should I get to put in there? If you could include links to tubes, ballasts, etc. that would be great. Don't worry about dimmers, this should provide enough light...

Great info guys...thanks. WRT power consumption: In this apartment, utilities are included ;) further, we have the heater cycling on about 10% of the time anyway; and it's noisier than the light fixture. But if we were to move, than this would be of greater concern. So far I like 2 options...

Unfortunatly, this laptop requires an "F6" SATA driver to install the OS, and I don't have a USB floppy handy. I tried slipstreaming the driver and it didn't work :(

Thanks for the lengthly response JTR: I was considering a stepped Flourescent solution, but one of the things that really appealed to me about the Xenon system I linked to is the very low profile. The ceilings here are of the standard 8-foot variety, and the GF and I are tall (5'10" and 6'2")...

This guy is easy. If there is a phone that does e-mail better than others, he will switch carriers and pay anything. He has had Treo 650s, 700Ws, Palms, Blackberries, etc.

Just to check (no pressure)...is this broken again?

Yep.

Sweet. Almost time to unload these tiny 750s ;)

A client wants to check his e-mail via cell phone. He has his own exchange server. Suggestions?

Actually, one of the things that makes this so expensive is that the dimmer is on the 24v side and designed to handle 1200W. The dimmer alone is $250+ :(

My new apartment has no in-ceiling lighting in the living and bedroom. That's great, as I hate the ugly fixtures usually stuck up there in apartments. This is my opportunity to do something I've always wanted to do; install dimmable indirect lighting into a picture rail around the entire room...

One of my laptops is a Gateway Tablet: Model CX2726 After restoring a backup image via acronis, it boots to the screen right before the login screen; a blue one that has the "Microsoft Windows XP" logo (you've all seen it before) and stops. Occasionaly, if I let it sit there, I will see the...

Pot Roast braising with vegetables and a London Broil in the oven...I got a deli meat slicer for Christmas, and want some good meat ;)

...or at least that the WD drive is more power-hungary than the Samsung.

$600 is not bad. That is cheaper than an iRAM of half it's capacity. Of course, it would be great if they would sell it for less ;) My recent domestic spree has siphoned all the money from my tech fund, but I suspect that this drive or something similar is in my near future.

To be honest, the speed sucks...but it's better than this. Why?

16GB? Excellent. And the speed looks OK as well.

I'd take this over that....faster with an easier interface, provided your board supports boot-to-USB

Mine is about that old as well. :( What crap.

Shipping by ship is very cheap; if you are willing to wait a month or so. If you spend $2-3k on a couch, a pretty small percentage of that will get it anywhere in the world...eventually.

Microsoft. Or any other firewall software you have installed on your machine. Uninstall/disable any firewall/"internet security" crap and try again. Make sure you don't have any funky port-forwarding rules on your router.

Why is my C:\windows\system32\DLLCache folder over 600MB? Why is C:\Windows over 2.5GB? Server 2003. I gave myself a 10GB OS partition, and I'm bouncing off it :(

70KB/s....not bad.

That's the worst part...none of it will be delivered for weeks. It's all designer special-order stuff. I get the bed-frame and bar mid-January, and the couch on the 28th. And we may be visiting the GF's relatives in Houston for her birthday, which means none of it until late Jan. Just in time...

Ugh...just spent many thousands of dollars. Got a 6' leather couch with reclining ends, a wrought-iron CA King bedframe, and an oak bar. I still need a big desk (long enough for 2 people...8ft?) and a low media center.

I actually don't have an issue with it. Once I recognise that a person has this trait, I am able to ignore it completely. I just told the GF yesterday that if she has a real problem, she'll need to find some way to let me know. I now just say "that's nice" and it really doesn't bother me. I...

That is really wierd stereodude...and I applaud your research before posting!

Thanks for the feedback guys. There are some local furniture shops that I'll be taking a look at either today or tuesday*. I'll also do a swing by Macy's and check out the Stanford shopping center. My concern with shopping around here is that you get away from IKEA pricing very, very quickly...

Here's a new one... I need to buy furniture. IKEA is about a mile away, and we were there for a few hours last night. I'm not happy with their designs or build quality. I've been checking out some sites online (e.g. furniture.com) and am not sure what I'm doing. Considering I've never put much...

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