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Phooey! I didn't feel it, must've been to far away.

How about the TEAC DV-W50?

Dell's support is nice, but how can their support beat me? My customer's need help, I drive on over to their location - warranty or not.

Indeed, that is my reason for sticking with Windows. My customers are very familiar with the OS, and all of their software is Windows compatible. Most of the software does not come in a Linux version, and so they would have to learn a whole new application. You say run an emulation for...

For more then $1,000.00 less than that Dell system, I can go with the overpriced Athlon 64 FX51 chip!

"Everywhere you go" LOL . . . just like Merc said.

By the way, I just priced out a high end workstation from Dell. Xeon 3.2 GHz, Windows XP Professional, 1GB DDR 266, fancy keyboard, mouse, speakers, 19" LCD, 64MB Quadro Video, 120GB sATA HDD . . . after all was said and done, they want $4,453.00 for the whole kit n' kabootle. Hoolie Doolie...

When do we get SATA optical devices? Including SATA hard drives is nice, but if you still have to mess around with PATA CD and DVD drives, what's the point? Plus, as a remark from Tannin's thread about Windows requiring drivers to be loaded from floppies during installation, when will Windows...

How inexpensive do you expect the SIS755 based boards will be?

If you ever get the chance, try Spaten Premium Bock, it only comes on tap.

Sounds fantastic David. Gordon Biersch makes a delicious Märzen.

Speaking of light, today is the December Solstice. Tannin should be happy, all remnants of Winter should be far behind for the next several months. Plus, the need for extra shop lighting at the Redhill outlet is moot, the sun will stay around longer, shining its brilliant rays into the late...

So, now I'm thinking, maybe it is time for me to upgrade my 1400C Thunderbird to an Athlon 64 3000+. Athlon 64 3000+ GA-K8VT800M 1 GB Memory PA410210 Case SP1614C Hmmmm. :D

Well, I'm sure the sense was common to him, just not to anyone else.

Please don't mention kung-fu and hardware with Coug around, he'll probably break something! Windows XP works just fine for me and my customers. Had issues with Windows 2000 and hardware compatibility early on and was happy with the huge driver base that came with XP.

Good analysis LiamC. For the end user, the Gigabyte GA-K8VT800M would be nice. Small form factor, quiet, and nice when combined with the an Athlon 64 3000+. The full size brother, GA-K8VT800, is nice too.

Boy, putting together a dual Opteron 240 system with the S2885 board and a couple gigs of Reg./ECC PC2700 memory really gets expensive. Add a really good power supply and nice case, and you easily hit $2,500.00.

Just a curiosity Tannin, what was the insect and rodent population like in that area? Did it seem unusually low, or has the balance between predator and prey equal itself out?

Do Nankeen Kestrel like crickets? I've got plenty of them in my new house.

Good information jtr, and nice link. I just might have to give that overdrive stuff a try.

True, some people may not have an interest in someone else getting married. Although newsworthy events do not need to necessarily shock, surprise, or horrify anyone, they can be pleasant and delightful too. Which is what I thought of when looking through the poll.

No wonder you were gone for so long, how was the boat ride?

WD still provide Average Read and Write Seek times, plus Track-to-Track Seeks and Full Stroke Seeks in their Technical Reference Manuals. Although those numbers are not always the most accurate.

Wow, you were in all of those places 3 months ago? I'd say that's spreading yourself thin. I would've rather used three months of time to visit all of those places - if I knew where they were.

Interesting read from c't The IT Safety of the US Power Supply English

JoJo getting married seems to be the most newsworthy event to me. By the way, when I read newsworthy, I mean not the most shocking or horrible event, but the event that deserves the most news coverage. :D

I think the international way leans more towards "thank-you". Hmm, maybe the Grammar Police would know.

By the way, if this same script will be used on several html pages, why not create a link to an external js file. That way all you need to include is: <script src="xxx.js"></script> When you make changes to that one js file, all of the pages will automatically be able to use it without...

Read towards the middle of this page for comment possibilities with javascript.

Oh yeah, and when you signal to open comments within the script tag, use: //-- It is the double forward slashes that are important for comments in script tags, the stuff that follows on the same line can be anything.

When you open your script tag, trying using this instead: <script type="text/javascript">

to signal the end of your comments, try including this: //--!>

Coug, type in http://www.thejojo.com/1.jpg and you'll get there.

Nice pictures Jo, thanks for sharing. If Tea were here, with complete disregard for humans even being in the photograph, she'd reply something positive about the elephant in the second picture.

Nice idea Pradeep, and I wish that I could. But presently, money needs to be funneled into other, more important expenses, like doctor bills, loan payments, credit card bills, and hopefully a new mattress which will help my back. :)

Wouldn't do much against my 1982 Diesel. The only way to stop the engine is through a vacuum system, not electronics. If the vacuum system fails, there is a lever in the engine compartment labeled "STOP".

I'm not sure if this has already been mentioned, but this is what I was emailed today from Microsoft: Windows SharePoint Services and Windows Small Business Server 2003 Installation Update Updated: December 12, 2003 Summary Microsoft has discovered an issue that affects installations and...

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Although still not organized into a nice media niche, this weekend a friend and I watched Star Trek IV on DVD through my surround sound system, and the sound was beautiful. This, of course, is still with my original setup as mentioned above. Prior to this, I watched a few clips of Star Wars...

I must agree with i, the artificial light produced at night has become ridiculous. Add to this the Xenon and HID headlights, and being out at night is miserable. Give me darkness, give me dimmer switches; give me incandescent bulbs! I would like to walk out of my front door, look at the sky...

Through a professional data recovery service, such as Ontrack, Action Front, Data Mechanix, or Drive Savers - more then likely. Usually, a click-click is related to an electronic failure on the PCB. Even if a head has failed, the data is still recoverable through head replacement. A bad sign...

I wonder, now that Tea is gone, will Tony Wilson show up on our forum?

Just like pregnant women. :D

I can get some of my friends to vote, and maybe we can persuade Gary's group to vote, but I don't think that would be fair.

It is nice that you found those links Howell, I've search through Google and have never come across them. Nonetheless, as I mentioned before, fine art is hard to find on the web. For example, of those two website, only one of them has artwork for August Macke, and then only three of his...

Nice Fushigi. I like that quote from Mr. Torvalds too.

I should've included: I was attempting to emphasize what sechs had mentioned regarding the struggle between the customer service representative and the policies that must be followed. Then my comment rolled into a one sentence rant.

"He was deeply in love. When she spoke, he thought he heard bells, as if she were a garbage truck backing up." :rofl:

Thank you CityK, that is a real treasure to find on the Internet. Plus the links to other virtual art galleries is nice too. As Merc lamented, finding fine art on the world wide wibble is not easy, many times I find the appropriate images on ebay. For the artwork from John William Waterhouse...

But that is the key to good customer service in a call center environment -- a company policy may not be in the customer's best interest, but the way a service representative presents the information and offers alternatives, can diffuse a potentially volatile situation. Remember the saying...