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Type 5: The Budget (read tight-wad) Customer They'll ask for your assistance on picking out different hardware or software - usually calling many times. This free service becomes annoying, but they are always kind and thankful for your help. Once they have their supposed answers, they go to...

Good tactics Vlad. As you illustrated, the key is having a balance. I have noticed, that with a few of my customers, I helped them out with minor problems for free at first, and upon their return for other things, I've charged them my normal rate and my normal product pricing, which has not...

I just saw some people that ordered each the new WD2000BB drive from computers4sure online store. First, I think the fact that no one has these products would prevent me from one. Secondly, this online store is advertising a product (the JB) version when it doesn't exist. Last, I suppose...

Vlad, is this what you are talking about: If so, I wish it could be read in a large typestyle as a splash screen during POST. :)

So, how much time do you have left on the leased system Clocker?

Thanks for all of the quick links P5.

Q) What is the distance between a head and media? A) subterfugio

Q) What does the C in SCRS stand for? A) billy

Sorry JoJo, my mistake - of course your running F@H.

Quite right Tea, standard $15.00 HSF combos work just fine - especially considering the heat tolerance of an XP CPU. With a decent case, I have managed to get those higher clocked CPUs to run fine with a CoolerMaster DP5-7H53F HSF set, and one 80mm chassis fan in addition to the power supply fan.

Thanks for the tip Gary.

Nice links Herbie. Obviously, Tom never could get the webpage layout process down very well.

Considering that you're running Windows 2000, yes, I think you need more RAM. :D

Yesterday, the hours seemed to move by slowly and my web surfing had become boring. Out of the blue, I decided: "Why don't we visit Tom's, it has been a couple of months?" As I arrived at this ‘venerable hardware site’, I paused, looked at the graphics, perused the article titles, and found...

As far as your heat issue goes, running your CPU at 65C is not unusual. I presently have an XP 1800+ system running at 61C whilst folding@home. The ambient temperature varies between 15C - 30C, but the CPU has not gone past 62C. If you system is locking up because of the heat, perhaps another...

Just as a note: JoJo, shouldn't you be running Folding@Home instead of SETI? :D

Not unless you like sensationalism and deceit.

Q) Isopropanol may contain how much Isopropyl Alcohol? A) Forbidden

q: Fifty-one percent of a bourbon's mash bill must be what? a: corn

Must be a Ballarat thing.

I have not experienced Oolong tea yet. I will have to give that a try. Usually I drink Tetley, or the occassional PG Tips, when it comes to tea. When it comes to coffee, I'm not terribly picky. ----------- Slo, your brewery sounds like a winner. How long do your Stouts last (if you actually...

Hi Slo. In case you didn't know, Scotch is a cousin of my brother Bourbon. We all seem to get along OK at family gatherings, until Tea gets a sip of Gin. ----------------------- Good elucidation Tea. Towards the end of your explanation, you mentioned the word: “appearances”. The first...

What about my Bourbon? Did someone say chocolate?

Like this? Commas are for joining a dependant clause to an independent clause, which effectively joins two related clauses, one of which therefore, cannot stand-alone and be technically correct, unless particular sentence structure lends an emotional feel beyond what is simply stated in words...

Sorry Clocker, Spiderman. The boy in blue and red pajamas.

Steve, If you haven't noticed, I'm Buck - a jovial lad, with many ambitions, and an enormously amount of free time. I sit, drink, talk, drink, read, drink, all day. If my actions or presence offends you, please talk with the Bartender or Tea, as they seem to organize this tumultuous group...

Out of the four movies I've seen this year, 3 have been Star Wars II. The first time was for business, the second (and best) was for fun, and the third was for family (second best). The other movie was Superman. I was actually impressed by Superman, and thus enjoyed it.

I am not big on sticky threads. But the worda you used: 'Introduction Page' seems more of what I was thinking. Suppose that everyone with "n" amount of posts is automatically inaugurated to this page. We do not need to add anything as individual members, as our present information will...

True Tony. I've sent my fair share of money to Eugene, and his contribution to the hard drive industry is unmistakable, and unrepeatable. There may be debates about his methods of benchmarking, or his business practices, but that doesn't diminish the valuable resource that he has been to us...

Handruin, seeing as how it is 12:31am by you, I can see why getting up in the morning is rather difficult.

I'm not quite sure Handruin. I was just thinking of Mars as a new member. He sees the lot of us posting, but doesn't know much about who we are. I suppose it might come across as a bit snobbish for some members to be on the page while others are not. Does anyone else have an opinion?

Disgusting - I don't like those movies. I usually see about 2-4 movies a year. I'm at 4, and haven't come across anything else worth spending my denarii’s on.

My first PC had 8 MB of RAM. Before that I used Macintosh, and prior to that, Apple systems. They also had small amounts of RAM. I still remember making the switch from Macs to PCs. Windows 3.12 seemed so disfunctional. But, as far as Time's experience goes, the last thing I operated with...

We have a couple of threads going that explain who we are (perhaps not as detailed as some would like, but that is ok), and they have become adulterated with other important and interesting topics at hand. What if we compiled a page of some of the members that showed their avatar, start date...

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Coug, WDC shares usually drop when the market goes up or at least has a shimmer of hope. When the market was failing, there price was up. But, as you point out and highlight my feelings, that logo is ugly. Mars, don't worry about the coffee stains. As soon as we see some glasses of Scotch or...

Fuller's 1845 Bottle Conditioned Ale - fantastic!

By the advertisements at Storage Review, it is obvious that Eugene is getting help from Seagate. Let's see how this affects Eugene's entire project.

Talk about marketing issues: Western Digital

Interesting comments about OS/2 made here:

My overclocked XP1800 was off-line the past few days. I just fired it back up today, hopefully that will help a bit.

Quote: "Barking instructions into mobile phones or PDAs is set to become the commuter's new bugbear. " the inquirer © 2002 Breakthrough Publishing Ltd.

I'll begin here

Tea, Since the context was marketing, that is where I consider OS/2 to be a flop. Yes, yes, I remember all of the commercials and hype about the OS, especially Warp, but in relation to Windows or even Linux, where are they today marketing-wise? Buck

If my memory serves me well, isn't this the same reason (as was explained to me by Tony and others) why OS/2 flopped? When will IBM learn their lesson?

Tea, don't forget the Dutch and Belgians, they make great chocolate!

e-dawg, What type of video controller do you have?

JoJo, don't be disturbed by your new taste for beer. As we age our taste changes. Thanks for mentioning Stroh Rum. It is availale in 4 ranges of alcohol content (40%, 54%, 60%, and 80%). When I get a chance, I will certainly give this variety a try. Thanks again. http://www.strohrum.com...

The shortcut that I use most often is CTRL+ALT+DEL and then K. This locks out any annoying bartenders and orangutans.

This is my observation on the issue (which I thought was relayed through the cartoon): Australians are paying for detention centers and government personnel to house, guard, and aide a certain class of immigrants. At the same time, these bureaucratic measures are adding salt to the wounds of...