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The situation is quite different today. I replaced all bulbs with LED bulbs. Unfortunately, the LED bulbs with 60 or 120 LEDs inside are powered by internal circuitry, and if an IC in there fails, it takes out a whole row of LED lights inside. Replacing a $30 or $60 bulb here and there is not...

No D-Link D-Link suck. They all died within warranty period. 2nd product just died today after 2.5 weeks. I'm going with Actiontec now for modem and Linksys for wireless routers. Never had a Linksys dead whether it was modem, router, or wireless.

It is funny how $350 got a P3 back in the day. No piece cost me more than like $130 assembling the new blu-ray compliant computer. I suppose that is the genius of 9600GT and Wolfdale E7200. So much performance for so little.

Yes blu-ray was what forced me to leave P4 / AGP / 875. And that was a Shuttle box so I was very upset to have to trash everything. It's weird that the P4 system lasted so long, 5 years. Dual-view is an issue if not all devices are HDCP. So it would be necessary to use software such as Anydvd...

Thailand, so-so. Vendor grabs you on the arm and pulls you into their clothing store. Then a hidden back room opens up to a piracy background operation. China, I am wondering how and where they do it all. Maybe through organized crime? Hong Kong had real tight enforcement of piracy. I didn't...

Downloading is a pretty inefficient method for piracy. In Malaysia, all one has to do is take a bus to the mall, and just buy all the full season tv shows or software they want on disc faster than it'd take to search and download. I can't imagine that in a US environment. It would be like a...

I don't think you would be able to substantiate that unless your definition of education is extremely narrow. One can be educated in, for instance, physical sciences, political philosophy, theism, and even religious studies. How does learning and becoming educated in the world's religions have...

I disagree that selflessness and teamwork are instinctive to human beings. From birth a human is a very selfish creature, impulsive, full of rage, "I want I want I want" and understands nothing of importance greater than Self. Make a baby wait 5 minutes or take away its toy and see what happens...

I've used Iridium--reliable for single users. But the antenna doesn't stand up to multi-person usage--it tends to get rotated out of its cup by various users and I keep having to rotate and snap it back in. Not that rugged. If you dropped it in the extended position that plastic antenna would be...

2000 to 2006 in review. The biggest surprise I've had in computer gaming hardware, is the longevity of the platform and the CPU. In 6 years of playing the most demanding PC games as they come to market, I've only had to update the motherboard twice. #1 2000 - 2003: 440BX motherboard, 500 and...

Looks like I need to reduce perspective distortion for vehicle photography then. I guess that means I can either: 1. zoom in the lens and shoot from further away 2. reduce to 3/2 or 4/3 field of view

Do you use a lens correction software for the 16:9 angle shots? I never noticed how bad the distortion was until I took a picture of something I am used to seeing--my vehicle. It was grossly distorted, exaggerating one end and shrinking the other end. I got the new version of PTLens plugin for...

There are 32 GB SSD available in SATA for $1800. Would seem to be a perfect replacement for a 1st gen Raptor, which I use as the OS disk.

You should see the 32 GB SSD review on Tom's Hardware. It has read times that are flat across the entire capacity. Not only that, but reduced power consumption, weight, and more importantly, no audible noise. The problem with that unit is the performance is capped at an ATA66 interface. I've...

Are you going to be surfing directly on your phone, or will you be tethering it to a laptop?

Has its uses. Like when I need to buy a new hard drive. From the reviews and forums, it looks like the next hard drive I will get is the 320GB 7200.10. I like to wait until density is enough to achieve 2X current storage on 2 platters maximum.

If you're a 2-channel music listener like myself, as I understand from your original post, I have a few suggestions below. If however, you intend to convert to a movie watching/DTS decoding/5.1++/receiver/ setup, you don't need to read anything more of my reply. For serious music listening from...

Hello. My splash-proof digi compact broke while I was taking it on a swimming tour in an Oman oasis. I was upset to miss the best shots of the cave, but relieved that it was time for an upgrade. One thing that has bothered me about consumer digital cameras was their limited field of view and 4/3...

I went to a grocery called "Action". They had some "concentrate" products... I guess you mix those with water or alcohol? Like Coopers Ginger Beer concentrate, or dark ale concentrate. The only Bundaberg soda was a "bitters" ginger ale product. In fact, the last time I asked for a "Bundy"...

Probably. Some others were lucky enough to get that port; however we got Townsville.

Hey Tannin! I'm drinking up all your supply! No one carries their Root Beer. Just the Ginger Beer. Most say that it's a good drop... I think it tastes exactly like the Stewart's Ginger Beer in the States. They both produce a spicy burn in the throat, enough to make me sweat through the...

Nope! My official residence is still Portland, Oregon.

Since this thread started, I have found Virgil's root beer in health food stores in Oregon, California, Florida, and Virginia. But not in New Jersey or Illinois. The root beer is usually low or out of stock. I have ordered online, but with broken bottles. Costco has the large Virgil's keg in...

I really do not believe in buying a new watch every year or every two years. I believe purchases should last for a lifetime or near that.

Casio G-Shock was good for one year. Cheap, yet more than sufficient for diving depths. A month ago I opened it up just to check the battery type so I knew what kind of replacement to get. Little did I know that this watch requires factory battery installation or else it looses its waterproof...

I spent one year on a ship, during which there was a six month deployment, and a few weeks here and there.

I have a Giant hybrid bicycle. However, I have left it at home and stopped using it because it is more expensive than operating a vehicle. The cost of maintaining the bicycle, buying food on the go, energy drinks, power bars, and the time lost due to slower speed was many multiples more...

Oh, that's real easy then, standard military situp form. I saw a pic on the OCS website; yeah they're touching elbows to thighs. Their pullups, provided underhand is allowed, is easy as well. What are your running habits, timwhit? Obviously you're squared away on the training methods and...

Do you know the form that is required for each of these exercises?

I hadn't experienced hot+humid nor cold+windy until 6 months ago... It was hot, humid, air was saturated with small things called gnats so I was breathing them in my nostrils, wearing sweat tops and sweat bottoms. Went to bed sticky about every other day. Then it got cold and windy. Further...

MSI Neo2 motherboards Pentium IV 2.8GHz 16ms LCD SATA Barracudas and Raptors staying with GF4 Ti 4400 for now

Items bulge out from pockets and detracts from a professional appearance. It used to be, at my prior workarea a month ago, no items were allowed in pockets at all, other than medical paperwork carried in the front right pocket. Today where I am, apparently items are allowed, as long as it does...

But it extends to the work building as well. We clean it 30 minutes prior to departure. I used to mop the 2nd floor, but now I'm in charge of a small team that sweeps and dusts two stairwells (handrails, kickplates, lights, window ledges, doors, floors) prior to leaving work.

Oh, you better standby to standby. This is how squared I need to be each day at work at my IT job: Mornings: shirt smartly ironed, creased, starched. Shoes shined. Belt buckle aligned with pants and shirt tab. Pants ironed, creased. Sideburns. Shave. Haircut. Proper posture. No items in pants...

How would one get a manually controlled sports car from the garage onto the local race track? Government resources allocated toward a massive, national automatic roadway system are resources taken away from other areas of responsibility. While the annual roadside fatalities would drop...

Hey if you're skinny you're skinny. But that doesn't mean you have to look like a computer geek. I'm 135 pounds, but I certainly don't look like a geek. You can look fit and slim and healthily muscular, regardless of light weight. All these guys lifting weights for sport and the look is just...

Well I'm finishing up on selling my audio gear to finance something else, but while I recoup and save up for the next level, I'm considering a pair of headphones... Jecklin Float 1 jpg Ugly? Or very ugly. Anyone remember these? I read they've been around for 3 decades, although recently...

I'm using the Gravis Gamepad Pro. It's old but tried and true, and many games have built-in GP configuration support. I use it for NBA Live 2003. Since it's cheap too, there's no hesitation about buying up enough for 2 or 4 player games. If your gamepad has dual analog sticks, you can use them...

Yeah UT2 has no multi. I think it was a cheesy game. I hated playing through the missions but did it just so that I could uninstall it and forget about it. Annoying characters, cheesy generic moralizing storyline... it just got on my nerves. In terms of being a game on the whole, it doesn't...

To me some of that appears to be bad logic. The key to improving crew survivability of a tank is full-up testing on it with honest shot placement and cross section percentages, keeping in mind what happens to the crew as the first priority, giving priority to what physically happens over...

This is one of the reasons why AVS forum has a bad reputation. First they were saying the Swan Diva series were the "best speakers at any price". Now, it's the Onix Rockets. The impression being given is that AVS contains a bunch of midfi folks who've never heard anything better, and are thus...

You hate them, but as a backup consider programming or using a VCR for critical tv. The recorded vhs tape is very handy when something went wrong with the PC capture.

reliability: Capture cards, their capture software, supporting software, and the supporting hardware, taken as a capture system, can be more prone to failure than I would like. Hit the capture button...doesn't start capturing...bad news you've just missed a crucial section of the most crucial...

Let's see if anyone will like the full picture that is in my head at the moment. Imagine a small squarish computer room, dimly lit. The room appears clean and sparsely furnished. Focused in the back two corners, are each a blue floorstanding light...

That's actually the most wonderful thing about it; both the paperwork and the monitor screen are right there in front of you. Ordinarily, you'd have to look up at a monitor, then look back down at the paperwork, scan the paperwork for where you last left off, then back to the monitor above...

So I was looking at some Italian designs online: But then decided that this below one, although more garish, wasn't all that bad looking. If that stupid printer stand in the middle could be removed, I would definitely get it. The only question mark is the downward monitor view. Is it comfy on...

The problem with posting near future plans/career moves on an online forum is that you jinx yourself, causing Murphy to strike with full force. No matter how certain the future event seems, it's less likely to happen if shared to an online audience for some reason. The safe method is to share...

Yes, a converter is needed. One can be built: http://www.taligentx.com/projects/opticalconverter/index.html Or one can be bought. "coax s/pdif to toslink converter" or often "coax s/pdif to optical s/pdif converter". A search on google brought up several converter boxes for $25-$60.

Wait a minute. How rugged are consumer grade Compact Flash memory modules? Can they be dropped on cement without risk of data loss and/or corruption? How well do they handle environmental extremes of hot and cold? Humidity and altitude? Has anyone here ever had a CF stick loose its data...

Outlook has one of the worst GUI layouts I've ever used, as bad as Nero and ICQ in terms of finding what you want, when you want. I wouldn't be surprised if one day Outlook became an all-icon-graphics no-text program. Guessing what the functions do by how the cheesy icons look would be just...