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  1. Buck

    Reviews of Mitsubishi's WL-82913

    Blake, have you been able to view this television firsthand?
  2. Buck

    Reviews of Mitsubishi's WL-82913

    A review of Mitsubishi's WL-82913. Grab a tissue first to wipe up the forthcoming drool. _________________ Sound & Vision Online Equipment Reports Mitsubishi 82-inch Rear-Projection HDTV By David Katzmaier "The manual puts it plainly enough: “The WL-82913 is currently the largest...
  3. Buck

    The SCO Debacle

    Thanks for the link Fushigi; nice updated material.
  4. Buck

    Temperature

    Thanks.
  5. Buck

    Home Theater Speakers

    Okay, I now have some updated information that should help clear things up. First of all, as far as I can tell, I was wrong, the receiver/amplifier seems to be just Dolby Pro Logic Surround. Here are the components that I have: Receiver/Amplifier: Technics SA-GX690P-K Disc Changer: SL-PD887...
  6. Buck

    Faster RAID

    "This chip allows us to access the mainstream market," said Andy Mills, NetCell's chief executive. Well, then let's see something!
  7. Buck

    Temperature

    Thanks for the tip fool, I'll keep that in mind. Now that I've lost some weight, I don't have to worry as much if the wood seat will break or not. :D
  8. Buck

    Temperature

    [mind wanders] Ouch, splinters. [/mind wandering]
  9. Buck

    Goodbye (for now)

    By the way Tannin, your present avatar is very nice. That is a very austere and regal pose for that bird of prey.
  10. Buck

    Home Theater Speakers

    No kidding. Having 6 speakers presently is "cool" but finding room to place them is a pain (I wouldn't want more). At least everything on the back of my components is nicely marked so I don't need the manuals to figure out my connections. Even the special sychronization of connectors between...
  11. Buck

    Goodbye (for now)

    Hoolie Doolie! I just realized that Ballarat is 19 hours ahead of me! Here I am figuring out what I should eat for lunch, and Tony isn't even up for breakfast.
  12. Buck

    Home Theater Speakers

    My system does support Pro Logic II which does derive 5 channel sound unlike regular Pro Logic. I played some new DVDs this week, like Star Trek II and Star Wars, the cheap KLH rear speakers worked fabulously. I can increase there sound separately from the front left/right and center.
  13. Buck

    Home Theater Speakers

    Why do the rear speakers matter little?
  14. Buck

    Home Theater Speakers

    Sorry about that, I'll get back to you with details, but I can say that all of the components so far are about 8 year old Technics stuff.
  15. Buck

    Home Theater Speakers

    Talk with a proctologist, he'll get you a scope used for colonoscopies. :eekers:
  16. Buck

    Home Theater Speakers

    I live in Southern California (Orange County). The condo complex I'm in is brand new (other phases are still under construction so I can see how my place went together). The ceiling is a combination of engineered lumber and steel framing. Plus, every single source of air or heat has been...
  17. Buck

    Temperature

    Good to know ddr. I've heard of similar experiences, with drives being used in environments out of specification. However, I do know of drives not working in desktop systems above 10,000 feet in South America. Strange place to use a PC, but I suppose the drug lords need to surf the web too. :D
  18. Buck

    Temperature

    Blankets are nice untill you need to use the toilet. Heated toilet seat, ah, that would be nice. :) For USB controlled home automation, check out what SmartHome has.
  19. Buck

    Temperature

    Here is what I was talking about from Honeywell.
  20. Buck

    Temperature

    Honeywell makes a relatively inexpensive programmable thermostat. It is limited to two time intervals, and the same program would be used on every day of the week. So, for example, you could set the evening temperature (10pm to 6am) to 55F and then set a day-time temperature (6am to 10pm) at...
  21. Buck

    Temperature

    Anyway, in my new house, the temperature has not dropped below 69F and has not gone above 72F -- I'm not using the heater. The outside temperature has ranged from 40F at night to 75F during the day. These new-fangled attached homes are really well protected from the elements.
  22. Buck

    Temperature

    ATA drives have an operating temperature limitation of 5C to 55C (41F to 131F) and a non-operating range of -40C to 65C (-40F to 149F). I'm not sure what the exact limitations are for your SCSI drives. ATA drives are usually limited to a maximum operating thermal gradient of 20C/hour and a...
  23. Buck

    Home Theater Speakers

    Thanks for the link to Belkin. This is primarily geared towards movies and music. Budget-wise, I could spend $250.00 on the two speakers if necessary.
  24. Buck

    Home Theater Speakers

    Do you have any examples?
  25. Buck

    Home Theater Speakers

    My quest is for wireless Dolby Surround Sound speakers (5.1). Specifically for the rear left and right channels. This expedition has been very difficult. When I find companies that deal with nice audio equipment, they tell me that wireless audio has not advanced enough to provide decent sound...
  26. Buck

    Confused about roadkill

    I would much appreciate it.
  27. Buck

    Goodbye (for now)

    Besides writing his great novel, it will take Tony days to try and catch up with the many threads we've started during his absence. I wonder if Handy could get some stats on just how many threads and posts there have been since the old man went on his journey.
  28. Buck

    Confused about roadkill

    Don't you feel better for being right about being confused? :eekers:
  29. Buck

    Goodbye (for now)

    Welcome back Tony, I figured you'd be away until next year.
  30. Buck

    Wired Cricket Balls to Enhance Play

    Nice one i. Bummer for the Samoans in Hawaii. The father usually stays seated as his 10 children go and fill plates of food for him.
  31. Buck

    HLMCOMPANY.COM

    Beware dial-up users, there are frames and images!
  32. Buck

    HLMCOMPANY.COM

    I recently updated my personal website too. It is not completed yet, but most of the functionality and some of the content are available. mittelsman.net
  33. Buck

    Goodbye (for now)

    Indeed ddr.
  34. Buck

    Goodbye (for now)

    Just speak French, isn't that the second language of the world?
  35. Buck

    It's now official : I'm old.

    I resemble that remark! :erm:
  36. Buck

    LA County bans use of "Master/Slave" in publicatio

    By the way, the ATA/ATAPI standards has not used the Master/Slave nomenclature for a while, it has been Device 0, Device 1, etc.
  37. Buck

    Goodbye (for now)

    Congratulations JoJo! Welcome back Sol, you've been missed.
  38. Buck

    Things to do/see in Brisbane, Australia?

    At least go to Ballarat and take a picture of the shop for us. Snap a few photos of the employees too. Once Tony gets back early next year, Kristi will have turned that place into her shop, and he won't be needed anymore.
  39. Buck

    Office 2003

    Ah, yes, I install the Java client from Sun on my systems.
  40. Buck

    Office 2003

    I dont' recall seeing that. I'll have to install it again.
  41. Buck

    New PCI slots (3G10)

    Indeed there will. I saw a combination of a future Windows release (beyond Longhorn) with a future Microsoft map software. Everything was very graphic oriented. The combination of translucent, semi-translucent, and solid layers plus 3-D modeling really becomes system intensive.
  42. Buck

    Office 2003

    Open Office :D
  43. Buck

    Backplanes

    Interesting snippet from the world wide wiggle: System Boards As with many aspects of computers and computing, large organizations are apt to apply their own nomenclature to things. IBM developed its own name for the board that held the principal circuitry of its entire line of personal...
  44. Buck

    Folding@Home

    Wow, thanks Mark.
  45. Buck

    Server System

    This is for a guy who knows some HTML and nothing about hosting web content - he wants to learn.
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    Server System

    I got this order through a friend, and here is what I wrote:
  47. Buck

    Server System

    Get this, a customer contacts me asking for a web server. Him and his buddy speced out the machine, and sent me this list: Hard Drive space.. 2 – 250~300Gb HDD 1 – 40GB For system drive Mainboard Asus P4c800 Processor Intel P4C 2.4Ghz w/Hyper-treading Main Memory 2 GB PC3200 DDR...
  48. Buck

    Walmart to create own brand of notebooks?

    EDIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! inclinded=inclined :roll:
  49. Buck

    Ten ATX Power Supplies Reviewed

    A decent review at AMDMB amdmb.com Ten ATX Power Supplies Compared Lee Garbutt / RoboTech Mon, Nov 17, 2003
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