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Posting at SR can be a waste of time. Many of the youngsters are not interested in listening or learning, since they already know everything. After all, if they read something on another amateur web site it must be true. :roll: Another of my frequented sites (not computer hardware) lost its...

Oh, I thought you had some large lenses. Both of those teles can be handheld if necessary. ;) I also had the 300/4.5 ED-IF around 1987, not having the money for anything bigger/faster. Frankly, I did not care much for the optics at the larger apertures and the lens was too large and heavy for...

Tea: Anti-reflection coatings have been around for many decades, perhaps a century. The first practical multicoatings (multiple layers of coatings with progressively different refractive indexes) were first widely utilized in the late 60s. Lateral chroma cannot be corrected with coatings. It...

I'll never understand why so many sites don't have a backup and disaster recovery plan. :( I guess they are all little guys with shoestring budgets or part timers. As bad as the MBF was for SR, at least it did not kill the main database.

I am also on dialup, but at around 45K. In case you don't know, cable and cable internet are rather expensive in certain areas of the US. The monthly rates keep increasing and the service continues to decline. :( For many it is not worth the extra speed. Some people would rather have 15K...

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But I want a board that supports at least 3 GB of DDR 400. ;)

Not really. That particular eclipse was about 20 years ago. And my face was full, of course.

The time is upon us! Behold the shadow upon my face. :mrgrn:

In the past five years I progressed from 384MB in 1998 (a lot of RAM at the time), 512-768MB in 1999, 1.5GB in 2000 and then to 2GB in 2002. RAM capacity is not keeping pace with other computer improvements.

Where are the larger PC3200 memory modules? 512MB modules are rather useless for my needs.

There is only one PS/2 port for use either with an external mouse or keyboard. I was hoping for linear current limiting or at least an SMD Polyfuse. I mean, they are so inexpensive. :(

Does anyone use a notebook PS/2 port as a 5V power supply for other devices? PS/2 devices seem to be spec'd at 100 mA, but the port clearly supplies more than that. For example, there are PS/2 taps for 2.5" USB/Firewire drives. What is the maximum allowable current drain? Is there a standard...

No, it is of little importance. Do you notice anything unusual about the moon? ;) (Sorry for digressing from the topic of weight gain.)

Steve: Is there a real need to gain weight? Have you spoken with your doctor? I presume you are not suffering from "bigorexia". (Muscle dysmorphia is no joking matter.) ------- Oh Merc., I am so sorry you are in such a state. :cry: Think of your long term health if nothing else. P.S. I...

:roll: Oh, I am not that old to deserve a wow. I am younger than Greg Santilli and Bill Green, to name a few. :) The odd part is that audio equipment is still stored somewhere in my parents house. The tuner and amp were both discrete designs I assembled from Heathkit, and I built the...

Thanks for your help, but I no longer have a stereo. My last audio system was from 1973 :o and after that I never got around to using the CD technology of the 80s. Maybe I could use the TV audio output?

Thanks, Merc! I did not know that there were any MP3s available for download after the Napster fiasco. PS. The site is down.

I don't have any audio CDs. I have about 250 blank CDs, most of which will probably will never be used, so that is much less expensive than spending $60-70 for 6 commercial CDs. Is it legal to buy one audio CD and make 6 copies for personality use? I don't want to do anything that would land...

Last year I purchased a new auto with the fancy 6-CD player (where do those CDs go after entering the slot?). I have not used the CD player yet so there is a possibly of a defect. This may sound foolish, but is there an easy way to use a PC to create 6 CDs with multiple audio tracks? I would...

They do seem to be having a lot of problems. One wonders why they made the change. It seems to me that SR should spend more of their precious little time reviewing drives and not playing with boards. Many of the drives available for many months at retail are never tested.

Truly I do not condone trollish behavior; it's just that individuals have different sensibilities in that area. I some ways, I miss the forum glory days of 1999-2001. Am I the only one now barely concerned about performance differences between same-generation drives? One can hardly go wrong...

I have not been called young since the 60s. :oops: Picard is not in the same category. Does he see "electron beams?" :lol:

For the most part, Tony, that is what I think too. It seems that computer forums are becoming boring, even more so than the hardware. And there are no Trintons to provide amusement.

Perhaps this is a great place for core members to socialize, but substantive posts in the Computers forum are rather sparse. :(

There are plenty of other penguin species in more accessible, temperate zones, such as Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and South America. In March one can even swim with penguins in the reasonably warm waters off of Equador.

Why would they want to do that? :wink:

Yuck! Have you ever spent time slogging through a Penguin colony? In the warmer areas of the peninsula, and especially the subantarctic islands in summer, the guano stench from the larger rookeries can be devastating.

Re: YAWN!!!! Oh Santilli, it is good to know that some things never change. :) Who else would consider an original Cheetah to be fast? :wink:

I don't get it either. :roll: The drug looks more like Hershey Kisses than an effervescent citric or tartaric acid/sodium bicarbonate tablet.

That is the crux of the matter for me as well. Should I eliminate the sound card or the SCSI HBA and 15K.3 to install a SATA controller? I think not.

That is the crux of the matter for me as well. Should I eliminate the sound card or the SCSI HBA and 15K.3 to install a SATA controller? I think not.

That is the crux of the matter for me as well. Should I eliminate the sound card or the SCSI HBA and 15K.3 to install a SATA controller? I think not.

What about hills? Can this SHEMP system store enough energy to propel a typical 1500 kg auto up a 6% grade for 10-12 minutes at highway speeds?

Is there not a parallel ATA version of this drive? If the only interface is SATA, then it is totally useless as an "upgrade" in many systems.

No. Not until a few more platters are added.

I am unimpressed by the methodology. In fact the quote "we use ATTO's disk-tools to test the drive for its full gamut of performance across the entire surface its many platters..." is laughable considering that the largest test file written by Atto is only 32 MB. Although I would never...

I think the Centrino is a kind of subatomic particle. :D Mercutio: I too would like to see a 2.5-inch 7200 RPM drive someday.

Main home system: 3-10 times per day (average ~ 6 times/day) Personal notebook: 0.15 - 20 times/day depending on home or travel use Work: End of the day (power off)

I am searching for the MK6022GAX without success. When will these be available for sale in the USA?

I am the Debian Linux. Not only do I not understand what Linux does, but I don't what a Debian is. Like the quiz states, I should be happy not to be labeled an ME user. :)

Because it has not snowed so much here since a Pentium 133 OC'd to 150 was considered a fast processor. :)

You should see the one in Canoga Park; it is based on Alice in Wonderland. :mrgrn: