[H] best spot to get a laptop

2006-03-23 Thread Jim Edwards
Looking to get the best bang for the buck spending $800* or less. *if you have a used (not too used) laptop or if you sell laptops and you want to deal, let me know.

[H] TILLIE THE DUMMY HOV LANE PASSENGER

2006-03-23 Thread Al
This guy got popped using a dummy to ride in the HOV lane, here in Denver. His fine was to stand alongside the highway with a sign saying the HOV lane is not for dummies. And to auction off the dummy for charity. http://tinyurl.com/lwm5k Al

[H] interesting - a dedicated physics processor for games

2006-03-23 Thread Hayes Elkins
http://physx.ageia.com/index.html And it's already available in Dell/Alienware boxes. Retail is a bit steep at $299.

Re: [H] TILLIE THE DUMMY HOV LANE PASSENGER

2006-03-23 Thread Ben Ruset
Heh, a bunch of 0 feedback people bidding on it. Al wrote: This guy got popped using a dummy to ride in the HOV lane, here in Denver. His fine was to stand alongside the highway with a sign saying the HOV lane is not for dummies. And to auction off the dummy for charity.

RE: Re: [H] agent, weird ?

2006-03-23 Thread Hayes Elkins
Jean Claude Van Damme's last movie grossed 20% more money than the one priorbut that isn't saying much. Most "volume" on usenet these days are in the form of DVD ISO's broken up conveniently in 150 rar files. Conversation groups on usenet are going the way of the dodo. From: [EMAIL

Re: [H] DVD Copy 4 = iPod

2006-03-23 Thread Jamie Furtner
On Thu, March 23, 2006 5:54 pm, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: Anyone here using DVDCopy4 to rip DVDs to play on an iPod? Not that that's optimal or anything, but its great for long plane trips. My problem is while the video plays well, the audio drops out - at least on the last movie I took