[H] Looking to buy RAM

2005-10-19 Thread Ben Ruset
Hey guys, Maybe one of the vendors on the list can help me out. I need to buy 8 sticks of PC 2700 ECC Registered CAS 2.5 RAM, 1gb each for an IBM JS20 bladeserver. The "official" Kingston memory is like $250 per stick. I am sure there is a generic equivalent for around $130-140 each. Can any

Re: [H] FS - 2 x 512MB Mushkin PC3200

2005-10-19 Thread FORC5
just rma'ed 2 pc3500 black label from mushkin, same bug. mushkin replaced the ram after testing and said one was bad. little slower on rma then in the past but still handled it. FWIW the replacement had the same bug UNTIL the mb was flashed with the latest bios ( DFI lanparty ) fp At 11:35 PM

[H] secret codes ?

2005-10-19 Thread FORC5
http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_1819331,00.html is this BS or fact fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Elvis hasn't left the building, he's just in the john.

RE: [H] secret codes ?

2005-10-19 Thread Bobby Heid
I have heard about this before. I think it is true. But, that being said, it is not really about tracking you. I think it has to do with printing currency and stuff like that and being able to track down the printer. Although, I guess if you sent a threat on a color laser, it might be used to he

Re: [H] secret codes ?

2005-10-19 Thread JRS
Sadly, too true... I read where they broke the Xerox code, but not HP's or other vendors yet. They can indeed track the make/model and serial number of whatever printer printed a particular page. So much for privacy, huh?? :( >>http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_

RE: [H] secret codes ?

2005-10-19 Thread Chris Klein
It's true. I used to work in a high volume copy shop. Our laser printers and copiers had protection mechanisms like these built in. Our copiers took it one step better when it came to currency. If you tried to copy any denomination, it would turn the entire photo copy yellow so you couldn't use

RE: [H] secret codes ?

2005-10-19 Thread Bobby Heid
I think this is just for the color ones. What they do is print single yellow dots, not usually visible except under close scrutiny or under blue light. Bobby -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JRS Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 10:32 AM T

[H] Anti-Virus Programs

2005-10-19 Thread Robert Turnbull
. the tests show that by layering protection by combining AVG with another free product, Ewido, the overall detection rates were higher than using NOD32 alone. You can find the results of the tests on the Tech Support Alert web site at http://www.techsupportalert.com/free-vs-paid-av.htm Ro

[H] Stuck Pixel Fixer?

2005-10-19 Thread Robert Turnbull
Most people have been complaining to Sony about their stuck and dead pixels. Well I have done my research and I heard about a guy over at psphacks.net that had a LCD TV that had some stuck pixels and when he went to Best-Buy they gave him a dvd that flashed Red, Green and Blue over and over aga

RE: [H] Stuck Pixel Fixer?

2005-10-19 Thread Jason . Tozer
What I heard was that there are 2 types of dead pixels. The ones that are created during the manufacturing process and those that occur after use. The first can never be repaired, but the second are supposedly only stuck and the extreme red, green, blue strobing can free them. Funky tech heh Re

[H] Nero 7?

2005-10-19 Thread Francisco Tapia
There's a Fry's near my home and I noticed I can get Nero 7 for $20 w/ rebates... anyone used the newer version? what's better?  should I just stay at my current version?  Nero tends to be one of those products that actually get better by revision :)-- -Franciscohttp://pcthis.blogspot.com |PC news

Re: [H] secret codes ?

2005-10-19 Thread Francisco Tapia
Why is this news?  This has been around for quite some time... it's a good thing for helping to track down counterfiters... Think about it if not for tracing mechanisims like this and similar codes used on media (floppy disks) they might never have caught BTK. On 10/19/05, Bobby Heid <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: [H] secret codes ?

2005-10-19 Thread Gary Udstrand
BTK was caught because he used Microsoft Word and forgot (or didn't know) that the file properties contained a reference to the church and to him. This is not really a tracing mechanism in the same sense. Gary Francisco Tapia said the following on 10/19/2005 12:19 PM: > Why is this news? Thi

Re: [H] Nero 7?

2005-10-19 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
Francisco Tapia wrote: : There's a Fry's near my home and I noticed I can get Nero 7 for $20 w/ : rebates... anyone used the newer version? what's better? should I : just stay at my current version? Nero tends to be one of those : products that actually get better by revision :) For $20 I think I

[H] Repairing JPGs

2005-10-19 Thread Thane Sherrington (S)
Anyone know of a good program for repairing damaged JPEG (and other graphics, if possible) files? T

[H] Converting TV captures

2005-10-19 Thread Hunter, Gary
Hi, What is the consensus on TV capture apps. Currently I'm testing a couple of different apps but they all produce massive files (3-4Gig per hour). They are capturing as MPEG and I'm thinking I need to convert to an Xvid encoded AVI to reduce the size drastically, is this correct? What app woul

Re: [H] Nero 7?

2005-10-19 Thread jeff.lane
Francisco, You might check this link as I think they have expanded on a lot of the existing features and added some. I haven't had time to really get into mine yet other than the graphics have changed a little bit. According to their site, though, it sure would be worth the 20 bucks or more.

Re: [H] Nero 7?

2005-10-19 Thread jeff.lane
I guess the link would be nice... http://www.nero.com/nero7/enu/Products.html Just another senior moment Jeff - Original Message - From: "jeff.lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Hardware List" Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 12:35 PM Subject

RE: [H] Nero 7?

2005-10-19 Thread Bobby Heid
Uhmmm, what link? Bobby -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of jeff.lane Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 3:36 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] Nero 7? Francisco, You might check this link as I think they have expanded on a lot of th

Re: [H] Converting TV captures

2005-10-19 Thread Brian Weeden
As far as I know there is no app that can do divx (or any other type of mpeg-4) encoding in real time out just yet. And yes, if you want high quality 1-2gb/hour is what you will get with any app using mpeg-2 encoding. Last time I looked into it (3-4 months ago) there was no simple way to convert

[H] Lightscribe External?

2005-10-19 Thread Winterlight
Any Lightscribe users out there ? I just ordered this Ben Q DVD burner with Lightscribe. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827101637 I am thinking about putting it in my USB2 / Firewire external powered 5.5 inch case. Would this work OK for Lightscribe ? Or am I better off w

Re: [H] Nero 7?

2005-10-19 Thread jeff.lane
Sorryshould be there now. Jeff - Original Message - From: "Bobby Heid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'The Hardware List'" Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 12:43 PM Subject: RE: [H] Nero 7? Uhmmm, what link? Bobby -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL P

[H] auto reply ?

2005-10-19 Thread FORC5
how do I get outlook express to auto reply to incoming mail ? like when *out of office* thanks I'm looking with no luck so far, no how to do this in Eudora fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- No parking in the red zone.

Re: [H] auto reply ?

2005-10-19 Thread Greg Sevart
Set up a message rule to send a reply when mail is received from a certain account. But the client is a terrible, terrible place to set an OOO Auto-Responder...this should really be set server side. Greg - Original Message - From: "FORC5" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, O

RE: [H] Converting TV captures

2005-10-19 Thread Hunter, Gary
Thanks, that gives me somewhere to start :-) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Weeden Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 1:52 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] Converting TV captures As far as I know there is no app that can

Re: [H] auto reply ?

2005-10-19 Thread Gary VanderMolen
In this day and age of spoofed spam, Out-of-Office autoresponders are not appropriate. If you receive spam on that account, and the From address is some innocent Joe, he will get the Out-of-Office notice. SpamCop has been urging its reporters to report this type of misdelivered email as spam. That

RE: [H] Converting TV captures

2005-10-19 Thread Chris Reeves
If you're using Media Center... Get DVRMS Toolbox. It will convert your video captures and automatically remove commercials. Then, once you have it, you can use something like Auto GordianKnot or Nero or anything to convert to your favorite format. The new DiVX package is -TERRIBLE-. I say thi

RE: [H] Nero 7?

2005-10-19 Thread Chris Reeves
It is a very nice upgrade. Some of the new features, especially re-works in the Nero Digital areas are very, very nice. Nero Home is kinda *eh* but NeroBackup is incredible in the amount of significant changes.

[H] mcafee clean ?

2005-10-19 Thread FORC5
anyone aware a utility for mcafee similar to symantec's symclean ? go a older vewrsion in win me, will not uninstall and b4 I start deleting was wondering thanks fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Is a hippie haircut an example of the lunatic fringe?

Re: [H] secret codes ?

2005-10-19 Thread warpmedia
Time for someone to offer hacked firmware that changes the coding to "Fuck you big brother" or "If you can read this, you're too close for comfort". Anyone stupid enough to take money printed on a laser or inkjet should be shot. :-p JRS wrote: Sadly, too true... I read where they broke th

Re: [H] Nero 7?

2005-10-19 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
How did you get it already? Chris Reeves wrote: It is a very nice upgrade. Some of the new features, especially re-works in the Nero Digital areas are very, very nice. Nero Home is kinda *eh* but NeroBackup is incredible in the amount of significant changes.

RE: [H] Nero 7?

2005-10-19 Thread Chris Reeves
I work with a national distributor. Jeesh! :) It hits store shelves big next week; most distributors received their copies for distribution already :) -- FIGHT BACK AGAINST SPAM! Download Spam Inspector, th

RE: [H] Nero 7?

2005-10-19 Thread FORC5
had it at Fry's for a week now in the adds fp At 06:09 PM 10/19/2005, Chris Reeves Poked the stick with: >I work with a national distributor. Jeesh! :) It hits store shelves big >next week; most distributors received their copies for distribution already >:) > > > > >--

RE: [H] Nero 7?

2005-10-19 Thread Chris Reeves
It's supposed to officially hit the shelves this Tuesday. But the reality is, unlike DVD releases, breaking street date carries almost no fine within the industry, so it happens routinely. Only the big manufacturers can really put clamps down on release dates, and they do so by signing agreements

[H] OT - Great week for gaming

2005-10-19 Thread Brian Weeden
I just got Age of Empires 3 in the mail today and Civ 4 is coming tomorrow. Been waiting a couple years for these games :) BTW, if anyone is going to pick up AOE 3 the Collector's Edition is WELL worth it. You get the game, a making of DVD, soundtrack on CD, a well written book with an overview

Re: [H] OT - Great week for gaming

2005-10-19 Thread JRS
Heh.. Even better, Quake 4 just came out and my Serious Sam II arrived today. :) >>I just got Age of Empires 3 in the mail today and Civ 4 is coming >>tomorrow. Been waiting a couple years for these games :) >> >>BTW, if anyone is going to pick up AOE 3 the Collector's Edition is >>WELL wort

Re: [H] OT - Great week for gaming

2005-10-19 Thread Brian Weeden
On 10/19/05, JRS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Heh.. Even better, Quake 4 just came out and my Serious Sam II arrived > today. :) Damn, forgot about Serious Sam. Love that series - its pretty much the only shooter I play. -- Brian

RE: [H] OT - Great week for gaming

2005-10-19 Thread Chris Reeves
Civ IV is the first game I'll buy on the first day it releases since.. Civ III. :) I've seen the behind the scenes looks, etc.. Hell, if just for the new religion aspect and nuclear powers (plus bringing back wonder videos) as well as influence in battle.. Oh yeah, I'm all over Civ IV :) (You kn

Re: [H] OT - Great week for gaming

2005-10-19 Thread Brian Weeden
On 10/19/05, Chris Reeves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (You know, it's weird, people ask all the time, here I am running a 3800X2 + > a 7800GTX, and the hottest game on my PC will be Civ IV..) I finally upgraded my nForce 2 2200+ Athlon with a GeForce 4 ti440 to a 3000+ Athlon 64 and X800 GTO2 ye

Re: [H] OT - Great week for gaming

2005-10-19 Thread Jin-Wei Tioh
At 11:59 PM 10/19/2005, you wrote: I finally upgraded my nForce 2 2200+ Athlon with a GeForce 4 ti440 to a 3000+ Athlon 64 and X800 GTO2 yesterday just to play AOE3 and Civ 4 :) Where on earth did you find a GTO^2 ?!!?!? I've been waiting for them to drop back down to ~$200 on newEgg :| -- JW

RE: [H] OT - Great week for gaming

2005-10-19 Thread Veech
heh... wotta waste!! Chris, you OC the 3800 X2, right? What board are you using? I'm now backing off of the Asus A8N-SLI due to folks on Anand's forum complaining about it. Can't decide yet. Folks say that NF4 boards are rife with problems anyway.. You went GTX? wow, what monitor/resolution