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Although it is a bit lax (I bet I could walk a machette straight onto the plane), molten rock might catch their attention.

Pele can keep the rocks, they're only really cool in liquid form, anyway. And airport security being what it is... :roll:

I'll have to check that out! I actually still use the boots, but the tred pattern is a little...unusual. It leaves really cool footprints ;)

The last time I was there, I spent about a week on each side, a different B'n'B' each time. I hear you can no longer walk out to the lava flow. I got within about 3-4' last time before my boots melted. Those are a cool souvenier.

If you want good news, go where all the retirees go

That's OK, next year this time I'll be on my second week here.

Sorry, can't help it ;)

I didn't even have to ask! Thanks guys!

All it has to do is be free and I might consider trying it out. :roll: Even since IE made the browser market "free", buying a web browser is as silly as...erm...charging for other things you can get for free :eekers: Sorry, mind blank...

...and in this case seems to have ended shortly thereafter. :roll:

Like SF? :P Actually, (although I have given money to SR) the reason ddrueding1 has such a low number is that right after the MBF I tried to login and couldn't (username not found) so I created a second account for myself (the original being the same as my handle here). I keep wondering if I...

I'm good, thanks. Just a few drinks behind my temper...

http://www.distsoft.com/ These guys are pretty good* * I'm biased, my dad used to own and was the head programmer until 4 months ago

GAH! Their "backup" file (using the .PTB extension) is JUST A ZIP FILE OF THE DATA DIRECTORY!!! %@#^$&(*)*&^%$^&*()*^%$(*&)_(*&^%$^&+_)(*&%^&*(*&^#$%&*(*)&$^! They suck! I want to kill them all!!!!!

Yes, and I'm afraid I've run dry on their "knowledge base" as well. All it appears to be is the manual reprinted with the title of each section rephrased in the form of a question. :eekers: Off to google...

So I do a house call for a friend's friend :roll: His HP PC is all messed up, so I ploan to use the restore CDs. "All I need is my accounting data" he says. So I launch peachtree and use their "backup" routine to back up the company to a floppy. <Insert 3 hour formant and restore process>...

Very good, fool. As I am presently in a similar state of mind, your timing seems impeccible :D

So just to be clear, the file to be renamed and the HTML (or whatever) are sitting in the same directory and will be executed locally?

Wow, for about an hour I couldn't get to SR or SF....I got so much work done! ;)

So I've chickened out and decided NOT to build and support a shoestring budget HTPC. TIVO and Console DVD Burner it is...any suggestions on model?

An excellent question, and one I didn't bother to answer. Shortly after working though the basics here, I realized the PC was still under warranty. F*** it, it's their problem. Called Tech suport, they quickly (within 2 hours) authorized a service visit to a local gateway country store for repairs.

This is the other interesting part, disk management shows the correct volume appearing and dissapearing as the disk is inserted and removed, so the hardware definatly knows what's going on.

I agree, it should display something, but what is showed is exactly what is shown. No CD burning software is or has ever been installed on the PC.

removing the drives from the machine caused an error message during post "no cd-rom drive found" that has never been seen before. It also removed the drives from the device manager and from browsing. Reconnecting the drives did away with the error and restored the drives to the same state as...

good catch

Answers: This problem "just started", the machine is a gateway less than 2 years old. Never opened. They are an the same cable, I will check jumpers when I crack the case. They do show properly in the BIOS NAV is running and current, SpyBot S+D was run (with full updates) 10 minutes ago...

Just to clarify: The drives are there all the time, it just won't allow me to view the contents of the drive.

nope, no number of reboots fixes the issue. I'm pouring through pages of knowledgebase articles, but no love yet.... I doubt it is a hardware issue as both drives exhibit the exact same behavior.

When a cd is inserted into either the cd-rw or dvd-rom of this machine, no files are displayed in explorer. When you select an empty drive, it prompts you to insert a disc (proper behavior) But if there is a disk in the drive, there is no prompt, just no files. In device manager the drives...

Yes, Coke has lots of calories and tons of sugar. But it is also an appetite suppressant ;) And yes, it will dehydrate you (caffine and sugar both have that effect) so if you drink the volume that I do without drinking water (a bottle for every can) you will wake up with a hangover. I'm 6'2"...

Thanks for the replies so far, this was what I was worried about. My concern lies in the fact that I have to keep this thing exceptionally cheap while making it stable and versitile enough to be running his primary TV. I don't need a cable tuner, as input will be from satellite or VCR. This...

Don't drink coffee at all, don't like it. I do drink 8-12 cokes a day, down from my previous "24 every 24" tech support days. And switch to a Cabernet at around 5PM, then Belvedere from 10PM until 2AM. First coke in the morning at around 9AM. Yes, I'm massively addicted to many substances, but...

Yes, another system-building thread :roll: I need to build a PC capable of DVD playback and video capture with the following I/O: 1 S-Video in (from Satellite) 1 RCA in (from VCR) 1 S-Video out (to TV) 1 RCA out (to VCR) 1 VGA out (to secondary monitor - optional) The cheapest video card I...

Yeah, but it is a darn-good excuse to sleep with your best friend...

All I can say is that it looks perfect in Firebird 0.7, considerign it's over a RDP connection.

What's funny is that the SAME GUY under a different alias is trying to get a 266MHz G3 to run Panther....

care to elaborate?

I prefer: If you are a wireless user, and are looking for performance, you're fu*cked.

I would have taken offense to that, until I switched to Firebird about 3 weeks ago ;)

:P

A Sony DRU-510A and a Pioneer DVR-A06, it's ok, I got it to work with the official MS stuff (that makes me feel better anyway). Thanks for the help, though. This is a really cool setup. If anyone want's a rundown on the whole deal, let me know.

I always wondered about the people that bought nFOrce2 mobos with fans on the northbridge. Do they think it is faster? ASUS uses a (large) passive heatsink without issue. This solution is far less likely to fail in the future, and those with fans typically have tiny heatsinks, incapable of...

It is factually correct, just gramatically incorrect. It should read: The i865 is Intel’s mainstream motherboard chipset. -or- The i865 is one of Intel’s mainstream motherboard chipsets. :wink:

I tried that one and it couldn't detect my burner. I' think I'll try the one Merc referenced (from the MS rescource kit).

...and only one typo...

Merc, That looks great! I think you hit the VIA situation just about spot on.

Got it :D That was easy....just had to install/learn cygwin, then the syntax for mkisofs..... ...now to figure out the dvdburn app...

Wow, yeah this defintaly is nowhere near my cup of tea...but I am desperate for it...let's see if I can have it working sometime tonight.... Thanks for the help guys...

Any help guys? I'm trying to automatically stick one file (2.2GB) onto a DVD-RW. I didn't think I'd be the only one with this issue, much less that a solution doesn't exist? dvdburn will get an ISO onto a disc, but is there a command line app that will make a file into an ISO?

And to be honest the "however" should be left out entirely.