Re: [H] Seagate changes Warranty

2009-01-01 Thread Rick Glazier
I hope the engineering dept. does not use this as an excuse to make them fail sooner. Turn over is how they make their money... Rick Glazier From: "Gary" Seagate, the biggest hard drive manufacturer, has announced today that effective January 3, 2009, the company will be m

Re: [H] Seagate changes Warranty

2009-01-01 Thread maccrawj
Well that's a step backwards and one less +1 reason for choosing Seagate. I assume existing sold units maintain the old warranty period? I think with the claimed MTBF's on modern drives that they all should be 5yrs, and higher price "enterprise" rated is just bunk IMHO unless it translates into

[H] Seagate changes Warranty

2009-01-01 Thread Gary
Seagate, the biggest hard drive manufacturer, has announced today that effective January 3, 2009, the company will be making some important changes to its limited warranty terms for selected drives. The warranty period for consumer electronics (Seagate Barracuda 7200 included), notebook (Momentus 7

[H] Happy New Year

2009-01-01 Thread Jeff Lane
Johanna and I wish each of you and your families a very healthy and prosperous NEW YEAR. Jeff

Re: [H] Pillow talk radio?

2009-01-01 Thread Joe User
Hello Rick, Wednesday, December 31, 2008, 11:19:06 AM, you wrote: > It was DRMed by someone... > My $10 player (AMIR) is too dumb for anything like that. > To play them on a computer you need a license and at least > a certain version of WMP, so I guess MS protects them. > More info: (No use send

Re: [H] Pillow talk radio?

2009-01-01 Thread Joe User
Hello Rick, Wednesday, December 31, 2008, 12:39:59 AM, you wrote: > I had another thought. My Library lets me check out (D/L only) electronic > books > that play on certain MP3 players (not mine) or most computers. (Free Software > required.) > They would be time limited, but the price is righ

Re: [H] Pillow talk radio?

2009-01-01 Thread Joe User
Hello Wayne, Tuesday, December 30, 2008, 8:49:54 PM, you wrote: > http://www.live365.com > http://www.iheartmusic.com/national_radio_tuner/ > http://www.radiotower.com/ Awesome - thank you -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... "...now these points of data make a beautiful

Re: [H] A Long Way for a Webcam

2009-01-01 Thread Steve Tomporowski
Just as way of an update, I bought two USB repeater cables from Newegg at $10 each and had to use both, but I'm now up and running. Webcam resolution still sucks. Additional note, I found that I had a bad cable. It'll work fine with a mouse, but won't work with a webcam. Found that a little stra