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Check the spec sheet. - Fushigi

The announcement proclaims it is ATA/133 & includes an adapter card in the retail kit. Really, until SATA becomes commonplace on mobos, standard ATA is the way to go. Maxtor needs to sell into an existing market; not a market that may exist sometime in the future. The kicker is that you'd be...

Clocker, Thanks for the tip. I am in fact using IE 6 and just checked the settings: Tools - Internet Options - Advanced - "Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed". This setting is not checked on either PC so I shouldn't be auto-clearing the cache unless IE is lying, but...

I still have the following from JVC: HR-S9500U, HR-S9600U, HR-S6800U (9 years old and still a solid deck), HR-S5400U. There's a POS Toshiba HiFi deck (not S-VHS), but it isn't worth anything (it records fine but audio is messed up if used as a play deck). I use the 9600 (mostly for...

Actually, Tannin's silly animation is only 780 bytes. 8) That said, while the images should be cached, on my systems they do seem to re-load from the server quite frequently. I haven't done any measurements or tracking of it, but if I had to guess, I'd say the graphics (logo, emoticons...

And? Is it just a good card or does it knock your socks off? - Fushigi

And the availability of the Radeon 9700 AIW is making me tempted. Must .... resist .... urge .... to .... upgrade! - Fushigi

I would have to say that 60K is way too large. Those among us who are still tied to 56K modems for access would spend 11-12 seconds downloading a single avatar of that size. 6K only takes about 1 - 1.3 seconds and is acceptable. Keep in mind that on a large thread, 12+ avatars may need to be...

My X-15 runs 24x7 as well and keeps busy writing Folding results (in addition to the little green men). For our data center environment, heat is not a factor so I can't blame that. I would say there are a few things happening: 1. Vibration. There are 30+ drives in a chassis + fans in a room...

Looks good to me. - Fushigi

In line with Tea's comments, the resellers I've dealt with generally sell the OEM copies of Windows with the purchase of either a motherboard or a hard drive. I've never inquired about buying just a CPU as I prefer to get them from the same source in case there are problems. - Fushigi

It's my understanding that using JBOD involves filling up each drive before writing to the next. Comparing that to RAID 0 (striping), RAID 0 should perform much better as disk accesses are spread across the drives more uniformly. Expanding RAID 0 arrays will depend on the controller; some may...

I like the function, but have little use for an archive. The nature of the news data is pretty time-sensitive and loses much of its value within a week or two of being posted. BTW, I always read the article on the front page itself; I generally don't click the headline for the separate page...

Among the professional web design tools, DreamWeaver can update code across entire sites with ease. Arachnophilia can as well and it is free. It also does the source highlighting. - Fushigi

Notebook vs. desktop in a classroom setting has other benefits. They are generally quieter, consume less power, generate less heat, and are easily moved off the desk when needed. They can also all be unplugged & locked in a regular cabinet/closet easily, making them easier to secure &...

Your post implies that you really don't print very often. It's been my experience (DeskJet 990) that the HP cartridges don't dry out or clog even if the printer is left on 24x7. A few years ago I had a CanonBJC600 (or was it a 620?) and I couldn't say the same about it. - Fushigi

They are just applying a weighted-average model for their distribution of WUs to servers, which would be fine if the WU distribution to clients could come from any server at any time (through round-robin, failover, or weighted average distribution). But WU distribution just isn't happening that...

Perhaps, and I will try to be more forgiving as they are still somewhat in their infancy as these things go. Still, they already have the servers .. all they need is the load balance appliance. These aren't too expensive; there may even be linux-based load balancers available; Microsoft's ISA...

Having a highly utilized server is still not an excuse. Haven't they heard of load balancing? For distributing & receiving WUs, a single IP that load-balances to several machines would be a simple, effective, and scalable way to accomodate traffic. BTW, what Steve listed is exactly what I see...

For the cotton swabs, it would probably be wise to use lint-free swabs so no fiberous material is left behind. Cotton swabs, eg Q-Tips, shed lint. Also, try to find the 90+% alcohol instead of the 70% (more common) variety. The purer the alcohol the less residue is left behind. - Fushigi

I'm more offended by Bush/Shrub/Dubya/El Presidente's grasp of American English than I am by any of his nicknames. This was much more apparent before he was elected. He had a real knack for creating words where none existed before, turning nouns into verbs and vice versa, etc. He had...

Mercutio's gripe could be similar to mine: The scale isn't fine enough. A temp of 81F (27.22C), to me, feels noticably warmer than 78F (25.55C). Weather reporting always rounds off to the nearest whole number (with barometer readings & rainfall measurements being the exceptions) so the above...

Tnanks for stopping the use of Alan Jones .. that's 2/3rds of my real name! - Fushigi

I'm not sure if I'll have the time to scour through several hundred posts any time soon, but I'll keep that in mind for when I have some spare time. I can only partly buy their one-at-a-time excuse. They could probably work on another protien which would not have any dependencies on current...

Thanks, Blakerwry. The console is running at whatever it defaulted to. I have not seen anything regarding changing servers but will look into it when I have some time. Several hours later and it still hasn't pulled down more work. On a more positive note, I may recruit my wife's Athlon 800...

Just thought I'd mention that the F @ H servers suck. It seems like about 2/3rds of the time I cannot upload results & download new work units without continual retries. I know my connection is fine as I've no problem with general 'net access & am currently using the company connection (I...

Hmm. How do you know Tea doesn't type with her feet already? :mrgrn: - Fushigi

IBM Model M all the way for me. I'm using one now. When a former employer was dumping a bunch of 386 PS/2s, I nabbed about a 1/2 dozen of the keyboards for my personal use. I use one externally on my laptop at work (right now) and have them on both my PC and my wife's PC at home. I've also...

I still have the 15C that got me through college. Haven't changed the batteries since '86 or '87 and it still works. - Fushigi

I would call it stubborn & pig-headed, myself. I'm with Mercutio on this one. GWB is moving the US from being a world citizen that some believe to be a bully (that status being one of opinion) to being an actual bully (that status being observed fact). To some in the world there might not be...

Oh, the temptation! Dell's running 15% off + free shipping. Which would bring it to about $600US delivered. - Fushigi

I truly hate to even mention a vomit box, but Dartek has some deals on HP Pavilions: $379.99 for a Celery 1.2 / 128MB / 40GB / CD / modem / 10/100 / integrated audio/video w/speakers / XP Home / mouse / keyboard / floppy / usb / some software...

Question: What is virtually non-existent in the IT industry? Answer: Home Theater.

1 to 3, depending on how you view things. 1. My PC is a T-bird 1.4GHz with W2KSP2, 256MB PC2100, GF2GTS, X15, 10K2. 2. My wife's PC is my old Athlon Classic 800MHz with W98, 512MB PC133, GF DDR, DeskStar 22GXP (early IBM 7200RPM). 3. My notebook, provided by work, is a Dell Latitude with a P4M...

My laptop's P4M 1.6GHz folds, at a rough guess, roughly half as fast as my T-bird 1.4GHz. And F@H still needs a queueing method .. my machines aren't crunching 24x7 as they run out of work. I don't have an always-on connection so they can't automatically retrieve more work. - Fushigi

Not too far off. Indiana zip codes begin with 4. Southern Indiana is 47xxx; central & northern is 46xxx. There could be others, but they'd all begin with 4. Chicagoland zips are all 60xxx. Anyway, Pradeep, thanks for the link. I signed up for my copy. It saves me from renewing my existing...

Not to play devil's advocate, but reducing SCSI drives to 3 year warranties would go hand in hand with reducing OEM/budget drives to 1 year. Most servers, like those purchased from Dell & the like, come with 3 year warranties. This could simply be another case of aligning the warranties with...

I'm also going for no edit capability. To me, it's simple. I use the Preview button and read my posts before clicking Submit. Once in that habit you will find that you catch & fix your errors with no worry of anyone seeing them. Additionally, I sometimes find that, upon reading my own posts...

What we never saw regarding the /NUMPROC & the /ONECPU parms are what is the effect, if any, on the HAL if setting /NUMPROC=1? The HAL is different for a uni-processor machine vs. multi-processor. All of the examples everywhere were saying setting it from 4 to 3; not one ever mentioned setting...

Are you considering physically swapping the platters from the dead drive to your replacement? You would need a clean room environment (no dust, filtered air, etc.). Otherwise, contaminants from the air would make the resulting drive unusable. If you think its the circuitry that died and want...

You're correct on the static IP. Actually, the vendor found the bug (along with another bug we didn't have!) late Thursday and is architecting a solution. We should have a hot fix in a few days. - Fushigi

To expand on the Jackass, here's to the world's funniest jokes: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=573&ncid=757&e=1&u=/nm/20021003/od_nm/life_joke_dc - Fushigi

Go down to Home Depot & compare Honda to Toro. The Honda's really are US$600+. I bought a Toro for $350. It's a side throw / mulch / bagger combo with self-pacing self-propel (it goes as fast as you walk) & electric start and an extra year warranty (the special at the time). As much as...

Usually, we close the windows & lock the doors when we hit Gary. We don't open them back up again until past Hobart. - Fushigi

Daily to our management. Twice daily meetings for the team who's working on it. Twice daily, sometimes more, with the vendor. The bug is now the vendor's top priority as their senior management is pushing for it's resolution. - Fushigi

Here are the network layers: 1. Internet/intranet 2. Firewall 3. 2xMS ISA servers 4. Firewall 5. 3xMS IIS servers with security agents, 2xsecurity policy servers, 2xpolicy stores (SQL Server) 6. Firewall 7. 3xLDAP (Active Directory). Sorry, I forgot the LDAP piece... All servers are W2K...

TP2 & 3 created .COM files. If your app was >64K compiled, you could create overlays for the extra code. Another amazing thing was this whole IDE fit, for TP3, in a mere 39K executable. It also let you at the system. We used it to develop our own text-based menuing system & windowing...

I don't think we need a hardware review section. Too many of them out there already. But a similar theme could be something on the order of 'Here's what I buy/use/sell; I installed it with this other stuff; this is what I like & don't like about it.' It would be a place to mention...

I left for work at about 5:25 this morning. I'm at work now. The same is happening for me this whole week. We're having problems with an app (see CPU affinity thread) & I'm working at our downtown office. Much longer commute. Plus, getting in this early I can work on other matters that have...

I'll check into FireDaemon; thanks. We reboot several times a day .. whenever the app goes south. When it goes bad, it doesn't release the TCP socket it uses for communications (shame on Windows for not cleaning up after an errant app). Thus, restarting the service fails as it can't allocate...