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Maybe they want to store every copy ever made of mankind's collective works. :P Seriously, it is common to have multiple copies of most data floating around in these systems. Since the tape silos are stationary, and they hold a lot of tapes, it is possible at any given time that you will...

QIC-120 is a very very very dated format and was never Enterprise-class. Modern Enterprise-class tape drives can load a tape and seek the desired file in nicely under a minute. IBM Ultrium, AIT, and probably S-DLT are all capable of finding & restoring data pretty quickly and they are among...

At a previous employer, circa 1992-1993, we loaded Win3.0 (maybe 3.1) on an IBM PS/2 50z -- 10MHz 286 -- with 1MB RAM. We quickly gave up using such a configuration, though, as simply moving the mouse around would create loads of disk activity. Using Lotus 1-2-3, our dominant PC app at the...

Third sounds good to me.

Folks, the illustration shows Gb/S, not GB/S. Kindly divide your enthusiasm by 8; 9 if you use parity. :lol: - Fushigi

Thanks for the info. I found the link to the store at BensBargains: http://store.yahoo.com/livewarehouse/vgal21740.html And from the discussion on the topic: ...which backs CougTek's comments. Now for the $82 question: Do I order one? - Fushigi

What about the Radeon 9100? I see a 128MB dualhead 9100 for $82. - Fushigi

I like the idea of a 'best of' section, but I'd prefer the separate page of links vs. creating a whole new forum. Maybe it's poll time. - Fushigi

<cynicism>Flu shots are cheap. But, if a new strain was making the rounds, you might need a new vaccine that costs a lot more to fight it. And, my, itn't it coincidental that company X just so happens to have a vaccine available. And for the bargain price of only 5x the regular...

Just to clarify: Our company's experience with Inspirons was less than inspiring. However, we are generally quite happy with the Latitude lineup. - Fushigi

"Mini PC card cover" is listed in the manual. Thanks for pointing that out; I may try to use it. I'll have to check out how much an adapter costs. While I'm docked at my main office, I go wireless at home & at our corporate HQ. It works fine and all, but the 802.11b wireless card sticks out...

On Dells: The ultralight models are a little iffy. To flexible for my taste. The Inspiron's are a 'value' line; at work we stopped buying them as they were more troublesome than the Latitudes. I would opt for a Latitude middle or heavyweight model depending on how much you need to carry with...

Merc, you're insulting your cats. :lol:

I'd prefer it be located on/around the chipset and be high-speed RAM. Switchable as follows: Normal operation a.k.a. if DIMMs are found inthe memory slots: L3 cache. "Special" operation: No DIMMs found; 1MB (or whatever) system RAM. While the engineering isn't exactly easy, it really is not...

Consider it DLed. Thanks. - Fushigi

"The page cannot be found" :)

Wierd. I haven't tried uninstalling it yet. If you have the time and feel like it, email the author; he seemed interested in whatever feedback he could get. Thanks. Unfortunately it gives me a "Forbidden You don't have permission to access /hosts.zip on this server." error. - Fushigi

I can't try anything else here at the office. Guaranteed compatibility with IE is a must for my web security work. And, as Doug said, I think I'm becoming stuck in my ways. I just don't have the desire to keep trying different apps looking for one that is 5% better when what I have is...

I get these about 40% of the time any more. About 30% each 100 & 200 frame units. Very rough guess, of course. - Fushigi

I can quite easily understand avoiding IE .. for several reasons. ActiveX, pop-up control, etc. That's why I specifically said "for what I do". I know that Opera, Moz, etc. are fine for what most others do, but IE works while the others don't for sites that I need to access regularly. I have...

IE is our corporate standard. Some of our web apps will not run properly on non-IE browsers despite compatibility settings. So while I can use whatever browser I prefer, I wind up using IE for most things while at work. And this has basically carried over to home use as well. IE is...

http://www.endpopups.com/ Takes 90K RAM (180K download) and loads with IE. Lets you selectively allow/block ads from domains & subdomains. Minimal UI. I installed it this morning and it seems to work pretty well so far. - Fushigi

Try http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/bios/bos/spt_bos_detail.php?UID=259&NAME=MS-6156BX perhaps? I searched MSI's site for 6156 and it seems like there is an Intel chipset board (6156BX) and a VIA chipset board (6156VA) and a ZX chipset version. I don't recall an Intel ZX chip. - Fushigi

Am I the only one wondering how a company with over 35 million customers, each of which pays $23.95 a month (although rates may vary outside the US), can possibly NOT be making semi trucks full of cash? Add to that what Merc said about the Time-Warner media library/publishing empire and it's...

It also works on W2K but not on W98. How about this: mkdir %date% if errorlevel == 1 mkdir %date:~-10,2%-%date:~-7,2%-%date:~-4% - Fushigi

From the DOS, er, command prompt, enter HELP SET and take a read. I didn't know it existed either before this morning. - Fushigi

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Merc, as you and jtr said, it's a series of decisions that lead your fictional couple to their situation. A few changes would alter their situation for the better: 1. Buy a dependable used car (Civic, Corolla, etc.) instead of new. They exist and can reduce that $300 payment to $200. Worried...

Dunno about other Windows versions, but under XP Pro: mkdir %date:~4,2%-%date:~7,2%-%date:~-4% BTW, Windows XP defaults the %date% var to dow mm-dd-yyyy (dow=Day of Week; Wed for today). - Fushigi

jtr, sorry to hear about your upbringing. It sounds worse than mine was. I only had a gun pointed at me once. The main neighborhood bully was actually my best friend's brother, so I got off easy; just a lot of teasing. I don't have any more extra time to respond now, but I think we both...

We also block the SQL port at the firewall and as such we weren't impacted by the worm. The patch, though, is being applied regardless if it was not already installed. - Fushigi

jtr, I'm very happy for you that you did not have to experience what it's like to grow up poor. Also that your family has apparently never endured a large-scale negative change in its finances. I grew up poor. My mother had to get assistance from her parents to keep a roof over our heads...

Not to mention that in a proper environment SQL Server is never needed outside a firewall; the SQL Server ports should be closed off. That is one of the common mistakes that companies make when setting up an environment. They fail to properly analyze which services are truly needed beyond the...

I was at pricewatch yesterday and didn't have any problems. I don't generally care for the vendor selection and the UI at pricewatch and prefer pricescan and pricegrabber. - Fushigi

Sure, but these people aren't going to be withdrawing their entire portfolio and spending it all at once. And there's only a couple of million people retiring any given year (off the wall estimate; feel free to find an actual stat). Add to that the fact that most people retire at 70% of their...

OK, for argument's sake we'll say that most Americans recieve dividend income. And that for the vast majority of these people the stock they own is diversified through their retirement investments [401(k), IRA, etc.]. So, the money in the retirement accounts will grow faster or not have as...

True enough. You don't have to change the PS driver when you move from printer model to printer model unless you need an updated driver to support special features like color PS. Dunno if duplexing requires a different driver. But the same is very easily achieved on the PCL side of the fence...

I agree with pretty much everything mubs said. Basically, everyone benefits from newer/upgraded equipment. The office people get the latest/fastest and the factory people still move up to newer -- if not new -- printers. I take it this policy is favored over paying for maintenance contracts...

From the stats page: F@H Rank 12 2,455 Fushigi 323 2,115.36 2.35 432.99 52.39 12.80 13.99 12.80 12.80 13 2,420 SteveC 447 1,978.09 2.20 148.46 17.98 17.98 0.00 0.00 0.00 I'm curious how SteveC has a higher F@H rank than I do even though my score is higher. Is the rank calculated...

The JoJo - That's one thing about surviving a round of job cuts .. knowing that someone else didn't. I'm sorry for your situation and hope you can find a new & better job quickly. - Fushigi

I've been copying partitions from drive to drive using PM non-Pro for years. That's the reason I bought V3 in the first place. That, and the ability to convert HPFS to FAT32. Never a problem with copying boot partitions, resizing partitions, changing cluster sizes, etc. My biggest compaint...

The best thing about the superbowl is usually the commercials. Couldn't care less about the game itself & the half-time 'entertainment' is usually rather suspect. - Fushigi

Or, with Partition Magic, copy the partition to the new drive, make it active, enlarge it to the size desired. You can buy it online from PowerQuest, download it, and use it immediately. I've never actually used Ghost, but have been a user of PM since version 3. Version 8 is the most current...

My guess would be the official end of the holiday price-gouging season. Not that prices were necessarily higher than pre-holiday; it's just that most vendors will defer any price reductions until after the holiday season to maximize profits on gift items. - Fushigi

1. Sun boxes showing up with DVD drives: If they're -R or +R drives, then they offer a method of backing up for those who dislike tape and have small amounts of data to backup. Otherwise, Sun is probably gearing up to start offering OS releases on DVD instead of CD. How many CDs make up an OS...

As far as network TV goes, my wife & I like Crossing Jordan. The show is very well written and isn't afraid to explore the characters. She likes ER; I think the show is too over the top and was much better with Anthony Edwards. We both watch Enterprise but I have to say I'm beginning to...

I wonder about that flexibility. More than that, I wonder how much surface pressure it can take w/o damaging the data. Basically, could I carry it in my wallet with my credit cards? None of them are perfectly flat anymore and, of course, they bear a proportional amount of my weight whenever I...

If a GF2MX is sufficient, go for an nForce or nForce2 mobo combo & just use the built-in graphics. They can always add a better graphics card later. - Fushigi

I am, of course, only using the console version on all of the above. I know it doesn't seem to impact overall system performance very much. It's more a matter of if anyone says anything about the systems running at such a high utilization. Some of these servers are monitored with Tivoli and...

T-bird 1.4GHz P4M 1.6GHz P3 500MHz P2 333MHz P3 1GHz x 5 The P2 & P3s should be considered temporary as these are just under-utilized servers at work. If the server loads pick up (or anyone notices :P ) I'll have to terminate them. None are wholly dedicated to Folding and the T-bird & P4M...