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    I finally got a burner

    I miss the old Verbatium discs....plain white top, blue backs...the perfered CD-R of live-music traders. but I can't find them anymore, used to be at Sams club, but not any more.
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    2 * WD 1200jb (striped) = :D

    RAID 5 my good man, RAID 5....(if you can afford it)
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    New klipsch speakers look sweet

    those things look awesome. sound even better. but the dude who designes the multi-media stuff swears up and down that the 2.1 system sounds the best.
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    xp is pissin me off

    I didn't see this anywhere in the long list of posts for this thread....but.... c$ IS a valid share name in NT/2000/XP....but it's a HIDDEN share. You can hide any share by putting $ at the end.
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    Did Hell just freeze over?

    It won't ruin Microsoft. Linux needs to become much easier to use, install and administer before it even makes a dent in the desktop market. Even if Linux were to become a major player on the desktop scene, Microsoft would figure out a way to make money. Despite everything else, they still...
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    Cable modem Config manager

    Huge, in response to your question, every network is setup different. The minimum you will usually need (from your ISP, either cable or DSL) is an IP address, subnet mask, default gateway and DNS server....but that's only if everything is static. Many ISP's (like mine, I have a cable modem...
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    Here's how much I suck at drawing

    You want cartoons? Two words: Space Ghost!!!:laugh:
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    I want house shaking bass from my comp

    I have the Klipsch 2.1 system, its pretty loud. I am kind of an audiophile and I cannot stand the onboard sound of my Amptron board. I got a SBLive 5.1 and its a bit better, still not as good as even middle of the road home audio equipment. I have my Klipsch 2.1 hooked up to my reveiver...
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    Slow broadband speeds in Windblows? Kill icons and active desktop

    ahh ok. I hardly ever see data rates represented in bytes. then again im not a big internet downloader or anything. and i usually see bytes represented with a capital B, bits with a lower case b. pretty nitpicky huh? :) in fact ever since i made a consious effort to work on PCs as little as...
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    Slow broadband speeds in Windblows? Kill icons and active desktop

    200 kbps seems pretty slow for a broadband connection. I *always* test at over 1mbps even at peak times, sometimes as high as 3mbps. And that's actuall transfer rates, taking overhead into consideration.
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    Playing games while in school - ports blocked

    The first thing I would try is a port between 256 and 1023. richard field [email protected]
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    So I walked into compUSA yesterday

    I have two of those things at work, they are a time and space saver. about 2 feet tall, 8 inches wide, 12 inches deep?? Im not at work so im just balparking the dimenstions
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    The older generation should appreciate this

    Best Atari 2600 game: Bump 'n' Jump!
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    Partition Magic Problem

    One note when using Partition Magic: do a goob backup before using... sometimes Partition Magic ain't so magical [email protected]
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    Anyone use Drive Image 2002?

    I've been using ImageCast for a few years now and the new DOS client (4.6) works great.
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