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Are you saying you want your thumbdrive to be as big as your thumb? I love these little things; far less likely to break.

But they aren't this small.... http://www.macmall.com/macmall/shop/detail.asp?dpno=7023563&Redir=1

I agree that normal people, with normal computers will need larger drives because they only have one drive. I, however, could really use a bunch of 36GB solid state screamers for my workstations.

Yep, that's my biggest complaint with this motherboard. No changes to voltages can be made (even in the Ctrl-F1 menu)

Holy crap CityK! That is (IIRC) the second longest post ever! And with more information than I can handle during breakfast...thanks for that.

I have had one song in my head for the last week and a half. I didn't say "stuck in my head" because I really, really like it. It's not special in any way, really, but something about it really strikes a chord with me. Dido - Who Makes You Feel Vocals: Dido Production: Dr. Dre I would make it...

Good story, thanks Buck.

...And XP Pro is on a 650MB CD. But that doesn't mean much. I'm sure I could get a useable install of SuSE on a 4GB drive, but XP+Office makes that look unlikely.

I keep thinking that all I need is a small drive for the OS, but then the OS keeps growing! Just my "Windows" directory is 3GB...I don't want to think about Vista...

Tried it on a full, completely empty T-1 and got about 100KB/s (as expected). C:\>tracert storageforum.net Tracing route to storageforum.net [69.57.180.83] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 10.0.0.1 2 16 ms 3 ms 2 ms pm10-249.corp.redshift.com...

I'm still only getting 18KB/s, but I just got stuff from Merc @ 500KB/s.

Memtest will find errors eventually in my experience, but perhaps only after 24-36 hours of running it.

My tracert clears comcast before it hits traffic. It's already in the 64.x.x.x subnet before it spikes.

Not really sure. It's comcast (cable) and I just got it about 4 days ago. I'll test it right now. download.com = 250KB/s microsoft.com = 380KB/s so, no...not really. I just tested the squirrel again, about 20KB/s

paugie, that's actually the same cost as here in Sillicon Valley. I had to buy a 2GB unit yesterday for $65.

I'm getting a whopping 9.6-28KB/s! Woohoo! ETA 30 mins! 11:00AM PST C:\>tracert storageforum.net Tracing route to storageforum.net [69.57.180.83] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.1 2 * * * Request timed out. 3 12 ms 9 ms...

Nope, but for other reasons I'm now using a Zalman CNPS-7700NT with the fan removed (IIRC, the mounting bracket was easier to work with?)

That's amazingly close to my main system spec (same MB, CPU, HSF, GPU, Case). I'm sure you won't be disappointed.

If you can, go gigabyte. I've had the least bad experiences with them. This is a nice board.

jtr, I'm sorry again about your father and the other problems you've been having. I hope to see more of you around here in the future.

My soundcard has a little application that you can tell where you want sound to go. Does yours?

Ugh...watch out, those brazilian things are the biggest hangover in a bottle I've ever tried (and that is saying something). So much sugar and so much acid...

Yup, after Raven Shield, we would always go to either Call of Duty deathmatch or Quake 3 Arena deathmatch...those were fast enough.

Nice steak recipe Merc. I love steak, and was actually shopping online for a grill last night (my complex lets me BBQ on my deck).

I've just started cooking again in the last week. For the last decade or so I've been eating out pretty much every meal of every day. Now I have an actual apartment that I'm happy with (proud of?) and someone worth cooking for. So far it's been real simple; quesadillas, pancakes, pasta...

Well Chewy, I find myself in the opposite situation. On wednesday I helped Olga move out of her husband's house while he was at work. She moved in with me. They've been "seperated" for about 2 months. We've been talking marraige/house/kids for about 1 month. Of course, I won't formally propose...

Ended up getting this one: Kenwood KDC-MP532U

Not lately; my PUI days are mostly behind me at this point. And the problems it caused were more spelling/grammar related and unlikely to change.

Nevermind, I must be lacking brains today. Googling crutchfield's site showed me the way, cheapest being this one: Clarion DB365USB - $130

This is the best I've found so far: Sony MEX-1GP

I'm getting the GF a new car stereo for her "new" car (1997 Ford Escort). I want it to support USB thumbdrives full of MP3s directly. Is there anything on the market that does this? I've been looking on Crutchfield and can't see anything promising.

The thing I liked the most about the latest Rainbow Six was the "terrorist hunt". Everyone on the same team, everyone has one life (no respawn), try to kill all the baddies with their difficulty cranked. Everyone advances slowly ('cause if you die, you're out for the round). Teamwork and perfect...

They even have a free command-line scanner that has all the features of their ful-blown product. Sweet.

Actually, I have to go with you on this one. Being a geek tends to be uncool. Being gay tends to be uncool. Therefore gay people seem to be less concerned about being uncool. Therefore gay people are more comfortable being geeks (or other niche personality types).

I actually added another Scythe FDB 800RPM fan into the HDD/PS compartment. It dropped the temps of my drives to 30C from 40-45C without noticeable increase in noise.

My process through a thread is odd I guess. I read the new posts since my last reading, type my reply into the "Quick reply" window, then post it, then I read the thread from the beginning including my new post. At this point any coherency issues begin to arise and I wish for an edit.

I don't know of many in our age range, but there are quite a few available for the next generation. At the gaming center I'm used to seeing girls in the 11-15 range playing WOW or CS and doing their MySpace thing, but before these girls would evaporate at the prospect of college, football...

I can understand that, but do you think it is actually bad? A 5-minute window is a nice compromise IMHO. Actually, a 2-minute window would be more than enough for my needs.

I'm still really enjoying Rise of Nations...

Congrats Merc! I think one of the advantages is that there are starting to be women in the uber-geek world. Before, if you were this nerdy, there were no girls for miles. Now, it seems to me, they are on the horizon. I've found that one of the biggest problems with getting a girl's attention is...

Testing the edit... YES! Thanks Handy!

There is about 1" of space between the back of my case (with the fan removed) and the HSF. I was noticing a lot of air moving right along this gap. I've since blocked off the rear fan hole, the vents above the PCI slots, and the front fan opening. I've removed all the PCI blanking slots below my...

IIRC, 1TB in Febuary. The tech described here won't be ready for another 5-10 years, unless it is eclipsed before it's even released. I don't like the idea of intentionally creating heat, or including additional components (optics) into drives.

Actually, I did some smoke-testing on mine with only the top fan running and no fan at all at the back. It pulled a significant amount of air through the back hole and then blew it out the top. I consider this wasted, as it never even came into contact with my massive CPU HSF, much less my NB...

I have a few 750s and am quite happy with them. What's the issue?

That was a great read, thanks Merc. ...and major props for getting "porn" into the news!

...and I suspect that the image's install date wouldn't change, so it would be expired upon restoration.

Almost. Because: And as a word of warning:

If you do it weekly, do you need to activate at all?

Nevermind, model is ANT24, but it's only 7dBi.