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willl microsfot let me trade windows vista for xp?
I'm personally unimpressed with Vista. MS has made some good changes with regards to security, but for me the benefits don't come close to outweighing the added drain on resources and general annoyance. I'm keeping XP on both of my windows machines until software requirements demand otherwise... -
Happy birthday Beamhead!
Happy Birthday, master lurker! :nana: Hope you enjoy it! :party: -
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Bought a house!
Congrats Coop -- that looks like a great house for you guys! I'll have to come visit sometime ;) -
Help setting up a good version of Linux on home pc?
Like many have already said, Ubuntu is a decent place to start. It's not my personal favorite but it is, in my opinion, far better than the rpm based distributions that used to be the only choice for newbies. Ubuntu is simple to install and use, though proficiency in helping yourself using... -
any one here have any faith in amd?
AMD will be competitive in the top end again. They have some interesting stuff coming down. Until then, their processors are at a GREAT price point right now. -
Internet speed.
On my school's network behind a packet shaper and other bandwidth limiters: Same connection without the shapers: -
Health update
Personally, I wouldn't think that at all. Maybe it's for the best.... :shrug: -
Any 'Top Gear' fans here?
I'm a huge fan of Top Gear. I always find their shows wildly entertaining. They seem to be able to take cars that I'm not interested in and review them in a way that keeps my attention. -
Happy Birthday BeamHead
I'm 19 minutes late (though for you I've still got another 41 minutes) but Happy Birthday beam! -
D-40 ... Nikon is playing the old gamut game
The dynamic range on this one won't be displaying anything truly groundbreaking as far as dynamic range in DSLRs goes. It's the very bottom end Nikon DSLR made to sell for cheap. While physically the photo sites are larger than some of the higher megapixel DSLRs and while the dynamic range from... -
Steve Irwin (Crocodile Hunter) dies (?)
I was never a big fan of the guy, but it's sad news for his family indeed. Too bad for his wife and son. :shakehead At least he was doing something he enjoyed -- messing around in nature. -
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Happy B-Day Pokkuhlag!
Happy Birthday short stuff! Enjoy your day as an empowered midget. -
World Cup Soccer
I setup streaming video from my home computer just so my coworker and I could watch the world cup. Right now we're enjoying the Trinidad and England game. This is my first time to keep up with the tournament -- it's really a lot of fun! :thumbsup: -
barry bonds will eclipse the babe by mothers day
Can we get a neck diameter comparison on Bonds between now and 5 years ago? :green: His getting hit in the game doesn't bother me a bit. -
great now i got my 3rd ipod and 7thbroke mp3 player@#&^&*(*(&*(&)
Microdrives are just 1inch hard drives, Navck. They have moving parts just like their larger counterparts so they suffer the same fate. Flash is definitely the way to go for shock resistance! -
How fast is your internet connection?
Here in the dorm I get: 4059 / 3146 from the SF server. The bandwidth in the dorms is capped, I'll have to try from work later. -
the one drawback to linux
Thankfully ATI's drivers have improved over the past year or two. They're still far from ideal, but getting closer! Generally speaking hardware support can be excellent. Exceptions to that are wireless drivers and anything extremely new :-/ My roommate has an old model compact flash reader and... -
Happy Birthday Pablo aka PEU !!
Oy, I missed it! Happy Birthday PEU!!
