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Robert - Cannot "Undo" a "Move" - Moderator Nick - 12/30/2007 4:22:07 AM
- Yep - Robert - 12/30/2007 6:20:44 PM
  - you CAN delete after a move. - nick hoffman - 12/31/2007 7:33:30 AM

AMD may be doomed - TAFKASE - 12/19/2007 2:36:59 PM
- re: AMD may be doomed - E.P. - 12/21/2007 9:44:01 PM
- re: AMD may be doomed - Robert - 12/20/2007 4:59:21 PM
  - I hope not. And a tip, for the unfortunate nose-picker like me. - Bowser - 12/22/2007 12:31:19 AM
    - Sounds like my auto mechanic. - TB - 12/23/2007 2:20:27 AM
      - Interesting story. - Bowser - 12/23/2007 2:48:18 AM
        
        Weird... - TB - 12/23/2007 3:42:35 AM
        
        They have them... - TAFKASE - 12/26/2007 3:36:44 PM
        
        It is strange. - Bowser - 12/23/2007 4:57:28 AM
        
        Cars - TB - 12/23/2007 5:47:22 AM
        
        An odd matter. - Bowser - 12/23/2007 4:11:49 PM
        
        Old cars - TB - 12/23/2007 9:22:00 PM
  - Let's not get hysterical - TB - 12/20/2007 8:21:32 PM
- re: AMD may be doomed - azstrummer - 12/20/2007 4:49:04 AM
  - re: AMD may be doomed - HR. - 12/29/2007 5:43:24 PM
- Could be - McFly - 12/19/2007 9:57:01 PM
  - Maybe some private equity group will buy them... - TAFKASE - 12/19/2007 10:19:35 PM

My First Google Gadget - Robert - 12/22/2007 9:05:23 PM
- That is NICE! - Bowser - 12/23/2007 2:51:03 AM
  - Thanks - Robert - 12/23/2007 8:25:58 PM
    - Awsome wodget, Robert. I might just add it to my iGoogle. (n/t) - DJL - 12/27/2007 3:47:34 PM
      - Cool, thanks! (n/t) - Robert - 12/27/2007 5:12:35 PM

Game card - Fox - 12/24/2007 7:58:06 PM
- No..Thank YOU, Fox!!! - Jody - 12/25/2007 6:23:07 PM
  - More Lileks - TB - 12/26/2007 6:48:35 PM
  - Yikes! - Eri - 12/25/2007 11:54:35 PM

fpspace down (n/t) - E.P. - 12/14/2007 8:30:06 PM
- re: fpspace down - Suzy - 12/23/2007 2:59:51 AM

Why does Habitable Zone try to post to the clipboard when I post? - E.P. - 12/21/2007 9:40:50 PM
- re: Why does Habitable Zone try to post to the clipboard when I post? - TB - 12/21/2007 11:41:14 PM

Scams - Laurie Street - 12/17/2007 10:34:34 PM
- re: Scams - Laurie Street - 12/18/2007 4:23:32 AM
  - The naming of Web sites - Robert - 12/18/2007 5:51:37 PM
    - thanks, Robert - LS - 12/18/2007 7:57:02 PM
- Doesn't seem like it - Robert - 12/17/2007 11:00:03 PM
  - It's legit. - TB - 12/18/2007 1:10:05 AM

Oh nooo! Not more Web site testing??!! (IE6) - Robert - 12/16/2007 8:18:08 AM
- Bit the bullet... - Fox - 12/16/2007 5:03:06 PM
  - appreciate the sacrifice - Robert - 12/17/2007 6:04:53 AM
    - For my browser.....BlackSOD - Tony - 12/17/2007 2:30:16 PM
      - Did you flush the cache? - Robert - 12/17/2007 5:31:12 PM
        
        Hmmmm...could display size be an issue? - Robert - 12/17/2007 11:07:46 PM
        
        display sizes...interesting... - Robert - 12/18/2007 6:49:35 PM
        
        re: display - Fox - 12/18/2007 12:44:16 AM
        
        Display - Laurie Street - 12/17/2007 11:16:26 PM
        
        re: Display - LS - 12/17/2007 11:32:05 PM
        
        Debug data for 1280x1024 - LS - 12/17/2007 11:34:30 PM
        
        flushing the cache didn't change it - SDG - 12/17/2007 8:13:24 PM
        
        1600X1200 on a 19" CRT highest (32 bit) color (dual monitors if that's a factor) - SDG - 12/18/2007 1:21:29 AM
        
        Not cache - getting less far now than before..... (n/t) - Tony - 12/17/2007 8:09:13 PM
        
        It isn't the cache - Fox - 12/17/2007 6:32:53 PM
        
        Flushed, still the same - Laurie Street - 12/17/2007 7:36:38 PM
        
        Debug mode text - LS - 12/17/2007 7:37:39 PM
        
        What he said! Umm, I think.... - Tony - 12/17/2007 8:08:25 PM
      - re: For my browser.....BlackSOD - SDG - 12/17/2007 4:06:47 PM
        
        Ditto here - XP Pro, IE6 (n/t) - Laurie Street - 12/17/2007 4:31:39 PM

Building a laptop. - Bowser - 12/17/2007 10:06:33 PM
- Heard of it BUT......... - carl - 12/18/2007 5:15:39 PM

Thread removed at poster's request (n/t) - Fox, moderating - 12/15/2007 8:38:28 PM

Memo to the DVD "format wars": Bite me. - TB - 12/10/2007 6:11:14 AM
- Most new technology leaves me cold. - Bowser - 12/10/2007 7:19:04 AM
  - In love... - TB - 12/10/2007 6:41:19 PM
    - I'm suprised your not building your own electic car. - TAFKASE - 12/10/2007 11:51:43 PM
      - You laugh... - TB - 12/11/2007 12:43:02 AM
        
        It makes sense: You can replace them in stages. - TAFKASE - 12/11/2007 2:19:58 PM
        
        Not hardly. - TB - 12/11/2007 7:01:42 PM
        
        It looks like there are a lot of people putting Litium-ion tech into new products - TAFKASE - 12/11/2007 9:14:13 PM
        
        I haven't followed it that much but... - TAFKASE - 12/11/2007 8:30:26 PM
        
        "Short term" charging - TB - 12/12/2007 1:49:58 AM
        
        What about a natural gas/electric hybrid! - TAFKASE - 12/13/2007 3:46:14 PM
        
        Sure. - TB - 12/13/2007 10:45:22 PM
        
        Turbines - azstrummer - 12/14/2007 4:18:49 PM
        
        That makes a lot of sense to me. - TB - 12/14/2007 9:03:11 PM

Does anybody have any ideas on why Intel is killing AMD right now? - TAFKASE - 11/30/2007 3:31:52 PM
- possibly - E.P. - 12/14/2007 8:28:57 PM
- Additionally - azstrummer - 12/14/2007 4:17:06 PM
- I've stuck with AMD - azstrummer - 12/13/2007 2:37:46 PM
  - I'm with you on supporting you local mom & pop businesses... - TAFKASE - 12/13/2007 2:46:17 PM
- Just heard that Barcellona is a proving to be a bug infested POS. - TAFKASE - 12/11/2007 10:10:02 PM
- re: Does anybody have any ideas on why Intel is killing AMD right now? - Robert - 12/1/2007 9:51:57 PM
  - re: Thats a very interesting perspective - TAFKASE - 12/3/2007 1:35:21 PM
    - re: Thats a very interesting perspective - Robert - 12/3/2007 4:26:22 PM
      - Chip industry - TB - 12/3/2007 6:10:04 PM
  - Or maybe Intel just makes better chips. - TB - 12/2/2007 2:20:30 AM
    - re: Or maybe Intel just makes better chips. - TAFKASE - 12/3/2007 1:37:12 PM
    - better is a moving target - Robert - 12/2/2007 4:55:39 PM
      - That's putting it mildly. - TB - 12/2/2007 8:37:09 PM
        
        i think Intel has done a great job with the Intel Inside marketing campaign - TAFKASE - 12/3/2007 1:49:11 PM
        
        AMD must survive - Robert - 12/3/2007 4:31:27 PM
        
        Oh now you bring up Motorola... - TAFKASE - 12/3/2007 4:58:12 PM
        
        opps.. Not "worthless" but worth "less" - TAFKASE - 12/3/2007 5:05:15 PM
        
        ;-) (n/t) - Robert - 12/3/2007 8:30:33 PM

Has anybody tried using a HMDI to DVI converter ? - TAFKASE - 12/11/2007 7:23:50 PM
- Video projectors - Laurie Street - 12/12/2007 8:04:35 AM
  - re: Video projectors - TAFKASE - 12/12/2007 2:19:29 PM
- What about a TV Card installed in your computer? - TAFKASE - 12/11/2007 8:16:57 PM
  - It works for me - Robert - 12/11/2007 9:47:47 PM
    - NO WAY. - TAFKASE - 12/11/2007 10:06:51 PM

Are ya ready for more Website testing? - Robert - 12/6/2007 6:58:59 AM
- All right. Where's the naked women? - Bowser - 12/10/2007 2:02:40 AM
  - No, Mark's not THAT kind of photographer - Robert - 12/10/2007 4:03:47 AM
- Like a blast from the past - Tony - 12/7/2007 3:12:27 AM
  - and as soon as I hit post...... - Tony - 12/7/2007 3:13:52 AM
    - he he he... - Robert - 12/7/2007 3:35:15 AM
- This is helpful - Robert - 12/6/2007 10:19:42 PM
  - NEW VERSION - Robert - 12/7/2007 3:25:23 AM
    - re: NEW VERSION - SDG - 12/7/2007 6:16:02 AM
      - I did bungle the link - Robert - 12/7/2007 6:37:18 AM
        
        It works now on IE7 on both machines. (n/t) - REB - 12/7/2007 1:48:52 PM
        
        Cool! (n/t) - Robert - 12/7/2007 3:49:50 PM
        
        works in IE 6 - SDG - 12/7/2007 5:30:07 PM
        
        or maybe not - Tony - 12/7/2007 7:40:36 PM
  - Meanwhile... - Fox - 12/7/2007 1:44:33 AM
    - "normal" errors - Robert - 12/7/2007 2:59:14 AM
- re: Are ya ready for more Website testing? - RNE - 12/6/2007 8:53:58 PM
  - You got it - Robert - 12/6/2007 10:21:19 PM
    - Por nada - RNE - 12/7/2007 6:18:57 PM
- Shouldn't this be on Geek Speak (n/t) - TB (not Bowser) - 12/6/2007 8:50:58 PM
  - Possibly - Robert - 12/6/2007 10:22:50 PM
- re: Are ya ready for more Website testing? - REB - 12/6/2007 3:33:34 PM
- re: Are ya ready for more Website testing? - REB - 12/6/2007 3:24:50 PM
  - re: Are ya ready for more Website testing? - REB - 12/6/2007 3:31:29 PM
    - You'd be surprised - Robert - 12/7/2007 3:02:44 AM
- re: Are ya ready for more Website testing? - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/6/2007 9:51:22 AM
  - errors - SDG - 12/6/2007 3:48:04 PM

DTV........ are You Ready for Digital Broadcast TV? - carl - 12/5/2007 4:52:56 PM
- I plan on launching a pirate analog station... (n/t) - Captain Crunch - 12/6/2007 5:37:36 PM
- re: DTV........ are You Ready for Digital Broadcast TV? - Eri - 12/6/2007 12:29:30 AM
  - Cable and SATT will still work as-is - carl - 12/6/2007 5:12:27 PM
    - Not quite - Tony - 12/6/2007 6:38:17 PM
      - Ah well, welcome to the 21st Century, I guess. - Eri - 12/7/2007 12:41:11 AM
  - re: DTV........ are You Ready for Digital Broadcast TV? - SDG - 12/6/2007 12:36:03 AM
    - Hmmmmm. - Eri - 12/6/2007 1:14:48 AM
      - OK, got it. - Eri - 12/6/2007 2:48:27 AM
        
        On/Off Switch... - McFly - 12/6/2007 6:27:50 PM
        
        LOL! - Eri - 12/6/2007 6:37:40 PM
- re: DTV........ are You Ready for Digital Broadcast TV? - SDG - 12/5/2007 8:25:12 PM
  - Noticed that, too - carl - 12/5/2007 8:59:00 PM

Web site testers needed - Robert - 12/5/2007 12:22:54 AM
- Cursor doesn't change - azstrummer - 12/6/2007 3:44:11 AM
  - The FireFox hand cursor bug - Robert - 12/6/2007 5:51:36 AM
- I'm guessing you know the IE 6 bugs already - Tony - 12/5/2007 3:06:36 PM
  - Damn - Robert - 12/5/2007 4:39:58 PM
    - IE6 - Laurie Street - 12/5/2007 9:34:31 PM
      - re: IE6 - Laurie Street - 12/5/2007 9:47:30 PM
        
        That counts as a failure - Robert - 12/5/2007 11:44:26 PM
        
        IE 6 stuff - SDG - 12/6/2007 12:28:49 AM
        
        re: IE 6 stuff - Robert - 12/6/2007 6:20:42 AM
        
        re: That counts as a failure - Laurie Street - 12/6/2007 12:28:30 AM
        
        Yeah, I know Mordac, in all his many faces. - Robert - 12/6/2007 6:31:16 AM
        
        Thanks for the pointer to Stross - Laurie Street - 12/6/2007 6:02:52 PM
        
        Cool - Robert - 12/6/2007 10:25:20 PM
        
        Were you a King's Quest fan? - Laurie Street - 12/6/2007 5:14:52 PM
        
        Yes indeed - Robert - 12/6/2007 10:28:29 PM
    - Found a market share by Browser Version site - Tony - 12/5/2007 5:18:12 PM
      - re: Found a market share by Browser Version site - Robert - 12/5/2007 9:02:04 PM
        
        Test computers - TB - 12/5/2007 9:39:57 PM
        
        several orders of magnitude - Robert - 12/5/2007 11:38:40 PM
        
        That sounds about right. - TB - 12/5/2007 11:58:11 PM
        
        Define "bells and whistles" - Robert - 12/6/2007 6:11:29 AM
        
        re: Define "bells and whistles" - TB - 12/6/2007 7:03:37 AM
        
        "What's a freelancer to do? " - Tony - 12/5/2007 9:09:08 PM
        
        "Ya gotta have frieeeeends..." (n/t) - Bette Midler - 12/5/2007 11:13:24 PM
      - That's a cool website! - TB - 12/5/2007 6:58:20 PM
  - re: I'm guessing you know the IE 6 bugs already - SDG - 12/5/2007 3:41:59 PM
    - re: I'm guessing you know the IE 6 bugs already - Robert - 12/5/2007 4:34:01 PM
- Fine on Vista 64-bit Firefox browser - nick hoffman - 12/5/2007 6:46:17 AM
  - Dialup - Robert - 12/5/2007 4:42:23 PM
- Wow! Thanks! - Robert - 12/5/2007 5:46:22 AM
- Picture interface is a bit busy - TB - 12/5/2007 5:17:13 AM
- Couldn't get in - Fox - 12/5/2007 3:52:47 AM
- You need a Mac. - TB - 12/5/2007 2:48:11 AM
- No back button on shopping cart. - RobVG - 12/5/2007 2:46:14 AM
  - Just noticed you can choose the collection you were viewing but it still starts the slideshow. - RobVG - 12/5/2007 2:59:09 AM
- re: Web site testers needed - gbaikie - 12/5/2007 2:19:37 AM
  - re: Web site testers needed - gbaikie - 12/5/2007 2:47:16 AM
    - re: Web site testers needed - gbaikie - 12/5/2007 3:10:20 AM
- re: Web site testers needed - Eri - 12/5/2007 2:02:49 AM
- "Stack overflow at line 0:" IE error message (n/t) - RobVG - 12/5/2007 1:48:36 AM
  - My bad? - RobVG - 12/5/2007 2:02:33 AM
    - Nope, got it again. - RobVG - 12/5/2007 2:09:10 AM
      - Just have to open and close the site and re-open. (n/t) - RobVG - 12/5/2007 2:17:00 AM
        
        You also have to open the shopping cart first. (n/t) - RobVG - 12/5/2007 2:24:10 AM
- re: Web site testers needed - Laurie Street - 12/5/2007 1:40:42 AM
- re: Web site testers needed - RobVG - 12/5/2007 1:38:38 AM
- re: Web site testers needed - RobVG - 12/5/2007 1:20:41 AM
  - (On browser) (n/t) - RobVG - 12/5/2007 2:47:25 AM
- AOL broadband - podrock - 12/5/2007 1:01:02 AM
  - ditto comcast - podrock - 12/5/2007 2:55:34 AM

DVD/VCR revisited - Eri - 12/6/2007 12:33:57 AM
- re: DVD/VCR revisited - SDG - 12/6/2007 12:58:55 AM
  - I can get this one from Amazon - Eri - 12/6/2007 3:09:28 AM
    - Called Sears & it doesn't have a tuner. :-( - Eri - 12/6/2007 6:36:32 PM
  - I don't have a cable box - eRI - 12/6/2007 1:11:11 AM

Annoying XP bug - TB - 12/2/2007 8:44:22 PM
- I get something like this - nick hoffman - 12/5/2007 7:04:29 AM
- Another annoying bug - TB - 12/5/2007 4:36:36 AM
- Assuming the error msg is accurate... - alcaray - 12/3/2007 9:54:47 PM
- Hmmm... - Robert - 12/3/2007 4:39:49 PM
  - re: Hmmm... - TB - 12/3/2007 6:04:37 PM
    - easy workaround, just zip it. - SDG - 12/3/2007 9:16:45 PM
    - re: Hmmm... - Robert - 12/3/2007 8:29:10 PM
- Definitely a deficiency of XP - azstrummer - 12/3/2007 4:01:13 AM
- Fairly common I think. - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/2/2007 11:21:46 PM
  - Oddly enough... - TB - 12/2/2007 11:47:24 PM
    - Are both 'puters running XP ? (n/t) - podrock - 12/3/2007 12:45:16 AM
      - Just the big one. Laptops on Win2000. - TB - 12/3/2007 4:32:54 AM
        
        I've had that many times - Eri - 12/4/2007 2:36:47 AM
        
        That's where the weirdness comes in... - TB - 12/4/2007 5:05:45 AM

Sorry about that - Robert - 11/29/2007 11:47:30 PM
- speaking of e-mail - podrock - 11/30/2007 4:26:04 PM
  - Email purge utility found (of interest to all moderators) - Robert - 11/30/2007 10:41:02 PM
    - Nuke 'em, Duke... (n/t) - nick hoffman - 12/5/2007 6:56:54 AM
    - A suggestion... - TB - 12/2/2007 2:34:46 AM
    - Archive - Fox - 12/1/2007 2:31:16 AM
    - yeah, feels like 10,000. - podrock - 12/1/2007 12:30:33 AM
  - Let me look into it - Robert - 11/30/2007 9:40:04 PM
- Well! - TB - 11/30/2007 5:07:58 AM

"Ripping" - Bowser - 12/4/2007 1:56:42 AM
- re: "Ripping" - Robert - 12/4/2007 3:40:54 AM
  - BINGO! - Bowser - 12/4/2007 6:41:01 AM
    - Neat - Robert - 12/4/2007 3:52:28 PM
    - broken audio books - SDG - 12/4/2007 3:51:59 PM
      - Not just books - Fox - 12/4/2007 6:30:55 PM

ALTAIR 8800 on ebay for 4.5k - carl - 11/30/2007 3:44:15 PM
- Wonder how much I could get for my Sinclair ZX81? (n/t) - Laurie Street - 11/30/2007 4:27:01 PM
  - You still have yours? - RobVG - 11/30/2007 6:07:19 PM
  - KIT FORM? - carl - 11/30/2007 5:05:02 PM

Biting the bullet... - TB - 11/24/2007 4:05:23 AM
- Things I wish I'd known about WinXP before I'd started installing - TB - 11/26/2007 7:03:12 PM
  - I have been told to NEVER use System Restore in XP so you may want to investigate further. (n/t) - Eri - 11/28/2007 1:34:25 AM
    - NEVER is a long time - Tony - 11/28/2007 9:44:39 PM
    - I've used it several times. - TAFKASE - 11/28/2007 7:33:37 PM
      - Me too - McFly - 11/30/2007 2:30:39 AM
    - re: I have been told to NEVER use System Restore - TB - 11/28/2007 4:10:15 AM
- So far, so good. - TB - 11/25/2007 4:21:36 AM
  - Back to the beginning - TB - 11/26/2007 3:31:21 AM
    - Arrgh...the updates, the endless online updates... (n/t) - TB - 11/27/2007 8:30:45 AM
      - Be sure to upgrade to Microsoft Update (from Windows Update) - TAFKASE - 11/27/2007 10:56:48 PM
        
        And make sure you upgrade your file system to NTFS - TAFKASE - 11/27/2007 11:06:13 PM
        
        Done both - TB - 11/28/2007 4:18:03 AM
        
        re: IE7 - TAFKASE - 11/28/2007 7:28:07 PM
        
        I'm trying to practice using the tabs, too. - TB - 11/29/2007 3:57:49 AM
- Taking the shiv... - McFly - 11/24/2007 8:19:07 PM
  - re: Taking the shiv... - TB - 11/25/2007 4:46:27 PM
  - Hmm, that post was a bit scatterbrained... - McFly - 11/25/2007 3:07:53 AM
    - If you keep crashing, I'd blame the driver. *cringe* (n/t) - RobVG - 11/25/2007 5:58:35 PM
      - True, it could be an ID10T error :-) (n/t) - McFly - 11/26/2007 3:09:40 PM
        
        Naw, probably not pebkac either. :) (n/t) - RobVG - 11/28/2007 1:02:47 AM
- Trying to spit it out. - Bowser - 11/24/2007 6:31:41 AM
  - You could always go MAC! - Eri - 11/24/2007 11:03:45 PM
  - Laptops - TB - 11/24/2007 6:46:50 AM
    - "Ruggedized" laptops - Bowser - 11/24/2007 3:27:25 PM
      - re: "Ruggedized" laptops - TB - 11/25/2007 4:19:21 AM
        
        I do all my work on a laptop... - TAFKASE - 11/27/2007 11:15:23 PM
        
        I should get 4 monitors... - TAFKASE - 11/30/2007 4:34:24 PM
- XP isn't bad.. - Eri - 11/24/2007 5:04:27 AM

Web bottlenecked... - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/28/2007 5:37:58 PM
- Internet traffic report - Robert - 11/29/2007 11:53:58 PM
  - Now there's fodder for a good conspiracy theory! - alcaray - 11/30/2007 2:33:27 AM
    - re: Now there's fodder for a good conspiracy theory! - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/30/2007 7:02:38 AM
- My bad... - prodigious podrock - 11/29/2007 1:53:39 AM

Is the Zone slow for anyone else today? - Laurie Street - 11/27/2007 8:30:16 PM
- Blame it on Thunderbird (the email client, not the wine) - Robert - 11/29/2007 2:24:56 AM
  - Use gmail. One click & the spam's gone! - Eri - 11/30/2007 4:46:12 AM
  - Meanwhile... - Fox - 11/30/2007 1:02:35 AM
  - Thanks for the update, Robert. Good luck with TBird! - Laurie Street - 11/29/2007 4:03:52 AM
- (yesterday, now..) Yes, it was - Fox - 11/29/2007 12:35:03 AM
- Robert must have just fixed it... - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/28/2007 6:25:07 AM
  - Yup, much better now. Thanks, Robert! (n/t) - LS - 11/28/2007 6:51:09 AM
- OMG...I had such a blonde moment - Jody - 11/28/2007 3:54:03 AM
- It is literally for me - Jody - 11/27/2007 10:44:51 PM
  - Zone has been creeping molasses! - Eri - 11/28/2007 1:32:56 AM
    - re: Zone has been creeping molasses! - LIndy - 11/29/2007 2:33:33 PM
    - It's still a bit slow tonight but not quite as bad! (n/t) - Eri - 11/29/2007 1:27:45 AM

Any batch file programmers among us? - SDG - 11/21/2007 6:59:46 PM
- HZ messed up code, trying again with pre tag - SDG - 11/21/2007 7:07:27 PM
  - a little more - alcaray - 11/23/2007 11:53:24 PM
  - Forum - RobVG - 11/23/2007 7:33:58 PM
  - re: HZ messed up code, trying again with pre tag - alcaray - 11/22/2007 12:31:15 AM
    - What alcaray said - TB - 11/22/2007 8:55:05 PM
      - re: What alcaray said - McFly - 11/23/2007 7:45:28 PM

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