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Vista - S - 4/16/2007 9:51:10 PM
- End Game - Trojan Horse Declined - S - 5/2/2007 4:33:14 PM
- Lightwave on Vista? - McFly - 5/2/2007 2:37:14 PM
  - re: Lightwave on Vista? - S - 5/2/2007 4:39:54 PM
    - re: Lightwave on Vista? - McFly - 5/2/2007 5:25:12 PM
      - Lightwave on Vista? - S - 5/3/2007 7:20:36 PM
- re: Vista, woe unto us! - RNE - 5/1/2007 5:22:40 PM
  - Your plan - S - 5/2/2007 7:46:19 PM
- Vista: Barred Windows in a Brick Outhouse - S - 4/26/2007 5:31:02 PM
  - re: Vista: Barred Windows in a Brick Outhouse - Yeti - 4/29/2007 11:39:22 PM
    - Ditto - S - 5/2/2007 4:42:02 PM
  - My adventures with the last XP Gateway box - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/27/2007 7:33:32 AM
    - Vista - Steve R - 4/28/2007 11:56:37 PM
      - Windows sound in mid-2006 - S - 5/4/2007 5:47:22 PM
      - Amen - S - 5/2/2007 4:43:18 PM
    - re: adventures with Gateway - S - 4/27/2007 6:12:25 PM
  - Link to Peter Gutman's article - S - 4/26/2007 5:39:54 PM
    - Well.... - S - 4/27/2007 5:31:38 PM
- Misadventures on the road to success with Vista - S - 4/24/2007 10:50:51 PM
- Notes on Audio; update on Photopaint; more... - S - 4/20/2007 8:57:36 PM
- HP laptops - FrankC - 4/19/2007 7:54:58 PM
  - re: HP laptops - S - 5/3/2007 7:16:55 PM
  - re: HP laptops - S - 4/19/2007 10:05:24 PM
- correction - AMD gets the flame, not Intel. - S - 4/16/2007 9:57:56 PM
  - why not just install XP on the new machine from your laptop's install disks? (n/t) - SDG - 4/16/2007 11:04:09 PM
    - Install disks? - S - 4/17/2007 1:31:40 AM
      - nothing wrong with installing your exisitng XP on a new box - SDG - 4/17/2007 3:29:13 PM
        
        MS on OEM Windows transferral - S - 4/17/2007 11:53:05 PM
        
        installing OEM applications - FrankC - 4/19/2007 8:07:03 PM
        
        OEM sucks. - TB - 4/21/2007 4:45:35 PM
        
        XP - McFly - 4/25/2007 5:24:41 PM
        
        Anyway... - nick hoffman - 4/18/2007 2:13:40 PM
        
        re: Anyway... - S - 4/18/2007 9:33:14 PM
        
        More... - S - 4/17/2007 11:25:17 PM
        
        I've been facing similar issues - McFly - 4/18/2007 2:52:13 PM
        
        Similar issues - S - 4/18/2007 9:56:34 PM
        
        Jerry Pournelle's opinion - TB - 4/21/2007 4:49:48 PM
        
        re: Jerry Pournelle's opinion - S - 4/24/2007 10:25:13 PM

Testing - Robert - 4/29/2007 6:15:32 AM
- re: Testing - raoul - 4/30/2007 7:34:22 AM
- tap tap tap. This thing on? - podrock - 4/29/2007 11:24:57 PM
- Testing back - MaryAnne - 4/29/2007 9:43:01 PM
- re:A little "Testy" aren't we??... (n/t) - Jody - 4/29/2007 6:53:37 PM
- re: Testing - Robert - 4/29/2007 6:24:33 PM
  - re: Testing - Robert - 4/29/2007 6:30:35 PM
  - re: Testing - robert - 4/29/2007 6:27:53 PM
- re: Still More Testing - fox - 4/29/2007 3:21:50 PM
  - re: Still More Testing - robert - 4/29/2007 9:32:23 PM
  - re: Still More Testing - robert - 4/29/2007 6:23:48 PM
- re: Testing (n/t) - robert - 4/29/2007 6:51:10 AM
  - re: Testing - robert - 4/29/2007 6:53:33 AM
    - re: Testing - fox - 4/29/2007 6:54:09 AM
- re: Testing (n/t) - undefined - 4/29/2007 6:37:07 AM

Hello ? - podrock - 4/30/2007 4:01:31 AM

Any suggestions on 3-D glasses. - Bowser - 4/26/2007 6:45:57 PM
- Buy a kids' happy meal. ;-) - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/28/2007 11:00:56 PM
- I stole mine from the local IMAX theater. (n/t) - HRCFP - 4/27/2007 9:55:33 PM
- re: Any suggestions on 3-D glasses. - TB - 4/27/2007 12:24:39 AM
  - Thanks. - Bowser - 4/28/2007 6:09:53 AM

rollback to IE6 - FrankC - 4/26/2007 7:44:55 PM

I expect that this has been on here before, but it's worth repeating. - DWC - 4/20/2007 11:24:36 PM
- Beware the apocryphal prediction mongering - Yeti - 4/23/2007 4:45:00 PM
  - I don't know... - TB - 4/23/2007 5:37:28 PM
- 1991 prediction came true. - RobVG - 4/21/2007 4:51:26 PM
- Thomas Edison sezs........... - carl - 4/21/2007 2:52:41 PM
- Fun. Thanks. (n/t) - Bowser - 4/21/2007 4:54:22 AM

Does anybody know what this program is or does? - The Artist formerly know as Scott Evil - 4/11/2007 5:07:00 PM
- Yoo Hoo..Scotty Poo... - Jody formally known as Martha..JFKAM - 4/11/2007 8:00:31 PM
- re: Does anybody know what this program is or does? - RNE - 4/11/2007 5:12:59 PM
  - I deleted it... Seemed completely unnecessary. - The Artist formerly known as Scott Evil - 4/18/2007 3:04:49 PM

Shift Happens - Fox - 3/25/2007 3:53:13 AM
- Population and technology - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/26/2007 12:18:42 PM
  - Fugue - ER - 4/12/2007 7:20:25 PM
    - Man's view of himself. - Bowser - 4/14/2007 3:20:34 PM
    - The Molders - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/13/2007 1:08:22 AM
      - Ships that pass in the night. (n/t) - ER - 4/13/2007 2:35:25 AM
- Exobytes? - Lindy - 3/26/2007 12:32:51 AM
- re: Shift Happens - SDF - 3/25/2007 7:54:36 PM
  - Co-Processor - nick hoffman - 3/26/2007 2:32:58 PM
    - Co-Processor may be comin' back - Yeti - 4/14/2007 3:55:47 AM
- Wow. Even bigger changes ahead, it seems. - Bowser - 3/25/2007 1:42:46 PM
- re: Shift Happens - TB - 3/25/2007 5:42:10 AM
  - I agree - Fox - 3/25/2007 4:11:51 PM
    - There are real issues with China - TB - 3/26/2007 1:40:19 AM
      - Demographics - Fox - 3/26/2007 2:29:55 AM
        
        If you get enough people in your country... - TB - 3/27/2007 3:48:51 AM
        
        300 years ago a British Prime Minister - - - - Bowser - 3/26/2007 4:08:08 AM
        
        Another thought on that matter. - Bowser - 3/26/2007 4:43:14 PM

I B braggin' - Jody/Martha - 4/2/2007 12:35:05 PM
- Sounds like a dream machine but - FrankC - 4/8/2007 9:12:00 PM
- Ahem.. - RobVG - 4/3/2007 1:58:16 AM
  - re: Ahem.. - Jody/Martha - 4/3/2007 3:32:51 AM
    - I think that qualifies as an "In Yo Face!" (n/t) - TB - 4/3/2007 3:41:01 AM
      - I am planning on launching the space shuttle from here;) (n/t) - Jody/Martha - 4/3/2007 1:37:13 PM
      - Yes, yes it does. - RobVG - 4/3/2007 4:24:44 AM
        
        Last "shooter" I played was "Dark Forces" on a Mac. - TB - 4/3/2007 5:16:50 AM
- Total envy... (n/t) - TB - 4/2/2007 5:08:20 PM
- Wow! - Bowser - 4/2/2007 3:20:20 PM
  - re:Sounds like great machine they have there. - Johannes - 4/3/2007 2:53:49 AM
    - They did!! And not many of us remember cat whiskers. - Bowser - 4/3/2007 4:43:22 AM
      - re: The glass bead diode was a great improvement, no need to hunt for a sensitive spot :-) (n/t) - Johannes - 4/4/2007 6:45:27 PM

testing ie7 - FrankC - 4/3/2007 9:40:47 PM
- Near heart attack. - RobVG - 4/4/2007 7:36:12 PM
  - Backups - TB - 4/5/2007 4:37:48 PM
  - backing up - FrankC - 4/5/2007 2:52:47 AM
  - re: Backups - Fox - 4/5/2007 2:36:58 AM
    - roffsite backup using gmail - SDG - 4/5/2007 3:56:04 AM
- hmm - FrankC - 4/3/2007 9:42:44 PM

Fads, misses, and hits. - Bowser - 3/30/2007 2:50:38 PM
- re: Fads, misses, and hits. - azstrummer - 4/1/2007 4:38:38 PM
  - Fractals seemed to offer a way out of this impasse - nick hoffman - 4/2/2007 10:29:16 AM
- VRML - McFly - 3/30/2007 5:00:04 PM
  - Well, I'm impressed. Good for you. (n/t) - Bowser - 4/3/2007 4:45:05 AM

COMP USA closes all USA STORES - carl - 3/5/2007 7:40:55 PM
- re: COMP USA closes all USA STORES - dave - 3/16/2007 4:14:53 AM
  - re: COMP USA closes all USA STORES - SEGUINOGUNBOWALE - 4/1/2007 4:56:41 PM
- CompUSA is closing 126 of its 229 stores - Alan G. Archer - 3/5/2007 10:01:28 PM
  - Fry's, down the road, is a lot less expensive, in my experience. (n/t) - Bowser - 3/6/2007 6:27:20 AM
  - Luckily mine stays open - SDG - 3/6/2007 12:36:06 AM

Thanks, and two product reports. - Bowser - 3/23/2007 3:19:38 AM
- You need noise cancelling earphones to go backpacking? - TB - 3/24/2007 3:56:13 AM
  - Surprising, isn't it??!! - Bowser - 3/24/2007 5:08:30 AM
  - Something else to take backpacking... - TB - 3/24/2007 4:02:51 AM
    - That looks like a nice charger. - Bowser - 3/24/2007 1:37:28 PM
      - C. Crane - TB - 3/25/2007 3:26:08 AM
        
        Gawd....it's a love-fest between you two! - Lindy - 3/26/2007 4:14:57 AM
        
        Hey, I consider this board off the playing field. (n/t) - TB - 3/27/2007 3:50:27 AM
        
        Both you guys should spend more time here. - ER - 3/29/2007 8:56:33 PM
        
        Tom and I....... - Lindy - 3/29/2007 10:01:28 PM
        
        Hah! - TB - 3/30/2007 3:00:57 AM
        
        See you at the playing field... (n/t) - ER - 3/29/2007 11:59:37 PM

Fast inkjet printing - TB - 3/28/2007 1:05:30 PM
- missed that...wow... - podrock - 3/29/2007 9:12:59 PM
  - meant to post that under Boswer's (n/t) - podrock - 3/30/2007 2:36:10 AM
- Wonder how it'd work on large format prints? (n/t) - podrock - 3/29/2007 3:25:21 AM
  - One of the videos was large format. It screamed! (n/t) - Bowser - 3/29/2007 3:49:39 AM
- Wow. A bit sorry I have more time than money. (n/t) - Bowser - 3/28/2007 4:24:11 PM
- with color laserjets getting so cheap, why would anyone buy an inkjet? (n/t) - SDG - 3/28/2007 2:13:33 PM
  - 'Check out the "watch Memjet devices print" link' - Robert - 3/28/2007 4:14:19 PM
    - amazingly fast - SDG - 3/28/2007 6:53:22 PM
      - I don't think they're addressing the general market - TB - 3/29/2007 3:52:59 PM
        
        You want to "print" an Elephant? - nick hoffman - 3/29/2007 10:28:11 PM
        
        It would be great if you could just "print" a kidney. - TB - 3/30/2007 1:40:15 AM

Now this is getting "there". "New cell phones disguised as computers - Bowser - 3/26/2007 11:31:02 PM
- Our little Travel Companion - McFly - 3/27/2007 5:12:11 PM
  - That's a great gadget. - Bowser - 3/27/2007 10:23:25 PM
- New head-up display technology - SDF - 3/26/2007 11:50:02 PM
  - I'll wait for the BLUETOOTH Implant - carl - 3/27/2007 4:43:19 PM

From the, You Get More Than What You Wanted Department. - Marcia - 3/23/2007 6:33:37 PM
- I simply don't trust screensavers anymore - SDG - 3/23/2007 6:39:26 PM
  - re: I simply don't trust screensavers anymore - Thanks, SDG and... - Marcia - 3/23/2007 6:58:13 PM

"Data migration", or copying, a question. - Bowser - 3/22/2007 7:16:14 PM
- Try the DOS prompt - nick hoffman - 3/23/2007 4:23:21 AM
- Apple methods - TB - 3/22/2007 9:44:15 PM
  - For the record... - TB - 3/22/2007 9:45:56 PM
    - Windows Media player - SDG - 3/22/2007 11:06:54 PM
- re: "Data migration", or copying, a question. - SDG - 3/22/2007 7:48:44 PM

Commodore back in the game - SDF - 3/20/2007 1:03:08 AM
- Available free memory - Alan G. Archer - 3/20/2007 8:36:10 PM

Spam question... - TB - 3/12/2007 7:08:38 PM
- re: Spam question... - Fox - 3/12/2007 10:44:22 PM
- Spam. Mine is up, and a solution or two. - Bowser - 3/12/2007 8:01:49 PM

Question on LEDs - TB - 3/5/2007 1:35:01 AM
- Is it AC or DC? - The Artist formerly known as Scott Evil - 3/12/2007 9:04:54 PM
  - Nevermind. Throw them out and buy new! - The Artist formerly known as Scott Evil - 3/12/2007 9:12:50 PM
- Flicker - Bowser - 3/5/2007 2:10:12 AM
  - Hmmm. - TB - 3/5/2007 3:03:12 AM
    - re: AC? - Chris Vancil - 3/5/2007 6:27:51 AM
      - re: AC? - azstrummer - 3/6/2007 3:32:52 AM
      - I'm assuming the little box converts to the DC current an LED needs. - TB - 3/5/2007 6:36:34 PM
        
        re: I'm assuming the little box converts to the DC current an LED needs. - Chris Vancil - 3/8/2007 12:36:39 AM
        
        Strobing, and more description of the system - TB - 3/8/2007 8:07:07 AM
        
        "some stupid diode function" - et - 3/6/2007 8:27:32 PM
        
        60 Hz vs 50 Hz? - n - 3/6/2007 3:26:30 PM
        
        Danger Danger! {Flailing robot arms} - et - 3/5/2007 9:57:27 PM
        
        I don't do a lot of basic electronics any more. - TB - 3/5/2007 10:14:08 PM
        
        Using both halves - LS - 3/5/2007 10:39:50 PM
        
        I used that diagram in 1970 to make... - alcaray - 3/7/2007 4:35:23 PM
        
        Replace "ration it" with "ratio is" (n/t) - et - 3/5/2007 9:59:00 PM
        
        I think you've got it - Laurie Street - 3/5/2007 7:29:11 PM
    - Christmas lights. - Bowser - 3/5/2007 3:29:49 AM
      - PS It's March. (n/t) - Bowser - 3/5/2007 4:56:23 AM
        
        March - TB - 3/5/2007 6:38:23 PM
        
        Now that's a fundamental Christian! :-) (n/t) - Bowser - 3/6/2007 6:33:44 PM
        
        Not really... - TB - 3/7/2007 1:37:02 AM

question on virtual memory - FrankC - 3/11/2007 11:29:32 PM
- check its speed while it does something HD-intensive - alcaray - 3/12/2007 5:36:31 PM
  - try a search on the c-drive, for instance (n/t) - alcaray - 3/12/2007 5:37:45 PM
    - I did that... - FrankC - 3/12/2007 8:52:39 PM
- re: question on virtual memory - TB - 3/12/2007 2:44:37 AM

Another late DST alert - Tony - 3/9/2007 7:23:45 PM
- Time - DST or otherwise - shouldn't be an issue with XP - Laurie Street - 3/12/2007 4:11:22 PM
- Much ado about nothing - Fox - 3/10/2007 12:24:53 AM
  - re: Changing it back in three weeks - SteveS - 3/11/2007 12:28:44 PM
    - Apparently not - Fox - 3/11/2007 4:13:56 PM
      - re: Apparently not - SteveS - 3/12/2007 11:30:20 AM
      - Auto Update. - RobVG - 3/11/2007 5:05:22 PM
        
        Good point - Fox - 3/12/2007 1:37:55 AM
  - re: Much ado about nothing - Laurie Street - 3/10/2007 6:46:44 AM

Windows Vista or XP? Dual Core or? - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/25/2007 6:25:33 AM
- Two years? - FrankC - 3/1/2007 8:14:08 PM
  - The Equation: - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/4/2007 4:33:43 AM
  - True, I use Win 3.11 - carl - 3/2/2007 4:29:14 PM
    - what no Dos 5.0 - SDG - 3/2/2007 5:22:14 PM
      - Retro PC's now - carl - 3/2/2007 6:19:04 PM
- I'll get back to you... - McFly - 2/27/2007 6:45:15 PM
- Vista has achived self awarness. Stay away. - Chief Warhawk - 2/26/2007 3:36:52 PM
  - P.S. Get the core duo. - Chief Warhawk - 2/26/2007 3:49:52 PM
- My sister's XP build - Alan G. Archer - 2/26/2007 3:13:19 AM
  - Second hard drive installed - Alan G. Archer - 3/4/2007 11:37:47 AM
  - Thanks - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/27/2007 2:40:45 AM
    - The ten year computer - Alan G. Archer - 2/27/2007 11:09:16 PM
      - sure glad I'm not still using my 1997 computer - SDG - 2/28/2007 12:11:07 AM
- A core Dump of my computer buying philosophy - Yeti - 2/25/2007 8:05:10 PM
  - Superb. - Bowser - 2/26/2007 9:31:59 PM
  - good advice, I'd only add... - SDG - 2/26/2007 12:28:55 AM
    - SDG is right (n/t) - Yeti - 2/26/2007 2:19:13 AM
  - Thanks - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/25/2007 9:40:27 PM
  - also - Yeti - 2/25/2007 8:18:35 PM
    - Hackers and - RNE - 2/26/2007 8:28:45 PM
      - I know what you mean - Yeti - 2/27/2007 12:39:23 AM
- Without going into details... - TB - 2/25/2007 6:31:27 AM
  - Thanks - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/25/2007 7:02:16 AM
    - Overwriting - TB - 2/25/2007 9:58:04 PM
      - re: "nobody's going to sell you Win95." - Yeti - 2/26/2007 2:18:27 AM
        
        Or - RNE - 2/26/2007 10:05:33 PM
        
        re: Or - Yeti - 2/27/2007 12:42:40 AM
        
        re: Or - SDG - 2/27/2007 1:16:38 AM
        
        At one time, I would agree with - RNE - 2/27/2007 2:42:22 PM

Best Vista review ever. - TB - 2/22/2007 3:06:41 AM
- Heh, heh. Windows is steaming, bubbling crap. Panther rules. And they say, Tiger rules even better (n/t) - Daniel - 3/1/2007 4:22:35 PM
  - You never heard of VxWorks, have you? No Windows, Panther, or Tiger, on Mars. (n/t) - Alan G. Archer - 3/2/2007 1:29:32 PM
    - makes sense for the MRO and Deep Impact - Daniel - 3/2/2007 9:18:26 PM
- That guy should be careful - SDF - 2/22/2007 2:56:50 PM

Yahoogroups Image Test - Chris Vancil - 3/1/2007 11:45:47 PM
- Works, except for the woman on the right. - Bowser - 3/2/2007 1:28:41 AM
  - LOL... you have a great sense of humor!!! (n/t) - tickled.. - 3/2/2007 2:41:35 AM

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